— Post-Office Edinburgh and Leith Directory 1848-9

Edinburgh, Johnstone, Ballantyne & Co, 1848. Cloth. A very scarce and detailed directory for Edinburgh and Leith, containing a wealth of information on the area. A very scarce edition of the Post-Office's directory for Edinburgh and Leith, this volume for 1848-9 being the forty-third annual publication. Illustrated with a folding map. Collated, complete.This directory contains an alphabetical list of nobility, gentry and merchants in this region of Scotland, and including lists of streets, squares and places.Fifty-eight pages of adverts to the rear, being an insurance directory and a miscellaneous directory. In the original publisher's cloth binding. externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light rubbing and marks to the cloth. Hinges are starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with some scattered spots and handling marks. The occasional ink mark. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .