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2010Q-0956712207Inside Pocket 2012-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Inside Pocket hardcover
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
01-1013Panama Marlin Club. Brass Plaque of a Marlin presented to Arthur Oppenheimer for catching a 501 lb. black marlin in 1969. 5.5 x 7 x 9/32 inches. Together with a framed picture of the fisherman and marlin. Panama Marlin Club. unknown
1965023817Comision Del Atlas De Panama Comite Ejecutivo 1965. Book. Fair. Cloth. Primera Edición. 191 pages. Giant oblong format hardcover. Texts in Spanish. Water stain to the inside front gutter with significant wear and some warping to the covers. The previous owner's name is embossed in gold on the front cover. There are no internal markings. It is presumed that this was initially published in paperback wrappers and was bound into its current state by the previous owner. While the boards of the binding are not in great shape they have nicely preserved the original publication that consists of a good number of maps of Panama along with informational texts about the country. Comision Del Atlas De Panama, Comite Ejecutivo Hardcover
PJH55108Gnaoua Press Morocco 1967. VG bright copy in slightly browned publishers decorated wrappers. 20pp.Illustrated. Seemingly Second Issue with 1967 copyright. Gnaoua Press (Morocco) 1967 unknown
1994271689PN. New. 1994. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
1991D3S0035205Panama Canal Commission 1991-01-01. Pamphlet. Good. 1982 EDITION! 6 of 11 pages of pencil underlining. First page has minor sticker residue. Cover shows wear with bumped/curling corners. Binding is tight. Panama Canal Commission unknown
182624048Washington: Printed at the Office of the United States' Telegraph 1826. First edition. 23 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Disbound some spotting at front and back else a very good copy. First edition. 23 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. This related to the question of the mission to the Panama Congress. Simon Bolivar had called the Congress and in 1825 the United States had been included among the invitees. President Adams believed that the U. S. should be represented but it was later revealed that there was some plan among the Latin America republics to unite against Spain or other unfriendly nations and to establish an assembly with full war powers. Adams decided to send two delegates and to limit the U. S. participation. There was serious debates in Congress and in the end the U. S. was not represented but due to the death of one of the Representatives Ricahard C. Anderson and John Sergeant was only as far as Mexico City when the Congress adjourned. Sabin 34755. Panama Congress Mission. Sabin 34755 <br/><br/> Printed at the Office of the United States' Telegraph unknown
2753ALS. 3pg. 8 x 10. July 20 1913. Balboa. An autograph letter signed James to his mother. James was working on the Panama Canal: We are having real nice weather here in Balboa. I got up rather early this morning and it is now 6:30 A.M. and the thermometer is just 76 so that it is really comfortable as you can imagine. Some of the boys that are new-comers here want me to go across the canal to a native village with them as I talk Spanish and they thought I could guide them a little better as I know the culture and language of the natives. One man is sort of a horticulturist and agriculturist from one of the western states just came here to work on the docks & terminals and he is very much interested in plant and jungle life here. I have told him about none of thethat I have found along rivers and in swamps and he is so much interested in finding some himself but they are a little hard to find that is you usually find them when you least expect to run into themthere is such little duty into Panama really if anywe had a shake up in organization and fortunately I came out with the survivors and have a real nice job. Am still on the permanent town site works and terminals and like that work so much. The letter has the usual mailing folds but is in very fine condition otherwise. 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
626Some sunning to spine moisture stains over several pages. Good. JBS-626. <p>Panama Rose. The Hashish Cookbook. San Francisco CA: Level Press 1974. Second edition.</p> <br /> <p>Octavo. 20pp. Green wrappers saddle-stapled with black and white illustrations.</p> . unknown
1993265010PN. New. 1993. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
0331878259.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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
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
1966PARIS 44GNAOUA 1966. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. A VERY GOOD FIRST EDITION 1966 Panama Rose was the pen name of Rosalind Schwartz whose partner at the time was poet underground filmmaker publisher and photographer Ira Cohen. From around 1961-1965 they lived together in Tangier Morocco where they spent time with other ex-pats Paul Bowles William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin and worked on music and publications. Schwartz wrote The Hashish Cookbook at the suggestion of Brion Gysin who years earlier had given Alice B. Toklas the hashish fudge recipe that appears in The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book. Often The Hashish Cookbook is wrongly attributed as being written by Cohen himself though he did publish it when he returned to New York in 1966. GNAOUA Paperback
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
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
183956498Washington: 1839. 8vo. In later half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Library labels pasted on to front and back board. Library stamp to to pasted down front end-paper and library label pasted on to pasted down back end-paper. Reapirs to last 5 leaves of "Potomac Aqueduct" with some loss of text. 81 1 167 pp. 6 folded plates. hardcover
19413129The Panama Canal Press Mount Hope Canal Zone 1941 Green wraps stapled printed front cover 9 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches unpaginated 8 pp. 5 b/w photo illustrations. Good plus. Rare indeed. No OCLC library holdings. "Interns for The Panama Canal service are employed in Gorgas Hospital. They are required to be single men between the ages of 22 and 30 years American citizens and graduates of approved medical schools in the class of the current year. Married applicants will not be considered for employment as interns. Appointments are for a period of 12 months beginning in June or July of each year. Twelve months of service is required after arrival on the Isthmus. Interns are appointed without Civil Service examination and acquire no classified standing. They receive a compensation of $115 a month from which deductions for services furnished are made as follows: Subsistence $30 a month quarters $10 a month. Pay begins on date of sailing from the United States. Free steamship transportation is provided to and from the United States but appointees must pay their own railroad transportation to the port of sailing. Interns are given the status of employees of The Panama Canal with the leave privileges thereof 54 days a year except that leave other than to cover sickness or emergency is not granted until the expiration of their services. A day of absence for each day of Sunday or holiday work is allowed when the professional work permits. Interns are subsisted at the hospital and live in hospital quarters. Laundered uniforms for wear on duty are furnished by the hospital as needed." 3214018. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. The Panama Canal Press, Mount Hope, Canal Zone paperback
196646055N.p.: Gnaoua Press 1966. Near Fine. N.p.: Gnaoua Press 1966. First Edition. Octavo 21cm; publisher's pictorial staplebound card wrappers; 620pp.; halftone photographic frontispiece and illus. throughout. A hint of toning to wrapper margins else Fine. Gnaoua Press unknown
18512009AG1851. London & New York J & F. Tallis 1851. Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Plate Size: 33.2 cm x 24.6 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 27.3 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition. John Tallis 7 November 1817 3 June 1876 was an English cartographic publisher. His company John Tallis and Company published views maps and atlases in London from roughly 1838 to 1851. Tallis set up as a publisher with Frederick Tallis in Cripplegate in 1842; the business moved to Smithfield in 1846 and was dissolved in 1849. From 1851 to 1854 Tallis operated as John Tallis and Company. He started The illustrated news of the world and national portrait gallery of eminent personages in 1858 selling it for £1370 in 1861; it folded in 1863. Wikipedia The most important project John Tallis undertook was the 'Illustrated Atlas' from 1851. The original map we offer here was part of this exceptional Atlas and all the maps it contained are still today considered as the last reminder of an era of lavish map production. Tallis worked the project together with John Rapkin 1815-1876 and it was Rapkin's style and talent that we have to thank for when we marvel at these maps today. What makes these maps so special is the detail of engraved vignettes that surround the map and often show indigenous scenes people in their environment and even more so historical buildings or historical views of towns and cities architecture and landscape. The project of 'The Illustrated Atlas' was designed to be finished just in time for the anxiously awaited "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations" or The Great Exhibition sometimes referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park London from 1 May to 11 October 1851. It was the first in a series of World's Fairs exhibitions of culture and industry that became popular in the 19th century and it was a much anticipated event. The Great Exhibition was organized by Henry Cole and Prince Albert husband of the reigning monarch Queen Victoria. It was attended by numerous notable figures of the time including Charles Darwin Samuel Colt members of the Orléanist Royal Family and the writers Charlotte Brontë Charles Dickens Lewis Carroll George Eliot and Alfred Tennyson. Music for the opening was under the direction of Sir George Thomas Smart and the continuous music from the exhibited organs for the Queen's procession was "under the superintendence of William Sterndale Bennett". Wikipedia unknown
190099653<p>Panama circa early 1900s. 1900s. Good. - Fourteen original silver print photographs of the Canal Zone each measuring 3-1/4 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. The images include scenes of workers on and debarking from ships people strolling along village or town streets with horse drawn carriages what is likely an official residence and 5 images of construction work on what would later become the Panama Canal. One of the photos depicting construction work is a duplicate. The photographs are slightly curled with creases to the corners of a very few photos and minor chips to the edges of 4 of these. Very good.</p> [Panama], circa early [1900s].
1912201831912. Panama Canal Early Photography Two large albumen photographs of the construction of the Panama Canal 1912. Photographs are pasted down to grey cardstock with captions and articles describing the imagery below. Photos measure 11" x 14". The building of the Panama Canal was not met with ease as the former French owned project was abandoned due to lack of investment and a high worker mortality rate and the grappling of territory between Panama Columbia and the United States. In 1903 Panama gained it's independence and as the United States recognized this Roosevelt used buying power to his advantage to funnel millions of dollars towards Panama and the funding of this project. These two photographs are early large scale displays of the massive amounts of land and infrastructure that went into this long awaited project. One photograph shows the Culebra Cut in June 1912. The article pasted to the front states that "To remove the 105000000 cubicyards of earth from the backbone of the Americas required about 6000000 pounds of high-grade dynamite each year to break up the material.in which time some 19000000 pounds were exploded in Culebra Cut only eight men were killed." The second photograph dated January 1912 shows the Miraflores Upper Locks with a diagram of what the final construction would look like. The photograph shows a partially built sill multiple tracks for hauling material heavy duty cranes and other industrial equipment. Thousands of local men were hired for this dangerous and underpaying job over the course of a decade. These Caribbean workers endured poor working conditions low wages and unbearable temperatures for a government that was not theirs over 5000 becoming casualties. By it's opening ceremony in 1914 The Panama Canal was the most expensive project in US history estimated at $350000000. These early photographs show only a portion of what went into this costly construction. Minor wear to edges of board upper right corner of one is chipped. Images are crisp and clear overall very good condition. unknown
