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M. Shirley Geyer and Related Firms (New York), 1886–1893

The Geyer firms were mail-order merchants of stationery and the publishers of
Geyer's Stationer, a trade periodical. This series of directories is listed in NUC (NG
0183316), Lehmann-Haupt, p. 455, Ulrich & Küp, pp. 140 & 182.

20. Geyer's Reference Directory Of The Booksellers and Stationers Of The
United States And Canada. 15,000 Addresses of Live Dealers. Also Containing
A List Of All Paper Mills in the United States and Canada, giving daily Capacity
and kind of Goods manufactured. 1886. Price Five Dollars.

Published By M. Shirley Geyer, 60 Duane Street, New York. [©1886]

ads 2–8, [9–14] 15–166, ads [i-ii], [iii] iv-clxii, ads clxiii-clxv, with additional
ads, some inserted, throughout. Pagination includes printed endpapers and
inserted leaves. Cloth spine, paper-covered boards.

Prints "A List of Wholesale and Retail Booksellers and Stationers of the United
States and Canada," [iii] iv-clv, with addenda clvi-clxii. Corrected to 1 Jan.
1886 according to the "Preface," p. [13].

"Preface," p. [13], dated at end 15 Feb. 1886. Deposited for copyright 19 April
1886. Listed in PW 5 June 1886 at $5.

Reference: OCLC (79457989).

Copies seen: DLC (deposit copy); KU.

21. [with "18" before and "87." after the first word] Geyer's Reference Direc-
tory Of The Booksellers, Stationers, Fancy Goods, Toy and Notion Dealers Of
The United States And Canada. 30,000 Addresses of Live Dealers. Also Con-
taining A List Of All Paper Mills in the United States and Canada, giving daily
Capacity and kind of Goods manufactured. Price Five Dollars.

Published By M. Shirley Geyer, 63 Duane Street, New York. [©1887]

ads 2–8, [9–14] 15–166, ads 167–168, ads [i-ii], [iii] iv–cclxxvii, ads cclxxviii–
cclxxix, with additional ads, some inserted, throughout. Pagination includes
printed endpapers and inserted leaves. Cloth.

Prints "A List of Wholesale and Retail Booksellers and Stationers of the United
States and Canada," [iii] iv–cclxxvii. Corrected to 1 Jan. 1887 according to the
"Preface," p. [13].

"Preface," p. [13], dated at end 15 Feb. 1887. Deposited for copyright 29 March
1887. Listed in PW 7 May 1887 at $5.

Copy seen: DLC (deposit copy).

22. Geyer's Reference Directory Of The Booksellers And Stationers Of The
United States And Canada. Including All Dealers In The Book, Stationery, Pa-
per, Toy, Fancy Goods, Notions, Picture and Picture Frame Trades, Also Book
Publishers, Bookbinders, Lithographers, And Manufacturers Of Stationers' Spe-
cialties. Corrected To January 1st, 1888. Also Containing A List Of All Paper
Mills in the United States and Canada, giving Daily Capacity and Kind of Goods
Manufactured. 1888. Price, Ten Dollars.

Published By M. Shirley Geyer, 63 Duane Street, New York. [©1888]

ads [2] 3–9 [10], [11–12] 13–15 [16] 17 [18] 19–459, ads 460–461, with
additional ads, some inserted, throughout. Pagination includes printed endpapers
and some, but not all, inserted leaves. Cloth.

Prints "A List of the Wholesale and Retail Booksellers and Stationers of the
United States and Canada …," pp. [51] 52–349.

Deposited for copyright 2 May 1888. Listed in PW 23 June 1888 at $10.

Reference: OCLC (58760354).

Copies seen: DLC (deposit copy); NHi (rebound fragment, interleaved, consisting of
the title leaf, 15 [16], [51] 52–349, heavily annotated by book jobber Charles T.
Dillingham).

23. Geyer's Reference Directory Of The Booksellers And Stationers Of The
United States And Canada. Including All Dealers In The Book, Stationery, Pa-
per, Toy, Fancy Goods, Notion, Picture and Picture Frame Trades, including a
complete list of Wholesale Druggists and the Purchasing Agents (Stationery) for
Railroads. Also Book Publishers, Bookbinders, Lithographers, And Manufactur-
ers Of Stationers' Specialties. Corrected To January 1st, 1889. Also Containing A
List Of All Paper Mills in the United States and Canada, giving Daily Capacity
and Kind of Goods Manufactured. 1889. Price, Ten Dollars.

Published By M. Shirley Geyer, 63 Duane Street, New York. [©1889]

ads [2] 3–8 [9–10] 11 [12], [13–14] 15–17 [18] 19 [20] 21–357, 357a-357h,
358–360, 360a–360f, [361] 362–469, ads 470–471, with additional ads, some
inserted, throughout. Pagination includes printed endpapers and some, but not
all, inserted leaves. Cloth.

Prints "A List of the Wholesale and Retail Booksellers and Stationers of the
United States and Canada …," pp. [51] 52–357, 357a-357h.

Deposited for copyright 1 June 1889. Listed in PW 15 June 1889 at $10.

References: Lehmann-Haupt et al, The Book in America (1939), p. 192, and A.
Growoll, A Bookseller's Library (1891), p. 46.

Copies seen: DLC (deposit copy); NNC.

24. Geyer's Reference Directory Of The Booksellers And Stationers Of The
United States And Canada. Including All Dealers In The Book, Stationery, Pa-
per, Toy, Fancy Goods, Notion, Picture and Picture Frame Trades, including a
complete list of Wholesale Druggists and the Purchasing Agents (Stationery) for
Railroads. Also Book Publishers, Bookbinders, Lithographers, And Manufactur-
ers Of Stationers' Specialties. Corrected To January 1st, 1890. Also Containing A
List Of All Paper Mills in the United States and Canada, giving Daily Capacity
and Kind of Goods Manufactured. 1890. Price, Ten Dollars.

Published By M. Shirley Geyer, 63 Duane Street, New York. [©1890]

ads [2] 3–10 [11–12] 13–14, [15–16] 17–20 [21–22] 23–29 [30] 31–48 [55]
56–373 376–496, ads 497–499, with additional ads, some inserted, throughout.
Pagination includes printed endpapers and some, but not all, inserted leaves.
Cloth.

Prints "A List of the Wholesale and Retail Booksellers and Stationers of the
United States and Canada …," pp. [55]-373.

Deposited 10 July 1890.

Copy seen: DLC (deposit copy).

25. Geyer's Reference Directory Of The Booksellers And Stationers Of The
United States And Canada….

New York: Andrew Geyer, 1891.

499pp. Cloth.

Listed in PW 22 Aug. 1891 at $10.

Not seen. Entry on the basis of PW listing.

26. Geyer's Reference Directory Of The Booksellers And Stationers Of The
United States And Canada….

New York: Andrew Geyer, 1892.

Not seen. Entry on the basis of the regular annual publication schedule of the
series, but possibly a ghost.

27. Geyer's Reference Directory Of The Booksellers And Stationers Of The
United States And Canada….

New York: Andrew Geyer, 1893.

[54pp.?], [55] 56–468, [2pp.?], [471] 472–624. Cloth?

Prints "A List of the Wholesale and Retail Booksellers and Stationers of the United
States and Canada …," pp. [55]-468. Corrected to 1 Jan. 1893, according to
caption title, p. [55].

Note: A copy of Geyer's Directory of the American Paper Trade (1893) at DLC states
in the "Preface" (dated at end 1 Sept. 1893), p. [9], that "With the present issue
the Paper Mill Department of Geyer's Reference Directory is published separate
from the Stationery Department, and will be known as the Directory of the
American Paper Trade"; this publication, paged [471] 472–624, is presumably
a separate issue or printing of a portion of the complete Geyer's Reference Directory
Of The Booksellers And Stationers for 1893.

Listed with 624pp. in PW 10 March 1894 at $10.

Reference: OCLC (58670201).

Copy seen: NHi (rebound fragment, interleaved, paged [55] 56–467, ad [468]).