LOT 3191
11th July 2016
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LOT 3191
DIRECTORY. The Directory of Birmingham. Birmingham: Wrightson and Webb, 1839. 8vo (217 x 128mm.) 45 engraved advertisements (2 folding), 9pp. advertisements at rear. (Browning and light spotting, some offsetting and damp staining, half of pp.149-150 lacking and replaced with photocopy bound-in, ink stains to pp.198-199.) Original boards (bumped, scuffed and soiled, rebacked in modern cloth, endpapers replaced). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection. Note: volume contains numerous intriguing advertisements including those promoting 'The Glasgow & Liverpool Royal Steam Packet Company's Steam Ships', 'W. Hopkins & Son Gause-Wire & Transparent Window Blinds' and 'Brothers of Samuel Savage, Manufacturer of Spades, Shovels… and all kinds of Edge Tools'.
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