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Spis Abonentów Sieci Telefonicznych Państwowych i Koncesjonowanych w Polsce na 1939 r. [“List of Telephone Subscribers throughout Poland for 1939.”]

Auction 96 · Lot 178

Spis Abonentów Sieci Telefonicznych Państwowych i Koncesjonowanych w Polsce na 1939 r. [“List of Telephone Subscribers throughout Poland for 1939.”]

Estimate
$3,000–$5,000
Hammer price
$2,600

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(POLAND).

Place

Warsaw

Publication

1939

Description

Text in Polish. Numerous illustrated ads. Many penciled notes.

summary

The country-wide telephone-book of all of Poland (except the capital) issued in 1939. This is the very final appearance of Poland as a nation entirely intertwined with its Jewish citizens. Featuring hundreds of thousands of personal names and addresses from scores and scores of cities, towns and villages across the country. Includes: Białowieża; Białystok; Bydgoszcz; Dąbrowa Górnicza; Gdańsk; Gdynia; Gliwice; Katowice; Kielce; Kraków; Lublin; Łódź; Olsztyn; Opole; Poznań; Siedlce; Słupsk; Szczecin; Szczytno; Tarnów; Toruń; Wejherowo; Wrocł.; Wilno; etc., etc.
pp. xvi, 1163 +. Browned. Modern boards with original printed wrappers laid down and bound in. Folio.
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