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1923Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Photo of downton Nelson; Bird's-eye photo of Nelson from atop a mountain on north shore of west arm; Kootenay Feature 'The Romance of the 1890s - 8 pages of text and archival photos, including electric street cars in Nelson!; Table showing 'Exchanges in order of percent good toll calls; Cover advert. for Northern Electric Vacuum Cleaner!; Review of growth show steady expansion - 3 pages; Telephoning across Atlantic by AT&T Wireless continued for hours; When the Victoria and Esquimalt Telephone Company issued its own (one call) nickels; B.C. Industrial Review - statistics; Bar graph of # of phones operated from 1906 through 1923; the company's operator school; Issuing of monthly phone bills a work of magnitude - 4 page article with photos; photos of the halibut industry before 'the fish were scarcer in quantities and their habitats more scattered'; William Farrell- an appreciation of the former company president; 7 page article on B.C.'s deep sea fishing industry - great photos - halibut, herring, flounder; multiple photos from the Kootenays of snakes which have climbed up phone poles onto the wires!; photo of 25 year-old phone; Great full-page photo of the CIBC building at Hastings and Granville; 8 page article on the banks of vancouver with excellent photos; First interdepartmental football game; new power plant at Seymour office; A phone in B.C. for every 6 persons; Feature on Dams and the water-powers that turn the wheels of industry - photos of dams and various industries which use electricity, including the American Can factory and grain elevators; new power plant at Seymour office - illustrated; photos of productive farms and ideal homesites with super centerfold luxury Saanich home; Cover photo of U.S. President Harding in Stanley Park; Full-page photos of the U.S.S. Henderson entering the narrows and at dock with President Harding aboard; 13 page illustrated feature on the visit of President Harding - the first visit to Canada made by a President of the United States (President Harding died mere days later on August 2nd in San Francisco and this is reported as well); Photo of Crosland Bros. Farm in Duncan; 9 page illustrated feature on the seed growers of B.C.; photo of Duncan office under construction; Nice 8-page illustrated feature on Haney and area; photographing sound; Exploring Kootenay - Bill Skilling; 9 page illustrated feature on the Delta and Ladner district; Many miles of new long distance circuits; Improved inter-office trunk lines in Vancouver; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear overall with the exception of the backstrip which is missing small chips and loose at back edge. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge else unmarked. Binding intact. Spine leaning moderately. Book
1938ref. 25505Edition chez l'auteur (Lausanne) 1938. In 4 (325 X 240 ) broché de 132 p. Ex.numéroté (1282) sur vélin 1/2000 d'un tirage de 1225
2 volumes In-4, XV-559-494p. Edition originale au tirage limité et numéroté 1/2400 exemplaires. Splendides ouvrages agrémentés de 657 illustrations en noir d'après des documents anciens. Une référence incontournable de la littérature montagnarde. Exemplaire de première fraicheur agréablement relié. [Perret 2031]
ref. 52203aafAarau und Thun, Christen, (später:) Aarau, Wirz, 1838-1918, in-8vo, 2-spaltiger Text, mit ca. 850 meist gestochenen Abbildungen, auf Vorsatz Stempel ‘Georg Zähnler, Furth’, auf Titel des 1863 Nummers hs. Besitzeintrag ‘Hulebrüch, Glettig, St. Peterzell. ’, spätere Halbleineneinbändehs. Titeletikette auf den Rücken.
ref. 142183aafMarseille, Barthelet et Cie., 1896, gr. in-8vo, 1 f. blanche + 27 p. + 3 pages d’illustration (carte du massif du Mont-Blanc; Vue du Mont-Blanc prise du Brévent avec l’indication des routes d’ascension; Coupe du massif du Mont-Blanc). envoi manuscrit de l’auteur sur couverture de la brochure / exlibris Peter E. Obergfell, reliure récente en demi-maroquin vert avec coins. Bel exemplaire avec la brochure orig, cons.
1928ref. 026420Boston MA U.S.A.: AMC 1928. Seventh Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Assorted Maps. 7Th Edition 1928. Dark Mustard/Tan cloth. Black illustrated titles light wear. Includes The Original 1928 Mt. Washington Large Folding Map In About Fine Condition. Book Is In Near Fine Condition 'Field' Variant with the Flap. 528 pp With 4 All Clean 'Memoranda' Pages. Complete with all maps. AMC hardcover
1960ref. 231891960. Labor Industrial rock drilling photograph archive documenting Gardner Denver and drill carrier machinery in factory yard and field settings circa 1960s recording how specialized drilling equipment was designed serviced and operated in steep-cut and tunnel construction environments. The group centers on crawler-mounted drills compressor-fed hose systems and rail-mounted heavy equipment photographed both as machines and in use by work crews. Gardner Denver is identified directly by company stamps and visible signage while the field views place the machinery within active excavation and blasting work rather than isolated product display. Photo archive of 19 Large silver gelatin photographs all 8 x 10 inches Quincy Illinois and unidentified mountain construction sites circa 1960s. Views include operators seated or standing at tracked drill carriers on exposed rock faces; close mechanical studies of valves feed assemblies hoses and fittings; factory-yard portraits of articulated drill rigs parked on pavement; and a large rail-mounted drilling platform photographed on tracks with crew members standing above it. Several photographs show men in work clothes and caps monitoring or operating the machines on steep slopes with forested ridgelines behind them. One image records a tunnel portal marked BLUE MOUNTAIN with adjacent heavy construction equipment and rails leading into the opening. Blue Mountain Tunnel belonged to the original Pennsylvania Turnpike system opened in 1940 and by the 1960s it stood within a corridor undergoing major modernization as rising traffic as Americans in the postwar years increasingly relied on automobile ownership suburban commuting and highway expansion ultimately reshaping infrastructure construction and everyday mobility from the late 1940s through the 1960s. Advances in carrier-mounted rock drilling concentrated labor on machine operation positioning maintenance and coordinated blasting making work at Blue Mountain Tunnel faster more systematized and less dependent on earlier hand-held drilling methods. After World War II postwar conditions produced the demand capital and public-works agenda that made this machinery necessary: rising automobile traffic highway expansion tunnel widening and large earthmoving projects pushed contractors toward faster more powerful and more standardized drilling systems. Drilling was one of the mechanical developments that transformed rock excavation in the 1950s and 1960s and moved from more limited portable systems toward carrier-mounted equipment able to work faster more consistently and on more difficult terrain for highway cuts tunnel approaches and other large infrastructure projects. Because the group includes stamped manufacturer views shop and yard photographs working machine close-ups and field operation scenes it shows the full operating system of industrial drilling technology rather than a single machine in isolation. Light handling wear and minor curling at edges; one print with blueprint attached to verso; all images otherwise clean and in good condition. Depicting the industrial postwar boom and infrastructure investments carried out by mid-century American excavation technology manufacturer documentation and construction labor in practice. unknown
1960ref. 231891960. Labor Industrial rock drilling photograph archive documenting Gardner Denver and drill carrier machinery in factory yard and field settings circa 1960s recording how specialized drilling equipment was designed serviced and operated in steep-cut and tunnel construction environments. The group centers on crawler-mounted drills compressor-fed hose systems and rail-mounted heavy equipment photographed both as machines and in use by work crews. Gardner Denver is identified directly by company stamps and visible signage while the field views place the machinery within active excavation and blasting work rather than isolated product display. Photo archive of 19 Large silver gelatin photographs all 8 x 10 inches Quincy Illinois and unidentified mountain construction sites circa 1960s. Views include operators seated or standing at tracked drill carriers on exposed rock faces; close mechanical studies of valves feed assemblies hoses and fittings; factory-yard portraits of articulated drill rigs parked on pavement; and a large rail-mounted drilling platform photographed on tracks with crew members standing above it. Several photographs show men in work clothes and caps monitoring or operating the machines on steep slopes with forested ridgelines behind them. One image records a tunnel portal marked BLUE MOUNTAIN with adjacent heavy construction equipment and rails leading into the opening. Blue Mountain Tunnel belonged to the original Pennsylvania Turnpike system opened in 1940 and by the 1960s it stood within a corridor undergoing major modernization as rising traffic as Americans in the postwar years increasingly relied on automobile ownership suburban commuting and highway expansion ultimately reshaping infrastructure construction and everyday mobility from the late 1940s through the 1960s. Advances in carrier-mounted rock drilling concentrated labor on machine operation positioning maintenance and coordinated blasting making work at Blue Mountain Tunnel faster more systematized and less dependent on earlier hand-held drilling methods. After World War II postwar conditions produced the demand capital and public-works agenda that made this machinery necessary: rising automobile traffic highway expansion tunnel widening and large earthmoving projects pushed contractors toward faster more powerful and more standardized drilling systems. Drilling was one of the mechanical developments that transformed rock excavation in the 1950s and 1960s and moved from more limited portable systems toward carrier-mounted equipment able to work faster more consistently and on more difficult terrain for highway cuts tunnel approaches and other large infrastructure projects. Because the group includes stamped manufacturer views shop and yard photographs working machine close-ups and field operation scenes it shows the full operating system of industrial drilling technology rather than a single machine in isolation. Light handling wear and minor curling at edges; one print with blueprint attached to verso; all images otherwise clean and in good condition. Depicting the industrial postwar boom and infrastructure investments carried out by mid-century American excavation technology manufacturer documentation and construction labor in practice. unknown books
1899Pages 562-676. Features: In the Khalifa's Clutches - part IV of Charles Neufeld's ordeal; Impressions of Pekin - sensational photo-illustrated article; Two Loves Affairs, and How They Ended - Colonel Hervey Tryon falls headlong into a deep well of garbag; The Hook-Swinging Ceremony as I Saw It - Rev. Joshua Knowles describes a South Indian pagan festival in which devotees have hook placed in their flesh before they are swung into the air at the end of long poles - with photos; A Desperate Plight - travails of Captain H.V. Barclay in the arid Australian interior; The Great Grottos of Han - photo-illustrated article on the marvelous caverns near Han-sur-Lesse in the Belgian Ardennes; Held by An Octopus - Herbert Perkins explains how he was grabbed from out of the water; Shooting the Reversible Falls - photo-illustrated story from St. John, New Brunswick involving Xavier Francis and Louis Mitchell; Life in an Italian Village (near Pallanza); On the War-Path with Redskins - a retaliatory raid of natives is recounted by J.W. Schultz, a Rocky Mountain guide who was married to a Blackfoot and lived among them in Montana; The Fantastic Carnival at Pangau in a remote part of the Austrian Tyrol; Twenty-Seven Days in an Open Boat - Part II - the castaways are finally rescued, but in ghastly condition; Naia, The Witch of Rochefort-en-Terre, in Brittany - photo-illustrated article; Through Italy in Bedouin Dress - photo-illustrated account; One Thousand Miles on Mule-Back - Part I of this photo-illustrated article of the amazing journey of Mabel Penniman from New York to London via Central and South Amerca; The Bogus "Rush" at Coolgardie - photo-illustrated of a fake gold rush in Australia as told by John Marshalll of Kalgoorlie; Photo of women coal heavers in Dresden; Full-page photo from Kelsey Creek, California showing a river of fish three feet deep - with no water!; Photo of Tunisian camel fight; and more. Average external wear and soiling. Few pencil markings. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this excellent issue. Book
ref. 138585aafZürich, Orell, Gessner, Fuessli, 1793, Quer-8vo. 1 kalligraphischer radierter Titel mit Vignette + 2 Bl. + 75 S. (76 S., letzte S. leer) mit gestoch. Schlussvignette + 12 ganzseitigen Radierungen mit Ansichten, hs. Besitzverm. ‘M. Holzmann’ auf Vorsatzbl. / Ex libris Peter E. Obergfell. Hübscher späterer roter Leinenband. Titel vergoldet am Rücken.
ref. 140107aafZürich, Orell, Gessner, Fuessli, 1793, quer-8vo. gestoch. Titel mit Vign. + 2 Bl. + 75 S., mit gestoch. Schlussvign. (S. 3-4 mit kl. Eckabriss) + 12 radierte Tafeln, stellenw. leicht stockfl. am Rand, breitrandig, hs. Besitzverm. Hans Wismer auf Vorsatz, auf Titel hs. ,J. Wismer’ / Exlibris’ Peter E. Obergfell, Ppbd. mit grünem verg. Rsch., berieben u. etwas angestaubt, eine Ecke geknickt, Rotschnitt.
1867ref. 19750Paris et Genève, Victor Masson et filles, 1867. 3 volumes in-8 de XX-464 + [4]-437-[3] + [4]-587-[4]p. pour l'errata, demi-percaline prune, dos (passé) lisses.
ref. 006-Wo.J. Aquarell und Feder in Schwarz, um 1926/1928, auf chamoisfarbenem Velin, auf Karton aufgezogen, rechts unten monogrammiert ?HB. (ligiert) ?. 13,2:20 cm.
1948ref. 130424Durel éditeur Paris, Durel éditeur, 1948. In-4 carré relié demi-basane prune, dos à nerfs, titre doré. Couverture illustrée conservée de 185 pages. Illustrations de Xavier de Poret dans et hors-texte + planches en fin réunissant 41 figures avec explications en regard. Tirage limité numéroté. Celui-ci sur Alfa. Exemplaire comportant un très bel envoi autographe signé, daté, de Germaien Tillion à Georges Segrette. Parfait état.
1948Paris, Durel éditeur 1948. In-4 carré relié demi-basane prune, dos à nerfs, titre doré. Couverture illustrée conservée. 185 pages. Illustrations de Xavier de Poret dans et hors-texte + planches en fin réunissant 41 figures avec explications en regard. Tirage limité numéroté. Celui-ci sur Alfa. Exemplaire comportant un très bel envoi autographe signé, daté, de Germaien Tillion à Georges Segrette. Parfait état.
1867ref. 14955Paris et Genève, Victor Masson et filles, 1867. 3 volumes in-8 de XX-464 + [4]-437-[3] + [4]-587-[4]p. pour l'errata, demi-veau brun, dos à nerfs ornés de filets et fleurons dorés, coupes et coiffes inférieures frottées, quelques rousseurs. 1 volume in-folio pour l'atlas, relié en demi-vélin blanc à coins, pièces de titre rouge au premier plat.
ref. 131-Eo.J. Aquarell über Bleistift, auf cremefarbenem Velin. 29:18,2 cm.
ref. 100737aafAmsterdam, R. Hentzi / Yntema, s.d. 1785, 33x22 cm (Vue), aquatinte tirée en couleurs, Passepartout - Encadrement or. (60x45 cm).
ref. 92681aafParis, Cuchet, 1788, in-8vo, VI + 525 p. + 1 tableau et 4 cartes dépliantes (les 4 îles Ponces: Ponza, Palmarola, Ventotene et Zannone), non rogné, pages seulement partiellement coupées, papier très légèrement bruni, rares petites taches, timbre ex-libris de la famille de ‘... Saussure’, brochure d’attente d’époque, dos avec pièce de titre ms., début de fentes, couverture détachée, manque le 2e plat. (à relier)
ref. 431914No place: no publisher 1976. Softcover. Near Fine. Oblong 16mo. Spiral bound paper and cardboard wrappers with tipped-on elements on the front. 24pp. An artist sketch book repurposed to serve as a prospectus for a new comic strip written by Peg Montana wife of Archie creator Bob Montana along with his art assistant Jeff Cuddy following Bob's sudden death in 1975. The prospectus consists of photomechanically produced cover and interior illustrations with a single strip mounted on the verso of each page along with a slogan fact or pithy comment about the strip's appeal. The inside front wrap also has two mounted tipped-in paper slips one summarizing the strip and the other listing Cuddy's address in Manchester New Hampshire. The strip's humor was came from the alien's observations and misinterpretation of Earth culture. Our research turned up no evidence that the strips was published outside of a brief showing in a small newspaper in Delaware County Pennsylvania which may have been its only appearance in print. A unique survivor. no publisher] unknown
ref. 431914No place: no publisher 1976. Softcover. Near Fine. Oblong 16mo. Spiral bound paper and cardboard wrappers with tipped-on elements on the front. 24pp. An artist sketch book repurposed to serve as a prospectus for a new comic strip written by Peg Montana wife of Archie creator Bob Montana along with his art assistant Jeff Cuddy following Bob's sudden death in 1975. The prospectus consists of photomechanically produced cover and interior illustrations with a single strip mounted on the verso of each page along with a slogan fact or pithy comment about the strip's appeal. The inside front wrap also has two mounted tipped-in paper slips one summarizing the strip and the other listing Cuddy's address in Manchester New Hampshire. The strip's humor was came from the alien's observations and misinterpretation of Earth culture. Our research turned up no evidence that the strips was published outside of a brief showing in a small newspaper in Delaware County Pennsylvania which may have been its only appearance in print. A unique survivor. no publisher] unknown books
ref. SBBIH-ZAFUI6PRM3PSSchofield & Sims Ltd 1963. paperback. Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining water damage writing missing dustjacket etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Schofield & Sims Ltd paperback
1912ref. 56287Dillon & Monida MT: Zene Bucy Monroe Bucy Clair William Robison W.T. George 1912. Fourteen pieces. Folio. 8.5 x 13 in. 3 leaves on thin onion skin paper signed by Martin Fricks & Monroe W. Bucy; ALS from William Koch to Zene Bucy; 2 leaves ALS signed Monroe Bucy; 2 leaves Report of Commissioners; 2 leaves 1 typescript Summons on Robison letterhead; 1 typescript Summons on Robison letterhead; 1 leaf oath of Commissioners typescript copy; 1 manuscript colour map by W.G. George 9.5 x 13.5 in.; 3 leaves printed report & MS map from L.G. Price Real Estate Land Office; 2 leaves Petition of New Road filled in MS; 6 leaves Summons MS printed & typescript additional colour manuscript map by George; 4 leaves Petition for New Road including MS & printed map; 2 leaves Demurrer; 2 leaves judgement typescript signed all contained in the original legal file folder. This archive of legal documents chronicle the efforts of Montana rancher Zene Bucy to connect his ranch land cut off from the County Road from Monica to Lakeview MT in the years prior to World War I so that he could fulfill a logging and sawmill contract with Martin Fricks. Zene Bucy’s ranch was sandwiched between the T.C. Beattie and William & Margaret Koch ranches outside of Monida and his only option was to take over and build a road across Koch’s land. Initially Koch objected and insisted that Bucy buy the land for $ 150.00 as well as build a very expensive fence along the entire length of the road. Bucy refused hired Robison as his attorney and months later was able to have the County Road Commissioners rule that he could keep the road and only owed $ 30.00. At the time Beaverhead County MT was not only a bustling County Capital but also one of the major suppliers of wool cattle and lumber for Idaho and Montana mining companies. The Bucy’s were an influential Centennial Valley family in Beaverhead County first established by Andrew Bucy followed by his sons Monroe Zene Louis & Manley who all owned ranches in and around Monida MT and Dillon MT. Zene Bucy 1886-1928 operated as a rancher until after World War I and then sold out and moved to Denver CO where he owned and operated a cigar store until his death. The family is best remembered for the gunfight between Louis Bucy and brother Monroe Bucy which caused Monroe to buy and operate the Cowboy Bar in West Yellowstone in order to remove himself and his family from living near Louis. Koch 1869-1952 and wife Margeret 1883-1923 owned the ranch near Dillon MT until her death and then he relocated to Missoula MT. Monida MT still exists as a small unincorporated town with a population of 2 near the Montana - Idaho border. See: History of Beaverhead County 1800-1920 Vol. I pp. 46 48-49 388; Detail Assessment of Property Dillon Tribune August 23 1912. Zene Bucy, Monroe Bucy, Clair William Robison, W.T. George, unknown
ref. 5718St. Louis: St. Louis Globe-Democrat Job Print; Woodward Tiernan & Hale Map Engr's 1878. Broadsheet with map 20.75" x 6.5" plus margins printed in black and red. Map size 11" x 5". Faded purple stamp of agent Henry H. Hannan. CONDITION: Very good upper-half of right margin rough cut. A scarce and attractive promotional broadsheet with map issued by the St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern Railway advertising special railway offers to emigrants headed to Texas. This broadsheet announces cheap excursion tickets free baggage up to 200 lbs. and reduced emigrant rates for departures from St. Louis on the Short Line Route which runs through Arkansas into Texas. A table of rates on the verso lists first class and emigrant rates. The Texas Short Line extends from St. Louis Missouri to Galveston and Austin and cuts diagonally across the map with various spurs along the way including intersections the Texas & Pacific R'y and the International & Great Northern R'y. Interested parties seeking assistance information on Texas maps time-tables rates of fare etc. are encouraged to call upon or address the nearest of the railroad's Agents located in Missouri Chicago New York City and Ohio whose names are provided on both recto and verso. The St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern Railway began selling off land holdings in Arkansas in the mid-1870s and continued to do so into the early twentieth century. OCLC records some twenty maps published by the railroad company promoting land it owned in Arkansas issued during this time period. These lands extended from the northernmost point of the state around Little Rock to the line's southern terminus in Texarkana. The company offered various inducements for settlers deep discounts for putting money down as well as reduced freight should homesteaders wish to transport their belongings via the railway. As demonstrated by the present broadsheet the railroad also capitalized on emigration to Texas. OCLC records only three copies at Yale Princeton and University of Texas at Arlington. St. Louis: St. Louis Globe-Democrat Job Print; Woodward, Tiernan & Hale, Map Engr's, 1878 unknown books
ref. 073-Do.J. Feder in Braun, grau laviert, mit doppelter Tuschlinie umrandet, auf Bütten, auf Bütten der Zeit aufgezogen. 26,1:30,1 cm. Provenienz: Aus dem Besitz der Nachfahren des Künstlers.
