London Almanac for the year of Christ 1882. Company of Stationers [London]. 1881.

London Almanac for the year of Christ 1882. Company of Stationers [London]. 1881. 38 printed pages, duty stamp, including saints days, calendar, table of Kings and Queens, Lord mayors & sheriffs, holidays and current coins. All edges gilt. Watered fuschia silk endpapers and expandable front pocket. All edges gilt. 38 x 35 mm. Bound in folding pocket style in full dark green straight grain morocco wallet style binding. Contemporary unmarked engraved gold mounts; gold escutcheon finely engraved with decorations and borders. "This tiny volume has been produced by folding the sheets of the almanacs in the middle, in a similar way to that resulting in the 'finger' type format, where the centre fold is vertical instead of - as is the case here - horizontal" (Spielmann). See Welsh, 4688 for larger 1882 edition. WorldCat locates one copy worldwide (British Library).  106 firsts2024