The only known copy of the world's first telephone directory is set to fetch up to £20,000 at auction next month. The 20-page book containing the names and number of 391 subscribers around New Haven, Connecticut, was issued in 1878 - just two years after the invention of the telephone by Edinburgh-born Alexander Graham Bell. picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago tags guide telephone directory book new haven connecticut |
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