Barretts Publications (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Unpaginated, a very good plus hardback, publisher's original red cloth binding with renewed lettering to the spine and gold gilt lettering & advert (for shoes) to the front cover. An extremely interesting book! (We are located in Polesworth, and have more rare books of the local area).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 4to. Pp [2] 56 (Gloucester) 42 (Cheltenham) 6 (Stroud). There are in addition 4 advert leaves on thick card. Gloucester and Cheltenham have both alphabetical and classified trades sections, and Stroud has an alphabetical list. Numerous adverts for local firms. The date Jun 2 1956 has been stamped at the head of the title page, probably by a secretary when the book was received. A few minor hand-written alterations and corrections. Red cloth gilt. A very clean and bright copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 4to, [1956]. Pp xxxii 128 273 [1] with 3 additional advert inserts on thick card. Thumb indexes for alphabetical trades section, classified trades section and streets section. The extensive streets section, naming the head of the household in every house in every street, is especially valuable. Red cloth gilt. Spine faded, covers a little marked, but a firm and tight copy. Contents are clean with no annotation. Published at three guineas, which was expensive at the time. This was the first of three Wolverhampton directories published by Barrett's, further editions following in 1960 and 1964. Scarce.…