Sale 631: Fine Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography (#631) 12/14/2017 11:00 AM PST CLOSED!

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Lot 53 of 613:
San Francisco Oakland Chinese Directories 1931-1944  

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$2,040
Estimate:
$1,000 - $1,500

Title:
Chinese Telephone Directory, San Francisco and Oakland - 14 consecutive annual editions, 1931 to 1944

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Place:
[San Francisco]

Publisher:
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company

Date:
1931-1944

Description:

Various paginations. Text in Chinese throughout, except for the wrappers. 24x16.5 cm (9½x6½"), original printed wrappers.

Individual issues of this directory are scarce, a consecutive fourteen year run exceeds any holdings listed in OCLC. The Beinecke Library at Yale holds only 5 of these years; the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley holds only 8. Ink stamps of the Directory Library, San Francisco on front covers.


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Condition:
A few with added typed labels on spine; fine overall.


 
Item number:
287243
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