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34349Lausanne, André et Pierre Gonin, 1988. Petit in-4°, 55p. en feuilles, sous couvertures illustrées rempliées, chemise et étui.
34268Yverdon, Société Littéraire & Typographique, 1776. Pt. in-8°, XXIX-42-392-112- [10]p. Reliure plein veau caillouté, dos lisse orné de fleurons dorés, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge, tranches rouges.
100099605Verdière / J. Carez in8. Sans date. Broché. 14 volume(s). Collection des chroniques nationales françaises écrites en langue vulgaire du treizième au seizième siècle avec notes et éclaircissements par J.A. Buchon - Tome 1 à 15 (tome 13 manquant) // édité entre 1824 et 1826 TOME I: Les Chroniques de Jean Froissart livres premier à quatrième + Ier et 2e Supplément aux Chroniques de Jean Froissard
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
BIB-133640Cloth-bound / Cloth spine. Publisher: London 1939 Cloth-bound / Cloth spine 1186 1100 s Fair condition. hardcover
192846832Asheville/ Madison: Game Fowl News 1928-63. Paperback. Good. 74 issues all complete with moderate to heavy wear with serious defects noted. Older issues are heavily darkened at the edges with some minor to moderate paper loss with the latter moderately tanned and lightly rubbed with some wear at the extremities. <br/><br/>Volume Four: November 1928 Number 4 December 1928 Number 10 January 1929 Number 11 February 1929 Number 12; Volume Five: March 1929 Number One to Eight front wrap of two detached numbers 10 and 11 December 1929 and January 1930; Volume Six: March 1930 Number One. April 1930ink stamp on front Number 2 September 1930 Number 7 October 1930 Number 8 front wrap detached rear lacking November 1930 Number 9 front wrap detached February 1930 Number 12; Volume Seven: May 1931 Number 2 June 1931 Number 4 front wrap detached July 1931 Number 5 January 1932 Number 11 February 1932 Number 12 wraps separated; Volume Eight: March 1932 Number 1 tear to edge; Volume Nine: January 1934 Number 11 wraps split at spine; Volume Ten: Numbers 1-4 March 1934-June 1934; Numbers 6-8 August 1934-October 1934; Number 9 and 10 November-December 1934; Volume 15: Number 9 November 1939 wraps detached Number 8 October 1939 Number 10 December 1939; Volume 16: Number Three May 1940 dampstained Number 6 August 1940 Number 7 September 1940 Number 11 January 1941; Volume 18: Numbers 9-12 November 1942-February 1943; Volume 19: Number 1 March 1943 Numbers 3-5 May 1943-July 1943; Volume 23 Number 2 April 1947; Volume 29: Number 3 May 1953; Volume 33: Number 4 June 1957 Number 5 July 1957 Number 10 January 1958 Number 11 February 1958; Volume 35: Number 2 April 1959 Number 4 June 1959 Number 7 October 1959; Volume 36: Number on March 1960 Number 2 April 1960 Number 8 November 1960 front wrap damaged and detached Number 9 December 1960; Volume 37: Number 2 April 1961 Number 5 July 1961 Number 8 November 1961 Number 11 February 1962; Volume 38: Number 2 April 1962 Number 9 December 1962 Number 11 February 1963; Volume 39: Number 1 March 1963 Number 3 May 1963 Number 6 August-September 1963. Game Fowl News paperback books
1800214185Japan. Kansei 12 1800. Black and white woodblock kawaraban print 25 x 33cm. Some worming repaired with Japanese tissue margins uneven. A strong dark image. This intriguing kawaraban reports on the shipwreck of a Chinese trading ship in December 1800 Kansei 12 at Yamana County in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture. The print was crafted to convey the details of the incident to various authorities featuring an illustration of the distressed Chinese ship. The coastal area where this occurred faces the Pacific Ocean and has been historically referred to as the shipwreck coast. <br> <br>The report accompanying the illustration provides information on the circumstances of the incident offering insights into the nature of the shipwreck and detailing the size of the ship involved. This historical print serves as a visual and informational record of a maritime event in the early 19th century reflecting the challenges faced by vessels navigating the waters off the coast of Yamana County. . unknown
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 books
1900402610London : Illustrated London News 1900. 1st edition. Hardcover. Poor copies in monogrammed binding. Spine bands and panel edges rubbed and bumped as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 3 v. leaves of plates : ill ports ; 42 cm. Contents; ""The Illustrated London News record of the glorious reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901 : the life and accession of King Edward VII : and the life of Queen Alexandra""; ""The Illustrated London News record of the coronation service and ceremony. King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra""; ""Her Majesty's glorious jubilee 1897"". Subjects; Victoria Queen of Great Britain 1819-1901 Studies. Edward VII King of Great Britain 1841-1910. Alexandra Queen consort of Edward VII King of Great Britain 1844-1925. London : Illustrated London News hardcover
In-4, 91p. Edition limitée à 301 exemplaires illustrés de 10 eaux-fortes hors texte tirées en bistre de Gierolewski. Ornementations (culs-de-lampe et encadrement) en 2 couleurs. Traduction française d'Ostroya et G. Masson. Un des 275 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin d'Arches. En excellente condition.
Pt. In-4, 64 pages non chiffrées. Edition originale. Un des 1000 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin Lafuma de Voiron. Illustré de 25 compositions en couleurs de Raoul Dufy. Impression soignée par Louis Kaldor, illustrations tirées sur les presses à bras d'Aimé Jourde et coloriées au pochoir par Richard. Exemplaire en parfaite condition, agréablement relié.
Petit In-4, 100p. Edition tirée à 371 exemplaires et illustrée de 75 lithographies originales de Hans Erni. Celui-ci est un des 240 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin d'Arches (exemplaire nominatif), signé par l'artiste et par l'éditeur à la justification. Enrichi d'un envoi autographe signé (pour Daniel) et d'un dessin original d'Erni en page de titre.
In-folio, 120p. Edition illustrée de 41 lithographies en couleurs d'Edouard Goerg. Tirage limité à 115 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin pur fil à la forme de Lana. Celui-ci un des 15 exemplaires comprenant une suite en état définitif et une suite sur pelure. Enrichi d'une eau-forte originale en noir de l'artiste.
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
34144Paris, Editions Marcel Seheur, 1927. In-4°, 91p. Broché, couverture rempliée.
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.
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
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
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