The Boston Almanac for the Year 1843, No. 8, Vol. 1
Boston: Thomas Groom, Stationers' Hall, 82 State Street, [1842]. Cloth over board. [ALMANAC]. Printed at the Office of the Rotary Card Press, (Dickinson’s,) 52 Washington Street.
Fold-out Map: Plan of the City of Boston
10” x 11 1/8” sheet size, 9 7/16” x 11” within the neat line; chipping of right edge to the neat line; a few small splits at fold intersections; very good.
Frontispiece map: Plan of the City of Boston
24mo (5 7/16” x 3 3/8”); 142 [4]pp; blue cloth over board, blind stamped border around gilt vignette and title on front; color publisher’s ad on front pastedown, embossed ad for Dickinson’s Embossed Cards on rear pastedown; fold-out map attached to ffep, ownership in neat ink on ffep; fold-out frontispiece map a smaller map; small scuff to edges of boards else near fine. Near fine. Item #1456
This Boston Almanac includes moon phases, astrological signs and pages for memoranda; liabilities of the Commonwealth and the debts of some states; railroads in Boston, Massachusetts, and adjacent states; schools including the organization of the primary schools; public institutions: Houses of Correction, Industry, Reformation, the Lunatic Hospital, the Perkins Institute and the Asylum for the Blind; the Marine and Naval hospitals; courts, sheriffs, custom houses, and post offices; a directory of clergy, physicians including 4 names of Female Physicians, constables and nurses; streets and avenues; wards; public offices, insurance offices, banks; events of 1842, 8pp of publisher’s ads, 2pp of general advertisements; and 60 pages of churches with engravings of the buildings.
Price: $250.00