Sold by Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
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Los Angeles: April 15th (13th?), 1882. The first telephone directory for Los Angeles. Single sheet folded (9 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 240 x 148 mm). [3], [1, blank] pp. The front printed with a vignette of a telephone. This lists 90 subscribers, with their numbers, businesses and locations. Also with instructions for calling the Central Office "Ring two bells." Front cover also notes "Uniformed Messengers Always on hand. Charges 25 cts. per hour." Original printed cardstock. Slight darkening to front cover. Housed in an early plastic sleeve. With binder holes punched at top and bottom of the spine. A metal brad at bottom, holding plastic on. Toning from holes in plastic sleeve. Some chipping to head of spine, near hole punch. Overall a very good copy. "The Los Angeles Telephone Company published the Los Angeles Exchange, the city's first telephone directory, containing 90 telephone numbers of residents and businesses. Who had the first telephone number: 1? The offices of the Southern Pacific Railroad." (Looking at Art: The Art of Advertising in Vintage California Business Directories. Maya Peterpaul). "On April 3, 1882, the city passed an ordinance granting the Los Angeles Telephone Company the right to erect poles and lines within city limits. The first telephone office was located at the old River Rail Station, with phones being installed in Los Angeles that same year." Newark 53. Other numbers of note are for University of Southern California (58) and the Evergreen Cemetery (69). HBS 69598. $7,500.
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INFORMATION REGARDING THE RIGHT OF CANCELLATION
Statutory Right to cancel
You have the right to cancel this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The cancellation period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the the last good or the last lot or piece.
To exercise the right to cancel, you must inform us, Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, 9024 Burton Way, 90211, Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A., 1 310-659-3674, of your decision to cancel this contract by a clear statement (e.g. a letter sent by post, fax or e-mail). You may use the attached model cancellation form, but it is not obligatory. You can also electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". If you use this option, we will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a cancellation on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.
To meet the cancellation deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right to cancel before the cancellation period has expired.
Effects of cancellation
If you cancel this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to cancel with contract.
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We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.
You shall send back the goods or hand them over to us or Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, 9024 Burton Way, 90211, Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A., 1 310-659-3674, without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your cancellation from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
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