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19622092902137704351Keiso Shobo Gyosei 1962. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Keiso Shobo Gyosei paperback
193459455Portland OR: Public Works Administration; Six Companies Inc. May 1934 - Sept. 1937. Folio. 51 original negatives nearly all w/ captions w/in negative at lower fore-edge 50 panoramics sized 4 x 12 in. 1 sized 3.5 x 4.75 in. almost all w/ neat photographer’s initials & name in lower corner as well as dated. All preserved in archival sleeves and recent black 10-ring binder. This extraordinary archive of panoramic photo negatives documents the building of the Bonneville Dam the second of the large New Deal dam building projects on the Columbia River shot by a largely unknown Public Works Administration photographer for the Six Companies Inc. As one of the most successful New Deal agencies created by Roosevelt’s National Industrial Recovery Act this one was headed by Harold Ickes and emphasized large scale public works projects such as dam building bridge building and more to revive the economy. These negatives open by documenting the future dam site located 40 miles east of Portland OR & Vancouver WA with Bradford Island separating the Spillway Dam North of the Island from the Powerhouse and Navigation Lock South of the Island. The negatives depict the Power House Area as construction begins the Contractor’s Camp No. 1 and Engineer’s Camp Areas followed by several as railroad trestles for hauling gravel rock cement and supplies are constructed the coffer dam built and initial construction. Also depicted are the massive walking draglines used by the Columbia Construction Co. comprising Utah Construction Co. Morrison-Knudsen Henry J. Kaiser MacDonald & Kahn and Bechtel Corp. as they employed barge-mounted derricks dredges Bucyrus-Monighan 8-cubic-yard walking draglines LeTourneau “Buggy†Wagons and Cat Diesel 75 crawler tractors. These images offer a nearly time-lapse effect racing the monthly progress of the construction. By 1935 the Power House was udner accelerated construction the Spillway appears with railcars delivering construction materials and workers and by 1936 massive steel beams were being installed into the Power House. Another photo shows the Tanner Creek Railroad Viaduct curving through the image including the Construction Worker’s quarters hatchery complex and fish ladder. Still others show the Ship Locks & Power House under construction views of the massive project from a distance up on the bluffs of the Columbia River Gorge as well as closer shots. The nearly final images show not only the completed dam but dedication by President Franklin D. Roosevelt Sept. 28 1937 and the finished Spillway with the river filling behind the dam. The Bonneville Power Administration was created by Congress in 1937 to market and sell the power produced by the Bonneville Dam. The first completed power house lock and spillway dam began providing electricity for the Bonneville Power Administration in 1938 improved river navigation and gave rise to the Pacific Northwest aluminum industry which was critical for Boeing during World War II producing aircraft for the war effort. The Public Works Administration proved to be one of the most successful New Deal programs was much less controversial than the Works Progress Administration which focused on employing unskilled workers and generating a host of projects to employ many under utilized professionals and artists during the Depression. Although the photographer remains largely obscure with Library of Congress Univ. of Washington Univ. of Oregon & Oregon Historical Society listing some of his 8 x 10 images and three large panoramas it is apparent in this collection from the final negative he also took photos for the P.W.A. and Six Companies at the Grand Coulee Dam project. Oliver’s 1894-1975 was a carpenter and contractor originally from Montana who by 1920 was working in Portland OR. Although he does not appear in the 1930 census his World War II registration handwriting which lists him working for the Ross B. Hammond Contractors in Troutdale OR matches many of the lettering in the captions of the negatives. The Hammond Co. also worked as the general contractor for the Oregon State Capitol Building in Salem and the company contracted out many of their workers to Bechtel Corp. & Morrison-Knudsen during the Great Depression. Oliver appears to have used a Connley Panoramic Model A Camera which produced a 140 degree 3.5-3.75 x 12 in. negative on standard 103 roll film and was marketed through Sears Roebuck & Co. See: R.W. Oliver Photographs Collection 1934-1936 Accession 29073 36 photographs; Bonneville Dam Construction Album U of O Collect. No. PH 203_020 a few images by Oliver others by Bichel many unsigned. Public Works Administration; Six Companies, Inc., unknown
178318774St. Petersburg: J.J. Weitbrecht 1783. Contemporary half calf marbled sides sprinkled edges. 8vo. Second known copy of a commercial publication of statutes promulgated in French by the Russian Empress Catharine the Great concerning import duties for commercial merchandise in Russian ports and at other frontiers of the Russian Empire as they were determined and accepted in 1782. There is an exception for Astrakhan a major port and market city in southern Russia at the head of the Volga river which was under the government of Siberia which apparently maintained its own commercial regulations.This publication is very rare WorldCat lists only 1 copy Kress Library of Business and Economics Harvard University. Other libraries worldwide have only the microfilm of the Kress copy.A faint stain and one tiny hole in the margin of the first 20 pp. Cover slightly rubbed. Otherwise in good condition.l Goldsmiths'-Kress 12431.16. J.J. Weitbrecht, unknown
19322091502135500223Not Available 1932. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 204p Size: 13x18.5㎠Not Available paperback
1927172731Likely Beijing: Jinghan tielu guanli ju before 1927. From bustling Beijing to historic Hankow First edition first printing of this guide to the towns and counties traversed by the Peking-Hankow railroad China's first long-distance railway line and the lifeblood of the country's modernizing economy. Aimed at the armchair traveller and tourist alike the parts discuss scenery local customs important historical events and matters of cultural interest The Peking to Hankow railway was built as a co-operative venture between the Imperial Chinese Railway Company and the Belgian China Railway Survey Company. The German engineer Heinrich Hildebrand was engaged to survey the 1500-mile route and in June 1898 the contract was awarded to a Belgian syndicate. Bonds worth 112 million Francs were issued to French investors to raise the necessary finance. Construction began at both ends of the line and progressed at a rate of 500 metres per day. The first trains began to run on sections of the track in 1901 and in 1902 the Empress Dowager Cixi made her triumphant return to the capital using part of the line. Four years later construction was finally completed. An engineering triumph the project facilitated unprecedented levels of commercial and leisure travel between north and central China. The title evokes the long history of the Beijing and Hankow regions by referring to them as "Yan" and "Chu" the names of their equivalent Zhou dynasty states. This guide was issued the Peking-Hankow Railway Administration Chinese: Jinghan tielu guanli ju. In 1927 Chiang Kai-Shek's government established its capital at Nanjing and the name of the route was changed to "Beiping-Hankow Railway" providing a terminus ante quem for the date of publication. Copies are recorded at Berkeley Chicago Harvard Princeton Columbia Stanford the University of Hong Kong and Bukkyo. 20 parts in 8 vols octavo 253 x 149 mm. Original brown paper wrappers white thread xianzhuang stitching front covers lettered in black. With original blue cloth folding case contemporary manuscript title label bone toggles. Contemporary Beijing bookseller's ink stamp on final page of first volume contemporary red ink stamp on rear wrapper of same volume. Covers with a few small closed tears and chips rear wrapper of volume I soiled contents toned a few leaves browned. A near-fine copy in like case. hardcover
1850#425<p>8vo. 215 x 160 mm. 8 ½ x 6 ¼ inches. 306 leaves chapters separated by blanks. 19th century leather backed marbled paper boards; inner hinge cracked edges bumped some abrasion to the head of the spine; sound.</p><p>Beautifully written manuscript volume containing an extensive discussion of library management and practices written by an anonymous Spanish author in the middle of the 19th century. </p><p>This dissertation organized in 70 chapters begins with a discussion of the library profession and its importance to civil society. His first chapters describe the "Archive" with reference to Spanish monastic governmental and diplomatic collections that have been preserved. He focuses his attention on Aragon Mallorca Navarra and Santiago. He turns to France to furnish some interested information on the archives in Paris before getting into the chapters on classification of materials and the creation of inventories.</p><p>After nearly 200 leaves of text on the subject of archives the authors turns his attention to libraries. From the beginning he takes a historical approach focusing his attention on both books and manuscripts mentioning the collections at Cambridge University. Paleography is a subject he spends some time describing and then he moves into the history of printing typography Gutenberg and the spread of printing to Spain. The final dozen chapters are devoted to the rules for managing a library lessons in classification and inventory control. He quotes from both DeBure and Brunet in his lessons on cataloguing.</p>A rather remarkable piece of work thought to be unpublished. An examination of both United States and Spanish national collections turned up no reference to this anonymous piece of library scholarship.
16133684Salamanca: S.n. 1613. First edition. Signed at foot by royal and municipal officers. The name of the city “Villa de Grana dilla†added in manuscript with closure lines in ink after each paragraph. Unbound as issued. Pinholes at gutter some edge chipping and denting slight dampstain at margin. In good condition. First edition. Signed at foot by royal and municipal officers. The name of the city “Villa de Grana dilla†added in manuscript with closure lines in ink after each paragraph. Unbound as issued. 4 last blank p. <p><br /> Unrecorded 1613 circular from Salamanca enforcing the Armada-era servicio de millones Spain’s foundational fiscal levy.<br /> <p><p><br /> This printed circular addressed to the municipal authorities of the Villa de Granadilla district of Salamanca and dated 14 February 1613 was issued by the royal commission for the servicio de millones. It instructs the council to review the first two years of collection deposit surpluses and use them to cover future shortfalls thereby avoiding new sisas consumption levies. From 1 April 1613 only the necessary taxes were to remain with any excess applied to public benefit. The order mandates detailed accounting before a scrivener and imposes fines for neglect. Signed by royal and municipal officers including Bernardino de Zúñiga and Francisco de Medina y Paz.<br /> <p><p><br /> The servicio de millones was an indirect tax introduced by Felipe II approved by the Cortes de Castilla on 4 April 1590 originally conceived to raise eight million ducados over six years to finance the royal expenditure associated with the Armada Invasion of England and other military commitments. Rather than remaining temporary it evolved into a regular levy on six staple items—wine oil vinegar meat soap and tallow candles—becoming embedded in Castilian fiscal practice. Over time the burden of collection shifted to local authorities and consumption-based levies sisas increased exacerbating pressure on towns and rural communities. The document therefore captures a moment when the Habsburg fiscal state under Felipe III was consolidating central control over municipal finances demanding proper accounting and deposit of surpluses and trying to prevent over-taxation—reflecting broader patterns of state building fiscal strain and local reticence in early-seventeenth-century Spain.<br /> <p><p><br /> Reference: Yun Casalilla B. 1987. Sobre la transición al capitalismo en Castilla: EconomÃa y sociedad en Tierra de Campos 1500–1830. Valladolid: Junta de Castilla y León ConsejerÃa de Educación y Cultura.<br /> <p>. [S.n.] unknown
53K000002L7EUnited States Department of Comm. unknown_binding. Like New. . No writing or tears United States Department of Comm unknown
194561744Washington DC: United States. Department of State 1945. Presumed first pre-printed version. Hardcover. Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. Signed by author. Worn and soiled. Covers torn with front corner missing on Appendices volume. Sectioned tabbed. 2 volume set. Rare. The second volume are the Appendices to the Final Report. Various paginations. Memeographed production. Errata. Two-hole punched with metal fastener. This report should not be characterized as an expression of the adopted policy or program of the U. S> Govern exepter as the policy recommend may have been reflected in the Yalta Declaration the Berlin Protocol or public announcements by the President or the Department of State. On Sepbert 28 1944 President directed the Foreign Economic Administration to conduct "studies form the economic standpoint of what should be done after the surrender of Germany to control its power and capacity to make war in the future. " This function was later transferred to the Department of State when the entire Foreign Economic Administration was dissolved shortly after the end of the war. This report largely completed under the aegis of the Foreign Economic Administration was submitted as the final accounting of the work of that government organization. United States. Department of State hardcover
20212081502111900872Magazine Company 2021. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Magazine Company paperback
197240444Washington DC: GPO 1972. good. Approx. 1500 wraps 5-volume set illus. some color diagrams maps covers somewhat worn and soiled some spine rippling. This is an extremely scarce NASA Earth Resources item. The five volumes are: I. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Programs; II. University Programs; III. U.S. Geological Survey Programs; IV. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration Programs and U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Programs; and V. Agriculture and Forestry Programs. GPO paperback
1720160753London: J. Roberts and A. Dodd 1720. A price list for the purchase system - commissions in the C18th British army First edition of the first formalized listing of the terms and prices applying to the purchase of military commissions a system which obtained in the British Army or equivalent from around 1660 until removed in the Cardwell Reforms of 1871. Rare ESTC has four copies in the UK Library Hub adds National Library of Scotland World Cat locates eight copies in North America and one at the University of Queensland. This is a window onto a complex and contentious area of debate not least because the practice was illegal for large parts of its operation; "The 'system' comprehending purchase and sale was constrained by a range of laws warrants orders rules custom and connived at abuses. Sale of commissions for significant periods of its vigourous life was specifically and incontrovertibly contrary to law even including the Royal Prerogative. The same prohibition was matched by indubitably established official recognition acceptance or condonement. Further and perhaps not surprisingly few conclusions of principle can be adumbrated without fear of contrary evidence" Scouller p. 217. A system which required each of the advancing officers to pay the officer stepping down that proportion of the commission price that represented the difference between their new and old ranks see Scouller p. 223 was surely nigh on impossible to administer and how far the list prices were adhered to tends to be transactionally and anecdotally obfuscated. The largest "tariff" noted here is £9000 for the purchase of the colonelcy of Lord Irwin's Regiment the King's Regiment of Horse a sum which if factored against the wage of the average worker at the time comes to a staggering £20 million today. The "acquisition of colonelcies. is neither so widely known nor as well documented" as for ranks up to and including lieutenant-colonel and was something that George I had attempted to stop at the very beginning of his reign - "that Evil Practice" - but was only eventually eradicated under his great-grandson George III Hayes p. 3. The circumstances of Irwin's purchase of the regiment from Lord Lumley in 1717 with its valuation at £9000 - the secretary-at-war had noted in broaching the subject that "no regiment can be in better condition" Hayes p. 8 - is the best documented of any such transaction due to the survival of a large tranche of correspondence between Irwin and his agent Richard Worthington. Irwin gathered the funds to cover purchase with 3000 guineas from his colonelcy in the 16th Foot a loan of £1500 each from his agent and from the government and a further £1500 from the sale of stock. The rest was offset in a slightly unseemly fracas over "off reckonings" allowances made for regimental clothing and equipment between Worthington and Lumley to include a payment of £500 "for to buy Hatts gloves & odd Matters ye Ensueing Year" and also giving "ye Lordship the Trumpetters Horse & other considerations". This is a scarce piece which offers insight into an elusive and important subject. Folio 322 x 195 mm pp. 8. Twentieth-century red half morocco gold vein overprint on Turkish pattern marbled boards lettered in gilt longitudinally bulked with blanks. Very light shelf-wear contents lightly toned and a little creased a very good copy. Goldsmiths' 5747. James Hayes "The Purchase of Colonelcies in the Army 1714-63" in the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research 39 157 1961; R. E. Scouller "Purchase of Commissions and Promotions" in the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research 62 252 1984. hardcover
195969915Berkeley CA: Bureau of Public Administration University of California. Very Good. 1959. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT CLEAN AND UNMARKED - 217 pages. -- with a bonus offer--; Ex-Library . Bureau of Public Administration, University of California hardcover
1902850B73Austria : Upper Austrian Finance Administration 1902. Leather. Fine. 22" by 16". Eduard Lorenzo . A stunningly bound and very scarce retirement gift book. A stunning German retirement gift to a 'your excellency' the former President of the Upper Austrian Finance Administration from the other officials of the organisation. With four pages detailing the companies gratitude and well wishes for retirement a page of signatures from the officials all in cursive German script. The gift has been dated 1902 and illustrated by Edvard Lorenzo. In a clam shell case and in crushed morocco binding with extended embossed detail with metal and gem inlays.Bound by C Wumro in Urfahr a district of Linz in Upper Austria. With two sheets that have deciphered the cursive script of the first page in both English and German. In a clam shell case and in crushed morocco binding with extended embossed detail with metal and gem inlays. Externally excellent. Internally the first two pages are loose the rest are bound. Pages remain bright and clean. There are tears to the interior of the clam shell case where the metal inlays have been otherwise it is in very good condition with a few marks to the boards. Fine Upper Austrian Finance Administration hardcover
194543322Washington DC: Foreign Economic Admin 1945. fair to good. 27 cm approx. 1200 2-vol. set illus. maps some color fold-out charts some fold-out bibliography marginal underlining to a few pages. Some pages darkened paperclips to top margin of a few pages some scuffing to boards. Contains a total of 32 Project Reports which also were issued separately. Classified "Restricted" on front board of Volume I. Technical Industrial Disarmament Committees were prepared to assist in the post-war governance of Germany. Topics covered include German aircraft industry German scientific research and engineering German light metals industry German petroleum industry German iron and steel industry German chemical industries German foreign trade German food self sufficiency and landed estates development of peaceful industrial activity and German transportation and communication systems. Foreign Economic Admin hardcover
20112091502135501011Keihan Electric Railway 2011. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 786 pages of main text 265 pages of materials. Complete box size: 22x31cm Keihan Electric Railway paperback
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1902056055Constantinople: Daire-yi Umûr-i Sihhiyye = Administration Sanitaire de l'Empire Óttoman Matbaa-i Osmaniye Imprimerie Osmanié & Imprimerie F. Loeffler Lithographie de S. M. I. le Sultan. 1902-1907 1902. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original greenish and yellowish wrappers and hardcover 1317/1901-1902 vol. Folio. 335 x 235 cm. In Ottoman script and French. 4 volumes: 144 p.; 4 150 p.; 12 p. 6 folded statistical tables. The third volume lacks its back cover and has a detached front cover with some staining present; the fourth volume shows wear and tear along the edges. First and only editions of these four exceedingly rare volumes form an invaluable collection presenting the earliest statistical tables that shed light on the diseases most commonly and least frequently encountered in early twentieth-century Ottoman Istanbul the causes of death resulting from illness and other factors average life expectancy and the overall health conditions of the city's population. The registers constitute an exceptional data source as the information is systematically disaggregated by religious affiliation Muslim and non-Muslim age and gender and further classified by neighbourhood and season. The statistical data contained in these registers documenting the causes of death in Istanbul and its surrounding districts is based on information compiled from ten divisions of the Department of Health Affairs as well as from major medical institutions including the Sixth Department Hospital Darü'l-Aceze Haseki Nisa Hospital Gümüssuyu Hospital Gureba-yi Müslimîn Hospital Toptasi Bîmârhâne the French Hospital the Jérémie Hospital established by the French Lazarists the Yedikule Armenian Hospital the Russian Hospital and the Italian British and German hospitals. According to these statistics tuberculosis organic heart failure and pneumonia were among the leading causes of death in Istanbul. Infant and child mortality also occupies a prominent place in the records largely attributable to poverty lack of education and inadequate hygienic conditions. Rare surviving copies from the statistical registers known to have been published between 1899 and 1907 specifically those for the years 1902 two issues 1903 and 1907. All these statistical bulletins are extremely rare; according to WorldCat only three copies are recorded worldwide in institutional holdings. <br/> <br/> Daire-yi Umûr-i Sihhiyye = Administration Sanitaire de l'Empire Óttoman, Matbaa-i Osmaniye, Imprimerie Osmanié & Imprimer paperback
295372Cincinatti New York: Strobridge Litho Co. PAUS Herbert Andrew. Original poster. Color lithograph. Page measures 35 1/2" x 56 1/2".<br/> <br/> Homefront poster from World War I encouraging Americans to save food. This vividly colored lithograph depicts a Red Cross nurse a wounded soldier a mother and infant and other people in need standing in front of a Iron Cross and pointing to a quote by John Greenleaf Whittier. Folded as issued some cracks along folds. Repair to right margin. Mounted on linen. Beautiful colors.<br/> <br/> Strobridge Litho Co unknown
1777268064Frankfurt und Leipzig 1777. Hardcover mit Pergamentrücken. Zustand: Die Ecken sind stark angefräst mit Fehlstelle der Innenblock ist aber auch an den Rändern intakt Rücken komplett intakt Kanten vorne am Karton berieben aber ohne Verletzungen. Frankfurt und Leipzig, hardcover
193088400Pittsburgh PA: Works Progress Administration 1930. Poster. Very Good. Fifteen different hand-colored screenprints each 23 in. x 18 in. on heavy cardstock that feature traditional European costumes from various time periods. Includes No. 19 72 73 77 78 79 81 82 90 92 93 95 96 104 and 108 which highlight men's women's and children's costumes from the Byzantine Louis XV Louis XVI Directoire Empire-Romantic and Late Victorian eras. Light age-toning along edges with white cloth tape stretched along left edge where it was once bound. Several boards have show minor creases at bottom right corner. Print #19 has deterioration and the loss of some paper along bottom edge. Light edgewear to #81 and #82. Colors are vibrant and still "pop". Protected in archival plastic. WPA District 15 was located in PIttsburgh PA. The Museum Extension Project arm of the WPA which sponsored these specific plates focused on producing historic models puppets illustrated plates and maps for use in school districts especially those with limited access to museums. Works Progress Administration unknown
194538433Washington DC: Foreign Economic Admin 1945. fair to good ex-lib. 27 cm approx. 1200 2-vol. set illus. maps some color fold-out charts some fold-out bibliography few library markings some pgs darkened. Contains a total of 32 Project Reports which also were issued separately. Classified "Restricted" on front board of Volume I. Technical Industrial Disarmament Committees were prepared to assist in the post-war governance of Germany. Topics covered include German aircraft industry German scientific research and engineering German light metals industry German petroleum industry German iron and steel industry German chemical industries German foreign trade German food self sufficiency and landed estates development of peaceful industrial activity and German transportation and communication systems. Foreign Economic Admin unknown
2081002109001274Japan Technology Economics Center N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: IV IV 302p Size: 27cm Number of books: 1 Japan Technology Economics Center paperback
1967ZB3938311967. volumes 2-3; 5-18; 22-24; 31. 1967-1996. partly bound library markings textually clean & tight price is for the lot. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. unknown
20082081502111901536China Map Publishing Company 2008. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. China Map Publishing Company paperback