Lain's Elite Directory for the City of Brooklyn, 1879-80. Fifteen Thousand Names of Householders, Classified by Streets, and Names of Householders in Flatbush. A Shoppig Guide and Elite Business Directory, Embracing the Prominent Dealers of the Various Branches of Trade in the City.
by (BROOKLYN DIRECTORY)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Brooklyn: Lain & Co., 1879. First edition. Octavo. [8, title and ads], 273, [13, ads] pp. Publisher’s blind stamped pebbled mauve cloth with gilt cover and spine lettering. Old darkly translucent stain on pp. 77-97 (result of a spill of some sort) but eminently legible. Aside from that issue this is a lovely copy in the original and very well preserved original cloth. Only two copies located by OCLC. An invaluable look into fin-de-siecle Brooklyn. There are 24 booksellers listed. The guide is both by street (individuals) and by profession. Many of the ads have large illustrations of either their product or their buildings. Lain began publishing his Brooklyn directories in 1857/8. None appear in the records of RBH.
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- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74326
- Title
- Lain's Elite Directory for the City of Brooklyn, 1879-80. Fifteen Thousand Names of Householders, Classified by Streets, and Names of Householders in Flatbush. A Shoppig Guide and Elite Business Directory, Embracing the Prominent Dealers of the Various Branches of Trade in the City.
- Author
- (BROOKLYN DIRECTORY)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lain & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Brooklyn
- Date Published
- 1879
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2012
Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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