Grooms & Smith's New Albany City Directory and Business Mirror, for 1856-7.

New Albany, (IN): A.C. Grooms & W.T. Smith (Printed at the New Albany Ledger Office), 1856. "First issue". 8vo. (4), 180 pp. Ads for local businesses, ads on front endpapers, lithograph (7 3/4 x 4 7/8 inches) advertisement for the National Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, with a central illustration of the hotel, affixed to rear pastedown. Sabin 52430. Spear, p. 204: The first New Albany directory (Indiana State Library, Indiana). OCLC locates one copy (Indiana). Owner's name ("John R. Robinson") at head of front board, front joint cracked, else very good. Original roan-backed printed boards (rubbed, corners and edges bumped), gilt spine title. (#5809). Item #58529

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