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[San Francisco]: The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1933. 32pp. including illustrated advertisement. Original printed brown wrappers, stapled. Wrappers somewhat stained, beginning to tear around staples, two holes punched in upper left for hanging. Evenly tanned, some chips and insect holes in the margins, rarely touching text. Later newsletter article.....
[San Francisco]: The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1940. 36pp, printed in two columns, almost entirely in Chinese. Original printed green wrappers, stapled, hole punched in upper left corner to hang near a phone. Wrappers a bit stained. Light dampstain to fore margin throughout, and to bottom of last few.....
[San Francisco]: The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1947. [2],44pp., printed in two columns, almost entirely in Chinese. Original printed green wrappers, stapled, hole punched in upper left corner to hang near a telephone. Two ink stamps of the "official Directory Library" in San Francisco on front wrapper. Occasional pencil.....
Portland: C.H. McIsaac & Co., 1885. 3-234pp. plus four colored advertisement leaves interspersed throughout. Lacking pp.1- 2 (front board and pastedown) and 235 (rear pastedown) due to rebinding. Occasional pencil notations throughout (see below). Modern half burgundy buckram and tan cloth boards, spine gilt. Occasional faint tanning, otherwise near fine.....
Toronto: James Bain, [n.d., ca.1856]. 239pp. Half title. 12mo. Original blindstamped brown cloth, gilt title on front cover. Minor edge wear, spine sunned, joints expertly repaired. Tiny ink stain on fore-edge. Internally clean. Very good. In a half brown morocco and marbled boards clamshell case, spine gilt with raised bands.....
Omaha. [ 1898]. Broadside, approximately 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches. Previously folded, some separations along old fold lines. Tanned, corners slightly chipped. Good. A curious survival from the 1898 Trans- Mississippi Exposition held in Omaha, promoting the sale of Mongolian jade carvings at a booth in the International Hall.....
