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P S King [Philip Stephen King] (1819-1908), London Parliamentary Bookseller of 12 Bridge St, Westminster and other addresses[WilBiblio.com

P. S. King London Parliamentary Bookseller. 36 items from his papers including correspondence from individuals including the Bishop of Chichester Sir Charles Bowyer Adderley Sir Edward Cholmley Dering William Knight and other public figures.

26802Mainly from London and Westminster. Dating from between 1855 and 1907. The notable London firm of P. S. King & Son 'Publishers Parliamentary and General Booksellers Bookbinders and Printers' was in existence for more than a hundred years having been established according to its own account in Parliament Street in 1819 and still active until 1941 when it became P. S. King and Staples under which name it traded for around six years. An advertisement for the Staples Press Limited in The Times 14 February 1946 lists among incorporated companies: 'P. S. King and Staples Limited Publishers Parliamentary and General Booksellers Publishers to the London. County. Council. and Iinterational. Labour. Organisation. Printing and Bookbinding Westminster. Founded 1819.' The present collection mainly consisting of correspondence addressed to the founder Philip Stephen King himself is in fair condition aged and with occasional damp staining affecting in particular half a dozen items. Among the 36 items in the collection are signed autograph letters and notes almost all in 12mo from 26 individuals among them: Sir Charles Bowyer Adderley: on letterhead of Hams Hall Minworth Birmingham no date; 'H. B.': on letterhead of the House of Commons Library 7 January 1881; Edward Baines: 32 St Mary's Road Canonbury 25 January 1860; John Aloysius Blake MP for Waterford: Waterford 14 October 1859 listing addresses and making an addition for an entry in a biographical publication; Thomas F. Brady: on letterhead of the Office of Irish Fisheries 12 April 1873; Sir Edward Cholmley Dering: Pluckley 5 September no year 'I have left orders for my journals and Parliamentary papers to be packed and sent to you: Try and sell the former and if not I suppose you must take them as waste at 25/ per cwt but as they are complete I shall hope you will be able to dispose of them to advantage'; T. de Cavalier de Cuverville 'Capitaine de Vaisseau Commandant le Trident': calling card with autograph note in French addressed from Brest 29 December 1880; Charles Louis Léon Dufresne de la Chauvinière French Naval Attache: postcard in English from 12 Wilton Place postmarked 27 January 1881; Ashurst Turner Gilbert 'A. T. Circestr' Bishop of Chichester: Palace Chichester 4 February 1856; H. S. Hallett of the Society of Arts 102 Park Street Grosvenor Square 20 January 1887 'I have been asked to treat the same subject as the Address you have printed for the Society of Arts so I hardly know whether it is worth while to keep any of the "Addresses" After it is delivered the resolutions passed and perhaps a few press notices might be added so I should be obliged if you will not at present break up the type as we might require further copies. Of course I have not the slightest objection to your printing for you own use or sale any copies you might wish for.'; Agnes R. Hawksley: two from Lingholt Grayshott Haslemere one on letterhead 10 and 13 April 1904 from the former: 'Thank you so much for the autograph of the Duke of Wellington . I also send a letter I have of Conan Doyle's with pleasure'; <John> Healy: on letterhead of the House of Commons Library; Bolton King: on letterhead of Gaydon Warwick 9 October 1902; William Knight Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of St Andrews: on letterhead of the Castle House St Andrew Scotland 20 October 1902 'If you have two by Dr. Chalmers I would ask the favour not for myself but for the University of St Andrews to have one of them framed under his portrait in the classroom where he lectured; and in exchange for it you might have a letter of some eminent man'; J. A. Langford: on letterhead of Birmingham Morning News 27 June 1872; T. Latimer: on letterhead of 143 Fore Street Exeter 3 June 1886 'You by your pen are doing the best for England - as a good King might be expected to do. I hope that we shall soon be out of this element of bitterness. It is shocking to hear liberals abusing John Bright for not being true to G.O.M.'; Sir Wilfred Lawson damp-damaged: 1 Grosvenor Crescent 6 April 1896; <Leone Leor>: 12 The College Doctors Commons 8 December 1855; Gerald Loder: on letterhead of 23 Brunswick Terrace Brighton; James Lowther: his signature across stamp as part of receipt by him dated 8 May 1875 on Autograph Note by King on his letterhead 'P. S. King from Parliament St. Depot for sale of Parliamentary Papers and Acts of Parliament' Canadian Government Building King Street Westminster 7 May 1875; E. G. McKenzie: on Admiralty letterhead 31 December 1880; T. T. Beaty-Pownall on Lord Knollys's behalf: on Buckingham Palace letterhead 31 July 1907 damp damaged; R. Addison Smith: on letterhead of the Scottish Conservative Club Edinburgh 4pp. 12mo beginning by discussing 'the so called faggots in todays "Scotsman"'. Also 3 Typed Letters Signed from Lord Knollys on letterheads of Windsor Castle Sandringham and H.M. Yacht Victoria and Albert 1904 and 1907 acknowledging presentations of material to King George V all three damp-damaged. Among the other items is the King's own extraction of the printed 'Autograph and MSS. Section Including the Collection of First Numbers of Newspapers and Magazines etc. of Mr. P. S. King' from the printed catalogue of the Crystal Palace Exhibition pp.128-249 marked up in manuscript and with the pink printed wraps of the catalogue. Heavily damp damaged and with an manuscript letter also damaged signed by Henry Gillman General Manager of the Crystal Palace Company on letterhead 13 November 1897 informing King of the return of his manuscripts to Brighton. On the reverse of Gillman's letter King has transcribed a report of the exhibition of his collection from the Journal of the Society of Archivists and Autograph Collectors August 1897. Mainly from London and Westminster. Dating from between 1855 and 1907. paperback

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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January/February 1957 Through November/December1958

Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Laying cable for the new United States - Alaska telephone link; Working around the sudden collapse of a 150-foot span of the Mission Abbotsford Bridge in 1955(photos); New truck digs its own post holes in the Peace River area; Storm cripples telephone plant; Overseas Rates Cut; More Long Distance Circuits; Repeater key to Trans-Atlantic Cable; Telephone man (Clifford Sherlock) treads trapline on weekends; 1956 review; Recruiting Program; microwave towers to carry second Radio Telephone system - article and photo; List of Exchanges i.e. # of phones operating in each community; photo of microwave relay truck; Dog Mountain tramway completed - text and photos; Howe Sound Line Rebuild -photos with captions; Squamish Exchange - photos; Private radiotelephone system feeds sawmill operations - two pages of photos and text; Nanaimo to be SATT dialing center - article; photos of 'microwaves across the mountains; passing of Mr. R.S. Argue; Great photos of the Vedder Crossing; Ladner goes automatic; Photos of Terrace staff; 'floating phones' - nice set of photos of phones at work at sea; Training; photos from atop Promontory Mountain and Greenstone Mountain; Gordon Farrell now Board Chairman (Karsh photo); Cyrus H. McLean now President (photo); B.C. Microwave to open 1 July - great photos; microwave opening previewed; 1958 big year for radiotelephone - article and map; 7,000 mile trade goodwill call; picture of a Moore "Formorama"; Coverage of the Ripple Rock Blase - with photo; increasew will not give required revenue; Microwave Skyway - text and photos; B.C. Centennial coverage facilities very complex; Oliver cutover; photo of men at work over the Sumas River; TOC - the Television Operating Center, inside the Farrell Building in Vancouver; Lloyd Purdy and John Martin retire; Creston Cutover; Photos of the radiotelephon serving an active paving company; Meet Fred Feeney - article with photo; Ladysmith converts to Automatic - photos; Lloyd Purdy and Percy Crute retire after a combined 82 years of service; Victoria 2-5 conversion; photos of microwave sites readying for onslaught of winter; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight and square. Marbled endpapers. Name of E.P. LaBelle stamped on bottom- and fore-edges of text. Mr. Labelle was a second-generation employee off the company. Book

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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January/February 1955 Through November/December1956

Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Good-bye to the Fairmont board in Vancouver - great photos including one with Miss Joan Ross; Map of radiotelephone chains; Fairmont Cutover Highlights; Merritt switchboard gutted - photo; Photo of a young Kenneth Dye - who went on to serve as Auditor-General of Canada from 1981-1991; Company Auto Equipment Staff; Photos of the expansion of Vancouver's underground telephone system; Many photos of Kamloops staff at work; New phone system for Vancouver's new Public Safety Building - photos; 1954 Annual Report Highlights; Record expansion this year; Outdoor phone booths popular; 15 years ago; Photos of Victoria's expansion program; Victoria Commercial Office modernized - photos; Photos of moving phone lines prior to dismantling the old Granville Street Bridge; New radiotelephone mast on Lulu Island - photos; New Engineering Section formed; Automatic Toll Board for Royal City; Conversion project for Vancouver's Dexter office; Photos of placing cable 70 feet above the Fraser River near Boston Bar; Photo of 'Jocko', the company chimpanzee; Sales Training; Campbell River First North-west Conversion to automatic operation; Oliver and Osoyoos approve free calling; Walter R. Jones retires; L.C. Patey passes away; path testing to begin for microwave system - article; photos of cable-laying between Ioco and Port Moody; microwave skyway - photos and text; photos of loss of part of the bridge at Mission; microwave path testing completed for B.C. - article with map; photo and article of 'electronic secretary' (hint: picture a big box with a record player in it!); List of Exchanges in B.C. and # of lines operating; photos of heavy gangs at work; access to microwave sites 'most difficult' (article); G.W.S. Montgomery passes away; photos of New West's Lakeview office; Engineering for TD-2 Microwave in B.C. - article with map; Photos of laying underwater cable near Nelson; 1955 - company's best year ever; James Hamilton and C.B. Diplock retire; Aerial tram to serve Dog Mountain site near Hope; Teletype now links Trans-Canada system; "They Take their telephone with them - great article and photos on the use of radiotelephones - early car phones!; groundwork laid for microwave in B.C.; R.A. Story ends 46 years career; Photos of cable-laying between Mayne Island and Swartz Bay; photos of blasting near Hedley; North-west acquires Peace River; PNE photos; Dog Mountain construction photos; photos of the Mid-Canada Line, which supplemented the DEW line; article and photo re: the new 'Speakerphone'; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight and square. Marbled endpapers. Name of E.P. LaBelle stamped on top and bottom edges of text - Mr. Labelle was a second-generation employee of the company. Book

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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January/February 1953 Through November/December1954

Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Port Alberni operator's help save infant's life (photo); Abbotsford and Mission 'cut' to automatic - 8 pages of photos and text; Photo of laying cable between Mission and Abbotsford; New buildings for Richmond and Steveston; Script of two successive broadcasts by Dorwin Baird of radio station CJOR re: proposed telephone rate increases; Telephone growth sets all-time record in 1952; Interim rate increase authorized; Nice photo of North Vancouver automatic telephone being installed in preparation for cut-over; Photos of cable-laying near Lion's Gate Bridge; new buildings for Albion, Belmont and Colquitz; Company earns dividends but has surplus shortage; Mr. W.S. Pipes; Gerald Clarke - Memoriam with photo; New buildings for Richmond and Steveston; Photos of expansion of Vancouver Island; Doug Beckett, 19, - Big League Baseball Prospect - photo; New International Radiotelephone Link; The Telephone in our Air Defense Picture - article; farewell to Miss H.L. Montgomery; dramatic photos of conduit installation under and on Lion's Gate Bridge; Photos of Port Coquitlam progress; Cloverdale's automatic program; R.S. Argue is new traffic manager; John Dickson Johnston in memoriam, with photo; Fred Buckle winds up record career; great Cloverdale office photos; Expansion photos from Kamloops, Vancouver and the Fraser Valley; A.J. Jack retires after 41 years; Trail and Rossland favour 'Free Calling'; 18,000 attended civil defense show; Kootenay Company joins B.C. Tel.; wonderful photo of 'sky-riders' working on lines over the Columbia River at Trail; North Van. goes automatic; Stirling Ross closes 50 year career; Nice photos of some of the company's heavy work gangs in the field; Photos of the company's war against winter; Company expansion sets new record; List of Exchanges - # of lines operating per community; Albion-Belmont Colquitz Cut-over; Radiotelephone network still expanding - article with 2 maps; Stirling Ross - in Memoriam, with photo; Port Coquitlam Photos; photos of a cable repair off Mayne Island; new New West Plant Center building; Cranbrook construction - photo of breaking ground; Editor of Telephone Talk, Peard Sutherland passes away - article with photo; Chilliwack joins B.C. Tel; photos of some of the equipment used to serve the British Empire Games in Vancouver; British Empire Games Transmitted in Record time - 2 page article; Inside New Westminster; Victoria Expansion Photos; A.H. Lemmon - Memoriam with photo; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight and square. Marbled endpapers. Name of company employee E.P. LaBelle stamped on top and bottom edges of text. Book

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The Wide World Magazine: Volume 11 - May Through October 1903

Features: The "Hold-Up" at Fenelon; Avalances; A Tramp in Spain - VI; Hunting the Giant Tortoise; A Desert Tragedy; The Land of the Shrimp-God; How "Buffalo Bill" Won his Name; The Looting of the "Bang Yee"; On the March in the Bahr-El-Ghazal - III; Francisca Machalek, the female burglar; The Wilson Life Insurance Fraud; "Monkey"; The Happenings of a Night; A West African Mutiny; Paris to New York Overland - IV; A Chapter of Mishaps; My Experiences at Kano - I; Besieged in a Tree; The Man-Stealers; In the Grip of the Quagmire; The Monks' Republic; The Strange Case of the "Ferret"; The Calculut Affair; Some Japanese Signboards; A Tramp in Spain - VII; Hoist By His Own Petard; The Island of Captive Kings; The March of "Coxey's Army"; Sport and Adventure in Gallaland - I; In the Land of the "Never-Never"; The Range War; A Thousand Miles in a Refrigerator; Sport and Adventure in Gallaland - II; How the Treasure was Saved; A Tardy Vindication; Rambles in Macedonia; Attacked by Wolves in the Desert; A Tramp in Spain - VIII; My Experiences at Kano - II; Defective in the Barrel; The Last of the Bushrangers; Prisons of Many Lands; The Solving of a Mystery; "Meistertrunk" at Rothenburg; The Shrine by the Nujha Bridge; Among the Buriats; Adrift on a Raft; A Night of Horrors; The Narcissus Festival at Montreux; A Mountain of Salt; After the "Mad Mullah"; A Unique Summer Residence; The Wandering Jew; With the British to Sokoto; John Glover of Texas; A Baby Parade; How the Gipsy Queen found her lover; A Cargo of Cats; A Tramp in Spain; When the Water Came Down; A Mystery of the Bush; The Story of My Chinese God; A Battle with a Rhino; After the "Mad Mullah" - II; The Pursuit of Captain Victor - II; The Cave-Dwellers of Mexoco; Calamity Jane; With the British to Sokoto - II; Arrested as Spies; When Niagara Ran Dry; The Flying Dutchman; Among the South Sea Cannibals - I; Across Sumatra in a Motor-Car; A Tramp in Spain - X; Our Attempt to Reach Mecca; A Puma Hunt in Surrey; Entombed in a Capsized Ship; With the British to Sokoto - II; The Apotheosis of Simpson; Our Quiet Little Shooting Trip; My Adventure with a Lunatic; A Tramp in Spain - XI; Sacred Town of Mandhata; Mystery of Silver Bow Valley; Among the South Sea Cannibals - II; A Night in a God-House; The Tragedy of the "Maria" and My Part in it; The Red Pig of Poora; Two-Thousand Miles in a Trawler; The Most Inaccessible Place in China; What Happened at Morelia; The Blumencorso at Hamburg. Heavily worn. Backstrip almost detached. Binding open after second blank leaf. A worthy reading copy. Book

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