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226932Collection Romans des douze Pairs de France, II & IIIParis, Techener [Imprimerie de Firmin Didot frères], 1833 - 1835 2 vol. in-8, [2] ff. n. ch., xxviij pp., 300 pp., un f. n. ch. de vignette ; [2] ff. n. ch., 294 pp., avec deux planches hors texte (un fac-similé en noir et un en chromolithographie, les deux au premier volume), veau blond, dos à nerfs orné de filets, pointillés et caissons dorés ornés de grotesques, pièces de titre et de tomaison vertes et cerise, encadrement de triple filet doré sur les plats, double filet doré sur les coupes, tranches dorées, encadrement de guirlande dorée sur les contreplats (Niédrée).
200874Paris-Strasbourg, Levrault, 1831 2 vol. in-18, [3] ff. n. ch. (faux-titre, titre-frontispice avec vignette en couleurs, titre), 136 pp., un f. n. ch. de table ; [3] ff. n. ch., 133 pp., [3] ff. n. ch. de catalogue Levrault, avec 6 planches lithographiées et coloriées, cartonnage de papier orange, dos ornés de filets à froid, titre poussé en lettres noires, frise d'encadrement noire et vignettes en couleurs sur les plats, tranches mouchetées de bleu (reliure de l'éditeur). Coins abîmés, mais bon exemplaire, très séduisant dans son cartonnage d'origine.
226934Collection Romans des douze Pairs de France, V et VIParis, J. Techener [Maulde et Renou], 1839 2 vol. in-8, [2] ff. n. ch., LXXXVIII pp., 248 pp. ; [2] ff. n. ch., 210 pp., veau blond, dos à nerfs orné de filets, pointillés et caissons dorés ornés de grotesques, pièces de titre et de tomaison vertes et cerise, encadrement de triple filet doré sur les plats, double filet doré sur les coupes, tranches dorées, encadrement de guirlande dorée sur les contreplats (Niédrée).
226924Paris, Léon Willem, 1877 - 1878 2 tomes en un vol. in-8, XXII pp. (dont l'annonce des gravures sur acier), un f. n. ch., 287 pp., [3] ff. n. ch., 307 pp., avec 2 frontispices compris dans le chiffrage et 8 planches hors texte gravées sur acier en noir d'après Armajer, sous serpentes, demi-maroquin bouteille à coins, dos lisse cloisonné et orné en long, simple filet doré sur les plats, tête dorée (Babin, Lille). Rousseurs.
1709R8Claude Jordan, Amsterdam, 1709, 2 volumes in-12 (130x80mm), 451-3ff. et 456pp., reliure d'époque pleine basane, dos à 5 nerfs, caissons très ornés de motifs dorés, tranches rouges
226936Collection Romans des douze Pairs de France, VIII & IXParis, J. Techener [Imprimeries de Pecquereau], 1842 2 vol. in-8, [2] ff. n. ch., ciij pp., 239 pp. ; [2] ff. n. ch., pp. 241-557, sans les 2 fac-similés hors texte, veau blond, dos à nerfs orné de filets, pointillés et caissons dorés ornés de grotesques, pièces de titre et de tomaison vertes et cerise, encadrement de triple filet doré sur les plats, double filet doré sur les coupes, tranches dorées, encadrement de guirlande dorée sur les contreplats (Niédrée).
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: Photo of new office at Hope; 3 pages re: 'Up-to-the-minute' phone system for Vancouver's city hall; Article and photo of J.C. (Joe) Armstrong, founder of the B.C. Telephone Co.; Hope Joins our Phone System; 3 page article with photos re: The Jeffrees and the Pendrays - telephone pioneers in Victoria; The Birthplace of the Telephone - 2 page article; Employee sales plan resutls; Table of number of phone sets per B.C. community, January 1, 1937; The McMicking Family Tradition - 3 pages with photos; Roland (Sam) Nosworthy; North Vancouver Phones to Llanerchymedd; E.J. Haughton of Victoria; Linemen best Coquihalla avalanches; Lloyd Purdy; Peter McNeish; 'Thank-you' replaces repetition of numbers in Vancouver; George H. Halse, former CEO, passes away - 3 pages with photos; Cavalsky's Store was Nanaimo's first telephone office - 2 pages with photos; E. Purcell Johnston; Fire sweeps the Vancouver Sun - 2 pages; Harry Wilson; Great photo of construction men in front of Nanaimo phone office 25 years ago; 1886 fire leaves the Janes family home as Vancouver's telephone office - with photo; Robert Daniel Davies; We can telephone to China!; Life as a Vancouver operator; Low rates for Long-Distance calls Sundays and every night - with full-page rate sheet; Service to Britannia and Texada; Mrs. George Pittendrigh - Vancouver's first Toll Operator; PNE parade float cover photo; Service to Alaska now available; Operators rally to relieve load during Marpole fire; Edmund Esson; Juanita Booth, Seymour chief operator; James Cummins of Victoria - pioneer phone man; Newcastle Island picnic; Flat Rate Telephone Service for Greater Vancouver - 4 pages with photos; Dominion phone organization meets at Minaki Lodge; We can now talk to Haiti; "Operator, Get Me to the Police!" - 3 pages with photos; Anchor fouls North Vancouver cable; Engineers 'see' by phone during construction of new Pattullo Bridge, with photo; Photo of the London international switchboard - heart of the world telephone network; Ocean Falls and Edinburgh linked; Vancouver's phone directory - with photos; Vancouver can now 'magic carpet' from Vancouver to Bagdad; T. Percy Waters; Ten Years of Transoceanic Telephone Service, with photos; B.C. ship-to-shore service now available on commercial basis; Voices under the sea, by Al Miller; Reginald H. Milner; Pioneer James Cowherd; Submarine link with Britannia - 4 page article with photos; New Whytecliff office; Alfred Crickmay and his brothers; Development of the phone in B.C., by James Hamilton, V.P.; Operators used to need great memories - 2 page article with great Victorian-era operating room photo; Zeballos and Alert bay join phone system - article and photos; Prince Rupert centre of new radiotelephone network; Police session told of proposed teletype network; First call from Atlantic ship to Vancouver; Radio hams in our company; Newcastle Island picnic; Miss Almina Eligh; West Van exchange now includes Whytecliff; PNE float details and photos; F.C. Patterson retires, replaced by C.C. Simpson; Two submarine cables severed by Pier D Fire - with photos and text; Ship-to-shore demonstration on CJOR radio; Vancouver's telephone system will be converted to dial; C.A. (Charlie) Price; Frank C. Paterson; Beware of the common cold; Vancouver toll ro 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: Service to Japan, Hawaii and the Philippines now available; Anchors foul cable 4 times within 10 days - Burrard Inlet; Classified system will be extended to remainder of territory - includes full-page rate sheet; Company gains telephones in 1934 after 3 year decline (presumably due to the Great Depression); Company architect, Hugh D. Simpson; Our overseas service kept growing last year; Employee Sales Team Results; Statement of Development, 1 January 1935 - show # of phones per community; System suffers heaviest storm damage in history - January 1935 - 8 pages with photos; New exchange for the Albernis; John C. Miles succeeds John Johnston as Building Head; World Telephone network now includes 60 countries; Billy Palliser - champion salesman for Victoria Plant; Sechelt Company picnic; New phone system for thriving Alberni area - 4 pages with photos; Record 19,000 mile call from Vancouver to Perth, Australia; Dog's bark in Vancouver heard in Scotland; Round the world telephone talk sets record; Telephony's part in Canada's Jubilee celebration - 2 pages with photos; Parksville Exchange has Dial Unit at Qualicum Beach; Arthur R. Harness - garden awards; New switchboard handled by sightless operator - article with photos; PNE float details and photo; 2-page bio. with photo of Eugene P. LaBelle, the company's General Superintendant of Plant *MR. LABELLE'S NAME IS STAMPED ON THIS COPY*; Carrier circuits established between Vancouver and Calgary; Number of phones increased last year; Miss Elizabeth Murray, Vancouver's first chief operator, dies; New radio stations established; Fraser telephone building remodelled; Conference calls link Canadian cities by long distance (!); Operator school reopened; George E. Pittendrigh of Cloverdale, BC - installed Vancouver's first telephones; Telephone folks to the rescue; New Long Distance developments embrace Howe Sound Points; Key to Safety on the Job; New radio link serves Quesnel and adjacent mining area; Vancouver's first emergency phone calls; Newcastle Island Picnic; C.A. (Charlie) Price - Queer theories prove that people read the 'Yellow Pages"; James Welsh - our first formen; Article on the challenges of information operators; Seymour operating room photo; Mr. W.F. Salsbury - helped pave the way for our present telephone system; *CARICATURE OF E.P. LABELLE* and other company executives; Vancouver Arena fire damage quickly repaired; PNE float photo and details; Long Distance developments this year; Dominion Telephone organization meets in Victoria; Ex-policeman Ernest A. Harris recalls use of telephone in 1891; Monte Butler wins more rowing laurels; and more. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon fore- and top edges, and inside front board, else unmarked. Half-leather binding intact. Backstrip loose along front edge. Book
186121028London: Illustrated London News 1861. Hardcover. Very good condition. Two half yearly volumes for the year 1861 of this influential and popular illustrated newspaper with important content and many engravings the beginning of the US Civil War from the British perspective.<br /> <br /> Content includes an engraving of Jefferson Davis "President of the Southern Confederacy of America" with article on p248; Other articles illustrations include: Disunion in the United States; The Secession Movement in America; Map of Charleston Harbour; A Slave Auction in Virginia; John Anderson Fugitive Slave in Canada; The Hon. Jefferson Davis President of the Southern Confederacy of America; General Winfield Scott Commander in Chief of the United States' Forces; The Crowd at Baltimore Waiting for Mr. Lincoln President of the United States; President Lincoln Delivering his Inaugural Address in front of the Capitol at Washington; Slaves for Sale: A Scene in New Orleans The Dandy Slave; Interior of an American Railway-Car; The Secession of Virginia and the American Civil War; Mass Meeting in Union Square New York; The Future of Cotton. Unionist Scouting Party in the Virginia Woods; Attack on the Pickets of the Garibaldi Guard on the East Branch of the Potomac; Capture of a U.S. Dragoon; 'Contraband' of War; Battle of Bull's Run; Texas Rangers; Bringing in the federal wounded after the skirmish at Lewinsville VA; Fort Ochacoke; General McClelland Commander in Chief of the Federal Forces.<br /> <br /> 4to. Vol. I 622pp; Vol. II 676pp with Christmas supplement. Three quarter black calf with green cloth boards gilt title on spine. Edges worn a bit rubbed at spine. Internally clean binding tight. Illustrated London News hardcover
18899023391New York: Illustrated News Co 1889. Hardcover. Near fine. Bound in half leather and marbled boards spine label stamped in gilt. Boards are lightly rubbed fore edge corners bumped. Profusely illustrated throughout. Large folio 624 pp approx 12x15". Images available on request. <br/><br/> Illustrated News Co hardcover
34129Paris, La Sirène, 1920. Pt. in-4°, 64 pages non chiffrées. Reliure demi-maroquin rouge à coins, dos lisse avec titre doré à froid, tête dorée, couverture conservée.
34350Lausanne, Gonin, 1960. Petit in-4°, 100p. en feuilles, sous couvertures illustrées rempliées, chemise et étui.
34126[Lausanne], Marguerat, 1947. In-folio, 120p. en feuilles, sous couverture illustrée rempliée, chemises et étui commun.
1681194972 tomes en 1 volume.T1. La Jalouse Flamande - Le Mary heureux Amant.T2. La Sévère Angevine - L'Eunuque - Le Bandy - L'Écuyer industrieux.Paris, chez Théodore Girard - 1681 - 191 pages. Ex-libris. Rare.Belle reliure ancienne plein-maroquin bleu. Dos à nerfs orné de fleurons, titre, auteur et date en pied dorés. Double filet d'encadrement et dentelle dorés sur les plats. Dentelle intérieure. Tranches dorées. Pas de rousseur. Parfait état. Format in-16°(12x8).Jean de Prechac (1647-1720). Lecteur de Philippe d'Orléans (1676), secrétaire de la reine d'Espagne Marie-Louise d'Orléans, conseiller au parlement de Navarre (1693), il fut l'un des auteurs les plus prolifiques du siècle avec ses romans d'aventures, ses histoires galantes, et ses nouvelles historiques.
0898210224-7-1-13Farm Wife Inc. Acceptable. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting as well as stains bent corners or any other major defect but the text is not obscured in any way. Farm Wife, Inc. unknown
8vo., First Collected Edition, with endpaper maps; handsomely bound in dark red full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 2pp. publisher's catalogue bound in at end. The endpaper maps are taken from the Wessex Edition. This is the first collected edition of Hardy's four collections of short stories: 'Wessex Tales', 'Life's Little Ironies', 'A Group of Noble Dames' and 'A Changed Man and other Tales'. It was published posthumously on 23 March 1928 at 7s. 6d. Purdy, p.288
2091502135500241Japanese Silk Union N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 284 41p Size: 16x23cm Japanese Silk Union paperback
19362111902156000521Nippon Dempo News Agency 1936. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Nippon Dempo News Agency? paperback
19442090202123000975Asahi Shimbun Tokyo Head Office 1944. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Asahi Shimbun Tokyo Head Office paperback
14683Voyage au pôle Austral et autour du monde fait sur les vaisseaux de roi l’Aventure & La Résolution en 1772, 1773, 1774 &1775 écrit par Jacques COOK , commandant de la Résolution ; dans lequel on insère la relation du Capitaine FURNEAU & celle de messieurs FORSTER. Traduit de l’anglois. 6 tomes en 6 volumes in 8 plein cuir fauve raciné à nerfs, pièce de titre cuir rouge, tomaison, fers , filets roulette dorés sur coupes, 120x190mm, tranches mouchetées A Paris 1778 Tome titre, XL, 461 pages. Tome 2 : titre, 432 pages. Tome 3 : titre 428 pages, tome 4 titre 388 pages. Tome 5 : titre 368 pages. Tome 6 : titre 317 pages -2 pages manuscrites en fin de volume. Quelques traces de frottements, quelques épidermures, sans gravité, bon ensemble, complet.
186710025New York: John Dainty No. 37 Park Row - American News Company 119 and 120 Nassau Street 1867. Hardcover. Good . John Dainty Engravings. 12mo 165 pp. brown cloth covers with title lettered in gilt Not To Be Taken From The Hotel - 13 steel engravings folding map 21-1/4"x41" bound in between pp. 16 & 17; Legend: International Boundary - Indian Reservation Boundary - County Boundary Forest Reserve Boundary - Railroad - Wagon Road Trail - Township Lines - Ferry. Numerous full page merchant / business advertisements. -- Spine faded map has a couple of closed tears along the fold lines; otherwise quite nice. Binding tight moderately slanted. Text block is tight contents clean. -- Condition. John Dainty, No. 37 Park Row - American News Company, 119 and 120 Nassau Street hardcover
382L'artiste (revue) Deux volumes petit in folio demi-chagrin vert à grain long,titre,fers,filets,roulettes,palmettes dorés,reliure signée en pied de BOUTIGNY Année 1833 complète en deux volumes.texte sur deux colonnes,non rogné,100 lithographies ou gravures en hors texte par les meilluers artistes de l'époque,CHARLET,GAVARNI, BICHEBOIS etc.dont la rare lithographie "les moisonneurs"(la pierre aurait été brisée)Beau tirage sur chine collé pour cetaines planches.
63-3748London UK: Henry Fawcett. Illustrated London News The Hornet & Vanity Fair 1872 & 1880. Chromolithograph from Vanity Fair 9.5" x 14" Good with marginal tears some creasing; published Dec. 21 1872; clipping on Fawcett affixed to verso. 9" x 15" Print of Engraving of Fawcett from The Hornet with related clipping affixed to verso Good with tiny marginal tear creasing. 9" x 12" Print of Engraving of Fawcett from The Illustrated London News Very Good with toning. Two Autographed Letters signed by Henry Fawcett Oct. 31 & Nov. 18 1872 Two Pages each 4" x 7" Ink on Laid Paper Very Good mounted on larger sheet 10" x 12" Good with losses tears staining. London, UK: Henry Fawcett. Illustrated London News, The Hornet & Vanity Fair, 1872 & 1880. unknown
2 volumes In-8, [12]-532-[26]; [4]-516-[26]p. Edition nouvelle, augmentée de plusieurs pièces curieuses, & enrichie de Figures & de notes pour éclaircir les endroits les plus difficiles. Edition illustrée de 13 planches gravées par Harrewyn, dont 11 portraits. Très bel exemplaire, élégamment relié et en parfaite condition.
8 volumes gr. In-8, environ 1700p. au total. Edition de luxe au tirage limité et numéroté sur Arches. Illustré de 173 aquarelles reproduites en pleine page de Dubout coloriées à la main par Maurice Beaufumé. Collection complète à l'état de neuf.