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Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Service to Japan, Hawaii and the Philippines now available; Anchors foul cable 4 times within 10 days - Burrard Inlet; Classified system will be extended to remainder of territory - includes full-page rate sheet; Company gains telephones in 1934 after 3 year decline (presumably due to the Great Depression); Company architect, Hugh D. Simpson; Our overseas service kept growing last year; Employee Sales Team Results; Statement of Development, 1 January 1935 - show # of phones per community; System suffers heaviest storm damage in history - January 1935 - 8 pages with photos; New exchange for the Albernis; John C. Miles succeeds John Johnston as Building Head; World Telephone network now includes 60 countries; Billy Palliser - champion salesman for Victoria Plant; Sechelt Company picnic; New phone system for thriving Alberni area - 4 pages with photos; Record 19,000 mile call from Vancouver to Perth, Australia; Dog's bark in Vancouver heard in Scotland; Round the world telephone talk sets record; Telephony's part in Canada's Jubilee celebration - 2 pages with photos; Parksville Exchange has Dial Unit at Qualicum Beach; Arthur R. Harness - garden awards; New switchboard handled by sightless operator - article with photos; PNE float details and photo; 2-page bio. with photo of Eugene P. LaBelle, the company's General Superintendant of Plant *MR. LABELLE'S NAME IS STAMPED ON THIS COPY*; Carrier circuits established between Vancouver and Calgary; Number of phones increased last year; Miss Elizabeth Murray, Vancouver's first chief operator, dies; New radio stations established; Fraser telephone building remodelled; Conference calls link Canadian cities by long distance (!); Operator school reopened; George E. Pittendrigh of Cloverdale, BC - installed Vancouver's first telephones; Telephone folks to the rescue; New Long Distance developments embrace Howe Sound Points; Key to Safety on the Job; New radio link serves Quesnel and adjacent mining area; Vancouver's first emergency phone calls; Newcastle Island Picnic; C.A. (Charlie) Price - Queer theories prove that people read the 'Yellow Pages"; James Welsh - our first formen; Article on the challenges of information operators; Seymour operating room photo; Mr. W.F. Salsbury - helped pave the way for our present telephone system; *CARICATURE OF E.P. LABELLE* and other company executives; Vancouver Arena fire damage quickly repaired; PNE float photo and details; Long Distance developments this year; Dominion Telephone organization meets in Victoria; Ex-policeman Ernest A. Harris recalls use of telephone in 1891; Monte Butler wins more rowing laurels; and more. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon fore- and top edges, and inside front board, else unmarked. Half-leather binding intact. Backstrip loose along front edge. Book
Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Twentieth Year of Telephone Talk; P.A.B.X. for Telephone Company in Vancouver; When this magazine was a bab - by the first editor of Telephone Talk; North-west Telephone Company acquires Prince George System; Hard battle for phone men in rough country along Howe Sound; Christmas gale puts 75% of toll lines out of order; cover photo of 20 ton cable reel for use in Fraser River link in Vancouver-Victoria line; Preparatory work on new trans-gulf cable job nears completion; Speeding Aeroplanes can keep in touch with the earth - two; George Gaetz - Victoria 'heavy' gang foreman; Cover photo of woman demonstrating how to use dial phone; Full page photo of cable barge Brico; First section of new trans-gulf cable successfully laid - 6 pages with many photos; New construction in Victoria; Night work required to build line across Ladner Marsh; The Brico succeeds the Iwalani; Heavy Gang Foreman Andrew Bertram (Andy) Jackson; Land portion of new Victoria-Vancouver cable route now complete - 3 pages with many photos; New Traffic Headquarters in the Georgia Building - several photos; Richmond is thriving Neighbour of big coast cities - photos and text; Picture for Telephone Talk obtained via ship-to-shore phone call; Over half of Trans-Atlantic calls are with Great Britain; We can now talk with South America; Nanaimo heavy gang restores Nanaimo-Victoria service; Vancouver can talk to ship on the Atlantic; Wilfred Calman; 5 page illustrated article announcing completion of Vancouver-Victoria cable; B.C.'s first radiotelephone service now open; Second Calgary Circuit provides Windermere Valley connection; Cable to link Europe with North America; New type of conduit being used for underground work; Record load handled by New Westminster staff; Work on Victoria's central office equipment progressing - many photos; Nice cover photo of the Prince Henry, first passenger ship on the Pacific equipped with dial phone system; New type of pay telephone in Vancouver; Burnaby feature - rapidly industrializing; Bob Perry - Blaster - The Lone Canadian; Ruined Burrard Inlet cable to be replaced; Phone service now available to/from a train; Dunsmuir residence in Victoria speaks with London, England; Dials being placed on Victoria phones - 4 pages with photos; Direct coast and Alberta service now available for Revelstoke; Phone men fight fire which takes 5 buildings in Nanaimo; Dial demonstration popular at Victoria Exhibition; John (Jack) C. Miles; Prince George Reconstruction; Many photos of new Plant and Engineering building in Vancouver; Radiotelephone experiments at coast points successful - 6 pages with photos; William Palliser; Powell River System joins phone family; Trans-Gulf cable now in service; The Terminal and Repeater Equipment of the all-cable toll route - 4 pages with photos; Victoria now using new dial system - photos; Nanaimo high span replaced with submarine cable; Building the B.C. link of the Trans-Canada Line; 17,500 mile link connects Vancouver to Australia; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Backstrip almost entirely loose. Book
Publié à l'occasion du millénaire de Bruxelles, ouvrage où alternent textes en prose ou poèmes de l'écrivain belge Gaston COMPERE (1924-2008) et de Maurice PEETERS, et 34 illustrations à pleine page, en noir et en couleurs, de BELLOR, pseudonyme du peintre symboliste belge René Miessen (1911 - 2000) et de CAPITAN; préface de Jean-Pierre POUPKO. Français
Fine Fine German Original decorative cloth bdg. with pictorial dust wrapper. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In German. 396 p. Buchara: Erinnerungen. Bukhara: Memoirs. Aini was a Tajik intellectual who wrote poetry, fiction, journalism, history and lexicography. He is regarded as Tajikistan's national poet and one of the most important writers in the country's history. Ayni gave indigenous Tajik literature in Tajikistan a boost in 1927 by writing Dokhunda, the first Tajikistani novel in the Tajik language.
24x16cm. XII+510 pages. Hardcover. Cover edges and corners slightly bumped. Spine edges slightly bumped. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Turkish. 256 p., color plates. A study on folklore in Bursa City. Bursa folkloru. Bursa Ili gelenek ve görenekleri üzerine karsilastirmali bir arastirma.
New Turkish Paperback. Demy 8vo. (22 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 378 p., color and b/w ills. Bursa gezileri: Bursa'daki tarih, tarihteki Bursa.
Good Turkish In modern cloth bdg. Ex-library copy with its stamps inside. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 29 p., b/w plates. First and Only Edition. Bursa Koza Hani Mescidi. A study on Bursa Koza Han Masjid.
New Turkish Original bdg. HC. 4to. (31 x 22 cm). In Turkish. 2 volumes set: (1580 p.), color and b/w ills. Bursa saglik tarihi. 2 volumes set. History of public and urban health, hospitals, medical care of Bursa city.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Small 4to. (25 x 20 cm). In Turkish. 104 p., b/w and color ills. Bursa sehrengizi. Prep. by Mustafa Isen, Hamit Bilen Burmaoglu.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 230 p., b/w ills. Mystic and sufi orders, and lodges in Bursa City from Ottoman Empire to Republican Turkey. Bursa'da tarikatlar ve tekkeler.
New Turkish Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 128 p., ills. Bursa'nin Yunus'u Âsik Yunus. A biographical study on Turkish sufi / mystic minstrel Asik Yunus of Bursa, (1438-?).
As New English In original bdg. HC. Oblong large 8vo. (25 x 25 cm). In English. Urban history of Broussa city and its culture. 191 p. Bursa: The city which is reversing the time. Project manager: Aziz Elbas.
New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (32 x 24 cm). In English. 259 p., color and b/w ills. By the waters of the Maeander: Priene - Miletus - Didyma. Photography: Ali Konyali. Translated by Zeynep Sözen.
Fine English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [4], 155 p., b/w ills. Büyük devrim çaginda Aksaray, 1910-1930. URBAN HISTORY Aksaray City Republican Turkey Social history Revolution 2. Constitution Late Ottoman history.
295x210 mm. XI+269 pages. Softcover. Cover corners/edges and spine edges slightly worn/wrinkled. Some page edges slightly wrinkled. Else in good condition.
hard cover with DJ, slightly worn DJ, with colored illustrations, else in good++/good condition.
IHEAL, Cahiers des Amériques latines n°18, 1995, 192 p., broché.
368 pages including index and bibliography. A literary and pictorial celebration of Calgary's frontier spirit. Extensive black and white illustrations. Tight and clean. Gift greetings upon title page. Very light wear overall. Gift quality. Lovely copy. Book
New English Paperback. Pbo. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x 18 cm). English Edition. 256 p., color and b/w ills. Camera Ottomana: Photography and modernity in the Ottoman Empire, 1840-1914. From its birth in 1839, photography has participated in modernity as much as it has symbolized it. Its capacity to record and display and its claim to accuracy and truth intricately linked the new technology to the dynamism of the modern world. The Ottoman Empire embraced photography with great enthusiasm. In fact, the impact and meaning of photography were compounded with the thrust of modernization and westernization of the Tanzimat movement. By the turn of the century, photography in the Ottoman lands had become a standard feature of everyday life, of public media, and of the state apparatus. This volume explores some of the most striking aspects of the close connection between photography and modernity with a particular focus on the Ottoman Empire. Much of the material concerns the display of modernity through photography, as was so often the case in the photographs and albums commissioned by the Sultan to showcase his empire for Western audiences. Nevertheless, modernity was often embedded in the photographic act, transforming it into a common and mundane practice. Be it in the form of images disseminated through the illustrated press, postcards sent out to family members or anonymous collectors, portraits presented to friends and acquaintances, or pictures taken of employees and convicts, photography had started to invade practically every sphere of public and private life. The visual world we live in today was born some 150 years ago. Camera Ottomana is both a homage to, and a critical assessment of, the local dimension of one of the most potent and transformative technological inventions of the recent past.
IN HEBREW WITH ENGLISH INTRODUCTION. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 23.5x16 Cm. 11+357 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly stained. Cover corners slightly bumped. Else in good condition.
Pages 1-50 plus ten pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Newfoundland - the watchdog of the Atlantic - with many great military photos; In the Heart of British Columbia's Coast Range; The Watermills of Old England; Occupational Therapy Across Canada; Some Canadian Cities (meaning and origin of names); Canada's Postcard Commandos - using photos to identify and target assets of our military opponents; The Balkans; and more. Some of the best ads include: The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario (with artillery illustration inside front cover); Quebec Liquor Commission ("Please Use Less"); Empress Hotel/Chateau Frontenac Hotel (combined photo ad on back cover). Moderate wear. Small name stamped inside front cover. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 109-146. Features: Canada's Commercial Fisheries; The Cultural Diversity of Canadian Cities; Some Western Fences; Chile; Nice hippy-style colour ad for CBC TV features many of their shows; Handsome back page colour ad for 1971 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special Brougham and Sedan deVille. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
28 pages. Features: Violence in the streets - can we keep our cities safe?; Four of Golf's top players rate each other - Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Gary Player and Gary Cowan - article with colour photos of Palmer and Trevino; Nice two-page colour photo fashion segment; Rockhead's Paradise in Montreal - when American blacks are looking for fun they head to this club - article with colour photos; What do you think of the Gallup Poll?; Doug Wright's Family; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
24x16 cm. 10+102 pages. Soft cover. Small tears in cover. Cover and spine are scuffed. Edges of book are slightly scuffed and stained. Else in good condition.
