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Moore, J. R.
Halifax Corporation Tramways 1882 - 1908
Name on first page. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. Very slight creasing to covers. A very clean copy with very slightly marked boards and no bumping to corners. 62pp. A detailed account of the Halifax Tramway System, how it was negotiated and eventually approved after fourteen years of discussions and disagreements. It opened for use in 1898 and includes details of the competition which took place between horse-drawn buses and the new tramways . The account is split into four parts ending in 1908 and fully describes the negotiations which took part over these years as the system extended out to neighbouring districts.
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Moradas Estrada, Marcos
Respuesta de los Materiales Odontológicos ante el Pilar Angulado: Prevenir alteraciones funcionales y conseguir éxito a medio/largo plazo es otro de los objetivos de una restauración
Editorial Académica Española 2019. Paperback. New. 252 pages. Spanish language. 8.66x5.91x0.57 inches. Editorial Académica Española paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 2-6200042284 ISBN : 6200042284 9786200042286
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Moravec, Ivo
Tightrope Passage : Along the Refugee Route to Canada
243 pages. In July 1983, the author and his family defected from communist Czechoslovakia to Canada via Austria. This is their story. Average wear. Usual library markings. Binding sound. Book
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MORDEN, ROBERT
Hereford Shire
London.: Gibson. Early 18th Century. Black and white map from Camden's Britannia showing towns roads rivers and landforms 38 x 46.5 cm. . [Gibson.] unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 64216
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MORDEN, ROBERT
Northhampton Shire
London.: Gibson. Early 18th Century. Engraved map on watermarked paper central fold 38 x 46.5 cm decorative title cartouche towns roads rivers and landforms shown; from Gibson's edition of Camden's Britannia upper edge trimmed by the original binder causing minor loss to the border at the inner edge but in very good condition. . [Gibson.] unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 64139
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Morgan, Murray; Simonson;
The Viewless Winds (Northwest Reprints (Paperback))
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for previous owner's name on front end paper. 220 pages.
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Morgan, Peter
Original Porsche 911: The Restorer's Guide to All Production Models, 1963-93 Including Turbo (Signed By Author)
Signed by author on bookplate on front end paper. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with small enclosed tear to spine and traces of storage. 128pp. The definitive guide to Porsche 911 evolution covering all production versions 1963-1993, covered in depth with over 200 specially commissioned photographs. Tucked inside the rear jacket is the original publisher's invoice for the sale of a signed copy.
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Morland, Andrew
Street Rods : Pre-'48 American Rods in Color
No marks or inscriptions. Very faint crease to lower rear edge, none to front or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, faint traces of handling and no bumping to corners. 128pp. A pictorial study of the American hot-rods featuring the massively souped-up and elaborately re-painted 1930s and 1940s cars which the Americans have so avidly customised - for fun and excitement
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MORLEY Frank
The Great North Road. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. The dustwrapper was designed by David Jones.
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Morris, Stephen
Buses Extra 21 : 1982
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 47pp. 'Island Hopping' issue of vintage and historic buses and coaches covering Guernsey, Jersey, the Scottish Isles and Sri Lanka. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Morrow, Les; McGillen, PeteNicholson, H.P.; Gillese, J.P.; Landis, C.S.; Frost, Rex;
Rod and Gun in Canada Magazine, October 1957 - Special Hunting Issue
34 pages. Features: Cover photo of young deer nibbling the end of a rifle barrel!; How to Hunt What - Deer, Moose, Bear, Elk, Duck, Goose, Partridge, Pheasant; Dressing Out Your Deer - Kill Clean, Dress Fast, Cool Well, Cure Properly, Wrap Completely, and Enjoy!; Several nice ads by firearms manufacturers; Ad for Sisman's Bushmaster leather boots; Hunting Regulations; Ayers Wool Blanket ad; Choosing a Gun; After Lake Trout - What?; Hunting Dogs for Deer; Mallards Make it Worthwhile; New Ammo and Old Favourites; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Moses, George H.; Knox, Frank; Musgrove, Frank; Richardson, A.W.; Manson, Grant Carpenter; Potter, G.F.; Bridges, H. Styles
The Granite Monthly - A New Hampshire Magazine - July, 1923:
Pages 301-346. Black and white photos. Features: The month in New Hampshire; As the road unrolls - some impressions of an early summer motor trip - feature article with great photos; Future policies of the Republican Party - Three New Hampshire leaders analyze the situation - a revival of party loyalty wanted, A party program, a forward-looking party; Polar caves - short article with photos; The day old chick industry in New Hampshire; The Road to Lariat; Three women who lead New Hampshire club work - Mrs. Clara Fellows, Mrs. G.E. Speare and Mrs. George H. Morris; An anthology of one poem poets; Gould Hill Farm - How a fine apple orchard grew from small beginnings - article with great photos; A gold mine in Jerseys - George M. Putnam's Herd of Champions - great article with photos; New Hampshire Necrology; Great full-page photo ad for Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. showing their No. 11 mill - the largest textile manufacturing plant in the world; Full-page photo ad for the Polar Caves; and more. Average wear. External soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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Mosquin, Ted; Rowe, Stan; Butala, Sharon; Corrigan, Kevin; Milne, Courtney; Cobb, John B. Jr.; Gare, Arran; Gablik, Suzi; Rothenberg, David; Akkerman, Abraham; Botar, Oliver A.; Railing, Patricia; Bornstein, Eli
The Structurist - Toward an Ecological Ethos in Art and Architecture, No. 43/44, 2003/2004
152 pages. Features: A Manifesto for Earth; Return of the Plains Bison to the prairies and the return of honor; An ecological ethos in presocratic thinking - can we really learn anything new from the past?; The reflecting pool - place of the ten thousand things; Can universities promote an ecological ethos?; Archtiecture and the global ecological crisis - from Heidegger to Christopher Alexander; Art and the Big Picture; The Road past the selfish landscape; Philosophical urbanism and deconstruction in city-form - an environmental ethos for the twenty-first century; Biocentrism and the Bauhaus; An imaginary trialogue on abstract art - Kandinsky, Kupka, and Mondrian in conversation; For a dialogue on the future of abstract art; book reviews. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
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MOSS Stirling
All But My Life. Stirling Moss Face to Face with Ken W. Purdy. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, and tables in the text, title and following three leaves lightly spotted; black cloth, gilt back, fore-edge mildly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Bright, crisp copy of the maestro's first dedicated biography. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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MOSS Stirling
Design and Behaviour of the Racing Car. With Photographs by Louis Klemantaski. [Second Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with numerous plates and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a month after the first edition.
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Motocycles - Revue bi-mensuelle - ENDERS, Max (Directeur)
Motocycles N° 40 : Les 125 sur la ligne de départ - Les échos du mois - La moto au Brésil (F. STEPANEK) - Régler le carburateur (KARL) - Nous avons vu pour vous - La "Norton Dominator" (A. NEBOUT) - ...
1950 N° 40 - 4e année - 15 juillet 1950 - Petit in-4, broché couverture illustrée - 27 pages - Nombreuses illustrations et reproductions photographiques en N&B
Riferimento per il libraio : 115002
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Motocycles - Revue bi-mensuelle - ENDERS, Max (Directeur)
Motocycles N° 90 : Que nous réserve 1953 ? - Echos - Salon de Milan - Salon de Londres - La Norton "Manx" - 30 journées au pays de Don Quichotte - Vu pour vous - Sports et Clubs - ...
1953 N° 90 - 6e année - 1er janvier 1953 - Editions La jeunesse - Petit in-4, broché couverture illustrée - 30 pages - Nombreuses illustrations et reproductions photographiques en N&B
Riferimento per il libraio : 115003
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Motocycles - Revue bimensuelle - ENDERS, Max (Directeur)
Motocycles N° 114 : Alerte ! - Echos - Nouveautés anglaises - Essais de 98 cm3 Automoto - Equipements d'hiver - Vu pour vous - Salon de Milan - Chez les "hommes bleus" - Sports et Clubs - ...
1954 N° 114 - 7e année - 1er janvier 1954 - Editions La jeunesse - Petit in-4, broché couverture illustrée - 32 pages - Nombreuses illustrations et reproductions photographiques en N&B
Riferimento per il libraio : 115004
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MOTTA WM A. & THE STAFF OF ROAD & TRACK
50 Years of Road & Track - The Art of the Automobile
Osceola Wisconsin: Motorbooks Internationa 1997. First Edition. First Printing. From the collection of motor sport photographer Jesse Alexander with a certificate of authenticity laid in. On page 67 is a very atmospheric full page color photograph by Jesse Alexander which is a close up of a driver in helmet which had been published in the magazine in May 1971. The caption below reads “This character shot was used to inspire readers to enter the ‘Road & Track Photography Contest’. It worked: More than 10000 photos were submittedâ€. 264 pages. Large coffee table book filled with numerous color photographs. Fine copy in a bright dust jacket Motorbooks Internationa unknown books
Riferimento per il libraio : 15772J
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MOTTA, WM A & THE STAFF OF ROAD & TRACK
50 Years of Road & Track - The Art of the Automobile
Osceola Wisconsin: Motorbooks Internationa 1997. First Edition. First Printing. From the collection of motor sport photographer Jesse Alexander with a certificate of authenticity laid in. On page 67 is a very atmospheric full page color photograph by Jesse Alexander which is a close up of a driver in helmet which had been published in the magazine in May 1971. The caption below reads “This character shot was used to inspire readers to enter the ‘Road & Track Photography Contest’. It worked: More than 10000 photos were submittedâ€. 264 pages. Large coffee table book filled with numerous color photographs. Fine copy in a bright dust jacket Motorbooks Internationa unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 15772J
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mountain road
Criticism of Buddhism by the Nyaya School <Japanese Version>
Heiraku tera shoten 1999. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Heiraku tera shoten paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 2092902139203052
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mountain road reward
Ouan Hana Koyomi - Antiques and Wild Flowers
Sojusha Art Publishing 2007. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 195 pages Size: A5 size Sojusha Art Publishing paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 2090202120700046
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mountain snow road
Digital mobile communication system <Japanese Version>
Tokyo Denki University Publishing 1993. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Tokyo Denki University Publishing paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 2111902154900312
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mountain snow road
Spread spectrum communication <Japanese Version>
Tokyo Denki University Publishing 1999. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Tokyo Denki University Publishing paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 2111902154900524
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Muan Kizu The Road of Truth, Masao Kamigo New Ideas and Farmers, Manji Koide Urgent Development of the Rural Area, Akiryo Kawasa
Farming Villages in Japan first issue February 1926 Nagoya City <Japanese Version>
Buddhist Association Nagoya City Naka District 1922. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of copies: 1 copy Buddhist Association (Nagoya City Naka District) paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 2110502150412279
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Muji Road Haiku Club
Haiku Collection Harimano
Hon'ami shoten 1990. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Hon'ami shoten paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 2080602108201748
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MUKBIL GÖKDOGAN.
Strassenbau und Verkehrspolitik in der Türkei. Eine Studie über den Strassenbau der alten und neuen Türkei mit einem neuen Strassennetz.
Very Good German Original yellow cloth bdg. Large demy 8vo. (22 x 16 cm). In German. 104, [2] p. Strassenbau und Verkehrspolitik in der Türkei. Eine Studie über den Strassenbau der alten und neuen Türkei mit einem neuen Strassennetz. Road construction and transport policy in Turkey. A study on the road construction of old and new Turkey with a new road network. Signed and inscribed by Gökdogan.
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Muller (Albert)
L'art et l'autoroute (French Edition)
Belfond 1989 In-folio relié. État correct d’occasion.
Riferimento per il libraio : 71026 ISBN : 271442516
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Mulltiple Contributors
Frontier Times Magazine: September, 1970
Features: Brakeman on the Great Northern - W.S. Dulmage - long article with great photos; Lost Arch Nuggets; The West's Most Competent Mercenary - Emilio Kosterlitzsky; Dodging the Road Agents - an Oregon tale; Sixty Years ago on the Kootenai; You don't chase the wild bunch on a bycycle - bank robbery at Montpelier, Idaho; Old-time storekeeper - Civilization's advance scout - Thomas McGuill; Cheyenne girl and white man's ways - Amache Ochinee Prowers; Under the wing of the Raven - Temple Houston, youngest son of Sam Houston; All the news that's fit to laugh at! - Colonel Robert Lowery, famous newspaper editor of the Kootenays during the mining days; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
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Mulltiple Contributors
Frontier Times, February 1936
46 pages. Features: early day mail lines in Texas; Bits of Historical Information; a desperate hand-to-hand battle; John L. Goforth - a plow pioneer of Parker; six-shooters in the old southwest; a journey through Texas in 1856; taking the law to the Rio Grande; Baileys and Polleys among Earliest Texans; Noah Smithwick recorded Texas history; "I'll know what you're talking about"; Rangers' desperate battle with the Indians; John B. Hood - the man of courage; old Rockport Road - laid out by a preacher. Clean and unmarked. Undated - circa 1990? Book
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Multiple Contributors
Adventure Magazine, November 15th, 1927
192 pages. Cover illustration by Emmett Watson. Contents: The Road to Kandahar, by Harold Lamb; Renegade - The Horse Thief Rendezvous, by Georges Surdez and Raymond S. Spears; Down in a Dugout, by Leonard H. Nason; The Sun Chasers, by Hugh Pendexter; Code, by L. Paul; Uncle Nng and the Pale Blue Dog, by Carroll K. Michener; The Dance Hall Fisherman, by James Stevens; French M.P.'s, by Steamer; The Bells of San Juan, by Alan LeMay; The Lights of Rip Shin Bald, by Hapsburg Liebe; The Bogas of Magdalena, by Edgar Young; Alias The Blackbird, by Joel Townsley Rogers; Dragomen, by Royce Brier. Attractive water-color illustrated ad for Camel cigarettes on back cover. Peripheral wear to covers. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
American Cage-Bird, February, 1980
51 pages. Features: The Canary Fancy, by Wallace Dean; The Spotted Dove, by Paul Stevens; Bird Talk from Shady Grove - About Cockatiels, by Jo Hall; The Greater Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo - by Arthur Freud; My Visit to Janss Road, by J.R. Greene; The Roller Female, by Haig Sarkisian; Exotic Cage-Birds, by Dr. Val Clear; Showing Budgies - Environment, Population and Strangers - by Jim Duke; Advice to Bird-shop Owners, by Don Thomas; Visits with Australian Birds; Show Winners. Average wear. Unmarked. Small clipping from top edge of front cover. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Architectural Digest Magazine, January 2005 *30 Deans of American Design*
182 pages. Features: Honor Roll of visionary architects and interior designers; The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland update England's storied Alnwick Castle; A 1960s hillside home in Bel-Air is reconfigured - foot for 007; Splendor in Manhattan - a dramatic setting for antiques and art high above New York's Ritz-Carleton; An informal family retreat in the Hamptons; View home in San Francisco; Carving a modern home from old on an island near Sicily; New York penthouse by Mojo; Couple's new home in Washington by Robert S. Brown and Todd Davis; Special Motoring Section - automobiles are changing with the times, ahead of the curve at Renault, celebrating 40 years of the Porsche 911, Daryl Hannah's El Camino runs on biodiesel - an ethanol-thinned vegetable oil. Light wear. Unmarked. A nice copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January/February 1959 Through January/February 1960
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: Rate increase approval; explansion plans for 1959, including new purchasing, warehousing and repair centre to be built at Manitoba Street and Southeast Marine Drive in Vancouver; Operator Distance Dialing Nears Reality; B.C.'s Biggest Television Events in 1958 as covered by mobile television links, including the Ripple Rock blast, the visit of H.R.H. Princess Margaret, and the Grey Cup; Changes to Sales Organization; Automating Accounting; Expanding the Personnel Department; Conversion of manual systems to dial operation; Conversion of Glenburn to Cypress; New Long Distance Route to Kamloops; Dial phones come to Sidney, Keating and James Island; Pension Plan Personalized; Adoption of Irregular Base Rate Areas; Closing of two historic switchboards in Victoria and Vancouver; Teletype Sale Made to East Asiatic; R.W.J. Angus becomes new General Commercial Manager; The Birth of N.P.A. 604 (the 604 area code); High cost of workplace accidents; Long Distance Anniversary greetings to a New Westminster Rotary Club from around the Western Hemisphere; Removal of high-wire span that linked Agassiz and Chilliwack since 1910 (6 pnotos); Conversion jobs sparked romances; Maintenance men to match our mountains; The visit of the queen (14 photos); "Follow Me" - a child's-eye view of the telephone company through the medium of C.B.C. television; Vancouver General Hospital (3 photos); Electronic 'Detectives' Guard Microwave; The FW-1 intertoll switching installation in the William Farrell Building - the brain and heart of toll; Logging by Radio - New Switchboard serves radiotelephone subscribers; Laying cable in the Pitt River (2 photos); Opening of new headquarters in 700 block of Seymour Street in Vancouver (3 photos); A new approach to serving the public in the new addition; Activation of a new radiotelephone long distance system through the Cariboo - illustrated; Traffic Signs for Toll; New Woodland Central Office serves Whalley (photos); Phone fashion; Network Television reaches the Interior; 500,000th telephone installed; Night move of revenue accounting to 555 Seymour (photos); Terrace phones now automatic (photos); Traffic, Staff Metering - Instantly; Service at New Denver is Personalized; The Heave-Ho Boys - name your antenna and they'll put it up! (with great photos); new building for Gibsons, Sechelt; Kamloops Editorial salutes operators; Transmission Levesl - an FW-1 Problem; Plans for 1960, including completion of Burnaby centre; Graph of telephone growth in B.C. since 1880; History of the Alma Central Office; The Happy Islanders on Calvert, Trutch and Swindle Islands; Machines take over in the Accounting Field; Rough weather at Newcastle Ridge; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight and square. Marbled endpapers. Name of E.P. LaBelle stamped on bottom edge of text. A photo and announcement re: Mr. Labelle is found in the July/August 1959 issue. Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues December 1932 - January 1933 Through December 1934
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: New Year's Greetings telephoned to Mother in England; Echoes of Turkish Telephony; What people talk about during long distanc calls; Industry advances in 1932 despite business losses; First Bermuda call was boon to navigation company; Statement of Development, January 1, 1933 - provides statistics on the number of telephones working in each community of B.C.; West Vancouver celebrates 21st birthday; Entertainment programme telephoned from Vancouver to Victoria; John Lawson - phone pioneer of West Vancouver; John Henry Ward retires; Royal City students visit phone office; New employee sales campaign has been organized; An ounce of prevention; Fred Meloche has retired; We can talk to the Holy Land; Bowen Island annual picnic; C.A. McMaster; Telephone echoes from India; Who can solve the mystery of B.C.'s first telephone?; Telephone people on job despite earthquake; Hungry people make most work for telephone operators; B.C. Telephone Basketball Team; Statement of Development, May 1, 1933 - a table showing the number of telephones in each community of the province; W.H. Cooke; Victoria to London via All-Red Telephone Route; Vancouver-London conversation heard across Canada; Bowen Island Picnic; Gold Rush turns spotlight on Bridge River Valley; R.G. Roach Retires; An address by Miss Nell Rowbottom, agent, Nanaimo; Beware of Holiday Hazards; Port of New Westminster sets new shipping record; Speedy repairs after Cumberland fire - text and photos; George McCartney (Mr. Mac) retires; A Haircut for the Trans-Canadian Line; George Williamson of the Slocan retires; Toll Lines Restored for Christmas after two weeks of havoc - 6 pages of amazing photos and text; We can talk to the Flathead Valley; The Plant Library is at your service; Two Mining Areas Brought Within Telephone Reach - Anyox and Campbell River (opens up Stewart, Alice Arm and Premier Arm) - great photo of the Anyox plant of the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power Company, Limited; Col. Victor Spencer's voice travels record distance by phone; Telephone to the rescue; Operators' Problems Explained in Radio Interview; Telephone plays prominent part in fight against forest fires - 2 pages with photos; Telephone queries add spice to newspaper life; Electrical Men Meet at Nanaimo; Ernest Moore passes away; New construction project to improve Bridge River service - 2 pages with photos; B.C. Nickel project given service; A telephone pole becomes a Bug's Breakfast - 3 pages with interesting photos and text; Barnston Island receives service; Sculling champ, Edward Snead, retires; Telephone Exchange Established in Bridge River Area - 3 pages of text and photos; Construction programme under way in the Albernis; Ralph S. MacPherson; Photo of the 'Morro Castle' afire; Roy (Dutch) Harris of East Kootenay dies; 'Mystery Mountain' claims life of Alec H. Dalgleish; and more. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon fore- and top edges, and inside front board, else unmarked. Binding intact. Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January, 1931 Through December 1931
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: Cover photo of the Victoria Exchange; Company launches employee sales plan; feature on Leo Griggs with photos; Ladner forges to the front as a farming district - with photos; Important changes in Prince George; Mission and Revelstoke; Remodelling Victoria Exchange; Our Trans-Canada Link is growing; - 3 pages with photos; Record holiday load handled by Vancouver toll office; Vancouver-Victoria Cable line severed by Dredge; Engineeers walking all over the province - 4 pages with photos and text; Proper posture; Statement of Development - a table listing the number of operating phones in towns across the province; Campbell River - Cape Lazo Cable is big job for this month - 2 pages; Keeping pace with Schedule on Trans-Canada Line; Philip Creagh - Nanaimo wire chief; Centralized billing system now in effect; Breaking of insulators may have serious consequences; Ocean Falls joins our system and receives first toll service - great photo; Powell River - Cape Lazo Cable successfully laid - 3 pages with photos; Harvey Sauder; A P.A.B.X. is now serving the B.C. Electric Railway Co.; Cover photo of the Victoria exchange; Victoria traffic and commercial staffs now under same roof - text and great art deco photos; One-Fourth of Work on Trans-Canada line completed; C. Whitmore Halford; new phone system in Powell river - 2 pages with photos; All Canadian route from Vancouver to Winnipeg; Trans-Canada construction photos; Vancouver talks with Berlin; Coal Harbour Regatta broadcast from radiotelephone ship; A telephone man in Turkey; Thrilling events preceded opening of Ocean Falls service - with photos; The Huntingdon System is Acquired; The Municipality of Maple Ridge; N.J. Dunlop; A telephone man in South America; Telephone Co-operators; Cover photo of Vancouver fire alarm switchboard; Telephone to the rescue when fire threatens; Great photos of laying cables across Victoria Harbour; Selling Telephone Service; A telephone man in India; Three Nanaimo phone men attempt to save three children in Nanaimo River; Gerald C. Clarke; Two-Thirds of Trans-Canada line complete; Prince George visits plant where our dial equipment was made, in Lancashire; Successful picnic; Princeton to be important link in Trans-Canada line; Wiring plans; The Modern Mouse must have a Telephone House (mouse moves into pay phone); Bigger phone directory - 2 pages with interesting photos; Phone poles go over mountains - several photos; Ervin J. Davis; Trans-Atlantic service growing; Herman A. Nicholson; and more. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January, 1930 Through December 1930
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: Twentieth Year of Telephone Talk; P.A.B.X. for Telephone Company in Vancouver; When this magazine was a bab - by the first editor of Telephone Talk; North-west Telephone Company acquires Prince George System; Hard battle for phone men in rough country along Howe Sound; Christmas gale puts 75% of toll lines out of order; cover photo of 20 ton cable reel for use in Fraser River link in Vancouver-Victoria line; Preparatory work on new trans-gulf cable job nears completion; Speeding Aeroplanes can keep in touch with the earth - two; George Gaetz - Victoria 'heavy' gang foreman; Cover photo of woman demonstrating how to use dial phone; Full page photo of cable barge Brico; First section of new trans-gulf cable successfully laid - 6 pages with many photos; New construction in Victoria; Night work required to build line across Ladner Marsh; The Brico succeeds the Iwalani; Heavy Gang Foreman Andrew Bertram (Andy) Jackson; Land portion of new Victoria-Vancouver cable route now complete - 3 pages with many photos; New Traffic Headquarters in the Georgia Building - several photos; Richmond is thriving Neighbour of big coast cities - photos and text; Picture for Telephone Talk obtained via ship-to-shore phone call; Over half of Trans-Atlantic calls are with Great Britain; We can now talk with South America; Nanaimo heavy gang restores Nanaimo-Victoria service; Vancouver can talk to ship on the Atlantic; Wilfred Calman; 5 page illustrated article announcing completion of Vancouver-Victoria cable; B.C.'s first radiotelephone service now open; Second Calgary Circuit provides Windermere Valley connection; Cable to link Europe with North America; New type of conduit being used for underground work; Record load handled by New Westminster staff; Work on Victoria's central office equipment progressing - many photos; Nice cover photo of the Prince Henry, first passenger ship on the Pacific equipped with dial phone system; New type of pay telephone in Vancouver; Burnaby feature - rapidly industrializing; Bob Perry - Blaster - The Lone Canadian; Ruined Burrard Inlet cable to be replaced; Phone service now available to/from a train; Dunsmuir residence in Victoria speaks with London, England; Dials being placed on Victoria phones - 4 pages with photos; Direct coast and Alberta service now available for Revelstoke; Phone men fight fire which takes 5 buildings in Nanaimo; Dial demonstration popular at Victoria Exhibition; John (Jack) C. Miles; Prince George Reconstruction; Many photos of new Plant and Engineering building in Vancouver; Radiotelephone experiments at coast points successful - 6 pages with photos; William Palliser; Powell River System joins phone family; Trans-Gulf cable now in service; The Terminal and Repeater Equipment of the all-cable toll route - 4 pages with photos; Victoria now using new dial system - photos; Nanaimo high span replaced with submarine cable; Building the B.C. link of the Trans-Canada Line; 17,500 mile link connects Vancouver to Australia; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Backstrip almost entirely loose. Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January, 1928 Through December 1928
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: Hundred Thousandth phone installed - lengthy article; Essentials of good maintenance; Statement of Development - number of phones per exchange in the province; B.C. Telephone Company takes over East Kootenay System; Prompt service aids with Sidney fire; The office boys dream; Telephone assists in Vancouver Stock Exchange (VSE) Rush - great photo; Automatic phone system installed at Hammond; Keeping the electrons on the proper path; Photo of J.P.D. Malkin takes part in first Vancouver-London phone call; Shell Oil operator; Health Tips; Greater Vancouver can now talk to the European continent; Cable damaged by anchor; Radio interference putting music on phone lines; Production of phone directories - 4 pages with photos; Laying cable through Stanley Park; Direct Route to West Vancouver completed - 5 pages of interesting text and photos; Langley Prairie phone service restored during the fire - article with photos; Phone given as wedding gift in Vancouver; F.C. Paterson; Vancouver Power House Fire; Mr. George H. Halse becomes Chairman of the Board; Close-up photos of splicing job; Transatlantic phone service still expanding; photo of horse-drawn 'drop wagon'; Photo on Cordova St. after fire 42 years ago; There's more to installation work than just placing a telephone - 4 pages with photos and text; Good-bye to operating when Dan Cupid comes along; Sending news stories to Vancouver from California over phone wires; We are linked with 80% of the world's phones; photo of conduit laying on forty-first ave; The Monophone - advertisement; B.C. Tel. acquires government lines in the Interior; New trans-atlantic long distance mark; Photo montage of vehicles used by the Plant Department; B.C. Box Factory Fire; Baby causes problem by teething on phone cord; Chilliwack phone system now affiliated with us; Regular fire drills; Photo of Premier Tolmie participating in first call from Vancouver to Calgary - with detailed related story; The longest circuit in the system of the B.C. Telephone Company; A new radiotelephone company will be organized; New Fraser River Cable serves South Westminster Subscribers; Eleven european countries with telephone reach of Vancouver; Now installing a new type of telephone typewriter; New faster system for handling telegrams; Benefits of new telephone ownership are evident in 500-mile circle; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Significant wear to backstrip with some chips missing. Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January, 1913 Through December 1913 *DOCUMENTS DIRECT CONNECTION OF VANCOUVER TO NANAIMO ON 16 JUNE BY LAYING OF 30-MILE SUBMARINE WIRE*
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: North Vancouver feature - 5 pages with photos; Activity in Plant Department - construction of many apartments in Victoria and Vancouver causing new conditions; Abbottsford exchange burned; Year's Business Shows Fine Increase; Monthly traffic record; New island route; Photo of the company's Victoria hockey team; New Westminster switchboard in action; Organisation Chart of the Traffic Department; Table showing 'Exchanges in order of per cent good toll calls'; Statement of Development - showing the number of operating phones in each exchange in the province; 7-page Feature on the Bayview area with several large photos of prominent home; Early spring construction; Traffic department conference; Full-page photo of the Western Fuel Company (Coal) Number One Mine at Nanaimo; New Central Building on Seymour; 5-page feature on Nanaimo with photos of salteries, the herring fishery, Mayor Shaw, the Nanaimo Exchange, and a great shot overlooking downtown Nanaimo and its harbour; Timing Conversations with a Calculagraph; Large photo of the Eburne sawmills; Fire damage at New Westminster Exchange; 4-page feature on Eburne with photos; Company bowling team - Victoria Commercial League Champions; Photo montage of operator's telephone sets; Great full-page photo of a commercial corner building in Duncan, Cowichan Merchants, Ltd.; 5-page feature on Duncan with several photos including one of the highly successful Duncan Creamery; photo of yachting on Cowichan Bay; Many gangs busy in the field; Weighing service; photos of telephone men at work in the field; photo of Comox and the wharf; 6-page feature article on Comox, including excellent photo of 'Flying Machine' logging in progress; Many extensions to outside plant; How telephone cable is made, 3 pages with photos; Full page photo of the Tug Dola with her tow the Princess Louise, at anchor off Port Grey; Super photo of Dozens of notable men aboard cable ship; Steveston Feature article with 3 pages and photos; 11-page major feature article on the consummation of the cable project connecting Vancouver to Nanaimo - great photos including erection of the highest telephone poles in the province at Brechin Mine, near Nanaimo, several nautical shots, cross-section of the Gulf cable, and more; Saanich Inlet cable installation; photo of the visit of H.M.S. New Zealand showing Hon. J.D. Hazen, minister of marine, Commander Halsey, Sir Richard McBride and Hon. H.E. Young, provincial secretary; Five-page feature on Nelson and area with photos; New Zealand's gift to the Imperial Navy - 2 page illustrated feature on the visit of the H.M.S. New Zealand to Vancouver, including shot of two of the monster eight 12" guns; Full-page displaing the 6 chief (lady) operators in Vancouver; 5-page feature on the Saanich Peninsula with photos of subjects including the Brentwood Bay power house, Mr. Luke Pither's model poultry ranch, the Holland Bulb Farm and more; Growth demands more outside plant; Photo of company baseball team; Illustrations of railway telephone device; Photos of the 3 chief operators of Victoria; The Growing of Hops at Agassiz - several pages and photos; Phones for Forest Protection; Manufacturing Protector Micas - raw material obtained from India; Photo of the City of Rossland; 4-page illustrated feature Book
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Canadian Antiques Collector - May 1971, Vol. 6, No. 5 - Special Ontario Issue
Features: Ste. Marie among the Hurons; The Development of Moose Factory; Simcoe Memorial Foundation; Expert Help for Museums; Ontario Heritage Foundation; Old Fort William - Hinge of a Nation; Charm of Williamstown; Niagara-on-the-Lake; Early Ontario Glass; Ontario's Pioneer Villages; The Thunder Bay Route West; On the Trail of the Nor'Westers; The Development of Ontario Painting; Collecting Furniture in Ontario; Earthen Pottery; Ontario Silversmiths; Ontario chairs; Ontario - The Textile Arts; Mennonite Traditional Arts. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
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Canadian Aviation Magazine, May 1944 - Commercial, Military, Civil
186 pages. Features: Canadian Aviation's Viewpoint; It Cost $58 Million - the Northwest Staging Route; Call it Reconquest - the original flight into Alaska; A.V. Roe; Report from London; Action at Ottawa; Trends in Washington; Floating Airport Tomorrow; Celestial Navigation Trainer; RCAF Salvage; Helldiver Story; Barracudas Attack; Percival Proctor IV; World of Flight; Gray Rocks Air Line; RCAF Transport Command; V.D.M. Propeller; Chafing on Engine Parts; Cold Weather Operation; and more. Many pages of excellent WWII advertisements by a wealth of prominent companies. Average wear. Small bit of sticker remnant atop front cover. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Canadian Aviation Magazine, October 1944 - Commercial, Military, Civil
186 pages. Features: U.S. Route to Ottawa Favoured; The Final Frontier - first report on new route via Churchill; First Military Aviatrix - Helen Harrison is licensed to fly in four countries; Rescue, Northern Style - Captain Russ Baker of Canadian Pacific Air Lines; B-29 Armament Revealed; If Good Will Prevails; What's a Morrow Board?; Iso-Rev Propeller; Avro York Design; Reports from Ottawa; London Report; Trends in Washington; Packing for Export; British Helicopters Were Three Years Ahead; Modernized Blackfish for Royal Navy Carriers; Fairey Barracuda; Gliding Club Meets - Gatineau Gliding Club; Human Limits in Flight; Requires Small Planes; and more. Many pages of excellent WWII advertisements by a wealth of prominent companies. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Canadian West Magazine - Spring 1987: Special Barkerville Issue
Features: The Mines and the Miners; Life in Old Barkerville; The Barkerville Fire; The Law; Chinatown; The Road In; The Barkerville Cemetery; The Last Mile. Clean and unmarked. Book
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Canadian West Magazine - Spring 1991
38 pages. Features: Writing-on-Stone; The All Red Route Through the Kootenays; Camels in the Cariboo; A Sea Monster Guarded Islander's Goad; Charcoal's Reign of Terror. Clean, bright copy. Book
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Cars & Parts Magazine, December 1982
154 pages. Features: Preston Tucker's 1948 Tucker - a three-eyed car; 1942 Blackout Buick; 1908 Thomas Flyer, Model F4-60; Super streamlined 1934 Desoto Airflow; 1956 Pontiac Star Chief convertible; Walter P. Chrysler - the challenge to revive Maxwell; Harry Bennett - Ford's resident tough guy tells it like it was; Touring in an old car - surviving trouble on the road; Pebble Beach - a fine tribute to Delage and Delahaye. Average wear. Bit of writing on front cover. Magazine
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Cars & Parts Magazine, January 1979
178 pages. Features: The Lozier Story - Part II; The Real McCoy (Corvette History) - Part X; Chrysler's Early Eights (Part II); The Road to Concours d'Elegance - from junk to show winner; Mustant - Ford's Wonder Car - Part I; Vintage Car Races; Degreasing Auto Parts; Cover Car - 1929 Packard Model 6-26; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Classic Bus Magazine, June / July 2013
62 pages. Features: Canterbury Tale - a great British bus route; the story of Diamond in County Durham; Hugh Dougherty remembers the Glasgow ot Bundoran link; A modern Regent V; Ferry cross the Mersey; Green GS on red roads; More on Shamrock & Rambler names; An OB on the quayside; 100 years of Trent; Badge engineering; and more. Average wear. Couple of library markings. Clear tape along spine. Average wear. A sound reference copy. Book
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Classic Car Magazine, September 1974 - Corvette Sting Ray Cover
72 pages. Features: Road Test - Iso Lele Automatic; Evolution of the Sting Ray - article with great colour photos; New Cams for Old; MG Anniversary Meeting at Silverstone; Vintage and Thoroughbred Rileys; Full Bore in Austin 7s - article with great colour photos; XJ13 - behind the web of secrecy that surrounded Jaguar's mid-engined Le Mans contender; Austin-Healey Hundred; Mini-Manual Austin-Healey 100 1953/54, No 12; Bristol 401 Saloon/1952; Nuvolari-campionissimo?; 1939 Daimler - restoration of a rare Straight-8 Daimler limousine; The Birmingham Science Museum; Classic of the month - M45 1934 Lagonda; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Collectible Automobile Magazine - April 2005
Features: The story of the 1958 Chevrolet; 1939-40 Nash Ambassador; 1966-70 Ford Falcon; 1950-51 Studebaker; Allan Kornmiller - from Rambers to Road Runners; 1932 Buick Series 90 Convertible Phaeton; 1956 Pegaso Z-102 Panoramica Coupe; 1952 Dodge B-3-B Pickup. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Colliers, The National Weekly Magazine: 27 June, 1936
Features: The Singular Horseman - how a Chinese poet came to the aid of a fox-hunting man (Max Brand); Bumping Down to Mexico - Abroad by car, the road to Mexico City (Owen P. White); Bushwacker Brew - Romance and the federal government hit snags in old Bushwhacker (Frederick Hazlitt Brennan); Ready All! - On the line at the Poughkeepsie Regatta (Alastair MacBain); Black Magic - the supernatural cat (William MacHarg); Captain Jenkin's Ear - A Yankee saves the British Fleet (Jacland Marmur); The Prodigal Nurse, part VI - Celia headed for trouble (Teresa Hyde Phillips); Trouble Shooter, Part II - the brawling builders of empire (Ernest Haycox); Statesmanship in High C - Senator Barkley sounds the tocsin (George Creel); Chorus Call, by James Aswell; Keep up with the world - a little learning (Freling Foster); Just for fun - play clothes (Aimee Larkin). Nice colour Ford V-8 ad on page 23. Nice colour Chevrolet ad on page 45. Nostalgic colour Texas Centennial Coke ad inside back cover. Average wear. Address label on front cover else unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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