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1971réf. 85213Manila: Bureau of Printing 1971. Hardcover. Good. 3 vols. frontises each section separately numbered. Contemporary blue boards with original wrappers for the various parts bound in. 29 cm. Corners bumped. Advance Report No. 48 is not present -- we don't know which Province is missing in this set. We assume that these volumes were compiled from separately issued Advance Reports. Bureau of Printing hardcover books
réf. 4000Manila P.I.:: Central Station and Offices . Not illustrated; single sheet printed on both sides 10 33 inches accordion folded to 10 4 inches. The Manila Railroad was founded by the Spanish in the 1880s. After the Spanish American War the Americans took over control and before WWII there was quite a network on Luzon amounting to some 700 miles of track when the Japanese were approaching Luzon the Americans and the Philippine army destroyed much of the infrastructure. When the Allies finally took back the Islands there was only 452 usable miles of track.This timetable was for the Northern line and was published just a year before the Southern Line opened which ran from Manila to Legazpi on the Bicol Peninsula at the southern tip of Luzon. Attempts to build back the Philippine rail system have been many and sporadic and have been hampered by hurricane and volcano damage by illegal settlement on the rights of way and by general inertia Manila, P.I.:: Central Station and Offices, ,. unknown books
1945réf. List3159Manila The Philippines 1945. Twenty-one photos: twelve measuring 2 ½ x 2 ½ inches most with stamped captions verso; nine measuring 2 x 3 ¾ inches most with captions on negative. Some wear; excellent. Imperial Japan occupied the Philippines from 1942 until its surrender in 1945. From early February to early March of 1945 American and Filipino forces fought to drive the Japanese out of the Philippines’ capital city of Manila. Though successful this campaign was incredibly destructive to both the infrastructure of Manila and to its people—including mass murder and rape of Filipino civilians by Japanese forces. Offered here are twenty-one photographs of buildings taken before and after the destruction of the city with most the twelve smaller photos showing the aftermath. Locations include several churches and university buildings the treasury building legislative building Manila Central Post Office and others. The photos taken after the battle are arresting showing Manila’s ruined architecture burnt out trees and downed power lines. unknown books
1900réf. 85192Washington: GPO 1900. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good. Second Spanish-language title-page dated 1899 24p. plus 30 full page maps. Original black cloth. 38 x 33 cm. Backstrip reglued bur still chipped at ends and worn along sides. Forner owner's name on front pastedown. Internally sound and clean. No jacket as published. At head of title: Treasury Department U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Special Publication No. 3. The maps in this atlas were compiled at the Jesuit Observatory in the Philippines and generally credited to Father Jose Algue its Director who supervised preparation of the maps. The maps were completed with U. S funding and published through the agency of the United States Coast and Geogetic Survey. Exact geographic information did not yet exist for some areas such as the interior of Mindanao but as the Introduction states the maps were believed ". to fairly represent the present state of geographic knowledge of the Philippine Archipelago . have utilized a large amount of new information. GPO hardcover books
