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1 vol. grand in-8 carré reliure demi-chagrin brun, dos à 5 nerfs dorés, couvertures conservées, Imprimerie G. Gounouilhou : Mélanges [ Recueil de 11 études : Contient : ] Nicolas Beaujon et les Tableaux de la Chambre de Commerce de Bordeaux, 1902, tirage à 30 exemplaires numérotés et paraphés (exemplaire n°12) [ Edition originale ] [ Avec : ] Nicolas Beaujon et la Chapelle Saint-Nicolas-du-Roule, 1906, tirage à 60 exemplaires numérotés et paraphés (exemplaire n°17) [ Edition originale ] [ Avec : ] Simple Note sur un Tableau de Pierre Lacour Père (1780), 1903, tirage à 60 exemplaires numérotés et paraphés (exemplaire n°25) [ Edition originale ] [ Avec : ] Le Maréchal Philippe de Noailles Duc de Mouchy et le Peintre F. J. Lonsing (notes inédites 1785-1799), 1909, tirage à 25 exemplaires numérotés et paraphés (exemplaire n°22 dédicacé à Charles Gaden) [ Edition originale ] [ Avec : ] J.B. Siméon Chardin (1699-1779) J.-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), 1908, tirage non indiqué, exemplaire n°19 parapahé et dédicacé par Gustave Labat à Charles Gaden [ Edition originale ] [ Avec : ] Etude à propos de l'Exposition aux Tuileries des Cent Portraits de Femmes des Ecoles anglaises et Françaises du XVIIIe siècle organisée sous le haut patronage de S.M. la Reine Alexandra d'Angleterre (mai-juin 1909) par Gustave Labat, 1910, tirage à 25 exemplaires numérotés et paraphés (exemplaire n°25 dédicacé à Meaudre de Lapouyade) [ Edition originale ] [ Avec : ] Beaumarchais à Bordeaux. Octobre, novembre et décembre 1782, 1904, tirage à 60 exemplaires numérotés et paraphés (exemplaire n°17) [ Edition originale ] [ Avec : ] Le Vice-Amiral Lainé (1796-1875), 1904, tirage à 60 exemplaires numérotés et paraphés (exemplaire n°25) [ Edition originale ] [ Avec : ] Le Vice-Amiral Gustave Lugeol (1799-1866), 1904, tirage à 25 exemplaires numérotés et paraphés (exemplaire 2) [ Edition originale ] [ Avec : ] Le Contre-Amiral Comte Pierre Baste (1768-1814), 1905, tirage à 60 exemplaires numérotés et paraphés (exemplaire n°17) [ Edition originale ] [ Avec : ] [ Edition originale ] [ Avec : ] Un Oublié. Le Vicomte de Grenier Chef de Division de la Marine Royale (1736-1803), 1910, tirage à 25 exemplaires numérotés et paraphés (exemplaire n°22 dédicacé à Meaudre de Lapouyade) [ Edition originale ] [ Avec : ] Une Visite au Musée de la Marine, 1908, tirage à 25 exemplaires numérotés et paraphés (exemplaire n°22 dédicacé à Meaudre de Lapouyade) Exceptionnel recueil de 12 études de Gustave Labat, toutes en édition originale, en tirage très limité (entre 25 et 60 exemplaires par titre) et numéroté, toutes signées par Gustave Labat et souvent accompagnées d'une dédicace de l'auteur (au grand érudit girondin Meaudre de Lapouyade ou au bibliophile et secrétaire général de la Société des Bibliophiles de Guyenne Charles Gaden). Plusieurs parmi les nombreuses études recueillies dans ce volume sont devenues introuvables. Bon état (coupes et coins un peu frottés, dos passé, très bon exemplaire par ailleurs). Français
Milano, Arti Graf. Ponti & C., 1938-43, 6 annate complete in 60 fascicoli, raccolti in 4 volumi, in-4, copertine fittizie (conservate le br. editoriali illustrate da: Zoran, De Santi, Boschini), da 14 a 26 pp. ciascuno. Con illustrazioni nel t. e tavole in b.n. (fra cui ritratti xilografici eseguiti da Zoran: D'Annunzio, Hitler, Franco, e disegni del futurista Forlin). Segnaliamo testi di futurismo: F.T. Marinetti: Per la guerra - Augusto Platone - Aeropoeti, Aeropittori del "Gruppo Futurista Savarè" (illustrato; è presente anche il resoconto della Mostra tenuta nei locali di "Mare Nostro", Largo Cairoli/Via Beltrami 1); "Il poeta Marinetti celebra la redenzione dalmata il giorno di San Marco a "Mare Nostro"; F.T. Marinetti - L. Scrivo - P. Bellanova: Il Romanzo Sintetico; "b.": Italianità del Futurismo,; G. Dal Lago: Parentesi peninsulare. Sintesi quasi futurista; Inoltre: Andrea da Venezia e G. Dal Lago su D'Annunzio; P. Fredas: Corfù, isola Italianissima; G. di Gregorio: Libia, bastione dell'Impero; M. Russo: Venezia vista da un Dalmata; V. Bianchini: L'isola del Giglio; G. Liebman: Lettere Triestine; M. de' Rossi: La geografia ai fini dell'autarchia; A. Calegari: Il Museo Marinaro di Camogli; S. Foresi: L'Isola d'Elba; M. Russo: Corsica, l'Isola degli Eroi & Malta, l'Isola del Sole; O. Carlotto: Il contributo degli Italiani dell'Argentina per l'Impero, ecc.
in-8, pp. (10), 192, (6), e XV tav. f.t., leg. m. pelle, tit. oro al dorso. Opera dedicata ai viveri ed alle bevande, all'influenza dell'aria atmosferica sulla salute dell'uomo, alle malattie e ferite, ai medicinali. Da pag. 163 seguono le ''Nuove invenzioni meccanico-igieniche'', illustrate da 15 tavole in litografia con i curiosi macchinari inventati dall'autore per l'alimentazione e la cura a bordo. Bell'esemplare di questa non comune opera d'igiene navale.. .
New English In original cloth bdg. In publisher's original slip-case and box. Mint. Elephant folio. (48 x 33 cm). In Turkish. Many color and b/w ills. 368 p. Prepared from manuscript of 'Book of Bahriye' of Piri Reis which is registered No. T. 6605 in Istanbul University Rare Books Library. A very heavy volume. Pîrî Reis. Kitâb-i bahriye. Istanbul Üniversitesi Nadir Eserler Kütüphanesi. Edited by Bülent Özükan.
3 vols., in 4, roy. 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with 4 frontispieces (showing 8 plates), 288 plates on 142 (1 double-page), 87 folding maps (74 coloured in outline), 30 full-page maps (6 coloured in outline), 17 maps in the text and 111 tables (7 double-page) in the text, neat inscription on front free endpapers; green cloth, gilt backs, a very good, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers very lightly dust-soiled with small damp-mark (wrapper only) on backstrip of second volume. With personal bookplate on front paste-downs. A previous owner has annotated neatly the backstrips of the wrappers to indicate the years covered by each volume. The official British account published in the UK Government's series History of the Second World War. The set comprises: Volume I: The Defensive, 1954 (fifth impression 1961); Volume II: The Period of Balance, 1957 (third impression 1962); Volume III/1: The Offensive Part 1: 1 June 1943-31 May 1944, 1960 (first impression); Volume III/2: The Offensive Part II: 1 June 1944-14 August 1945, 1961 (first impression). The last two volumes contain their respective errata slips (errors in the first two volumes are corrected in the text of the later printings). Roskill's masterpiece is an absolutely basic source and a model of its kind. Enser, p.383; Law, 0647.
Un des 500 exemplaires sur papier chiffon numérotés (n°356), 2 vol. très fort in-8 reliure plein cuir (ou simili) marron sous étui commun, Imprimerie Graphic-Rivière, 1987, 695 ; 742 pp. Cette impressionnante réédition, en tirage limité, ne se contente pas de proposer à nouveau l'édition de 1867 de l'ouvrage de Philippe Mantellier, mais en corrige les erreurs évidentes ; Denis Jeansson a également ajouté 350 nouveaux documents, toute l'iconographie et a précisé l'emplacement actuel de sources bibliographiques ciitées. Bel exemplaire en parfait état, rare ainsi bien complet Français
1 volume in-24°, pp. 71, (1), legatura in piena pergamena ottocentesca, titolo in oro su tassello al dorso. Edizione originale, piuttosto rara. Filippo Buondelmonti degli Scolari, meglio noto come Pippo Spano (Tizzano, 1369 – Lipova, 1426), è stato un condottiero di origine toscana, si recò in Ungheria all'età di tredici anni e grazie al matrimonio con una nobildonna ungherese l'acquisizione di una serie di privilegi Nel 1404 venne nominato spano di Temesvár, il suo soprannome è dovuto infatti alla traduzione con "spano" del titolo amministrativo ungherese di "Ispán". Tra le sue numerose missioni conquistò la Bosnia (di cui venne nominato governatore) e la Serbia e sconfisse i turchi in varie battaglie (1411-1412); vinse anche contro Venezia, che dovette cedergli Aquileia e Udine.
Incisione su rame di Christoph Weigel tratta dal Comfortable School and Travel Atlas di Johann David Köhler, del 1718. Al centro dell'illustrazione troviamo il Bucintoro, la galea di stato dei Dogi di Venezia, sulla quale si imbarcavano ogni anno nel giorno dell'Ascensione per celebrare il rito veneziano dello sposalizio con il mare. Tutto intorno sono rappresentate una serie di imbarcazioni più piccole. In alto si trovano titolo e legenda, oltre a piccoli scorci dedicati ad alcuni monumenti della città. Incisione in rame, coloritura coeva, in ottimo stato di conservazione. Copper engraving by Christoph Weigel from the Comfortable School and Travel Atlas by Johann David Köhler, 1718. At the center of the illustration we find the Bucintoro, the official boat of the Doges of Venice, used every year on Ascension Day to celebrate the Venetian rite of marriage with the sea. All around a series of smaller boats At the top there are title and legend. Copperplate, with fine original colour, very good condition.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces and plates; handsomely bound in navy blue full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Nice set of the standard reference and arguably Corbett's masterpiece. Albion p.232; NMM V: 193; Read 3212. Inexplicably, not recorded by Manwaring
8vo., First Edition thus, with 49 plates on 16, several maps and charts in the text and endpaper maps; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The standard account from the Japanese perspective and a classic of WWII. One of the foremost figures in the IJNAF, Mitsuo Fuchida was strike force commander at Pearl Harbor. Unable to take part in operations at Midway due to a recent appendix operation he watched the action from the deck of the flagship, taking notes as events unfolded. Subsequently, he was one of the few Japanese naval officers permitted to study the reports of the battle and is therefore uniquely qualified to deliver this account. For the first US edition (published for USNI) the Japanese original was translated into English by Commander Chihaya and edited by Kawakami and Pineau; their text is repeated here. Importantly, the Japanese photographs (although of poorer quality) are retained, and supplemented by a small number of well-chosen USN pictures. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Albion, p.297; Enser, p. 515.
8vo., First Edition thus, with 11 plates on 8 and an illustration in the text; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The truly remarkable story of a unique vessel - a largely Free French Q-ship enrolled wholesale into the Royal Navy and eventually sunk in the Atlantic in December 1942. This account is based largely on facts provided by Pat O'Leary who survived the sinking to organise the 'Pat' escape routes from France. First published in France in the preceding year. An elegant copy. Enser, p.381; Law, 0861.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 8 plates on 6; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled with gilt anchor, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as gift or for presentation. The first collected edition of Monsarrat's well-known trilogy. The three constituent volumes - 'HM Corvette' (1942), 'East Coast Corvette' (1943) and 'Corvette Command' (1944) - are here reproduced in their entirety (but with fewer plates). Taken in sequence they provide a near-continuous record of Monsarrat's early wartime service; furthermore they contain much of the inspiration and context, and in several cases actual incidents, which reappear in his masterpiece 'The Cruel Sea'. The first edition is now very scarce in any condition. Enser, p.120; Law 1010.
8vo., Second Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 8 plates on 6; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with anchor motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The collected edition of Monsarrat's well-known trilogy, first published in October 1945. The three constituent volumes - 'HM Corvette' (1942), 'East Coast Corvette' (1943) and 'Corvette Command' (1944) - are here reproduced in their entirety (but with fewer plates). Taken in sequence they provide a near-continuous record of Monsarrat's early wartime service; furthermore they contain much of the inspiration and context, and in several cases actual incidents, which reappear in his masterpiece 'The Cruel Sea'. This second edition carries a new Preface by the author giving an account of the works' genesis. Enser, p.120; Law 1010 (both recording the first edition).
En feuillets sous emboitage de l'?diteur. 23 + 40 pages. 24,5 x 32 cm.
LIBRAIRIE SCHWARZ. Vers 1928. In-4 Carré. Relié. Bon état. Coins frottés. Dos frotté. Intérieur frais. Collection de 5 volumes comprenant : Tome 1 : Amiral Ratyé - Les prodromes de la guerre, l'aventure du "Goeben" et du "Breslau" (du 2 aout au 10 aout 1914), les opérations maritimes dans l'océan, la mer du noed et les océans lointains - Tome 2 : Amiral Ratyé - La stratégie navale britannique, le plan de guerre britannique - Amiral Salaun - Les opérations en Méditérranée sous le commandement du vice-amiral boué de Lapeyrère (12 aout 1914-14 octobre 1915) - Amiral Dumesnil - L'expédition des Dardanelles (aout 1914-janvier 1916) - Tome 3 : Amiral Ratyé - Dans les mers septentrionales (aout-décembre 1914) - Amiral Merveilleux du Vignaux - Les opérations navales dans l'Atlantique et la manche (1er janvier 1915 - 11 novembre 1918) - Tome 4 : Amiral Merveilleux du Vignaux - Dans les mers septentrionales (à partir de 1915) - Amiral Docteur - La guerre sur les théatres d'opérations extérieurs (1914-1918) - Amiral Lacaze - Intervention de l'Italie - Amiral Frochot - La guerre navale dans l'adriatique (23 mai 1915) - Tome 5 : Amiral Grasset - La bataille du Jutland - Amiral Fatou - Les opérations en Méditerranée sous le commandement de l'amiral Dartige du Fournet (octobre 1915 - décembre 1916) - Amiral Varney - Les opérations en Méditerranée sous le commandement de l'amiral Gauchet (décembre 1916 - novembre 1918), Amiral Jehenne - Les canonniers marins sur le front des armées, Amiral Ronarc'h - Les fusiliers marins au front des Flandres (1914-1915). Nombreuses gravures et planches en couleurs et noir et blanc dans et hors texte. 3 photos disponibles.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 45 plates on 30, 15 maps (5 double-page) in the text and folding coloured plan; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with RN Crown, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. A full and detailed autobiography of 'ABC', indisputably the finest British admiral of WWII and considered by many the greatest since Nelson. His long and outstanding career notwithstanding, he will be remembered always as 'Master of the Mediterranean' in the fraught days of mid-WWII. An elegant copy. Albion, p.269; Enser, p.264; Law, 0678; NMM II/1 454.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 12 plates, 6 maps and plans in the text and large folding pedigree at end; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled with an anchor motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. 'Incomparably the fullest modern biographical study of Nelson' (Warner). Still the most comprehensive single-volume biography. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Albion p.247 (recording only the 1954 edition); NMM II/1 996.
In-4°; pp. (2), 396. frontespizio illustrato incisa su rame con stemma reale e figure allegoriche. Nel testo capilettera, finallini e testatine incise su legno. L’ordine cavalleresco di Santo Stefano venne fondato da Cosimo de Medici, ed ebbe come principale scopo la difesa della fede cattolica nel mediterraneo dagli infedeli; numereosi i suoi successi nella marineria; questa edizione con le “addizioni “ di Cosimo II e ferdinando de medici, contiene gli Statuti dell’ordine (nei cui capitoli si sabilisce chi può essere ammesso, la gerarchia e tutte le norme da rispettare), e le Bolle papali (ad esempio quella di Sisto V con cui si concede ai cavalieri di Santo Steafno, di ricevere una pensione ecclesiastica) con cui l’ordine venne dotato di regole e benefici, Legatura in piena pergamena con titolo manoscritto al dorso. Al margine del frontespizio collocazione inventariale manoscritta
5 Vol. In-4 m.pelle con ang., tit. oro e decor al dorso pag. 400 ca. in ogni vol ill. di Fouqueray(lito col) e xilo f.t Trattasi di O.veramente monumentale la cui pubblicazione risale presumibilmente agli anni'20. Ogni vol.comprende una parte descrittivo-memorialistica,una parte tecnica, note e documenti autentici PROG 9064 CATT_ATT 56
Erven Jeronimus Ratelband, Cornelis Boucquet, Hermanus Uytwerf, Jan Daniel Beman, 1732. In-Folio relié plein vélin, titre manuscrit en dos, titre, 3 feuillets non chiffrés, 1065 pages, 23 pages de table, 1 feuillet blanc. 8 planches hors-texte dont 7 à double pages de Bastiaen Stoopendaal et 1 à pleine page de Joseph Mulder. Le portrait est manquant. Petit manque en reliure (haut du plat et bord de second plat) sinon bel exemplaire.
Elegante incisione all’acquaforte che mostra due galeazze. Esemplare tratto dall’ Atlante Veneto, Nel quale si contiene la Descrittione Geografica, Storica, Sacra, Profana e Politica degli Imperi, Regni, Provincie, e Santi dell’Universo […] In Venetia MDCXC. Coronelli visse un periodo di straordinaria fecondità editoriale a partire dal 1689, quando ebbe la cattedra di geografia presso l'Università alle Procuratie, con la pubblicazione, nel 1690, del primo volume dell'Atlante Veneto. In effetti sotto il nome di Atlante Veneto va tutta la raccolta di tredici opere composte nell'arco del decennio successivo, dall'Isolario allo Specchio del mare. L'opera era intesa come un'estensione dell'Atlas Maior di Blaeu. Non è una semplice raccolta di mappe, ma piuttosto "un compendio di informazioni geografiche, cosmografiche e scientifiche... sulla scienza e la geografia italiana contemporanea" (Scammell). Oltre alle mappe, il primo volume include molte delle celebri tavole navali di Coronelli, molte con i bordi "farnesiani" stampati separatamente e commissionati appositamente dal patrono di Coronelli, Ranuccio II Farnese, duca di Parma. Incisione in rame, magnifica prova, con pieni margini, in perfetto stato di conservazione. Bibliografia Ermanno Armao, Vincenzo Coronelli (Firenze, 1944), nn.59-60, p.237. Etching engraving showing two galleys. Example taken form Coronelli’s Atlante Veneto, Nel quale si contiene la Descrittione Geografica, Storica, Sacra, Profana e Politica degli Imperi, Regni, Provincie, e Santi dell’Universo […] In Venetia MDCXC. Coronelli lived a period of extraordinary editorial fecundity starting from 1689, when he had the chair of geography at the University at the Procuratie, with the publication, in 1690, of the first volume of the Atlante Veneto. Under the name of Atlante Veneto goes the entire collection of thirteen works composed over the next decade, from the Isolario to the Specchio del mare. The work was intended as an extension of Blaeu’s Atlas Maior. It is no mere collection of maps, but rather “a compendium of geographical, cosmographical, and scientific information... on contemporary Italian science and geography” (Scammell). As well as maps, the first volume includes several of Coronelli’s celebrated naval plates, many with the separately-printed “Farnese” borders especially commissioned by Coronelli’s patron, Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma. Copperplate, with full margins, very good condition. Very rare. Literature Ermanno Armao, Vincenzo Coronelli (Florence, 1944), no.59, no.60 and p.237.
Rarissimo Diario manoscritto (cm. 20x28) della penultima Campagna Navale (8 luglio – 1 ottobre 1926) composto da pp. 4 a stampa e 136 pagine manoscritte corredate da 24 cartoline e fotografie (di cui una del veliero che entra nel Mar Piccolo), 5 cartine nautiche sui fogli del Diario, 16 cartine su veline applicate alla pagine, 1 carta geogr. a stampa del Mediterraneo. La Nave Vespucci comandata dal Capitano di Fregata Giacomo De Negri fece la seguente crociera: Livorno, Isola della Maddalena, Cagliari, Palermo, Messina, Corfù, Falero, Argostoli, Taranto, Malta, Siracusa, Napoli, Golfo degli Aranci, Livorno. E’ presente elenco nominativo dello Stato Maggiore. Bella leg. tutta tl. coeva con fregio e titoli in oro. Importante testimonianza del veliero Amerigo Vespucci della Regia Marina, che fu costruito dall'Arsenale di Venezia come incrociatore dotato di motore a vapore e varato nel 1882. Fu la prima nave militare ad essere intitolata al celebre esploratore. Progettato da Carlo Vigna, l'Amerigo Vespucci era un brigantino a palo con scafo in acciaio, con tre alberi più bompresso, l'apparato motore era una motrice orizzontale a vapore costruita dall'Ansaldo con otto caldaie, che davano potenza ad una elica. Il ponte di coperta era protetto da una struttura orizzontale a cellule. La nave venne utilizzata come ammiraglia della Regia Marina soprattutto in missioni all'estero. Nel 1893 rientrò definitivamente in Italia e fu impiegata come nave scuola per gli Allievi della Regia Accademia in complessive ventisei campagne di addestramento. Nel 1927 al termine dell'ultima campagna d'istruzione nel mare Mediterraneo fu posta in disarmo e radiata dalla Regia Marina nel 1928. Rarissimo.
In folio (mm. 450x335), pregevole legatura editoriale in pelle blu con una ricca decorazione figurata a colori e oro al piatto anteriore, tagli dorati, pp. (6),181, illustrata f.t. da 41 affascinanti tavole in cromolitografia, protette da velina con didascalia, che raffigurano l’armata tedesca nelle sue bellissime uniformi dell’esercito e della marina e con la flotta navale, da dipinti dell’artista tedesco Georg Arnould. Testo su due colonne in tedesco e inglese. " Prima edizione" Cfr. Benezit,I, p. 464. Esemplare molto ben conservato.
In-4 gr., tela coeva, pp. 8, dattiloscritte (solo al recto). In allegato 3 grandi grafici, più volte ripieg., relativi a: “Piano di costruzione - Sezione longitudinale: Piani stiva e coperta - Piano dei legni, Robustezza Longitudinale, Assetto”. Ben conservato.
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: awarding of Distinguished Flying Cross to Flt.-Lieut. Gordon Smith; Excellent photo of Vancouver radiotelephone operators at work; Long Distance Load in '44 set new record - statistics; Radiotelephone saves 3 lives when tug sinks; Annie Gillman - never late for work in 38 years as operator; Telephone Trouble - by Francis Aldham of the Vancouver Daily Province; Forty Miles of Telephone Bills - reprinted from the December 1944 issue of Western Business and Industry; Harold Morse retires; A few lines from the front lines - portions of letters from telphone employees on active service; Large black and white reproduction of B.C. Tel. Victory Bond advertisement featuring Winston Churchill; Expansion Programme will fall short of needs - with drawing of new central office building at Tenth Ave. and Yew St.; Digits control names of new Central Offices; Report shows phone situation still serious - no prospect of relief in near future; Al Miller retires after 36 years of service; Popular chief operator, Edna Green, resigns; Farewell to Don (Mac) McAuley; Photo of the "Kamloops Kid" - Dave Wilkie; Photos of Sports Starlets; A Telephone Man in the Navy - a lengthy letter to the editor from Elect. Lieut. N.J. Dunlop, R.C.N.V.R.; Article - Two Million Wait for Phones in North America, and relevant B.C. Tel advertisement; Cover photo of U.S. Army Bronze Star recipient Staff Sgt. Robert Creech; Photos of the three Stephan sisters who are operators; Photo of war shortage billboard; Voices with smiles - article from the Vancouver Daily Province by Gordon McCallum; Article - $64 question in the telephone business; Plagued by Shortages - article from the National War Finance Committee; article and photo - Pup Flies Atlantic with Flt. Lt. Gordon Heselton; Article on Robert Garnett Tatlow, Vancouver Pioneer; B.C.'s First Emergency Phone Call - Pants torn by Dog; Construction photos of 'Cedar'; War's End Brings Record Long Distance Load; Heading Back to Normal - but still a long way to go; Death removes Ernest F. Helliwell; Radiotelephone service to the rescue; Photo of phone installer Charlie McAndrew, and the billboard which used the photo; Photos of North Vancouver staff and facilities; Secret of wartime 'what-is-it' building on Seymour finally revealed - photos and two-page article; 5 excellent pages of photos and article on the building of the Pacific Communications System, 'One of our Biggest War Jobs'; Daisy Bonde retires; Excellent photo of B.C. Telephone's 'Sky Riders', dangling 350 feet in the air over Rock Creek Canyon; 3 more billboard photos; We are establishing an F.M. Radio Network; We subscribed nearly $2,000,000 to the war effort; Farewell to Miss Mary Lloyd, Ernest Cole and William Silver; Many photos of employees knitting; Trail operators at work; Eighteen Thousand Calls a day - article; New record for telephone calls in 1945; Difficulties of supply situation again stressed in telephone company's annual report; Charlie McAndrew has installed 40,000 photos; Cupid is main cause of our traffic problems - article; Only photo available of Vancouver's first telephone exchange, established in 1885 in Tilley's book store, on the east side of Carrall St.; PNE float; Alma open house; Hastings Hay Ride; Better phone service to central B.C. points Book
