{"product_id":"glasgow-post-office-directory","title":"The Post Office Annual Glasgow Directory 1844–45 | Seventeenth Edition","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"118\" data-end=\"296\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eA scarce copy of \u003cstrong data-start=\"135\" data-end=\"191\"\u003eThe Post Office Annual Glasgow Directory for 1844–45\u003c\/strong\u003e, the \u003cstrong data-start=\"197\" data-end=\"224\"\u003eSeventeenth Publication\u003c\/strong\u003e, printed in \u003cstrong data-start=\"237\" data-end=\"282\"\u003eGlasgow by Edward Khull, 29 Dunlop Street\u003c\/strong\u003e, in \u003cstrong data-start=\"287\" data-end=\"295\"\u003e1844\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"298\" data-end=\"699\"\u003eThese annual directories are among the most important primary reference works for nineteenth-century Scottish social and commercial history. Produced for the use of the General Post Office, they record thousands of residents, merchants, manufacturers, tradesmen, public institutions and businesses operating throughout Glasgow during one of the city's most significant periods of industrial expansion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"701\" data-end=\"1082\"\u003eThis example carries the contemporary ownership inscription of \u003cstrong data-start=\"764\" data-end=\"791\"\u003eR. Foot, 18th July 1844\u003c\/strong\u003e, providing a direct link to its early ownership shortly after publication. The volume has since been professionally rebound in an attractive half leather binding with cloth boards, raised bands and a gilt-lettered morocco title label. The text remains remarkably clean and fresh throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1084\" data-end=\"1296\"\u003eAn excellent reference work for genealogists, local historians and collectors of nineteenth-century Scottish books, offering a fascinating snapshot of Glasgow immediately before the city's rapid Victorian growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-section-id=\"1f0lum5\" data-start=\"1298\" data-end=\"1317\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1319\" data-end=\"1772\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"oix8jp\" data-start=\"1319\" data-end=\"1372\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"1321\" data-end=\"1331\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Post Office Annual Glasgow Directory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"t1wbhz\" data-start=\"1373\" data-end=\"1411\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"1375\" data-end=\"1387\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Seventeenth Publication\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1heibc4\" data-start=\"1412\" data-end=\"1462\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"1414\" data-end=\"1433\"\u003eYear Published:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1844 (Directory for 1844–45)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1a47f63\" data-start=\"1463\" data-end=\"1492\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"1465\" data-end=\"1479\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Edward Khull\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"137b8sa\" data-start=\"1493\" data-end=\"1528\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"1495\" data-end=\"1520\"\u003ePlace of Publication:\u003c\/strong\u003e Glasgow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"pdxq47\" data-start=\"1529\" data-end=\"1560\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"1531\" data-end=\"1543\"\u003ePrinter:\u003c\/strong\u003e University Press\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"g3t33z\" data-start=\"1561\" data-end=\"1655\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"1563\" data-end=\"1575\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Later half leather with cloth boards, raised bands and gilt morocco title label\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"wd1j0m\" data-start=\"1656\" data-end=\"1748\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"1658\" data-end=\"1672\"\u003eOwnership:\u003c\/strong\u003e Contemporary ownership inscription of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1711\" data-end=\"1722\"\u003eR. 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