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LE PETIT JOURNAL Supplément illustré
Le Petit journal - Supplément illustré N° 1413 : La porte du sous-marin. (Gravure en première page).
Couverture souple. 8 pages. 31 x 45 cm.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3774
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LE PETIT JOURNAL Supplément illustré
Le Petit journal - Supplément illustré N° 558 : Une courageuse fillette (Sauvetage à la baignade de Port-à-l'Anglais). (Gravure en première page). Gravure en dernière page: Le sous-marin Gustave-Zédé à Marseille. Pages intérieures : Une invasion de romanichels.
Couverture souple. 8 pages. 31 x 45 cm. Gravures en couleurs.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 48740
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LE PETIT JOURNAL Supplément illustré
Le Petit journal - Supplément illustré N° 1024 : Collision ferroviaire de Villepreux. (Gravure en première page). Gravure en dernière page: Obsèques des victimes du Pluviose. (A Calais).
Couverture souple. 8 pages. 31 x 45 cm. Gravures en couleurs.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 94697
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LE PETIT JOURNAL Supplément illustré
Le Petit journal - Supplément illustré N° 1024 : Collision ferroviaire de Villepreux. (Gravure en première page). Gravure en dernière page: Obsèques des victimes du Pluviose. (A Calais).
Couverture souple. 8 pages. 31 x 45 cm. Gravures en couleurs.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 94698
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LE PETIT JOURNAL Supplément illustré
Le Petit journal - Supplément illustré N° 1024 : Collision ferroviaire de Villepreux. (Gravure en première page). Gravure en dernière page: Obsèques des victimes du Pluviose. (A Calais).
Couverture souple. 8 pages. 31 x 45 cm. Gravures en couleurs.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 94699
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LE MASSON HENRI
DU NAUTILUS (1800) AU REDOUTABLE (Histoire critique du sous-marin dans la Marine française)
P., Presses de la Cité, 1969. In-8 cartonné avec jaquette, 455 pages-32 hors-textes.
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LECTURES POUR TOUS. Août 1924
Lectures pour tous. Août 1924. André Armandy : Le sous-marin corsaire.
Couverture souple. Broché. Environ 120 pages + publicités. Couverture légèrement défraîchie.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 132531
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LEPOTIER, Amiral
Commando dans la Gironde. 10 contre 100 000.
Paris, éd. Presses Pocket n° 135/136, 1964, in-12, cartonnage souple, couv. ill. coul. éditeur, 317 pp., quelques cartes en noir, annexes, table des matières, L'histoire des "forceurs de blocus" en face de Bordeaux enfin révélée par l'Amirauté britannique. Pas courant Très bon état
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 74522
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Lepotier Contre-Amiral
Le Premier tour du monde sous les mers
Editions France-Empire dos carré collé sous jaquette 1963 In-12 (13,9 x 19 cm), dos carré collé sous jaquette, 316 pages, photos en noir et blanc ; bords de la jaquette un peu recourbés, pliure au dos, traces aux gardes et contreplats, par ailleurs assez bon état général. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : lr368
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LEPOTIER Amiral
sous la banquise
Paris France Empire 1961 Petit In-8 364 pp, illustrations en noir hors-texte, cartes in-texte. Jaquette illustrée en couleur
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 31971
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LEPOTIER (Amiral).
Bateaux-pièges.
in-8, 318 p., fig. in-t., annexes, br., jaq. ill. plast. Bel exemplaire [MI-2]
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LEPOTIER (Amiral).
Le Premier Tour du Monde sous les mers.
petit in-8°, 316 pages, illustrations n/b, cartes in-t., broche, jaq. ill. plast. Bel exemplaire [MI-2]
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LES ANNALES POLITIQUES ET LITTERAIRES Couverture illustrée par Hernandez (Sous-marin).
Les Annales politiques et littéraires N° 1708 : Dans ce numéro : Barthou - Faguet - Yvonne Sarcey - Jean d'Ypres - Abbé Wetterlé - Henri de Régnier …
Couverture souple. Revue illustrée, 25 x 33 cm.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 12191
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Lieutenant Masmé A.-J.-L
Sous les Flots d'Orient
Librairie des romans choisis - 94, avenue de la République, Paris Episode de la Guerre sous-marine Dos agrafé 1917 In-8 (18.5 x 27.5 cm), couverture illustrée, 30 pages, photographies et carte en noir in et hors-texte, l'ouvrage est équipé d'un protège-livre ; rousseurs et petites pliures aux plats défraîchis, déchirure sans manque aux pages 11/12, par ailleurs assez bel état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : qg2038
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Locat, Jacques (Editor)/ Locat, Jacques/ Mienert, J/ SYMPOSIUM ON SUBMARINE MASS MOVEMENTS AN
Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences: 1st International Symposium
Kluwer Academic Pub 2003. Hardcover. New. 552 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. Kluwer Academic Pub hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : x-1402012446 ISBN : 1402012446 9781402012440
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LORTAC
A la découverte de Ker-Is la mystérieuse cité sous–marine
petit in 4 cartonné souple,couverture illustrée en couleurs,préface de G.TOUDOUZE titre illustré,36 pages de dessins en noir de l’auteur plus couverture,éditions de Propagande culturelle Bretonne pour la Jeunesse de l’Urz Goanag Breiz-Ololé, Landerneau Bretagne 1943.Très bon état, édition originale fort rare
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 5618
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Loseth, Tore M
Submarine massflow sedimentation. Computer modelling and basin fill stratigraphy. Lecture notes in earth sciences Vol. 82
Berlin, Springer, 1999. IX, 156 S. 24 x 16 cm, Broschur [4 Warenabbildungen]
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 38932
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LOUIS FIGUIER
ARMES A FEU ET BATIMENTS CUIRASSES
674 PAGES-FORMAT 20 CM X 29 CM-VERS 1900-COUVERTURE EDITEUR BORDEAUX AVEC PREMIER PLAT A DECOR FLORAL ART NOUVEAU-SUPPLEMENT A LA PHOTOGRAPHIE P1 A 80 (MENTIONS MANUSCRITES P49 P51)-SUPPLEMENT AUX POUDRES DE GUERRE (LES EXPLOSIFS) P81 A 152-SUPPLEMENT A L'ARTILLERIE MODERNE P153 A 234-SUPPLEMENT AUX ARMES A FEU PORTATIVES P235 A 288-SUPPLEMENT AUX BATIMENTS CUIRASSES (LES BATIMENTS CUIRASSES,LES CROISEURS ET LES TORPILLEURS) P289 A 384-SUPPLEMENT A L'ART DE L'ECLAIRAGE P385 A 520-SUPPLEMENT A L'ART DU CHAUFFAGE P521 A 568-SUPPLEMENT AU MOTEUR A GAZ (LES MOTEURS A GAZ ET A PETROLE) P569 A 601-SUPPLEMENT AUX PHARES (LES PHARES ELECTRIQUES-LA TOUR EIFFEL) P602 A 628-LE PHONOGRAPHE P629 A 662-TRES RICHE ICONOGRAPHIE-PREMIER PLAT RECOLLE-BEL ENSEMBLE-(100O)
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ABE-11825404032
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LYON, Hugh (Consultant Capitaine J.E. Moore R.N)
The Encyclopedia of the World's. Wharships. A technical directory of major fighting ships from 1900 to the present day. (L'Encyclopédie du monde. Navires de guerre. Répertoire technique des principaux navires de combat de 1900 à nos jours.)
1978 Editions Salamander books Ltd, Londres - 1978 - 273 pages - In-Folio, cartonnage toilé bleu sous jaquette illustrée - Plus de 350 illustrations, dont beaucoup en couleur en couleur - Quatre dépliants de 8 pages - Texte en anglais
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 122353 ISBN : 861010078
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Léonce Peillard
L'affaire du laconia
ROBERT LAFFONT 1961 311 pages in8. 1961. Broché couverture rempliée. 311 pages. Le 12 septembre 1942 le paquebot Laconia est torpillé dans l'Atlantique Sud. Le livre relate les événements de ce naufrage notamment la découverte par le commandant du sous-marin allemand U-156 que le navire transportait des prisonniers italiens et les opérations de sauvetage qui s'ensuivent
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 16738
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Madec Y
Une traversée extraordinaire de Rochefort à Bizete, en sous marin
1904 Paris Félix Juven sd (1904) in8, cartonnage de l'éditeur rouge , couverture illustée en noir et or 112 pp illustrées de photographies de l'expédition qui se déroula en 1903 (carnet de bord de l'enseigne vaisseau)
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 4533
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Mallmann Showell, Jak P
Deutsche U-Boote an feindlichen Küsten 1939 - 1945 : Kommandounternehmen - Spionage und Sabotage - Versorgungsfahrten.
Stuttgart, Motorbuch Verlag, 2003. 4° (25x21), 191 S., mit zahlr. dokumentarischen Aufnahmen, Kartenskizzen, fotoill OPbd, 2. Aufl. nahezu ungelesen, schönes gepflegtes Exemplar,
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 54709AB
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Marine nationale - Service historique de la Marine - VAE E. CHALINE - CV P. SANTARELLI
Historiques des Forces Navales Françaises Libres
Sercvice Historique - 1990 & 1992 - 2 forts In-4 - Reliure Editeur illustrée, dos toilé - Très nombreuses photographies & cartes Nb ou couleurs - Planisphère couleurs & Introduction IX, 461 pages y compris index des nomps propres - T. II : avertissement & Introduction IX & 580 pages, y compris 3 index des nomsd'unités, des noms de personnes & des noms géographiques - EX Neufs
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 4021
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Marine nationale - Service historique de la Marine - VAE E. CHALINE - CV P. SANTARELLI
Historiques des Forces Navales Françaises Libres
Sercvice Historique - 1990 & 1992 - 2 forts In-4 - Reliure Editeur illustrée, dos toilé - Très nombreuses photographies & cartes Nb ou couleurs - Planisphère couleurs & Introduction IX, 461 pages y compris index des nomps propres - T. II : avertissement & Introduction IX & 580 pages, y compris 3 index des nomsd'unités, des noms de personnes & des noms géographiques - EX Neufs
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MARS Alastair
Atomic Submarine. A Story of Tomorrow. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, some moderate offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The famous submariner's third (and by far the scarcest) novel of submarine warfare. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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MASSON, Philippe
La bataille de l'Atlantique
1997 Editions Tallandier - 1997 - In-4, cartonnage illustré, jaquette illustrée en couleurs - 212 p. - Nombreuses reproductions photographiques en N&B in-texte et pleine page
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 111157
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Masson Philippe
Les Naufrageurs du Lusitania et la guerre de l'ombre
Albin Michel 1985 256 pages 14x22x2cm. 1985. Broché. 256 pages. Le 7 mai 1915 le paquebot Lusitania est torpillé par un sous-marin allemand causant près de 1200 morts dont 124 Américains. L'ouvrage analyse comment cet événement bien que n'étant pas la cause immédiate de l'entrée en guerre des États-Unis a préparé psychologiquement l'opinion américaine à l'intervention
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 13837
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Masson Philippe
Les Naufrageurs du Lusitania et la guerre de l'ombre
Albin Michel 1985 256 pages collection L'HOMME ET L'ÉVÉNEMENT. 14x22x2cm. 1985. Broché. 256 pages. Le 7 mai 1915 le paquebot Lusitania est torpillé par un sous-marin allemand causant près de 1200 morts dont 124 Américains. L'ouvrage analyse comment cet événement bien que n'étant pas la cause immédiate de l'entrée en guerre des États-Unis a préparé psychologiquement l'opinion américaine à l'intervention
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 17320
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MATHEY Jean-Marie SHELDON-DUPLAIX Alexandre
Histoire des sous-marins des origines à nos jours
E-T-A-I, 2002, in-4 rel. cart. (25,5 x 26,5), 191 p., 2ème édition, abondante iconographie, jaquette, très bon état.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : QWA-13841
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MATCH
Match N° 52 : Sous-marin Phénix - Myrna Loy - L'Académie française - Les gagnants du Sweepstake - Les lépreux …
Couverture souple. Numéro complet. Manque en coin à la couverture.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 98893
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Maurice Champagne - René Giffey.
L'Ile du Solitaire.
1924 Paris Delagrave 1924. In-4 cartonnage éditeur de percaline rouge ornée d'une magnifique illustration couleurs (deux hommes et un sous marin) . Dos illustrée tete dorée. illustrations de René Giffey roman d'anticipation et d'aventures. bon état. , plat très frais,
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9559
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McKay, Ernest A.
Undersea Terror: U-Boat Wolf Packs in World War II
190 pages. Index. Many black and white photos. "Takes readers inside the U-boats trailing their prey, attacking and being attacked, in deadly battles beneath the sea." - from back board. Average wear. Binding sound. Usual library markings. Sound reference copy. Book
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MERLE Robert
Le Jour Ne Se Lève Pas Pas Pour Nous
Paris France Loisirs 1986 In-8 251 pp, ex-libris au tampon, notes manuscrites au dos de la page de titre
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 7374
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Metzler, Jost
Die lachende Kuh : Die einem spannenden Abenteuer gleichenden Erlebnisberichte der Besatzung von U 69 während des zweiten Weltkrieges. Unter Mitarbeit von Paul Heinsius.
Ravensburg, Veitsburg-Verlag, 1954. 8° (21x14), (VII), 215 S., mit 10 Bildseiten und 3 erläuternden Zeichnungen, blauer Oln mit goldPräg mit farb ill OU, Einbandleinen etwas entfärbt (schwache Feuchtigkeitsspuren), Umschlag mit geringen reparierten Randläsuren, WeihnachtsWidmung 1957 auf Vorsatz, ordentliches Exemplar,
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 51655AB
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Michelsen Andreas
La Guerre sous-marine, 1914-1918
Payot Collection de mémoires, études et documents pour servir à l'histoire de la guerre mondiale Broché 1928 In-8 (14,5 x 22,8 cm), broché, 254 pages ; pliures au dos, quelques petites traces et froissements aux plats, par ailleurs bel exemplaire. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : nx776
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Moody, F.A.; McMahon; Gibson, H.T.; Rohe, Alice; Chinnery, E.W.P.; Shaw, F.H.; Shepstone, H.J.; Brand, J.B.; Et al
The Wide World Magazine - The Magazine for Everybody, Vol. XLIV - No. 262, February (Feb.) 1920 - Captivity Among the Turks
Pages 273-360, plus 24 pages of great ads. Features: The Black Hand - a curious story of the abortive Egyptian revolution; The Land of Model Husbands - In the Marshall Islands women are the queen of all they survey - fascinating article with many wonderful photos; "Blue Mary's" Last Run; Photo of petrified forest in Arizona; The Trials of a Naturalist's Wife - Part 2; The Smallest Republic in the World - interesting photo-illustrated article on San Marino; In Quest of Cannibals - Part 4 - Exploration and Adventure in Unknown New Guinea; The Ship That Sought Adventure - The skipper of the "Zodiac" was a glutton for excitement during the anxious days of the submarine campaign during WWI; Cave-Dwellers of Today - article with wonderful photos of cave-homes around the world; Blue Bandits - Part 2 - criminals who operated near the Italian/French border murder the Abbe Rossignol of La Bessee; On Foot Through South America - Part 3 - the wilds of northern Peru; My Two Years' Captivity Among the Turks - Part 2 - the adventures and daring escape of airman Capt. T.W. White; A Human Tiger - a man in British Baluchistan declares war on the government; Photo of airplane caught high in a tree near Coshocton, Ohio. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
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MOULIN, Jean.
Les Sous-Marins Français en images.
grand in-4 oblong°, 96 pp., nombreuses photographies, broché. Bel exemplaire. [P-5]
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Multiple Contributors
British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January/February 1939 Through November/December1940
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: Long Distance enters Canada's North Country; Telephone reunites B.C. Mother, Whilma Hincks, with son in Switzerland; Bayview and West win traffic service contest; Telephone calls that keep the doctor away; Article on diet/eating by K.F. Robins, Health Supervisor; The dial telephone's magic wheel and how it works - 4 page illustrated article; 2 photos and caption of the only Chinese telephone office outside of China - Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, San Francisco; Statistics re: number of telephone sets per community province-wide; Numerous changes in Vancouver's new telephone directory; Many merry mix-ups followed the directory changes; Calls to Australia now routed across the Pacific; Fred Buckle; A visit to London, England via its telephone directory; The Rolling Pin to the Rescue - the tabulators in the information office; B.C. Ship-to-Shore service expands rapidly in year; Harley D. Miller; Paving the way for Vancouver's dial system; White Rock to have dial system; Carrier now used on Gulf cables linking Vancouver and Nanaimo; New submarine cable laid from Copper Cove to Bowen Island; Greater Vancouver and Royal City have big cable programme; Half a million calls daily in Vancouver; William Tyre; Robert Browning Smith; Vacation from work but not from health; Cover photo of King George and Queen Elizabeth bidding farewell at Chilliwack; Gordon Farrell's yacht on Burrard Inlet; Telephones at the fingertips of Royal Couple throught the tour - 5 page article with great photos; Australia wins telephone 'ashes' in Port Day 'word match'; Wire Photos Transmitted from Vancouver for First Time - 3 pages with photos; "Our PNE exhibit was a crowd magnet - voice mirror"; Cecil Austin McMaster; Robert Smyth; Telephoning popular pastime of singers; Telephone equipment in new Hotel Vancouver - many photos plus article entitled "The House with 700 Phones"; White Rock now has dial system; Percy H. Wilson; Miss Dorothy Howard; Ernest E. Harris; Article on operators by Damon Runyon; Our Al Hunter now a one-man phone company in Liberia, Africa; Vancouver's First Dial Office now in service - 8 page article with photos; Thirtieth Year of Telephone Talk; Flood waters fail to keep Courtenay operators from work; Photos of heavy gang work near Kamloops; Fraser Office will go dial in fall of 1941; The Marine Office Power Plant; A.L. Creech; Some highlights of Vancouver's first dial office - 3 page article with photos; Take Care of your Skin; West Vancouver Office is doubled in size to keep pace with growth; Miss Grace D. Smith; Telephone displays are features of 'Bay' anniversary windows; Walter Hughes, Royal City Plant Man; Sunspots 'sabotage' service - one page article with diagram; Community gift of phone to Colebrook couple Mr. and Mrs. George Frith; Phone Company joins Vancouver's dial system; Allan W. Hunter in Liberia - 4 pages with photos; UBC Silver Jubilee section with many nice photos; Frederick J. Tremblay; Back cover devoted to Dunkerque (Dunkirk); Lumber for the Empire - 9 super pages of great photos (all with captions) of sawmills, logging scenes, buildings constructed of B.C wood; 3 page PNE report with photos; Marine Office now serves over 11,000 telephones; sensational 11-page photographic tribute to B.C's fishing industry; New Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January, 1921 Through December 1921
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: Greatest growth of company was during past year; Sound - a non-technical talk on a technical subject; Accidents which a careless workman may cause; Graph of the number of phones in service from 1903 through 1920; Table listing the exchanges in order of percent good toll calls; Statement of development - a table listing the number of phones in service per exchange across the province; Photo montage of three of the Agents of lower mainland offices; Proposed central office extensions indicate a busy year; Snow and wind storms seriously damage toll leads on Vancouver Island; Repairing submarine cable near Friday Harbor was trying experience; Preparing to lay a third cable between the mainland and Vancouver Island; Magnets - non-technical talk on a technical subject; Statistical Review of the province's industries; Nice photo montage of 5 lady Vancouver Island company representatives; Planned additions; Start of Export Trade in Bulk Wheat - nice photos; Naming a telephone office; Fourty Years of the Telephone; Photo montage of 4 lady company representatives on southern Vancouver Island; The Gathering of Material for Use of Telephone Men - 5-page illustrated article; Application for increased rates before Railway Board; Shipping railway ties to Egypt; Plant activities; Excellent 10-page article describes the laying of the second submarine cable to Vancouver Island (Point Grey to Nanaimo) - many great photos; Photo montage of four lovely ladies who serve as supervising officials in the traffic department; Railway board accedes to request for rate increase; Repair job on North Vancouver Submarine Cable - photos and map; First Convention of Canadian telephone companies very successful - 10 page article with photos; Convention Delegates tour Capilano Timber Company operations - photo montage; Photo montage of chief operators of mainland two-number offices; new Kerrisdale exchange opens; New P.B.X at Spencers (Department Store); Current phone directory is an improvement; 2 pages of samples of past phone directories; Construction of switchboard cords; laying conduit along Georgia St., Vancouver (2 photos); Emergency reveals bravery of B.C. telephone operators; photos of Port Coquitlam flood; amazing photo of washed out bridge over Capilano River; Pioneer line construction - telegraph line between Toronto and Buffalo, NY in 1846; Good Qualities of Loud Speakers; photo of timber cutting to clear a right-of-way to give service to the Broadview district; photo of underground conduit being laid in downtown Nanaimo, with horses and wagon in picture; What constitutes Central's activities at the Capital City Exchange - 4 pages with photos; Rubber covered wires and cables - 3 page article with photos; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Backstrip loose along front edge. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge else unmarked. Binding intact. Aside from backstrip, a sound copy. Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January, 1911 Through December 1911 *CONTAINS FIRST ISSUES EVER PRINTED*
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: Photo portrait of the late J.M. Lefevre - father of the company; The Year Ahead; Development of the British Columbia Telephone Company until now; Vancouver rejects dial telephones; Simultaneous telephony and telegraphy; Selling telephone service; Lesson in Telephone Life; Portrait of Mr. H.W. Kent, former company General Superintendant; Company meeting the situation; First Telephones in British Columbia; Portrait of Mr. C.F. Bollschweiler, General Superintendant of Plant; New North Vancouver Office; Rough tests on Toll Circuits; When Phones were Novelties; Exchanges ranked in order of per cent good toll calls as of January 1911; Statement of Development - # of phones operating in each exchange as of 1 February 1911; Construction activity; An ideal telephone office - Mount Pleasant; Canada's telephone business; Canada - Birthplace of the Phone - summary of events since; Portrait of A.L. Littig; Coast-Kootenay Telephone Line; Many Messages over single wire; San Francisco Telephone Rates; New Telephone Office for Victoria; Photo of George McCartney; Loaded Cables in Submarine Work; Criticism of Government Service regarding phone installation in Winnipeg; What makes a good supervisor; photo of Victoria Exchange; Handling Press Messages by Phone; photo of new Fairmont office; Endorsement for Measured Rate System; Electrolytic Corrosion of Cables; Seymour Office Load Curves; Photo Portrait of George H. Halse; Telphone Cable Development; What the Two-Number System Is; photo of frame of new Victoria building; photo of aftermath of Grand Forks fire; Photo Portrait of Mr. William Farrell, Company President; Trend of Electrical Practice; Photo of Conduit Trench along Broadway in Vancouver; Nineteen arguments for telephone directory advertising; Photos of two Vancouver operators; Toll Operators' Contest; Aerial Cable Across the Fraser - two steel strands replace cable washed away last year - photos; Portrait of Miss Mary Dickson, Chief Operator at Seymour; Long Distance Telephony; Renewing Section of Gulf Cable, with photos of several cable-laying scenes; Continuous service now in Ladysmith; Photo portrait of B.C. Tel. Officials; Nice photo of new Bayview office in Vancouver; Handling a Long Distance call; New Bayview Branch Exchange - model office - 3 pages; and more. Half-leather binding. Front board loose but present. Backstrip open along front and missing chips. Back hinge open. Signature of (later) company executive E.P. LaBelle upon front free endpaper. Mr. LaBelle's initials penned to top edge. Textblock sound. Book
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Explorer's Journal, March 1982
Features: Daniel Denison Streeter, FN 1913; Amos Burg, FN 1931; U.S. Caving Team Attains Record Depth; Searching for Aloe plants in Africa; Kansas City Museum - Osage culture exhibits; The Dog that helped win the West - Scannon, the Newfoundland dog who accompanied Lewis and Clark; Bimini Marine-Archeology Expedition - underwater formations considered artificial; Rowing across the Atlantic - Curtis and Kathleen Saville in their Excalibur; Exploration under the Arctic Ice - submarine surveyors of the polar region; First U.S. Atlantic Route Flight - William M. Masland was the navigator on the Pan American Sikorsky S-42 that made the first route survey across the Atlantic Ocean in 1937. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, 16 May 1983 *Gretzky's Magic - Cover Photo*
Features: Vintage Colour Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100 ad; One-page black and white Krugerrand ad; Watershed week in Federal Tory Leadership Campaign; Bill Bennett and his Social Credit Party defeat Dave Barrett and the NDP in BC - colour photos; Jean-Luc Pepn concedes on the Crow rate; Scrutinizing Air Canada's decision to move its HQ to Montreal; Andropov hints at compromise; The Hitler Diaries Hoax; Israel decides to withdraw from Lebanon; Clampdown on CIA covert action - the Boland amendment; The Edmonton Oilers go for the Stanley Cup - feature article with colour photos; High Tech job threat - will it eliminate many of our jobs?; Photo of Toyota Chairman with GM counterpart Roger Smith; Douglas Fraser of the UAW re-elected to Chrysler board; TD Bank bringing discount brokerage to Canada - clash of the Bay Street titans; Race horse Sunny Halo - brief article; War beneath the waves - submarine detection - Aurora, DDH-280 class destroyer, sonobuoys; Morgantaler and abortion move west to Winnipeg; Vintage Mattel Intellivision colour photo ad. Average wear. Book
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Maclean's Magazine, 25 October 2004
80 pages. Features: The Cholesterol Cure - are statin drugs ok?; Are we safe enough in the post 9/11 world; Canada's submarine fiasco; Moscow's Legacy - the burden of the past; Text message spam; On the road with Will Ferguson; Bringing back Oscar Cahen. Average wear. Unmarked. Cover loose from one staple. Magazine
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Maclean's Magazine, 29 March 2010 - Resurrecting Jesus
90 pages. Features: The Toyota acceleration problem; Bernice Packford - why she wants to kill herself; Harper's hard right turn; Why the Tories love Canada Post; What Naema Ahmed's expulsion from a French class really shows; Safe haven for an alleged killer - Bill Horace; Why Republicans are so often caught in gay sex scandals; At risk of insolvency, Greece takes on its underground economy; Canada's love of submarine sandwiches; How Canada has recovered so quickly from the recession (?); Save the planet - stop eating meat; An eminent historian argues for Christ's divinity; Raymond Anthony Vint - in Memoriam; and much more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Newsweek, June 17, 1968: Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) 1925-1968 / Attempted Murder of Andy Warhol By Radical Feminist
Features: Cover photo of RFK; Where is he now? - G. (Gerard) David Schine once worked closely with Joe McCarthy; Article and photos on the passing of RFK sadly entitled "Once Again"; Bobby's Last, Longest Day - article with colour photos; Sirhan Sirhan "There Just Hasn't Been a Nicer Boy"; James Early Ray arrested in London; Vietnam war coverage; Submarine 'Scorpion' and her 99-man crew declared "presumed lost"; "Sweet Assasin" Valerie Solanas attempts to kill Andy Warhol - article with photos; Nice colour-photo two-page ad for WTOP-TV features Sir Patrick Dean and Lady Dean in the Embassy of Great Britain in Washington; and more. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. A sound vintage copy of this informative but painful issue. Book
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Popular Mechanics, August 1970 - Polaroid's Pocket Camera
Features: Polaroid's Top-Secret Pocket Camera; Should Your Next Boat be a Submarine?; 1971 Cars - how much better will they be?; California's new Ontario Moter Speedway; Has the AMC Gremlin Lost its Tail?; and more. Above-average but not excessive wear. School stamp and address label on front cover. Few school stamps to contents. Book
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Scientific American, March 1981 - Magic Cubology
176 pages. Features: the service sector of the US economy; the ground substance of the living cell; the eruptions of Mount St. Helens; The Milky Way galaxy; Submarine pollination; anorthoscopic perception; the biochemistry of resistance to malaria; Newton's discovery of gravity; and more. Nostalgic colour photo ads. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Sea Frontiers - Vol.28. No. 3 - May/June 1982
Features: The Unicorn that Goes to Sea; What is Sea Level; the Successful Submarine that Failed; Protection from Shark Bite - a suit of mail; Catalina's life-saving marine laboratory; Up from the deep; Waikiki roughwater swim; The Australian Institute of Marine Science; the Birds of Midway Islands; Life in a Boat Channel. Sound copy. Book
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The Geographical Journal, February 1928
96 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Features: The Rio Branco, Uraricuera, and Parima - Surveyed by the Expedition to the Brazilian Guayana from August 1924 to June 1925, by Dr. A. Hamilton Rice; Gravity Survey by Submarine via Panama to Java; Flights North of Point Barrow - an extract from the report on the Detroit News-Wilkins Expedition of 1927 ; Notes on Arctic Flying - communicated to the society by Vilhjalmur Stefansson; Recent Sheets of the One-in-a-Million Map of he American Geographical Society; Colonel Fawcett's Expedition in Matto Grosso; Monumenta Cartographica - Review. Foldout map inside back cover entitled "Survey of the Lower Rio Negro and the Rio Branco between Manaos and Vista Alegre". University library bar code on first advertising page, otherwise unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Small piece missing from lower corner of back cover. A sound copy. Book
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The Great War Magazine - Part 241 - 29 March 1919 *COMPLETE WITH COLOUR PLATE PORTRAIT OF GENERAL BYNG*
Features: Cover portrait of Admiral Sir David Beatty, Commander-In-Chief of the Grand Fleet, watching the surrender of the German High Sea Fleet from his flagship the Queen Elizabeth. Chapter CCLXXXVII - The Surpassing Triumph of the British Navy - Failure of Germany's Submarine War and Surrender of her High Sea Fleet. Many great black and white photos. Super full-page photographic portrait of Admiral Beatty and Flag-Captain Chatfield, watching the surrender of the German Fleet. Includes photo of Admiral Beatty's historic message to the Admiralty announcing "the bloodless, most glorious triumph of the British Navy, the surrender of the seventy units of the German High Sea Fleet at the appointed rendezvous in the North Sea on November 21st, 1918, in obedience with the armistice terms." Many other historic photos. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. A worthy reference copy. Book
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