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1910274049Ancienne Librairie Furne Boivin & Cie Editeurs 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. 84 pages. 36 full-page brightly illustrated plates 4 of which are double-paged. A very popular biography in a series for young adult readers. Job was the pen-name of Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville 1858-1931 artist and illustrator best known for his illustrated children's books of which this is one of his more well-known. Text in French. First edition first printing. A very good copy in green cloth covers with embossed design on front cover and gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Edge and corner wear with boards showing on corners and edges. Foxing to some text pages. Illustrations are near fine.<br> Ancienne Librairie Furne, Boivin & Cie, Editeurs hardcover
1910NF3975BONAPARTE Boivin & Cie 1910 first edition light wear to fore edge corner tips and spine extremities else a very good copy with near fine contents in the publishers original spectacular full color pictorial embossed binding all edges gilt and with 36 interior full color illustrations by Job including 4 double page spreads. A wonderful copy of this large folio enterprise. Boivin & Cie unknown
1912002949Paris: Boivin et Cie 1912. Decorated Cloth. Good. Folio-sized Grand 4to. 37 by 29 cm. iv 84 pp. Flamboyant and lively Job illustrations set to colortype. Every other page is a full page illustration and there are a number of double paged illustrations. Probably the most sought after title in the series of young adult illustrated biographies issued in this young adult series. The interior leaves are clean with age toning pronounced around the edges. The pictorial cloth binding is heavily soiled and worn with a few spots entirely worn through one on the front a few on the rear in addition to heavy edgewear. Endpapers are chipped and soiled. Broken hinges repaired. Boivin et Cie unknown
1910003361Paris: Boivin et Cie 1910. First Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. Folio-sized Grand 4to. 37 by 29 cm. iv 84 pp. Flamboyant and lively Job illustrations set to colortype. Every other page is a full page illustration and there are a number of double paged illustrations. Probably the most sought after title in the series of young adult illustrated biographies issued in this young adult series. The interior leaves are clean with age toning pronounced around the edges. The pictorial cloth binding has light soiling and a minor closed tear along the joint. Boivin et Cie unknown
19106542Paris: Ancienne Librairie Furne/Boivin et Cie Editeur 1910. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ as Issued. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Part of the series "Collection d'Albums Historiques". Text in French. 36 full full page chromlitho plates 4 double page. A very handsome copy. Minor shelf/edge wear hint of fraying at head gilt at spine toned touch of foxing at prelininaries else tight bright and unmarred. Grey/olive cloth gilt lettering full color pictorial elements blue endpages textblock on tabs aeg. Small fo. 84pp. Illus. color plates. Notes. Ancienne Librairie Furne/Boivin et Cie, Editeur hardcover
1910003361Paris: Boivin et Cie. 1910. First Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. Folio-sized Grand 4to. 37 by 29 cm. iv 84 pp. Flamboyant and lively Job illustrations set to colortype. Every other page is a full page illustration and there are a number of double paged illustrations. Probably the most sought after title in the series of young adult illustrated biographies issued in this young adult series. The interior leaves are clean with age toning pronounced around the edges. The pictorial cloth binding has light soiling and a minor closed tear along the joint. <br/><br/> Boivin et Cie. hardcover books
1912002949Paris: Boivin et Cie. 1912. Decorated Cloth. Good. Folio-sized Grand 4to. 37 by 29 cm. iv 84 pp. Flamboyant and lively Job illustrations set to colortype. Every other page is a full page illustration and there are a number of double paged illustrations. Probably the most sought after title in the series of young adult illustrated biographies issued in this young adult series. The interior leaves are clean with age toning pronounced around the edges. The pictorial cloth binding is heavily soiled and worn with a few spots entirely worn through one on the front a few on the rear in addition to heavy edgewear. Endpapers are chipped and soiled. Broken hinges repaired. <br/><br/> Boivin et Cie. hardcover books
19106542Paris: Ancienne Librairie Furne/Boivin et Cie Editeur 1910. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ as Issued. Minor shelf/edge wear hint of fraying at head gilt at spine toned touch of foxing at prelininaries else tight bright and unmarred. Grey/olive cloth gilt lettering full color pictorial elements blue endpages textblock on tabs aeg. Small fo. 84pp. Illus. color plates. Notes. <br/><br/>Part of the series "Collection d'Albums Historiques". Text in French. 36 full full page chromlitho plates 4 double page. A very handsome copy. Ancienne Librairie Furne/Boivin et Cie, Editeur hardcover books
B9798308422174Paperback / softback. New. paperback
49875009like new. unknown
193513411Cambridge UK: W. Heffner & Sons Limited 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. Job of Edessa c. 760 - c. 835 called the Spotted Arabic: al-Abrash was a Christian natural philosopher and physician active in Baghdad and Khur s n under the Abbasid Caliphate. He played an important role in transmitting Greek science to the Islamic world through his translations into Syriac. Encyclopaedia of Philosophical and Natural Sciences as taught in Baghdad A.D. 817.<br /> From the personal library collection of Brian Cotnoir alchemist artist and award-winning filmmaker. Author of Practical Alchemy: Guide to the Great Work The Emerald Tablet a series of Alchemical 'Zines Alchemical Meditations Alchemy: The Poetry of Matter and most recently On Alchemy: Essential Practices and Making Art as Alchemy. He has presented seminars and workshops around the world on various aspects of the alchemy.<br /> Khepri Press was started in 2014 as a place to organize and distribute his work. It is a very small press dedicated to alchemical book arts. Some of this work is publishable and others may exist only in manuscript or object form - alchemical results or talismans. Bumped corners light shelfwear and foxing else tight bright and unmarred. Green cloth with gilt titling. 8vo. xlviii 470pp. Index. Former owner library stamp. Lacking dj. Text in Syriac and English. W. Heffner & Sons, Limited hardcover
200380675Feierabend Verlag 2003. Book. As New. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. In-4 relié Comme Neuf. Feierabend Verlag Hardcover
8981ST-BRI EUC, Ti-Breiz - 1932 - In-4 - broché - Couverture illustrée - Nombreuses illustrations, y compris costumes NB, Nombreuses illustrations NB, certainescertaines PP - 124 pages - Etat neuf
1934104961934 revue (magazine) in-quarto, dos muet gris (grey spine - no title), couverture imprimée (front cover printed), illustrations in et hors-texte, de la page 201 à la page 238, Novembre-Décembre 1934 à Saint-Brieuc O.-L. Aubert Directeur-Fondateur,
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: Greatest growth of company was during past year; Sound - a non-technical talk on a technical subject; Accidents which a careless workman may cause; Graph of the number of phones in service from 1903 through 1920; Table listing the exchanges in order of percent good toll calls; Statement of development - a table listing the number of phones in service per exchange across the province; Photo montage of three of the Agents of lower mainland offices; Proposed central office extensions indicate a busy year; Snow and wind storms seriously damage toll leads on Vancouver Island; Repairing submarine cable near Friday Harbor was trying experience; Preparing to lay a third cable between the mainland and Vancouver Island; Magnets - non-technical talk on a technical subject; Statistical Review of the province's industries; Nice photo montage of 5 lady Vancouver Island company representatives; Planned additions; Start of Export Trade in Bulk Wheat - nice photos; Naming a telephone office; Fourty Years of the Telephone; Photo montage of 4 lady company representatives on southern Vancouver Island; The Gathering of Material for Use of Telephone Men - 5-page illustrated article; Application for increased rates before Railway Board; Shipping railway ties to Egypt; Plant activities; Excellent 10-page article describes the laying of the second submarine cable to Vancouver Island (Point Grey to Nanaimo) - many great photos; Photo montage of four lovely ladies who serve as supervising officials in the traffic department; Railway board accedes to request for rate increase; Repair job on North Vancouver Submarine Cable - photos and map; First Convention of Canadian telephone companies very successful - 10 page article with photos; Convention Delegates tour Capilano Timber Company operations - photo montage; Photo montage of chief operators of mainland two-number offices; new Kerrisdale exchange opens; New P.B.X at Spencers (Department Store); Current phone directory is an improvement; 2 pages of samples of past phone directories; Construction of switchboard cords; laying conduit along Georgia St., Vancouver (2 photos); Emergency reveals bravery of B.C. telephone operators; photos of Port Coquitlam flood; amazing photo of washed out bridge over Capilano River; Pioneer line construction - telegraph line between Toronto and Buffalo, NY in 1846; Good Qualities of Loud Speakers; photo of timber cutting to clear a right-of-way to give service to the Broadview district; photo of underground conduit being laid in downtown Nanaimo, with horses and wagon in picture; What constitutes Central's activities at the Capital City Exchange - 4 pages with photos; Rubber covered wires and cables - 3 page article with photos; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Backstrip loose along front edge. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge else unmarked. Binding intact. Aside from backstrip, a sound copy. Book
192055604c.1920. Charles Job a stockbroker by profession was a passionate amateur and became a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society in 1895 contributing to the annual exhibitions of the Society and the Linked Ring. The Linked Ring was a brotherhood consisting of a group of photographers based in London which pledged to enhance photography as a fine art. During the First World War he was based at the Censor's Office in Liverpool. After the war he returned to Sussex and in 1922 moved to 8 Spring Terrace Richmond. In 1928 two year before his death he was made an Honorary Fellow of the RPS in recognition of his eminence in pictorial photography. Carbon print photograph. Very good condition Size: 35 x 26 cm. 14 x 10 inches unknown
192055602c.1920. Charles Job a stockbroker by profession was a passionate amateur and became a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society in 1895 contributing to the annual exhibitions of the Society and the Linked Ring. The Linked Ring was a brotherhood consisting of a group of photographers based in London which pledged to enhance photography as a fine art. During the First World War he was based at the Censor's Office in Liverpool. After the war he returned to Sussex and in 1922 moved to 8 Spring Terrace Richmond. In 1928 two year before his death he was made an Honorary Fellow of the RPS in recognition of his eminence in pictorial photography. Size: 350 x 260 mm. Carbon print photograph. Very good condition. unknown
1859258349Fair Haven Ct: J.T. Hathaway 1859. Printed broadside on thick card. Manuscript notes in pencil on verso. 4to. Minor soiling light creasing and edgewear. Printed broadside on thick card. Manuscript notes in pencil on verso. 4to. Hathaway published the Fair Haven Tribune. <br/><br/> J.T. Hathaway unknown
19892090502113716546Not Available 1989. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1977R240015328EDITIONS DU LOMBARD. 1977. In-4. Cartonné. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 48 pages. Bande dessinéé en couleur.. . . . Classification Dewey : 843.06-Bande dessinée
0702232661.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
048409162X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
