Worcester Almanac Directory and Business Advertiser for 1848 with Folding Map
by Howland, Henry J
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Moab, Utah, United States
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Worcester Almanac Directory and Business Advertiser for 1848 with Folding Map. Henry J. Howland, Worcester, Massachusetts, Copyright 1847. 3.5 x 5 5/8 inches, 155pp.
String-tied pocket directory with printed orange card stock wrappers. Wrappers are heavily rubbed and soiled with edge wear. Interior pages relatively clean. Memorandum pages for each month typically has penciled notes. Map is complete with chipping along the neat line at top edge and heavily foxed. Fair Condition.
Mid 19th century directory from Worcester, Massachusetts filled with period ads, a monthly calendar with sunrise and sunset times, moon phases plus single-line alphabetical directory. Also includes town and county register.
No holdings found in OCLC (as of August 2023) for the 1848 Directory. Only University of Michigan holds the "Plan of the Village of Worcester" extracted from the directory.
String-tied pocket directory with printed orange card stock wrappers. Wrappers are heavily rubbed and soiled with edge wear. Interior pages relatively clean. Memorandum pages for each month typically has penciled notes. Map is complete with chipping along the neat line at top edge and heavily foxed. Fair Condition.
Mid 19th century directory from Worcester, Massachusetts filled with period ads, a monthly calendar with sunrise and sunset times, moon phases plus single-line alphabetical directory. Also includes town and county register.
No holdings found in OCLC (as of August 2023) for the 1848 Directory. Only University of Michigan holds the "Plan of the Village of Worcester" extracted from the directory.
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- Stellar Books & Ephemera, ABAA (US)
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- 762
- Title
- Worcester Almanac Directory and Business Advertiser for 1848 with Folding Map
- Author
- Howland, Henry J
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Keywords
- Directory Worcester Massachusetts
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...