LE VÉRITABLE MESSAGER BOITEUX DE BERNE.
Almanach historique nommé Le Messager boiteux, contenant des Observations astrologiques sur chaque Mois... Pour l’An de grâce MDCCCXXIX... Par Antoine SOUCI, Astrologue.
À Montbéliard, chez Deckherr, À Montbéliard, chez Deckherr(1828) ; petit in-4, broché, couv. grise muette, préservé dans un étui-chemise, demi-veau fauve. 48 pp. en tout.1 f. titre illustré d’un grand bois montrant le messager boiteux qui délivre une lettre à 3 personnages en costumes XVIe, XVIIIe et XIXe siècle (pour symboliser la pérennité de l’almanach), 3 pp. (description des saisons pour 1829 et chronologie), 1 f. avec un nouveau titre plus complet orné d’une vignette, 24 ff. de calendrier ornés de jolies vignettes sur bois illustrant les différents travaux et loisirs de la campagne, 16 pp. de textes et relations diverses : Nouveau système de navigation sous-marines, avec des bateaux à fonds ouverts à volonté par Baudoin des Andelys (expérience de bateau plongeur réalisée dans la Seine le 9 mai 1827. - Du Carnaval, du boeuf gras et des Mascarades (avec une superbe gravure sur bois à pleine page), un texte sur les Patagons, divers articles sur le jardinage, le tabac, des faits divers. Important article sur la Guerre en Grèce, la bataille de Navarin (avec une grande illustration dépliante), l’anecdote intitulée Trait mémorable d’un nègre (illustré d’un grand bois) est particulièrement éloquente au sujet des moeurs et des idées coloniales de l’époque.Très bel exemplaire frais et bien établi.
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: 46401827
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LE MASSON (Henri).-
Du Nautilus (1800) au Redoutable. (Histoire critique du sous-marin dans la marine française).
1969 Paris, Presses de la Cité, 1969, in 8° relié plein skyvertex de l'éditeur, jaquette illustrée en couleurs, 457 pages ; illustrations hors-texte.
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: 77633
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LE MASSON, Henri
Forces sur la mer.
Paris, éd. Société Géographiques, maritimes et coloniales, ancienne Maison Challamel, décembre 1945, EDITION ORIGINALE, in-8, cartonnage pleine percaline bleu, auteur et titre dorés sur dos lisse, couv. originale conservée, 324 pp., très nb. dessins en noir in-texte, table des matières, Remarquable ouvrage décrivant les forces maritimes en présence lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Très bonne iconographie sous forme de dessins de l'artillerie navale, des torpilles, des navires, des sous-marins, des mines et des bâtiments de débarquement. Une Référence. Très bon état
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: 72744
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LE MASSON
La marine française se bat
grand in 8 à l’italienne demi-toile bleue, plats cartonnés, illustrés en couleurs de A.BRENET.Faux-titre illustré, frontispice(le navire Richelieu),titre,48 pages,texte sur 3 colonnes, nombreuses illustrations photographiques,pages de garde illustrées.Hachette 15 décembre 1944.Cartonnage frotté,bon état d’ensemble.
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: 6785
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LE FAURE G.
La guerre sous l'eau
P., Pigoreau, s.d.(1891). In-8, 332 pp., 120 dessins de Fernand Fau, cartonnage éditeur.
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: J102
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LE PETIT JOURNAL Supplément illustré
Le Petit journal - Supplément illustré N° 1023 : Victimes du "Pluviose". (Gravure en première page). Gravure en dernière page: Tableau de CH.-L. Muller: Dernières victimes de la Terreur.
Couverture souple. 8 pages. 31 x 45 cm. Gravures en couleurs.
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: 3425
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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.
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: 3426
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LE PETIT JOURNAL Supplément illustré
Le Petit journal - Supplément illustré N° 1290 : Les héros du sous-marin anglais E-13. (Gravure en première page). Gravure en dernière page: En Pologne.
Couverture souple. 8 pages. 31 x 45 cm.
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: 3671
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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.
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: 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.
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: 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.
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: 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.
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 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.
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: 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.
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: 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
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: 74522
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LEPOTIER (Amiral)
Commando dans la Gironde
1957 Editions France-Empire - 1957 - Petit in-8, broché, sous jaquette illustrée - 316 p. - Quelques reproductions photographiques hors-texte en N&B
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 111006
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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.
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: lr368
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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.
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: 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.
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: qg2038
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LITHGOW, Mike - Colonel LADOUSSE (Avant-propos) - Traduit de l'anglais par M. TILLIER:
Mach 1.
1955 Editions France-Empire - 1955 - Petit in-8, broché, sous jaquette illustrée - 302 p. - Quelques reproductions photographiques hors-texte en N&B
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: 111084
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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
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: 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]
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: 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)
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: 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
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: 122353 ISBN : 861010078
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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)
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: 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,
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: 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
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: 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
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: 111157
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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.
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: 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.
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: 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,
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: 9559
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McDonalds Bobbys World Innertube Submarine Happy Meal toy toy
McDonalds Bobbys World Innertube Submarine Happy Meal
11. New kids/ collectible toy New toy in the original plastic case. – Great for kids or collectors - in excellent condition. 100% Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed. Don't miss out on this great selection. unknown
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: mac.lg
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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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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,
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: 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.
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: nx776
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Mochitsura Hashimoto Formerly Submarine Commanding Officer Imperial Japanese Navy Translated by Commander EHM. Colegrave RN.
Sunk: The Story of the Japanese Submarine Fleet 1942-1945
London: Cassell & Company Limited 1954. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The operations of the Japanese submarine fleet in World War II. First Impression. Book sellers stamp and pen name to ffep.Pen name to top of chapter one. Very light rubbing to corners. Jacket is dulled down on the back-strip has one closed tear and minor edge-wear. Not price clipped. <br/> <br/> Cassell & Company Limited hardcover
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: 015797
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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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