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Features: The Present Railway Situation in the United States; B.F. Bush becomes president of the Denver & Rio Grand (with photo of Bush); Railway Mileage in 1911; Interstate Commerce Commission Decisions; Coast Shipbuilding Companies Rushed With Work - feature article with photo of submarine F.3 immediately after launching, apparently at the Seattle Construction & Drydock Co.; Representative of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Line inspects the northwest for business opportunities which will open with the Panama Canal; Economy of the [Seattle] Municipal Plan (part 3); Free Ships and Revised Navigation Laws - discussion of the rehabilitation of the merchant marine; Free [Panama Canal] Tolls To American Ships Would Solve Problem; What Is The Merchant's Exchange of Seattle? - an explanatory article by R.C. Hill, whose photo accompanies the article; Seattle People Honor Captain "Buck" Bailey; Port Commission Plan for Grays Harbor; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Bogue Plans for Tacoma Harbor Are Extensive - article with map; Tacoma Will Be Ready When Panama Canal Opened - brief article includes nice birdseye view illustration of the harbor and environs showing present developments and developments under way; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: B.F. Bush on Evil Results to Accrue from Diversion of Capital from Railway Enterprises; Japanese Trainmaster kills self after Emperor is delayed; Tell the Truth, Mr. (Gifford) Pinchot! - fallout from a December 16th article about Alaska; Charles F. Speare discusses the alliance between the Northern Pacific and the Chicago & Northwestern Railroads; Southern Pacific and Pacific Mail (article from the Wall Street Journal); Cash Shortage in Western Canada; Captain N.E. Cousins has been in the employ of the Pacific Coast Steamship Lines Co. since 1878 - article with photo; Get Ready for the Opening of the Panama Canal; Economy of the [Seattle] Municipal Plan (part 2) - major article with map; Cunard and Anchor Lines Amalgamate - article with list of the vessels, and their tonnage, of each company; Protest the Carriage of Navy Coal in Foreign Bottoms - George F. Thorndyke of the Globe Navigation Company speaks out; Edvard Jansen to take over from Ida Wilson Lewis, "The Grace Darling of America", tending the Lime Rock light station; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Illustration of the central winch on Dredge New Orleans; Portland News Notes; Schedule for Canadian-Pacific Railways Steamships connecting Seattle with Victoria and Vancouver; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
"Get Ready For the Panama Canal". Features: Over $25 million invested in Harriman Terminals; Kenneth C. Kerr describes Washington and Alaska's attendance at big New York land show; Editorial discusses the early opening of the Panama Canal and describes it as the "Greatest Epoch in American History"; Martin A. Knapp discusses Interstate Commerce Regulations; O.-W.R. & N. Co. News; G.W. Luce of the Southern Pacific discusses Panama Canal; Brief business biography of Frank W. Parker of the Northwestern Line, including photo of Parker; Appointments, Changes, Personals, etc.; Article by J.H. Bloedel, President of the Larsen Lumber Co., about the Panama Canal with reference to its influence on Pacific Coast Forest Products; Economy of the Commission Plan; Port of Vancouver Drydock and Shipbuilding Company plans big steel drydock for Vancouver; American-Hawaiian S.S. Co. Enters Bids for Carrying Mail; Big Coal Depots for Panama Canal; Missouri River Preparing for Panama Canal; Modern Fireboat Badly Needed for Tacoma's Harbor (article with photo of the harbor); Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Pacific Coast Casualties; "The Chester" - The World's Lightest Draft Steamer - article with photo; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, for local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A sound copy of this highly-informative memento of the rail and marine businesses of the Pacific Northwest over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: First Annual Report of American Express Companies; John F. Stevens Retires From Hill Lines; B.F. Bush Succeeds George Gould as president of the Missouri Pacific Railway (with photo of Mr. Bush); Causes for Trade Depression; Development of Alaska Fisheries; Hearing Regarding Pacific Coast Rate Cases; Larger Terminal Yards Planned for Tacoma; The Railroads and the Panama Canal; Sixty-Seven Steamships in Canadian Pacific's Great Fleet - article with nice illustration; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Three Sailors of the British Steamer Benedick convicted of mutiny by Edinburgh court; Captain David Baird to take charge of the Victoria and Vancouver Stevedore Co.'s Vancouver Branch - with photo of Mr. Baird; Suspension of Capt. Alfred Croskey Reduced; Tacoma News; Captain Fred Warner to command the famous steamer Corwin (brief article with photo); Nice illustrated one-page ad for The Shasta Limited, "The Finest Train in the West", which connects Seattle to San Francisco; Nice one-page illustrated ad for the Vulcan Iron Works of Seattle features an aerial view of their plant; Willamette Iron & Steel Works ad features nice photo of fireboat "Geo. H. Williams" belching black smoke and pumping water in the air; Canadian-Pacific Railway Steamships ad features schedule for their connections between Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver; and more. 40 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: Northern Pacific Railway Co. Making Big Improvements in the State of Washington; Julius Kruttschnitt an Optimist; Mobilization and the Railways - article from the Army & Navy Journal; Amending Our Shipping Laws; George G. Gould Retains His Position; Railway News in Brief; Noted Engineer E.C. Hawkins - Obituary with photo; Interstate Commerce Decisions; San Francisco Will Be Ready for the Panama Canal and the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915 - article with photos of "San Francisco's Two Big Men", James Rolph Jr., Mayor, and C.C. Moore; Statutory Regulation of Ocean Traffic; Pacific Coast S.S. Co. Places Order for 10,000-Ton Steamer - article with diagram of outboard profile of the vessel; Comprehensive Review of Far Eastern Shipping Situation by U.S. Consul General at Hong Kong, George E. Anderson; Astoria Getting Ready for Panama Canal; Panama Canal Rates - The Big Issue; Captain John Truebridge - Obituary; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Some Perils of the Deck Load - Feature article includes photo of a leaning steamer Cuzco; The Advantages of the Water-Tube Boiler; Record of a Ballin Water Tube Boiler - article with photo; The International Navigation Congress; Boiler Inspection for [Panama] Canal Zone; General Shipping News; Oil Engined Barges to Revolutionize Shipping; and much more. 40 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: New Transcontinental Railroad is Planned; Railroad Construction Work in Western Canada; A Study of Railroad Accidents; Grand Trunk Pacific Completes Fine Dock at Vancouver - article with photo of the new structure; Proposed Improvements for the Port of Seattle - Smith's Cove, Salmon Bay, East Waterway, Central Waterfront District, Harbor Island; San Francisco Preparing for Panama Canal Trade - major article with graph, table and photo of one of San Francisco's new concrete piers; Control of Freight Rates Through Panama Canal; Professional Biography of Marcus Talbot, Manager of the Port of Portland (with photo of Mr. Talbot); Provisions of New Visual Rule; Death of Noted Admiralty Lawyer Charles Page - major article; That Olympic-Hawke Collision; Legal Decisions; High-Class Salvage job of the fishing steamer Independent - article with photo of the vessel being held up by two barges; Captain William Kidston - obituary; Veteran Shipmaster Albert H. Laffin - Obituary; Veteran Tug Boat Captain William Gove - Obituary; Hong Kong Harbor Needs Deepening - after visit by the big American Steamer Minnesota; New Invention for Calming Big Seas; and much more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: Seattle's Public Utilities Department and the Railroads - major article; Southern Pacific announces fast excess-fare train between New Orleans and San Francisco; Promotion for T.B. Degnan of the Great Northern Railway Co.; No Time To Lose - Editorial discusses how representatives of eight Puget Sound cities oppose tolls being charged through the Panama Canal to vessels flying the U.S. flag and engaged in U.S. coastwise traffic; Handsome New Union Passenger Station for Aberdeen, WA - article with artist's rendering of the future station; Foreign Capital in Railways of the United States - major article by Harvard Professor of Economics William Z. Ripley; Business biography of J.E. Dalrymple, recently elected vice-president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Co.; Railway News in Brief; Battery Truck Crane the Latest Invention in Freight Handling - major article with wonderful illustration of a mobile electric crane invented by General Electric of Schenectady, NY to be used for loading rail cars (who knew Elon Musk was so old!); How Should Tacoma Prepare for the Opening of the Panama Canal? - major article with excellent photo of the busy Tacoma waterfront; Statement Concerning Panama Canal by George S. Dearborn, president of the American-Hawaiian S.S. Co.; British View of Panama Canal; High Honor for W.D. Wells of the Alaska-Pacific Steamship Co.; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Repair bill for the White Star liner Olympic; Submarine Motor Salvage Boat invented by Mr. E.H. Crossley; New Steamer Solduck will be an All-steel Modern Vessel - major article including diagram of its outboard profile; Article on Steam Cannery Tender for the Northwestern Fisheries Company - article with diagram of the outboard profile of this vessel; Pacific Coast Casualties; Steamboat Fairhaven Sinks in Harbor; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
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
Attractive black and white photos and illustrations in text. Includes Panama Canal construction. The highlight of this article is the eleven-page article on the Rescue of Titanic survivors by the Carpathia. This article includes twelve black and white photos and is a must for Titanic collectors. Almost two inches thick - a substantive volume in marbled boards with maroon trim. Somewhat above-average wear. Narrow opening in binding at first page, which is partially loose. Narrow opening along back hinge. Usual library markings. Liquid paper applied to upper corner of front free endpaper. A worthy copy. Book
212241Paris, Hachette, 1886 in-4, 399-[2] pp., portrait, carte dépl., plan dépl., tabl. dépl., demi-chagrin rouge à coins, dos à nerfs orné, tête dorée (reliure de l'époque). Qqs épid. sur le premier plat, nerfs et mors un peu frottés.
1888LBW-5014[1888]. 281 x 775 mm.
Trad. da Eduard Hoepfner, pref. di Carl RITTERIn-8° (cm. 21,7x13,4), pp. XVIII, 570 + 4 CARTE (2 ripieg.; del Nicaragua; del corso del fiume San Juan + 5 sezioni; pianura di Leon e Fonseca-Bai), + 31 TAVOLE, molte incise da Rob. KUPFER (tra cui 4 colorate a mano, 1 doppia litogr. a colori; 8 ripiegate; 11 vedute a piena pagina; 87 figg. di statue di molti IDOLI, oggetti, vedutine, incisioni rupestri ecc.). Mz. tela post., tit. oro, bella carta decorata antica ai piatti. Tracce di colla e della cop. orig. aderiscono al marg. int. del. front. Fioriture solo a qc. tav. L'ingegnere e archeol. SQUIER nel 1848 fu ambasciatore USA in Am. Centrale. Col tit. "Nicaragua; its people, scenery, monuments, and the proposed interoceanic canal" uscì nel 1852. Informaz. di prima mano su paese, geol., geogr., lingue native, etnol., società, storia dell'Am. Centrale fin dall'indip. dalla Spagna. Un cap. di 62 pagine sull'auspicato CANALE tra la Baia di San Juan del Norte e il Pacifico. Un capitolo di 102 pagine sulle popolazioni originarie "Die URBEWWOHNER Nicaragua's. Fondamentale.
18865918Paris, 1886, in-8, 396pp, broché, dos renforcé, bel exemplaire a toutes marges, bien complet des cartes plans et tableau synoptique des divers projets. Le dos à été renforcé. 396pp
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
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. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Paramount Pictures unknown books
Folio 219p., illus. Maps, folded maps and profiles throughout. U.S. House of Representatives, 47th Congress, 2d Sess., Ex Doc. 107 Hardcover Ex-Library in very good condition. 3/4 leather! rubbed
151 p. plates, 20 fold. maps (incl. diagrs.) 31 x 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition, some closed tears repair with mending tissue
1942221221942. Latin America Panama Life in both urban Panama and the rural town of Chepo during the 1940s photo archive with most prints dated to 1942. Archive of 17 items 16 silver gelatin photographs measure 3.5" x 2.5" with one panoramic photo mounted on cardstock measuring 2.25" x 11". This archive offers a visually rich record of everyday life across class racial and geographic boundaries. Multiple photographs feature captions in ink on the verso providing locations and dates. The archive is split between two geographic zones: the modest rural community of Chepo and a more metropolitan center-likely Panama City-showing large buildings post offices police headquarters cantinas and well-trafficked intersections. In one striking rural image captioned "Dorein sic Indian Mother and Child" a white American tourist likely one of the photo owners stands beside an Indigenous woman and her child on a stilted wooden platform. The Darien likely of either the Emberá Wounaan or Kuna tribes woman wears only a sarong while a toddler stands nude at her feet highlighting the tension between Western spectatorship and traditional village life. In another photo local children gather in front of a wooden building marked "Cantina La Favorita de Chepo" while boys play barefoot on an unpaved road. Women in housedresses stand along porches and Indigenous women in linen skirts and little else are seen emerging from thatched or wooded homes. An image marked "Cantina at Chepo - 3-29-42" shows two white men and a white woman smiling at a table in a roofed structure made of rough wooden beams likely serving as a makeshift bar during their travels. The photos from urban Panama offer a sharp contrast. A modern cantilevered government building identified as the "Police Headquarters" is captioned en verso "Building now has many bullet holes on the sides" possibly a reference to political unrest or postwar violence. Another image shows a broad intersection labeled "6th & 8th St" filled with pedestrians in Western clothing including men in white suits and hats women in modern dresses and a cyclist passing beneath a neocolonial archway connecting civic buildings. Other rural images feature homes elevated on stilts a forested footpath with American visitors walking alongside locals and a panoramic view mounted to board showing a wide aerial view of one of the region's larger towns. Minor wear to edges. Overall very good condition. A rare and intimate archive documenting contrasting experiences of daily life in Panama across rural Indigenous communities and modernizing urban zones in the early 1940s with strong documentary value in the areas of colonial tourism race and hemispheric wartime movement. unknown
187946867London, The Economist Office, 1879. Small folio. Bound in comtemporary half cloth. Entire volume 37, July - December, 1879, of The Economist. Minor wear to extremities and a few repairs to a few leaves, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 761-1504.
187946867London The Economist Office 1879. Small folio. Bound in comtemporary half cloth. Entire volume 37 July - December 1879 of The Economist. Minor wear to extremities and a few repairs to a few leaves otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 761-1504. <br/><br/><em>Original printing of The Economist - the most important and influential economic journal worldwide - from the year 1879. The initial planning of the Panama Canal began in 1879. The enormous endeavor of digging the Canal was reflected in The Economist: "The canal proposed by M. de Lesseps and intended to pierce the Isthmus of Panama is in many respects a bolder enterprise even than the Suez Canal. The engineering difficulties are far greater the climate is a much more serious obstacle to labour and especially to that of Europeans and finally the possibility of a rival plan being carried out is much greater." </em> 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.,
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., books
1967332687Morocco: Gnaoua Press 1967. First edition. 20 pp. viii. 8vo. Staple bound illustrated wrappers some sunning to spine and stain from price sticker else near fine. First edition. 20 pp. viii. 8vo. 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. 10000 copies were printed and sold within six weeks. Cohen later sold the rights to a British publisher for a percentage of sales and subsequent reprints were made and some bootlegs are known to exist. Gnaoua Press unknown
208 pages. Bibliography and glossary. Sumptuously and profusely illustrated with colour photos and reproductions of archival maps and illustrations. Text in English. "Documents the tremendous impact the arrival of New World gold and silver had upon Europe and the world economy. Describes the routes followed by the galleons on their return to Spain, loaded with precious metals, and the techniques used for their extraction. Discusses how mining towns were established, and famous fairs held in Portobelo and Jalapa. From this we learn how several mints were founded." - from Prologue. Clean, bright, tight and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A suberb copy of this beautifully-presented work. Gift quality. Book
Features: Are the Hill Lines Preparing to Invade California Territory?; Big Railway Systems of U.S. Cutting Expenses; Prepare for the Panama Canal! (Editorial); Nautical biography of Capt. James S. Gibson (with photo); What Should We Do To Be Prepared For the Opening of the Panama Canal?; Salvage of Steamer Spokane is Praised by Marine Experts - article with photo; Portland to have powerful fireboat; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; New Collier Neptune Takes on 13,000 tons of coal in One Day - article with photo; Floating Gridiron for Scows designed by George Francis Fay is built by the Drummond Lighterage Co. - feature article with two photos and three diagrams; News of Tacoma; Casualties to Pacific Coast Shipping; Largest scow on the Pacific Coast built by Nelson & Kelez of Seattle - brief article with photo; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
