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175042895Petropoli St. Petersbourg 1750. 4to. Uncut without wrappers. Extracted from "Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae" Tom. I. ad Annum 1747 et 1748. Pp. 245-266 a. 1 engraved plate ad. p. 251. Clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of a groundbreaking paper in chemistry in which Lomonosov describes his discovery of the transition of a metal into passive state and this is the first scientific description of this phenomena. He observed and described fast termination of the dissolution of iron in concentrated nitric acid and attributed this to a change in the solvent properties."Lomonosov employed corpuscular mechanics in chemical explanations more extensively than Boyle had done. Treating chemical compounds as particles in adhesion he held that "adhesion is eliminated and renewed by means of motion.since no change in a body can take place withouy motion". He attempted to apply these theories to chemical phenomena - although he was limited to speculation- in papers on the action of chemical solvents in general."DSB VIII p. 469."Lomonosov was founder of Russian science and he would be universally recognized as a great pioneer of science had he been born a West European. He was famous also for his literary works including poems and dramas. In 1755 he wrote a Russian Grammar that reformed the language and in the same year he helped found the University of Moscow. In 1760 he published the first history of Russia."Isaac Asimov. </em> unknown
New English Paperback. Pbo. 4to. (31 x 22 cm). In Turkish. B/w and color ills. and original b/w Ottoman documents. 1000 copies were printed. Vol. 1: Hatt-i Hümâyûn, 1577-1804. 372 p.; Vol. 2: Ilmühaber 1, 1667-1871. [xxx], 494 p.; Vol. 3: Mâi Lezîz defterleri 1, 1791-1794. 402 p.; Vol. 4: Mâi Lezîz defterleri 2, 1791-1794.; Vol. 5: Ilmühaber 2, 1710-1841. 398 p.; Vol. 6: Ilmühaber 3, 16016-1898. 404 p.; Vol. 7: Ilmühaber 4, 1856-1928. [xvii], 342 p.; Vol. 8: Mâi Lezîz defterleri 3, 1794-1797. [xix], 407 p.; Vol. 9: Mâi Lezîz defterleri 4, 1798-1802. [xvii], 398 p.; Vol. 10: Mâi Lezîz defterleri 5, 1801-1806. [xviii], 394 p.; Vol. 11: Kirkçesme sulari 1. [xxxvi], 436 p.; Vol. 12: Kirkçesme sulari 2, 1811-1921. [xxxviii], 402 p.; Vol. 13: 19. ve 20. yüzyillarda Istanbul sulari. 301 p.; Vol. 14: Su hukuku ve teskilâti, Gülfettin Çelik. 223 p.; Vol. 15: Mâi Lezîz defterleri 6, 1806-1813. [xxvii], 399 p.; Vol. 16: Mâi Lezîz defterleri 7, 1813-1817. [xxv], 379 p.; Vol. 17: Mâi Lezîz defterleri 8, 1817-1823. [xxiv], 385 p.; Vol. 18: Mâi Lezîz defterleri 9, 123-1826. [xxiv], 342 p.; Vol. 19: Mâi Lezîz defterleri 10, 1817-1829. [xxiv], 319 p.; Vol. 20: Mâi Lezîz defterleri 11, 1829-1838. [xxv], 364 p.; Vol. 21: Halkali sulari 1, 1837-1905. [xxvii], [1], ]301 p.; Vol. 22: Halkali sulari 2, 1843-1913. [xxx], 297 p.; Vol. 23: Avrupa Yakasi sulari 1, 1603-1826. [xxxviii], 326 p.; Vol. 24: Avrupa Yakasi sulari 2, 1577-1842. [xxxvi], 323 p.; Vol. 25: Avrupa Yakasi sulari 3, 1574-1831. [xLv], 3998 p.; Vol. 26: Suyolcu 1, 1717-1925. [xxiv], 309 p.; Vol. 27: Su kesif defteri 1, 1842-1862. [xxvi], 333 p.; Vol. 28: Su kesif defteri 2, 1847-1872. [xxvi], 334 p.; Vol. 29: Su kesif defteri 3, 1862-1876. [xxxii], 374 p.; Vol. 30: Bogaziçi ve Taksim sulari 1, 1836-1908. [xxviii], 339 p.; Vol. 31: Bogaziçi ve Taksim sulari 2, 1813-1928. [xLi], 338 p.; Vol. 32: Su tahrirleri, 1655-1807. [xLix], 278 p.; Vol. 33: Suyolcu 2, 1871-1921. [xxxv], 309 p.; Vol. 34: Suyolcu 3, 1684-1876. 335 p. Everything on water systems, water management, water supplying in Istanbul City based on original Ottoman archival documents and their transcriptions order in modern Turkish as in chronological order after the Conquest of Istanbul (Constantinople), in 1453. Also including The Roman, The Byzantine Era on it. [Istanbul Constantinople Constantinopolis Constantinopla Constantinopolin Konstantinopel Water supplying system Fountain Fountains History of art Turkish and Islamic art Ottoman arts Fine arts Khumayoun Humayoun Ottoman Empire The Ottoman State Constantinus Hadrianus Canalisation Canalization Engineering Arc Wtaer supply Canal Channel Drainage Dam Barrage Dike Aqueduct Pool Pond Receiver Sewer Cesspool Scales Grate Ways Water way Waterway Waterways Masjid Fountain for ablutions Charitable fountain Bath Hammam Hamam Assignment Allocating Distrubition Well Pit Sink Letting flow Conducting line Municipality Mayoralty Townhall Parish Ward Quarter District Harbour Narbor Port Haven Seaport Estuary Arm of the Sea The Golden Horn Lodging Settling Cistern Tank Registering Recording Enrolment Development Prosperity].
2017Raj-97881820521472017. New. English unknown
2017Raj-97881820521472017. New. English unknown
2017Gyan-9788182052147Isha Books 2017. 26 Vols. Set. Hardcover. New. 14.34 x 22.59 x 119. English Isha Books hardcover
2017Gyan-9788182052147Isha Books 2017. 26 Vols. Set. Hardcover. New. 14.34 x 22.59 x 119. English Isha Books hardcover
2017BIBHB0086145652017. Hardcover. New. ABOUT THE BOOK: The Imperial Gazetteer of India 1908 consists of 26 Volumes including the first four4 encyclopedic Volumes entitled Indian Empire : Descriptive Historical Economic and Administrative . The next 20 volumes of the alphabetically arranged gazetteer listing places� names and giving statistics and summary information and one volume each comprising the index and atlas. The first edition of the Imperial Gazetteer of India was published in 9 Volumes in 1881. A Second edition augmented to fourteen volumes was issued in the years 188587 after the death of William Wilson Hunter in 1900; Herbert Hope Risley William Stevenson Meyer Sir Richard Burn and James Sutherland Cotton compiled the twenty Six Volumes. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Sir William Wilson Hunter KCSI CIE 15July18406 February 1900 was a Scotish historian Statistician a compiler and a member of the Indian Civil Services. He reached Bengal Presidency in November 1862 and was appointed assistant magistrate and collector of Birbhum in the lower provinces of Bengal. He compiled the matter of the then 240 districts and they were condensed into the nine volumes of the Imperial Gazetteer of India which was published in 1881. Sir Herbert Hope Risle KCIE CSI 4 January 185130 September 1911 was a British ethnographer and colonial administrator a member of the Indian Civil Services. He edited some parts of the first edition of The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Sir William Stevenson Meyer GCIE KCSIE 13 February 186019 October 1922 was an Indian Civil Service officer. From 1902 to 1908 he was the editor of the Imperial Gazetteer of India. Sir Richard Burn CSI 1 February 187126 July 1947 was a Civil Servant in British India. He became underSecretary to the Government of the United Provinces in 1897 Superintendent of the census in 19oo and the Imperial Gazetteer in 19o2 editor in 19o5. James Sutherland Cotton 18471918 born at Coonoor Nilgiri Madras. He was fellow and lecturer at Queens College Oxford. In 1880 1910 he published various Work on Indian Subject and was English editor of revised edition of the Imperial Gazetteer of India. He was also an editor of The Academy 1881 1896. The Title 'The Imperial Gazetteer of India : the Indian Empire written/authored/edited by The Authority Of His Majesty'S Secretary Of State For India In Council' published in the year 2017. The ISBN 9788182052147 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 11900 Pages. The publisher of this title is Isha Books. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Reference / History. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol: Volume 26 Vols. Set hardcover
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010254Rutland Vermont N.D. circa 1880s : Ripley Sons Poster. Very Good. One PageFolded. Text below title - "All varieties of turned work constantly on hand or finished to order. Our own designs furnished on application or we will fit up monuments from designs furnished by our Customers". Scale 1 " = 1 foot. J. H. Bufford's Sons lith. 141 Franklin St. Boston printers. 22" h x 28 " w. One horizontal and one vertical fold. Very Good 4 spots of soiling verso archival tape mend verso a few small edge tears several creases. Of the 12 styles of monuments pictured seven have the original printed model letter lined out with replacement letters in black ink. No date circa 1880s the US Post Office required the name of Centre Rutland changed to Center Rutland in 1892 and the Ripley Sons sold the company to Vermont Marble in 1889. Brothers William Y. W. Ripley and Edward Ripley who were running the company at this time both had distinguished service careers in the Civil War - William winning the Congressional Medal of Honor at the Battle of Malvern Hill and Edward commanding some of the first troops to enter Richmond. A RARE broadside not found at OCLC or in any online searches. . Ripley Sons unknown
20563Modern three-ring binder containing 27 black and white 8" x 10" photographs showcasing high-end vehicles for rent from the Iowa Garage owned by former race car mechanic Eugene Lajunie of Pasadena. Each photo is accompanied by a typed caption giving the model number color some specifications and the price per day to rent with a driver. Vehicles include many touring cars and cabriolets made by Renault Packard and Daimler; a Sunbeam roadster town cars taxis a limousine army trucks a French truck mounted with an anti-aircraft gun and several remarkable "camera cars" made with front or rear-mounted platforms to hold movie cameras and their operators. Rental prices ranged from $35/day for a camera car to $75/day for the Sunbeam Roadster or a 1926 Renault cabriolet. Many of the cars are "posed" in front of beautiful homes on tree-lined Pasadena streets. These photographs would originally have been in a sales catalogue or album and there are remnants of the original pages on which they were mounted on the back of each one. Some have the original typed captions taped to the back others have recent copies of those captions. These photographs were acquired as a group from the granddaughter of Eugene Lajunie and we believe the family made the modern captions to replace damaged ones from the original album. The images themselves are all original and in very good condition. unknown books
1890010198Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Railroad Company 1890. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Title continues;"including A General Map of the Pennsylvania Railroad Maps of the Principal Cities and Other Information of Interest to Shippers". With original wrappers bound in 20th c. black cloth with gilt lettering at spine Near Fine light soiling to wrappers one map detached but laid in and complete a few pages with contemporary pencil notations bottom edge of page block "FRT STAS PRR" in ink . Stiff cardboard wrappers 194 pp. with maps and numerous advertisements. "This book contains an alphabetical list of stations on all lines owned leased or operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company east of Pittsburgh and Erie together with numerous other points on its direct connections and shows at which of the various Freight Stations of the Company in New York Philadelphia and Baltimore shipments for the points named may be delivered; also the stations at which there are no agents or sidings and the junction points with connecting roads." p. 15. RARE not found at OCLC/WorldCat RareBookHub Auction & Book Sales Archive by BIBLIO or in Google search. Pennsylvania Railroad Company Hardcover
1823List3302London England: Ellerton and Henderson 1823. Three page document measuring 8 ½ x 13 ¼ inches. Folded with some small wrinkles at edges else Near Fine. A document produced by the Society for Mitigating and Gradually Abolishing the State of Slavery throughout the British Dominions better known as the Anti-Slavery Society. The group was founded in London in 1823 by a group of politicians philanthropists and businessmen including William Wilberforce Joseph Sturge and Zachary Macaulay. The document discusses the horrors of enslavement—even unfavorably comparing the British colonies’ conditions with those in the US—and decries the fact that after the 1807 Slave Trade Act essentially nothing more had been done to put “an end to a condition of society which so grievously outrages every feeling of humanityâ€. We find a single copy of the Ellerton and Henderson edition in physical format listed in OCLC as accession number 83930673. Ellerton and Henderson unknown
185269784Gotha Germany: Justus Perthes 1852. Map. Very Good. Hand-colored map. From Stieler's Schul Atlas. No. 29. "Schul-Atlas über Alle Theile der Erde Nach dem Neuesten Zustande. Das Weltgebäude. Nach Stieler's Hand-Atlas verkleinert. Zwei und Dreissigste verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage". 30 cm wide x 24 cm tall. Lightly foxed. Light dampstain to top right fore-edge corner measuring 3" tall by 1 1/2" wide. A German map showing the State of Deseret. The publishing house Justus Perthes Gotha was founded in 1785. Justus Perthes unknown
185067060Washington: William M. Belt 1850. Very Good. 12pp. Octavo 23.5 cm bound in black buckram with title gilt on the backstrip. New endsheets and pastedowns. Text shows light age toning and foxing throughout. Ex-library of the New York City Bar Association with their circular ink stamp about the size of a nickel on the first page. U.S. House of Representatives 31st Congress 1st Session. Miscellaneous Paper No.18. Although the federal constitution was the ultimate prototype there is little doubt that the constitution of Deseret was derived from the Iowa constitution of 1846 which makes sense considering that these was originally printed in Kanesville Iowa. Fifty-seven of the sixty-seven sections were taken from the Iowa constitution in most cases word for word.<br /> <br /> "The House edition of Constitution of the State of Deseret is textually the same as the Kanesville edition and differs from the Senate edition only in that it includes the memorial once at the end. Crawley". Crawley 459. Fales/Flake 36. Flake/Draper 2784. [William M. Belt] unknown
1841010209Albany NY: Printed by Charles Van Benthuysen 1841. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Volumes I - III April 1841 - April 1844. Bound in contemporary quarter leather over marbled boards tan end papers Very Good 3" chip front end paper wear at edges of boards front board recently professionally reattached marginal dark stain first third of pages not affecting text. The principal contributors to this monthly newspaper included Thomas Cole Romeyn Beck Amos Dean. Noah Webster Willis Gaylord Alonzo Potter Paul de Kock Alfred B. Street Dr E. B. O'Callaghan E. G. Squier Horace Greeley and H. R. Schoolcraft. The contributions include several important historical essays with poems and sketches. RARE last copy seen at auction at RBH was in 1956. Printed by Charles Van Benthuysen Hardcover
1808008919Raleigh NC: Printed by William Boylan 1808. RARE. No institutional holdings noted at OCLC. A Good copy of the 2nd Edition the 1st Haywood published 1800. Missing 1/2" of calf at top of spine 1/2"-2" at bottom of spine front board with 3" missing outer leather layer rear paste down with scribbles in reddish pencil front blank end page detached front board hanging by a strip of leather at spine blank rear end page missing. All pages with text present. Front paste down and front end page with several early owner names and dates early owner name at title page. Front end page unattached. 414 pages. Laid in one page circa 1904-1908 titled "Important Meetings for Fishermen and Oystermen - Itinereray of Fish Committee" listing a number of meetings with dates and places. On verso is a manuscript in pencil roughly 50 word description of where and how this book was found and who one of its prior owners was said to have been. The writing presumable in the hand of Joseph Hyde Pratt state geologist of North Carolina at the time as noted on the front and from whose estate this book came. For all its flaws. a fascinating copy of this RARE early North Carolina imprint. Cohen 8443 Shaw 34857. . Second Edition. Calf. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Printed by William Boylan Hardcover books
18789108San Francisco: L. M. McKenney 1878. Half leather. Very good condition. 8vo. 1/2 leather original printed paper boards with advertisements 894 pp. front and rear pastedowns with advertisements 2 pp. ads prior to title page. pages 509-624 filled with advertisements. Pages 869-894 have advertisements. Many of these advertisements have graphics. -- The book has been professionally rebacked with the original leather spine laid back down. -- At the bottom of the spine PRINTED / SAN FRANCISO Missing the ed in printed and the cisco in San Francisco. --. L. M. McKenney unknown
008912North Carolina: U.S. Forest Service RARE travelogue from the early years of the Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina no publisher U.S. Forest Service no date circa 1918-1920 given date of construction of the Inn and date of automobile pictured. Suede over flexible boards oblong with tied leather cord front cover title in gilt with inset original opaque watercolor painting of a view of the trail 2 3/4"h x 1 1/4" w ruled in gilt. 39 light brown heavy cardstock leaves 2 pages with text only 36 pages with black and white or sepia photos mounted directly to rectos only and with text photos ranging in size from 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" to 6 1/2" x 9" and one page mounted map 8" x 11" no date no publisher. Printed in black and red the travelogue in overall Arts & Crafts style. The photos are a mixture of images stressing conservation of the forest and sights encountered on a trip through the Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina established 1916 as one of the first National Forests in the eastern U.S. They include photos of Mt. Pisgah Davidson River Looking Glass Falls French Broad River Catawba Falls Bridgewater Lakes The Shark's Head Grandfather Mountain Linville Falls Power Dam at Marshall and River Bluffs at Hot Springs. The photos of conservation and forestry include captions such as Giving the Wildlife a Chance Convenience for the Camper Weeping Willow A Farm Woodlot Near Brevard The Forest Fire patrol The Result of Forest Abuse and The Forest Perpetual. Very Good the corners rubbed of suede and light soiling internally clean and bright. With 4 corrections noted in pencil one changing Big Top to Big Ivy 2 changing Lee Highway to Dixie Highway and one changing 'the' Walton's to Ike Walton's. While these corrections indicate a book that might have been intended for publication no record of any such publication at OCLC and no copies found anywhere online. The map also not found in image searches. A unique historical record of early conservation efforts and of the early days of the Pisgah National Forest. . Suede . Very Good. 15" w x 11 1/4"h. (U.S. Forest Service) Paperback books
2010285779Washington: United States Government Printing Office 2010. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. From the Foreign Relation of the United States series published by the Office of the Historian in the U.S. Department of State; with all volumes covering Vietnam from 1955 to July 1975 the creation of the state to the end of direct U.S. military involvement there complete in eighteen volumes. The FRUS series "serves as the primary venue for publishing documentation on the role of intelligence activities in U. S. foreign relations and it has become renowned internationally for its openness" Immerman. Discrete unobtrusive marginalia in pencil in most volumes. Else bright and clean. Clay colored cloth gilt lettering and decoration on the spines. Overall in Very Good condition. Richard Immerman. "Report of the Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation." . Very Good binding. United States Government Printing Office unknown books
194870160Washington DC: Protestants and Other Americans United for Separation of Church and State 1948. Presumed 1st ed. /1st ptg thus other than first 2 issues. Hardcover. Fair. Binding of three of the volumes match. Fourth volume darker cloth. Occasional underlining and marginal marks noted. Small portion of text missing from Volume 17 No. 1 page 15/16; Vol. 17 no. 9 page 13/14Volume 18 No. 2 page 13/14. 4 volume set. Includes: illustrations index. Volumes 1 through 19 bound in four volumes covering the period 1948 to 1966 1-7 8-13 14-16 and 17-19. Various pagination First two issues copied from 1948 multilith original. From Wikipedia: "Americans United for Separation of Church and State was founded in 1947 as Protestants and Other Americans United for Separation of Church and State POAU by a coalition of religious educational and civic leaders in response to proposals pending in the U.S. Congress to extend government aid to private religious schools. They believed that government support for religious education would violate church-state separation. The decision was made to form a national organization to promote and defend this point of view. The organization aimed to influence political leaders and began publishing Church & State magazine in 1952 error copies of newsletter go back to 1948 and other materials in support of church-state separation to educate the general public. In 1962 and 1963 the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the Abington School District v. Schempp decision which struck down local government-sponsored school prayer and Bible reading in public schools." Protestants and Other Americans United for Separation of Church and State hardcover
185311183Washington D.C.: Robert Armstrong 1853. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair. Senate Ex. Doc. 59 32d Congress 2nd Session. First Edition with seventy-nine plates and usual first state numbering problems: 23 Landscape plates numbered 1-13 and 15-21 with three unnumbered plates at end; 6 Mammal plates; 5 Bird plates with no Plate II as usual numbered 1 and then 3-6; 21 Reptile plates with two plates marked Plate 10 Plate 12 marked Plate 11 and Plate 14 marked either Plate 18 or 13; 3 Fish plates and 21 Plant plates with the last being Aploppus Nuttalii. 8vo three-quarter leather by unknown binder with name S.H. Walley presume this is U.S. Representative Samuel H. Walley from Massachusetts stamped at bottom of spine; fair boards loose almost detached and only held in place with new cords by a binder; in other words not completely restored; joints torn; marbled paper on boards heavily rubbed and worn; edges of boards heavily worn and scraped; spine creased scraped and scarred; leather on top third of spine lifting away along torn front joint; triangular piece at spine head threatening to chip off; corners worn to boards; marbled eps do not match marbled boards; hinges broken; endpapers split at hinges; bookplate on front pastedown; pencil writing on verso of ffep; owner's signature pasted note and pasted newspaper article on first blank flyleaf; scattered but minimal foxing to text; plates toning around edges; tears to foreedge and creased upper corners on Plates 13-21; large map is good with toning several repaired tears at hinge and a number of small holes where folds intersect. This copy belonged to Ruthven Deane 1851-1934 famous ornithologist scholar and bookplate collector; his bookplate is on marbled front pastedown. He was an early President of the Illinois Audubon Society which preceded the National Audubon Society. On the first of 2 blank pages is the signature "Ruthven Deane 1.Mch.1849." Beneath this in a different pen he had begun to write "List of birds" but the ink was bleeding so he wrote on a thick card "List of birds by Dr. S.W. Woodhouse on page 58 Also autograph letter of the author. R. Deane." He pasted this card in along with a newspaper notice of Woodhouse's death dated 24 Oct. 1904. Samuel Washington Woodhouse 1821-1904; note that both men lived 83 years lost the use of a finger to a rattlesnake bite on this expedition; apparently his companions advised him that the best treatment was to stay drunk all night. The AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by Woodhouse is tipped in at p. 58 where his section on birds begins; he also wrote the section on Mammals and the Medical Report. It was written to Mr. Deane in Philadelphia on May 28th 1900 and concerns an upcoming trip to Boston on the way to Maine. <br/> <br/> Robert Armstrong hardcover
1825100946<p>Small 8vo 6 3/4x4 1/4 original printed wrappers bound inside late 19th century quarter leather and cloth hinges reinforced map printed inside front cover of the original wrapper 67 pp. Scuffing and wear to leather rubbing and edge wear short tears to wrapper covers 1/2" chip to front cover margin which just about touches the map on the reverse side but doesn't really affect the image a few red pencil marks within some soiling staining and foxing ex Brooklyn Library copy bookplate on front pastedown perforated library stamp on title; still a good copy. A very scarce directory that probably began in the early 1820s. It continued to be published through 1829 but in 1830 it seems to have become The Brooklyn Directory although Spooner was still the publisher in that year. The first 48 pages appear to provide the "names and residence of all the Householders." The occupations of the people that are named are also provided. Additional information ranging from village by-laws to important members of the fire department is included. Spooner also provides a list of churches in Brooklyn and the results of the 1820 census for Kings County. The total population of Brooklyn in 1820 was 11183. This is a fairly rare title which offers a vivid picture about what Brooklyn looked like almost 200 years ago.</p> Alden Spooner, books
1825100946<p>Small 8vo 6 3/4x4 1/4 original printed wrappers bound inside late 19th century quarter leather and cloth hinges reinforced map printed inside front cover of the original wrapper 67 pp. Scuffing and wear to leather rubbing and edge wear short tears to wrapper covers 1/2" chip to front cover margin which just about touches the map on the reverse side but doesn't really affect the image a few red pencil marks within some soiling staining and foxing ex Brooklyn Library copy bookplate on front pastedown perforated library stamp on title; still a good copy. A very scarce directory that probably began in the early 1820s. It continued to be published through 1829 but in 1830 it seems to have become The Brooklyn Directory although Spooner was still the publisher in that year. The first 48 pages appear to provide the "names and residence of all the Householders." The occupations of the people that are named are also provided. Additional information ranging from village by-laws to important members of the fire department is included. Spooner also provides a list of churches in Brooklyn and the results of the 1820 census for Kings County. The total population of Brooklyn in 1820 was 11183. This is a fairly rare title which offers a vivid picture about what Brooklyn looked like almost 200 years ago.</p> Alden Spooner,
