Massachusetts Register & Business Directory 1874 large map reference great ads

(Old Books, 19th Century Books, New England, Massachusetts, Business Directory, Period Adverts).

The Massachusetts Register and Business Directory, 1874. Containing a Record of State and County Officers, Merchants, Manufacturers, Etc.
Published 1874, Boston by Rand, Avery & Co for Sampson, Davenport & Company.
828 pages. Text in English. Abundant period advertising section, much of it pictorial. Large folding hand colored map at front.

The large folding map has advertising printed on it. Old tape repair and a split along one fold line.

Publisher's cloth binding, gilt cover decorations & title lettering, old spine repair, hand lettered spine title lettering.

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

Binding gently age worn, old book cloth applied to spine by former library with hand lettered title, front hinge cracked, remains overall sound as an object.

Text block paper is gently toned, internally still well preserved, tight, sound.

Please review photos for more detail and our best attempt to convey how this antique book survives.

Book Measures c. 9 1/4" H x 6 1/8" W.

[B3234].