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Langley's San Francisco Business Directory, 1877-1878 [169394]

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Langley's San Francisco Business Directory, 1877-1878 [169394]

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Langley[x=#8217/]s San Francisco Business Directory 1877-78 - Business directory 444 pp. with an additional 48 pages of advertisements in front. Binding intact, brown hard cover with gilt. Langley tried to do what Wilson did in New York City, where he pub;lished a seperate city busienss directorywhile Trow published the main directory. The venture evidently did not work well, as this is the first of this we've seen, including the Holabird and Lerch Directory colelctions. San Francisco California

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Langley's San Francisco Business Directory, 1877-1878 [169394]

Name: Langley's San Francisco Business Directory, 1877-1878 [169394]
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