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TELEPHONE HISTORY BOOKS & NOVELTY PHONE BOOKS & TECHNICAL REFERENCES

History Books

Old Telephones Scrapbook, 4th Edition. In Adobe Acrobat pdf word searchable file format, this book includes over 2200 pages across 3 volumes packed full of pictures, charts, diagrams and historical data. Each book is serial numbered each volume password protected. Old telephone eye candy on every page. Written by Ronald H. Knappen OTSDVD DVD··············$34.95   OTSFLASH USB············$34.95   480 pages history of payphone, booths & signs. Numerous charts; 112 pages of early payphones with over 14 name brands; 200 pages dealing with the 1912-1972 3-slotters. Characteristics, changes, patents, parts and accessories; 55 pages of booths with over 15 name brands and 92 pages with 800 signs. PHB·····················$15.00   Once upon a Telephone. Every page has some sort of illustration such as a matchbook cover; blotter or sheet music depicting the telephone. NOV11···················$25.00   Old-Time Telephones traces the development of the telephone from Alexander Graham Bell to 1984, when the Bell System was broken up. Fundamental engineering principles, design concepts, and historical facts are interwoven in the fascinating and down-to-earth context of antique telephones. NOV14···················$27.95   Telephone Tales from the Museum of Independent Telephone by Peg Chronister. NOV18····················$3.00   100 Years of the Telephone. 1876-1976. history of Australian and European phones. NOV19···················$10.00   Everything Happened Around the Switchboard. A memoir of Mike Hathaway's family's thirty year involvment with the Bryant Telephone Co. Written by Michal Hathaway. EVERY···················$13.95   Gray Paystations. A booklet picturing and describing different types of pay stations patented by Gray Telephonie. NOV12····················$3.00   Telephone Collecting; Seven Decades of Design; by Kate E Dooner. A history of the design of the telephone is presented from Art Deco years to novelty phones of the 1980s in text and over 250 color photos. Memories will be awakened as you page through the book to see the phones you grew up with. Old telephones are appearing in antique and collector shops throughout America; becoming one of the hottest new finds for colloecting or just as accent pieces. Size 8-1/2X11". BK4·····················$23.95   Telephones; Antiques to modern; by Kate Dooner. Over 500 color photographs cover the development of the telephone from the Bell's first experimental equipment. Exquisite examples of wooden box phones; vanities; upright "candlesticks"; and desk stand or "cradle" phones. An important reference for novice and avid telephone collectors alike. BK5·····················$29.95   How to Buy; Install; and Maintain Your Own Telephone Equipment. Easy to read 54 page booklet. BK6······················$2.00   Western Electric pamphlet. Reprint of 1882 BK7······················$3.00   Old Telephone by Emerson BK8······················$7.00   Telephony magazines ranging from pre-1900 thru 1955. TELPY pre 1900···········$8.00   each TEL01 1900-09············$5.50   each TEL02 1910-19············$5.00   each TEL03 1920-24············$4.50   each TEL04 1925-29············$4.00   each TEL05 1930-34············$3.50   each TEL06 1935-39············$3.00   each TEL07 1940-44············$2.75   each TEL08 1945-49············$2.50   each TEL09 1950-54············$1.55   each TEL10 1955-newer·········$1.00   each Price guide book. PRICG····················$4.00   Unassembled Bell Telephone book. SOLD OUT BK3·····················$29.95   PG1·····················$15.00   Collecting the Ericofon by Bob Mills. 75 page illustration on the ericofon. SOLD OUT BK14····················$24.95   Collectible Novelty Phones. Character phones, advertised phones, miniature phones & toy phones with values. NOV23···················$22.95   Vintage Telephones of the World by P. J. Povey & R. A. J. Earl. VTOTW···················$50.00   Connecting with Your Hangups. Not quite everything known about collecting vintage telephones. For the neophyte who knows nothing or the advanced collector who knows "everything." Published by Paul and Beverly McFadden. CWYHU···················$10.00   Painless Telephone Wiring first revision by Steve Hilsz. Step by step wiring guide depicting how to use Automatic Electric “mini-networks” & standard Western Electric-type networks with either A.E. or W.E. rotary dials. HILS1···················$14.00   Wiring Telephones to Ringer Box Subsets by Steve Hilsz. Simplified instructions on how to wire antique telephones to subsets using modern networks and five-conductor cords. HILS2···················$14.00   Reprint of the Wiring Diagrams of Western Electric Company Station Equipment. Desk stands, wall & desk sets & coin collector sets. HILS3···················$11.00   American Bell Telephone Instrument Schematics by Steve Hilsz. HILS4···················$18.00   "The Spirit of Service". The Telephone Book bye H. M. Boettinger. Have only one. TTBK1···················$25.00   SOLD OUT PHBK1···················$10.00   Telephone Boxes by Neil Johannessen. 31 page illustrated book of telephone boxes. History of the most ubiquitous of all street furniture, kiosks being bound in the busiest city streets and the most remote countryside. TELBX····················$8.95   A collection of true stories from a few "Just Old Telephone Men" who took their jobs seriously and worked their hearts out trying to provide the best telephone service. 122 pages. JUST·····················$9.95   The Telephone Patent Conspiracy of 1876. The Elisha Gray-Alexander Bell Controversy and Its Many Players by A. Edward Evenson. CONSP···················$34.00   Telephone Talk Book bye Dave Dockray. It starts with the invention and the inventors, and then in each chapter, telephones typical of each decade, plus switchboards/telephone exchanges typical of the decade and how calls are connected. Also in these chapters, is a section devoted to the repair and restoration of the telephones of each decade. NO LONGER AVAILABLE In addition to the obvious aspects of telephone history, my book also shows some of the unusual and very interesting telephone related collectibles. A reader will see items such as toys, postcards, telephone hiders, silver plated items and some of the slightly risqué - inoffensive enough though to be allowed in an elementary school library. TELET···················$39.00   Telephones Their Construction & Fitting by F. C. Allsop. 180 pages of which 4 or 5 pages have been replaced by photocopies. Many good illustrations of phones. Pages are old and brittle and loose. 1900 Fifth Edition. TTCF1··················$335.00   Homan's A-B-C of the Telephone by James E. Homans, A. M. 349 pages of which 1 page has been replaced by a photocopy. Published 1901-1904 by Theo. Audel & Co., 63 Fifth Ave., Cor. 13th St., NY. Contains some very good pictures. Brittle. HABC1··················$297.00   Manual of Telephony by Preece and Stubbs. 507 pages of which 8 to 10 pages have been replaced by photocopies. Much earlier information on inventions of telephones etc. Very old and brittle. Approximate copyright date is 1893, but not sure. MOT01··················$360.00   The Telephone by W. H. Preece, F. R. S. and J. Maier, Ph. D. Copyright approximately 1888. 498 pages. All pages are original - no photocopies. Very brittle. Binding is not in real good shape. The pages have come away from the binding. Many early prints. TTBP1··················$387.00   The Gray Matter The Forgotten Story of the Telephone by Burton H. Baker. Well over 200 pages of information. Published by the Telepress. Copyright 2000. BK18····················$16.95   Rural Telephone Lines How To Build Them Instructions on line construction and the installation of telephones. Also contains a list of materials and accessories required. This is a reprint of the original. RTLHT····················$8.95   Southern Switchboard Service booklet. Sales No. 5. 7 page booklet. SSSBK····················$1.00   MONARCH MAGNETO TELEPHONES BULLETIN NO. 54. 12 Pages long. SOLD MMT·····················$20.00   1965 KLINGEL TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT CO. BOOKLET. 32 page Klingel Telephone Company booklet. Spring 1965 edition. KLING····················$1.25   TELEPHONE REVIEW MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 1929. The page with number 1 and 2 on it has been cut out. Articles include: Such Are the Miracles of Modern Progress The Service Story for the Month F. J. Lockwood Saves Woman's Life Keep it to Yourself With Our Marine Forces The Accounting Livrary Introducing Our Oldest Living Pensioner Manhattan Public Telephone Belles In Recognition of Service Accounting Dance Marks New Year and New Organization Sherwood Campers Win Swimming Certificates Showing Long Island's P.B.X. Training Department Skylines and Bylines of Manhattan The Lowdown on Upstate And More 40 pages. TRF29····················$4.25   TELEPHONE REVIEW MAGAZINE JANUARY 1943 Articles include: 1943 Our First Year of War Within Fort Schuyler's Walls 50 Million Needless Calls Relative Values Transcontinental Cable Is Placed In Service Mr. Russell and Mr. Carpneter REtire From Active Service A. H. Mellinger Is Voted National Pioneer President In Active Service Trouble Underground F.C.C. Rules Against Bell Companies In Pension Case Resolved - A Letter A Day To the Boys Away And More 40 pages. TRJ43····················$5.25   NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE MAGAZINE NOV 1949 SOLD OUT Articles include: Forty Million A Mighty Mite Dubuque's New Toll Office Company Granted Partial Rate Relief in South Dakota Keeping America Strong 300 Miles in 30 Seconds A Day of Wonders Fall Fashion Frolics Minneapolis District Plant Changes Smorgasbord And More 39 pages. NWN49····················$2.50   NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE MAGAZINE SEP 44 Articles include: Harvest Patriots Says New Guineans Bleach Hair, Sing "Lay That Pistol Down, Ma" More Reasons Why Home Folks Wait for Telephones Pioneers Launch Plan to Visit Wounded and Sick War Veterans And More 23 pages. NWS44····················$4.25   NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE MAGAZINE MAY 1947 Articles include: Serving Our Vast Countryside Joe E. Harrell Elected President of Telephone Pioneers of America St. Paul Plant Man Awarded Company Citation for Aid Given in Emergency Barbecue Bent? Hotel PBX Operators Lauded by Kate Smith And More 23 pages. $3.50 NWM47····················$3.50   NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE MAGAZINE JAN 1931 Articles include: An Interview With Our President On the Move in Indiana Highlights of 1930 Progress Wills and How to Make Them Keep Bugaboo Off the Job How Sioux Falls Does It Tiny Man vs. Mighty Storm Adding Directory Ads May Have Been a Courteous Word Cross-State Cable Nears Completion The Chipped Cup Keeping Ahead of the Game I See by the Newspapers Turn the Front Cover Stepping Up The Service Ladder Sprouting Wings of Aviation Fireboat Now Talks Scaling China's Great Wall And More 32 pages. NWY31····················$4.30   NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE MAGAZINE OCT 52 SOLD OUT Articles include: A Guide to Sound Dealing for 25 Years "Plowville"...tow-day boomtown Dr. Shannon's Amazing Mouse This Thing Called PROFITS Farewell for Mr. McNeely Long Distance Shortcut - "Call By Number" America's Wonderful Omaha's Service Bureau Handles A Big Job, Fast And More 39 pages. NWO52····················$2.25   NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE MAGAZINE JUN 1932 Articles include: Two Win Vail Medals (Telephone Worker Who Dives Three Times to Save Man in Unusual Accident Awarded Many Honors) Serving Our Biggest City (Minneapolis Telephone Building Practically Completed, Business Office to Move Within Next Few Weeks) Makes Science Clear (Sergius P. Grace Interests Thousands in Laboratories Accomplishments by "Humanized" Description) April Sets a Record (Sales Swing Into Strong Stride in Company, but Net Loss of Stations Continues) Bang! Boom! War on Rocks (Carloads of Dynamite Toss Stumps and Stones in Air but Contractors Cooperate in Saving Telephone Lines) Spade, Hoe and Rake (Gardening Has Many Values, According to Mary Margaret Miller, Typical Operator) And More 13 pages. NWJ32····················$5.25   NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE September 1931 Articles include: Selling by Telling Cedar Rapids Goes Dial Gifford Heads Relief for Unemployed Telephones by Appointmetn Three-Fold Role for Salesmen M. M. M. Solves Big Problem School Days Are Here Again Faster and Better "Influenza 1-9-3-2" And More 24 pages NWS31····················$5.25   NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE MAGAZINE DEC 1947 Articles include: Nationwide Roll Call by Telephone My Health and My Job (The Company's Part in Health Preservation. My Part in Preserving My Health How Are We Doing? No Samples at This Talk (Atomic Bomb Expert Delivers Lectures on Much Discussed Topic Before Omaha University Group) Pleasant Cut Over Down They Went! Northwestern Bell Telephone Company Management Organization Chart Telephone Pioneers "Go Back Home" to Boston Forest Fire! And More 39 pages. NWD47····················$3.50   NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE MAGAZINE JUNE 40. Articles include: The Telephone Hour Awarded Vail Silver Medal Wires Down, Calls Go Through Fellow Employes Honor Mr. Wilder at St. Paul Nebraska Telephone Men Elect Clark President Yes, the Clipping Is About Telephone Folks! And More 21 pages. Section ripped on cover - see picture. NWJ40····················$4.25   NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE MAGAZINE JAN 1948 SOLD OUT Articles include: How Are We Doing - Plant Department Company Citation Awarded R. J. Barth, St. Paul Installer Directors Approve Equipment Projects Totaling $14,200,000 South Dakota - Where Nature's At Her Best Thar's Gold in Them Thar Hills - and Beauty, too The Big Badlands 13,810,000 Calls a Month Cattle & Crops = Cash In South Dakota So South Dakota Youth May Learn Uncle Sam Backs South Dakota Keeping Their Telephone Door Open $750,000 Damage in Two Iowa Storms Campus Calls For Mr. & Mrs. G.I. And More 39 pages. NWJ48····················$3.75   NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE MAGAZINE JUN 1948 Articles include: "1776" 22 Busy Folks - Treasury Department New "Eyes" For Our Outside Plane A Day in the Life of an Accounting Girl Merrily They Rolled Along They Started Off With a "Bang" Carl Witmore Elected New Pioneer President Mr. Hopley Commended for Speedy Organization of Civil Defense Plan A "Lift" When They May Need It Most" Home Sweet Home No Lost-time Accident in 16 Years Among Us Girls Cancer Facts And More 39 pages. SOLD NWU48····················$3.75   NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE MAGAZINE JUN 1945. Articles include: V-E Day Brings Local Traffic Load; Observance Was Joyous - But Serious Call "INternational 3300" for United Nations Conference Silver Vail Medal and $500 Awarded New Jersey Operator Horro Conditions in Concentration Camps Told by Lt. Col. Willey, Who Saw Them Bronze Star Medal Awarded Pfc. Shade Army Inspectors Give Rating of "Excellent" to Lt. Col White's Signal Corps Men in Italy Oo-la-la, Hats in Paris Took Jo Chamberlain's Breath Away And More 23 pages. NWJ45····················$3.50   NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE MAGAZINE OCT 44. Articles include: B29 Ideas That Worked Now You Are in War Work, Too "Hello Amy - I'm Home" Bell System Meets Challenge of Hurricane along East Coast Cable Splicers Fly to Europe; Build Lines in Liberated Areas And More 23 pages. SOLD NWO44····················$4.25   Gray Telephone Pay Station Catalog No 22. 100 pages. Each page is in JPG format on this CD. SOLD OUT GTPCD···················$20.00   The Practical Telephone Handbook by J. Poole. Whittakers Library of Arts, Sciences and Industries 498 pages. All pages are not original - about 6 or 8 photocopied pages as replacements. Very brittle. The pages are coming away from the binding a bit. Copyright 1895. Signature of previous owner on first page. TPTH1··················$350.00   200th Anniversary Poster 1976. 13-1/4"x15-1/2". 200TH····················$9.00   1978 White pages for Minneapolis and surrounding communities. Issued December 1977 by Northwestern Bell. MPL78···················$26.00   Saint Paul and surrounding communities by Northwestern Bell Telephone Directory Area Code 612 June 1977. Yellow pages with index. SP77····················$26.00   1977 Chicago Yellow pages, buying guide, directory of products and services for home and business. The Red Book 1977. CHI77···················$25.00   1981 Madison, Wisconsin Telephone Directory, January. Area code 608. Includes listings for surrounding MAD81···················$18.00   Desk Telephones by Lawrence A Wolff, D.D.S. of the Bell System. Soft cover. The years 1875 to 1955. Second edition. 178 pages. SOLD OUT BK13A···················$20.00   The Telephone by Tony Cashman. A 32 page pamphlet copyright 1974. Distributed by Alberta Government Telephones. TTBTC····················$4.00   Singing Wires by Tony Cashman. The Telephone in Alberta. Copyright 1972. SWTT1···················$19.95   The Telephone Man. A story about Archie Hollingshead. Written for Alberta Government Telephones by Tony Cashman. 34 pages. TTMAH····················$5.00   A History of Communication. Made possible by the telephone. Mia Maluchi and Donald Walton. Featuring the Walton Telephone Collection. Guides the reader through the early development of the phone by Alexander Graham Bell up through the present day land line phones. AHOC1···················$21.95   Refurbish Antique Telephones For Fun and Hobby by Ed Mitchell. SOLD OUT RATFF···················$24.95