Radges' Fourth Biennial Directory to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Manufacturing Establishments, Business Firms, Etc., of the City of Topeka, for 1878-1879 de Radges, Samuel (Compiled by) - 1878

Topeka, KS: Samuel Radges / Commonwealth State Printing House, 1879. First Edition, Thus . Cloth - Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 266 pages. Rebound in black cloth with gilt stamped lettering on spine. Lacking original paste downs on inside of cover and first leaf of advertising in the text. First six leaves with chipping along upper edge. Some smudges and penciled calculations on title page. Scattered light smudges elsewhere, though contents are generally clean, and are otherwise intact.

Topeka, Kansas: Commonwealth" State Printing House, 1872. First edition of the first biennial issue of this directory (published into the late 1880s). 8vo. 225 pp. [Title page on p. 21, preceded by ads.] Numerous ads, including two chromolithographs (both for printers). Original boards printed with advertisements, rebacked in leather, not affecting the printed ads. Very good copy with old library markings, marked withdrawn.

Topeka, KS: Samuel Radges / "Commonwealth State Printing House, 1872. First Edition, Thus . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 225 pages, plus a few tipped in ads. Rebacked with black cloth with gilt stamped lettering. New end leaves, though trimmed just beyond the margin of the inside paste downs of both covers and covering no text of ads. Original paper advertising paste over on top and bottom covers are rubbed and chipped at edges, though letter remains mostly very clear. Wear along edges of covers. Contents show scattered smudges, though remain complete and mostly clean. Nice example of this very scarce city directory.

Topeka, KS: State Record Book and Job Printing House, 1870. First Edition . Cloth - Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 278+ pages. Rebound in black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Ex-Library, though with minimal markings. Slight residue of sticker on spine, with no other external library markings. Small "Kansas Coll." stamp at top of title page, as well as various penciled markings on title page. Marked out stamp at foot of verso advertising page. Penciled library number in bottom margin of last page. Corners of pages 277/78 are chipped. A few small chips to edges of first and last few leaves. Otherwise very clean.