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193441848Washington D.C.: U.S. Bureau of Mines 1934. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good copy. 30 pp. Sm. 4to. U.S. Bureau of Mines unknown books
196543412Caracas: Corporación Venezolana de Guayana 1965. First edition. Illustrated paper wrappers. A very good copy lightly soiled institutional library stamps on half-title and fore edge. 7 sections numbered seperately plus documents: 253 pp. Illus. with b/w photos drawings and maps some folding. Sm. 4to. Corporación Venezolana de Guayana unknown books
196643413Caracas: Corporación Venezolana de Guayana 1966. First edition. Illustrated paper wrappers. A very good copy corners bumped. Library stamps on top and bottom edges and on title page. 7 sections numbered seperately plus documents: 401 pp. Illus. with b/w photos drawings and maps some folding. Sm. 4to. Corporación Venezolana de Guayana unknown books
196743414Caracas: Corporación Venezolana de Guayana 1967. First edition. Illustrated paper wrappers. A very good copy corners bumped library stamps on edges and half-title. 7 sections numbered seperately plus documents: 407 pp. Illus. with b/w photos drawings and maps some folding. Sm. 4to. Corporación Venezolana de Guayana unknown books
196843415Caracas: Corporación Venezolana de Guayana 1968. First edition. Illustrated paper wrappers. Very good with light bump in one top corner library stamps on edges front pastedown title and half-title. 7 sections numbered seperately plus documents: 416 pp.; 136 pp. Illus. with b/w photos drawings and maps some folding. Sm. 4to. Corporación Venezolana de Guayana unknown books
196943416Caracas: Corporación Venezolana de Guayana 1969. First edition. Illustrated paper wrappers. Very good with a few spine tears library stamps on edges and half-title. 7 sections numbered seperately: 404 pp. ; 208 pp. annex & docs. Illus. with b/w photos drawings and maps some folding. Sm. 4to. Corporación Venezolana de Guayana unknown books
197143417Caracas: Corporación Venezolana de Guayana 1971. First edition. Illustrated paper wrappers. Very good with a few tears at spine. 7 sections numbered seperately: 282 pp.; 73 pp. Illus. with b/w photos drawings and maps some folding. Sm. 4to. Corporación Venezolana de Guayana unknown books
1971212003Georgetown-: the Institute 1971. 30p. mimeographed sheets stapled at left minor staple scrapes at right edge of front cover otherwise very good. 8.5x11 inches. the Institute unknown books
1951734561951. Paperback. Good. All appear to be written in 1951 and all were sent to Rev. Campbell MacRae Lewistall who is identified on a slip laid in one of the envelopes as Founder-teacher Blyden-Lewistall Private School at 314 West 133rd Street in New York City. Some letters are worn; all appear to be complete. Most envelopes present some with stamps. Three of the letters were from Philip Nathaniel King headmaster or head teacher of this Methodist-supported elementary school; one is from his wife; two are from his son; and two are from Mr. King's niece who was also a teacher at the school. All of the letters seem designed to establish contact with Rev. Lewistall who is addressed as Uncle. Some including the letters from King's son thank the New York Uncle for gifts such as an air rifle. It is clear from the letters that conditions at the school were far from ideal and that the Kings were hoping that their uncle in America would provide some financial support. <br/><br/> paperback books
19491522British Guiana 1949. Very good. Two volumes. 6633 photographs on 3311pp. Images vary in size most 4.5 x 4.5 or 3.5 x 2.5 inches with some larger. Oblong octavos. Original black paper albums string-tied. Cover of first volume detached wear around edges of covers on each volume. Internally clean and fresh. Some images with light silver mirroring. Captioned throughout. Two photograph albums of the Tikwah gold mine in British Guiana likely compiled by an operative of the company. A Who's Who of British Guiana for 1945-1948 lists Samuel Hirsh Holzman as the mine owner and managing director as well as the vice president of the Mining Association of British Guiana. Gold was discovered in Guiana in the 1880s in the area around the Essequibo River. Crude mining efforts through the next few decades resulted in minimal extraction though there was a renewed effort with technological advancements in mining in the 1940s as shown herein. The present albums document the region as well as the mining camp and its operations much of it with a keen sense of detail. In addition to captions the author has annotated many of the photos in pencil to point out relevant features. For example a photograph captioned "New Winze L. & General View of Mine Looking N.W." has pencil annotations identifying individual buildings such as the Clerk's Quarters and the Tikwah Shaft Building. An image of the foreman's shack and laborers' quarters notes the construction and materials used to build them; roads and rivers used by the company are pictured with complaints about the rough condition as are aerial views of the camp and surrounding area. There are images of the shafts and miners at work; interior shots of the mills and other buildings; and the latter portion of the first volume contains numerous group portraits of the workers and office staff each person identified by name and position. This includes the "Tikwah Ladies" mostly the wives of foremen which shows eight Black women standing together in the mining camp one holding an infant and another holding the hands of a toddler. In addition to images of the camp's operations there are many photographs documenting the difficulties involved with mining in the jungle. A series of images from 1948 shows workmen transporting equipment on the Puruni River. Captions read "Reloading boats to proceed up Puruni ballyhoo in front towed by 'Caroline' to be used at Thomas Island Falls for blasting"; "Pulling 'Caroline' over rapids at mouth"; "Pulling 'Caroline' through part of big falls." All of these images show the difficulty of transporting equipment and supplies in the region with laborers in shorts and loincloths pulling the boat with a rope over difficult terrain. Another series shows the boat caught up on rocks in the river at Kaburi Falls and the workmen endeavoring to dislodge it without capsizing. An altogether fascinating look at life in a mining camp in the jungles of Guiana full of rich detail about those working in the camp and their living environs. unknown books
