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Muller Sealey Company Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Seeds bulbs plants and requisites : spring 1924 / Muller-Sealey Co. Inc. Volume 1924 1924 Leather Bound
2019. Leather Bound. New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1924. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - eng Vol: - Volume 1924 Pages 76. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. Volume 1924 hardcover
Bookseller reference : LB1111008483669
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Muller Sealey Company Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Seeds bulbs plants and requisites : spring 1923 / Muller-Sealey Co. Inc. Volume 1923 1923 Leather Bound
2019. Leather Bound. New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1923. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - eng Vol: - Volume 1923 Pages 80. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. Volume 1923 hardcover
Bookseller reference : LB1111008483668
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Muller Sealey Company Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Seeds bulbs plants and requisites : spring 1921 Volume 1921 1921 Hardcover
2020. Hardcover. New. Lang: - eng Vol: - Volume 1921 Pages 72. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1921. This book is printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Volume 1921 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1111007342717
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Muller Sealey Company Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Select list of peonies and irises : 1923-24 / Muller-Sealey Co. Inc. Volume 1923 1923 Leather Bound
2019. Leather Bound. New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1923. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - eng Vol: - Volume 1923 Pages 24. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. Volume 1923 hardcover
Bookseller reference : LB1111008483988
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Muller Sealey Company Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Select list of garden roses : 1926-7 / Muller-Sealey Co. Inc. Volume 1926 1926 Leather Bound
2019. Leather Bound. New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1926. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - eng Vol: - Volume 1926 Pages 20. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. Volume 1926 hardcover
Bookseller reference : LB1111008731322
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Muller Sealey Company Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Select list of American grown garden roses for delivery from end of October 1923 to April 1924 / Muller-Sealey Co. Inc. Volume 1923 1923 Leather Bound
2019. Leather Bound. New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1923. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - eng Vol: - Volume 1923 Pages 12. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. Volume 1923 hardcover
Bookseller reference : LB1111008483987
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Muller Sealey Company Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Select list of garden roses : 1927-8 / Muller-Sealey Co. Inc. Volume 1927 1927 Leather Bound
2019. Leather Bound. New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1927. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - eng Vol: - Volume 1927 Pages 24. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. Volume 1927 hardcover
Bookseller reference : LB1111008733026
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Muller Sealey Company Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Select list of American grown garden roses : 1925 / Muller-Sealey Co. Inc. Volume 1925 1925 Leather Bound
2019. Leather Bound. New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1925. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - eng Vol: - Volume 1925 Pages 16. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. Volume 1925 hardcover
Bookseller reference : LB1111008727918
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Muller Sealey Company Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Spring 1922 seeds bulbs-plants and requisites / Muller-Sealey Co. Inc. Volume 1922 1922 Leather Bound
2019. Leather Bound. New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1922. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - eng Vol: - Volume 1922 Pages 72. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. Volume 1922 hardcover
Bookseller reference : LB1111008487674
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Muller Sealey Company Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Spring 1922 seeds bulbs-plants and requisites / Muller-Sealey Co. Inc. Volume 1922 1922 Hardcover
2020. Hardcover. New. Lang: - eng Vol: - Volume 1922 Pages 72. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1922. This book is printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Volume 1922 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1111008487674
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MULLER, Thierry
TREGOR - Mémoire vivante Artisans & commercants dans le trégor à la fin du règne de Louis XV
Revue de la "Fédération Trégor Patrimoines" - Sans lieu, sans date - Envoi - non paginé, environ 150 pages - Propre
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Mullin Kille Company and Big Rapids Pioneer and Big Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Big Rapids Michigan Con Survey City Directory 1957
Big Rapids Michigan: Mullin-KIlle Company 1957. Book. Good. Hard Bound. 285pp - Contains Business Directory - Telephone Directory - Householders Directory - Rural Routes etc - Shelfware Occasional foxing to endpages o/w good condition. Mullin-KIlle Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004055
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Mulltiple Contributors
Frontier Times Magazine: November, 1970
Features: The Makin' of a Brush Propper Cowhand - chasing mavericks in Arizona; Whiskey Traders of Fort Whoop Up - center of the trade in northern Montana and the south prairies of Canada - John J. Healy and Alfred B. Hamilton; Sweet Trail to the Gallows - the Penascal murders; Search for the Old Overland (stagecoach); Alexis Godey's Kinship with risk; Land of the violent sun - Old Hachita; Doc Crumbine of Dodge City; Narrow-Gauge Royalty - The Slim Princess; Ambush and gold dust - a Black Hills tragedy; Mojave desert's wild Dutchman - Charlie Koehn; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
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Frontier Times Magazine: November, 1972
Features: Massacre! - in the 1850s, California's Indians were treated with heartless brutality; Gold of the Coquihalla River in British Columbia; Warrior's Witches - a display of temper earned an Indian girl a bad reputation; Fair Play Meant a Hanging - to the Fairplay 105; Sequoyah Houston fell to Cherokee Bill; Kit; Living on Borrowed Time - Horatio Larned saved the life of Porcupine... and thereby saved his own; Readin', 'Ritin', and Retribution - ; $110 per sack!; Northwest Trade Gun - the Indian's magic smoke pole; and more. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Magazine
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MULTATULI.
Max Havelaar of De Koffieveilingen der Nederlandse Handelmaatschappij.
in-16, 391 pp., broché, couv. Bel exemplaire - Very Good [VA-3]
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MULTATULI.
Max Havelaar ou Les Ventes de café de la Société Commerciale Néerlandaise.
in-16, 439 pp., broché. Bel exemplaire. [FNAC]
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Multiple Contributors
American Indian Art Magazine, Spring 2001
114 pages. Features: Out of the Mist - Huupkwanum-Tupaat - Treasures of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth Chiefs; The Trade in Navajo Textiles and culture at the Hubbell Trading Post; Dancing as Clan, Nation and World System at Celebration; Native American Art at the Portland Art Museum; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Antique Collector Magazine, December 1970 / January 1971
Features: Paying to see the nation's art treasures; Fenton House, Hampstead, London - containing the Lady Binning Porcelain, and the Benton Fletcher Musical Instruments; Royal Portraits and Mementos - historic Occasions recorded in Delftward, Enamels and Porcelain; Fine Furniture Sans Pedigree; 100 Years of Red Cross Service - early illustrations of B.R.C.S. Aid for War Victims; Are Oriental Rugs Undervalued?; Some Later Chinese Bronzes; The East India Trade (Victoria and Albert Exhibition); and more. Average wear. Many pages loose but present. Book
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BC Studies, No. 98, Summer 1993
132 pages. Features: Is the Metropolitan Vancouver Economy Uncoupling from the rest of the province?; British Columbia's Private Sector in Recession, 1981-86 - Employment flexibility without Trade Diversification?; Sharks and Red Herrings - Vancouver's Male Employment Agencies, 1898-1915; Bibliography of British Columbia. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Bottle and Extras Magazine #47, February 1994
64 pages. Features: Perfume and Cologne Bottles - article by Dave Cheadle; Applied Color Label (ACL) Soda Bottles, by Bryan Grapentine - long article with many great photos; Stiles Recheche Ware - A Second Look; Cleveland Pottery; Bottle Network News; Trade Card Trivia; British Bottle Bits - British Stoneware for Poisons; The Label Space - F.W. Devoe & Co., N.Y.; Staley & Zweifel Wallace, Idaho. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Bottles and Extras Magazine, No. 10, December 1990
64 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Palmer Story - Palmer Perfumer, the First American Perfumer; Trade Cards - article with reprints of amazing vintage cards; Jar Talk - fruit jar wrenches and more canning information; Bottle-Dose - The Heckler - Skinner - Keene Show; British Bottle Bits - What was in those tooth pastes? - a fascinating article!; Extra Special Deliveries; Northwestern Show; Up-Dates; Messages; Auction Directory; Miniature Bottle Show - San Francisco Bay area; Chinese Gold Mining Camp - an account of our find during the drought of '76-'77, by Seth Simpson. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Bottles and Extras Magazine, No. 13, April 1991
64 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Collecting Glass Knives - long article with great photos; Moore's Revealed Remedy - Luther L. Moore's concoction of roots and bark peculiar to Puget Sound; Jar Talk; Trade Cards While You Can - article with great vintage illustrations; British Bottle Bits - Poisonous Ammonia Bottles; Extra Special Deliveries; B.N.N.; Auctions; Researching Envelopes Without Dates; Up-Dates; Irish Whiskey - article with photos. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Bottles and Extras Magazine, No. 28, July 1992
64 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Nice vintage ads on covers. Features: What in the World are Nordhausen Korn Schnapps? - article with photos by Jack Sullivan; Bryan's Top Shelf - Embossed Pepsi-Cola Bottles - article with photos - by Bryan Grapentine; Magic Metamorphic Advertising/Trade Cards of the late Victorian age - article plus reproductions of super vintage ads, by Dave Cheadle; "Seeking Killer Jars", by Jack La Baume; Extra Special Deliveries; Bottle Network News - Shows; Auction Directory; British Bottle Bits - Clay Pipe Bowls; The Label Space - Max Ams of Cincinnat and their patented sheet metal can and their patented cover fastening for jars, WAN-ETA Cocao of Boston - by Tom Caniff; Details of a major Western Glass Auction; Up-Dates; Bromo-Seltzer Blue - postscript to article in last issue, by Cecil Munsey. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Bottles and Extras Magazine, No. 29, August 1992
64 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Nice vintage ads on covers. Features: Photos and details of glass powder horns; The Magic of Metamorphic Trade Cards - Part II - Beyond Patent Medicines - fantastic vintage ads; Hair Raising Stories - Circassian Hair Oil and Restorative - A.L. Scoville & Co.; Bryan's Top Shelf - his tall and short bottles; Embalming Bottles - informative and wonderfully illustrated article by Adrienne S. Escoe; Jar Talk in Fredericksburg, Texas; Dr. Pepper's Mountain Herbs; "Dr. Pepper's Phos-Ferrates"; Extra Special Deliveries; Bottle Network News; British Bottle Bits; Auction Directory; The Label Space - The Bunker Hill Monument is popular on labels - Bunker Hill Pickles; Up-Dates; "Nyal" - a Poison Bottle story by Ben and Mirriam Glassman. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Bottles and Extras Magazine, No. 31, November 1992
64 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Nice vintage ads on covers. Features: H. Kennedy Pottery of Glasgow - Scottish Potter for the World - good article with photos; Holston Bottling Company - an earlyDr.Pepper bottler; Political Trade Cards II - article with reproductions of super vintage ads; Jar Talk; Extra-Special Deliveries; Bottle Network News; The Owl of Munsey - Scott Grandstaff dislikes stain!; British Bottle Bits; The Label Space - Weyman & Bros. Jars; Auction Directory; Up-Dates; Digging Around. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Bottles and Extras Magazine, No. 31, October 1992
64 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Nice vintage ads on covers. Features: Patent Medicine Horror - Their manufacturers recognized the appeal of the morbid to the American Public - great article with vintage morbid ads; Ants Interred - a Garry Owen Strengthening Bitters tale; Political Trade Cards - buying the votes and selling the goods - great vintage ads; Jar Talk; Extra Special Deliveries; Bottle Network News; British Bottle Bits - tinder boxes and other items which predate the modern friction match; Expo '92; Auction Directory; The Label Space - picked Pigs Feet Bottles, and other bottles probably marketed through the Sears-Roebuck catalog; Up-Dates; Dispensing Tablets - Ben and Miriam Glassman examine their newly acquired poison bottles; Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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British Columbia Historical News: Summer 2003
48 pages. Features: The Meaning of the Sexual Labour of Slaves in the Nuu-chah-nulth-European Sex Trade at Nootka Sound in the Eighteenth Century; A Little Known Account of "Charles Haick's" Missionary; The Station Agent's Wife; Early Prince George - Through the eyes of a young boy; and more. Average wear. Few markings. Sound copy. Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January/February 1957 Through November/December1958
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: Laying cable for the new United States - Alaska telephone link; Working around the sudden collapse of a 150-foot span of the Mission Abbotsford Bridge in 1955(photos); New truck digs its own post holes in the Peace River area; Storm cripples telephone plant; Overseas Rates Cut; More Long Distance Circuits; Repeater key to Trans-Atlantic Cable; Telephone man (Clifford Sherlock) treads trapline on weekends; 1956 review; Recruiting Program; microwave towers to carry second Radio Telephone system - article and photo; List of Exchanges i.e. # of phones operating in each community; photo of microwave relay truck; Dog Mountain tramway completed - text and photos; Howe Sound Line Rebuild -photos with captions; Squamish Exchange - photos; Private radiotelephone system feeds sawmill operations - two pages of photos and text; Nanaimo to be SATT dialing center - article; photos of 'microwaves across the mountains; passing of Mr. R.S. Argue; Great photos of the Vedder Crossing; Ladner goes automatic; Photos of Terrace staff; 'floating phones' - nice set of photos of phones at work at sea; Training; photos from atop Promontory Mountain and Greenstone Mountain; Gordon Farrell now Board Chairman (Karsh photo); Cyrus H. McLean now President (photo); B.C. Microwave to open 1 July - great photos; microwave opening previewed; 1958 big year for radiotelephone - article and map; 7,000 mile trade goodwill call; picture of a Moore "Formorama"; Coverage of the Ripple Rock Blase - with photo; increasew will not give required revenue; Microwave Skyway - text and photos; B.C. Centennial coverage facilities very complex; Oliver cutover; photo of men at work over the Sumas River; TOC - the Television Operating Center, inside the Farrell Building in Vancouver; Lloyd Purdy and John Martin retire; Creston Cutover; Photos of the radiotelephon serving an active paving company; Meet Fred Feeney - article with photo; Ladysmith converts to Automatic - photos; Lloyd Purdy and Percy Crute retire after a combined 82 years of service; Victoria 2-5 conversion; photos of microwave sites readying for onslaught of winter; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight and square. Marbled endpapers. Name of E.P. LaBelle stamped on bottom- and fore-edges of text. Mr. Labelle was a second-generation employee off the company. Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January, 1924 Through December 1924
Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Great cover photo of Duncan operating room; Several photos of new interior plant equipment at Duncan; Sensational 9-page feature on Duncan and district with great photos of the area including Duncan Station, Maple Bay, Genoa Bay, and an aerial view; Fire deprives downtown Vancouver of service - photos and text; Grand Forks office and staff; Table showing "Exchanges in order of Per Cent Good Calls Out"; Statement of Development as of 1 January 1924 showing number of phones per community; Cover photo of steamer Jacques Cartier; Nice full-page showing two views of Vancouver Harbour with many ships in port; 7 page feature on the Port of Vancouver with several great photos; Possibilities of both radio and wire telephony; Exchanges in order of percent good out calls; Excellent full-page photo of Ballantyne pier, Burrard Inlet; Take advantage of company's new savings plan; Fine addition to shipping facilities on Burrard Inlet - Ballantyne Pier - 5 great photos with text; Greater Vancouver will benefit by reduced telephone rate; Repair shop has greatly expanded in recent years - 6 pages with nice photos; nice full-page photo of the Empress of Australia in port; Greater Vancouver Inter-Exchange Telephone Service; Fold-out map of Vancouver area exchanges, complet with great statistics; Telephone extenstion to Campbell River; 8 page feature on the flow of commerce through Canada's western port with many absolutely smashing photos; Cover photo of Glenburn office; 6-page feature on the B.C. Herring fishery with excellent photos (re: sea lions, contains the following quote "The government is undertaking to greatly lessen the numbers of this prey animal"); archival photo of laying the first underground cable in Vancouver; Statement of Development - # of phones operating in each community; Cover photo of Milner office; photo mosaic of 5 lower valley exchange offices; Wonderful 8 page feature on the great supply district (i.e. the lower Fraser Valley) of BC coastal cities - excellent photos including a shot of the only remaining original Hudson's Bay Company building at Langley; New Gordon Head Exchange cut over; New Point Grey office under way; new observation office aids efficiency; Electrical Communication Development; Full-page photo of sailors from the battleship H.M.S. Repulse marching through Vancouver; Multiple photos of British warships docked at Victoria; Article and photos of the visit of the Royal Navy to Vancouver; The Traffic Department and the Public it serves; Tennis Tournaments; Printing a phone directory; Great feature on Ship Salvors (Salvagers) with many photos; A motoring trip through the U.S., with photos; Biggest cable will cross False Creek; Oxygen Farms; Cornelius Vanderbilt writes of his long distance call from Alberni to Los Angeles; P.B.X. serves interesting purposes - 5 pages with photos; Early motor tourists to B.C., with photos; Full-page photo of the Empress of Canada; 5 page illustrated article on the reclamation of the Sumas; The switchboard as a newspaper; Health secrets of the telephone pole - 3 illustrated pages; new Victoria equipment; Bayview library proves popular; cover photo of a long-distance operator timing a call with a calculagraph; Billing toll and inter-exchange calls keeps eight clerks busy - 3 pages with photos; 7 page a Book
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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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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine - November/December 1973
Features: Toile de Jouy - textile pattern; Symposium '73; Loyalist Settlement of Upper Canada; British Sporting Prints; Chine Export Trade Porcelain; Chinese Chippendale. Average wear. Address label upon front cover. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine, December 1967, Volume 2, Number 12 - 19th Century Rural Ontario Life
30 pages. Features: Canadian Cut Glass; The Proud Years of Farming - Ontario Rural Life during the 1850s, '60s and'70s; New Year's Greeting from Ancient Egypt; Josiah Spode and the Chinese Trade; Chippendale Chinese; Sotheby's Toronto Auction Reviewed; The Chinese Taste in Silver. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine, July 1967, Vol. 2, No. 7 - Culchillum Cover Illustration
30 pages. Features: Cover illustration of "Culchillum, son of the head chief of the Cowitchins", by Paul Kane; The Half-Buried Hatchet, by W.A. Kenyon; Haida Art in Argillite, by S.W.A. Gunn; Indian Trade Silver, by Donald B. Webster; Early Canadian Iron; Tshmishian and Tlingit - northwest coast native art; North Pacific Coast Indians; Early Canadian Kitchen Utensils; Coast Indians produced Matchless Native Art, by Mildred Valley Thornton. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine, July/August 1974, Vol. 9 No. 4 *THE CHINESE EXHIBITION COMES TO CANADA*
Features: The Chinese Exhibition Comes to Canada; Jade - The Mineral; Glossary of Jade Names; Jade - The Art; Export Wares of the 17th Century; Collecting Snuff Bottles; Chinese Furniture; Dumpling Treasures - Over a Thousand years of Food History; Ivory; Trade Silk; Buying Oriental Antiques - a Review for the Canadian Collector; The Charm of Oriental Ceramics. Modest wear. Quality copy. Magazine
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Canadian Aviation Magazine, April 1942
130 pages. Features; Canadian Pratt & Whitney photo ad inside front cover; General Electric Wire and Cable ad; Nice National Steel Car ad; Martin ad; Incredible full-page Beechcraft ad shows literally dozens and dozens of their aircraft under construction; Inner Motors ad; Interesting ad for Pyrene fire extinguishers; Great illustrated ad for the Douglas "Havoc" night fighter; Aircraft Carriers in the Pacific War - great article with photos; The Hoover Propeller - detailed article with illustrations; Editorial Comment; Annual Survey of Military Aircraft in the U.S., Canada and Great Britain - *Massive* section with photos and write-ups of 107 aircraft; Attractive colour full-page ad for Wright engines with futuristic theme shows people being loaded into a "Flying Daycoach" (which looks a lot like an Airbus A380); Nice ad for Sensenich Propellers; Fairchild ad shows two "Bolingbrokes"; Canadian Aircraft Production - The Priority System, Fairchild M-62 Manufacture, Good Posture boosts Production - correct seating aids plant workers; Nice Brewster ad; "So I Bailed Out" - report of a Canadian fighter pilot; Nice Rotal propeller ad; G.Q. Parasuit ad; New Equipment Section; Index to advertisers; Two-colour Lockheed ad inside back cover illustrates the "Convoy of Commerce" featuring a Hudson Reconnaissance Bomber in action over the sea; Intava ad on back cover; and more. Somewhat average wear. Unmarked. Chips from backstrip. Mailing label on front cover; A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Canadian Collector Magazine - July/August 1982, Vol. 17 No. 4 - Special ROM Issue
112 pages. Features: An Exciting New Era - Renovation and expansion highlight the Royal Ontario Museum's (ROM) seventieth anniversary; Royal Splendour - A Czarina's toilet service designed by Huguenot silversmiths; ROM's Canadiana Department houses treasures of our heritage; All done by committee - dedicated volunteers ply their needles in aid of the Textile Endowment Fund; Japanese Art in the Royal Ontario Museum; The Mohawks arrive at the Royal Ontario Museum; Roman Frescoes circa 325 A.D. discovered at an Egyptian oasis; 18th Century Porcelain in the ROM; Renovation and Construction of the ROM; Conservation of Chinese wall paintings reveals old techniques and employs modern methods; Wall relief fragment from an Egyptian tomb of the 15th century B.C.; Illicit trade in antiquities; Ancient Greek and Roman jewellery in the ROM; The Far Eastern Library - a treasure-house of books from the 1600s to the present; Chinese Lacquer; Fabric, Fashion, Folk Costume; Curator's choice of objects from the Islamic world; Artifacts from the Americas - 12,000 years of pre-history, high civilization and European exploration. Light wear. Quality copy. Book
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Canadian Collector Magazine - September/October 1981, Vol. 16 No. 5
Features: Warriors, Spirits and Servants - Chinese Clay Burial Figurines; Furniture-Maker From Germany - Renfrew County's J. Albert Zadow; Signposts for Collectors Part V - Intaglio Prints in Early Canada; Tools of the Trade - 17th and 18th century medical instruments; The Bohemian Tradition - A short history of glassmaking in Bohemia; Victorian Tiles in Toronto - from Gothic Revival to Art Nouveau; Manuscript Canadiana witnesses to the past; Books, Book-Collecting and Book-Collectors; Miraloma ("The Latch") - A Samuel Maclure Classic in Sidney, British Columbia. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
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Canadian Collector Magazine - September/October 1980, Vol. 15 No. 5: Indian Trade Silver Gorgets
Features: Indian Trade Silver Gorgets; As others saw us - The European Vision in Nova Scotia 1749-1848; The Macdonald Stewart Art Centre; Embroideries of the Ursulines of Quebec; Turn of the century jewellery. Moderate wear. Quality copy. Book
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Canadian Textile Journal, 3 November 1927 - Volume XLIV, No. 44
42 pages. "An educational periodical published weekly for the dissemination of technical information, with a commentary and review of the news and conditions of the Textile Industry in Canada." - from masthead. Contains many finely illustrated advertisements which clearly present the contemporary state of the art. Features: Customs Commissioner's Report; News of the Industry; The Stockinette Tariff; The Edinburgh Textile Exhibition; Some Typical Hosiery Trade Problems - calculations every knitter should know; Glossary of knit underwear terms; Silk doubling and spinning machine; Cotton Mill Efficiency; The Dyeing of Acetate Silk; British Wool Letter; British Rayon News; The Markets; British Wool and Top Quotations; and more. Above-average wear. Covers detached but present, but for top third of back cover. Book
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Carmen's Railway Journal, April 1949, Vol 54, No. 4
22 pages. Contents: Your Washington Reporter; President Green Denounces Taft-Hartley Act; Labor's Next Great Advance, by Tom Gillespie, Labour Correspondent in Europe; The Grim Reaper Strikes Again - Obituary of W.F. Donaldson, one of the organization's oldest members; Battle Over Health Insurance - foes bribe press and raise huge war chest; Columns by Robert Hewitt and J.T. Powell; News from various lodges; Know your rights - how much will you get when you retire?; Trade Education - the chilled car wheel - historical information about the development of rail wheels by the Griffin Wheel Company; Ad inside back cover for U.S. Savings Bonds; Ad on back cover for a special railman offering of zippered wallet, pencil-type flashlight, ball point pen, and monogram initialled key holder by Illinois Merchandise Mart of Chicago. Average wear. Address label on front cover. A sound copy. Book
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Carmen's Railway Journal, February 1949, Vol 54, No. 2 - Truman Cover Photo
22 pages. Contents: Cover photo of President Harry S. Truman, The Man of the Year (for advocating repeal of the Taft-Hartley Law, and more); Your Washington Reporter; "Closed Shop" - An How! - considers the 'union security' of doctors and lawyers - by Ruben Levin; Some aspects of the Legislative picture, provided by Senator Wayne L. Morse; Harold L. Walker joins MacArthur's staff in Tokyo; Column by Robert Hewitt; Lodge news; Photo of Progressive Lodge 528, Brandon, Manitoba; Large photo of Pullman local Lodge Chairmen at Kansas City meeting, January 10-12, 1949; Photo from Pointsettia Lodge 78, Los Angeles; Trade Education - The Chilled Car Wheel - rail wheel history by E.W. McDonald of the Griffin Wheel Company; Gaylark Seatcover ad inside back cover; Illinois Merchandise Mart back cover ad for combination Zipper Billfold, Ball Point Pen, Pocket Flashlight and plastic key holder. Above-average external wear. Address label on front cover. A sound copy. Book
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Commonwealth Today - No. 59
32 pages. Undated but appears to be circa 1955. Wonderful black and white photos throughout. Features: British Columbia's Centennial Celebrations; Canada's Boy's Town in Malaya; Colombo Plan Steel Technicians in Britain; Ghana's Goodwill and Trade Mission; Designs of the Year - annual U.K. awards; Ceylon's Buddhists in London; H.M. the Queen Mother's World Tour; Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition; Child Welfare in Pakistan; Modern New Airport in Nairobi, Kenya; New Zealand's expanding forests; The Craft of the Nigerian Potter; Spare-Time Studies in Britain; Uganda's New Agrucultural School. Bonus: includes 8-page Canadian supplement which bears a lovely colour portrait of H.R.H. the Princess Margaret. Second Bonus: 13" x 9" photographic portrait of H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, suitable for framing. Covers detached from textblock but present. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Book
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Embroidery Canada Magazine, August 1987
20 pages. Features: Pin Cushions - Part II; Grandmother's Flower Garden - Quilts of Yesteryear - April 17, 1987 to January 10, 1988 McCord Museum of Canadian History; The Art of the Needle; Seminar '87 - Photos; The Leonida Leatherdale Award; Armchair Shopping; Nineteenth Century Needleworkers - Part 2 - Needlework Trade, by Bunty Severs; and more. Clean with light wear. Magazine
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Equinox - The Magazine of Canadian Discovery: June 1995
Features: Who's Fit? Who's Fat? - Canadian researchers are at the forefront of exploring how and why we put on fat; Animal Family Values - bringing up baby is a universal behaviour that reveals critical clues to how species survive; The Meaning of Markets - Communities of Commerce that connect us to our earthly roots; Art and Soul - a roaring fire destroyed their home, but not their dreams - a story of the steel spirit and true heart of arctic art. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Equinox - The Magazine of Canadian Discovery: November/December 1983
Features: The Expedition Chronicle - Blood and Honour in the shadow of Europe's highest peak; The Basque Connection - Red Bay Yields New Answers about Canada's earliest known European settlements; Shadowy Mammals - Nocturnal Encounters in Tasmania, Haunt of the World's least understood marsupials; Inside the Royal Mint - Bullish Days in Canada's Bullion Trade; Threading the Cerebral Maze - Canadian Neuroscientist Brenda Milner explores the workings of the human brain. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
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Equinox - The Magazine of Canadian Discovery: November/December 1990
Features: Emperors of North America - Superbly adapted to the coldest, most desolate place on Earth, the Emperor penguin reveals its startling secrets to scientists; A Daybreak Diary - Learning Life, learning love - Seven days in Canadian Jean Vanier's federation of miracles; Romantic Revival - A team of Canadian horticulturalists hopes to restore one of the botanical wonders of the world; Courting Commerce - The brainchild of marketing geniuses, shopping malls have radically altered Canadians' lives, but they are more machines than traditional retail districts. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
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Equinox - The Magazine of Canadian Discovery: September/October 1991 - Ecological Collapse in Haiti
Features: Where Waters Run Brown - Once the 'pearl of the Caribbean', Haiti hovers at the edge of ecological collapse... a cautionary tale; Audubon's Wake - retracing the route of John James Audubon along Quebec's rugged lower North Shore; The Hounds of Summer - Sans tracks, touts and hustlers, the sleek sport of greyhound racing is catching on in southern Saskatchewan; Bound for Glory - with leather and gold, virtuoso bookbinder Michael Wilcox turns tomes into tiaras; The Great Fire - Early European explorers brought more than fresh ideas to North America - how a simple virus (smallpox) depopulated two continents, destroyed their cultures and helped create, among other things, slavery, the fur trade and capitalism. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
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Foreign Affairs - American and the World 1992/93 - Volume 72 Number 1
254 pages. With article entitled "A New Trade Order" by Peter Cowhey and Jonathan Aronson. Book
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Harper's Magazine, September 1939 - Foreign Affairs Number
112 pages (336-448). Many wonderful vintage ads. Features: Making Friends with Latin America; Foreign Trade Begins at Home; "From Usually Reliable Sources" - How we get our Foreign News; What we think about Foreign Affairs - what the polls say/what the home folks say; What England and France think about us; Number One Swing Man - John Henry Hammond Jr.; Mr. Hata Pulls the Strings; and more. Colour ad for Hawaii inside back cover. Nice colour photo ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes on back cover shows tobacco buyer Connor Aycock with farmer. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Imports for the Carriage Trade: Sheet Music Songbook for All Organs - Hansen's All Organ Series No. 19
47 pages. Songs include: Amor, Autumn Leaves, Michelle, Never on Sunday, A Taste of Honey, Yesterday, and dozens more. Average wear. Few markings. A worthy working copy of this nice compilation of organ sheet music. Book
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