[March, 1930, Telephone Directory for Clay Center, Kansas]
by [Kansas]
- Used
- Condition
- Near Fine.
- Seller
-
Dobbs Ferry, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
[Kansas]: United Telephone Company, 1930. Near Fine.. 24,8pp., plus advertisements. Original color printed wrappers, stapled. Wrappers hole-punched at upper left corner, with advertisement on a string loop attached. [1]p. typed letter, signed, laid in. Very minor wear and tanning. Depression-era telephone directory for the small, northern Kansas town of Clay Center. The pamphlet-sized production consists of two sections, the first with residents and businesses listed alphabetically, and the second with businesses classified by type. As of the last census, Clay Center boasts roughly the same population of just under 4,500 people as it did in 1930. With illustrated advertisements for local enterprises on wrappers and two tipped in leaves, as well as numerous additional ads at the head and foot of each text leaf. This copy also contains a signed letter from the Manager of the United Telephone Company, the local service provider, laid in, which provides brief instruction on the use of the directory. An attractive example of a scarce rural Kansas phone book; we locate no institutional copies or sales records for this work.
Details
- Bookseller
- McBride Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1041
- Title
- [March, 1930, Telephone Directory for Clay Center, Kansas]
- Author
- [Kansas]
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- United Telephone Company
- Place of Publication
- [Kansas]
- Date Published
- 1930
Terms of Sale
McBride Rare Books
All items are guaranteed as described. Any purchase may be returned for a full refund within 10 working days as long as it is returned in the same condition and is packed and shipped correctly. All items subject to prior sale.
About the Seller
McBride Rare Books
Biblio member since 2018
Dobbs Ferry, New York
About McBride Rare Books
We specialize in American history, focusing on unique and eclectic materials such as archives, broadsides, vernacular photography, and interesting or unusual imprints. Particular fields of interest include Western Americana and Latin America.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...