Mears' Sacramento Directory, for the Years 1863-4: embracing a general business directory of residents
by CALIFORNIA - Leonard MEARS, compiler
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Sacramento: Printed by A. Badlam, 1863. 8vo. (8 13/16 x 5 5/8 inches). 26, [iv], [25]-142, [3] pp. Publisher's calf-backed printed paper boards. Preliminary ads printed on yellow, red and green paper
An early Sacramento business directory, published in California during the Civil War.
An invaluable source of information from the period, with advertisements for a wide-range of businesses including shippers, wine merchants, surgeons, dentists and druggists, printers and bookbinders, photographers, grocers, hardware dealers and more. Besides the alphabetical directory, the work includes a brief history of Sacramento, as well as information on the state, county and city offices, local institutions, as well as post offices and stage routes. With a few pencil annotations by an early resident of Sacramento about the people and places mentioned in the text. Rare, with only five examples cited by OCLC, with only one being outside of California.
Rocq 6528. Not in Cowan.
An early Sacramento business directory, published in California during the Civil War.
An invaluable source of information from the period, with advertisements for a wide-range of businesses including shippers, wine merchants, surgeons, dentists and druggists, printers and bookbinders, photographers, grocers, hardware dealers and more. Besides the alphabetical directory, the work includes a brief history of Sacramento, as well as information on the state, county and city offices, local institutions, as well as post offices and stage routes. With a few pencil annotations by an early resident of Sacramento about the people and places mentioned in the text. Rare, with only five examples cited by OCLC, with only one being outside of California.
Rocq 6528. Not in Cowan.
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- Bookseller
- Donald Heald Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29955
- Title
- Mears' Sacramento Directory, for the Years 1863-4: embracing a general business directory of residents
- Author
- CALIFORNIA - Leonard MEARS, compiler
- Format/Binding
- 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed by A. Badlam
- Place of Publication
- Sacramento
- Date Published
- 1863
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