first edition Hardcover
1917 · Newport, Vermont
by Davis, Donald C. (compiler and publisher)
Newport, Vermont: Press of Express and Standard, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. 114 pages; [1]; 110 pages. Paper covered boards with title on black cloth spine. Advertisements printed on covers. Interesting binding: the printing of the covers and contents of both directories are vertically reversed. 2 titles on the spine, head and base, in reverse. Page 1 and 2 of the Barton directory has a vertical page cut to the advertisement with about a quarter of the advertisement missing. Two advertisements in the Barton section are printed on red paper and one advertisement printed in yellow. The text block is shaken with a few signatures (sections) starting to pull. Mild shelf wear to the boards. (Inventory #: 11921)