Title: Little Gazetteer or Geographical Dictionary ...
Publisher: Printed for the proprietor. Printed by John Leighton, [London]
Publication Date: 1845
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
Circa 1845. xvi, [2], 838 printed pages (very occasional slight foxing and marginal page toning). 16mo. Additional engraved title page. Yellow endpapers. All edges gilt. 55 x 85mm. Original faded red cloth; spine with gilt embossed planted urn with scrolling floral border and gilt title (slight wear and rubbing to foot and tail of spine and to upper hinges); boards with triple blind embossed ruled borders (rear board with historic water damage- not affecting contents). Not in Bondy, nor Welsh. Spielmann, 4876. Includes population totals for cities worlwide (London 1,474,369; Manchester 270,960; Paris 774,358), as well as market days, distances and postal charges for UK towns. This appears to be by far the rarer edition compared to that published by Darton two years later. WorldCat only locates a single copy with this imprint (in the British Library). The printer had a torrid time with this publication with misprinted page numbers, misplaced pages and unevenly cut edges (pages 1-353, then 364-5, 358-63, 356-7, followed by 366-838. Page 521 is mis typed "529"); I believe it is as orihginally issued -but can categorically indicate the publisher failed to print the entire work without faults. When Darton & Co. republished the work two years later, the only fault they failed to spot and correct was the mistyped page 521. Perhaps this rarer earlier edition was partly recalled and pulped due to the errors- hence few copies remain. Seller Inventory # ABE-1683651432855