Description

Title:
The Albany Hand-Book: A Strangers’ Guide and Residents’ Manual
ISBN: No ISBN
Book #: 012827

Author: Phelps, H. P.
Illustrator:
Publisher: Brandow & Barton, Printers and Publishers
Place: Albany, NY
Year: 1884
Edition: First Edition

Book Cond.: Very Good Condition
Jacket Cond.: No Dust Jacket
Binding: Hardcover
Size: 12mo
Book Type: n/a
Signed:

Description / Comments:
Size: 12mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Full title: “The Albany Hand-Book: A Strangers’ Guide and Residents’ Manual. Containing Information about the City Government, Schools and Churches; Description and History of Public Buildings and Institutions, with Special Reference to Washington Park, the Rural Cemetery, and the New Capitol.” Binder’s stamp on front paste down of C. Munsell, Albany, N.Y., who has an advertisement in the book.Brown cloth over boards, frontis of the City Hall, two-page Street Map of Albany, alphabetically arranged, 178 pages, 10 pages of advertisements, some illustrated including one for Charles Munsell Book Binder, illustrated in the text as well as full-page illustrations of prominent buildings. Corners & spine ends bumped and worn, covers stained and scuffed, hinges cracking on interior, still firmly attached, some small scattered stains, “Bound by C. Munsell, Albany, NY” sticker on front paste-down. Quantity Available: 0. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 15 oz. Category: History; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 012827.