1860 · Nashvill
by [Tennessee
Nashvill, 1860. [8],278,[2]pp. plus folding map two color lithograph advertisements. Original printed boards, rebacked with buckram, original gilt label laid down. Boards rubbed, corners and edges somewhat worn. Later ownership inscriptions in front endpapers, a couple of scattered later annotations. Map with three-inch separation and closed tear along old fold line from gutter margin. Faint dampstaining internally. Good. A scarce Tennessee directory, this sixth printed for Nashville overall and the fifth in this series, issued on the verge of the Civil War. "Contains an historical sketch of Nashville and several woodcut views of buildings" - Spear. Includes numerous advertisements, with two color lithographs bound into the front matter, and a folding map of Nashville. Spear and Allen call for 303pp. in their collation for this imprint; this volume has only 278 pages numbered, but the directory listings it contains are complete. They locates only five copies of this directory, and OCLC adds one more. ALLEN 5059. SPEAR, p.204
(Inventory #: WRCAM53646)