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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.,
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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
1391853598.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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2010DADAX1160747849Kessinger Publishing 2010-03-19. paperback. New. 8.25x1.10x11.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing paperback
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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
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2006631851Interrobang 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. - Signed on the title page and dated 1st September 2006 w/ an original colour illustration by the author and handwritten quote "Tybalt catapulted himself through the cat-flap and then to Justin's horror Fergus dogapulted himself through it a split-second later." - Also has a handwritten letter by the author w/ their signature and fingerprint confirming that the book is signed by them w/ an original illustration - Additionally the book comes in original brown paper packaging slip w/ the author's signature and fingerprint - Book is clean tight and bright and appears unread - A spectacular copy - 344 pages Fine Interrobang hardcover
2010Q-0956712282Inside Pocket 2012-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Inside Pocket paperback
200619231Great Britain: Interrobang 2006. Fine/Fine. First Edition First Printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY AUTHOR PANAMA OXRIDGE without dedication. Signing reads 'With Best Wishes from/the Paradoxical/Pamela Oxridge/1st September 2006'. Signing continues written upside down "Justin Thyme chose not to/Celebrate his birthday". A fantasy children's/young adult novel involving time-travel. A fine copy in a fine d/w of a SCARCE first edition first printing SIGNED BY AUTHOR PANAMA OXRIDCE. Signed by Author Panama Oxridge. First Edition First Printing. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Adrian Poxmage. Interrobang Hardcover
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
1931JP-H3GD-GMMH1931. Hardcover. Very Good. Fifth edition light wear light yellowing to pages firm binding 1931 gift inscription. hardcover
41525 November 1913; on letterhead of the Isthmian Canal Commission Canal Zone. New York journalist 1847-1928 and biographer of Theodore Roosevelt; Secretary Isthmian Canal Commission. One page quarto. Very good but lightly creased a little grubby. Docketed and bearing the Society's stamp. He has received the letter 'asking me if I can furnish you with material on the social side of the work at Panama. It would give me much pleasure to supply this were it in such form as to make it possible to do so. There has been a great deal written about it but nothing in concrete form so far as my knowledge goes. All that I have to say about it is published in my book "The Panama Gateway" Charles Scribner's Sons New York. I am so overwhelmed at present that it is quite impossible for me to make any collection of articles on the subject much as I should take pleasure in doing so. I have placed your name on the list of those receiving the Canal Record regularly beginning with the issue of the present volume.' 5 November 1913; on letterhead of the Isthmian Canal Commission (Canal Zone). unknown
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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
