The Adelaide Almanack, Town and Country Directory, and Guide to South Australia for 1867
Adelaide, C. Platts, E.S. Wigg, J. Howell, and W.C. Rigby, [1866].
Duodecimo, [ii], viii (including the index to the Almanack), 128, [iv] (index to the Directory), 122, [vi] (index to the South Australian Almanac [sic] and Directory Advertiser), 70, 70a-71a, 71-98, 98a-99a, 99-144 pages plus advertising on the pastedowns. Some of the advertisements contain woodcut illustrations; the two 'a' leaves and an adjacent one in each case are printed on orange paper.
Flush-cut blue cloth with the full title page details repeated on the front cover, and advertising on the rear one; cloth a little mottled and marked, with minimal fraying at the edges; trifling signs of age and use; a very good copy.
The very large oval blindstamp of 'Howell | Bookseller | Rundle Street | Adelaide' appears at the head of the first leaf of the first index.
Item #144419
Price (AUD):
$750.00

