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Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith Directory 1875-76. Comprising, among other information, General, Street, Professions & Trades Directories; Law, Church & Educational Directories; County Directory; Postal, Parliamentary, Public Office, Bank, and Conveyance Directories; etc. etc. etc.
by [General Post-Office for Scotland]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Gibb. Poor with no dust jacket. (1875). First Edition. Hardcover. Lacking the "Plan of Edinburgh and Leith". Binding poor. Joints split and hinges broken. Boards detached. Lacking the front free endpaper and the half-title page. One preliminary leaf detached. ; Seventieth annual publication. (iii)-xx, 695, [1] pages + 1 double page map of the county of Edinburghshire + 148, [11] pages advertisements at rear. Also advertisements on endpapers. Blind-stamped cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 217 x 135mm. Useful historical and genealogical source. Alphabetical listing of people's names, with their profession and street address. Also listing of names by street address. The advertisements at the rear are for numerous local businesses. [Seller ref: KnightCol]; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15568
- Title
- Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith Directory 1875-76. Comprising, among other information, General, Street, Professions & Trades Directories; Law, Church & Educational Directories; County Directory; Postal, Parliamentary, Public Office, Bank, and Conveyance Directories; etc. etc. etc.
- Author
- [General Post-Office for Scotland]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Gibb
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- (1875)
- Keywords
- Literature
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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