Boston Directory,; Containing Names of the Inhabitants, their

Item #48323

(MASSACHUSETTS). (BOSTON). The Boston Directory,; Containing Names of the Inhabitants, their Occupations, Places of Business and Dwelling Houses. With Lists of the Streets, Lanes and Wharves.... Boston: Charles Stimpson, Jr., 1829. [8],342pp. plus folding map. 12mo. Original printed wrappers, rebacked. Wrappers moderately worn and chipped at extremities. Contemporary ink inscription of "1829" on wrappers and spine. Ex-lib. with bookplate of Massachusetts Historical Society on verso of front wrapper. Bookplate of collector John J. Ford, Jr., on verso of front wrapper. Good. SPEAR, p.50. Stimpson's Boston directory for 1829, complete with map and advertising section. In addition to the lists of residents and streets, the directory provides information on local organizations, city offices, physicians and surgeons, stagecoaches, and "baggage waggons." "People of Color" are listed in a separate, six-page section.

Price: $350.00