Manahan's Paper Trade Directory for 1874 Rare Photostat Copy Hardcover. Paper Manufacturing Bookplate of Paper Industry Expert Ralph M. Snell. Includes a list of 1873 Paper Mill Fires. OP. Not Listed in LOC.

Thomas Manahan

Published by Thomas Manahan

About this Item

This is a photostat copy of the long out of print 1874 edition of "Manahan's Paper Trade Directory" which listed business concerns that were involved in either the manufacturing or the distribution of paper products. Thomas Manahan operated a Wholesale Paper Warehouse in New York. I do not know who photostated the copy and had it bound - likely the person whose bookplate is is affixed to the front paste-down (Ralph M. Snell), but lacking those details I cannot say who had the photosat done, nor when . Photostats were first devised in 1909 and are still being used sporadically. ************************************** A photostat was made by a camera that used a photographic silver paper instead of film. The resulting image produced was negative, ie: white text on black. Subsequent photographing would produce black text on white, which of course required more time and expenses. So a photostat was often left white on black , as the contents of this book are. Photostats were printed on only one side of the paper, leaving a verso that was blank. The paper has a tendency to curl at the edges. ***************************************** The directory (which is nation-wide ) is a simple listing giving the names of businesses and their addresses, divided into sections according to the type of paper business. The following types of concerns are listed : Paper Dealers / Paper Stock Dealers / Paper Manufacturers / Paper Warehouses / Dealers in Paper Stock / Manufacturers of Book and News Paper / Cane Pulp / Bank Note and Parchment Paper / Binders' Boards / Card Middles / Collar Paper / Colored Paper / Hanging Paper / Hardware Paper / Leather Board / Manilla Paper / Press Board / Sheating and Roofing Papers / Straw Boards / Straw Printing Paper / Straw Wrapping Paper / Tissue Manilla Paper / Wood Paper & Wood Pulp / Bogus Manilla and Common Wrapping Papers / Writing, Flat Cap, Folio and Ledger Papers/ The directory also list Mills that were Burned in 1873. There were many. ************************************** This is a rare item, there seemingly being no specimens of the original Directories listed for sale on line. This photostat copy is presumed unique. This is the only specimen offered for sale online. *************************************** TITLE : Manahan's Paper Trade Directory for 1874 / AUTHOR / EDITOR : Thomas Manahan / IMPRINT : Thomas Manahan / PLACE : New York / DATE : 1874 / REPRODUCTION : Photostat - likely privately done. / REPRODUCTION DATE : Unknown . likely circa 1930 - 1935. / STATUS : OP - RARE - This title is not listed in the Library of Congress. / PHYSICAL DETAILS : Photostat copy; 31 photostat pages, with back sides blank; approximately 5/1/2" x 8 1/4" plain, maroon buckram cloth-covered boards with reinforced hinges; gilt lettering on spine. Decorated endpapers printed pale green and pink on gray (an Art Deco design) ************************************** CONDITION : This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, the following particulars noted :: EXTERIOR -- Spine Lettering is bright; rub to edges, joints, and spine extremities; modest shelf rub to bottom edges of boards; mild surface rub; else clean and attractive with negligible signs of handling. / BINDING - Tight. / INTERIOR -- The front inner flyleaf has a small tear to the fore-edge and a bit of creasing to the top fore-edge corner. There is a minute line of penciling on the verso of the front inner flyleaf ("paper making and Trade Directories'). The original owner's personal bookplate is affixed to the front pastedown (Ralph. M. Snell) Mr. Snell was long associated with the paper trade in one form or another. He was the editor of "Superior Facts", the industry organ of The Paper Makers Chemical Corporation and Associates. Seller Inventory # 1815

Bibliographic Details

Title: Manahan's Paper Trade Directory for 1874 ...

Publisher: Thomas Manahan

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good