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18521338Original manuscript. 1852-1854. Folio 38 x 27cm. Full contemporary reverse calf with gilt morocco titles labels to the spine "Rough Sales Book / S & L / B". Marbling to page edges. Marbled endpapers with engraved label for "Baily Brothers Booksellers Stationers Account Book Manufacturers" London to the front pastedown. 172pp. of manuscript text in ink on red-ruled laid paper watermarked "W. King / 1850" followed by c.160pp. blank with a handful of pages torn out following the conclusion of the manuscript text section and another within the text. The majority of entries are in English with some in Spanish mostly written in the same hand. Condition is very good the binding firm with marking to the boards chipping to the head of the spine and a little wear to the extremities. The contents with a 3cm tear to the head of the first text page and two pages partially cut/torn away at the bottom are otherwise in good order. The ledger of a British sales agents operating in Panama during the mid-nineteenth century detailing the importation and sale of a wide variety European and South American goods into the country.</p><p>The manuscript meticulously records the origin city/country importer ship the goods received and sold and the charges entailed for each shipment. A typical entry for example records the arrival of "gunpowder received per "Alexander" and sold on behalf of the Kames Gunpowder Company Glasgow" followed by details of the subsequent purchasers "J. D. Cordova" etc. and the charges/commissions taken by the agent including fees for landing expenses and "carriage to arsenal". </p><p>Many of the entries describe large diverse cargoes combining both essential and luxury goods including: alpacas; chocolate pots; "41 cases of pickles and mustard"; lavender water; rocking chairs; a "copying machine"; cinnamon; scissors razors; bone buttons; horse brushes; compasses; gin; hatchets; bedsteads; looking glasses; children's toys; cloves; muslins; kegs of shot; cups and saucers; tobacco; machetes; claret; playing cards rat traps; "Aqua de Colonia" cologne; silk gloves; saddles; blunderbusses; padlocks; lace; pantaloons; "Jamaica rum"; almonds; vinegar; bonnets; sausages; gold frames; water closets; wash stands; champagne; mosquito nets; and much else besides.</p><p>The origin ports include major European trade centres such as Liverpool and Glasgow but also include many South American ports such as Guayaquil Equador carrying beans cocoa coffee sugar and quinoa amongst other things; Buenaventura Colombia; Callao Peru carrying candlesticks coffee mills and bayonets; Lima Peru "bottled fruits" and cherry cordial; and Valparaiso Chile; as well as San Francisco and New York to the north. The importers themselves are also a mixture of British and Panamanian companies.</p><p>A fascinating detailed insight into Panama's transatlantic and South American trade during the mid-nineteenth century. [Original manuscript]. 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
3734374<p>New York: Wm. R. Robinson Co. 1911. 16pp. Half tone illustrated wrappers. 7¼ x 4¾ inches. Near fine condition.</p> <p>Well-illustrated trade catalog of handwoven Panama hats for the 1911 season issued by the Panama Hat Company of New York City. Halftone illustrations depict 19 hat styles both blocked and unblocked offered at a range of prices according to fineness of weave and trimmings. Additional images show male and female weavers making hats or carrying them to market along with a view of the company’s Broadway headquarters. Unrecorded in OCLC which notes only one other catalog from this firm. Not in Romaine.</p> unknown
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
184323353London: Printed and Published by D. M. Aird. Good with no dust jacket. 1843. First Edition. Softcover. Some foxing. Some small tears and chips to margins of some leaves. Stamp on first page: "New Zealand Journal / Newspaper / One Penny". ; Single issue of this newspaper. 241-252 pages. 12 pages in total. Page dimensions: 338 x 210mm. Text in double columns. This issue has a long article about the proposal for a Panama Canal on page 241-244. The article includes a wood-cut map showing "Course of projected Canal". The map measures 151 x 124mm. Contents: Panama; Emigration versus Charity; Systematic Preparation; Resume of Instructions fo Gathering and Packing Seeds in New Zealaad; Summery; Wellington; Nelson; New Plymouth; Auckland; Home News; The Middle Island; Advertisements. "In February 1840 under the influence of E. G. Wakefield Henry Samuel Chapman began publishing the 'New Zealand Journa'l as proprietor-editor. The newspaper was the unofficial organ of the New Zealand Company which subsidised it. It was published fortnightly for the next three years." - entry on Henry Samuel Chapman Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. . Printed and Published by D. M. Aird paperback
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
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
1964LFA019dcUne revue de 110 pages, format 170 x 230 mm, illustrée, brochée
1965LFA019e7Une revue de 110 pages, format 170 x 230 mm, illustrée, brochée
1938796241938 Paris, Editions Littéraires de France (Bibliothèque Historique), 1938, petit in 8° broché, 233 pages ; non coupé ; portrait en frontispice et planches hors-texte ; couverture illustrée.
1951769721951 Paris, Plon, 1951-1959, 2 volumes in 8° brochés, 505 et 377 pages.
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
190011831900, 23 X 16 cm., broché, 10 pp. + 11 feuillets non chiffrés. Fascicule édité à l'occasion de l'Exposition Internationale de 1900. Contient 10 pages de texte en anglais expliquant l'origine et l'avancement du projet, ainsi que 10 illustrations hors-texte. Petite déchirure réparée sur la marge supérieure de la couverture recto, coin supérieur de l'ouvrage plissé. Traces sur les couvertures, intérieur propre.
68708Paris, Librairie Orientale et Américaine E. Guilmoto (Bibliothèque des Amis de la Marine), sans date (1913), petit in 8° relié demi-chagrin marron, dos lisse orné et doré, 330 pages ; illustrations hors-texte.
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
191069830Partitions sur la Politique et gouvernement,Partitions illustrées La SOCIÉTÉ ET SES LUTTES Triangle 1910 approx.
Roma, 1911, 1 gennaio, fascicolo di 16 pagine de "La Tribuna Illustrata" con copertina a colori.
Roma, 1905, 29 ottobre copertina illustrata a colori in fascicolo originale completo di 16 pagine de "La Tribuna Illustrata".
