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Half-leather binding. 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: Photos of operators at work in Haney, Nanaimo and Port Moody; $35 million improvement and expansion programme; Rotation billing will be inaugurated in March; Ed Tomer terminates 44-year career; Victoria says good-bye to George Gaetz; Daniel G. Houston - he installed phones in the horse-and-wagon days; Retirement of Thomas (Tom) Smith; photos of W.J. Jefree's clothing store and W.J. Pendray soap works, both in Victoria - the first commercial firms in British Columbia to be linked by a telephone line, in 1880; Photo of Nanaimo's first telephone office in 1887 at the fruit store of Mr. and Mrs. E.G. Cavalsky; Photo of splicer's school; Annual report reveals record demand for service as result of great growth of province; World telephone network is operating again; A farewell to Dave Falconer; The telephone situation as we see it today; Hammond-Haney toll charges eliminated; From Office Boy to District Plant Chief - Lindsay Morrison; High school visitors to the Hasting's operator area; New Building Commemorates Name of First Company President, William Farrell - article with photos; A Report on the telephone situation in B.C.; Thirty-Four Years of Phone Service at Parksville; First commercial VHF circuits now in service here; Toll Chief Operator weds Chief Engineer - A.H. Lemmon and Lila Boden; advertising slogans; Wirephoto service comes to Vancouver; Telephony made great Strides during Labelle Career - Eugene P. LaBelle retires after 44 years in telephony *THIS APPEARS TO BE THE PERSONAL COPY OF MR. LABELLE AS HIS NAME IS STAMPED ON TOP EDGE OF TEXT*; A.C. Bull Elected Federation President; Photo of lovely twin sister operators in Vancouver; Photos behind the scenes at the Victoria Plant Building; New Dial Offic, 'Cedar', Now in Service; 800,000 phone calls per day in Vancouver; Wage increases for 1,000 plant employees; Meet the Executive Assistant's Department - many photos; Nearly 3,800 Bayview phones 'cut' to Cedar; Revenue accounting girls adopt three orphans; replica's of 3 recent billboards, 2 of which include suggestions for party line use; misc. photos of Fraser Valley operators; 1947 was record year despite shortages; *Car phone* service now available - with photo; Leo Griggs, Nanaimo Plant Head, retires; Fifteen years ago; Three blind mice in South America - Kathleen Stephen and Catherine Wilson recall their trip; Ads advise fewer calls, shorter calls - with 2 ads; "Newton" joins our telephone family - story and photos; 1947 progress was offset by record demand annual report points out; 37 years of ups and downs - Percy Turley, cable-splicing foreman; Miss Gertrude Greaves honoured; Photos of Seymour (Vancouver) operators; photo of radiotelephone transmitting station at Lulu Island; various photos inside Kamloops office with staff; article on John (Jack) C. Hemer; Operators learn Human Nature's Queer Quirks; Newspaper columnist visits new William Farrell Building; Trans-Canada phone system construction job resumed - text and photos; photos of staff and facilities at Princeton; Spirit of service triumphs over flood - photos of washed out Mission bridge and more, plus article; PNE float photos; Introducing the company's new business library; New submarine cable links Vancouver and North Shore - photos and text; T. Percy Waters Book
80 pages. Where to begin describing this incredible Toronto Maple Leaf souvenir? Colour-illustrated front cover features prominent black and white photo of Leaf player Elwyn Morris. Contents: Nice military-themed colour ad for B-A inside front cover; One-page ad for Simpson's overcoats for men; Page two displays the "Gardens" Executive and Board of Directors with photos of twenty-one gentlemen including Major Conn Smythe; Nice one-page ad for ENO's 'fruit salt'; Information about many players from the New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings, ; Nice one-page illustrated ad for Peoples Credit Jewellers, celebrating their 25th Anniversary; Wildfire Chocolate Bar ad; ad for Orange-Crush and Lime Crush rickey; Nice one-page ad for 'The House of Stone' high-end clothing business; Nice one-page photo ad for Brylcreem; Nice one-page military-themed ad for Wrigley's Spearmint Gum; Article by Frank Selke Jr.; Article on Toronto Sports Personalities; Nice Black Cat cigarette ad; One-page ad for Scott's Emulsion; Nice one-page ad for Midtown Tire features photos and write-ups of owners Stan Bacon and Sam Shefsky; Who's Who on the Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens?; Half-page Coke ad shows Allied airman talking to a group while he holds a remmant of a Nazi plane, the remnant bearing a large swastika; One-page ad for Maclean Stomach Powder; One page ad for Joseph Gould & Sons, maker of clothing; One-page ad for Du-Val products; Hockey's Immortal Characters - article on Newsy Lalonde; Centrefold, loose but present, lists fourteen Chicago players - one name stroked out and another hand-written in below, and seventeen Toronto players; Great vintage ad for Vernor's Ginger Ale; Who's Who on the Boston Bruins?; Royal York Hotel ad promotes Horace Lapp and his 'Orchestra of Funmakers'; Nice two-page ad for Bee Hive Corn Syrup; Illustrated ad for the W.H. Dunne Skate Co.; Ad for Tease Knitting Co. which makes jerseys for the Toronto Maple Leafs; Nice one-page ad for Germolene ointment; Odex soap ad shows man in shower; Nice illustrated ad for the 'Honey Dew Shop'; Thermogene Wool ad; Fantastic cartoon ad for the Chicken Palace restaurant in Toronto; Article - With Our Boys on Active Service (In WWII) - featuring Turk Broda; NHL Schedule for 1944-45; Only One Brother Act Left in Big-Time Hockey - The Bruneteau brothers of the Detroit Red Wings; Who's Who on the Chicago Black Hawks; Ad for Gordon Dunfield military outfitters; Nice vintage one-page ad for C.C.M. skating equipment, with illustrations of the Allan Cup, Stanley Cup, and Memorial Cup; Nice illustrated ad for Winnwell hockey equipment; Article - Hockey History of Ancient America; One-page ad for Veno's cough syrup; Nice one-page ad for "Export" - Canada's Finest Cigarette; Nice two-colour ad for Dentyne Gum inside back cover; Great colour ad on back cover for Sweet Caporal cigarettes features attractive lady and instructions how to order cigarettes for 'the boys overseas' (in WWII). Above-average external wear. Openings along coverfold. A magnificent Toronto hockey collectible. Book
Pages 41-80 plus xvi pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: The House of C.P. Searle, Esq., at Ipswich, Massachusetts; Hand-Made Rugs, the Revival of an Old Handicraft; Three Types of Gambrell Roof Houses - the home of Mr. Walter C. Sampson, at Summit, New Jersey, the home of Arthur E. Thayer at Dedham, Massachusetts, the home of Mr. Farnham, and the home of Mr. James Purdon, of Boston; Plant Breeding; The Dino Collection of Historic Armor - collected by the late Duc de Dino, Marquis of Talleyrand-Perigord; The Use of Anesthetics for Plants; A Few Neglected Fruits; A Seventeenth Century Homestead near Boston; A Wood Garden - at the country seat of Mr. H.H. Battles at Newton Square, PA; Nature's Traps; The Country Seat of Charles S. Brown, Esq., Mount Kisco, New York; A New Method of Housekeeping; The New Seed testing Station in Paris at the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers, then the Agronomic Institute in the Rue Cervantes; Great color back cover ad for Pierce Arrow cars (The George N. Pierce Company) features illustration of chauffeur holding door for woman in orange coat on city street; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Complete and unmarked with average wear. Some pages loose but all present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
1924015720Paris Au Sans Pareil 1924 In-12 Broché, couverture illustrée Edition originale
96 pages. Index of advertisers. Features: Cover photo of the vessel 'Orient City' fully loaded with lumber; Two-color ad for Broderick yellow-strand wire rope inside front cover; Nicely logging-theme illustrated Timken bearing full-page ad; American Tiger Brand Wire Rope ad features great photo (circa 1885) of steam (bull) donkey and many loggers; R.G. LeTourneau ad features photo of their bulldozer and a Willamette-Hyster arch at work; Full-page two-color photo ad for Caterpillar features A.E. Baker of Fruit Growers Supply, Susanville, CA; Durable Douglas Fir Cross Arms used on telephone poles by the British Columbia Telephone Company - article with photo; Hand Methods Must Give Way to Mechanization in Eastern Canada - article; Photos of sawmill scenes in Sweden and Finland; Novel Effects in Wood at Paris Exposition - article with photos; Unique Power Plant of Vancouver Island Lumber Operation - Nootka Wood Products, Ltd. mill at Port Tasis (Tahsis) is driven by wood gas - article with photos - including photo of John P. Blenkinsop and Harry Smith and another photo of plant manager Lute D. Rogers with George M. Cornwall of this publication; Fantastic two-page two-color illustrated ad for the Ross Lumber Carrier, Model 90; S.A. Woods Machine Company ad features their new 412 planer and matcher; Magnificent full-page ad for Disston precision ground cross-cut saws includes photos of fallers at work with this two-man saw; Distinct saving shown to be possible with two-man bucking crews - article; Plywood's outdoor uses are increasing - photo-illustrated article; Meeting of the Wooden Box Association at San Francisco; Mark Markkula and his logging Bunks and Chunks - article with photos of products and Mr. Markkula; Nicely illustrated one-page ad for Hercules Engines of Canton, Ohio; Logging in Tillamook - article with photos; Super one-page photo ad for Feenaughty Machinery Co.'s FWD trucks - with photo showing a massive load being hauled; Nice truck-logging themed photo ad for Waukesha engines; Awesome photos of Allis-Chalmers tractors at work for the Big Lakes Box Company in Klamath Basin; Fantastic full-page ad with photos of the Washington Diesel Yarder made by Washington Iron Works; Crazy photo of trucks driving 132' logs across the Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills' narrow old logging bridge above Skykomish, WA; Photo of a Dow low stump power saw at work; Small illustrated ad for P. Sharkey & Son Horse Collars; Photo of an FWD truck at work for Mr. W.S. Jeans of Culp Creek, OR; Superheaters - their use on Donkeys and Locomotives - article; Oriental strife affects Pacific Lumber Trade - article; France decides between steel and wood rail cars; Foreign Lumber Fleet - list of lumber vessels visiting Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia - and their capacities; Three Bamfiled, B.C. photos accompany brief article about Pacific Cable and Wireless, Ltd. and their cable which extends from Bamfield to New Zealand; Photo of G.L. Graiff with redwood charcoal experimental wood gas-powered truck - Hammond Redwood Co. of Samoa, CA; Reunion of pioneer members of the Southwestern Washington Lumber Manufacturers Association - with photos of T.H. MacLafferty, C.A. Doty, Charles Gilchrist, W.C. Miles, Jerry Startup, S.S. Somerville; Obituary of August K. Berter; Nice illustrated ad for the Warren Axe and Tool Co. of Warren, PA.; and more. Unmarked. Above-average but not excessive wear. Chips missing from backstrip. Binding intact. A rare surviving issue of this highly informative vintage lumber periodical. Magazine
BN105797Publications de l'Université de Rouen et du Havre. Softcover. Vexin normand ou vexin parisien contribution etude géographique espace rural. <br/><br/>Vexin normand ou vexin parisien contribution etude géographique espace rural. Publications de l'Université de Rouen et du Havre paperback
1795017372The Strand London & Edinburgh: T. Cadell & W. Davies; Bell & Bradfute 1795. Second edition. Illustrated with a folding plan of a cucmber bed a little foxed and browned slightly frayed at the fore-edge octavo pp xvi 312 fore-edge and bottom edge untrimmed a little foxed and age-toned throughout a neat early signature on the title page bound by Spink & Thackray of Leeds in a brown half buckram and boards slightly worn and with an armorial crest at the base of the spine. Blanche Henrey 1000. RARE - a good wide-margined copy. Second edition of the work which brought MacPhail's forcing frame and controversial method of cultivation to the public view. McPhail was gardener to Lord Hawkesbury at Addiscombe Place in Surrey. The brick frame was of his own design and a notable feature of this book is the detailed weather observations covering a complete year together with the precise treatment given to the plants on each day. The frame proved immensely popular and within 40 years Rogers 1839 was to state " an excellent invention that has certainly rendered the forcing of this vegetable more simple.there are few gentleman's gardens and few principal market gardens without them". . Second edition. Half cloth and boards. Very Good. T. Cadell & W. Davies; Bell & Bradfute Hardcover
13781Clos Joli. I) les fleurs II) Les fruits 100 planches en deux volumes in 4 350x315mm ; plats cartonnés, dos toilés ; Vignette an couleurs, contrecollées sur le premier plat. 50 planches pour chaque volume, monogrammées, reproduites en couleurs par les ateliers JACOMET Editions d’Art Charles MOREAU 1929.
106.156Amsterdam, chez Henri Desbordes, 1701. "19 x 26, xiv-342-x + vi-320-xii pages, bandeaux, lettrines et culs-de-lampe, nombreuses figures, reliure d'époque plein cuir à 5 nerfs, dos : 1 pièce de titre et 5 décors floraux, bon état (reliure état d'usage; pages légèrement gondolées)."
1789GITf363Ensemble de 9 registres brochés (7 au format 26,5cm sur 19cm, 2 au format 22,5cm sur 17cm), totalisant 511 feuillets non chiffrés (415 rédigés, 116 restés vierges). La plupart des feuillets sont écrits recto verso, pratiquement sans marges, interlignes étroits, d'une petite écriture fine, serrée mais bien lisible. Brochures solides mais usées (plats du registre 1835 désolidarisées), traces de brûlure avec petit manque de papier en bordure du registre 1832-1858, auréole claire ancienne en tête du registre 1799-1812, en tête et dans les fonds de celui de 1816-1822 (avec légères adhérences par endroits), rousseurs par endroits n'altérant pas la lecture.
1787016686Poultry & Lombard Street London: Charles Dilly & James Phillips 1787. Octavo pp xx 51 a little age-toning and discolouration the title page more marked and with a small old paper repair to the upper corner a near contemporary signature - "R. Prime" - to the title page otherwise very sound internally. in a later twentieth century simple quarter calf binding a little marked and faded the boards slightly bowed. Of great interest is the seedsman's advertisement bound in at the front - Observations on the Culture of the Mangel Wurzel by Jenkins and Gwyther Nursery and Seedsmen New Road and in the Regent's Park. Ths extends to two and a half small sides folded and marked with the remains of an address and a postmark on the final side. Lettsom's work is rare anyway and I can find no trace of another copy of the Jenkins and Gwyther advertisement. Abbe de Commerell had a great interest in husbandry and made a special study of vegetable and fodder crops. Seed of the mangel wurzel fell in to Lettsom's hands and after sowing it at his botanic garden at Grove Hill he found that it produced an excellent crop for both humans and cattle. He immediately commissioned a translation which went in to three editions within a month. His efforts fell on stony ground and he was somewhat derided for his enthusiasm. Shortly in to the next century however it was greatly taken up by farmers. It was at this time that Jenkins and Gwyther issued their little pamphlet. Their nursery at Regent's Park subsequently became the gardens of the Royal Botanic Society. The owner of this copy was Richard Prime of Walberton House near Arundel. Prime a strong Tory was M.P. for the western division of Sussex 1847-54 and the dominant figure in Walberton in his day. Blanche Henrey 556. Second edition. Quarter leather. Good. Charles Dilly & James Phillips Hardcover
1750015882Leyden & Amsterdam: Samuel Luchtmans & Meynard Uytwerf 1750. Illustrated with 13 finely engraved plates one with a tear and one with tears along the folds one full page plan within the text small quarto pp xxiv 6 412 32 contents a little age-toned but otherwise remarkably clean pages unpressed lacking the half-title contemporary full calf rather worn particularly at the corners joints cracked lacking the lower panel of the spine and a small piece at the head original marbled endpapers. LACKING one plate. "French edition of the first treatise in Dutch to provide a theoretical basis for garden design. It also addressed various practical issues including the cultivation of plants propagation and stove and hothouse technology the latter presumably embodying the knowledge held within the family - the author's father having grown the first pineapple at Meerburg in 1658" - Patrick Taylor . Full-Leather. Good. Samuel Luchtmans & Meynard Uytwerf Hardcover
18846946Paris, G. Masson, sans date [1884]. In-4 de 48 pages, cartonnage de soie, rouge pour le dos, crème pour les plats ornés de compositions en rouge or et noir, bords biseautés, tranches teintées bordeaux. Plats à peine empoussiérés, deux cahiers un poil déboîtés, autrement en très belle condition.
12770Le confiturier royal. Ou nouvelle instruction –les confitures- les liqueurs et les fruits. Où l’on apprend à confire toutes sortes de fruits tant secs que liquide, la façon de faire différens ratafias, et divers ouvrages de sucre qui sont du fait des officiers et confiseurs avec la manière de bien ordonner un fruit et des dessins de table. Sixième édition, revue et corrigée. In 12 broché, couverture d’attente, papier gris,. Titre, VIII, 542 pages. 2 pages d’approbation. 1 planche dépliante en regard de la page 448 et 3 gravures en deux planches dépliantes, en fin de volume. A Paris chez les libraires associés 1791. Bon exemplaire à grandes marges.
1951010331Paris N.R.F., Editions Gallimard 1951 In-8 Broché Edition originale
The original edition, with all the color plates, of this essential guide to identifying botanical prints. From a total edition of 2500 copies, this is one of 750 copies with the additional color folding plate with the list of subscribers. Folio, publisher's cloth with large leather label on front cover. Binding sunned and lightly worn, with leather spine label gone. Top edge gilt. Internally clean.
1768015805Pall-Mall York Street Strand and Fenchurch Stree: J. Dodsley; S. Baker G.Leigh et al 1768. Small octavo pp 2 123 a little age-toned but otherwise extremely clean and sound internally bound in a recent qurter calf and marbled boards with red leather lettering piece on the spine. Armorial bookplate of The Earl of Harrowby. The upper board is a little bowed but this detracts only a little from a very bright copy indeed. RARE. Blanche Henrey 1437. De Combles wrote the original anonymously in 1745 when it was the first work on the subject in France. The English edition is also anonymous and Henrey speculates that of the various booksellers mentioned on the title page "J. Gordon seedsman Fenchurch Street" may well have suggested publication if indeed he wasn't the translator. First English edition. Quarter calf and boards. Very Good. J. Dodsley; S. Baker, G.Leigh et al Hardcover
1659018370Genova: Pietro Giovanni Calenzani 1659. Octavo pp 4 236 intermittent browning and light foxing otherwise tight and sound internally contemporary vellum age-toned and a little marked. The front endpaper bears a label identifying this copy as from the cookery collection of John Hodgkin FLS. A scarce edition - an early note on the endpaper possibly by Hodgkin comments that it is not mentioned in the bibliographies of Drexel or Vicaire. John Hodgkin FLS was born in Birmingham in 1857 the son of John Eliot Hodgkin and Sarah Ransome. In 1881 he was living with his parents in Richmond Surrey and working as an analyst for a medical firm. In 1889 he married Grace Stock and they had three sons. Like his father John Hodgkin had a keen interest in bibliography. He assembled a notable collection of books on the subject of cookery some of which now form part of the Cookery Collection at Leeds University Library along with his extensive notes on the bibliography of cookery and housekeeping whilst others are at Wellcome. He died in 1930 after which his collection was sold and dispersed. The Trattato of Baldassarre Pisanelli doctor in Bologna and Rome died around 1587 had great success between the fifteenth and seventeenth century thanks to its simple structure and ease of consultation. Dedicated to Guglielmo Gonzaga Duke of Mantova and Monferrato the dietary treaty contains good eating tips and takes into account many foods present on the tables of the lords fruit vegetables aromatic herbs cereals and legumes meat fish milk and dairy products wine. The treatise lists the main characteristics of each food elettione the benefits the potential damages the remedies the grades the best consumption time etadi complessioni; in addition Pisanelli writes on the right pages a brief historia naturalis of each food with interesting curiosities on the use of food. Noteworthy are the observations inspired by a hierarchical view of society: the tripe is a type of food for working hard people young partridges have a damaging effect only on rustic people. Pork harms sensitive and lazy people but is suitable for people who fatigues a lot; the best way to eat it is roasted with spices.Porchette usually eaten with great curiosity should be avoided because harmful but if the pig is of considerable age it will be a great source of nourishment. Hams and salamis stimulate appetite but should be eaten in moderation. Vellum. Very Good. Pietro Giovanni Calenzani Hardcover
1796017737Picadilly Fleet Street & Paternoster-Row London: Printed for the author and sold by J. Debrett; B.& J. White and T.N. Longman 1796. Second edition illustrated with six engraved plates of which 4 are folding octavo pp xvi 211 i one page advertisement for the author's "Culture of the Vine" slightly age-toned internally fore-edge slightly marked which transfers lightly to the margin of page 97 and the opposing blank the title page a little more marked but otherwise very sound and tight internally recently bound in paper covered boards with a printed label on the spine in very clean condition. The second edition is preferable - it is much updated and with four extra plates. Blanche Henrey 1375. The pineapple had been grown for many decades in England but it was Speechly 1735 - 1819 who improved the design and structure of the houses. He discovered that the plants should not be kept at too hot a temperature in the winter and experimented with forcing pineapples in beds of oak leaves instead of the comparatively expensive and unpredictable tanner's bark. He worked for 34 years for the 3rd Duke of Portland at Welbeck Abbey in Northamptonshire. Second edition. Boards. Good. Printed for the author and sold by J. Debrett; B.& J. White, and T.N. Longman Hardcover
1886020714Hereford: Jakeman & Carver 1886. Illustrated with outline drawings of fruit sections octavo pp xii 247 a little foxing to the rear blank pages and to the fore-edge otherwise an exceptionally clean copy green blind-stamped cloth with gilt medallion decoration very slight signs of use and slight rubbing to the corners but a very bright copy. RARE. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Jakeman & Carver Hardcover
199331382ABLuzern, Faksimile-Verlag, 1993. 421 S., mit vielen farbigen Illustrationen von Pflanzen, Früchten, Insekten und Tieren. Goldverzierter Lederband. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, 31382AB|31382AB_2 [2 Warenabbildungen]
191422725Paris, Edouard Pelletan, R. Hellen, 1914 (Imprimerie Nationale) ; in-8° carré, broché ; 407 pp., [1] f. Achevé d'imprimer ; couverture beige illustrée.
1801GITd743A genève chez J.J Paschoud 1801. In-8 broché sous couverture d'attente muette de l'époque 2 feuillets non chiffrés VI-XIV 2-327pp. Ancienne mouillure claire angulaire sur les pages 2 à 12, aucune rousseur, sans la planche dépliante. bel exemplaire, malgré les défauts signalés. Ouvrage rare.
190531701Rennes René Oberthür 1905 In-8 Répertoire de couleurs (2 volumes In-8 en feuilles sous étui) pour aider à la détermination des couleurs des fleurs, des feuillages et des fruits, publié par la Société Française des Chrysanthémistes et René Oberthür avec la collaboration principale de Henri Dauthenay - Division du l'ouvrage : Première partie, Broché In-8 de 82 pp + Livret de Henri Dauthenay, Classement des planches, 21 pp + planches de couleurs par force de tons numérotées de 1 à 182 en feuilles (Origines de ce répertoire ; Méthode de Chevreul ; Choix des dénominations ; Classement des couleurs ; Instruction pour déterminer les couleurs des fleurs, feuillages et fruits ; Part prise par les collaborateurs dans l'exécution de l'ouvrage) - Deuxième partie :(répertoire des couleurs) Livret de Henri Dauthenay, Classement des planches, 21 pp + planches de couleurs par force de tons numérotées de 183 à 365 en feuilles
345 + 76 pages plus several pages of advertisements. Undated but appears to be circa late 1800s. Front hinge open. Front board holding by backstrip only. Above-average wear. Reading copy only. Despite these defects, what a wonderful inspiration this vintage book this will be for someone looking for a new career, closer to home, and to nature. Book
