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50 pages. Features: Ad for 'A Murder is Announced' inside front cover; 'In Camera' column discusses 'Star Wars' with photos; 4-pages pictorial appreciation of the career of Charlie Chaplin; Photo-illustrated interview with Fred Zinnemann; 'The Last Wave' - photos; Tehran 1977 -article on this film festival; 'Looking for Mr. Goodbar' - photos; Photo-illustrated article on the myth and magic of Jean Cocteau (conclusion); Survey of the 21st London Film Festival; 'The Choirboys' - photos; Reviews - 'The Amsterdam Kill', 'Assault on Precinct 13', 'The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training', 'Canal Zone', 'Eight Hundred Heroes', 'The Gauntlet', 'The Last Remake of Beau Geste', 'Mustang', 'Roller Coaster'; Photos on location of 'The Big Sleep'; 'Let's Get Laid' - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
A wonderful livre d'artiste featuring sonnets by Ronsard, Du Bellay, Louise LabÈ, Jodelle, Agrippa d'AubignÈ, Malherbe, Cyrano de Bergerac, Sainte-Beuve, Nerval, Musset, Leconte de Lisle, Baudelaire, and others, illustrated with ORIGINAL HORS-TEXTE ETCHINGS BY Camille Berg, Jean Bersier, Jacques Boullaire, Yves Brayer, Michel Ciry, DaragnËs, Hermine David, Dignimont, Dunoyer de Segonzac, Jean FrÈlaut, Galanis, Edouard Goerg, AndrÈ Jacquemin, Marie Laurencin, Luc-Albert Moreau, Maurice Savin, VergÈ Sarrat, Henri de Waroquier, and Roger Wild, and two small in-texte etchings by Bonfils. From a total edition of 326 numbered copies, this is ONE OF 26 COPIES ON FINE ARCHES WOVE PAPER, WITH A SECOND SUITE OF THE ETCHINGS ON FINE BERZELIUS PAPER. Large 4to. Loose as issued in original wraps. With the suite in a separate envelope. Wraps lightly worn, else FINE AND BRIGHT.
Cover photo of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, now at the front. The First Battles in East Prussia. The Agony of Belgium - how her cities and towns were laid desolate; Horrors of war in the village of Cortenbergh, Brabant. Centerfold depicts the sacking of Louvain, while the Hotel de Ville is spared. Photos and Illustrations of: Officers of Scottish descent fighting for the Tsar; German outpost scenes; Pole fights Pole on the Russian frontier; Germany experiences terrors in East Prussia; Russian prisoners; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
520 pages. Black and white illustrations. Text in French, English, German and a fourth language which is presumably Yugoslavian. Some Russian may also be mixed in. The language used seems to depend upon that of the contributor. Contains a wealth of technical content, the bulk of which appears to be in German and French. Includes reprint of an 1892 Electrical Engineer article on "The Tesla Multiphase Motors" plus "Nikola Tesla: The Problem of increasing human energy" reprinted from The Century Magazine, June 1900, 'The Tesla Patents' from Electrical Review, September 19, 1900 and much more. Index card laid in states this copy was presented by Comite yougoslave de l'URSI to Professor Charles. R. Burrows, whose signature appears atop front flyleaf. Printed on poor quality paper which has become embrittled, chipped and yellowed, particularly at extremities. Binding extremely fragile. Please Note: pages 6 through 10 missing. This may not be too dramatic a loss as the Table of Contents omits pages 1-8 and first lists page 9 which may have contained the Preface in Russian. Some pages uncut. Front cover and all pages prior to page 17 loose but present aside from pages listed above. Page 519-150 and back cover loose but present. Although strictly a Reading Copy, this remains a rare and substantial Tesla reference. Book
Extensive coverage of the Transvaal (Boer) War. Photos and illustrations include: The Prince of Wales inspecting the Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa, Honour Roll with 16 photos, Some of our losses at Rensburg and Spion Kop, With General Buller's Column at Frere (8 photos), British Boers - Dutchmen in Yorkshire, The Hampshire Imperial Yeomanry, Boers looting a wrecked British Store-Train, The Battlefield of Colenso, Field Telegraphy, General French's Advance on Colesberg, Sir Redvers Buller's Transport Wagons Crossing the Veldt (centerfold), 2-page illustration of a Ladies' Fan-Race (laid in), one-page photos of Major-General N.G. Lyttelton and Major-General E.R.P. Woodgate (laid in). Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
Extensive coverage of the Transvaal (Boer) War. Photos and illustrations include: Troops around the Water-Cart after Colenso, Seaforth Highlanders Bivouacking, "Joe Chamberlain", Transport Leaving Southampton, Camp on Look-out Hill, Pretoria Jail (laid in), Hospital Ship Lismore Castle, Lord Roberts arrives at Cape Town, Mr. Lynch's Captivity, The Brighton Artillery Position Battery, Hampshire Volunteers for the front, Ladysmith images, Lubbes Hoop Farm, 16 photos of men killed at Spion Kop, Ladysmith, and Modder River, "D" Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery, departs Ottawa, In the Trenches at Ladysmith (centerfold), Lord Iveagh's Field Hospital Staff prior to Departure, Two-page illustration of "Canadian Artillery Entraining at Ottawa for the Cape" (laid in). Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
Extensive coverage of the Transvaal (Boer) War. Photos and illustrations include: Bivouac of the 3rd King's Rifles, De Beers Diamond Mines at Kimberley during the seige, Lord Roberts's reception at the Modder River Camp (laid in), the remains of the suffolk regiment after Moedder Farm, Chieveley Camp (laid in), Major-General T. Kelly-Kenny, Photos with General French's Command near Colesberg, Canadian Mounted Police Leaving Halifax for South Africa, The Attack on Spion Kop (Centerfold), Photos with the South African Railway Pioneer Regiment, Photo of H.M.S. Viper running at record speed of 35.5 knots. Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
Extensive coverage of the Transvaal (Boer) War. Photos and illustrations include: Ladysmith Bombardment Scene, Hauling Guns up Coles Kop, The Gordons Taking Cover at Ladysmith, General French Cuts off the Boer's Retreat (2 page illustration laid in), Lieutenant-General French, Colonel Thorneycroft, The East Griqualand Field Force, 7 photos of men killed in war, the 37-mm Maxim Automatic Gun - The Boers' Most Annoying Weapon, and more. Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
170 pages including index. Profusely illustrated with black and white archival photographs. Copyright 1973. Assorted defects to spine. Maroon boards well-worn. Gift greetings upon front endpaper. Many marginal notes, apparently written by someone quite familiar with this topic. Various clippings laid or taped in. Book
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Fine red leather reward binding with art-nouveau decorations and Sultan Mehmed Resad tughra. 'Mükâfât' [i.e. Reward] written on board in very calligraphic Turkish with Arabic letters. Title gilt on spine. Light chipped on extremities of binding. Marbled endpapers. Blindstamped colophon. A finely printed book, a special paper. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script. (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 181, [3] p., 1 errata, richly illustrated. The reverse side of the first pages including the portrait of Gustav V has a letter by Selim Sirri Tarcan bilingual in Swedish and Ottoman Turkish sent to Gustaf V, The King of Sweden, written in Pangalti, Constantinople. The book has a brilliant travel account to Sweden from a Turkish perspective. Only three institutional copies in Turkey (2) and Netherlands (1, Leiden) libraries in OCLC: 949541692.; Özege 2474. First and Only Edition. Swedish gymnastics gained institutional structure by the courtesy of Ling in the early 19th century and forced the dominance areas of German, French, and British systems, which were used in school physical education in Europe from the middle of the century, due to their fully defined and justified pedagogical, psychological, military and medical functions, and increased its impact in a short time. Civil or military personnel sent by European governments received education in Stockholm's Royal Central Institute of Gymnastics, which provided Swedish gymnastics education from 1813, and proved to be the most important, leading, and exemplary institution of its genre. On their return to their homelands, they pioneered and tried to introduce Swedish gymnastics in/into their own countries. Military and political conditions in his country would turn a soldier-engineer into a physical educator and pave the way for Selim Sirri Tarcan's travel to Sweden in 1909. German Gymnastics (Turnen) based French Amoros Gymnastics is one of the physical education movements which Turkey met after political reforms of 1839 (Tanzimat) and it was incorporated into first military school then civil school curricula as from mid-19th century. Selim Sirri Tarcan encountered this apparatus gymnastics course at Mekteb-i Sultani (today Galatasaray High School), whose curriculum was created according to the French system and came to the forefront with his skills. After his graduation from Military Engineering School, he put effort into teaching and promotion via media of this gymnastics, rather than dealing with his military duties. However, the posture caused by his muscular body he developed by strength exercises and liked to show on every occasion, and his general health problems would make him question the gymnastics system he was governed by. The problem was also in Europe's agenda, and physical education entered the area of interest of public health policies, and the opinion that it is the most convenient and economical means to improve individual and public health became widespread, which popularized Swedish gymnastics appealing to this field. As of the late-19th century, Swedish-style gymnastics began to be promoted by medical-gymnastics institutes founded in the Ottoman capital as well as by published articles on this system by physicians and intellectuals knowledgeable on a sport-health relationship. Selim Sirri Bey, who was also attracted by Swedish gymnastics, turned his penalty of being sent abroad due to his active participation as a soldier in the constitutional movement of 1908 to opportunity and asked authorities to send him to Stockholm's Royal Central Institute of Gymnastics. During his higher education on gymnastics, he was also impressed by Sweden's healthy social structure into which physical education was integrated, heard of Zander, whose therapeutic gymnastics exercises were being applied in clinics opened on his behalf in European cities, and took medical gymnastics and massage classes at Zander's clinic in Stockholm. Selim Sirri Bey recognized pedagogical and scie
40 pages. Features: Dr. George D. Scott of Kingston is proud of his don who dropped out of grade 10 to enlist in the U.S. Army - photos and article; Hockey's Biggest Reshuffle - looking ahead to the doubling of NHL teams in the 1967-68 season - article by Andy O'Brien; Gail Ross and her Horse Hobby - article with photos; Roloff Beny - a rather enviable reputation has been forced upon me; Nice full-page colour photo ad for Arrow shirts; Aylmer Tomato Product colour centerfold; How to Spend $12 million - that's how much Mickey Rooney spend during his rise, fall and long haul back (Part 3 of 3); Great vintage colour photo full-page ad for the Honda S90; Dr. Hamendra Banerjee is trying to discover if twins Jennifer and Gillian Pollock are the reincarnation of twins Joanna and Jacqueline who were killed in an auto accident 17 months before they were born; The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) at Sanctuary Wood; Laid in is a large colour BP chart which indicates which of their gasolines should be used for which car; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
170 pages. Black and white photos. "Author was assigned to the Mobile Laundry and Bath Unit during the Korean war. It was his responsibility to move huge vans and personnel to locations near the Front where there was some form of running water, so he could provide weary troops with the luxury of a shower and clean clothing. The process of locating these sites was in itself an adventure." - from back cover. Bookmark custom-made for this book and bearing author's hand-printed name is laid inside front cover. In his retirement, Mr. Ringma served as a highly popular Reform Party MP and Opposition Whip in the Canadian House of Commons. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Excellent copy. Book
Circa 1940. 22 pages Victory Guide contains advice for: Emergencies; Alarms; Blackouts; Air Raids; Bombs; Fires; Gas Attacks; First Aid; Nine Vital Points; Morale; Insignia of Civilian Defenders; Safety First; Car Conservation. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Laid in is an 8.5"x11" sheet announcing "Proclamation of Rules and Regulations for TEST BLACKOUT NIGHT March 7, 1941 at 10:40 P.M in Seattle, WA. Sheet contains detailed instructions which conclude with the name (not signature) of Mayor John E. Carroll. Second sheet is 8.5" x 14" and bears the title "City of Seattle - Department of Lighting: Time Table relative to enforcement of public proclamation #12 - effective from sunrise to sunset", dated 10-27-42. Balance of sheet contains sunrise and sunset times for every day of the year. Book
100 pages. Personal signed copy of Albert Quine, business manager of this publication. Contains numerous autographs and inscriptions of graduating class notables, including Student Body President Roy Sohns. Contents in nice shape. Chipping and short tears to black covers. Lettering and decoration upon front cover worn but visible. Two identical news clippings ca. 1980s laid in. These clippings show Dr. Gunnar Berg, the first principal of the school, and his wife arriving at a reunion of the Class of 1925. Representative of its vintage, this yearbook stylishly presents and preserves the wonderful Gatsby-era fashions of the day. A truly unique and wonderful item. Book
Features: Verge Watch Movements in Wood Cases; A Tompion Watch dug up on the South Downs in 1977; The Suspended Foliot and New Light on early Pendulum Clocks; Mudge Milestones, Watch Dates; A.H.S. Tour - 1980 - Holland; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Sound copy. Book
198 pages. Author's nice inscription, rubber stamp and signature upon front flyleaf. Rather than a travelogue, this is an attempt to see events in China through author's own eyes and to interpret some of its history through personal experience... "The story of someone who has had a love affair with China." - from back cover. A very personal account of author's involvement with the three modern eras of Chinese history: the last days of the Ching dynasty, the republican years, and the years since the Communist Revolution. Author was born in Hong Kong in 1909. Includes black and white illustrations plus a special slip laid in which depicts the actual size of a shoe worn by women with bound feet. Minimal wear. No markings. Attractive glossy illustrated covers. Book
169 pages including index, fold-out map and numerous black and white photographic plates. Traces a broad spectrum of the social history of Nanaimo's first hundred years. s include: The Foundations are Laid; A Community in Embryo (1854-1862); The Isolated Port (1862-1886); Into the Twentieth Century (1886-1950); Moderate to average wear. Unmarked. Remains a nice copy. Book
In-16 (cm. 18.50), brossura, pp. 128. Texte en français. In buono stato di conservazione (good copy).
43 pages. Features include: Norad Tracks Scuds; Strange Encounter - Vic Johnson; Cocky Trainees; The Other Enemy; Aerial Buffoonery; Spouses on Patrol; Bomb Site Revisited; Reunion in Italy; Flight into History - Buffalo No. 464; Lucky - the North Star was the workhorse of the RCAF; 417 Colors Laid Up; Convention '91; Burma Bombers; Helicopter for the Future - NOTAR system; Operation Preserve; Nighthawks stand down. Features include: Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Address label upon back cover. Nice copy. Book
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: "Photos of destruction - the result of heavy year-end storms and gale-velocity winds; Interesting photos of construction and construction gangs; $15 million spent on Plant in 3-Year Span; Charles Fisher, Nelson District Manager, Retires; Two veteran Construction Foremen retire - Frank Townsend and James McDevitt; Vancouver Commercial Department reorganized; The Pioneer Trail, by Ken Cowper; Good-bye to Bayview - hello Cedar-Cherry automatic installation; Company fails to meet full divident requirements; Traffic Department Reorganization; Viola Simmons ends varied career; Robert Bell becomes new President of Federation of Telephone Workers of B.C.; Vancouver Boat Show Exhibit; Photos of trunk line installation between Vancouver and West Vancouver; "Emerald" to be first dial unit in Fairmont area; Fairwell to Miss Margaret Moncrieff; Retirement of Thomas Reilly in Duncan; How Unit System benefits Vancouver Subscribers; Accounting Department Changes; Kamloops operating room photo; New Rates sought by B.C. Telephone Company; Decorated phone men - Edmund Esson, Gordon Smith, Ken Milligan; Photos of Sidney office and operators; PNE parade float; Photos of the greatest cable expansion in the company's history; Building program moving forward; Several Canadian Champion athletes; Several photos of Duncan operators, office, construction and repair crews; Good-bye to (one ton!) tabulators; New cable laid from Point Roberts to Mayne Island - photos and text; Nice cover photo of William May of Nelson whose quick action prevented a passenger train wreck near Creston; Lovely full page photo of the Trail operating room; Amazing photo of Jim Gural atop a swaying pole in the middle of a Capilano River flood; Great photos of the Victoria switchboard and staff; Expansion continued at record pace in 1949; Never a dull moment in life of chief operator; Ganges office wins Salt Spring Award; photos of 'when winter came to Colquitz and Keating; Photo of Miss Theodora G. Rhodes, librarian in the Public Relations Department, Vancouver, being presented with the British Empire Medal by Lieutenant-Governor Charles Banks for her service in the Women's Division at the Flying Control Airway Centre at Western Air Command during the war; Two new Vice-Presidents - G.A. Kennedy and H.M. Boyce; Company failed to earn full dividend requirements; Old Man Winter was a formidable foe - January storm destruction in the Fraser Valley; Hastings Barn Dance; Photos of the heavy construction gangs at work in the Fraser Valley; Photos of Trail office and staff; New Rates - many revenue accounting photos; photos of cable spinning; New look pay cheques; Photos of new automatic offices in Osoyoos and Castlegar; Parade float photos; Picnic returns to Newcastle Island; Nice photos of Alberni staff and facilities; Miss Mary Martin - Champion Highland Lassie; Photos of operating school; Final judgement on rates received; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight and square. Name of E.P. LaBelle stamped on top edge of text - Mr. Labelle was a distinguished executive of the company. Book
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: Long Distance enters Canada's North Country; Telephone reunites B.C. Mother, Whilma Hincks, with son in Switzerland; Bayview and West win traffic service contest; Telephone calls that keep the doctor away; Article on diet/eating by K.F. Robins, Health Supervisor; The dial telephone's magic wheel and how it works - 4 page illustrated article; 2 photos and caption of the only Chinese telephone office outside of China - Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, San Francisco; Statistics re: number of telephone sets per community province-wide; Numerous changes in Vancouver's new telephone directory; Many merry mix-ups followed the directory changes; Calls to Australia now routed across the Pacific; Fred Buckle; A visit to London, England via its telephone directory; The Rolling Pin to the Rescue - the tabulators in the information office; B.C. Ship-to-Shore service expands rapidly in year; Harley D. Miller; Paving the way for Vancouver's dial system; White Rock to have dial system; Carrier now used on Gulf cables linking Vancouver and Nanaimo; New submarine cable laid from Copper Cove to Bowen Island; Greater Vancouver and Royal City have big cable programme; Half a million calls daily in Vancouver; William Tyre; Robert Browning Smith; Vacation from work but not from health; Cover photo of King George and Queen Elizabeth bidding farewell at Chilliwack; Gordon Farrell's yacht on Burrard Inlet; Telephones at the fingertips of Royal Couple throught the tour - 5 page article with great photos; Australia wins telephone 'ashes' in Port Day 'word match'; Wire Photos Transmitted from Vancouver for First Time - 3 pages with photos; "Our PNE exhibit was a crowd magnet - voice mirror"; Cecil Austin McMaster; Robert Smyth; Telephoning popular pastime of singers; Telephone equipment in new Hotel Vancouver - many photos plus article entitled "The House with 700 Phones"; White Rock now has dial system; Percy H. Wilson; Miss Dorothy Howard; Ernest E. Harris; Article on operators by Damon Runyon; Our Al Hunter now a one-man phone company in Liberia, Africa; Vancouver's First Dial Office now in service - 8 page article with photos; Thirtieth Year of Telephone Talk; Flood waters fail to keep Courtenay operators from work; Photos of heavy gang work near Kamloops; Fraser Office will go dial in fall of 1941; The Marine Office Power Plant; A.L. Creech; Some highlights of Vancouver's first dial office - 3 page article with photos; Take Care of your Skin; West Vancouver Office is doubled in size to keep pace with growth; Miss Grace D. Smith; Telephone displays are features of 'Bay' anniversary windows; Walter Hughes, Royal City Plant Man; Sunspots 'sabotage' service - one page article with diagram; Community gift of phone to Colebrook couple Mr. and Mrs. George Frith; Phone Company joins Vancouver's dial system; Allan W. Hunter in Liberia - 4 pages with photos; UBC Silver Jubilee section with many nice photos; Frederick J. Tremblay; Back cover devoted to Dunkerque (Dunkirk); Lumber for the Empire - 9 super pages of great photos (all with captions) of sawmills, logging scenes, buildings constructed of B.C wood; 3 page PNE report with photos; Marine Office now serves over 11,000 telephones; sensational 11-page photographic tribute to B.C's fishing industry; New Book
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: Twentieth Year of Telephone Talk; P.A.B.X. for Telephone Company in Vancouver; When this magazine was a bab - by the first editor of Telephone Talk; North-west Telephone Company acquires Prince George System; Hard battle for phone men in rough country along Howe Sound; Christmas gale puts 75% of toll lines out of order; cover photo of 20 ton cable reel for use in Fraser River link in Vancouver-Victoria line; Preparatory work on new trans-gulf cable job nears completion; Speeding Aeroplanes can keep in touch with the earth - two; George Gaetz - Victoria 'heavy' gang foreman; Cover photo of woman demonstrating how to use dial phone; Full page photo of cable barge Brico; First section of new trans-gulf cable successfully laid - 6 pages with many photos; New construction in Victoria; Night work required to build line across Ladner Marsh; The Brico succeeds the Iwalani; Heavy Gang Foreman Andrew Bertram (Andy) Jackson; Land portion of new Victoria-Vancouver cable route now complete - 3 pages with many photos; New Traffic Headquarters in the Georgia Building - several photos; Richmond is thriving Neighbour of big coast cities - photos and text; Picture for Telephone Talk obtained via ship-to-shore phone call; Over half of Trans-Atlantic calls are with Great Britain; We can now talk with South America; Nanaimo heavy gang restores Nanaimo-Victoria service; Vancouver can talk to ship on the Atlantic; Wilfred Calman; 5 page illustrated article announcing completion of Vancouver-Victoria cable; B.C.'s first radiotelephone service now open; Second Calgary Circuit provides Windermere Valley connection; Cable to link Europe with North America; New type of conduit being used for underground work; Record load handled by New Westminster staff; Work on Victoria's central office equipment progressing - many photos; Nice cover photo of the Prince Henry, first passenger ship on the Pacific equipped with dial phone system; New type of pay telephone in Vancouver; Burnaby feature - rapidly industrializing; Bob Perry - Blaster - The Lone Canadian; Ruined Burrard Inlet cable to be replaced; Phone service now available to/from a train; Dunsmuir residence in Victoria speaks with London, England; Dials being placed on Victoria phones - 4 pages with photos; Direct coast and Alberta service now available for Revelstoke; Phone men fight fire which takes 5 buildings in Nanaimo; Dial demonstration popular at Victoria Exhibition; John (Jack) C. Miles; Prince George Reconstruction; Many photos of new Plant and Engineering building in Vancouver; Radiotelephone experiments at coast points successful - 6 pages with photos; William Palliser; Powell River System joins phone family; Trans-Gulf cable now in service; The Terminal and Repeater Equipment of the all-cable toll route - 4 pages with photos; Victoria now using new dial system - photos; Nanaimo high span replaced with submarine cable; Building the B.C. link of the Trans-Canada Line; 17,500 mile link connects Vancouver to Australia; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Backstrip almost entirely loose. Book
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: Miss K. Perrin joins as health supervisor; New West office upgraded - super photos; New York Engineer describes latest developments i.e. transmitting photos over phone lines; the truth about instrument zoning; Excitement at Duncan office; Diary describes observations on Chilliwack line; New cable successfully laid from Galiano Island to Point Grey - 9 pages of text and good photos; New Trans-Gulf circuits opened; sleeping car reservations by phone; Joe Gagnon; Phone expansion in Bay store; Seymour remodeling complete; Operating room photos; Coal, Travelling Men and Toll Lines Feature Nanaimo; High Poles removed from Seymour St. - 6 pages of text and great photos; Miss E.R. Walker - manages traffic on Vancouver Island; Cobble Hill Exchange; photo of updated Ladysmith office; Coast now linked with Okanagan by phone; Miss A. Falconer of the Port Coquitlam office; Successful Canadian jubilee broadcast from Ottawa; Photo of Chemainus Office; Royal Alexandra Apartments Fire - phones used from burning buildings by reporters; Company will have its own line to Vernon; Photo of public phones/'Pay Stations'; Photo of Belmont office near Victoria; Table of phones in use per province in Canada; Six pages of info. and great photos re: Kootenay; Battling Storm King; Mexico City can now communicate with Vancouver; Direct cable to be laid to West Vancouver; Article on poles; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Substantial wear to backstrip with some chips missing. Book
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: Some of the troubles repairmen encounter - 6 pages with photos; Uses of the ringing macine - text and photo; Rope for many purposes made at Sapperton factory - 5 pages with great photos; Repairs made to San Juan Cable; Test calls made to eastern centers; Misues of toll circuits is costly Statement of Development - chart of # of telephones in service in towns throughout the province; Great full-page photo plus article on the "Aorangi" - largest motorship in the world, arriving in Vancouver; Increasing importance of Australasia; How much power is required to operate a phone? - 6 page article with photos; San Juan Cable pulled out of place; Central Information Office - 3 pages; New Douglas exchange relieves pressure on Seymour office; Accounting department story; The ladies take up ice hockey - 2 pages; Crude carbonic acid is wooden conduit's elixir of youth - with photo; Fred Meloche; Great cover photo of a trainload of coal leaving the Extension Mine on Vancouver Island; Revenue Accounting group photo plus office shots; 5-page mining industry feature with great photos; Change to Stub system successful; Traffic Fundamentals - 3 pages; fantastic Victoria Harbour photo including the new Princess Marguerite and the Princess Kathleen; 4 page article with photo - 'diplomats' at the adjustment counter; 5 page feature on the cement industry with photos and operating details of the Bamberton plant; Cable laid across Saanich Inlet - photos; 9 page Fraser River feature with many photos; Company's underground program largest in years - 4 pages with photos; Six page feature of Victoria's Crystal Garden - many great photos; Supplies Department - 3 pages with photos; How the phone was brought to far off lands; Qualifications and duties of a Chief Operator; wonderful interior photos of the new Princess Marguerite and Princess Kathleen; Mount Benson Forestry lookout served by telephone - 2 photos including view of Gulf of Georgia (Strait); CNRV photos and article; Toll dispatch system adopted; Six passenger steamers added to coastal fleets of B.C.; Company again using clay conduit; An Agent's responsibilities; New Collingwood exchange; Operation of building department explained; Company cafeteria system; Cuba talks to Vancouver; Bent Plugs system; Gymnasium class for company men; The Longest Cable in the World - New York to Chicago; George McCartney goes touring again; Photos by phone opens a vast field; Six-page features on Kerrisdale with many great photos plus additional sensational 2 page centerfold of great Kerrisdale homes; Common battery system installed in Trail; New toll testing equipment provided at Vancouver; New test used in cutting over working lines in cables; Advice on thrift; North Shore prospects enhanced by the New (Lion's Gate) Bridge - 9 page article with fantastic photos and illustrations; The Old Toll Desk recalls some telephone history - 5 pages; Phone stories from abroad; Excellent 11 page article on the Telephone Toll Trails of Vancouver Island - with many great photos; Electric drills and rats are enemies of cables; Safeguarding the career of the microwatt; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear overall with the exception of backstrip which shows significant wear and is almost entirely loose. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle up Book
Features: From the Pages of History; Understanding the Verge Fusee Watch; Seth Thomas/Eli Terry Inside-Outside Escapement, Offset Pendulum Pillar and Scroll Clock; and more. Unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
