Philadelphia As It Is, and Citizens' Advertising Directory; Containing

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(PHILADELPHIA). Philadelphia As It Is, and Citizens' Advertising Directory; Containing a General Description of the City and Environs, List of Officers, Public Institutions, and Other Useful Information; for the Convenience of Citizens, As a Book of Reference, and a Guide to Strangers. With a New Map of the City. Phila.: P. J. Gray, 1834. 116 pp. Folding frontis. map. Orig. cloth-backed paper-covered boards. Boards and head of spine worn, light scattered foxing, else a very good copy. Spear, p. 282. Contains a remarkably large and detailed folding map of the city "as it is in 1835," drawn by Simons and published by C. P. Fessenden. Spear notes, "This is a register and guide rather than a business directory. The Contents calls for an advertising Directory at p. 181, but this copy and all others examined end with p. 116."

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