523 pp (including advertisements at front and rear and pastedown endpapers). 50 inserted colored maps, many double-page (map list calls for 51 maps including separate maps of New Brunswick & Nova Scotia but they appear on the same map); 2 inserted colored charts. (8vo) 23.2x15.5 cm. (9¼x6¼") original black cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition.

A scarce professional directory, issued semi-annually beginning in 1882. All early editions are rare. Ex-library from the Houston Lyceum and Carnegie Library Association, with a presentation inscription from prominent Houston attorney George Goldthwaite on front endpaper.