Josiah Count (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Very Rare and Important Early San Francisco Directory - Likely the Finest Example Known   With a Beautiful Lithograph Map of San Francisco and a View of the City The great historian of the West, Hubert Howe Ban. Octavo. Original sheep-backed printed yellow boards. Gilt title on spine: "Parker's Directory." Only the slightest hint of rubbing to spine extremities. Corners a bit frayed. Some minor dust soiling to boards. Minor scattered foxing to text leaves, but generally very clean. An extraordinary example in original state. [1-2, ads on both sides of front cover], [2, ads on green paper], [blank leaf],[1-2, title page, with editor's printed notice on verso], [1 plate, lithograph 'View of San Francisco from the Bay'], [3]-20 ('Brief Sketch of San Francisco'), [4, contents, almanac, ads], [4, double-sheet map of San Francisco and ads], [31]-38,41-42,39-40, [1, ad on pink paper], 43-54, [1, ad on green paper], 55-58, [1, ad on yellow paper], 59-64, [1, ad on green paper], 65-76, [1, ad on blue paper], 77-94, [1, ad on dark green paper], 95-102, [2, ad on orange paper], 103-113,[1, index], 32 (appendix: street directory, etc.), 48 pages (ads, first 2 leaves yellow paper), [blank leaf], [2, ads on green paper], [1-2, ads on both sides of back cover]. Lithograph map on pp. 26-27. Many illustrations of buildings in the ads. (Includes a total of 9 leaves of ads on variously colored paper - not included in pagination - as noted by Kurutz). Complete. With the map, lithograph view and all advertisement leaves (per Quebedeaux). The map and San Francisco view beautiful perfect examples. Very Rare and Important Early San Francisco Directory - Likely the Finest Example Known With a Beautiful Lithograph Map of San Francisco and a View of the City The great historian of the West, Hubert Howe Bancroft, called Parker's Directory of San Francisco, "the first really excellent directory" of the city. It is a very rare and maintains a high stature among important San Francisco books issued during the Gold Rush. This fascinating item of Western Americana stands as a key primary source on the commercial affairs of the city and the professional lives of its citizens at the height of the Gold Rush. It features a highly detailed map of the city, a lithographed city view, almost 80 pages listing the names, addresses and occupations of residents involved in professions or trades, a list of office holders, an almanac for the year 1852-3, as well as dozens of advertisements for a variety of items such as "gold dust" and "whale oil." While not the earliest city directory of San Francisco, that distinction belonging to Charles Kimball's The San Francisco City Directory.September 1, 1850 (although two strictly business directories preceded it), Parker's directory is remarkable for reflecting the explosion of growth that marked the city due to the Gold Rush. It is also the first San Francisco directory to contain a map of the city. As mentioned above, Bancroft praised this directory as source for Gold Rush San Francisco: The first really excellent directory was issued in December 1852 by J. M. Parker. It [lists] about 9000 names, prefaced by an historic sketch and admirable plan of the city, and followed by a valuable appendix of general information and statistics - Bancroft. The lengthy directory listing the names, addresses and professions of thousands of the city's residents is today considered to be an extremely important primary source for the history of San Francisco during the Gold Rush. In 1852, San Francisco had a population of over 36,000, which had exploded upwards from 850 residents in 1848. The transient nature of the population continuously saw many new arrivals and departures, often with little or no official record. This directory listing is thus a vit. Book.