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Mollo V., Jannersten E.
The best of bridge. An introduction to the Wohlin Collection.
Cm. 14x20.5, pp. 223, rilegato in cartone forte con sovraccoperta illustrata. Lingua: inglese. Ottimo, pari al nuovo.
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Mollo Victor
Bridge Senza Frontiere
Mm 120x190 Brossura editoriale di pp. 254, esemplare senza segni, ma un po' gualcito. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
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Mollo Victor
De Gorter Joanne
Cm. 14x20.5, pp. 210, rilegato in cartone forte con sovraccoperta illustrata. Lingua: inglese. Ottimo, pari al nuovo.
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Mollo Victor
Gli immortali del bridge
24 cm, rilegatura editoriale, titolo in oro al piatto e dorso, sovracoperta illustrata; pp. viii, 231, alcune foto a piena pagina, rari segni a penna nel testo
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Mollo Victor
Gli immortali del bridge.
Cm. 17x24, pp. VIII 231 con molte illustrazioni in b/n, rilegato in tela con titoli in oro al dorso e al piatto e sovraccoperta illustrata. Pari al nuovo.
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MOLLO Victor.
Gli Immortali del bridge.
in-8° gr., pp. VIII-231 co numerosi schemi di gioco e alcune foto di personaggi famosi n.t. Leg. edit. con sovrac. figurata al piatto ant. Lievi tracce del tempo sulla sovrac., buono l'interno.
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MOLLO VICTOR.
Gli immortali del bridge.
In 8°, t.t. edit. con sovrac. ill., pp. VIII,231,(1), con num. fot. b.n. n.t.; coll. "I Giochi"; prima ed., ottimo es..
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MOLLO, V.
Le Contre victorieux ou le Couple gagnant (La voie royale vers l'expertise).
in-8°, 159 pages, rel. cartonnage ill. plast. Bel exemplaire. [SP-1]
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Mollo, Victor
Victor Mollo's Bridge Club How to Turn Masterful Plays into Monstrous Points
A Fireside Book / Simon & Schuster Inc. 1987. 5.5" wide by 8.5" tall. Trade paperback. Near Fine condition. No remainder marks. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean square tight and unmarked. Flat spine. Published by Faber & Faber Ltd. in the UK as MASTERS AND MONSTERS. Keywords: Contract Bridge. First Fireside Edition. Softcover. Original pictorial wraps/No Dust Jacket as issued. Illus. by Price Nick cover art. 242pp. A Fireside Book / Simon & Schuster, Inc. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 001799 ISBN : 0671642375 9780671642372
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MOLLO, VICTOR & NICO GARDENER.
Bridge for Beginners.
1st edn. Drawings.
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Monk Charles
Bridge, système complet des enchères modernes
Albin Michel Broché 1970 In-8, (21x10.5 cm), broché, couverture illustrée, 276 pages, préface de José le Dentu ; plats légèrement défraîchis, pliures sur le dos, bon état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
Bookseller reference : nf186
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MONGINOUX F.
Le bridge ( étude sur la méthode ALBARRAN et NEXON)La déclaration, le black wood, le jeu de la carte.
broché - 18x22,5 - sans date - 127 pp - éditionsdu CEPavec 2 illustrations dans le texte.
Bookseller reference : 1923
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MONDINOUX (F.).-
Le bridge (Etude sur la méthode ALBARRAN & NEXON). La déclaration, le Black wood, Le jeu de la carte.
Bagneux, Editions du Cep, 1947, in 8° broché, 217 pages ; couverture illustrée (fanée) ; dessins ; des annotations et des passages soulignés au crayon de couleur.
Bookseller reference : 27343
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Monkey Bridge
Cao Lan
New York: Viking 1997. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing. Author's first book. Author of THE LOTUS AND THE STORM <br/> <br/> Viking hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017444 ISBN : 0670873675 9780670873678
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MONTREAL, VICTORIA BRIDGE
The Victoria Bridge Montreal. By Elizabeth Collard. Several pictures and accompanying text removed from an original issue of Country Life Magazine 1973
Country Life Magazine 1973. Unbound pages. Very Good. 3 pages illustrated 1 portrait. An authentic standalone article extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Note; You will not receive the complete magazine just the pages described. Size: 23 x 32 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Country Life Experience; Inventory No: 515728. Country Life Magazine unknown
Bookseller reference : 515728
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Moock, Peter R., Bridge, R. Gary, Judd, Charles M
The Determinants of Educational Outcomes : Impact of Families Peers Teachers and Schools
HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. HarperCollins Publishers unknown
Bookseller reference : 53208408-6 ISBN : 0884101827 9780884101826
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Moock, Peter R., Bridge, R. Gary, Judd, Charles M
The Determinants of Educational Outcomes : Impact of Families Peers Teachers and Schools
HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean average condition without any missing pages. HarperCollins Publishers unknown
Bookseller reference : 10387412-6 ISBN : 0884101827 9780884101826
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Moock, Peter R., Bridge, R. Gary, Judd, Charles M
The Determinants of Educational Outcomes : Impact of Families Peers Teachers and Schools
HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean average condition without any missing pages. HarperCollins Publishers unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP102844164 ISBN : 0884101827 9780884101826
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Moore, Richard Bridge [Editor]
Factors Related to Well Yield in the Fractured-Bedrock Aquifer of New Hampshire U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1660
U S Geological Survey 2002-04-01. Paperback. Very Good. > Edition/Printing: Professional Papers Vol. 1660 51 pp. maps in envelope at rear endpaper. > Language: English > Size: 4to - over 9 3/4 in - 12 in Tall > Media/Binding: Pictorial Paper U S Geological Survey paperback
Bookseller reference : CORV-BBC-0K21872 ISBN : 0607984538 9780607984538
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MOREHEAD Albert H. -
Contract bridge summary.
New York, New American Library, 1963, 16° brossura editoriale con copertina illustrata e tagli rossi, pp. 124.
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Morton, Chris and Tony Bridge
Out There South A 4WD Adventure in New Zealand's South Island
Nelson: Craig Potton Publishing 2010 F-/F-. Oblong 4to. original black boards inscrip. in dustwrapper a little rubbed & nicked; pp. 132 with numerous illustrations. Heavy item 1.75 kg additional postage may be required for international delivery. A near fine copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/F-. Craig Potton Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 024491
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MORTON, CHRIS & BRIDGE, TONY
Out There North
Out There Media 2012. Oblong quarto hardcover nr fine in d/w nr fine; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies complete and in reasonable condition but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost. Out There Media 2012 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 168916
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Mother's Bridge of Love Staff; Xinran Xinran
Motherbridge of Love
Barefoot Books Incorporated 2013. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Barefoot Books, Incorporated paperback
Bookseller reference : G1782850406I4N00 ISBN : 1782850406 9781782850403
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Mr Bridge (Editor)
Bridge : Number Sixty Three Summer Special 2004
Surrey: Mr Bridge 2004. NO EXTRA POSTAGE ABOVE OUR STANDARD RATES!.Please email for further details. Not Signed or Inscribed. No. 63. Glossy Paper. Very Good ABOVE AVERAGE/No Jacket. Illus. by Colour Illustrations & Adverts. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Magazine. Mr Bridge Paperback
Bookseller reference : 565854
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Mr Bridge (Editor)
Bridge : Number Sixty Eight Summer 2005
Surrey: Mr Bridge 2005. NO EXTRA POSTAGE ABOVE OUR STANDARD RATES!.Please email for further details. Not Signed or Inscribed. No. 68. Glossy Paper. Very Good ABOVE AVERAGE/No Jacket. Illus. by Colour Illustrations & Adverts. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Magazine. Mr Bridge Paperback
Bookseller reference : 565843
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Mr Bridge Editor
Bridge : Number Sixty Nine Summer Special 2005
Surrey: Mr Bridge 2005. NO EXTRA POSTAGE ABOVE OUR STANDARD RATES!.Please email for further details. Not Signed or Inscribed. No. 69. Glossy Paper. Very Good ABOVE AVERAGE/No Jacket. Illus. by Colour Illustrations & Adverts. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Magazine. Mr Bridge Paperback
Bookseller reference : 565849
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Mr Bridge Editor
Bridge : Number Seventy Autumn 2005
Surrey: Mr Bridge 2005. NO EXTRA POSTAGE ABOVE OUR STANDARD RATES!.Please email for further details. Not Signed or Inscribed. No. 70. Glossy Paper. Very Good ABOVE AVERAGE/No Jacket. Illus. by Colour Illustrations & Adverts. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Magazine. Mr Bridge Paperback
Bookseller reference : 565850
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Mr Bridge (Editor)
Bridge : Number Seventy Two New Year Extra 2006
Surrey: Mr Bridge 2006. NO EXTRA POSTAGE ABOVE OUR STANDARD RATES!.Please email for further details. Not Signed or Inscribed. No. 72. Glossy Paper. Very Good ABOVE AVERAGE/No Jacket. Illus. by Colour Illustrations & Adverts. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Magazine. Mr Bridge Paperback
Bookseller reference : 565847
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Mr Bridge Editor
Bridge : Number Sixty Five Christmas 2004
Surrey: Mr Bridge 2004. NO EXTRA POSTAGE ABOVE OUR STANDARD RATES!.Please email for further details. Not Signed or Inscribed. No. 65. Glossy Paper. Very Good ABOVE AVERAGE/No Jacket. Illus. by Colour Illustrations & Adverts. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Magazine. Mr Bridge Paperback
Bookseller reference : 565856
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Mr Bridge Editor
Bridge : Number Sixty Four Autumn 2004
Surrey: Mr Bridge 2004. NO EXTRA POSTAGE ABOVE OUR STANDARD RATES!.Please email for further details. Not Signed or Inscribed. No. 64. Glossy Paper. Very Good ABOVE AVERAGE/No Jacket. Illus. by Colour Illustrations & Adverts. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Magazine. Mr Bridge Paperback
Bookseller reference : 565855
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Mr Bridge (Editor)
Bridge : Number Sixty One Spring Special 2004
Surrey: Mr Bridge 2004. NO EXTRA POSTAGE ABOVE OUR STANDARD RATES!.Please email for further details. Not Signed or Inscribed. No. 61. Glossy Paper. Very Good ABOVE AVERAGE/No Jacket. Illus. by Colour Illustrations & Adverts. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Magazine. Mr Bridge Paperback
Bookseller reference : 565852
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Mr Bridge (Editor)
Bridge : Number Sixty Two Summer 2004
Surrey: Mr Bridge 2004. NO EXTRA POSTAGE ABOVE OUR STANDARD RATES!.Please email for further details. Not Signed or Inscribed. No. 62. Glossy Paper. Very Good ABOVE AVERAGE/No Jacket. Illus. by Colour Illustrations & Adverts. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Magazine. Mr Bridge Paperback
Bookseller reference : 565853
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Mr Bridge (Editor)
Bridge : Number Seventy Four Spring Special 2006
Surrey: Mr Bridge 2006. NO EXTRA POSTAGE ABOVE OUR STANDARD RATES!.Please email for further details. Not Signed or Inscribed. No. 74. Glossy Paper. Very Good ABOVE AVERAGE/No Jacket. Illus. by Colour Illustrations & Adverts. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Magazine. Mr Bridge Paperback
Bookseller reference : 565845
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Mr Bridge Editor
Bridge : Number Seventy One Christmas 2005
Surrey: Mr Bridge 2005. NO EXTRA POSTAGE ABOVE OUR STANDARD RATES!.Please email for further details. Not Signed or Inscribed. No. 71. Glossy Paper. Very Good ABOVE AVERAGE/No Jacket. Illus. by Colour Illustrations & Adverts. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Magazine. Mr Bridge Paperback
Bookseller reference : 565848
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Mr Bridge Editor
Bridge : Number Seventy Five Summer 2006
Surrey: Mr Bridge 2006. NO EXTRA POSTAGE ABOVE OUR STANDARD RATES!.Please email for further details. Not Signed or Inscribed. No. 75. Glossy Paper. Near Fine NEAR NEW/No Jacket. Illus. by Colour Illustrations & Adverts. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Magazine. Mr Bridge Paperback
Bookseller reference : 565844
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Mr Bridge (Editor)
Bridge : Number Seventy Three Spring 2006
Surrey: Mr Bridge 2006. NO EXTRA POSTAGE ABOVE OUR STANDARD RATES!.Please email for further details. Not Signed or Inscribed. No. 73. Glossy Paper. Very Good ABOVE AVERAGE/No Jacket. Illus. by Colour Illustrations & Adverts. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Magazine. Mr Bridge Paperback
Bookseller reference : 565846
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Mr Bridge Editor
Bridge : Number Sixty Spring 2004
Surrey: Mr Bridge 2004. NO EXTRA POSTAGE ABOVE OUR STANDARD RATES!.Please email for further details. Not Signed or Inscribed. No. 60. Glossy Paper. Very Good ABOVE AVERAGE/No Jacket. Illus. by Colour Illustrations & Adverts. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Magazine. Mr Bridge Paperback
Bookseller reference : 565851
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Mr. Bridge
Collins Bridge Quiz Book
Zondervan. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean average condition without any missing pages. Zondervan unknown
Bookseller reference : 15874958-6 ISBN : 0002187655 9780002187657
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Mrs. (Emily Stanley) Prescott Warren
Auction and Contract Bridge Condensed
<p>1st edition. Good HC. No DJ. Red cloth over boards black titles and white ace of Spades on front cover; black titles on spine. Lightly scuffed/soiled square covers and spine; tightly bound; clean interior with slight general age darkening; leaves remain supple. 12mo 247 pp; index; hands illustrated.</p> Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 17927
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Mugan, Monica; Hutton, Eric; Keate, Stuart; Sangster, Dorothy; Miksch, William F.; Steiner, Paul; et al
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 15 July 1952 - James Gareth Endicott / Allan Lamport / Frank Peddie
64 pages. Features: Cover illustration by Franklin Arbuckle of many boaters upon Lake St. Louis, Quebec; Colour ad for the 1952 Meteor car inside front cover; How Dr. James Gareth Endicott Fronts for the Reds - one of international Communism's greatest assets in the world today; When Chautauqua Came to Town; Outspoken Toronto Mayor Allan Lamport; The Chateau Frontenac Hotel - article with colour photos; They Want the Unwanted - Quebec couple Dirk and Truus Vandervalk help children from broken homes; Listen the the Mockingbird (fiction); Revolution in Lotusland - Vancouver Island is booming; Entertainer Francis Grove Peddie (aka Thomas Craig, the CBC's noontime farmer); Classy colour one-page ad for the Ford Monarch mentions the Canadian Open golf tournament at the St. Charles Country Club, Winnipeg; Ten Percent of What? - article on tipping in restaurants; Champion Spark Plug ad features 1952 Indy winner Troy Ruttman; Pontiac centrefold (Catalina shown); Half-page ad for Dominion Bridge shows steel plant ladle crane; Chevrolet truck ad; Coke ad on back cover features formally-dressed lady and tray of food; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
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Mulltiple Contributors
Frontier Times Magazine: March 1974 *SPECIAL INDIAN ISSUE*
Features: My wonderful country - Joe Lee, the most famous of all Navajo Indian traders; La Pondre's Nuggets; A Total Breakdown of Justice - execution of an Chinese man in California; Helena, Texas says die; Ta-Tanka-Buffalo; Famous old bridge to the west - the Muscatine over the Mississippi; Socorro killer - Joel Fowler was lynched in New Mexico; Badge of honour - land and cattle gave the Californian prestige; Come and get it! - boarding houses were run by women; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Magazine
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Mulltiple Contributors
Frontier Times Magazine: May 1974 - Ghost Town & Mining Special Issue
Features: Western book roundup; I saw the gold; Turkey Creek Wildcat - Galeyville; Big Uncle Cemetery; The Murderer's Ghost - the case of Lewis Holder; Chinese Diggin's - does a vein of quartz cross Burnt Bridge Creek?; Punching Chihuahuas for the nations; No place to go but down - South Mountain in the San Juans; Oklahoma's Indian boarding schools; The great Cornish Pump at the Ontario silver mine in Utah's Wasatch Mountains; Slaughter of the Innocents - one of Iowa's most bizarre unsolved crimes; To 'Red-up a house' - house cleaning; John Clarke - wood carver; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Air Combat Magazine - Vol. 4, No. 6 November 1976
74 pages. Features include: Last Spring of the Puma - final chapter of the Puma Squadron during WWII: Canada's Argus - Complete report on Canada's own sub hunter; Project Knightsbridge/USAF - tactics of the RAF and USAF are traded; Springbok Air Force - Full pictorial coverage of South African Air Force; Tornado Over Europe - detailing the Panavia Tornado; Military Markings - More Bicentennial aircraft; Military at Hannover - military aircraft at the German air show; Burma Bridge Busters - Complete history of the 490th Bomb Squadron. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Solid copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Born in Battle Magazine No. 18
64 pages. Features: The Daring Raids - The Dam Busters (The Moehne Dam) - Tamuz 17 Project in Iraq; Sinai-Palestine 1914-1918 - with many archival black and white photos; Paris Air Show 1981 - impressions and outlook; The Suez Crossing 1973 - Part 1 - The Plans (multiple photos and many details); Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy reading copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January/February 1957 Through November/December1958
Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Laying cable for the new United States - Alaska telephone link; Working around the sudden collapse of a 150-foot span of the Mission Abbotsford Bridge in 1955(photos); New truck digs its own post holes in the Peace River area; Storm cripples telephone plant; Overseas Rates Cut; More Long Distance Circuits; Repeater key to Trans-Atlantic Cable; Telephone man (Clifford Sherlock) treads trapline on weekends; 1956 review; Recruiting Program; microwave towers to carry second Radio Telephone system - article and photo; List of Exchanges i.e. # of phones operating in each community; photo of microwave relay truck; Dog Mountain tramway completed - text and photos; Howe Sound Line Rebuild -photos with captions; Squamish Exchange - photos; Private radiotelephone system feeds sawmill operations - two pages of photos and text; Nanaimo to be SATT dialing center - article; photos of 'microwaves across the mountains; passing of Mr. R.S. Argue; Great photos of the Vedder Crossing; Ladner goes automatic; Photos of Terrace staff; 'floating phones' - nice set of photos of phones at work at sea; Training; photos from atop Promontory Mountain and Greenstone Mountain; Gordon Farrell now Board Chairman (Karsh photo); Cyrus H. McLean now President (photo); B.C. Microwave to open 1 July - great photos; microwave opening previewed; 1958 big year for radiotelephone - article and map; 7,000 mile trade goodwill call; picture of a Moore "Formorama"; Coverage of the Ripple Rock Blase - with photo; increasew will not give required revenue; Microwave Skyway - text and photos; B.C. Centennial coverage facilities very complex; Oliver cutover; photo of men at work over the Sumas River; TOC - the Television Operating Center, inside the Farrell Building in Vancouver; Lloyd Purdy and John Martin retire; Creston Cutover; Photos of the radiotelephon serving an active paving company; Meet Fred Feeney - article with photo; Ladysmith converts to Automatic - photos; Lloyd Purdy and Percy Crute retire after a combined 82 years of service; Victoria 2-5 conversion; photos of microwave sites readying for onslaught of winter; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight and square. Marbled endpapers. Name of E.P. LaBelle stamped on bottom- and fore-edges of text. Mr. Labelle was a second-generation employee off the company. Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January/February 1955 Through November/December1956
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: Good-bye to the Fairmont board in Vancouver - great photos including one with Miss Joan Ross; Map of radiotelephone chains; Fairmont Cutover Highlights; Merritt switchboard gutted - photo; Photo of a young Kenneth Dye - who went on to serve as Auditor-General of Canada from 1981-1991; Company Auto Equipment Staff; Photos of the expansion of Vancouver's underground telephone system; Many photos of Kamloops staff at work; New phone system for Vancouver's new Public Safety Building - photos; 1954 Annual Report Highlights; Record expansion this year; Outdoor phone booths popular; 15 years ago; Photos of Victoria's expansion program; Victoria Commercial Office modernized - photos; Photos of moving phone lines prior to dismantling the old Granville Street Bridge; New radiotelephone mast on Lulu Island - photos; New Engineering Section formed; Automatic Toll Board for Royal City; Conversion project for Vancouver's Dexter office; Photos of placing cable 70 feet above the Fraser River near Boston Bar; Photo of 'Jocko', the company chimpanzee; Sales Training; Campbell River First North-west Conversion to automatic operation; Oliver and Osoyoos approve free calling; Walter R. Jones retires; L.C. Patey passes away; path testing to begin for microwave system - article; photos of cable-laying between Ioco and Port Moody; microwave skyway - photos and text; photos of loss of part of the bridge at Mission; microwave path testing completed for B.C. - article with map; photo and article of 'electronic secretary' (hint: picture a big box with a record player in it!); List of Exchanges in B.C. and # of lines operating; photos of heavy gangs at work; access to microwave sites 'most difficult' (article); G.W.S. Montgomery passes away; photos of New West's Lakeview office; Engineering for TD-2 Microwave in B.C. - article with map; Photos of laying underwater cable near Nelson; 1955 - company's best year ever; James Hamilton and C.B. Diplock retire; Aerial tram to serve Dog Mountain site near Hope; Teletype now links Trans-Canada system; "They Take their telephone with them - great article and photos on the use of radiotelephones - early car phones!; groundwork laid for microwave in B.C.; R.A. Story ends 46 years career; Photos of cable-laying between Mayne Island and Swartz Bay; photos of blasting near Hedley; North-west acquires Peace River; PNE photos; Dog Mountain construction photos; photos of the Mid-Canada Line, which supplemented the DEW line; article and photo re: the new 'Speakerphone'; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight and square. Marbled endpapers. Name of E.P. LaBelle stamped on top and bottom edges of text - Mr. Labelle was a second-generation employee of the company. Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January/February 1953 Through November/December1954
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: Port Alberni operator's help save infant's life (photo); Abbotsford and Mission 'cut' to automatic - 8 pages of photos and text; Photo of laying cable between Mission and Abbotsford; New buildings for Richmond and Steveston; Script of two successive broadcasts by Dorwin Baird of radio station CJOR re: proposed telephone rate increases; Telephone growth sets all-time record in 1952; Interim rate increase authorized; Nice photo of North Vancouver automatic telephone being installed in preparation for cut-over; Photos of cable-laying near Lion's Gate Bridge; new buildings for Albion, Belmont and Colquitz; Company earns dividends but has surplus shortage; Mr. W.S. Pipes; Gerald Clarke - Memoriam with photo; New buildings for Richmond and Steveston; Photos of expansion of Vancouver Island; Doug Beckett, 19, - Big League Baseball Prospect - photo; New International Radiotelephone Link; The Telephone in our Air Defense Picture - article; farewell to Miss H.L. Montgomery; dramatic photos of conduit installation under and on Lion's Gate Bridge; Photos of Port Coquitlam progress; Cloverdale's automatic program; R.S. Argue is new traffic manager; John Dickson Johnston in memoriam, with photo; Fred Buckle winds up record career; great Cloverdale office photos; Expansion photos from Kamloops, Vancouver and the Fraser Valley; A.J. Jack retires after 41 years; Trail and Rossland favour 'Free Calling'; 18,000 attended civil defense show; Kootenay Company joins B.C. Tel.; wonderful photo of 'sky-riders' working on lines over the Columbia River at Trail; North Van. goes automatic; Stirling Ross closes 50 year career; Nice photos of some of the company's heavy work gangs in the field; Photos of the company's war against winter; Company expansion sets new record; List of Exchanges - # of lines operating per community; Albion-Belmont Colquitz Cut-over; Radiotelephone network still expanding - article with 2 maps; Stirling Ross - in Memoriam, with photo; Port Coquitlam Photos; photos of a cable repair off Mayne Island; new New West Plant Center building; Cranbrook construction - photo of breaking ground; Editor of Telephone Talk, Peard Sutherland passes away - article with photo; Chilliwack joins B.C. Tel; photos of some of the equipment used to serve the British Empire Games in Vancouver; British Empire Games Transmitted in Record time - 2 page article; Inside New Westminster; Victoria Expansion Photos; A.H. Lemmon - Memoriam with photo; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight and square. Marbled endpapers. Name of company employee E.P. LaBelle stamped on top and bottom edges of text. 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, 1922 Through December 1922 *INCLUDES FEATURE ON THE HISTORY OF TELEPHONY IN VANCOUVER*
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: Nice photo montage of six female lower mainland agents; Commendation for Excellent service; Industrial Review - statistics for the province; Bar graph of phones in service between 1903 and 1921; When the telephone was a curiosity in the Capital City - nice seven page feature on the history of telephony in Victoria, beginning in 1877; Page of the 1880 Victoria and Esquimalt phone book; Facsimile of letter dated 1878 from the Bell Telephone office in Brantford, Ontario which says Mr. R.B. McMicking has accepted the agency of the company in British Columbia; City of Vancouver gets new phone number; Telephone development keeps pace with progress; Cover photo of the operating room of the Nanaimo exchange; Five-page illustrated article on Nanaimo, including 35 year-old photo of downtown with Bastion visible and an 1890 photo of a portion of the downtown and bowl area; Trouble shooting in Kootenay; The manufacture of porcelain; photo of operators at work in New Westminster; 6-page illustrated feature on New Westminster with mid-90s photo of the Colonial Hotel and area plus a photo of Columbia street before the fire of 1898; Composite cables will be important betterment; Fairmont operating room photo; Great photo montage of the old wooden bridge connecting Nanaimo's Fitzwilliam St. with downtown (the caption mentions E.P. LaBelle, whose name is stamped on the top edge of this book); 11 page feature on the history of telephony in Vancouver, with several photos from before 1900; pulling coils of duplex wire through the mountains by snow shoe(!); Nice photos of the following exchanges - Seymour, Fairmont, Highland, Bayview, Victoria, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Nanaimo, Chemainus, Cobble Hill, Cumberland, Belmont, Duncan, Courtenay, Port Alberni, Colquitz, Ladysmith, Keating, Aldergrove, Abbottsford, Collingwood, Fraser, Port Moody, Port Coquitlam, West Vancouver, Ladner, Kerrisdale, Eburne, Milner, Cloverdale, Steveston, Sidney, Hammond, Mission City, Kamloops, Agassiz, Trail, Rossland, Kaslo, Nelson, Grand Forks, Greenwood, New Denver, plus plant headquarters for the Mainland and Victoria; statement of development showing number of operating phones per community; Cover photo of the Foul Bay area of Victoria; More Switchboards for Seymour; Bayview Extension; Centralization of observation equipment; Demo. switchboard for school; Much outside construction; Seven duct miles of conduit laid in Seymour underground; Table showing exchanges in order of percent good toll calls; Alexander Graham Bell dies; Oaks Point snap shots; new motor control switchboard; Wireless telophony in early nineties (article); Laying underground conduit in Shaughnessy; New aerial cable across Capilano River; Passing of William Farrell, Company President; Rejuvinating used Plant material in machine shop; a peculiar case of hydrolysis; photo of Georgia street conduit trench; Second Annual Telephone Convention; 1885 B.C. Provincial Directory - article with 1885 photo of Vancouver Harbour; Autobiography of a switchboard plug; photo of burying conduit on Seymour in 1905; Appreciation shown by Port Alberni business men; Long Distance operators usually get their man; 7,000 mile motor trip of B.C. Telephone man; The telephone directory - my favourite book; Map showing routing of two cable between Book
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