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1904375175Panama 1904. 9 vols. Fine. 9 vols. Through the 1903 separation of Panama from Colombia and the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty the United States had secured rights to build a canal in the Isthmus of Panama. Legislation authorizing construction did not specify which government department would be responsible and Roosevelt designated the Department of War. Taft journeyed to Panama in 1904 viewing the canal site and meeting with Panamanian officials. The Isthmian Canal Commission had trouble keeping a chief engineer and when in February 1907 John F. Stevens submitted his resignation Taft recommended an army engineer George W. Goethals. Under Goethals the project moved ahead smoothl. unknown
190324029no place: Panama Railroad Company Panama Railroad Steamship Line 1903. Original edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 30 pp. 4.5 x 6.75 inches original brown cloth. <br/><br/>Explicit rules of conduct and protocols for employees of the Panama Railroad Company. Scarce. Panama Railroad Company, Panama Railroad Steamship Line hardcover
191326706Tegicigalpa: Tipografia Nacional 1913. Wraps. Good. 26 pages. Printed yellow wrappers. 7 3/4 x 11 inches. Browned paper uncut and unopened. Dampstaining near spine in several places throughout. A scarce publication. Wraps. Rough english translation: "Regulation of the Honduras Section at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition San Francisco California 1915: approved by supreme agreement of May 28 1913 . followed by the Regulations and Rules for Reporting and Guidance of Those Who Claim to Participate in she dictated by the President of The Expresada Exposicon And Corrected And Approved By The Same Tipografia Nacional unknown
19015961Paris: New Panama Canal Company 1901. First edition. Pamphlet stapled. Very Good hole in lower front cover from owner's stamp. Octavo 12pp. English language description of the New Panama Canal Company is a detailed text on the company and its mission work accomplished thus far plans and even a section titled "Causes which have delayed resumption of work on a grand scale." Scarce item of historical interest. New Panama Canal Company unknown
192124190various: various. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1921-1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library General Assembly Library New Zealand. Parliamentary Library. Gilt library stamps on spine and front board. ; Bound volume of 18 tracts on the pacific. Spine title: "PACIFIC PAMPHLETS. ECONOMIC & COMMERCIAL. No. 4." Typed list of contents bound in at front. Page dimensions: 238 x 148mm. Contents: 1."Department of Overseas Trade. Report on the Economic and Commercial Situation of Australia to June 1923" by S. W. B. McGregor. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office 1923. 83 1 blank pages. Original printed wrappers bound in.2."Australia : A Survey of Its Resources and Foreign Trade" by Emmett A. Chapman. United States Department of Commerce - Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. 34 pages.3."Trading Under the Laws of Australia" by Guerra Everett. Trade Information Bulletin No. 412. United States Department of Commerce - Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Washington: 73 1 pages. 4."Australia's Trade in the Future" by Harry S. Gullett. Extracted article. 59-64 pages.5."Department of Overseas Trade. Report on the Economic Financial and Commercial Conditions of the Republic of Panama and the Panama Canal Zone to September 1924" by R. Keith Jopson. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office 1924. 36 pages. Original printed wrappers bound in.6."Iron and Steel Trade of the Pacific Area" by Marshall Teel Jones. United States Department of Commerce - Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. 25 5 blank pages. 7."Furniture Markets of the Far East" by Kenneth M. Hill. United States Department of Commerce - Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. 33 1 blank pages.8."United States Department of Commerce : Supplement to Commerce Reports Published by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce : February 1925: Trade Information Bulletin No. 317 : Foreign Markets for Confectionary : II. Far East". Washington: Government Printer 1925. 16 2 blank pages.9."Protesting Drafts in Japan Dutch East Indies Samoa and Tahiti : Compiled in the Division of Laws". United States Department of Commerce - Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. 15 1 2 blank pages.10. "Report of the Special Mission on Investigation to the Philippine Islands to the Secretary of War". Washington: Government Printing Office 1921. 58 2 blank pages 1 colour folding map. Original printed wrappers bound in.11. "Department of Overseas Trade : Report on the Commercial and Economic Situation of the Philippine Islands to June 1925" by Thomas Harrington. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office 1926. 26 pages. Original printed wrappers bound in.12. "Resources and Trade of the Philippine Islands" by M. A. Pugh. United States Department of Commerce - Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. 40 2 blank pages. 13. "Philippine Trade Financing and Exchange" by Edwin B. George. United States Department of Commerce - Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. 16 2 blank pages.14. "Department of Overseas Trade. Report on the Economic Situation of the Netherlands East Indies to June 1923" by H. A. N. Bluett. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office 1923. 112 pages. Original printed wrappers bound in.15. "Department of Overseas Trade. Report on the Economic Situation of the Netherland East Indies to July 1924" by H. A. N. Bluett. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office 1924. 80 pages. Original printed wrappers bound in.16. "Cotton-Goods Market in the Netherlands East Indies" by Edwin B. George. United States Department of Commerce - Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. 25 1 blank pages.17. "Machinery Markets of Netherlands East Indies" by J. F. Van Wickel. United States Department of Commerce - Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. 43 3 blank pages.18. "Trading with Malaysia" by F. R. Eldridge. United States Department of Commerce - Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. 21 1 blank pages. . [various] hardcover
1938158618N.p.: N.p. 1938. Archive of 64 vintage photographs including 53 matte-finish and eleven glossies documenting reconstruction of the Panama Canal's Dock 15 in Balboa. Most photographs with technical captions and dates from the negative on the rectos. Additionally included with the photographs is a collection of four booklets dated between 1919 and 1943 discussing various aspects of the canal's construction and improvements during that time as well as an original shipping envelope addressed from the Panama Canal Metal Trades Council. <br /> <br /> With Europe on the verge of war in the early 1930s the US government became increasingly concerned about its ability to move naval warships between oceans. The canal locks would be susceptible to bombing in the event of war the canal defenses were deemed inadequate and the locks already had difficulty accommodating large US battleships. As a result Congress passed a resolution on May 1 1936 authorizing a study of and subsequent improvements to the canal's defenses existing structure and vessel capacity. <br /> <br /> Originally constructed in 1911 Dock 15 was weakened by gradual earth movement necessitating its replacement. With the exception of the construction of the Madden Dam between 1930 and 1936 the $1220000 reconstruction of Dock 15 was one of the largest canal projects after the close of the construction era. <br /> <br /> Photographs: 61 photographs 10 x 8 inches 3 photographs 5 x 4 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased overall. <br /> <br /> Pamphlets: From 8 x 10.5 inches to 9 x 12 inches. Generally Very Good plus to Near Fine some with scattered foxing and edgewear. N.p. unknown
193459934Panama: I.L. Maduro Jr. ca. 1934. 8vo. 4.5 x 9.25 in. with large colour birds-eye map of Panama canal on recto unfolding to 18 x 24 in. w/ text & photo illustrations in columns on verso. Colour-illustrated softcovers yapp fore-edges cover art of steamship sailing through Canal on front cover Panama armorial on rear minor edgewear rubbing repaired closed tear to text below map still VG- copy. Early printing of this nicely executed birds-eye map of the Panama Canal detailing the sites and scenes a visitor would view while sailing through the Panama Canal with inset maps of Ancon Balboa Panama Colon and elevation tracing the excavation statistics for French and the U.S. across the isthmus. I.L. Maduro, Jr., paperback
19365953Balboa Panama Canal Zone 1936. Very good. Eighty-four black-and-white or sepia-toned photographs each about 8 x 10 inches many with typed or manuscript captions on verso plus thirty-two typed documents some signed. Moderate edge wear occasional minor marginal chipping to photographs. Mostly minor wear to documents. A striking collection of photographs picturing construction of the Panama Canal during the years of the First World War. Many of the photographs are dated between 1914 and 1916 and almost all capture construction of the Panama Canal mainly around Dry Dock #1 at the Balboa and Pacific Terminals. Many of the photographs are captioned either typed or in manuscript on the verso providing valuable information on the settings of these images. Most of the images were taken from an elevated viewpoint from area towers offering unusual detail of the construction sites in the Balboa area "before flooding" of the canal with some images showing the canal "ready to be flooded;" the images taken at ground level also exhibit the sheer size and depth of the project with human figures dwarfed by the canal walls.<br /> <br /> A healthy number of images feature local workers of African descent engaged in manual labor on the walls and in the flat bottom of the canal. These workers are managed by a coterie of white subjects. In fact one of the more striking images speaks volumes about the literal separation between the managers and laborers in the Canal Zone. The photograph is a group shot featuring seventeen white managers standing in the foreground in front of a group of twenty-two Black workers.<br /> <br /> A sampling of the settings and activity revealed in the captions for the photographs include "Dy Dock #1 -- Entrance" "Placing granite in the hollow quoin -- Dry Dock No. 1 Balboa" "General view of Dry Dock #1 -- from the boom of Unloader Tower" "Progress of concrete in south wall as of Oct. 20 1914" "Head wall of Dry Dock #1" "Reinforcing around the suction chamber Dry Dock #1" "Dry Dock looking from the head wall west towards the sea" "D.D. excavation looking eastward toward headwall of the dock from the Coffer Dam" "Reinforcement in and around cross culverts at the west and end of Dry Dock #1" "Dry Dock #1 one month after commencing concrete work in the south wall" "Dry Dock No. 1 Pumping Plant -- Erecting 54-inch Check Valves -- Looking west" "General view of construction progress around pump well and discharge culvert -- Dry Dock" "Dry Dock Gate -- South Leaf -- Heel casting after wedges have been placed and rivets driven" "Reinforced concrete pontoons -- Preparing to pour concrete in No. 2 pontoon" and "Placing the last girder on dock gate Dry Dock No. 1 Balboa."<br /> <br /> The photographs are accompanied by a group of more than thirty military documents relating to the service of Major William C. Foote in the mid-1930s. Most of the documents concern Major Foote's assignment to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Amador in the Canal Zone in Balboa. Both the photographs and documents were found in a large envelope marked "Personal File Major William C. Foote." Finding the Panama Canal photographs along with Major Foote's later paperwork indicate that he probably acquired the photographs while serving in the Canal Zone and the material stayed together all these years. unknown
193851354Panama Canal: Hotel Tivoli & Hotel Washington 1938. 4to. 12 pp unpaginated. Printed in green & red throughout numerous green-tinted photos large double-page centerfold map of the Panama Canal showing the locations of the Hotels on the Caribbean and Pacific sides a couple smaller maps. Self-printed illustrated softcovers slight soiling very minor center creasing from fold still VG copy. First edition early printing of this scarce work extolling the virtues of vacationing at the famed Hotels Tivoli & Washington by the Panama Canal in the 1930s. The Hotel Washington was constructed and opened in 1913 and operated by the Panama Railroad Company by order of the Secretary of War to be operated for the Government. Built of concrete and cement blocks it was constructed in a modified Spanish Mission style that made it very comfortable and had a very large pool. The Tivoli Hotel was opened in November 1906 and served as the centerpiece of Canal Zone society until it closed in 1971 and President Roosevelt is considered the first person to have “officially†stayed at the Tivoli. Hotel Tivoli & Hotel Washington, paperback
192328406Mount Hope CZ: Panama Canal Press 1923. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good copy some sunning to the wrappers small tear along the fore edge of back wrapper and a few leaves. 12 pp. 8vo. A note states: "This information is provided for a handy reference and style guide for machine operators proof readers and reviewers employed at the Panama Canal Press." Includes ship names dimensions tonage etc. Scarce. OCLC shows no copies. Panama Canal Press unknown
197729315New Haven:: Simon & Schuster 1977. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket. The Path Between the Seas tells the story of the men and women who fought against all odds to fulfill the 400-year-old dream of constructing an aquatic passageway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is a story of astonishing engineering feats tremendous medical accomplishments political power plays heroic successes and tragic failures. Applying his remarkable gift for writing lucid lively exposition McCullough weaves the many strands of the momentous event into a comprehensive and captivating tale. Simon & Schuster, unknown
194160340Panama City Panama & New York NY: The Panama National Tourist Commission 1941. Four pieces. 1st - 4to. 8 x 9 in. 80 pp. Photo illustrations maps text illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers center fold crease as issued minor tidemark at center in lower part of brochure mostly in last half still G- copy; 2nd - 8vo. 4 x 9 in. 8 pp unpaginated. in leporello accordion-style format printed in green & black photo illustrations map minor creasing VG; 3rd - 12mo. 3.5 x 6.25 in. 20 pp unpaginated. printed in green & black which unfolds to 12 x 17.25 in. broadside on verso photo illustrated NF; 4th - 12mo. 3.5 x 6.5 in. 20 pp unpaginated. printed in red & black illustrated which unfolds to 17.5 x 12.8 in. broadside on verso self-printed softcovers NF. First editions of this scarce series of well-illustrated travel brochures to Panama and the Panama Canal Zone on the eve of World War II. The photos depict Panama folk dances churches and shopping districts as well as indigenous Panamanian peoples jewelry pottery woven textiles and more available for sale. The Panama National Tourist Commission, paperback
191362167New York: The Century Co. 1913. 8vo. 314 pp. plus 2 pp. publ. ads. Photo frntsp. numerous photo plates facsimile TLS on front pastedown. Pictorial green publisher’s cloth silhouette map illust. of Panama and the Canal front cover black lettering front cover & spine minor dustsoiling shelfwear still VG copy. First edition of this author’s memoir of his time working as a policeman on the Panama Canal Zone in 1912 while they conducted a census of the nationalities and citizens all residing during construction. He comments frequently on the “Jim Crow†laws preventing the mixing of White personnel with Indigenous peoples or West Indies-African workers and the continued struggle to negotiate quarters as well as make accurate count. The Century Co., hardcover
1911100851Souvenir pamphlet 8vo colored printed pictorial wrappers illustrated 16 pp. Folded and creased down the middle with a little wear at the fold some minor rubbing to wrappers normal aging; otherwise very good. This is a scarce piece of ephemera commemorating the 1911 groundbreaking ceremony by President William H. Taft for the exhibition in the Golden Gate Park. While the purpose of the exhibition was to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal it seemed to function more as a worlds fair held in San Francisco. It took over three years to construct and the exhibition ran from February through December 1915. There are a number of black and white photographs in the booklet including a double page panoramic view of the city of San Francisco. The activities of the ceremony are recorded in this pamphlet which feature speakers songs marches and what they had for dinner Blair-Murdock Co.,
191558381San Francisco: C.T. Co. Artgravure 1915. Oblong 4to. 10.25 x 8.25 in. 48 pp unpaginated. Colour-tinted photogravures throughout including panoramic centerfold birds-eye view by the Cardinell-Vincent Co. Embossed brown softcovers embossed raised gilt lettering yapp edges mounted colour photo front cover w/ original mailing envelope tears rubbing chipping F/G- copy. First edition of this nicely printing souvenir photographic record of the Exposition. The interior is excellent in this piece giving views of many of the pavilions fountains and courts. C.T. Co., Artgravure, paperback
197785023Guatemala: Editorial Landívar 1977. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo 21.75cm; pictorial card wrappers; 67-942pp; text is entirely in Spanish. This copy is from the library of to Puerto Rican editor translator and literary critic Roberto Marquez inscribed to him by the author signing off with his pseudonym "Cubena" on the title page: "para la profesora Roberto Marquez / Paz Amor Justicia / Cubena / 77/ Los Angeles." Some wear to extremities a few creases to corners; contents clean; Very Good. <br /> <br /> Collection of a dozen short stories by the Afro-Panamanian author and scholar Carlos Guillermo Wilson 1941-2016 whose work written chiefly under the pseudonym "Cubena" was centered around the lives and struggles of Afro-Panamanians. Uncommon in commerce especially inscribed. Editorial Landívar unknown
191463524Boston: The Page Company 1914. Thick 8vo. xv 1 559 1 pp. Frontisp. colour map of the Republic of Panama & profile of the Canal 1 large folding map of Central America numerous plates engravings maps. Dark green pictorial publisher’s cloth white blue gilt & red illustration front cover gilt lettering & ruling t.e.g. minor light uniform interior toning occasional edgewear rubbing to fore-edges slight scuffing still VG bright copy. Second edition of this excellent history of Central America and promotion of Panama upon the completion of the Canal and in conjunction with Page Company incorporating this title into the “See America First†series issued for over two decades. Not only has author presented a concise history of the Spanish exploration and exploitation of the West Indies and Central America but also included specific sections on privateers such as Sir Francis Drake as well as pirates in the Caribbean including the account of the sack of Old Panama City by Henry Morgan. The Page Company, hardcover
1918List2982Peru and Panama 1918. Approximately 364 photos; album and unmounted photos silver prints cyanotypes and printing-out-paper prints. Photos measure 3 x 4 to 8 x 10 inches with about half measuring 3 x 5 ½ inches. Some with photographer’s hand-stamp or credit in pencil; others with manuscript notations verso or recto; some captions to album pages. Offered in partnership with Daniel / Oliver.<br /> <br /> Rich and extensive photographic archive of Walton T. Burres of Stockton California showing his time in Peru c. 1904 as an amateur explorer and doctor for the Inca Mining and Rubber Company and his later work in Panama c. 1918 with the Rockefeller Foundation’s International Health Division.The collection consists of a large number of loose photos acquired by the gallery in 2021 and a recently discovered photo album showing some of the same subjects and containing a few duplicate images some printed in different sizes or formats as well as hundreds of previously unseen prints. Together this material makes up the largest extant archive of Burres’s photographic work. Though his work was published at the time both in Peruvian and American publications much of it was lost when he dropped it in a river that he was attempting to ford.<br /> <br /> Burres was educated at California’s Cooper Medical College the first school of medicine on the West Coast and was a prominent member of the Stockton community before sojourning to Peru around 1900 to help the Inca Mining and Rubber Company address the deadly diseases endemic to the region such as malaria and yellow fever. To encourage economic infrastructure in remote areas the Peruvian government began granting land concessions to any company that would build roads bridges or river ports. As a result the Inca Mining Company an American outfit based in Tirapata purchased the rights to mine gold along the upper Inambari River in 1896 and soon became the richest gold producer in Peru.<br /> <br /> A large portion of Burres’s Peruvian images document his 1903–1904 excursion from Arequipa 150 miles into “rubber country.†The journeys were well-recounted in U.S. papers and a number of the anecdotes described in print are seen in the present images.<br /> <br /> There are many dynamic views of Burres and his party trekking through the dense jungle and summiting the high mountains as well as shots of flora fauna and native Peruvians. Burres’s travel companions for this trip included the famed adventurer Harriet Chalmers Adams later dubbed “America’s greatest woman explorer†by the New York Times. Adams and her husband Frank both fellow Stocktonians joined up with Burres during their own multi-year expedition through South America. There are a number of portraits of a woman who bears a striking resemblance to Adams though it is possibly another person.<br /> <br /> Other Peruvian material includes numerous views of Cusco Arequipa and the surrounding environs including a beautiful interior of a chapel a Martin Chambi-esque detail shot of a stone wall and portraits of local townspeople some identified as Quechua people. There are a number of lush large-format cyanotypes rich printing-out-paper views and many handsome small-format panoramas. These were printed on Inca Mining Company surplus stationary which speaks to the makeshift nature of photo-development under the circumstances. One particularly striking image shows the top of Misti volcano barely visible above the clouds. This image was reproduced in Burres's account of his travels published in 1909 in Outing magazine.<br /> <br /> The photographs from Burres’s time in Panama document his more serious work as a virologist and health administrator in the area. One interesting photo shows a pair of recently-shot iguanas with a caption noting that “blood of these reptiles was found infected with Haemogregarina.†Another image is that of a new style of privy built from concrete and wire-mesh designed to better keep out rain water. There are also keenly-shot views of main streets and local culture in Los Santos Chiriquà and elsewhere including a number of humanistic group portraits taken at a girl’s school. unknown
1956150115Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1956. Vintage promotional reference photograph of Al Capp from the 1956 film. "Culver Pictures Inc." and "131242" stamps and two later date "Culver Pictures Inc." labels on verso.<br /> <br /> Based on the 1954 Broadway play "King of Hearts" by Jean Kerr.<br /> <br /> Al Capp famed cartoonist for his long-running satirical comic strip "Li'l Abner" portrays himself in a cameo role as well as providing promotional art for the film.<br /> <br /> Divorced comic strip cartoonist Francis X. Dignan Bob Hope is hired as a ghost-writer for the pompous fiance George Sanders of his ex-wife Eva Marie Saint. <br /> <br /> Set in Port Huron Michigan and New York City. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10.25 inches. Very Good with creasing primarily to margin. Paramount Pictures unknown
1973141520N.p.: N.p. 1973. Draft script for an unproduced film. <br /> <br /> A young woman is torn between her estranged ex-husband a rich man who is attempting to win her back and the man she has been seeing ever since she and her husband split up who also happens to be his lawyer. She will not commit to him but subsequently will not let her ex back into her life. <br /> <br /> Set in New York City. <br /> <br /> Red titled wrappers. Title page present dated April 4 1973 with credits for screenwriters Norman Panama and Albert E. Lewin. 122 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
194579889Roma: Editrice Cultura Moderna Collana del Girasole 1945. Brossura wrappers. Molto buono Very Good. Riproduzione di un disegno di Van Gogh. Traduzione di Guglielmo Santangelo. 16mo. pp. 164. Molto buono Very Good. Dorso riparato Repaired spine. Prima edizione italiana di 1000 L es. numerati. Editrice Cultura Moderna, Collana del Girasole unknown
192531179PRIMERA EDICION.- Madrid: Ed. Marineda Libr. de Alejandro Pueyo 1925.- 206 p. 1 h.; 8º 19 cm.; Intonso con todas sus barbas; Rústica Ed. pintada a todo color por "Quesada Hoyo".- Importante autor panameño que nos narra en este libro su viaje desde Cuba rumbo a El Havre. Es libro ameno plagado de interesantes reflexiones algunas de ellas referentes a la MASONERIA con la que simpatiza sin ningún disimulo. Incluye el libro un verso traducido del francés que según el autor es una ORACION DEL MASON. RARO. LITERATURA ESTUDIOS LITERARIOS FILOSOFÃA Y PENSAMIENTO IBEROAMERICANO EN GENERAL Libro en español Ed. Marineda paperback
1993265010PN. New. 1993. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
1990231067PN. New. 1990. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
1964000762Panama: Oficina de Informacion del Canal de Panama 1964. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 122pp: HB blk w/gold no title on spine cornersedgesspine rubbed; clean tight pgs. b/w photos throughout. 50th anniversary of Panama Canal. Forward by Lyndon Johnson. In Spanish. <br/> <br/> Oficina de Informacion del Canal de Panama hardcover
