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191438258New York: Wittenberg Coal Company 1914. 8vo. 36pp. Early cloth backed boards original wrappers bound in.<br/> <br/>Provenance: Marinens Bibliotek old inked stamps; deaccessioned by the Garnisions Biblioteket in 2017<br/> <br/>Among the earliest directions for sailing through the Panama Canal.<br/> <br/>The Panama Canal opened to shipping traffic on August 15 1914. This work issued as a promotional piece by an American coal company prints Wilson's July 9 1914 Executive Order number 1990 which detailed the rules and regulations for ships passing through the canal. Unrecorded in OCLC. Wittenberg Coal Company unknown books
10696PA CTY PCIO 1964. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD-FINE. F. PA CTY, PCIO, 1964 unknown books
196239567Balboa Heights C.Z.: n.p. 1962. Revised edition. Stapled paper wrappers. Stamped "Complimentary Copy" over the price else fine. 16 pp. Illus. with color drawings and maps and b/w photos. 4to. Nice revised copy of an illustrated booklet first published in 1955 providing information on the Panama Canal. n.p. unknown books
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 books
1930WRCAM55194San Antonio: E.O. Goldbeck National Photo & News Service 1930. Two panoramic photographs 10 x 48 1/2 inches and 10 x 34 1/2 inches. Minor edge wear and creasing. Very good. An interesting pair of panoramic photographs relating to the Panama Canal Zone around 1930. The photographs were produced by the prolific panoramist E.O. Goldbeck during one of his many jaunts to record American military installations in exotic locales. One is dated June 1930 but it is reasonable to assume Goldbeck photographed both subjects around the same time since the Panama Canal Zone is no short trip from San Antonio. The pair of panoramas include: <br> <br> 1 CULEBRA CUT - PANAMA CANAL ZONE. 10 x 48 1/2 inches. A well-composed image showing a steamship rounding a corner of the Culebra Cut an artificial valley cutting through the Continental Divide in Panama and one of the greatest engineering projects of the late- 19th and early-20th centuries. Begun in 1881 by the French and not finished until 1913 by the United States the Culebra Cut known for most of its life as the Gaillard Cut is an eight-mile-long artificial channel forming part of the Panama Canal. It connects Gatun Lake to the Gulf of Panama providing a link from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The Culebra Cut resulted from the blasting and excavation of the Culebra mountains by 6000 workers employing hundreds of steam drills and shovels 60 million pounds of dynamite and thousands of trains loaded with debris and bound for landfill dumps. The present image captures the awesome scope of the project completed less than twenty years earlier. <br> <br> 2 FT. AMADOR. C.Z. JUNE 1930. CAPT. R.J. VAN BUSKIRK. COMDG. 10 x 34 1/2 inches. A panoramic photograph featuring Company B of the 65th Air Defense Artillery Regiment of the United States Army. The 65th regiment was active in providing air defense in the Panama Canal Zone from July 1924 to April 1932. Fort Amador was primarily an infantry and artillery support base providing air defense to American merchant ships traveling through the Pacific side of the Panama Canal. The image captures over eighty members of Company B ranged on each side of their trophies and their regimental guidon. <br> <br> A complementary pair of panoramic photographs highlighting the scale of the project in the Culebra Cut and American military interests in the Panama Canal Zone in the interwar period. E.O. Goldbeck, National Photo & News Service unknown books
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
1915224481915. Unknown photographer Panama Canal Zone and local life photo archive 1915 documents Panama during the first year after the canal's opening to traffic and supports research into U.S. imperial administration Canal Zone settlement travel photography military protection of infrastructure and the visual ordering of colonial space. The Panama Canal opened to traffic on August 15 1914 after U.S. construction created a strategic interoceanic route administered through the Canal Zone and Balboa Heights became a key administrative and residential center for the U.S.-controlled canal system. These photographs capture the built and natural environment through which American authority was made visible: locks river landscapes official buildings hilltop housing city views and naval practice appear together as evidence of a recently completed engineering project becoming an occupied administrative territory.<br /> <br /> Twenty-four original silver gelatin photographs including two real photo postcards dated 1915 with some undated images several with handwritten inscriptions in English on versos and some with printed captions on rectos. Photographs measure approximately 3½ x 5 inches to 5½ x 7 inches. The archive includes views of the Chagres River the largest river in the Panama Canal drainage basin and a major part of the canal water system together with photographs of the Gatun Locks canal gates aerial views of Panama City the main city plaza a bull ring and Balboa Heights. The Balboa Heights images show American-style bungalows arranged along curving terraced roads with broad verandas raised foundations and landscaped grounds visual evidence of the residential hierarchy attached to U.S. canal administration. Additional images show the Administration Building at Balboa Heights completed in 1914 and positioned above the town as a central administrative landmark while a real photo postcard captioned "Ready to Fire-Division Practice" shows U.S. naval boats in formation off the coast connecting sightseeing views to the military protection of the newly opened canal.<br /> <br /> The archive's research value lies in its combination of personal travel documentation official-looking captioned views urban and infrastructural scenes and military imagery from the early Canal Zone era. Its views of Balboa Heights are especially significant because U.S. canal society was organized through racialized and occupational distinctions including the "gold roll" and "silver roll" labor categories that separated white American workers from largely Black Caribbean and Latin American workers and shaped housing pay and privilege within the zone. Light edge wear legible inscriptions and preserved image surfaces very good overall. Cohesive Panama Canal Zone photo archive documenting the immediate post-opening landscape of U.S. power in Panama through canal infrastructure river systems segregated administrative space urban views and naval readiness. 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
2010971H33Chatham: Inside Pocket Ltd. 2010. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 9" by 6.5". Adrian Poxmage. A scarce signed first edition of this charming young adult mystery novel set in a Scottish castle with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.This copy is the first edition third impression of this work. This copy is signed and dated by the author "Panama Oxridge 11/9/10" to the front free end paper. Panama Oxridge is a pseudonym used by Paul Adshead as revealed through a complex puzzle hidden across the Justin Thyme series website. This volume is a young adult adventure novel set in a Scottish castle overlooking Loch Ness the story introduces Justin Thyme a 13âyearâold billionaire inventor whose unusual birthday gift a mysterious watch. Appendix to rear with a glossary of terms and space for notes and theories. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally lovely with only very slight fading to extremities. Dust wrapper excellent with the slightest rubbing and bumping to extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Author's dated signing to front free endpaper. Fine Inside Pocket Ltd. hardcover
200650305Interrobang Great Britain 2006. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. New Book/New. Inscribed by Author. OXRIDGE PANAMA. Justin Thyme The Tartan of Thyme Part One Great Britain: Interrobang 2006. Octavo first edition pp. 5 344 16 appendices and glossary maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine signed and inscribed by the author see below. It says: "Justin Thyme chose not to celebrate his birthday." And upside down: "1st September 2006 With Best Wishes from the paradoxical Panama Oxridge". First in a planned four-part series. There is also a puzzle to solve: Who is Panama Oxridge The clues are in the text. And what about the text Justin Thyme was supposed to be the next Harry Potter although he has no magical powers simply unnatural intelligence and enormous earnings from his inventions. The story is readable and young readers seem to like it but there is only one Harry Potter. Still the book went out of print. It has a cliffhanger ending and a number of loose ends but five years on the second book hadnt hit the market although a release was planned for this fall 2011 Thyme Running Out. Size: Octavo standard book size. 5 344 16. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Scotland; Modern; Crime Fiction. Inscribed by Author. ISBN/EAN: 9780955357008. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50305. . 9780955357008 Interrobang hardcover
0484165089.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
191513350San Francisco: Amos Publishing Co 1915. Later printing. Staple bound wraps. Near Fine. 4.25x6.25in; Unpaginated 32 plates with 110 black and white images panoramic day and night image of Exposition; Light-blue paper wrappers with raised gilt lettering image of Tower of Jewels on front in gilt borders image of Palace of Fine Arts on back in gilt borders image of model of Woolworth building New York on inside back cover two staple binding; Minimal rubbing to covers and spine faint water spots on front very little staple rust small chip at bottom front and spine corners and edges clean and tight. Amos Publishing Co unknown books
191553715San Francisco: Robert A. Reid 1915. Second edition. Oblong quarto 21.5cm x 31cm. Publisher's pale blue cloth decoratively titled in gilt on spine and front cover; decorated endpapers; 328pp chiefly illus. An unusually fine copy in the original binding - virtually free of aging or wear but lacking the rare publisher's box. <br/><br/>Elaborately-produced view book publicizing the Exposition with views of pavilions and exhibits including numerous color plates. Highly uncommon in this condition. Robert A. Reid unknown books
191553716San Francisco: Robert A. Reid 1915. First Edition. Oblong quarto 21cm x 30cm. Pictorial stiff card wrappers; 60pp chiefly illus. A fresh fine copy. Attractive souvenir view book of the Exposition illustrated throughout with captioned photographic plates halftones. Robert A. Reid unknown books
191530734Paris: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts 1915. 1st edition. Original printed paper wrappers. Spine darkened. Modest wear. A VG copy. 351 1 pp. Text in English. Illustrated with sepia plates. 7-1/2" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts unknown books
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 books
19156150San Francisco: Robert A. Reid 1915. Very Good. 24 x 32 cm; 31 leaves of plates all color illustrations from photographs with facing text. Title page printed in red and black with tinted floral background. Text within floral borders. Bound in original laced wraps with mounted color illustration from a photograph of the exhibition grounds. Covers a bit uneven torn along part of the upper joint and chipped along edges but internally the album is fine. Robert A. Reid paperback books
191610082San Francisco: Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co. Pr. by John Henry Nash 1916. 8vo. 8 187 1 pp. <br><br>First edition of this example of Nash job printing: He printed 5000 copies for the PPIE Company. Nash was of course one of San Francisco's most important and artistically influential printers. He arrived there from Canada in 1895 saw his business destroyed by the 1906 earthquake and subsequent fire but persevered and rose to national prominence.<br>Â Â Â Â A collection of hundreds of letters of praise from prominent individuals who visited the Panama-Pacific International Exposition the 1915 world's fair held in San Francisco; includes letters from Woodrow Wilson William Howard Taft Elihu Root Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt Samuel Gompers and Thomas Edison. The text of each page is surrounded by red ink borders and a printed sidenote summarizes the theme of each letter.<br>Â Â Â Â Prepared by James A. Barr and Joseph M. Cumming and edited by Oscar H. Fernbach. With a preface by Charles C. Moore. Includes index. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Nash Bibliography p. 3. Contemporary quarter cloth over paper boards covers pressure-stamped by a now-defunct library; soiled and spine with paper title-label with small chip and shelving label. Paper across hinges inside opening but volume strong; one page with short tear at foremargin. Ex-library with bookplate and remnant of another pencilling card pocket and perforation-stamps; dust-soiling but no real staining. A "lesser" copy for sure but one that is not as abused as it may sound and one that is priced according to its faults. Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co. (Pr. by John Henry Nash) hardcover books
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
139008244X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
20071-1419678957Panama Publishing Inc. 2007. Paperback. New. 174 pages. 8.43x5.43x0.47 inches. Panama Publishing, Inc. paperback
20071-1419678949Panama Publishing Inc. 2007. Paperback. New. 134 pages. 8.30x5.50x0.40 inches. Panama Publishing, Inc. paperback
1878z015741Liverpool: Panama Railroad Company/ Royal Mail Steam Packet Company/ Pacific Mail Steam Ship Co 1878. Very Good. Letter of transmittal from a Panama Railroad Company/ Royal Mail Steam Packet Company/ Pacific Mail Steam Ship Co. agent to James M. Lincoln of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. New York. Measures 8 by 10 inches recto only. Very good. Stain and paper repair to top corner letter creased else clean and unmarked. Panama Railroad Company/ Royal Mail Steam Packet Company/ Pacific Mail Steam Ship Co unknown
1391853598.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1396286349.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
