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1 carnet oblong de cartes postales, Edition Photo Nadal, Saïgon, Imp. Braun & Cie, Mulhouse-Dornach, s.d. [ circa 1930 ], CP numérotées de 43 à 54 Bon état Français
1 VHS cassette in plastic cassette case. 59 minutes, 20 cm. "No. VV43"- spine. || "Amtrak and Metrolink passenger action along the framed California Coast Line. Features pre-merger SP and UP freight traffic,, historic film and video clips of steam locomotices, cab units, the "oil cans", three operating WIG WAGS, unusual passenger consists, AAPRCO special, Caltrain gallery cars, GO Transit F units and cars, UP E unit officers special, Fillmore & Western and Ventura County RY. steam and more! Taped over a period of 9 years. Digitally mastered with Hi-Fi stereo sound and narration."-back of box. || trains, locomotives.
farde petit in-4 carre, ill. Bel exemplaire. [HP-5]
Very Good French In contemporary red cloth bdg. 3 in 1. 4to (28 x 20 cm). In French. 85, 56, 14 p. 66 protocol documents and Turkish - Russian correspondence. Diplomatic correspondence exchanges between the Imperial Ottoman government and the Imperial Russian Embassy in Constantinople. Considerations concerning the dispute between the Ottoman Empire government and the Russian Empire. With regard to the indemnity to be paid to the Russian subjects for the damage suffered by them during the War of 1877. And includes
1 vol. in-8 br., 4 ff. avec 19 photographies souvent légendées, 1954 Rare plaquette originale. Parfait état. Français
Features: photo of interesting "new ears" for anti-aircraft gunners; a 4000 year food experiment - nutritional equilibrium in over-populated China; Editorials - spend for prosperity - Daniel Guggenheim - International affairs; Instrument flying to combat fog; Elevated highway to speed traffic in New York; X-ray fingers feel out the atomic structure of matter; A fact-finding laboratory; Archeology enters the stamp world; What is a quantum?; Feeding the crew of a battleship; More about pluto - further observations confirm its right to rank as a planet; Oil from below the ocean floor - oil derrick and pier are constructed in perilous waters; Factory wastes turned to profits; Scattered light and the Raman effect; An atom of Lutecium - its atomic structure is plotted for the first time; A murder, and the story the pistols told; When crude oil crosses the seas; Traveling home for phone linemen - a railroad train refitted as living, eating ,recreation quarters; Aviation in 1930, a summary. Back cover features colour advertisement for Lucky Strike cigarettes. An attractive woman is reclined beneath the caption "20,679 physicians say Luckies are less irritating." Cord front wheel drive automobile advertisement inside front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Magazine
Features: Aluminum and its hard-boiled alloys; Super magnetic fields; Influence of the coconut on Philippine industrial life; Birds of a bleak arctic island; Fragmentary molecules of the sun; Beautiful bridges on new rail line - exceptional engineering problems on European railway; Sinanthropus - the Peking man; Coney Island's museum - the first institution designed to show play-reaction; Six great institutions now have naval R.O.T.C.; Linemen of the sea - with the men who splice broken transatlantic cables; Features of speed queen The Europa - faster than the Bremen; Is there an ether?; Better days for aviation; Tangled commerce abides where children smoke and swim - Manus are the pack peddlers of the pacific; Moving a substation underground; Power from the earth's hot interior?; Athens Broadway; an ancient bakery; Light furnishes Ballroom decorations. Camel cigarette ad on back cover features several suave temptors and a temptress. Top inch of spine missing. Cracks to spine. One inch tear to fore-edge of front cover. Significant overall wear. Book
Features: Africa's first national park; Editorials - building for parity a false alarm - whose fault is it?; Power development on the Columbia River - the first power project on one of the most famous of North American streams; United States plant patent number 1 - only time will show the value of plant patents, the first of which has just been released; The hottest place in the universe - what keeps the stars shining?; Henry Ford, the Practical - the automobile manufacturer knows how to do things , and how to get them done; Are there creatures like ourselves in other worlds?; The birth, life, and death of a railroad ticket; Mercury vapor power to the fore - two new and larger units have been ordered; Australia's great meteorite; Paper's thinnest web - making tissue paper; Where not to look for oil and gas; Electrical aids to blind flying; Etruscan safety pin; Excavating Rome's seaport; A modernized university library - Sterling Memorial Library at Yale; Why question the reasoning of animals? - authentic stories seem to indicate their reasoning power. Page 293 is a full page tribute, with black and white photo, to thirty-year old Linus Pauling, hailed as "a rising star who may yet win the Nobel Prize." Light erasure mark at top corner of front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
24 pages. Contents: Spring 'Lambs' in Immense Number Flock to Wall Street to be Slaughtered; Insurance and Industrial Magnates Fatten - Unashamed, on lifeblood of people; Government declares war on racketeers and all lawless elements in general; 1933 Pulitzer Awards; Chief Provisions of Sweeping Farm Relief - Farm Mortgage - Inflation Bill; Foreign News - Japan to ask for US recognition of Manchukuo; Control of Chinese Eastern Railway Causes Tension; Photo of Dr. T.V. Soong, Chinese Minister of Defense, and a Harvard grad; Full text of President Roosevelt's radio address to the nation; Illustration of Senator Fred H. Brown of New Hampshire; Illustration of Mrs. Cordell Hull; Science; Broadcasting; "Sunken Dollars' - a real old-time thriller story of the sea - with a guaranteed love interest (to be continued); and more. Average wear. Yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
37 pages. Features: One Room Schools of fifty years ago; The Hope-Nicola Trail; Book Reviews of: Schooling and Society; Caledonia -100 Years Ahead; Railway Stations; The Court House of New Westminster; Historical Portraits of Trail; God's Galloping Girl; One Century Later. Average wear. 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
Features: Momentous Issues in the Island Story; Garden in the Gulph; Notable Prince Edward Islanders; The First Islanders; Handwoven and Homespun; Island Currency; Heritage in Building; Houses of Worship; Did They Hear the Whistle Blowing? - Prince Edward Island Railway; History of Printing; Furniture Making on Prince Edward Island; Visual Arts; Red is the Soil - PEI Pottery; Glassware; Those Gallant Ships - Photo of 'The Meteor' under construction in 1892; The Farm Family; Island Barns; Heritage Foundation; Anne of Green Gables; Acadian Settlers; Museums; Clock and Watchmakers. Average wear. Sound copy. Magazine
82 pages. Features: Ground Control Approach Radar for the RCAF; Pilot Error; Navigating from the Cockpit; Wings of Britain; Turbine Era is the Target; Gloom, Excitement in Jet Program; British Seek Transport Lead; Supersonic Fighters for British Arsenal; Aim to Reduce Lightplane Costs; Flight Simulator Trains Crews; Ottawa Report; Canadian Accident Analysis; Maintenance Section; Curved Maps for Navigation; and more. Many pages of great ads including the de Havilland Beaver. Small ink stamp atop front cover. Front cover partially loose. Average wear. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Green Santas, Plum Pudding and Spritzen - Swiss, German, British and Ukrainian Christmas traditions are all current in Waterloo County, Ontario; Historic Houses re-create the Victorian Christmas; Signposts for Collectors VI - Canadian Presentation Pieces and Awards of Merit; Appraisals - how much is it worth? to whom? for what purpose?; Saints and Angels, Kings and Prophets - stained glass in Trinity College, University of Toronto; Railway Tickets - a new source of collectibles. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
50 pages. Features/Articles: Cover photo of view from Jasper Park Lodge; The New Prince George starts service this month; Jasper Park Lodge - a Quarter of a Century, with many photos; Canadian National Cameos - the meaning of train signals; Longmoor - a memorial window for the Canadian railway troops, who did their overseas training on the Longmoor Military Railway, was unveiled April 25 at the Garrison Church at Longmoor, Hants; Posters display our services - great pictorial display; The Reminiscing Run - a gabfest ensues when engineers get together; T.C.A. enters Bermuda - new direct air service inaugurated from Montreal and Toronto - with photos; G.T.W. (Grand Trunk Western Railway holds annual meeting; List and photos of staff working in Moncton's New Atlantic Building; System News; Chickens Without Wings - Dominica specializes in eating Crapaud (Frogs) which the natives refer to as "Mountain chicken"; Young Railroaders' Club; and more. Address label on back cover. Small piece missing from back cover. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
50 pages. Features/Articles: Ben Hur's chariot set the wheel base gauge for today's railroads; Canadian National Exhibits and Displays; Alberta's Hot Spot - The New Oil Fields near Edmonton, Leduc, Woodbend and Redwater; Canadian Nationial Telegraphs Blaze New Northern Trail - modern service makes the whole world neighbors of Red and Pickle Lake areas; The Cornerstone of a Community - The C.N.R. in Cornwall; An Approach to the Problem of Industrial Plant Location; Knowledge Pays Traffic Dividends; A.J. Lomas Named Vice-President Central Region; G.T.W. "Crop" Train set for mercy trip; New Railway Quarters in Victoria; Staff Changes; Around the Departments; Traffic; Young Railroaders' Club; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label on back cover. A sound copy. Book
50 pages. Features and Articles: Donald Gordon Succeeds R.C. Vaughan - becomes Chairman and President Jan. 1 when Mr. Vaughan retires after 51 years of railway service; Governor-General's first visit to Newfoundland - seven black and white photos; Photos of the Lakehead, Churchill and Vancouver grain terminals; Emerson College Thesbians use C.N.S.S. flagship in preparing for "The Parlor Story"; Canada Builds to Endure - on inspection trip, President finds west busy and confident; Ticket Agents See What They Sell - Annual Sales Meeting in Seattle; This Switchman has to Think Fast - Cliff McCamon works for the C.N.R. in Saskatoon; Photo of the "Train of Tomorrow"; Moncton's Diamond Jubilee; System News - staff changes; and more. Five-inch opening at top end of cover fold, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Cover photo of Hurdman Station; Trains to the Okanagan, by Jim Hope - long article with photos; Waybills; Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Mixed Thoughts on a Mixed Train, with map of Dominion Atlantic Railway, Truro Sub.; A Turntable for Wakefield, Quebec (to accommodate Number 1057); Referred to the Committee - back when the distance between the rails was very important; Chart of the Gauges of some of Canada's early railways; Determination and Hard Work - the story of the Strathcona Museum in Strathclair, Manitoba; Waybills; Please note: a 2" wide band has been stripped from front cover, probably by tape removal. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Canadian Pacific 1881-1981, Part Two - a brief history of the company, with many great b/w photos. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: The Canadian Railway Museum twenty years ago - many great b/w photos; Manitoba 1982 - photos; Report of New Brunswick Division; The Pinafore Park Railroad - photos. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Telegraph Cove - The Settlement that Time Forgot; Bonanza; The Treasure of the SS Pacific; The Kaslo & Slocan Railway. Clean, bright and unmarked. Book
24 pages (pages 48-72). Contents: Your Washington Reporter; A Challenge to Foes of Organized Labour - President William Green outlines Labor's Objective for World Freedom; An American Labour Leader Abroad - Victor J. Sjaholm of O.R.C. is now in Sweden as adviser to Marshall Plan Unit - he provides a colorful account of experiences; Can German Labour Unite Humanity?, by Tom Gillespie, Labor Correspondent in Europe; Marshall Plan Working in Norway; Leslie Biffle; All our Lodges should affiliate with state federations of labor and city central bodies, by A.J. Bernhardt, Assistant General President; Updates from Robert Hewitt, Charles Burchfield, Henri Vaillancourt and J.T. Powell; News from various lodges; When can you retire under teh Railroad Retirement Act?. Address label on front cover. Five-inch opening to fore-edge of back cover which features a wonderful OshKosh B'gosh work wear ad on the outside and a masculine Lee work clothes ad on the inside. Both ads feature engineers. Book
24 pages. Contents: Your Washington Reporter; George Meany says repeal of Taft-Hartley Law hinges on Defeating Congress Labor Foes; Who's to Blame for Inflation? - Ruben Levin contends that workers' earnings trail behind prices, while farmers and businessmen jump ahead; A Year of Taft-Hartleyism - record shows law has provoked strive and chaos and its advocates no longer boast about their 'brain-child'; Photo of Mr. A.C. Garrott, General Freight Agent of the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad, holding a large red feather as he leads a tour of railroad representatives; Labor-Management cooperation triumphs in Union Pacific's Apprentice-Training Program; Message from President Irwin Barney; Correspondence from Robert Hewitt and C.J. Kitchas; Retirement of John M. Patterson; Loyal Star of America - article by Hattie McDonald and Cecil Hill; Ad for combination Ball Pen and Mechanical Pencil inside back cover; Great Back cover ad for OshKosh B'gosh features Veteran Engineer Lehmon L. Shook who has spent 43 years in the cab... the last 30 in Oshkosh B'Gosh Overalls". Address label on front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Topics: The Mercer Project; Lathe Tool Grinding Jigs; Wenford; A Modified Stuart 5A Steam Engine; Savage's No 1 Organ Engine of 1860; BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4 Tank Locomotive in 5" gauge; A Half-Size Turret Clock - Revisited; Echills Wood Railway to Close. Excellent copy. Book
