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192061528Sydney Australia New York & San Francisco CA: Oceanic Publishing Co. A.M. Robertson 1920. Tall 8vo. xiii 1 375 1 pp. tipped-in blue errata slip on p. vii. Photo frontisp. photo plates illustrations maps. Blue publisher’s cloth white lettering & ruling front cover & spine w/ d.j. chipping & tears head & foot of spine minor loss to spine old tape repairs still NF/G- copy. First edition of the Polish-American/Australian author’s autobiographical memoir relating his travels over 40 years first as Journalist for the New York Herald and other papers and then subsequently as publisher and director for Oceanic Publishing. Coffee 1852-1929 details his travels through British Columbia the Pacific Northwest Hawaii including an automobile trip around the Island of Oahu trips to Easter Island New Caledonia Samoa Tonga Fiji New Guinea New Zealand Japan Alaska and more. Work was reprinted with corrections and additions in 1925. Very scarce in original dustjacket. See: Terry Fogarty & Joan Antarakis Frank Coffee Historical Willoughby 2024. Oceanic Publishing Co., A.M. Robertson, hardcover
193124176New York: Charles and Co 1931. Hardcover. Very good condition. Profusely illustrated catalogue of products on offer by Charles and Co. the New York City purveyor of fine foods noted for their "Bon Voyage" Steamer Baskets. Each class of goods lavishly illustrated along with printed price lists. For example a wonderful gilt and red tea box illustration for Ming Cha "Golden Tea Hours" p17. <br /> <br /> Fine foods in this catalogue include teas and coffees delicatessen health foods dietetic foods biscuits bakery goods candies bon bons & chocolates cigars cigarettes & tobacco non alcoholic beverages and mineral waters. Two printed letter headed order forms loosely inserted.<br /> <br /> 8vo 389pp. Embossed green cloth decorated covers. Slightly rubbed base of spine. Charles and Co hardcover
1939100049<p>Rio de Janeiro Brazil: Departamento Nacional do Cafe 1939. 1939. Very good. - Octavo 9-1/4 inches high by 6-3/8 inches wide. Softcover bound in stapled white wraps titled and illustrated in black & gray. The corners of the covers are slightly bumped. 31 & 1 pages including the covers illustrated in black & white. Very good.</p><p>First edition.</p> Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Departamento Nacional do Cafe, 1939. paperback