STIMPSON'S Boston Directory; Containing Names of the Inhabitants,

Item #48333

(MASSACHUSETTS). (BOSTON). STIMPSON'S Boston Directory; Containing Names of the Inhabitants, their Occupations, Places of Business, and Dwelling Houses, and the City Register, With Lists of the Streets, Lanes and Wharves.... Boston: Charles Stimpson, Jr., 1840. 451pp. plus [2],16,[2],[2]pp. (including pastedowns) of advertisements on green, yellow, and peach stock, plus folding map. 12mo. Contemporary sheep-backed original printed boards, heavily worn, rebacked in leather. Foxing throughout. Large tear extending across most of map's length. Marginal pencil marks throughout. Small ink cost code, dated 10/11/67, in upper margin of first advertising leaf. Bookplate of collector John J. Ford, Jr., on verso of first leaf. Good. SPEAR, p.52.Charles Stimpson's Boston directory and city register for 1839, complete with map and advertising sections. In addition to the lists of residents and streets, the volume provides information on local organizations, city offices, and physicians, surgeons, and nurses. "People of Color" are listed in a separate, six-page section.

Price: $300.00