South Shore Blue Book Massachusetts Summer Resort Directory 1908 old book
Brian DiMambro(Old Books, Early 20th Century Books, Americana, New England, Massachusetts, South Shore, Directory).
The South Shore Blue Books, Containing Lists of the Summer Residents of the Principal Resorts Along the South Shore from Hull To Plymouth and Sagamore, Shores of Buzzard's Bay Including The Falmouths, Woods Hole, Marion, Mattapoisett, Fairhaven, Salter's Point, Quisset, Etc.
Published 1908, Boston by Boston Suburban Book Co.
113 pages. Text in English. Abundant (sometimes pictorial) period advertising. A genealogical gold mine.
Publisher's cloth bindings, gilt title lettering, embossed cover decorations.
Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Book is not new or in "new" condition.
Binding gently age worn, spine ends frayed and worn, covers gently age toned and soiled, mostly light or inoffensive signs of handling and time but nothing severe or unsightly, book remains overall attractive as an object.
Paper is gently toned, still clean, a bit shaken with some loose pages.
Still attractive on the shelf. The book displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in overall nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws which may be present seem easy to overlook or forgive.
Please review photos for more detail showing how this scarce book survives. The asking price reflects the condition based on our examination and 35+ years full time exposure to antiquarian books, maps and printed ephemera of all types and genres. Flaws seen and/ or described have been taken into account.
Book Measures c. 9 1/2" H x 7" W.
[B10025].