The Commercial and Trades Directory of South Australia, 1882-3. Comprising a Commercial, Trades, Banking, Professional, Hotel, and Friendly Societies Directory for Adelaide, Suburbs, and Country Townships in the Province of South Australia ... by Morris, Hayter & Barry
Adelaide, Morris, Hayter & Barry, 1882.
Octavo, 377, ii-lxvi (advertisements), 378-588 pages (with numerous advertisements in the last 100 or so pages) plus numerous unnumbered advertising leaves (printed one side only, often on different coloured paper) and endpaper advertisements.
Original dark green stippled cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, and ruled in blind on the spine and both sides; cloth a little marked, with slight wear to the corner tips; edges and front free endpaper a little marked; endpapers unevenly tanned; overall, an excellent copy.
'First edition 3,000' is printed at the foot of the title page, but it is decidedly rare: this is the only copy we have seen or handled in nearly five decades of bookselling in Adelaide.
Item #94719
Price (AUD):
$550.00