Boston Almanac 1850 Period Advertising City & Business Directory w/ notations

(Old Books, 19th Century Books, Americana, United States, New England, Massachusetts, Boston, Almanac, Period Advertising).

The Boston Almanac for the Year 1850.
Published 1849, Boston by Coolidge and Wiley.
216 pages plus advertising. Text in English. Folding engraved environs of Boston at front. Coated endpaper stock with splendid pictorial ads, one featuring a shop interior of a jewelry shop.

Wonderful detailed listing of endless categories of merchants and trades such as book binders, cigar stores, &c.

Publisher's cloth binding, gilt title lettering, embossed cover decorations, all edges gilt.

Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Book is not new or in "new" condition.

Binding gently age worn, binding slightly loosened, cloth lightly rubbed with minor staining, overall nice example.

Paper is gently toned, still clean, tight, sound internally.

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 pocket 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. 5 1/2" H x 3 1/4" W.

[B10929].