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186038790London: Smith Elder & Co. 1860-1869. Twenty volumes. 8vo. Contemporary brown half morocco over marbled boards spines with raised bands gilt lettered direct to two panels endpapers and all edges marbled. Numerous black and white illustrations. Even fading to the spines rubbing to the extremities four volumes with neat joint repairs with two of these volumes - VI and XVI - slightly worn at the head and foot respectively a very good set overall. Founded by George Murray Smith of Smith Elder & Co. as a rival to Dickens' "All The Year Round" William Makepeace Thackeray was appointed as its first editor. This set contains the first ten years of its existence which also saw the high-water mark of its popularity providing the first appearance in print for many literary works by some of the most notable writers of the day including the first serialisations of Anthony Trollope's "Framley Parsonage" 1860 George Eliot's "Romola" 1862-63 and Elizabeth Gaskell's "Wives and Daughters" 1864-66. Although sales dwindled after 1870 the magazine still serialised important works by the likes of Joseph Conrad Thomas Hardy and Henry James in its later years. London: Smith, Elder & Co. unknown
49 fascicoli Fascicoli venduti singolarmente. Folio. pp. 8/fasc.. . Buono (Good). . . .
19872111902158301409Rinsen Bookstore 1987. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: Upper: 601p 11p 1 insert: Iwata City Lower: 6p 12p 1368p Included 1 map in a bag: Iwata City Entire map Size: Size cm: 22.8 x 16.5 x 4.5 Volume: 1 Rinsen Bookstore paperback
19732083002116300208Shinshindoshuppan 1973. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Shinshindoshuppan paperback
193044890Santander: Aldus los primeros 6 Nos. y Tipografía Librería Moderna el resto 1930-32.- Fascículos de unas 40 pags. que en grupos de seis forman tomos de unas 240 pags. en numeración continua: Ilustraciones en negro entre el texto; Buena impresión sobre papel satinado; 4º mayor 254 x 18 cm; Cartulina Ed.- POSEEMOS LOS SIGUIENTES NUMEROS: Año 1930. Nº 1 Enero; 2 Febrero; 3 Marzo; 4 Abril; 5 Mayo; 6 va sin numerar Número extraordinario Verano de 1930 / Año 1930 Segundo Tomo. Nº 1; 2; 3; 4; 5 sin el 6 / Año 1931 Tercer Tomo. Nº 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6 / Año 1931 Cuarto Tomo. Nº 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6 / Año 1932 Quinto Tomo. Nº 1.- MUY RARO. FALTAN LOS SIGUIENTES NUMEROS PARA COMPLETAR LA REVISTA: el Nº 6 del Segundo tomo de 1930 / Números 2; 3; 4; 5 y 6 del Quinto Tomo de 1932 de solo seis números / Números 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6 del Sexto Tomo de 1933 de solo seis números / Y Número 1 del Septimo Tomo de 1935 único publicado finalizando así la publicación de esta rara revista. CANTABRIA Libro en español Aldus y Tipografía Librería Moderna paperback
1939200611939. Archive of Adventure magazine issues 1939-1941 documents the role of pulp publishing in shaping popular understandings of war military heroism and national identity in the years surrounding U.S. entry into World War II. Originally an adventure fiction periodical the magazine increasingly incorporated war-themed narratives as global conflict intensified presenting stories of combat espionage and military life to both civilian readers and servicemen. Contributions by authors including W. C. Tuttle Kenneth Perkins and others situate the publication within the broader pulp fiction network that disseminated narratives of American and Allied action. Cover lines such as "Attack on America!" "Murder in Martinique" and "They Can Be Licked!" demonstrate the framing of conflict through urgency and resolve while interior stories emphasized endurance strategy and battlefield experience. The October 1941 issue's depiction of paratroopers and the January 1940 cover illustrating armored combat reflect the growing prominence of mechanized and airborne warfare in public imagination prior to and during the early stages of U.S. involvement.<br /> <br /> Adventure. New York: Butterick Publishing Company 1939-1941. Archive of eight issues: April 1939; July 1939; January 1940; December 1940; February 1941; March 1941; October 1941; December 1941. Each issue approximately 128 pages in illustrated wrappers. Covers feature color illustrations emphasizing combat scenes including infantry engagement armored warfare and aerial operations with prominent headlines highlighting featured stories. Interior contents consist of short fiction often accompanied by illustrations depicting battlefield action and military environments.<br /> <br /> Issued during a transitional period between prewar uncertainty and active U.S. participation following December 1941 these magazines align with the expansion of mass media engagement with global conflict and the normalization of military themes in popular culture. The visual and narrative emphasis on combat resilience and tactical ingenuity contributed to a shared cultural vocabulary of war that circulated widely through inexpensive print. The later decline of pulp magazines following mid-twentieth-century shifts in publishing and content regulation underscores the historical specificity of these materials within wartime media ecosystems. Light wear with occasional chipping at spines and margins; interiors clean and complete; overall very good condition. unknown
1933AG20055<br /><p><b>YOUNG CHINA Magazine</b><b>年轻的ä¸å›½</b></p><p>Toronto: the monthly magazine of the comradeship for China the young People's Department of the China inland mission. 1933-1934 volume vii and viii together 24 issues. Articles about the Chinese people written by journalists in China with photos illustrated for the rest of the world Index of 2 volumes including titles of paper making in china Burmese girls at play disbelieving does not change the truth large 8vo 143pp. 16 leaves index bound in hard titled boards near fine condition.</p><p>$850</p><p>《年轻的ä¸å›½ã€‹1933-1934年出版于多伦多，1-12å†Œï¼Œæ–‡ç« ä¸ºåœ¨ä¸å›½çš„记者写的关于ä¸å›½çš„故事，é…有照片和图片。18×25cm，硬皮包装为官方åˆè®¢ï¼Œå…±143页，åŽé¢æœ‰32é¡µæ–‡ç« ç›®å½•ã€‚</p> Toronto hardcover
200416117JSan Francisco: Chronicle Books 2004. First edition Second printing. Large quarto. Playboy Magazine Founder Hugh Hefner's Copy. From the library of Hugh Hefner with a Hefner bookplate and a letter of provenance from the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation. Opening with an introduction by Hugh Hefner this is a terrific collection of comics which appeared during 50 years of publication of Hefner's Playboy Magazine. The Playboy Magazine founder was an avid book and art collector movie aficionado and print lover and his library was loaded with items like this reflecting his passions. Bound in the publisher's glossy red boards. Contents clean and bright. Boards square and tight. In the illustrated dust jacket and uncommon publisher's wraparound title band with the jacket being really sharp and the band being lightly worn. Chronicle Books hardcover books
200416117JSan Francisco: Chronicle Books 2004. First edition Second printing. Large quarto. Playboy Magazine Founder Hugh Hefner's Copy. From the library of Hugh Hefner with a Hefner bookplate and a letter of provenance from the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation. Opening with an introduction by Hugh Hefner this is a terrific collection of comics which appeared during 50 years of publication of Hefner's Playboy Magazine. The Playboy Magazine founder was an avid book and art collector movie aficionado and print lover and his library was loaded with items like this reflecting his passions. Bound in the publisher's glossy red boards. Contents clean and bright. Boards square and tight. In the illustrated dust jacket and uncommon publisher's wraparound title band with the jacket being really sharp and the band being lightly worn. Chronicle Books hardcover
1978235371978. RCA COSMAC VIP a build it yourself microcomputer sold to hobbyists and students archive of user programming periodicals 1978 to 1980 documenting the late 1970s culture of kit computer ownership reader written software and newsletter based technical exchange before home computing became a retail software market. This low cost kit computer was built around the RCA 1802 microprocessor a hexadecimal keypad cassette storage and a television display; owners did not receive a finished consumer appliance but a small machine that rewarded programming repair expansion and correspondence with other users. "VIPER" and "PIPs for VIPs" show how Aresco Terry Laudereau Tom Swan and a dispersed readership turned the VIP into a practical community machine through CHIP 8 code machine language routines hardware modifications games display experimentation in a compiled user manual meant to increase the usability and accessibility to the niche market of early computer users.<br /> <br /> VIPER: The RCA COSMAC VIP. Columbia Maryland: Aresco 1978 to 1980. Approximately 18 issues about 30 pages each with one 160 page copy of PIPs for VIPs and two duplicate small format copies of VIPER Index to Volume I. Volume I includes issues dated June 1978 August 1978 September 1978 October 1978 November 1978 January 1979 February 1979 March 1979 April 1979 and May 1979 with covers and articles including "A Brief History of the VIP" "VIP OWNERS UNITE!" "Getting Started with CHIP-8" "ROM REVEALED!" "CHIP-8 EXPOSED!" "VIP Text Editor" "VIP-Printer Interface" "GAMES!" "Super Sound" "Memory Expander" "Simple Sound Board" "Color Display" "Expansion Keyboard" and "Tiny BASIC." Volume II includes issues dated July 1979 August 1979 September 1979 November 1979 December 1979 January 1980 February and March 1980 and June 1980 with articles and departments on reader input and output CHIP-8 interpretation machine language programming games music hardware PIPs for VIPs modifications Tiny BASIC machine language subroutines extended display routines and the SCRT jump table. The run shows the VIP user community working through the practical problems of early home computin such as how to enter programs save them to cassette expand memory connect printers improve sound and color correct published code and make a small kit computer perform tasks beyond the manufacturer's basic documentation.<br /> <br /> The first issue explains the newsletter as a response to a market "flooded with computer-oriented magazines and newsletters" that did not support the COSMAC VIP and states that the publication would print user notes bulletins tips programs hardware news software material club information and reader correspondence. The later issues continue the reader based model with tables of contents naming "Reader I/O" "CHIP-8 Interpreter" "Machine Language" "VIP Games" "PIPS Mods" "Music" "Hardware" "VIP Tiny BASIC Machine Language Subroutines" "Extended Display Subroutine" and "SCRT Jump Table" while also recording price changes product notices advertising and corrections.<br /> <br /> The archive records the point in which personal computing moved from hobbyist kits toward household machines. The Altair 8800 had reached readers of Popular Electronics in 1975 the Apple II Commodore PET and TRS 80 entered the consumer market in 1977 and publications clubs and mail order suppliers became the working infrastructure for users whose computers still required soldering typing code from print saving programs to cassette and debugging with little institutional support. One page in PIPs for VIPs states that Aresco sold a cassette containing the book's programs for $5 because otherwise "you'll have to enter all the code yourself" then defines VIPER as "composed solely of reader contributions - programs hardware mods tutorials and ideas written by VIP users for VIP users." Three hole punching throughout; some issues show wear occasional marks or checks in pencil. Overall good condition. A large surviving run of the printed network that taught RCA COSMAC VIP owners how to turn a minimal kit computer into a programmable game graphics text music and hardware control system. unknown
100098607Méline Cans et Compagnie in8. Sans date. Relié. 22 volume(s). 20 volumes de la Revue Britanniques ou choix d'articles traduits des meilleurs écrits périodiques - entre 1851 et 1877: 1851 4e série TOME 2 + 1853 4e série TOME 2 + 1858 nouvelle série TOME 1 + 1864 T.2 + 1867 T.2 + 1868 T.1 + 1869 T.5 + 1870 T.4 + 1874 T.1 + T.2 + T.4 + T.5 +T.6 + 1875 T.3 + T.5 + 1876 T.1 + T.3 + T.4 + 1877 T.1 + T.4
1906236911906 Juven Felix Fascicules en reliure éditeur 1906 - 1910; 4 forts volumes,pleine percaline marron decorée editeur,signée WEILL reL., in-4 (23 x 30,5 cm), fascicules reliés du N°1 au N°96, reliures d'éditeur illustrés en rouge, pagination continue pour chacun des volumes, tête de série de cette revue satirique nombreuses illustrations en noir et en couleurs dans et hors texte par les meilleurs artistes de l'époque ; les couvertures d'origine sont conservées pour les tomes 2,3,4, reliures frottées et légèrement salies, mors et coiffes plus ou moins blanchis, quelques petits manques papiers et de menus chocs sur les coupes et les coins de certains volumes,rare avec les couvertures.Remise de 20% pour toutes commandes égales ou supérieures à 100 €
1865017469George C. Leighton, London 1865. Original Edition Hartkarton/Leder Solide, Ordentlich
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
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: Hundred Thousandth phone installed - lengthy article; Essentials of good maintenance; Statement of Development - number of phones per exchange in the province; B.C. Telephone Company takes over East Kootenay System; Prompt service aids with Sidney fire; The office boys dream; Telephone assists in Vancouver Stock Exchange (VSE) Rush - great photo; Automatic phone system installed at Hammond; Keeping the electrons on the proper path; Photo of J.P.D. Malkin takes part in first Vancouver-London phone call; Shell Oil operator; Health Tips; Greater Vancouver can now talk to the European continent; Cable damaged by anchor; Radio interference putting music on phone lines; Production of phone directories - 4 pages with photos; Laying cable through Stanley Park; Direct Route to West Vancouver completed - 5 pages of interesting text and photos; Langley Prairie phone service restored during the fire - article with photos; Phone given as wedding gift in Vancouver; F.C. Paterson; Vancouver Power House Fire; Mr. George H. Halse becomes Chairman of the Board; Close-up photos of splicing job; Transatlantic phone service still expanding; photo of horse-drawn 'drop wagon'; Photo on Cordova St. after fire 42 years ago; There's more to installation work than just placing a telephone - 4 pages with photos and text; Good-bye to operating when Dan Cupid comes along; Sending news stories to Vancouver from California over phone wires; We are linked with 80% of the world's phones; photo of conduit laying on forty-first ave; The Monophone - advertisement; B.C. Tel. acquires government lines in the Interior; New trans-atlantic long distance mark; Photo montage of vehicles used by the Plant Department; B.C. Box Factory Fire; Baby causes problem by teething on phone cord; Chilliwack phone system now affiliated with us; Regular fire drills; Photo of Premier Tolmie participating in first call from Vancouver to Calgary - with detailed related story; The longest circuit in the system of the B.C. Telephone Company; A new radiotelephone company will be organized; New Fraser River Cable serves South Westminster Subscribers; Eleven european countries with telephone reach of Vancouver; Now installing a new type of telephone typewriter; New faster system for handling telegrams; Benefits of new telephone ownership are evident in 500-mile circle; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Significant wear to backstrip with some chips missing. 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: 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
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: Great photo of cable-pulling gang; The progress of the phone in greater Vancouver; New record set by Vancouver installers; Cartridge fuses defend against foreign currents; Providing phone facilities is a co-operative task; New Kerrisdale exchange being equipped; How a switchboard lamp is made; William Buckle and Splicing; Construction/splicing in Vancouver; A Switchboard Plug and Cord Explains its troubles; Where the cables end when they crawl out of the sea; Chilliwack's first telephone agent, John McCutcheon, passes away; Nice photo of Granville and Hastings; Nice photo of Richmond Road and area near Victoria; Operator training - 8 pages with nice photos; Peter Grant helped equip Canada's first common battery office; Nanaimo and New West. offices to be expanded; Preparing the pay cheques; George P. Kelly - installed 80' poles; More trunks in Vancouver; Lightning damage on mainland; Repeaters aid voice currents on long journeys; automatic typewriters - chief repeaterman William Faulkes; New Kerrisdale office; Bar Graph of growth of the B.C. system; Statement of Development: # of phones in operation in towns across the province; Victoria and Vancouver to be united by new route; how the phone bill was paid 20 years ago; Kootenays get service; The service application; High tension hazards; draughting the system; Mr. C.E.S. Fisher; Operator Grant gets a phone in her home; Arithmetic is paramount in traffic man's life; Phone shattered by lightning strike; Kamloops now connected to coast; Despatching yellow cabs from 'seymour 4000'; New Carlton office; plant garage serves many cars; new Langley office; Long Kamloops feature with many photos; Grouse Mountain yields to phone's advance - long article with many photos; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear overall with the exception of backstrip which shows significant wear and is loose along back edge. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Book
1947RO70295356Fleurus / la voix de l'ouest. 1947. In-Folio. En feuillets. Etat d'usage, Livré sans Couverture, Dos frotté, Papier jauni. 8 pages par numéros - nombreuses photos et/ou illustrations en noir et blanc et/ou en couleurs dans le texte - texte sur 5 colonnes - bandes dessinées en couleurs et en noir et blanc - reliure amateur du n°1 à 20, couture au dos et du n°21 à 52, adhésif papier - quelques déchirures et/ou pliures pouvant altérer la lecture. . . . Classification Dewey : 70.49-Presse illustrée, magazines, revues
Gorgeous iconic Benito cover art depicts Aphrodite rising from the sea. The 76 pages include provide a broad sampling of content on beauty, fashion, society, and variety, plus the usual profusion of wonderful ads. Pages 36-37 contain a wonderful color illustration by Libis of four black housemaids happily hanging a yard full of fashionable laundry to dry in the sunny breeze. Above-average wear. Front cover is missing numerous peripheral chips and is loose but present. Back cover almost loose. Bottom corner of pages 19/20 (6" x 4") removed. A marvelous, albeit well-travelled, vintage issue. Book
Pages 361-376 (16 pages in this issue). Features: The Mystery of John Revelstoke Rathom, President Wilson's Confidant; Behind the Front - Impressions of a Tourist in Western Europe, by Aleister Crowley; Behind the Scenes at the Capital; Thoughts of a "Gently Hazed" American; Germany Repudiates War Plotters - Berlin Denounces Lawlessness - Consider Conspirators as Enemies; How They Make Cities in Germany, by Frank Koester; A Word with the Republicans; The Crisis with Austria; The President's Onslaught on Free Speech; Hitting Germany Hard; Financial Forum; War Bond ad; and more. Covers almost loose but present. Unmarked. Average wear. A worthy copy. Magazine
If vintage true crime is your thing, you just hit the jackpot! 48 pages of fascinating cover-to-cover articles on sensational crimes of the day and related topics, all generously illustrated with quality black and white reproductions of photos. Features: Rehabilitation As I See It - by Richard E. Davis, Warden, Utah State Penitentiary; Inside Story of the Murder of Curtis W. Dobbins, brilliant young engineer of the RCA Victor Corporation, in the exclusive Camden suburb of Haddonfield; The Skull That Came Back To Life - the bones of Lillian White, murdered on Cheesecock Mountain near Haverstraw, New York, were used to reconstruct her identity and make possible a feverish manhunt; Sex Behind Bars - an expose of the ways of prison love and the unscrupulous "wolves" therein; The Most Wanted Man in Portland - Roy "Ted" Massey, alias Jack Henry, wanted for Hold-up and Murder Investigation; Rise and Fall of Racketeer Barons - Dossier of the Fabulous Volpe Brothers of Pittsburgh - they reached out for racketeer gold - and ruin; The Rape and Murder of pretty NYU student Helen Clevenger; What Happened to Vanished New York Supreme Court Judge Joseph Force Carter?; Sterilization - If legalized it could have prevented the heinous love racket killings of Harry F. Powers; Amazing photo of a portion of the throng of 20,000 souls who turned out to witness the hanging of 'Negro rapist' Rainey Bethea in Owensboro, KY; Brief write-ups (with small photos) of the murders of Japanese actress Neda Taka in Los Angeles, and Louise Trammell in Chicago; San Quentin Penitentiary Inmates caught operating a counterfeiting plant that circulated queer money from Canada to Mexico!; Modern Science in Crime Detection - fingerprints at the scene; Spicy color-illustrated back cover ad for the next issue features young lady being whipped; Somewhat above-average external soiling, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this outstanding vintage issue. Book
20 pages. Features: The Trade in the Tools of Death, by George Sylvester Viereck - an account of the tremendous development of the manufacture of munitions of war in the United States showing how this country, allegedly neutral, is helping to prolong the European conflict by furnishing firearms and explosive to the British Allies; Cartoon by A. Staehle shows the Prince of Peace coming out of Bethlehem, Palestine, and hell going out of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the form of munitions on railcars; White List - A list of some companies what have refused to manufacture arms and ammunition and ammunition-related manufacturing machinery; Money From Death - a partial list of American companies engaged in the manufacture of munitions of war; Victory - In Battle and in Balkan Diplomacy; The War of 1920 - 2nd Instalment; The Ocean Travelers' Suicide Club; Arm the German Ships in New York Harbor; The Cleveland Automatic Company and the New York Times - poison shrapnel being provided to the Allies; Mr. Pulitzer in Looking-Glass Land - he seems to exist in a land where everything is the reverse of the truth; The Verdict - Guilty! - England on the Witness Stand; Spring's Awakening in Berlin, by Louis Viereck; Ad for Kaffee Hag on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Covers loose but present, otherwise a sound copy. Magazine
20 pages. Features: The Next Step of President Wilson; Friends of Peace, Organize! Organize!; The Trust of the Red Death - Article III - Premonitions of the Future - George Sylvester Viereck discusses how capital is diverted from peaceful employment to the establishment of a trust that will ean the fomenting and making of wars for profit; News from Austria-Hungary, by Dr. Ervin Acel-Starhemberg; German Week at the San Francisco Exposition; Famous English Preacher Pleads for Arms Embargo - Rev. Dr. Aked and Prof. Rauschenbusch Protest Against National Dishonor; The War of 1920 (continued); Russia as a Publisher Duplicates her Failure in Military Affairs; The London Morning Post Fears the Fatherland; Mr. Ochs's (of the New York Times) Fate?; Chip in for the Dernburg Fund; Henry James has done something; Full-page fascimile of letter to George Sylvester Viereck from Mrs. Carl L. Schurz asking him to be Editor of the English edition of "Weltkrieg" called World-War; A hint for the "American Machinist" - a publication which promotes the sale of poison shrapnel; Poultney Bigelow Again - an amusing clown; If The Fatherland were published in Germany - an interesting quotation from the Cedar Rapids Republican; Prof. Burgess's Book "The War of 1914" Boycotted by some of the leading book stores in New York; Facsimile of Mr. Viereck's reply to Mrs. Schurz - in the affirmative; The German Aims of Peace; - and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Openings/creases to upper corner of back cover at backstrip. This issue noteworthy in that for the first time we find a full-page back cover ad for Budweiser -with a George Washington theme. Until this issue, most advertisers in this publication had been of the smaller, local (New York City) variety. Magazine
