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104625Garden City Doubleday & Company Inc. 1947. . First U.S. edition inscribed by the author; 8vo; photographic illustrations publisher's red cloth titles to spine gilt on a black ground illustrated near-fine; handwritten letter by the same loosely inserted. <br /> The author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper 'For Maurice Chevalier With profound admiration and affection Noel. London 1918 Paris 1920 New York 1948 . 1939!'. Loosely inserted is a 1-page autograph letter from Coward to Chevalier gushingly thanking his correspondent for writing to him.<br /> Garden City, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1947. hardcover
186310945<p>Macmillan and Co. London. 1863. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. Large 8vo. 8.1 x 6.4 inches. Second state without with the L'Envoi poem leaf at the start of the book which Kingsley had removed from all but the first few hundred copies issued. Two full page mono plates and 8 smaller engravings one at the start of each chapter by J. Noel Paton. Some occasional light foxing to a few pages mostly to the margins. Finely bound in early twentieth century half tan calf leather binding by Riviere. Spine with five raised bands each with gilt piping. Compartments ruled decorated and lettered in gilt. Tan cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. A little rubbing to the corners but overall a very good highly attractive copy of this Victorian classic.</p> Macmillan and Co. London. 1863 hardcover
19621121Hengelo The Netherlands: Situationist Times 1962. First Edition. <br /><br />Small Quarto 10 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches; 275 x 220 mm 52 multicolored pages in stapled illustrated wrappers. <br /><br /><p>The scarce first issue of The Situationist Times an avant-garde periodical that focused on art and politics. Articles in German French Danish and English. Heavily illustrated on different colored pages with collages and comics in addition to the texts. <br /></p><p>Many of the articles highlight the differences between various factions of the Situationists. For instance there's a spirited defense of the Spur group which had been expelled from the Situationist International. A statement on the penultimate page suggests that 1090 copies had been printed.<br /></p><p>Further reading: "The Beach Beneath the Street: The Everyday Life and Glorious Times of the Situationist International" by McKenzie Wark Verso 2011.<br /></p><p>Scarce in commerce.<br /></p><p>CONDITION: A few small nicks and creases to the wrappers but internally clean bright and unmarked. Near Fine. </p><p><br /></p> Situationist Times paperback books
19621121Hengelo The Netherlands: Situationist Times 1962. First Edition. <br /><br />Small Quarto 10 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches; 275 x 220 mm 52 multicolored pages in stapled illustrated wrappers. <br /><br />The scarce first issue of The Situationist Times an avant-garde periodical that focused on art and politics. Articles in German French Danish and English. Heavily illustrated on different colored pages with collages and comics in addition to the texts. <p>Many of the articles highlight the differences between various factions of the Situationists. For instance there's a spirited defense of the Spur group which had been expelled from the Situationist International. A statement on the penultimate page suggests that 1090 copies had been printed.<br /></p><p>Further reading: "The Beach Beneath the Street: The Everyday Life and Glorious Times of the Situationist International" by McKenzie Wark Verso 2011.<br /></p><p>Scarce in commerce.<br /></p><p>CONDITION: A few small nicks and creases to the wrappers but internally clean bright and unmarked. Near Fine. </p><p><br /></p> Situationist Times paperback
18191064London: John Murray 1819. First thus. First thus. Three volumes. Very attractive bound in contemporary black pebble grain morocco with swirling gilt foliage and ruling on both covers spine elaborately gilt; both covers with ornate blindstamped central medallion and border design. Glazed endpapers with gilt leaf pattern inner dentelles with gilt impressed borders. First collected edition of a contemporary printing including the complete "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" the final part having been finished only a year before this publication. A very attractive fine copy in a most pleasing full morocco binding. <br/><br/> John Murray unknown books
182017071London: Thomas Davison / John Hunt 1820-24. Six volumes bound in three. Demy-octavos 16.5cm; contemporary full diced calf; bound including original title pages; half-titles and terminal leaves where called for. An attractive set in contemporary binding sympathetically re-backed preserving the original endpapers as well as most of the original spines and spine labels. Early printed bookplate of John Colston to each front pastedown with later inked ex-libris "J. Hames" added beneath each printed portion. The full foolscap octavo edition of Don Juan preceded in each case by quarto editions in the same year. Cantos I-II are from an early but not first printing with 1820 date at base of title page but no statement of "New Edition" as seems somewhat common though this issue appears unmentioned by Wise. The remaining volumes are first printings. WISE II p.3-8. Thomas Davison / John Hunt unknown
198644327Washington DC: Mage Publishers Inc 1986. First Trade Edition. Quarto 28.75cm; full black cloth with titling and artist's facsimile signature stamped in white on spine and front cover; illustrated endpapers; dustjacket; 1431pp; illus; text is in French and English. Inscribed by the artist to Broadway star Sondra Lee on the first blank page "Pour Sondra / trés amicalement / Franta / April 87" beneath a full-page mixed media illustration of two nude figures sitting cross-legged opposite each other. Fine in a lightly shelfworn Near Fine dustjacket. Laid into this copy is an invitation for the 2001 exhibition Franta: "oeuvres choisies" signed by the artist in teal marker with two other signed invitations send to Sondra Lee laid in. <br /> <br /> The first monograph of Franta's work tracing "his development from the 1960s when he first arrived in France a refugee from Czechoslovakia up to his recent exhibitions in New York and Paris." A bilingual edition with 109 illustrations 50 of them in color. A distinguished copy with a masterful full-page work of art. Provenance: From the library of Sondra Lee. Mage Publishers, Inc unknown
51-5765Paris: Au siège de l'Association des Auteurs et Artistes Unis et chez Firmin Didot frères 1853. Large 8vo. 16.2 x 26.5cm. Contemporar half shagreen. 6. ccclxxxiv. 382 8pp. 98 hors texte engraved color plates.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:7391889063 .L'historien des sciences de Goulven Laurent a fait valoir que Gérard a été le premier à proposer clairement une théorie scientifique de l'évolution 1844-1845 et qu'il a utilisé le terme évolution plutôt que de transformisme. Paris: Au siège de l'Association des Auteurs et Artistes Unis et chez Firmin Didot frères, 1853 unknown
195915892JLondon: Heinemann 1959. First Edition First Printing. Laid in is an June 26 1967 Autograph Postcard Signed from Vivien Leigh to actress Lilli Palmer and her husband Carlos Thompson: "Quite obviously you and Carlos think they are a bore but I am far more worried about L. I would love to see you fondly as always Vivien". â€L.†refers to Laurence Olivier by then married to Joan Plowright was Olivier’s new wife after the divorce. Leigh was worried about Olivier’s workload and onset of stage fright. The bores are believed to be the Lunts with whom Lilli Palmer’s husband Carlos had an unmotivated quarrel as he apparently had with so many others. The play Look After Lulu starred Vivien Leigh with its first night performance on July 29th 1959. This published book has a printed dedication of the play to Leigh by Coward. Additionally laid in is a printed card which reads: “With Mr. Noel Coward’s Compliments.†Former ownership signature whited-out on front flyleaf else a very good copy in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Heinemann unknown books
1740032040London: For J. Osborne 1740. First Edition in Engllish. Octavo. In two volumes translated from the French edition by J.B. De Freval. Volume I x 2 288 pages 8 pp. index and Volume II 312 pages 8 index with 25 engraved plates mounted as issued including a frontispiece to each volume. The plates are from the original French edition of 1739 cut around the plate mark and pasted to 8vo leaves for this edition as required in the directions to the bookbinder printed in Volume I. The first volume is based on Warburton's studies of Egyptian hieroglyphs and gives a history of the gods after whom the planets are named as well as a general treatise on mythology; the second volume contains a chronological analysis of the philosophical theories of the creation of the worlds. There was a 1741 edition lacking the original plates. Abbe Pluche 1688-1761 enjoyed a brilliant scholastic career though he was persecuted for his views as a young priest. He was the tutor to Lord Stafford's son; he eventually returned to Paris and continued his career as a scholar and teacher. Bound in contemporary calf boards double ruled in gilt black morocco spine labels gilt boards reattached a bit of cosmetics to corners and spine ends early owner's book plate and embossed stamp of a later owner with his name and date as well only a couple of plates with toning or foxing. A very good set. . For J. Osborne unknown
196721062Lausanne, Cahiers de la Renaissance Vaudoise, 1967. 5 volumes brochés + 1 portfolio sous étui de toile. Infimes marques aux couvertures et à l'étui, belle condition générale, les 5 volumes non coupés.
108644aafLondon, David Bogue, MDCCCXLV, 1845, in-4to, VIII + 216 p. + 1 Engraved Vignette-Title with 8 views (a bit damaged on the margins) + 28 steel-engraved plates (of 30 mentioned in the list of plates, last 2 plates missing, they were never bound in), Bookplate Skinos (Panof Grafsos Skinos), Original dark brown morocco leather, brown cloth on covers, large cornes, all edges marbled, a little rubbed. Front joint cracket but firm.
95453aafVienna, ca. 1950, 17 x 25 cm, 20 leaves written on one side only of an account-book for the years 1938-1949, rhyming verse in manuscript, heavily illustrated with ink and watercolor drawings, red clothbound. Cover-title: BILANZ 1938-49.
#[30796]Colonia appresso gli Heredi di Cornelio d'Egmond 1701. Sm.8vo. Contemporary vellum autograph title to spine. 158 pp. First published in 1700. - 'The eminent Dominican theologian of the Sorbonne Noel Alexandre 1639-1724 led the attack in France on the Jesuits' attitude towards the Chinese rites. He published an attack upon the Jesuit position in which he endeavours to show the similarities between the Chinese ceremonies and the idolatrous rites of the Greeks and Romans' Lach & Van Kley III p.430. - An interesting work as it mark the author out as a pioneer in the study of comparative religion. - Age-browned otherwise fine. Cordier BS col. 880; Lust 883 French ed.; Walraven 128 French ed.; Löwendahl Sino-Western relations 237 French ed. hardcover
20604In Venezia, stamperia Graziosi, 1784. Demi velin, dos orné, au chiffre "V.B", pièce de titre maroquinée, tranches jaspées. in-8 de 1 feuillet blanc, gravure en frontispice: portraits des frères Montgolfier d'aprés le bas-relief du sculpteur Jean-Antoine Houdon, dans un médaillon avec texte, posé sur un socle légendé., XXXII-320 pages, 1 tableau dépliant, opéra corredata di IX. Tavole in rame, rappresentanti le diverse macchine, che sono state fino a questo giorno fabbricate, particolarmente quella di versaglies, e quella, in cui furano sollevati uomini fino all' altezza di 324. piedi, ec. ec. ( 9 planches gravées dont 1 par Pierre Gabriel Berthault et 3 par François Noël Sellier ).
1995243221995 Pastel signé en bas à droite, 1995, 61 x 40 cm.
199847773Montpellier Fata Morgana 1998 In-4, en feuilles, couverture imprime (embotage de l'diteur).Edition originale, illustre par Vladimir Velickovic de 5 dessins reproduits en hors-texte et de 7 photographies originales en noir et blanc de Jean-Franois Bonhomme, contrecolles en hors-texte et signes, reprsentant Vladimir Velickovic dans son atelier. Tirage unique limit 43 exemplaires numrots sur vlin d'Arches, signs par l'auteur et les artistes.
17544395Chez Les Frères Estienne / Chez La Veuve Estienne & Fils 10,5 x 17,5 Paris 1754 Huit tomes en neuf volumes in-12, 1752-1755, reliure plein veau raciné de l'époque, dos à cinq nerfs ornés de petits fers et de motifs floraux dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin rouge, titres dorés, tranches rouges, pages de garde à la coquille, 9 frontispices et 203 gravures dont 166 dépliantes. Volume I. 1754, Ce qui regarde les animaux et les plantes, xxiv-561-[3] pp., 25 gravures (insectes et oiseaux). Volume II, 1752, Ce qui regarde les dehors et l'intérieur de la terre, xxiv-468 pp., 36 gravures (plantes, jardins). Volume III, 1753, Ce qui regarde les dehors et l'intérieur de la terre, 576 pp., 31 gravures (plantes, bateaux, poissons). Volume IV, 1755, Ce qui regarde le ciel et les liaisons des différentes parties de l'univers avec les besoins de l'homme, 621-[1] pp., 28 gravures (nombreuses cartes). Volume V, 1755, Ce qui regarde l'homme considéré en lui-même, 565-[3] pp., 20 gravures (mathématiques, machines). Volume VI, 1755, Ce qui regarde l'homme en société, 601-[2] pp., 30 gravures (métiers) . Volume VII, 1755, Ce qui regarde l'homme en société, 555-[5] pp., 33 gravures (typographies, métiers). Volume VIII.-1 et 2, 1755. Ce qui regarde l'homme en société avec Dieu, 436-[2] et 388-[3] pp. "Le spectacle de la nature" a été un best-seller du XVIIIe siècle. Notons seulement sa pédagogie : chaque thématique, illustrée par des gravures concrètes, est développée (cf. Préface) sous la forme de dialogues entre "un jeune homme de qualité" (le chevalier du Breuil), et "un gentilhomme" (le comte de Jouval) ami de son père, chez qui il se trouve en vacances à la campagne, qu'enrichissent les interventions de la comtesse et du curé-prieur du lieu. Coiffes supérieures arrachées aux tomes 1 et 8-1, fragile au tome 3, coiffes inférieures arrachées au tome 1 et 8-2, mors fendus aux tomes 1 et 8-2, coins corrects ou légèrement émoussés, trou de vers apparent au dos du tome 8-2, petit manque de papier en coin de la page 203 du tome 1, bon intérieur. Assez bon ensemble. (EvB25) PHOTOS NUMERIQUES DISPONIBLES PAR EMAIL SUR SIMPLE DEMANDE-DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPS MAY BE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST Livre
17544395Chez Les Frères Estienne / Chez La Veuve Estienne & Fils 10,5 x 17,5 Paris 1754 Huit tomes en neuf volumes in-12, 1752-1755, reliure plein veau raciné de l'époque, dos à cinq nerfs ornés de petits fers et de motifs floraux dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin rouge, titres dorés, tranches rouges, pages de garde à la coquille, 9 frontispices et 203 gravures dont 166 dépliantes. Volume I. 1754, Ce qui regarde les animaux et les plantes, xxiv-561-[3] pp., 25 gravures (insectes et oiseaux). Volume II, 1752, Ce qui regarde les dehors et l'intérieur de la terre, xxiv-468 pp., 36 gravures (plantes, jardins). Volume III, 1753, Ce qui regarde les dehors et l'intérieur de la terre, 576 pp., 31 gravures (plantes, bateaux, poissons). Volume IV, 1755, Ce qui regarde le ciel et les liaisons des différentes parties de l'univers avec les besoins de l'homme, 621-[1] pp., 28 gravures (nombreuses cartes). Volume V, 1755, Ce qui regarde l'homme considéré en lui-même, 565-[3] pp., 20 gravures (mathématiques, machines). Volume VI, 1755, Ce qui regarde l'homme en société, 601-[2] pp., 30 gravures (métiers) . Volume VII, 1755, Ce qui regarde l'homme en société, 555-[5] pp., 33 gravures (typographies, métiers). Volume VIII.-1 et 2, 1755. Ce qui regarde l'homme en société avec Dieu, 436-[2] et 388-[3] pp. "Le spectacle de la nature" a été un best-seller du XVIIIe siècle. Notons seulement sa pédagogie : chaque thématique, illustrée par des gravures concrètes, est développée (cf. Préface) sous la forme de dialogues entre "un jeune homme de qualité" (le chevalier du Breuil), et "un gentilhomme" (le comte de Jouval) ami de son père, chez qui il se trouve en vacances à la campagne, qu'enrichissent les interventions de la comtesse et du curé-prieur du lieu. Coiffes supérieures arrachées aux tomes 1 et 8-1, fragile au tome 3, coiffes inférieures arrachées au tome 1 et 8-2, mors fendus aux tomes 1 et 8-2, coins corrects ou légèrement émoussés, trou de vers apparent au dos du tome 8-2, petit manque de papier en coin de la page 203 du tome 1, bon intérieur. Assez bon ensemble. (EvB25) PHOTOS NUMERIQUES DISPONIBLES PAR EMAIL SUR SIMPLE DEMANDE-DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPS MAY BE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST Livre
13320Lyon, Pierre Rigaud, 1610. Petit in-8 (env. 12 x 8 x 3 cm), (16)-245-(1) ff. (complet), reliure de l'époque plein vélin, titre manuscrit au dos (reliure salie et un peu frottée). Ex-libris manuscrit : Le Noir. Tampon humide armorié.
15878341587 Rouen, Richard Petit, 1587. Petit in-8, (8) ff., 265 pp., (4) pp.de table, (1) p. bl., maroquin janséniste rouge, dos à nerfs, dentelle intérieure, tranches dorées (Cuzin).Édition originale rare de cet ouvrage curieux, illustré sur le titre d’une vignette gravée sur bois, avec les armes de Rouen et au verso, les armes du cardinal Charles de Bourbon, dédicataire de l’ouvrage.Cette édition fut imprimée également chez Raphaël du Petit Val, mais il semble que les exemplaires à l’adresse de Richard Petit soient ceux du premier tirage : « on est d’abord porté à croire à une seule et même édition avec changement de titres [… ] mais après un examen attentif, on découvre des différences sensibles dans les vignettes et les initiales, et l’on reconnaît avec certitude la diversité des éditions ». (Frère II, p. 551).Bel exemplaire.Ex-libris Anison Che Fiorisce, gravé par Stern (fleur de lys héraldique). Petits frottements à la charnière supérieure et au second plat.
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: New Year's Greetings telephoned to Mother in England; Echoes of Turkish Telephony; What people talk about during long distanc calls; Industry advances in 1932 despite business losses; First Bermuda call was boon to navigation company; Statement of Development, January 1, 1933 - provides statistics on the number of telephones working in each community of B.C.; West Vancouver celebrates 21st birthday; Entertainment programme telephoned from Vancouver to Victoria; John Lawson - phone pioneer of West Vancouver; John Henry Ward retires; Royal City students visit phone office; New employee sales campaign has been organized; An ounce of prevention; Fred Meloche has retired; We can talk to the Holy Land; Bowen Island annual picnic; C.A. McMaster; Telephone echoes from India; Who can solve the mystery of B.C.'s first telephone?; Telephone people on job despite earthquake; Hungry people make most work for telephone operators; B.C. Telephone Basketball Team; Statement of Development, May 1, 1933 - a table showing the number of telephones in each community of the province; W.H. Cooke; Victoria to London via All-Red Telephone Route; Vancouver-London conversation heard across Canada; Bowen Island Picnic; Gold Rush turns spotlight on Bridge River Valley; R.G. Roach Retires; An address by Miss Nell Rowbottom, agent, Nanaimo; Beware of Holiday Hazards; Port of New Westminster sets new shipping record; Speedy repairs after Cumberland fire - text and photos; George McCartney (Mr. Mac) retires; A Haircut for the Trans-Canadian Line; George Williamson of the Slocan retires; Toll Lines Restored for Christmas after two weeks of havoc - 6 pages of amazing photos and text; We can talk to the Flathead Valley; The Plant Library is at your service; Two Mining Areas Brought Within Telephone Reach - Anyox and Campbell River (opens up Stewart, Alice Arm and Premier Arm) - great photo of the Anyox plant of the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power Company, Limited; Col. Victor Spencer's voice travels record distance by phone; Telephone to the rescue; Operators' Problems Explained in Radio Interview; Telephone plays prominent part in fight against forest fires - 2 pages with photos; Telephone queries add spice to newspaper life; Electrical Men Meet at Nanaimo; Ernest Moore passes away; New construction project to improve Bridge River service - 2 pages with photos; B.C. Nickel project given service; A telephone pole becomes a Bug's Breakfast - 3 pages with interesting photos and text; Barnston Island receives service; Sculling champ, Edward Snead, retires; Telephone Exchange Established in Bridge River Area - 3 pages of text and photos; Construction programme under way in the Albernis; Ralph S. MacPherson; Photo of the 'Morro Castle' afire; Roy (Dutch) Harris of East Kootenay dies; 'Mystery Mountain' claims life of Alec H. Dalgleish; and more. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon fore- and top edges, and inside front board, else unmarked. Binding intact. 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: Cover photo of the Victoria Exchange; Company launches employee sales plan; feature on Leo Griggs with photos; Ladner forges to the front as a farming district - with photos; Important changes in Prince George; Mission and Revelstoke; Remodelling Victoria Exchange; Our Trans-Canada Link is growing; - 3 pages with photos; Record holiday load handled by Vancouver toll office; Vancouver-Victoria Cable line severed by Dredge; Engineeers walking all over the province - 4 pages with photos and text; Proper posture; Statement of Development - a table listing the number of operating phones in towns across the province; Campbell River - Cape Lazo Cable is big job for this month - 2 pages; Keeping pace with Schedule on Trans-Canada Line; Philip Creagh - Nanaimo wire chief; Centralized billing system now in effect; Breaking of insulators may have serious consequences; Ocean Falls joins our system and receives first toll service - great photo; Powell River - Cape Lazo Cable successfully laid - 3 pages with photos; Harvey Sauder; A P.A.B.X. is now serving the B.C. Electric Railway Co.; Cover photo of the Victoria exchange; Victoria traffic and commercial staffs now under same roof - text and great art deco photos; One-Fourth of Work on Trans-Canada line completed; C. Whitmore Halford; new phone system in Powell river - 2 pages with photos; All Canadian route from Vancouver to Winnipeg; Trans-Canada construction photos; Vancouver talks with Berlin; Coal Harbour Regatta broadcast from radiotelephone ship; A telephone man in Turkey; Thrilling events preceded opening of Ocean Falls service - with photos; The Huntingdon System is Acquired; The Municipality of Maple Ridge; N.J. Dunlop; A telephone man in South America; Telephone Co-operators; Cover photo of Vancouver fire alarm switchboard; Telephone to the rescue when fire threatens; Great photos of laying cables across Victoria Harbour; Selling Telephone Service; A telephone man in India; Three Nanaimo phone men attempt to save three children in Nanaimo River; Gerald C. Clarke; Two-Thirds of Trans-Canada line complete; Prince George visits plant where our dial equipment was made, in Lancashire; Successful picnic; Princeton to be important link in Trans-Canada line; Wiring plans; The Modern Mouse must have a Telephone House (mouse moves into pay phone); Bigger phone directory - 2 pages with interesting photos; Phone poles go over mountains - several photos; Ervin J. Davis; Trans-Atlantic service growing; Herman A. Nicholson; and more. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. 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
1787206102Rome.: Sumptibus Natalis Barbielline. Bibliopolae in fore Pafquini. 1787. Editio Secunda. Vellum over boards. Hardcover. . Fine copy. . Octavo. . Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Sutro Library book plate. Sumptibus Natalis Barbielline. Bibliopolae in fore Pafquini. hardcover
