Rare Jewish Blue Book 1916, Telephone Listing of Leading San Francisco Families

San Francisco & Bay Cities Jewish Blue Book, 1916. Containing the Names, Addresses and Telephone Numbers of the Leading Jewish Families of San Francisco and the Bay Cities. First Edition. 264pp, 6" x 9.25". Features a Jewish calendar and illustrated advertisements. Priced at $5. Original boards show edge wear, minor fading, some light creasing, and remnants of adhesive. Spine repaired and rebacked. Moderate discoloration at front and rear endpapers, else pages are clean with faint uniform toning. Rare. OCLC lists only four copies worldwide (UCLA, CA State Library, SFPL, Stanford). 

A blue book, or bluebook, is a register of socially prominent persons or important businesses. The term is said to date back to the 15th century, when large blue velvet-covered books were used for record keeping by the Parliament of England. 

This item comes with a Certificate from John Reznikoff, a premier authenticator for both major 3rd party authentication services, PSA and JSA (James Spence Authentications), as well as numerous auction houses.

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