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72 pages. Features: Lovely cover illustration of nautical scene by John Phillips; Lovely colour Canada Dry ad; Nostalgic one-page colour-photo Canadian National features roadside view in Jasper, Alberta; Will 'Secret Service' Split the U.N.O.?; Austin F. Cross becomes Ottawa correspondent; Lovely Swift's Premium one-page colour ad features Easter ham; Quink ink colour ad; One-page Canadian Pacific ad features dining car view of east coast lighthouse; London to Rome - photo-illustrated article on the first civilian drive across Europe since the war; The Shortest Week End (fiction); The Next Time You See Paris - photo-illustrated article in the Folies Bergere; Even If Forever (fiction); Operation Muskox - photo-illustrated article on postwar geographical, military and, possibly, political plotting for Canada's north; Goody Rosen - The Kid Who Wouldn't Quit - photo-illustrated article on this Canadian who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers; The Great West Raid (fiction); In the Garden (fiction); Ottawa Roundup; Man of the Month - Charles Luther Burton, C.B.E., President of Robert Simpson Company Limited; Jergens Lotion ad features photo of Virginia Mayo; Arrid ad features photo of Jessica Dragonette; Baby's First Days; Advances in Science; Nice one-page colour Waterman's pen ad features dancing lovelies; Be Nice to Your Nylons; Blue Top Brewing Co. one-page ad features "The Economical Home"; Page of Hollywood fashion patterns; Nice Singer Sewing Macine one-page photo ad; Charming colour ad for Heinz Baby Foods inside back cover shows doctor with stethoscope and infant; One-page TAngee ad features illustration of Mrs. Joseph Cotten; Attractive half page colour Lux and Woodbury ads feature illustrations of Gene Tierney and Marsha Hunt respectively; Colour Ovaltine ad inside back cover with heavy emphasis on nutrition; Nice colour back cover ad for McClary/GSW kitchen applilances features young housewife in blue dress; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
60 pages. Features: Cover photo of baby gnawing on huge Easter egg; Canadian National - Canadian Pacific ad inside front cover called "War Whoop" shows speeding night train and illustration of native warrier to explain how the night-time whistle of a locomotive means men and materiel are being rushed to the front; News digest discusses German propaganda efforts to incur western suspicion against Russia; One-page Trans-Canada Telephone System ad implores long distance users to "Be Brief!", given wartime restrictions on their ability to increase capacity; Editorial comments on support for Russia and the need for those unable to fight in person to contribute financially to the war effort; Brain Waves For Winning the War - photo-illustrated article on technical innovations used in the war effort; Excellent photo-illustrated article on the new Canadian Pacific Airlines includes photos of Stewardess Ethel Hailes, Air Commodore H. Hollick-Kenyon, Grant W.G. McConachie, C.H. Dickins, and veteran parachutist Jack McGovern (at No.l 2 Air Observer School); Earthbound (short story); The Pomander Walk Myster (short story); Alterations (short story); The Royal Engineers - The Army's Pathfinders - nice photo-illustrated article; Sight Unseen (short story); Hollywood news and photos; GM one-page ad highlights their "Victory Service"; One-page Ford ad features illustrations of some of their 1943 military vehicles; The United Service Centre, located in the Eaton Annex, Winnipeg; Centrefold Victory Bonds ad sponsored by the National War Finance Committee illustrates seven Canadians from various walks of life and explains their financial contributions to the war effort; Woodbury Soap ad includes photos of Barbara Sellers of Winnipeg; Woodbury Cold Cream ad includes photo of film star Janet Blair; Food article on "Russia's Nutrition" explains how Russia is tightening its belt to support the Red Army - with photos; Fashion illustrations; Photo-illustrated article on the women of Russia; Quotes from around the world; H.J. Heinz ad inside back cover explains how "To Make Plain Foods Taste Like Banquet Fare"; Fantastic colour-illustrated back cover Coke ad shows soldier proudly walking in great coat, with smaller images of additional members of the military; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
68 pages. Features: Nice colour-photo Oldsmobile ad inside front cover features yellow and blue models from 1940; Nice colour-photo ad for Singer sewing machines; News digest includes the Graf von Spee Affair, a new moral arithmetic, Nazi view of suicide, and United States of Europe?; Loafers' Loops (short story, part 1); The Perfect Crime (short story); Between the Devil and the Zuider Zee - photo-illustrated article - dispatch from the Dutch bordertown of Kerkrade; Lovers' Meeting (short story); In the Mother of Parliaments - photo-illustrated article on the pageantry of the people's rule in Britain for a thousand years; The Yearling (conclusion of story about a deer); Ice Age - nice article on figure skating which includes photo of Ralph McCreath and Norah McCarthy, king and queen of Canadian skaters; Great half-page blue and white Alka-Seltzer ad includes photos of Toronto Maple Leaf players Sweeney Schriner, "Turk" Broda, and Red Horner; Movie news and photos; Photos of Priscilla Lane in Lux soap ad; Photo of Miss Madeleine Hill in Woodbury soap ad; Corn Flakes ad includes photo of W.B. Cross, Tea Taster and Blender for Mellocup Tea; The House That Fancy Builds - interesting colour-photo-illustrated interior/home design article; Fashion illustrations; (Female) Figures Don't Lie; Excellent one-page photo-illustrated Pond's ad includes photos of Mrs. Robert L. Simpson of Unionville, and Air Hostess Miss June Rothe; Article on vitamins; Quotes from around the world; Gorgeous colour Coke ad inside back cover features server girl holding lunch tray; Back cover colour-illustrated ad for Graded Canadian Beef; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating wartime issue. Book
Approximately 24 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Illustrations include: Ideal Type Male Collie - full profile view; Ideal Type Female Collie - full profile view; Correct Forequarter Assembly (viewed from the side); Correct Hindquarter Assembly (viewed from the side); Correct Front - superficial muscles of front - skeleton; Correct Rear - superficial muscles of rear - skeleton; The Front; The Rear; Superficial Muscles; Skeleton; Headstudy of Ideal Type of Collie; The Bite; Head Faults. Prior owner's small ink stamp inside front cover else unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
Features: Nuffield Organization ad inside front cover; Photos of U.S. Shipping Aid, Wing Commander John Gillan; Anzac Lumbermen; Brooklyn USA Dockland Fire - great aerial view; Great large photo of a long line of "Valentine" tanks in use with the Polish tank corps; Photos of Pierre Laval and Marcel Deat - shot by Paul Collette on August 27th; 10 wonderful aerial photos of Ancient Persia's Ruined Cities - the Palace at Persepolis, etc.; Article on the situation in Thailand today; When Oil Fails - illustration of German tanks used as fortified posts; Super war photos from the Soviet Untion; Article - The War with Nazi Germany - Russia and Iran; Photo of Iran's peacock throne; Four awesome large photos of the Low-level R.A.F. attack on Rotterdam on August 28th; Centerfold painting of British Aircraft No. 6-A "Swordfish" swinging away from H.M. Aircraft-Carrier "Illustrious"; 10 interesting photos illustrate made-to-measure lifeboats and other equipment for imperilled R.A.F. pilots; Photo of Queen Wihhelmina inspecting Dutch troops in the Midlands; Variable-Pitch air screw education by de Havilland; Article about Sea Cucumbers, with illustrations; Colour Dewar's "White Label" Scotch ad on back cover shows men playing darts. Minor inkstamp to front cover and twice to contents. Clear tape inside each cover along spine and externally along spine. A sound copy. Magazine
Pages 177-264 plus 16 pages of wonderfully nostalgic ads. Features: Three Asses in the Pyrenees - Part 1 of the amusing account of the travels of a husband and wife with their donkey; The Diamond Smuggler; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part 6 of 6; Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central Africa - Part 4 of 4 of an important cinematograph expedition to the interior of Africa to film wild animals - article with many great photos; Two Robinson Crusoes - surviving three months on a desert island; Sorcery and Spiritualism in Papua - restoring the dead to life, table-rapping and curses that kill - photo-illustrated article; The Little Brass God - a planter's odd experience in India; Poaching on a King's Preserves; Through the East by Air - Part 6 of 6 of a wonderfully photo-illustrated article about a ten-month expedition to view middle-eastern cities by air; The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere - Part 1- the amazing life story of a man who was once banished to Guiana; Afloat with a Madman - a fireman goes mad aboard the "Algerian Prince" in the Bay of Biscay; Capturing 'Coperhead' - the story of a murderous Kentucky feudist in the mountains near the Kentucky - West Virginia border; photo of man standing in front of the largest saw blade in the world, a 108" diameter product made by Henry Disston and Sons, of Philadelphia. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1832. Dos volúmenes en 4to.; VIII pp., 333 pp. y 2 hs., 299 pp. Ejemplar con algunos puntos marginales de óxido y humedad. Encuadernación de época en media piel, con pérdida en cabeza de lomera del tomo primero. Una de las obras más raras en primera edición de Washington Irving, escrita bajo su conocido seudónimo, durante su residencia como financiero y diplomático en España entre 1826 y 1832 y dedicada al gran artista Sir David Wilkie, cuya amistad y entusiasmo fueron su mayor inspiración. Se trata de la primera versión de la colección de 41 "sketches" sobre la Alhambra granadina, un vehículo para la consideración romántica de pasadas grandezas, no disponibles al otro lado del Atlántico y dando lugar a la formación de uno de los primeros puentes literarios entre el Viejo y el Nuevo Mundo. # Farinelli, III, pp.220-221. # Garcia Romeral, 873.
Incisione da matrice in rame (mm.300x400 e margini), abilmente colorata da mano coeva: veduta prospettica animata da numerosi personaggi. Titolo lungo il margine inferiore . Queste «vues d'optique», dai colori molto vivaci, se opportunamente predisposte con intagli, forature e controffondature, erano presentate al pubblico all'interno di apparecchi ottici semplificati dal pantoscopio, allo zogroscopio, dalla lanterna magica al mondo novo. . Cfr. Maria Adriana Prolo - Luigi Carluccio. Il Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino. 1978, la ricercata prima pubblicazione relativa al nascente Museo della Mole Antonelliana. C.A. Minici Zotti, Il Mondo Nuovo. Le meraviglie della visione dal '700 alla nascita del Cinema, 1988..
92 pages. Features: Torado Iwasaki was cheated out of his 640 acres on Salt Spring Island; Ernest Manning's offer to merge the Alberta Social Credit Party with the federal Conservatives; Egyptian travel posters in West Germany include swastika; How We've Come to Love the Car - a 10-page exploration of this surprising cultural shift - Peterborough's Superblock and architect Gerald Robindon, Monteal's new Place Bonaventure-Canada Trade Centre (cutaway view) - with photos and brief write-ups of the following people and their vehicles - Rompin' Ronnie Hawkins, Al Hamel, Dr. Morton Shulman, Harley Neilson (of the chocolate business), Dorothee Hebert and Kenneth Jarvis; Does Canada Need the Tories?; Wonderful photographic celebration of Orillia, Ontario's Centennial - with text by Jack Batten; Expose '67 - the unpredictable other half of Expo '67; Alan Eagleson and the formation of the NHL players' union (NHLPA) - article with great full-page photo of Eagleson with Carl Brewer - who later became an implacable opponent of Eagleson and his misdeeds - amazing NHL history, some of it from the dark side; Spiritualist James Wilkie of Vancouver - is his body taken over by timeless spirit Rama?; Lotta Hitschmanova helps the starving, sick and homeless in foreign lands - article with photo; Nice colour photo ad for Hollandia pipe tobacco; Colour photo centrefold ad for Eskilon winterwear; Nice full-page colour photo ad for Ski-doo; The Investigation Service of the Post Office Department - the secret watchers who guard your mail; Fantastic two-page colour photo ad for CBC-TV with photos of 17 of their shows/personalities; Photo ad for GM's short-lived Epic car; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Incisione da matrice in rame (mm.300x400 e margini), abilmente colorata da mano coeva: veduta prospettica animata da numerosi personaggi. Titolo lungo il margine inferiore, firmata "Marieschi delin. -J Bowles fecit". Queste «vues d'optique», dai colori molto vivaci, se opportunamente predisposte con intagli, forature e controffondature, erano presentate al pubblico all'interno di apparecchi ottici semplificati dal pantoscopio, allo zogroscopio, dalla lanterna magica al mondo novo. . Cfr. Maria Adriana Prolo - Luigi Carluccio. Il Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino. 1978, la ricercata prima pubblicazione relativa al nascente Museo della Mole Antonelliana. C.A. Minici Zotti, Il Mondo Nuovo. Le meraviglie della visione dal '700 alla nascita del Cinema, 1988..
Incisione da matrice in rame (mm.210x320 e margini), abilmente colorata da mano coeva: veduta prospettica animata da numerosi personaggi. Titolo e legenda lungo il margine inferiore. Piccoli difetti ma nel complesso un discreto esemplare molto decorativo. Queste «vues d'optique», dai colori molto vivaci, se opportunamente predisposte con intagli, forature e controffondature, erano presentate al pubblico all'interno di apparecchi ottici semplificati dal pantoscopio, allo zogroscopio, dalla lanterna magica al mondo novo. . Cfr. Maria Adriana Prolo - Luigi Carluccio. Il Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino. 1978, la ricercata prima pubblicazione relativa al nascente Museo della Mole Antonelliana. C.A. Minici Zotti, Il Mondo Nuovo. Le meraviglie della visione dal '700 alla nascita del Cinema, 1988..
London, J.J. Dubochet & Co., 1837 - 1839. Tres volúmenes en 4to.mayor; LIV - 434 pp. + 534 pp. + 538 pp., con numerosas ilustraciones entre el texto. Encuadernación moderna en media tela.
Rara incisione originale (mm 282x393), "vue d'optique" 1750 ca., traforata ed abilmente colorata da mano coeva. Incisione controffondata con cartoncino coevo. Deliziosa veduta con finestre e contorni architettonici traforati che conferiscono all'incisione un doppio effetto giorno/notte.. .
96, 112 [ads] pages. Profusely illustrated with diagrams and black and white photos. Includes many pages of wonderfully nostalgic illustrated ads. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Peacock Point, The Residence of Henry P. Davison, Esq., Locust Valley, Long Island - Walker & Gillette, Architects; The Southwest Museum, Los Angeles - Sumner Hunt & S.R. Burns, Architects; A Model Public School Clinic; St. Agnes' Church, Cleveland, Ohio - John T. Comes, Architect; The Roger Morris House, or Jumel Mansion, New York City - Part I; The New Buildings of the Sea View Hospital, Staten Island, New York City - Edward F. Stevens and Renwick, Aspinall & Tucker, Associate Architects; Portfolio of Current Architecture; The Architect's Library - Books on Colonial Architecture - Part VI - Periodicals; Notes & Comments. Average wear. Binding intact. Library stamp atop front cover otherwise unmarked. Two small binding holes near spine. A sound vintage copy. Book
393 pages. "The first attempt to give a complete and comprehensive study of the Jew of Newport, picturing from the religious, economic, social and political points of view the entire colonial background with which the Jew identified himself." - From Preface. Includes 36 black and white illustrations, 11 appendices, notes, glossary, bibliography and index. Chapters include: The Dim Beginnings; Dawn; Progress; From Inquisition to Freedom; The Synagogue; A Glimpse of Jewish Life; Visitors; The Jew in the Community; Uproar, Dispersion and Decline; Evacuation and Revival; The Close of a Colorful Chapter; Noble Memories; Reconsecration; Adjustment; Immorality. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear to blue boards. Lettering worn from spine. Both hinges almost fully open. Tape protects top and bottom of spine. A fragile yet worthy copy of this excellent reference. Book
80 pages. Profusely illustrated with archival black and white photos of breweries, bottles, labels, etc. Provides an impressive alphabetical list of breweries and whatever additional details the authors were able to glean about them. Also included are bottle details and contemporary pricing information. Pages mildly age-toned at periphery. Large hand-written gift greetings upon front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Moderate wear to book. Binding sound. Average wear and two short closed openings to handsomely illustrated dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this excellent reference. Book
504-604, [10] index to Vol. LV, 136 [ads], pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. Printed upon glossy stock. The many pages of ads include an abundance of nostalgic photos and illustrations. Features: Some Work of Aymar Embury II in the Sand Hills of North Carolina; Andalusian Gardens and Patios - Part VII - The Alhambra, Granada - The Acosta Garden, Granada; Louis H. Sullivan (1856-1924); The Low-Rental Apartment - An Economic Fallacy - Part II; Cover Design - 22 Oak Street, New York City; Frontispiece - Long Vista, Garden of the Casa Del Rey Moro, Ronda; Notes and Comments. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. Two small binding holes near spine. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
Features: The People of the Caves; My Journey in Bhutan - I; An Arctic Man-Hunt; The Sydney "Flying-Machine"; An Odd Voyage; The Rescue Dogs of St. Bernard; How we Bluffed the Bushrangers; Life in a Japanese Prison; Short Stories - An Adventure in the "Towers of Silence", Hassan's Bride, Prospecting for Yaqui Gold; The Sportsmen of the Near East; Ning Wo the Wonderful; The Golden Beetle; The Riddle of the Zambesi; A Hero's Life Story; "The Hermit of Rotheneuf"; Marooned on a Sandbank; The "Tank Scrap"; Short Stories - A Luncheon Party in Rhodesia, The Ordeal of Mrs. Benns; The Deputation That Failed; An Island of Mystery; The Ghost of No. 1 Jetty; My Journey in Bhutan - II; The One-Eyed Parrot; The "Pearl of the Mediterranean"; A North Atlantic Tragedy; An Englishman's Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina; A Lost Hamlet; How I Climbed Mount Popocatepetl; The Masked Bandit of Tucson; Under the Star and the Crescent - I; Pegging out the Empire; Short Stories - The Jail-break at Kungyangon, The Missing Bracelet, The Story of a Glass Eye; Earnst's Luck;; Through the Rocky Mountains on a Raft - I; The Gipsy Polka; Abalone-Fishing; The Old Mexican Mine; A Mystery of the Bush; An Artist's Adventure; The Exploits of the Duke of the Abruzzi - I; The Rival Rain-Makers; Pegging Out the Empire - II; The Clue of the Marked Bamboo; Earthquakes from a Japanese Point of View; The Robbery at Goldsmiths; The Experiences of a Deputy-Postmaster; Some Adventures with Sea-Lions; Under the Star and Crescent - II; Through the Rocky Mountains on a Raft - II; Lost in an Underground Maze; An Englishman's Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina - II; On the Hill Crest Patrol; Stories of "Stripes" - the Tiger and the Tow-Boat, The Phantom Tiger; The Exploits of the Duke of the Abruzzi - II; The Dynamite Smuggler; A House Built in a Day; Bulstrode and the Bear; With Pen and Camera in Nigeria - I; The Castaways of Guadalupe Island; An Englishman's Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina - III; Sport in India; Phaulkon's Treasure; The Balinese and Their Ways; Trooper Lovelace, T.T.P. - I; My Most Exciting Ballooning Experiences; Through the Rocky Mountains on a Raft - III; The Gum-Hunter; A Himalayan Arcadia; The Jealously of Pepe; A Texan "Snake-Farm"; One New Year's Day; Twelve Hundred Miles in a Paper Boat; Fishing on the Molopo; Locating a Leak; Two Men in a Cave; A Wanderer in Asia Minor - I; Wilson's "Scoop"; With Pen and Camera in Nigeria - II; A Race for a Gold-Mine; In the Far North-West - I; Trooper Lovelace, T.T.P. - II; How I Lassoed a Moose. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with 65 coloured plates on 24, 22 monochrome plates on 8, several maps (a number full-page) in the text, and endpaper maps; grey cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE.
12mo (130 x 98mm), one folding engraved panoramic mounted on linen (380 x 290mm) + 30 pages of accompanying text, margins of title-page lightly chipped, presentation inscription to rear paste-down, orig. brown embossed cloth, rebacked, title in gilt on upper cover. The Panoramic view of Jerusalem with numbered key to landmarks and holy sites.
Incisione da matrice in rame (mm. 300x420 e margini), abilmente colorata da mano coeva: veduta prospettica animata da numerosi personaggi. Queste «vues d'optique», dai colori molto vivaci, con cieli azzurri digradanti verso un orizzonte più chiaro, strade e piazze con una prospettiva accentuata, se opportunamente predisposte con intagli, forature e controffondature, erano presentate al pubblico all'interno di apparecchi ottici semplificati dal pantoscopio, allo zogroscopio, dalla lanterna magica al mondo novo. . Cfr. Maria Adriana Prolo - Luigi Carluccio. Il Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino. 1978, la ricercata prima pubblicazione relativa al nascente Museo della Mole Antonelliana. C.A. Minici Zotti, Il Mondo Nuovo. Le meraviglie della visione dal '700 alla nascita del Cinema, 1988..
In 16, pp. 118 + (2). Mancanze risarcite al dorso. Qualche abrasione ai piatti. Br. ed. Opera scientifica di divulgazione popolare sulla cura degli occhi. L'A. spiega come gli occhi debbano essere preservati e che si debba avere "moderazione nell'usarli" rivolgendosi in particolare a chi studia e lavora di notte. Bisogna inoltre fare attenzione alle diverse temperature e qualita' dell'aria: gli occhi sono "sempre irritati quando l'aria contiene particelle saline e muriatiche... oltre questi gaz micidiali, la calce, il gesso, l'arsenuico e una massa dis sostanze simili, alterando la purita' dell'atmosfera, nuocono in particolare agli occhi...". Allo stesso modo bisogna prestare cura all'alimentazione: quando i cibi sono "acri, salati e carichi di droghe, riscaldano il sangue e lo determinano verso la testa. Ne' meno nuoce la troppa qualita' d'alimenti...". Quindi l'amore, la passione piu' nociva per la vista: "abbiamo gia' parlato degli effetti della eccessiva perdita del liquor seminale...": tutti coloro che praticano troppo "il giovane il cui ardore non conosce limiti, l'ammogliato di fresco che provoca continuamente piaceri snervanti, il mastrupratore che si sfinisce nella solitudine.... debbono aspettarsi un indebolimento della vista precoce e una totale perdita della medesima...". Seguono molti altri consigli sul modo di preservare gli occhi, un elenco di varie tipologie di occhi. In fine le considerazioni sulle cagioni della miopia o vista corta. Antonio Scarpa nacque a Lorenzaga di Motta di Livenza il 9 maggio 1752. Studio' a Padova dove segui' anche i corsi universitari per la Medicina e Chirurgia laureandosi il 19 maggio 1770; fu allievo di Morgagni e di Caldani. Nel 1805 Napoleone lo invito' a occupare la cattedra di clinica chirurgica e di operazioni chirurgiche. Molte e notevoli per importanza ed originalita' di contenuto sono le opere che Scarpa diede alle stampe. Il nome di Scarpa si afferma come anatomico nel 1773 con la pubblicazione della sua prima nota De structura fenestrae rotundae auris, et de tympano secundario, ma una piu' completa relazione delle sue scoperte anatomiche ed anatomo-comparative sopra l?organo dell?udito. Dal 1800 la sua attivita' va sempre piu' orientandosi ed intensificandosi per la chirurgia; impegnatosi nell?esercizio e nell?insegnamento della clinica oculistica, pubblica la sua opera magistrale sulle malattie degli occhi, alla quale seguono dal 1801 al 1816 altre quattro edizioni. La quinta perfezionata ed ampliata porta il titolo di Trattato di malattie degli occhi ed e' del 1821. A cominciare dalla prima edizione di quest?opera sulle malattie degli occhi, furono fatte traduzioni in francese, tedesco ed inglese.
16 pages. Features: The War of 1920, being the fictional diary of Gustav Bauerfeldt, War Correspondent of the Berliner Rundschau - Part 1; What we Demand of President Wilson In the Spirit of 'Seventy-Six'; Behind the Scenes in Warring Germany with Edward Lyell Fox; The Eliots and the Parkhursts, a poem by Stephen Oland; "To See Ourselves as Others See Us", by Dr. Edmund von Mach; Mr. Bryan and the German-Americans; The Worm Turns - at last American manufacturers are making an energetic protest to President Wilson against England's strangulation of American commerce; Why Franklin Knight Lane, Secretary of the Interior, and William Bauchop Wilson, head of the Department of Labor, Should Resign; Why They Are Against Peace - one of the most virulent pro-Ally newspapers in New England is owned by interests manufacturing war supplies for the Allies; Swiss View on our "Neutrality"; News from Germany; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Three-inch opening to bottom of coverfold otherwise a sound copy. Magazine
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: Great cover photo of Duncan operating room; Several photos of new interior plant equipment at Duncan; Sensational 9-page feature on Duncan and district with great photos of the area including Duncan Station, Maple Bay, Genoa Bay, and an aerial view; Fire deprives downtown Vancouver of service - photos and text; Grand Forks office and staff; Table showing "Exchanges in order of Per Cent Good Calls Out"; Statement of Development as of 1 January 1924 showing number of phones per community; Cover photo of steamer Jacques Cartier; Nice full-page showing two views of Vancouver Harbour with many ships in port; 7 page feature on the Port of Vancouver with several great photos; Possibilities of both radio and wire telephony; Exchanges in order of percent good out calls; Excellent full-page photo of Ballantyne pier, Burrard Inlet; Take advantage of company's new savings plan; Fine addition to shipping facilities on Burrard Inlet - Ballantyne Pier - 5 great photos with text; Greater Vancouver will benefit by reduced telephone rate; Repair shop has greatly expanded in recent years - 6 pages with nice photos; nice full-page photo of the Empress of Australia in port; Greater Vancouver Inter-Exchange Telephone Service; Fold-out map of Vancouver area exchanges, complet with great statistics; Telephone extenstion to Campbell River; 8 page feature on the flow of commerce through Canada's western port with many absolutely smashing photos; Cover photo of Glenburn office; 6-page feature on the B.C. Herring fishery with excellent photos (re: sea lions, contains the following quote "The government is undertaking to greatly lessen the numbers of this prey animal"); archival photo of laying the first underground cable in Vancouver; Statement of Development - # of phones operating in each community; Cover photo of Milner office; photo mosaic of 5 lower valley exchange offices; Wonderful 8 page feature on the great supply district (i.e. the lower Fraser Valley) of BC coastal cities - excellent photos including a shot of the only remaining original Hudson's Bay Company building at Langley; New Gordon Head Exchange cut over; New Point Grey office under way; new observation office aids efficiency; Electrical Communication Development; Full-page photo of sailors from the battleship H.M.S. Repulse marching through Vancouver; Multiple photos of British warships docked at Victoria; Article and photos of the visit of the Royal Navy to Vancouver; The Traffic Department and the Public it serves; Tennis Tournaments; Printing a phone directory; Great feature on Ship Salvors (Salvagers) with many photos; A motoring trip through the U.S., with photos; Biggest cable will cross False Creek; Oxygen Farms; Cornelius Vanderbilt writes of his long distance call from Alberni to Los Angeles; P.B.X. serves interesting purposes - 5 pages with photos; Early motor tourists to B.C., with photos; Full-page photo of the Empress of Canada; 5 page illustrated article on the reclamation of the Sumas; The switchboard as a newspaper; Health secrets of the telephone pole - 3 illustrated pages; new Victoria equipment; Bayview library proves popular; cover photo of a long-distance operator timing a call with a calculagraph; Billing toll and inter-exchange calls keeps eight clerks busy - 3 pages with photos; 7 page a Book
417 pages. Index. Appendices. Footnotes. List of sixty black and white illustrations. A rare surviving copy of this important reference, made all the more engaging by today's environment of competing fiat currency devaluations. "Hitherto Numismatists when stydying the Origines of Coinage had confined themselves to the materials presented to them in the earliest money of Lydia, Greece and Italy, and on the other hand the Metrologists had almost completely limited their range of observation to the systems of Babylon, Egypt, Greece and Rome. As the Comparative Method has yielded such excellent results in the study of other human institutions, I have endeavoured by its aid to get some new principles which may throw some fresh light on the first beginnings of monetary and weight systems." - from Preface. Attractive gilt decoration upon green front board. Legible gilt lettering upon backstrip. Average external soiling and wear. Several chips from and lengthy openings along backstrip which has become brittle with age. Narrow opening along most of front hinge. Back hinge open. Bookplate discretely removed inside front board. Unmarked. A tender but worthy copy. Book
