The Romance of the London Directory
Hand and Heart Publishing Offices, [1879]. First Edition. Hardcover. Item #141360
ISBN: B002AGOO2W
162 pages plus ads. A paean to the joys of reading old city directories, assembled from previously published essays. The author collected city directories, mostly from London, but he also comments on directories from the European Continent and the United States. A title that has not received much notice in the books about books literature. First edition (first or early printing, dated from the ads). Your humble cataloguer could not locate a copy with a printed date, if such a thing exists. Spine darkened, else a very good copy in the publisher's decorated blue cloth binding.
Price: $40.00