[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.

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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

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