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192550353Reiseschilderung aus dem heutigen Mittelamerika. Aus dem Schwedischen von Rhea Sternberg. Hamburg, Uhlenhorst-Verlag, ca. 1925. Mit 1 Karte u. zahlreichen fotografischen Tafelabbildungen (überwiegend von R. Olsson). 383 S. Or.-Lwd. [6 Warenabbildungen]
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
2011Q-1453708766CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2011-01-31. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform paperback
SONG1944455035Library Press at UF 2017-02-08. paperback. Used: Good. 8.50x0.66x11.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Library Press at UF paperback
1944455035.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ria9781944455033_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The building of the Panama Canal by the United States from 1904 to 1914 at the time was the most significant and monumental engineering achievement the world had ever seen. Its completion despite incredible obstacles changed the lives paperback
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2017x-1944455035Library Pr at Uf 2017. Paperback. New. 312 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.75 inches. Library Pr at Uf paperback
200845561Panama Canal Museum. NF. 2008. Hardcover. Hardback in Near Fine condition without dust jacket. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 288 pages. Quick Shipping All Books Mailed in Boxes Free Tracking Provided . Panama Canal Museum hardcover
1988788973PN. New. 1988. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1860KART0040Weimar, Geograph. Inst. o. J. (ca 1860). Grenzkol. Stahlst., mit Erläut. u. Glossar, 51 x 62 cm. Breitrand. Mittelfaltung. Mit hinterlegten Randläs. Im w. Rand leichte Benutzunsspuren. Im Kartenbild einige Fingerfl. Rücks. leicht verstaubt mit wenigen kl. Braunspuren. Insges. sehr guter Zustand. Die Karte umfasst das Gebiet vom Meerbusen von Mexico, der Karibik bis zum Beginn von Ecuador.
200638033Jefferson und London, McFarland, (2006). XII, 496 S. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen und Karten. 4° (25,5 x 17,5 cm). Original-Karton.
1990R100075808Phébus. 1990. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 297 pages - couverture contrepliée - nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 986-Colombie, Panama, Equateur
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
1995R100073715L'Harmattan. 1995. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 100 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 986-Colombie, Panama, Equateur
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
191228787Vancouver Development Company EDITEUR ( Impr. Draeger Fr. Paris) 1912 une plaquette, brochée à cordonnet de soie beige in-douze à l'italienne éditeur (22,3 x 17,6 cm) (paperback in-12 oblong editor), dos muet, couverture marron gauffrée vert avec titre imprimé en noir, page de titre ainsi que toutes les pages sont imprimées en noir dans un encadrement en marron, orné d'une carte hors-texte en marron et noir indiquant "les Lignes Maritimes partant du port de Vancouver à travers le Monde" + une photographie hors-texte en noir du Port de Vancouver + une photographie hors-texte en noir de la Gare terminus du Canadian Pacific Railway + une photographie double page hors-texte en noir : "Vue panoramique de Vancouver et de son port" + une photographie hors-texte en noir des Nouveaux Quartiers (de Vancouver) + une photographie hors-texte en noir : " Vue du Parc (de Vancouver)" + une photographie hors-texte en noir; "Le Quartier des Affaires (de Vancouver)" + une photographie hors-texte "PLANCHE DEPLIANTE" en noir (de 75 cm de large une fois dépliée) : "Vue panoramique de Vancouver en 1912", fines rousseurs sur les gardes, sinon bel exemplaire, 16 pages, 1912 Vancouver Development Company EDITEUR ( Impr. Draeger Fr. Paris).
1962ROD0028055Non Renseigné. 1962. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 6 p.. . . . Classification Dewey : 986-Colombie, Panama, Equateur
1917016939New York 1917 The Century Co Hardcover 1st Edition
200061317Panamá: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo junio-julio 2000. 25.5cm. 120 pages b/w and color plates portraits catalogue biographies color folding pictorial wrappers Elaborate and beautifully printed catalogue to-date. Most important national art event for current art and artists in Panama. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXT Museo de Arte Contemporáneo 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
8vo [22 x 15 cm]; xvi, 268 pp, frontis portrait of author, 51 photos on plates, index. original blue cloth, gilt spine title lettering, edges worn, spine a little faded but lettering clear, pictorial bookplate of John Rea, interior is clean in good sound covers. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A narrative of the author's travels with Mitchell Hedges through Panama, describing the Kuna people of the Rio Chucunaque and the area traveled, collecting ethnological and zoological specimens. Good photos of the local people and one of shrunken heads. The author was a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the Zoological Society, the Linnaean Society and the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. The addendum is a letter from the British Museum thanking her for the thousands of objects she brought back from the expedition and donated to the museum.
191542654Paris : Paris Lyons & Mediterranean Railway Co 1915. 1st Printing. Printed white glossy stock paper covers stapled. Modest wear & soiling to covers. Very Good. 11 1 pp. Illustrated with 14 tinted photographic images on 4 inserted plates. Fold-out color map of the railway route at rear. 7-7/8" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/> Paris, Lyons & Mediterranean Railway Co unknown books
1921107780dans la Revue des Deux Mondes, 1921, gr. in-8°, 16 pp, reliure demi-percaline rose, dos lisse avec fleuron et double filet doré en queue, pièce de titre basane vert olive, couv. conservées (rel. de l'époque), bon état. Exemplaire de l'auteur, avec son ex-libris et sa signature autographe
Boards with light rubbing and light soiling; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 234 pages