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2401Omaha Nebraska: Union Pacific System 1924. A fine copy in original pictorial wrappers. One of the pamphlets issued by the Union Pacific Railroad to promote travel destinations serviced by their trains. Illustrated in both black and white photographic images and full page color plates reproducing artistic renditions of the Golden State's beauty when it was still a wide open paradise filled with promise. paperback books
46896Seattle: the Association 198-. 1p. flyer on A. Philip Randolph published as part of a series of flyers on the labor movement 8.5x11 inches very good condition. the Association unknown books
196847533Boston: New England Free Press 1968. 4to pp. 18-23. Paper. Reprinted from an article in Ramparts. A nice copy. New England Free Press unknown books
195339396SF: Pacific Coast Marine Firemen Oilers Watertenders and Wipers Association 1953-4. Paperback. Very good. Newsprint paper in tabloid format. 4pp; 4pp; 4pp; 4pp. Tanned overall with horizontal crease from folding else very good. <br/><br/> [Pacific Coast Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders and Wipers Association] paperback books
1997231939Tokyo: Pacific Press Service 1997. First. paperback. fine. Rheims Bettina. Illustrated throughout with 77 photographs some in color. Short introduction in Japanese & English. photo captions in Japanese & French. Slim 4to pictorial wrappers. Tokyo: Pacific Press Service 1997. First edition. A fine copy of this scarce exhibition catalogue.<br/><br/> Pacific Press Service unknown books
1819249959N.p. Paris 1819. One page in French. 8vo. One page in French. 8vo. The Neapolitan-born Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini 1774-1851 was a celebrated composer of operas in his day who made his career in Paris under the patronage of the Empress Josephine. His most famous opera LA VESTALE premiered in Paris in 1807 and according to Grove's Dictionary underwent over 200 performances in Paris by the year 1824. As late as 1954 in fact in celebration of the composer's 180th birthday it enjoyed a revival at La Scala with Maria Callas in the leading role.<br/><br/>According to calendars only these two years during Spontini's time in Paris had a September 22 which fell on Wednesday. Spontini left Paris in 1819 to accept a position with the Dresden opera. unknown books
197421159Rutland VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co 1974. 1st edition. Orange cloth binding. Green dust jacket. Nr Fine/VG spine sunned. 307 pp. 8vo. 19cm x 12.5cm. <br/><br/> Charles E. Tuttle Co hardcover books
1997230779Tokyo: Fukuinkan Shoten 1997. Paperback. 171p. fullpage color and b&w photography about equal proportions with brief texts and captions in both Japanese and English plain printed 9.5x9 inch tan wraps alkaline paperstock throughout. A nice clean sound unmarked copy. As of 10/2018 only one copy found in OCLC. Fukuinkan Shoten paperback books
189431668San Francisco 1894. Original staples and printed wrappers with wrapper title as issued. 12pp lightly toned Very Good.<br/><br/> The Mass Meeting is called in order to attack the "Railroad Octopus" which assails the people "by unjust accumulations and intelligent and determined concentration of power for bad ends.Its cupidity its selfishness its trickery the debasing pressure exerted upon every form of industry and the unprincipled use of money and of purchased intellect by a powerful railroad monopoly has checked our progress and reduced us to virtual slavery for twenty-five years." <br/>OCLC lists twelve copies under two accession numbers as of December 2014. Not located in Rocq Cowan or BRE. unknown books
188831649np 1888. 79 1 pp plus folding map couple of expertly repaired short fold splits one chip. Disbound Good. <br/><br/> This promotional went through a number of editions of which this appears to be the first. It provides the information promised by the title.<br/>110 Eberstadt 15. unknown books
1880WRCAM8149Washington 1880. 15pp. Printed self-wrappers stitched. Very good. A plea for continued support by Congress for completion of the railroad. unknown books
191519357San Francisco: The Argentine Commission Of The Panama-Pacific-Exposition 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown leather lettered in gilt. Near fine. 88 pages. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. "The Commission of the Argentine Republic takes pleasure in offering this volume descriptive of the growth and position of the Argentine Republic as a souvenir of the Panama-Pacific-exposition of 1915." Clean copy back cover damp stained. The Argentine Commission Of The Panama-Pacific-Exposition hardcover books
1970151354N.p.: N.p. 1970. Archive of 32 vintage photographs documenting the October 20 1970 collision of two trains along the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad line in Raytown Missouri. Also included in the archive is a single broadside reward poster offering $5000 for information pertaining to the accident. <br/><br/>According to a contemporary newspaper article which appeared in nearby Jackson County's Independence Examiner the accident was believed to have been caused by juvenile vandalism to a nearby track switch. The collision and subsequent derailment resulted in the death of one engineer whose partial body is visible in several photographs. <br/><br/>The photographs in the archive range from close-up shots of the mangled train cars and tracks to distance views of the surrounding woods. Frequently displayed in the images is a small handwritten police chalkboard noting the date location and case numbers. A vivid and interesting look at investigative photography and railway disasters in the late twentieth century. <br/><br/>Photographs 10 x 8 inches housed in a manila envelope with the logo of Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Co. on the top left corner. Reward poster 9 x 12 inches. Poster and photographs generally Near Fine envelope Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1993165128San Francisco: Pacific Maritime Association 1993. 69p 8.5 x 11 inches thirty pages on labor relations and on the ILWU. Pacific Maritime Association unknown books
18831423347TH Cong. 2d Sess. HED94. 1883. 19pp. Disbound. Light wear Good. unknown books
1981178851Berkeley: The Pacific Center for Human Growth 1981. 8.5x11 inch handbill announcing a demonstration on June 30 1981 protesting cuts to mental health funding and giving the background to the situation with Alert #2 in large scrawled font at top and mimeographed some toning otherwise very good. The oldest LGBTQ center in the nation. The Pacific Center for Human Growth unknown books
19203541Los Angeles: Pacific Electric Railway 1920. Single sheet 20.5 cm x 41 cm printed on both sides that folds to pamphlet size 20.5 cm x 10 cm. Folds as issued. Very good. Promotional piece for Pacific Railways trip up Mt. Lowe that offers a description of the trip up by rail with a schedule and a brief description of 'Ye Alpine Tavern'. Illustrated with views.<br/><br/>"So in this small sketch must be described only the most salient features of the great trip. Go with us therefore on this little journey letting your imagination garnish the facts and with your most vivid imagery you will find upon making the tour in reality the ruddy glow you have thought to paint has become but a mere tint of the color. Pacific Electric Railway unknown books
190714642New York 1907. Original printed stiff paper wrappers with title in raised gilt. 51 1 pp. Many plates maps photo reprods. Very Good. unknown books
3058Chicago: The Company: Passenger Department; Knight Leonard Co. Printers 1893. . 4to pictorial printed wrappers; text partially detached from wrappers; damp-staining on first two leaves First published in 1892. The illustrations are by Alfred Lambourne Chicago: [The Company: Passenger Department]; Knight, Leonard Co. Printers, 1893. unknown books
187634111New York: Erie Railway Company 1876. First Edition. 32pp. illus colored fold map at front; numerous full page illustration throughout. Original printed wrappers with the inside rear wrapper having a map of the route and the outside wrapper a view of Niagara Falls. Extracted from a bound volume. Rather scarce. Erie Railway Company unknown books
19961314864Edgecliff: Focus Publishing Pty Ltd 1996. Hardcover. Quarto; VG/VG; hardcover; blue spine with yellow text; dust jacket is clean with the exception of a slight crease to the top corner and limited scratches to the rear; boards have slight shelf-wear and sunning to the edges stains to the rear and minor dent to the front otherwise sturdy; text block is clean; 247p. 1314864. FP New Rockville Stock. Focus Publishing Pty Ltd hardcover books
197172907New York 1971. Paperback. Very Good. viii 70p. Blue wrapper lettered and decorated in silver. Blue plastic comb binding. 28cm. The survey seems designed to show that federal ownership of U.S. railways would not make things better. <br/><br/> paperback books
197372430New York: Union Pacific Railroad Company 1973. Paperback. Very Good. xii 86p. Wrapper. Plastic comb binding. 28cm. Text printed on one side. Countries surveyed: United States Canada Great britain France West Germany Italy the Netherlands and Japan. <br/><br/> Union Pacific Railroad Company paperback books
60409 ½ inches 24 cm. diameter; 21 inches 53 cm. total height. Single pedestal globe with horizon ring armature & meridian all of wood wear and staining on meridian at point where fits into stand some chipping at extremities else fine; globe with vibrant original color and clear sharp patina; some abrasion & losses mostly in lower and upper extremities; overall very good plus condition.<br /><br />An attractive very capably executed table or desk globe in the distinctive style of the Delamarche firm <i>"the most successful French entrepreneurs in maps and globes"</i> Dekker/ van der Krogt. This was an original work by the son Felix who succeeded his father in the management of the firm in 1817. The globe is geographically up-to-date notably in the South Pacific and Alaska with information from then recent Russian voyages such as Krusenstern's. Related to this at the time the globe appeared and reflected on it Europeans were beginning to differentiate between various regions of the Pacific. These were based on a better understanding of cultural and other differences between the peoples of various areas encountered on these recent voyages. For example in 1831 the French explorer Dumont d'Urville proposed the use of the terms "Micronesia" and "Melanesia" for various parts of the Pacific as distinguished from Polynesia. Printed dashed lines on this globe labeled "Division Oceanique" roughly approximate the three eventually accepted divisions of what is referred to as the South Pacific though the regions are not named on the globe. Delamarche also clearly identifies on the globe the more traditional divisions of the Pacific between "Grand Ocean Boreal" "Grand Ocean Equinoxial" and "Grand Ocean Austral."<br /><br />The Delamarche firm was the first to successfully reach a fairly sizable general market of globe buyers. It accomplished this by reducing the cost of constructing globe stands and other parts while maintaining a high level of quality in the maps of their globes which are cleanly and attractively engraved. Traditional brass meridians were replaced by wooden ones and the horizon rings and armatures supporting the rings were greatly simplified and made from either wood or stiff board. Also the firm generally used simpler single-pedestal stands rather than four-legged designs. Yet as this well-preserved example demonstrates Delamarche's design and materials proved to be very durable.<br /><br />Charles-Francois Delamarche 1740-1817 the founder of the family firm was the successor of the great map and globe-making family the Robert De Vaugondys as is cited in the title of this globe. Delamarche in fact seemed to have cornered the globe market in France by also incorporating the stocks of Jean Fortin and Jean Lattre. Delamarche's son Felix took over the firm upon his father's death and managed it until 1848 when Gosselin succeeded him. The firm continued well into the latter 19th century under yet another Delamarche descendent.<br /><br />Dekker/ Van der Krogt <i>Globes from the Western World</i> pp. 63 74; Dekker E. <i>Globes at Greenwich</i> pp. 321-25; Suarez T. <i>Early Mapping of the Pacific</i> p. 25. books
185976593Washington DC.: Beverley Tucker Printer. Very Good. 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library with the usual markings. This volume is hard-bound in blind-stamped brown cloth with faded gilt stamping to the spine. The binding has been repaired / reinforced at some point with some type of lacquer covering the spine and so the volume is sound and tight. There is edge-wear and rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. There is some wear/chipping to the joints. Some modest light foxing but overall the work is bright and fresh. This work is complete with plates of reptiles fishes frogs birds snakes and mammals and 28 beautifully hand colored engravings of birds. . Beverley Tucker, Printer hardcover books
