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POST OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY
[Post Office London directory. 1828]
The Post-Office London directory for 1828. Being a list of upwards of 20,000 merchants, traders, &c. of London, and parts adjacent; list of the Lord Mayor, and Court of Aldermen. List of the bankers in London. List of country bankers, with the bankers they draw on in London. List of public notaries. List of London & country newspapers, with the places and days of publication. Lists of army and navy agents, directors of the fire & life insurance offices. Lists of the London, West India & East India Dock Companies, foreign ministers, &c. &c. General information relating to the Post-Office, including the last rates of postage. Regulations of the twopenny post-office, &c. By B. Critchett. The twenty-ninth edition.
London (Place), printed for the proprietor, by S. and R. Bentley. And sold by J. Richardson; J.M. Richardson; Cowie & Co.; Sherwood and Co.; Simpkin and Marshall; Kingsbury, Parbury and Allen; Black, Young and Young; and by all the other booksellers in the United Kingdom. [1828].
xii, 558 p. ; 17.8 cm. (12º)

At head of title: Under the patronage of His Majesty's Postmaster-General. First published in 1800 as The new annual directory for the year 1800, then from 1801 to 1815 as The Post Office annual directory. See separate entries for other editions in Soane's library: 1822, 1829, 1831--33. The price is given at the foot of the imprint as '3s. 6d. Sewed, 4s. Bound. Or, with the Coach And Carriers' Guide, 5s. Bound'.

Copy Notes Inscribed in ink on title-page John Soane. Bound (1) as issued with A new guide to stage-coaches, waggons, carts, vessels, &c. for 1828 (q.v.).

Binding Original C19th mottled sheep, covers with blind roll-tool parallel to spine, blind double-ruled and dated spine.

Reference Number 4385

Additional Names Critchett, B.


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