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Sur les quais. Ports, docks et dockers de Boudin à Marquet
Paris Somogy 2008 In-4 carré broché, couverture illustrée
Bookseller reference : 012302
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The Brandywine heritage. Howard Pyle, N. C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, James Wyeth.
Chadds Ford, Pa, 1971. 121 S überwiegend Ill. LN m. OU OU leicht berieben, ansonst. gut. Zust., kl. Besitzerst. a. Vors.
Bookseller reference : 4733BB
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The History of Chillicothe, Illinois: Chillicothe Township, North Chillicothe, Rome and Northampton
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding . Light wear to cover. 11"w x 8 3/8"h. 232 pages. Black and white illustrations and photographs.
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Third World Guide 89/90. The World as seen by the Third World. Facts, Figures, Opinions.
Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro and Lisbon: Third World Editors / Editora Tercer Mundo / Göttingen: Lamuv 1990. 625, (3) Seiten. 4° (25-35 cm) Farbig illustrierte Orig.-Broschur. [Softcover / Paperback].
Bookseller reference : 2144199
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Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters Volume XXXVI
Madison Wisconsin Academy 1944 In-8 exemplaire non coupé, 490 pp text in english with plates and maps
Bookseller reference : 29080
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Troisième Congrès International de navigation intérieure, tenu à Francfort-sur-le-Mein en 1888. Rapports des délégués français sur les travaux du Congrès.
Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1890 ; in-8, broché ; (4), 371 pp.
Bookseller reference : 10592
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UN SIECLE D'ECRIVAINS NRF A BORDEAUX
96 PAGES-12 CM X 18,5 CM-JACQUES RIVIERE-RAYMOND GUERIN-PIERRE LUCCIN-JACQUES REDA-JEAN FORTON-PHILIPPE SOLLERS-LUCIENNE SINZELLE-PATRICK MODIANO-JEAN-MARIE LACLAVETINE-JEAN-PIERRE OHL-HERVE LE CORRE-ERIC FOTTORINO-ANNELISE ROUX-MARIE NDIAYE-MATHIEU LARNAUDIE-(16C)
Bookseller reference : ABE-1512837607754
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VEDETTES DE CINEMA DU THEATRE ET DU MUSIC-HALL DANS L'INTIMITE A L'ECRAN ET A LA SCENE
28 PAGES-ENSEMBLE DE PHOTOGRAPHIES PLEINES DE SENSUALITE-NIRVA DE RIO-ANITA PAGE ET JOAN MARSH-PAULETTE GODDARD-BENITA HUME-LES SOEURS LIDELL DES FOLIES BERGERES-GUY NEMO ET DINAH DU CASINO DE PARIS-SUZY VERNON-SYLVIA SYDNEY (200F)
Bookseller reference : ABE-2636875042
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Verhandlungen der [Patriotischen] Gesellschaft über die Errichtung einer Bade-Anstalt für kalte Fluß-Bäder. Faksimile der Ausgabe Hamburg 1795.
(Braunschweig, Archiv-Verlag, 1985). 24 nn. S. Mit 3 ganzseit. Abb. 20 cm. Geheftet.
Bookseller reference : 14927
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VIVARAIS TOURISME SEJOUR. N° 6.
Vals les Bains, organe officiel du Syndicat d'Initiative du Vivarais, 15 juin 1913, 1 br., couverture illustrée. in-8 de 20 pages, paginées 113 à 132, illustrations, clichés Aurenche, Audigier ;
Bookseller reference : 13101
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" Powder River" Jack H. Lee
West of Powder River: Tales of the Far West Told in Narrative Verse
New York: Huntington Press. Fine. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Patterned tan cloth lettered & illustrated in brown. Illustrated with full page drawings. Inscribed on half-title with a drawings by the author: "With best wishes from Powder River Jack Lee & wife "Kitty" and with courtesy of Clara P. Caulfield. " ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 204 pages; Signed by Author . Huntington Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 12164
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"Galante Joseph; Rightmyer Lynn; Hudson River St
Hudson River State Hospital Images of America
like new. unknown
Bookseller reference : 33179266 ISBN : 1467129690 9781467129695
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"Lanham"; Dickson, John; Cronstedt, Count Nills; Truscott, Charles; Digby, Bassett; Weddall, A.; Albert, Captain M.H.; Verrill, A.Hyatt; Denys, Courteney; Grimshaw, Beatrice; Smith, L. Marsden; Richards, Kenneth F.
The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, January [Jan.] 1924, Vol. LII, No. 309: To Afghanistan in Disguise
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part I - the story of a British officer's remarkable exploit - a journey, disguised as an Oriental, across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives as one of themselves; Two Wanderers in the Faroes - John Dickson's account of the wild nature and unsophisticated people - article with excellent photos; "Grip" and I - Count Nils Cronstedt saved a doomed thoroughbred bull-terrier which proceeded to save him on several occasions during his stay in West Africa as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendant in Northern Nigeria; The "High-Jackers" - an audacious gang of murderous bank robbers terrorize the Canadian prairies, beginning in Moosomin, SK and ending in Pipestone, MB; The Islands of the Mammoths - a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Siberia is the world's best hunting ground for the tusks and bones of the prehistoric mammoth - article with photos; The Three Angleteers - Part III - The troubles and adventures of three bored young men who leave England to travel in Europe; With Canoe and Camera - Capt. M.H. Albert explored Northern Ontario and Quebec to photograph wild animals - article with photos; The Mystery of Diablo Canon - The adventures of Senor Torres, a Captain of Rurales - the famous mounted police of Mexico; Two photos of two-room house built in the trunk of an immense California redwood; The Terror of Rampur - two hunters undertake to kill a murderous tiger in India; The Head-Hunters of the Sepik - Part I - Photo-illustrated article by Beatrice Grimshaw describing her trip up the Sepik river in New Guinea, where she met the local native peoples - who were none-too friendly; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part IV - A small English expedition sets out to explore the mighty Amazon forests and study their local peoples; Some Sensational Prison Escapes - Carl Otto and Jack Foster bust loose from Folsom Prison; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
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"LES RYTHMES DU CARNAVAL PAR ""OS TRES DO RIO"""
DISQUE VINYLE 33T A VOZ DO MORRO, MENINO JOGANDO BOLA, BATIDA DIFERENTE, BATUCADA, MINHA SAUDADE, PIEDRITA DEL MAR, GENERAL DA BANDA, MULATA YE-YE, FECHEI A PORTA, FOLHA MORTA, A-B-C, ESTRADA DO SOL, PITA CAMION, SO MEU CORACAO.
GUILDE INTERNATIONAL DU DISQUE. non daté. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Pochette en couleurs, quelques extraits d'album dérrière la pochette avec quelques textes. Escale à RIO.. . . . Classification : 410-33 Tours
Bookseller reference : R130010166
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"Powder River" Jack H. Lee
The Stampede: And Other Tales of the Far West
"Powder River" Jack H. Lee. Printed by Standardized Press Greenburg PA. A clean hardcover in very good condition; mild wear at extremities INSCRIBED by author. No DJ as inscribed. . Good. Hardcover. "Powder River" Jack H. Lee hardcover
Bookseller reference : 043278
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"Song of the Dragon River" Group of Shanghai (revisions)
Song of the Dragon River - A Modern Revolutionary Peking Opera
Peking China: Foreign Languages Press 1972. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Unprinted cardstock wraps with integral color pictorial dust jacket Fine/Fine. 43 pp. illus. w/ color plates. 1st ed. thus. Foreign Languages Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 067101
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# AUTEUR: A Melandri
# TITRE: Les farfadets
# AUTEUR: A Melandri # ILLUSTRATEUR: Henri Rivière # ÉDITEUR: A Quantin imprimeur éditeur - Paris # ANNÉE ÉDITION: 1886 # COUVERTURE: demi toilé rouge - monté sur onglet - composition en couleur sur le 1er plat - bords biseautés # DÉTAILS: In 4° relié 2ff + 33pp + 2ff. Edition originale . 1er tirage des lithos de H Rivière en plusieurs tons qui avait 22 ans lorsqu'il illustra cet album où l'influence japoniste est sensible (Huret) # PHOTOS visibles sur www.latourinfernal.com
Bookseller reference : 0103
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# AUTEUR: Aymé Marcel
# TITRE: L'hôpital
# AUTEUR: Aymé Marcel # ILLUSTRATEUR: Rio # ÉDITEUR: Amiot-Dumont # ANNÉE ÉDITION: 1951 # ENVOI, BEAUX PAPIERS: Alfa supérieur Johannot # COUVERTURE: Rempliée Impr. illust. d'un dessin - titre bleu # DÉTAILS: In 4° broché 6ff + XXXIX dessins ht. Exemplaire N° 1568 d'un tirage total de 2000. ” C'est une sorte de musée des horreurs de l'humanité souffrante et pantelante.” ( Marcel Aymé). Emprisonné à la libération (ironie des mots), Rio, condamné politique, est resté cinq ans dans les geôles diverses et en a rapporté de très vifs souvenirs... # PHOTOS visibles sur www.latourinfernal.com
Bookseller reference : 0702
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'Charles River Editors'
The Ultimate Pirate Collection
Charles River Editors no date . large 8vo paperback unpaginated F 620 gms. Charles River Editors no date paperback
Bookseller reference : 16030
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( ALAIN FOURNIER) - ASSOCIATION DES AMIS DE JACQUES RIVIÈRE ET D'ALAIN-FOURNIER.
Séjour à Londres et influences anglaises dans l' oeuvre d'Alain-Fournier.
1979 Virofaly, 1979 ; in-8°, broché, couverture verte illustrée et imprimée en noir , dos muet; 96pp. Illustrations dans le texte;
Bookseller reference : 8341
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( ALAIN-FOURNIER) - RIVIERE Isabelle.
Vie et Passion d'Alain-Fournier.
1963 Monaco, Jaspard, Polus et Cie, 1963 ; fort in-8°, broché, couverture rempliée de papier fort , photographie d'Alain-Fournier au 1er plat sur fond rose, titre et noir et blanc; 534pp. Photographie et Fac-similé d'écriture sur les replis de la couverture.
Bookseller reference : 10444
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( Bandes Dessinées ) - Enki Bilal - Blake et Mortimer - Floc'h et Rivière - Benn - Gérard Lauzier - Collectif.
La Lettre de Dargaud, l'officiel de la Bande dessinée, n° 7 de Septembre / Octobre 1992.
Editions Dargaud / La Lettre bimensuel n° 7 de 1992. In-4 agrafé de 20 pages au format 29,5 x 21 cm. Couverture illustrée. Plats et intérieur frais. Revue bimensuelle consacreé à la bande dessinée et aux nouveautés. Nombreux articles avec photographies et dessins en noir dont : Enki Bilal, Blake et Mortimer, Floc'h et Rivière, Benn, Gérard Lauzier, etc. Edition originale en état superbe.
Bookseller reference : 31088
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( COLLECTIF )
LA PÊCHE MODERNE. Encyclopédie du pêcheur
Paris Librairie Larousse 1921 in 8 (21x15) Un volume reliure percaline ornée de l'éditeur, XII et 590 pages. Ouvrage illustrée de 680 gravures. Par MM. G. Alert-Petit, Cunisset-Carnot, Jousset de Bellesme, Dr. Joyeux Lafuie, Maurice Launay, Emile Maison, Charles Marsillon, Michel-Carré, Charles Pérez, Dr. Georges Poyer, Gustave Voulquin. Introduction par Henry Fouquier. Nouvelle édition révisée. Bel exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
Bookseller reference : 16376
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( COLLECTIF )
LA PÊCHE MODERNE. Encyclopédie du pêcheur
Paris Librairie Larousse 1933 in 8 (21x15) Un volume reliure percaline ornée de l'éditeur, XII et 590 pages. Ouvrage illustrée de 680 gravures. Par MM. G. Alert-Petit, Cunisset-Carnot, Jousset de Bellesme, Dr. Joyeux Lafuie, Maurice Launay, Emile Maison, Charles Marsillon, Michel-Carré, Charles Pérez, Dr. Georges Poyer, Gustave Voulquin. Introduction par Henry Fouquier. Nouvelle édition révisée. Bon exemplaire
Bookseller reference : 17159
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( Directores), Salustiano del Campo, Jose Felix Tezanos/Carlos Sanchez del Rio/Emilio Munoz/Enrique Alarcon
Ciencia y tecnologÃa España siglo XXI tomo 4
Editorial Biblioteca Nueva S.L. 2009. SÃmil Piel. 2ª Mano. España siglo XXI 4. La ciencia y la tecnologÃa en España han progresado de manera notable en los últimos lustros tal como se analiza con detalle en esta cuarta entrega de la obra España siglo XXI . El volumen está dividido en tres partes dedicadas respectivamente a las ciencias exactas fÃsicas y naturales a la biologÃa y a la tecnologÃa. El marco abarca los treinta años de referencia comunes a toda la obra aunque para las ciencias exactas fÃsicas y naturales y para la biologÃa la descripción y explicación se adelantan en algunos casos hasta los comienzos de las actividades cientÃficas en España. El caso singular de la tecnologÃa se completa con la consideración de la innovación como empeño rigurosamente contemporáneo que deja atrás los prejuicios carencias y actitudes arcaizantes de una época ya superada. . . . Tapa dura simil piel azul 1130 p. 24x17 cm Editorial Biblioteca Nueva, S.L. unknown
Bookseller reference : 176151 ISBN : 8497428528 9788497428521
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( Illustrés Modernes ) - Marcel Aymé - Ralph Soupault sous le pseudonyme de Rio.
L’Hôpital. Texte de Marcel Aymé. Dessins de Rio . ( Tirage unique à 2000 exemplaires numérotés sur alfa supérieu des Papeteries Johannot ).
Paris, Amiot-Dumont, 1951. In-4 broché de 40 pages au format 27 x 21,5 cm. Complet de la jaquette illustrée par Rio, avec titre en vert. Dos carré avec titre. Plats avec petites taches, brunissures et insolation. Intérieur frais. Préface et légendes des planches illustrées de Rio, mis en forme comme une histoire, par Marcel Aymé. Les textes sont suivis des 39 dessins de Rio, pleine page, en hors texte. Edition originale tirée uniquement à 2000 exemplaires sur alfa supérieur des Papeteries Johannot ( n° 330 ). Assez bel état général. Rio est le pseudonyme de Raph Soupault (1904-1962), dessinateur qui publia son premier dessin dans L'Humanité en 1921, puis sera le dessinateur vedette de “ Je suis partout ”, principal journal collaborationniste sous l’occupation allemande.
Bookseller reference : 4812
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( Map ) Denver And Rio Grande Railroad System#11;
Denver And Rio Grande Railroad System
Denver And Rio Grande Railroad System No date. Map. Very Good. Measures approximately 14 x 17.5 inches on onionskin paper three breaks at the horizontal fold at left. Extracted from its tourist guide book. <br/><br/>Estimated date of 1895. This map 17" x 14" oddly uses crude overprinting in red to insert some town names including Durango La Plata Montrose Gunnison Salt Lake City Pueblo and - oddly - Denver. The maps extend from Las Vegas New Mexico in the southeast to Salt Lake City and Ogden in the extreme northwest. Overprinted color is used to indicate Standard Gauge Narrow Gauge and Three Rail lines. The Inset map shows the main route to San Francisco. This map is attributed to S. K. Hooker. Next to the cartouche is an emblem for the Denver & Rio Grande R.R. Scenic Line of the World. Denver And Rio Grande Railroad System unknown
Bookseller reference : 0011609
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( RIVIERE Daniel ) - LARTEGUY Jean.
Si tu reviens en Margeride. Gravures de Daniel Rivière.
1977 ( Gallargues-le-Montueux ) 44, Grand'rue, 30660 , D. Rivière , 86-Poitiers : impr. P. Daynac (1975) ; in-folio de 50 feuillets ( chiffrés de 1 à 39 + faux-titre, titre justification, gravures hors texte) + 6 feuillets blancs en début d'ouvrage et 3 feuillets blancs en fin d'ouvrage. Chemise de chagrin lissé bleu pétrole, avec titre doré au dos et ornée au 1er plat d'un motif non figuratif (imitant Braque) composé de 3 plaques argentées. Etui cartonné de papier argenté. Ouvrage illustré dans et hors texte de gravures en noir par Daniel Rivière. Les lettrines en début des chapitres sont coloriées en orange. Tirage total à 150 exemplaires numérotés, celui-ci, n° 19, un des 105 sur velin d'Arches.
Bookseller reference : 7609
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( Sherlock Holmes - Henry Ridder Haggard - Edgar Rice Burroughs ) - Philip José Farmer - Gotlib - François Rivière - Michael Breitner.
Le Saigneur de la Jungle. ( Avec belle dédicace, non nominative de François Rivière sous le nom de John H. Watson ).
Editions Glénat / Collection Marginalia n° 3 de 1975. In-12 broché oblong de 105 pages au format 11 x 20 cm. Hilarante couverture illustrée par Marcel Gotlib. Dos carré. Plats et intérieur frais. Furieux et excellent pastiche de Sherlock Holmes, où l'on croise Tarzan et Allan Quatermain. Etat superbe. Rare édition originale, enrichie d'une belle dédicace, en anglais, non nominative de François Rivière sous le nom du Docteur John H. Watson !.
Bookseller reference : 14363
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(Albin Mazon) BLAIN (Charles).
Scènes & récits du Vivarais.
Privas, Imprimerie Ardéchoise, 1898, 1 broché, première de couverture détachée, 4ème de couverture manquante, dos fragile, exemplaire à relier. in-8 de 319-(2) pages non coupées, petits manques dans la marge du dernier feuillet ;
Bookseller reference : 18822
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(ANGELINI Gabriele - BERNABEI Gabriele - RASPANTI Lorenzo) -
Castel del Rio. Storia per immagini fino alla Seconda Guerra Mondiale.
Imola, A & G Fotografia, 1999, album in 8vo quadrato (cm. 23,5 x 23,5) brossura editoriale con alette, copertina illustrata, pp. 122 con numerose fotografie, nel testo, concesse dalla Biblioteca Comunale di Imola, dall'Imperial War Museum di Londra, ecc. In ottimo stato.
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(Ardèche).
ECHANGES ET VOIES DE COMMUNICATIONS. II. N° 7/8.
Privas, Archives de l'Ardèche, Mémoires d'Ardèche. Temps Présent, 1983, 1 br. in-4 de 87 pp., illustrations, cartes ;
Bookseller reference : 10071
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(ARNOUS DE RIVIERE Jules)
NOUVEAU MANUEL ILLUSTRE' DU JEU DES ECHECS.
Paris: Passard s.d. 1861. In-16 gr. mm. 185x127 mz. pelle mod. conserv. bross. orig. pp. 4140 con numerose illustrazioni. Vi sono contenuti: “Lois et principes classification des Débuts Parties modèles Fins de Parties etc. Etudes et observations nouvelles”. Interessante è l'introduzione sull'origine del gioco: “Le Chaturanga jeu des Indous - Changement graduel du Chaturanga en Shatranji - Introduction des Echecs en Perse - De l'invention des Echecs dans l'Inde d'après les Arabes et les Persans - Position par Ali Shatranji - Théorie et pratique du Shatrans ou Echecs du moyen age - Des avantages et de la division des joueurs en 5 classes - De la manière d'ouvrir le jeu - Fin de Partie et position gagnée par force”.Esemplare con barbe ben conservato. Passard, unknown
Bookseller reference : 89368
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(BINDINGS - RIVIERE & SON). BACON, SIR FRANCIS
BACON'S ESSAYS AND COLOURS OF GOOD AND EVIL
London and New York: Printed by Cambridge University Press for Macmillan and Co 1891. From the "Golden Treasury" series. 210 x 133 mm. 8 1/4 x 5 1/4". xxiii 1 388 pp.Edited with notes and glossarial index by W. Aldis Wright M. A. Trinity College Cambridge. <br/> HANDSOME NAVY BLUE MOROCCO GILT BY RIVIERE AND SON stamp-signed on front turn-in covers with border composed of five plain rules and incorporating a scalloped corner configuration containing a pentagonal element raised bands spine intricately gilt in compartments outlined by plain and stippled rules enclosing an inner frame repeating the cover design and at the center an elaborate fleuron emanating from a floral tool and punctuated by many tiny dots turn-ins densely gilt maroon glazed endpapers top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. Engraved frontispiece in three states and the title page with the same image in a fourth tissue guard before title page. A Large Paper Copy. Spine just slightly and uniformly sunned toward blue-green title page with faint offsetting from tissue guard another page with a small area of darkening from laid-in piece of paper one leaf with two tiny marginal tears expertly repaired one page with trivial foxing but all of these imperfections insignificant and in general a very fine copy in a most attractive binding the text uniformly fresh bright and clean and the binding lustrous and virtually unworn.<br/> <br/> This is a special luxury copy of a late 19th century edition of Bacon's famous "Essays" first printed in 1597. As Oxford Companion indicates the text here comprises Bacon's "collections of reflections and generalizations and extracts from previous authors woven together . . . into counsels for the successful conduct of life and the management of men." Some of the essays "deal with questions of state policy . . . some with personal conduct . . . some on abstract subjects such as 'Truth' 'Death' and 'Unity' . . . and some reveal Bacon's delight in Nature such as the pleasant essay 'Of Gardens.'" Day says that "in Bacon's hand the essay is an impersonal gem of worldly wisdom" and most of the essays reflect an intention to provide "cold-blooded instruction on how to get ahead in life." In short incisive prose modeled after Tacitus "the aphoristic skill and wise experience of Bacon unite to form some of the most memorable and penetrating phrases in English." DNB indicates that this is an important edition pointing out "the accuracy of Wright's text and the concise learning of its notes." In very fine condition our volume gives special pleasure from the handsomely decorated Riviere binding to the high quality laid paper to the carefully printed text within enormous margins. <br /> <br /> Riviere is one of the foremost names in English binding partly because the firm did consistently fine work and partly because it was so long in business. Robert Riviere began as a bookseller and binder in Bath in 1829 then set up shop as a binder in London in 1840; in 1881 he took his grandson Percival Calkin into partnership at which time the firm became known as Riviere & Son and the bindery continued to do business until 1939. [Printed by Cambridge University Press for] Macmillan and Co unknown
Bookseller reference : ST16866f
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(BINDINGS - RIVIERE & SON). [LAMB, CHARLES]
ELIA. ESSAYS WHICH HAVE APPEARED UNDER THAT SIGNATURE IN THE LONDON MAGAZINE
London: Taylor and Hessey 1823. FIRST EDITION First State imprint with single address for publisher. 200 x 125 mm. 8 x 5". 2 p.l. 341 1 pp. 3 leaves ads. <br/> VERY PRETTY DARK GREEN CRUSHED MOROCCO ELABORATELY GILT BY RIVIERE & SON stamp-signed on front turn-in covers with double frames formed of floral sprigs drawer handles and other small tools raised bands spine panels densely gilt with stippling floral tools radiating from small central flower gilt lettering turn-ins with floral garlands at corners olive green watered silk endleaves top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. Ashley III 50; Tinker 1457. Spine darker green than the covers though not at all noticeable in the four compartments that are almost solidly gilt front joint a little rubbed and with two-inch thin crack at top final leaf of ads with repaired curving two-inch tear into text isolated small stains or faint foxing but still very attractive--clean and fresh internally in a very lustrous binding sparkling with gilt.<br/> <br/> This is a handsomely bound copy of Lamb's largely autobiographical essays that embrace the broad subject of mankind at large as seen through the author's own experience and impressions. As Oxford Companion says Lamb's essays "present with exquisite humor and pathos and in a brilliant and inimitable style characters that the author has known . . . the productions of a playful or melancholy fancy . . . and general comments and criticism." The name "Elia" as Lamb says was "clapt down" on these essays in honor of a fellow clerk at South Sea House a building of commercial offices and the subject of the first essay. A second collection "The Last Essays of Elia" appeared in 1833. Charles Lamb 1775-1834 worked in the office of the East India Company and wrote poetry essays and plays. With his sister Mary he was the author of "Tales of Shakespeare" a flowing and lucid prose rendition of 20 of the bard's dramas that helped rekindle 19th century interest in the plays. The strikingly attractive binding done in an elaborately gilt style reminiscent of the Roger Payne era is the work of Riviere one of the foremost names among English binderies partly because the firm did consistently fine work and partly because it was so long in business. Robert Riviere began as a bookseller and binder in Bath in 1829 then set up shop as a binder in London in 1840; in 1881 he took his grandson Percival Calkin into partnership at which time the firm became known as Riviere & Son and the bindery continued to do business under the Riviere name until 1939 when it was acquired by Bayntun. Taylor and Hessey unknown
Bookseller reference : ST19567-072
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(BINDINGS - RIVIERE). (DICKENS, CHARLES). OVERS, JOHN
EVENINGS OF A WORKING MAN BEING THE OCCUPATION OF HIS SCANTY LEISURE
London: T. C. Newby 1844. FIRST EDITION. 170 x 102 mm. 6 3/4 x 4". 1 p.l. xiii 3 205 1 pp. 1 leaf ads.Preface by Charles Dickens. <br/> VERY PLEASING GREEN CRUSHED MOROCCO BY RIVIERE & SONS stamp-signed on front turn-in covers framed with gilt rules densely tooled cornerpieces with floral sprigs on a stippled ground raised bands spine panels lavishly gilt with a starburst of floral tools emanating from a central medallion all on a stippled ground gilt lettering turn-ins gilt ruled with floral garlands at the corners all edges gilt original tan cloth wrappers bound in at rear. Title page printed in blue and red. Eckel pp. 146-47; Podeschi B-121. Sheila M. Smith "John Overs to Charles Dickens: A Working-Man's Letter and Its Implications" Victorian Studies 18 no. 2 1974: 195–217. Spine just slightly sunned though hard to tell because of the heavy gilt a few trivial spots internally but A VERY FINE COPY in quite a pretty binding.<br/> <br/> This attractively bound volume of a working class poet's verse and prose represents one of Dickens' charitable efforts in the spirit of social reform. A carpenter by trade John Overs 1808-44 had become acquainted with Dickens in 1839 when he submitted poetry for publication in "Bentley's Miscellany" then under Dickens' editorship. Over the next several years Dickens became a literary mentor and something of a friend to Overs providing writing advice lending books and helping Overs to secure a position at Drury Lane Theatre when his tuberculosis became too severe to continue his work as a carpenter. Literary scholar Sheila M. Smith has suggested that Overs may have served as an influence for "The Chimes" Dickens' penultimate Christmas book; she writes that Overs "was neither a political agitator nor a trade unionist. . . yet he was bitter and exulting in the idea of social revolution. A working man of this kind goaded to such feelings would have aroused Dickens's sympathy at a period when the novelist was experiencing his most violent indignation about his country's poor." To whatever degree that sympathy proved a literary inspiration for Dickens it directly led to the publication of the present work. When it was clear by the spring of 1844 that Overs would not survive his illness Dickens suggested to him that he publish a collection of his writings to help provide for his family after his passing. And so the present anthology was published only months before Overs' death on September 28 1844 with the proceeds from the book along with an additional charitable collection taken up by the publisher allowing his widow to make a living by opening a small milliner's shop. T. C. Newby unknown
Bookseller reference : ST20685-2
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(BINDINGS - RIVIERE & SON, CHARLES MCLEISH, Finisher). ROGERS, SAMUEL
ITALY A POEM. and POEMS
London: Printed for T. Cadell 1830 1834. First Illustrated Editions. 202 x 135 mm. 8 x 5 1/2". iv 2 284 pp.; viii 295 1 pp. Two separately published works bound in two volumes but often found as companion volumes. <br/> VERY ATTRACTIVE GREEN MOROCCO BY RIVIERE & SON stamp-signed on front turn-in BEAUTIFULLY GILT-TOOLED BY FINISHER CHARLES MCLEISH covers with frame of two gilt rules with gilt dots along the inner frame raised bands spine lavishly gilt in compartments with complex design formed by trefoils sprouting from a central branch along with clusters of berries the background with gilt pointillé gilt lettering gilt-rule-and-dot frame repeated on turn-ins maroon endpapers all edges gilt. The two volumes with a total of four plates 20 illustrations in the text and more than 100 fine steel-engraved headpieces and tailpieces after designs mostly by J. M. W. Turner and Thomas Stothard. Italy with A HANDWRITTEN NOTE SIGNED BY ROGERS bound in at front. Ray 13 15. Spines evenly sunned to a light brown as usual with green morocco a hint of sunning to top inch of three covers faint offsetting from engravings other trivial imperfections but A FINE SET clean and fresh internally IN LUSTROUS UNWORN BINDINGS.<br/> <br/> In handsome morocco finished by one of the finest binders of the day this is an extremely appealing set of two poetic works with illustrations of considerable interest. Born in 1859 finisher Charles McLeish was apprenticed to Andrew Grieve in Edinburgh then came to London to work for the prestigious Riviere firm. When Cobden-Sanderson founded the Doves Bindery in 1893 he hired McLeish as the firm's finisher; McLeish held that estimable position until 1909 when he left to go into partnership with his son also named Charles who had apprenticed under Roger de Coverly. McLeish's expertise in applying the gilt decoration to bindings is evident here in the intricate tooling of the spine compartments which required applying individual small tools dozens of times and doing so with such exactness that only the most careful inspection will spot a couple of minute variations between one compartment and another.<br /> <br /> The scion of a wealthy banking family Samuel Rogers 1763-1855 first achieved fame with the publication in 1792 of "The Pleasures of Memory." After Italian travels during which he met Shelley and Byron in Pisa Rogers produced a first version of "Italy" in 1822 and issued a sequel in 1826 both of which sold poorly. He destroyed the unsold copies revised the poems and published them at his own expense in the present edition of 1830 our first volume embellished this time by illustrations. These were the work of two artists with very different propensities--Stothard 1755-1834 who did demure figure scenes and Turner 1775-1851 who provided landscape vignettes. The success of this edition was perhaps due as much to the artists as to the poet. <br /> <br /> Britannica describes Rogers as a "witty conversationalist" who "maintained an influential position as a leading figure in London society and as a generous host to brilliant company." Bound in here is an invitation to tea at his lovely home at 22 St James's Place: "Dear Katherine / If you & Miss Mallet / & Wm. have nothing better to do / pray come & drink tea with me / next Sunday the earlier the better. / Yours very truly Saml Rogers / St. James's Place / Thursday Evg." It is possible "Katherine" was London socialite Katherine Jane Canning daughter of British diplomat Stratford Canning 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe; Rogers inscribed a copy of the 1845 edition of his poems to her according to auction records. Printed for T. Cadell unknown
Bookseller reference : ST17640v
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(BINDINGS - RIVIERE). HAUFF, WILLIAM
LICHTENSTEIN
London and New York: Ernest Nister; E. P. Dutton & Co ca. 1900. 194 x 125 mm. 7 5/8 x 4 7/8". 304 pp.Adapted for English readers by L. L. Weedon. <br/> EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO BY RIVIERE & SON stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in covers with gilt-ruled border and panel the panel corners each with two tulips stems on ground stippled in gilt raised bands one compartment with gilt titling the others densely gilt with three tulip stems on ground stippled with gilt and within a curving gilt-ruled border gilt ruled turn-ins with gilt tulips and stippling at each corner red watered silk pastedowns and endleaves all edges gilt. With frontispiece seven plates several in text-illustrations and head- and tailpieces by T. H. Robinson. AN ALMOST PERFECT COPY the binding especially lustrous and virtually pristine internally.<br/> <br/> This is a beautifully bound English translation of a popular German historical romance set in 16th century Württemberg. Inspired by the novels of Sir Walter Scott poet and novelist Wilhelm Hauff 1802-27 set his tale in Swabia during the reign of Duke Ulrich 1487–1550 a volatile nobleman dubbed "the Swabian Henry VIII" for his scandalous exploits. The novel appeared in German in 1826 just a year before the author's untimely death from typhoid and was a huge success. Duke Ulrich's descendant Duke Wilhelm of Ulrach was so taken with the story that he restored the eponymous Lichtenstein Castle. With prominent gilt blossoms against a stippled ground our especially pretty Riviere binding is done in the style of the Doves workshop which was flourishing under the direction of Thomas J. Cobden-Sanderson at the time of publication. The long-lived Riviere firm began with Robert who set up as a bookseller and binder in Bath in 1829 then established a bindery in London in 1840; in 1881 he took his grandson Percival Calkin into partnership at which time the firm became known as Riviere & Son; the bindery continued to do business until 1939 when it merged with Baytun of Bath. Rivere's work has consistently been of the highest standard throughout its long years of operation. The binding here is little changed since the day it left the workshop and the glossy brilliant white leaves of the text look like new. Ernest Nister; E. P. Dutton & Co unknown
Bookseller reference : ST17635
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(BINDINGS - RIVIERE?). SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM
ROMEO AND JULIET
New York: Printed in Paris by D. Jouast for Duprat & Co 1892. No. 326 OF 350 COPIES this one of 300 on Holland paper; there were also 50 on Japon. 258 x 162 mm. 10 1/4 x 6 1/2". xii 170 pp. 1 leaf colophon. With an introduction by Richard Henry Stoddard. <br/> VERY PRETTY SEA GREEN MOROCCO ELABORATELY GILT FOR H. S. NICHOLS LTD. covers framed by gilt rules with floral tooling at corners raised bands spine panels lavishly gilt with a starburst of floral tools emanating from a central medallion all on a stippled ground gilt lettering turn-ins framed in similar style to covers leather hinges ivory watered silk pastedowns and endleaves top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. Original paper wrappers bound in at rear. With title page vignette decorative frame and six engraved headpiece vignettes by Jacques Wagrez and 15 plates five by Louis Titz and 10 by Wagrez. A Large Paper Copy. Front pastedown with morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. A very faint two-inch scratch to front board vague fading around perimeter of covers occasional minor foxing or smudges but a very attractive copy the text generally clean and bright and the binding with virtually no signs of use.<br/> <br/> This is a bibliophile's edition of Shakespeare's tragedy printed in Paris on special paper with large margins attractively illustrated and expertly bound for bookseller and publisher H. S. Nichols. The work is introduced with an essay by American literary critic Richard Henry Stoddard 1825-1903. Although the lettering on the front turn-in states otherwise our volume was surely bound for--rather than by--the enterprising bookseller H. S. Nichols. Nichols started out in the trade in Sheffield where he sold books and worked with Leonard Smithers a publisher of the Decadent movement who issued books by Sir Richard Francis Burton Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley as well as erotic works that crossed the line into prurience. Nichols moved to London in 1893 and set up as a publisher and bookseller on Charing Cross Road. Facing the threat of obscenity charges he fled to Paris in 1900 and to New York in 1908. There he established himself as a purveyor of quality editions and rare books. It is unclear at which point in his career our book was bound for him but given the date of publication and the style of the binding it was likely when he was in London where there were a number of fine binderies that could produce work of this quality. The beautiful tooling fine materials and elegant design suggest a firm like Riviere which also did such bespoke work for Bumpus booksellers. Our former owner W. A. Foyle 1885-1963 was himself a bookseller on Charing Cross Road where he co-founded with his brother the famous Foyle's Bookshop. Foyle was an avid and discriminating collector whose three large sales at Christie's held in 2000 were a bibliophilic highlight of the new century. The sum of $19 million for which William Foyle's personal library sold in July set a record for private European collections. [Printed in Paris by D. Jouast for] Duprat & Co unknown
Bookseller reference : ST19701
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(BINDINGS - RIVIERE). [DICKENS, CHARLES]. "TIMOTHY SPARKS" (Pseudonym)
SUNDAY UNDER THREE HEADS
London: Chapman and Hall 1836. FIRST EDITION. 170 x 102 mm. 6 3/4 x 4". vi 49 1 pp. <br/> VERY PLEASING GREEN CRUSHED MOROCCO BY RIVIERE & SONS stamp-signed on front turn-in covers framed with gilt rules densely tooled cornerpieces with floral sprigs on a stippled ground raised bands spine panels lavishly gilt with a starburst of floral tools emanating from a central medallion all on a stippled ground gilt lettering turn-ins gilt ruled with floral garlands at the corners all edges gilt. Engraved title page and three engraved plates by H. K. Browne. Eckel pp. 102-03; Podeschi B-30. Spine slightly sunned internally with a few creased corners but in especially fine condition-clean and fresh in a very pleasing unworn binding.<br/> <br/> This is an attractive copy of Dickens' little political pamphlet written in opposition to a bill being considered in Parliament that called for stricter Sunday observance. Dickens felt that fresh laws for more rigorous enforcement of restrained behavior were unfair to the poor because their six-day work week left only Sundays for leisure and he pleaded in the pamphlet for the encouragement of sabbath excursions and harmless amusements. The "three heads" symbolize Sunday "As It Is As Sabbath Bills Would Make It and As It Might Be Made." Longtime Dickens collaborator H. K. Browne "Phiz" has provided three scenes imagining the day of rest in each of these situations. Robert Riviere began as a bookseller and binder in Bath in 1829 then set up shop as in London in 1840; in 1881 he took his grandson Percival Calkin into partnership at which time the firm became known as Riviere & Son. The bindery continued to do business until 1939 when it was acquired by George Bayntun of Bath. Rivere's work has consistently been of the highest standard throughout its long years of operation and the present work is no exception. Chapman and Hall unknown
Bookseller reference : ST20685-3
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(BINDINGS - RIVIERE & SON). SOMERVILE, WILLIAM
THE CHACE
London: Printed for G. Hawkins and sold by T. Cooper 1735. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 750 COPIES. 263 x 207 mm. 10 1/4 x 8 1/8". 6 p.l. 106 pp. 1 leaf errata. <br/> SUPERB OLIVE GREEN CRUSHED MOROCCO BY RIVIERE & SON stamp-signed on front turn-in cover with lettered central panel surrounded by four onlaid sections of darker green morocco outer frame of leafy vines emanating from the tips of the fan-palm-shaped cornerpieces each of these compartments with a blind-stamped leaping stag on a stippled gold ground raised bands spine with gilt-ruled compartments gilt titling gilt-ruled turn-ins all edges gilt. In a somewhat worn fleece-lined burgundy buckram chemise and marbled paper slipcase. Engraved allegorical frontispiece featuring Diana and Apollo by Scotin after Gravelot. Front pastedown with morocco ex-libris of Alfred Barmore Maclay. Foxon S-562; Hayward 158; Rothschild 1932; Schwerdt II 166. â—†Leather on spine uniformly sunned to olive brown as expected with green morocco text perhaps lightly washed and pressed in keeping with bibliophilic fashion at the time of binding occasional faint marginal smudges otherwise fine internally and in a very lustrous binding with no signs of wear.<br/> <br/> This is the first edition of the most popular work by Somerville 1675-1742 a mock-heroic poem about hunting in an apt and very striking binding by a renowned English workshop. Divided into four books of Miltonic blank verse "The Chace" is considered to be one of the finest didactic poems of the first half of the 18th century. The text covers hounds and their kennels along with the hunting of hare fox and otter and there are digressions that bring in methods of the chase in exotic localities. Most of the hunts described are accompanied by dogs and set in England past or present but the poet occasionally strays far afield to describe lion stalking or the hunting habits of Genghis Khan. According to Schwerdt the book was "highly approved of by the first literary characters of his day." The extraordinarily handsome binding by Riviere incorporates the hunting motif with four stags appearing to chase one another around the covers. Riviere is one of the foremost names in English binding partly because the firm did consistently fine work and partly because it was so long in business. Robert Riviere began as a bookseller and binder in Bath in 1829 then set up shop as a binder in London in 1840; in 1881 he took his grandson Percival Calkin into partnership at which time the firm became known as Riviere & Son and the bindery continued to do business until 1939. Our volume comes from the library of Alfred Barmore Mackay 1871-1944 who after a very brief career at his family's bank devoted himself to collecting books art and antiques engaging in equestrian sports and designing a sumptuous garden at his Florida estate now a state park. Printed for G. Hawkins, and sold by T. Cooper unknown
Bookseller reference : ST15797
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(BINDINGS - RIVIERE & SON). GOLDSMITH, OLIVER
THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
London and New York: Macmillan Co 1927. 191 x 127 mm. 7 1/2 x 5". xxxvi 306 pp.Preface by Austin Dobson. <br/> CHARMING CONTEMPORARY FAWN-COLORED PICTORIAL CRUSHED MOROCCO BY RIVIERE & SON covers with frame formed by multiple gilt rules with onlaid green dot cornerpieces and gilt festoons at head and tail of frame central PICTORIAL INLAY IN FOUR COLORS depicting a vicar pontificating and in front of him as an indication of shadow thin penwork lines inscribed into the morocco; raised bands spine gilt in French fillet compartments with central gilt patera wide gilt-framed turn-ins with ribbon cornerpieces leather hinges marbled endpapers all edges gilt. In a linen-covered slipcase. With frontispiece and 181 illustrations in the text by Hugh Thomson. ◆Spine very slightly and uniformly sunned toward a butterscotch color but A VERY FINE COPY the text clean fresh and bright and the lustrous appealing binding with only the most insignificant wear.<br/> <br/> This copy of Goldsmith's classic is delightful enhanced by the appealing illustrations of Thomson and the book's charming pictorial cover. Riviere is one of the foremost names in English binding partly because the firm did consistently fine work and partly because it was so long in business. Robert Riviere began as a bookseller and binder in Bath in 1829 then set up shop as a binder in London in 1840; in 1881 he took his grandson Percival Calkin into partnership at which time the firm became known as Riviere & Son and the bindery continued to do business until 1939. <br /> <br /> Written in 1761-62 but not published until four years later "The Vicar of Wakefield" was said to have been rescued from some of Goldsmith's unpublished manuscripts by Dr. Johnson who thus saved the penniless author from debtors' prison by selling it to a publisher for £60. Considered to be the masterpiece of the middle-class domestic novel the "Vicar" has never gone out of style because its whimsically delineated characters have a delightful simplicity that somehow insulates them against ultimate misfortune and the innocent and virtuous are rewarded as they should be in the end. Macmillan Co unknown
Bookseller reference : ST16866h
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(Collectif)
ARCHEOLOGIE CHEZ VOUS : Cantons de RIVES et de TULLINS
Une plaquette de 48 pages, format 210 x 280 mm, illustrée, brochée couverture couleurs, publiée en 1986
Bookseller reference : LFA017a1
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(Collectif)
ARCHEOLOGIE CHEZ VOUS : CHARTREUSE et CANTONS de SAINT-EGREVE et SAINT LAURENT du PONT
Une plaquette de 72 pages, format 210 x 295 mm, illustrée, brochée couverture couleurs, publiée en 1992, bon état
Bookseller reference : LFA-126711537
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(Collectif).
SOCIETE DE SAUVETAGE DE LA VOULTE-SUR-RHÔNE. Fête des 8, 9, 10, 11 août 1903.
Privas, imprimerie Constant Laurent, 1903. Broché, couverture illustrée. in-8 de 24 pages, photos,
Bookseller reference : 20341
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(COLORADO RIVER AQUEDUCT)
Answers to Your Questions Concerning the Colorado River Aqueduct.
Los Angeles: Metropolitan Water District 1933. First edition for this year. This was a progressive report of developments in the construction of the aqueduct and there were other issues in 1931 1934 and 1935. Small octavo 5 3/4 x 4 inches. 36 pp. including 10 photographic illustrations and a double page map of the construction work underway. Publisher's red wrappers with white lettering. An excellent copy.Photographs include: Aqueduct Intake on Colorado River East Portal Coxcomb Tunnel Dragline Shovel at Work Interior of East Coachella Tunnel and others. "The 242-mile Colorado River aqueduct provided the water that made the large scale population and economic growth of Southern California possible. Stretching 242 miles from the Colorado River on the California-Arizona border to its final holding reservoir near Riverside California the Colorado River Aqueduct consists of more than 90 miles of tunnels nearly 55 miles of cut-and-cover conduit almost 30 miles of siphons and five pumping stations. Supplying approximately 1.2 million acre-feet of water a year - more than a billion gallons a day - it helped make possible the phenomenal growth of Los Angeles San Diego and surrounding Southern California areas in the second half of the 20th century. Funded by a bond issue of $220 million approved by voters in 1931 the Colorado River Aqueduct is capable of lifting more than 1600 cubic feet of water per second to a static height of 1600 feet as it travels over several desert mountain ranges. Recognizing the project's unprecedented length cost pumping rate lift and severe climate and terrain the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1955 selected it as one of Seven Modern Civil Engineering Wonders" American Society of Civil Engineers. Metropolitan Water District unknown
Bookseller reference : 72090
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(Courtin, Pierre) Yves Riviere (Editor):
Pierre Courtin. L'oeuvre grave 1944-1972
-Yves Riviere 1973-. Catalogue raisonne. First edition 1973. Text in French. 234 pages. Illustrated throughout in black and white with 10 pages in colour. Paperback. Very good. We are specialists in Catalogues: Exhibitions Auctions Collections etc. with a picture of the cover available on request. All items are as described and dispatched within 36 hours in a secure package. We are professional booksellers with over 35 years experience you may order with confidence. Pierre Courtin. L'oeuvre grave 1944-1972 French artist -Yves Riviere (1973)- paperback
Bookseller reference : 28937
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(DARD) - François Rivière
Frédéric Dard ou la vie privée de San-Antonio
1999 in-8 broché - 1999 - 318 pages - Ed. Fleuve Noir / Biographie
Bookseller reference : 36852
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(del RIO, Andres Manuel). A. Basurto, G. Crespo, and F. Ferrari, edited by
Boletin de la Sociedad "Andres del RÃo" – Tomo 1 Núms. 1-2 Setiembre 26 y Diciembre 20 de 1878
México D.F.: La Socieded "Andres del RÃo 1878. Softcover. Very Good. Issues number 1 and 2. Slim octavos. 40pp. Text in Spanish. At a later date each issue was cloth-backed and the two gatherings bound into clothbacked card covers with a typed cover label. Binding worn and the second issue's cloth backing has neatly separated from the binding but both issues are sound and nicely preserved we are unsure if they were originally issued in wrappers. Prints a mathematical articles by Manuel E. Pastrana and "Un teorema de algebra superior" by Carlos Tamborrel among other material. Issues are uncommon. La Socieded "Andres del RÃo unknown
Bookseller reference : 607880
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(Delaware River Port Authority)
Proposed Southern New Jersey Rapid Transit Haddonfield-Kirkwood Line 1960
Philadelphia: Simpson & Curtin Transportation Engineers 1960. Hardcover. Very Good. Oversized in printed paper covered boards over navy blue cloth spine. 43 pp; 14 folding plates. Seperate portion of larger plan for the development of high-speed radid transit between Philadelphia and Camdena nd the south Jersey suburbs specifically a the proposed rail line serving Haddonfield and Kirkwood. Inaddition to the plates of the proposed route contians sections on track equipment power substations signals and communication fare structure and collection projected patronage passenger trends in trips across the Delaware River revenues proposed operating schedules capital costs operating costs etc. Boards somewhat bowed and front cover rubbed about the edges <br/><br/> Simpson & Curtin Transportation Engineers hardcover
Bookseller reference : E13792B
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