Robson's London commercial directory, street guide, and carriers' list for 1823, the fifth edition; Robson's classification of trades, the second edition; also Robson's district directory, or street register. Each of the above contains 40,000 firms alphabetically arranged
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Type of record: Book
Title: Robson's London commercial directory, street guide, and carriers' list for 1823, the fifth edition; Robson's classification of trades, the second edition; also Robson's district directory, or street register. Each of the above contains 40,000 firms alphabetically arranged
Classmark: Bedford Collection A019
Additional creator(s): Robson, William A (1895-1980) (Publisher); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner); Trehearne, A (Former owner)
Publisher: Printed and Published by Robson, Brooks, and Co. St Dunstan's Hill, Tower street. And may be had of all Stationers and Booksellers
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1823
Language: English
Size and medium: 3 vols in 1; [5] 558, [2], 268, [265] pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/719798
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991019751349405181
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Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection A019: re-backed sheep, contemporary paper [title page] over boards
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection A019: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former shelfmark/reference: TD/10. MS. inscription on front pastedown: A Trehearne 10th Aug: 1918. MS. initials on front flyleaf: M L H. MS. note in John Bedford's hand that pages numbers jump from 336 to 401, an error when plates numbered, item collates OK.
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