Item #26761 Safford's Directory of Wholesale Dealers : Manufacturers and Jobbers of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, Diamonds and Precious Stones, Silver and Silver-Plated Ware, etc. in the United States. D. L. Safford.
Safford's Directory of Wholesale Dealers : Manufacturers and Jobbers of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, Diamonds and Precious Stones, Silver and Silver-Plated Ware, etc. in the United States
Safford's Directory of Wholesale Dealers : Manufacturers and Jobbers of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, Diamonds and Precious Stones, Silver and Silver-Plated Ware, etc. in the United States
Safford's Directory of Wholesale Dealers : Manufacturers and Jobbers of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, Diamonds and Precious Stones, Silver and Silver-Plated Ware, etc. in the United States
Safford's Directory of Wholesale Dealers : Manufacturers and Jobbers of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, Diamonds and Precious Stones, Silver and Silver-Plated Ware, etc. in the United States
Safford's Directory of Wholesale Dealers : Manufacturers and Jobbers of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, Diamonds and Precious Stones, Silver and Silver-Plated Ware, etc. in the United States
Safford's Directory of Wholesale Dealers : Manufacturers and Jobbers of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, Diamonds and Precious Stones, Silver and Silver-Plated Ware, etc. in the United States

Safford's Directory of Wholesale Dealers : Manufacturers and Jobbers of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, Diamonds and Precious Stones, Silver and Silver-Plated Ware, etc. in the United States

New York: D. L. Safford July 1883. First Edition. [2], 166 pages plus extra bound in sheets for notes. 4 x 6 1/2 inches. Publisher's stiff cloth wrappers, gilt. Black and white as well as one four page chromolithographed advertisement in the middle. Minor wear to the extremities, an excellent example. Near Fine. Stiff wraps. [26761]


The directory covers the entire United States, with New York well represented but entries from as far away as San Francisco. We find full page advertisements in b&w for many firms, and a wonderful four page chromolithographed advertisement for Keller & Untermeyer, manufacturers of watch cases with raised Gold Ornaments.

The frontispiece is an image of the front of the Safford building, "The Jewelers' Mercantile Agency", noting it was established in 1873. "The Jewelers' Circular, Volume 82, Issue 2, 1921" in reviewing a Safford employee's history, notes that the Jewelers' Mercantile Agency President was De Lloyd Safford and that the Agency was later taken over by the New York Jewelers' Board of Trade.

Very rare - we cannot find any examples of this directory (or any other Safford Directory) at auction, online, or in OCLC. A scarce and interesting survival given the unusual topic area. While not strictly a trade catalogue, we checked and found no entry in Romaine.

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