Dec 04, 2003 - Sale 1988

Sale 1988 - Lot 491

Price Realized: $ 115
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
SPOFFORD, THOMAS. An Astronomical Diary, or Almanack. Group of approximately 65 issues, under various titles, including The Yankee and the United States Farmer's Almanac, including the scarce first almanac issued by Spofford and the first almanac printed in Haverhill, MA. Includes many duplicates and a few variants. 12mo, stitched self-wrappers or disbound; condition varies. mostly Boston, [1816-48]

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An incomplete run, lacking most of the issues in the 1820s. Mostly The Yankee, but includes a few almanacs "For the Middle States." Other than the first issue, which carries a Haverhill imprint, the rest are printed in Boston or New York. The first issue is quite scarce, present here compete in 36 pages, but trimmed with minor loss. For the first issue, see Drake 3791; Phelps 661.