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1907ref. 000013bHong Kong China Southeast Asia Phillippines. Good. 1907. This is an early diary thin leather covers measuring approx. 4 1/4" x 6 1/2". It is written in very easy to read period brown ink. There are a total of 66 pages filled out. The diary was kept by a U.S. sailor who made entries from his departure date in San Fransisco on July 1 1907 to Nov. 10 1907 when he arrived in Hong Kong. The first page reads "DIARY OF MY TOUR AROUND THE WORLD". The sailor first writes "JULY 1 1907 - SIGNED ON U.S. ARMY TRANSPORT SHERMAN AS AN OILER". The following pages are headed "AT SEA - HONOLULU - MIDWAY ISLAND - GUAM - MANILA - CAVITTE - HONG KONG". His voyage continues ending in Hong Kong. His descriptions of the voyage other sailors experiences native people sights points of interest etc. are very interersting and quite descriptive. Much of the diary is concerned with his time in Manila. Once there he takes a job as a stock clerk with Castle Bros. He then goes to work for the government and describes bossing approx. 200 men. After working in Manila for a month or two he then sails to Hong Kong. During his trip he describes: EVERYBODY BEING EXTREMELY HOT HOMESICK AND SEASICK - DESCRIBES RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL IN MANILA - HAVING A JAPANESE MASSAGE THAT HE WILL NEVER FORGET - GETTING A TATTOO - STAYING ON A STEAMER AND BOSSING 200 MEN REPAIRING BARGES - SNEAKING INTO AN INVITATION ONLY HIGH LEVEL MEETING WITH WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT SETTING UP THE PARLIAMENT OF MANILA AFTER THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR HE DESCRIBES THE SPEECH AND DECORATIONS - TELLS OF ENTERING AN ATHLETIC RACE DURING A LARGE CELEBRATION FOR TAFT - FAKING A FEVER TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN SICK BAY ONLY TO BE FOUND OUT BY THE DOCTOR AND BEING KICKED OUT OF THE INFIRMARY PERMENANTLY - DESCRIBES GUAM - DESCRIBES MANILA HARBOR PEOPLE SIGHTS - MUCH MORE ABOUT MANILA: PARTYING DANCING ENGLISH CHINESE AMERICAN RESIDENTS SIGHTSEEING - DETAILED AND GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF A COCK FIGHT - MEETS MANY 1898 AND 1899 SPANISH AMERICAN WAR VETERANS LIVING IN MANILA AFTER THE WAR - DESCRIBES HONG KONG AND IT'S PEOPLE - etc. There are too many stories descriptions and anecdotes to list! He peppers some of his descriptions with racial slurs n----r c---k. Some of his exact entries include "TROOPS HAVE ARRIVED 30TH INFANTRY MUCH EXCITEMENT AND CONFUSION description of leaving on his voyage - BIG CROWD FAREWELL BAND PLAYING LARGE CROWD - PARTNER OILER SMASHED TWO FINGERS - PHILIPPINO STUDENTS AMERICAN EDUCATED ON BOARD FOR MANILA - HONOLULU KANKA BOYS SWAM TO MEET US DIVING FOR COINS - ROYAL HAWAIIAN BAND PLAYING FAREWELL MANY SOLDIERS WEEPING - MIDWAY ISLAND LONG NARROW SANDY REEF WITH NO POINT HIGHER THAN 10 FEET ABOVE THE OCEAN ONLY GOVT. OFFICIALS ARE THE INHABITANTS - COMPLETED 1ST. MONTH IN GOVT. EMPLOY HARDEST WORK IS HOLLERING "SIGI" AT ANY N-----R WHOM I SEE SOLDERING - FOUND MYSELF IN A "C---K Chinese" THEATER TONIGHT - THOUSANDS OF CHINESE SAMPANS HAVE SURROUNDED THE BOAT - etc. Overall very nice condition. Very clean with no damage. The writing is colorful and very easy to read. The covers are well attached and the interior pages are tight. The edge of the spine is covered with a piece of cloth tape. ; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF Pre World War I Travel Navy Naval Seafaring Orient Phillippines China Japan Handwritten hand written autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author holograph personal Americana antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . hardcover
1909ref. 72365The Graney San Francisco 1909. paperbacj. good condition with some rubbing to the front and dampstain to the bottom of the front cover and title page- this consists of a 5 page booklet with a title pagea and 4 photographs of the interior of the billiards hall - shipping via USPS. The Graney , San Francisco unknown
ref. 1176885065.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 1020801611.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1918ref. Biblio11331918 WWI ORIGINAL "My Daddy Bought Me A Government Bond" Liberty Loan 20"X30" WWI Government Bonds poster created by the Department of the Treasury in 1918 and printed by Heywood Strasser & Voigt Lithograph Company. 30x20inch. 3rd Liberty Loan by Anonymous. CA 1918. Several tiny enclosed rips along the top right border has been taped from the back light creasewear present throughout else this poster is in excellent condition. Colors are clean & vibrant.Will be shipped rolled in a plastic protective sleeve. Heywood Strasser & Voigt Lithograph Company
ref. 053080137X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1949ref. F0087Paris, Nouvelle Librairie de France - Éditions Sant'Andréa, 1949 ; in-folio, 426 pp., reliure d'éditeur pleine toile imprimée. Ouvrage couvrant la période allant du Traité de Versailles à la création de l'O. N. U. Ce livre est très documenté et illustré de nombreuses photographies de l'époque. Il est rédigé à chaud et constitue un témoignage historique de ce début de XXème siècle. Publié sous la direction littéraire de L.-H. Parias Boudet – Madaule – Habib. Très bon état.
ref. 59-1092San Francisco Calif. ca. 1920s. Photograph of unidentified woman in wedding dress. From a collection of images of San Francisco society figures. Image size: 353 x 278 mm. Provenance: Kotzbeck Gallery San Francisco. Staining in lower half of image. Discoloration at edges. San Francisco, Calif., ca. 1920s. unknown
1924ref. BTETM0002303London: Issued from the offices of Tiger Tim's Weekly Fleetway House Farringdon Street E.C.4 Amalgamated Press 1924. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Super octavo 8vo 7 נ11 in 178 נ279 mm . Various. Please email for Photographs or further information.1924TIGER TIM'S ANNUALBy Various / Anonymous ContributorsKEY DETAILSCondition: GoodFormat: Hardcover Super octavo 8vo 7 נ11 in 178 נ279 mm Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.Published By: Issued from the offices of Tiger Tim's Weekly Fleetway House Farringdon Street E.C.4 Amalgamated Press London 1924Language: EnglishIllustrated By: VariousCollation: pp. 160. Colour frontispiece; numerous illustrations throughout in colour two-colour and black and white.SKU: BTETM0002303Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5 L: 30 W: 25 Units: cm W: 2KgTracked Shipping Insurance Coverage as per Customer RequestDESCRIPTIONTiger Tim's AnnualA PICTURE AND STORY BOOK FOR BOYS AND GIRLSAn appealing early volume of the long-running Tiger Tim's Annual this 1924 issue is the third cover-dated annual in the series and an attractive survival from the golden age of British children's annual publishing.Issued from the offices of Tiger Tim's Weekly at Fleetway House Farringdon Street London the volume is presented in striking glazed pictorial boards with green cloth spine. The vivid front cover shows Tiger Tim signalling the departure of a train carrying his familiar animal companions while the rear board carries a full-page period advertisement for Green's Sponge Mixture.Lavishly illustrated throughout the annual combines comic picture stories children's fiction verse and humorous pieces with a colour frontispiece and numerous illustrations in colour two-colour and black and white. Among the pieces shown are The Unlucky Spiders The Brownie Boys and Old King Cole and The Real Father Christmas. A particularly attractive example of early British comic and juvenile publishing retaining considerable period charm.CONDITION COLLATION & COPY NOTESAn attractive copy in the original glazed pictorial boards with green cloth spine. Front board remains notably bright and colourful with rubbing scuffing and wear principally to the edges and corners. Spine cloth with general rubbing and handling wear. Rear board age-soiled and marked with the illustrated Green's Sponge Mixture advertisement remaining clear and complete.Inner hinges show age-related wear and some opening at the gutters with binding material visible in places. Previous owner's contemporary presentation inscription to the front endpaper: From my mother with best love 1924 together with the recipient's name and address.Internally the illustrated contents remain generally bright and well preserved for a children's annual of this age. Some light handling marks scattered spotting and minor soiling principally to the early and end pages. Colour frontispiece remains bright and the numerous two-colour and black-and-white illustrations are clean and well defined. No colouring-in or other annotation noted beyond the ownership inscription.A pleasing unrestored-looking early Tiger Tim's Annual particularly attractive for its bright pictorial front board surviving cloth spine colour frontispiece and well-preserved illustrated contents.Series Note:Tiger Tim's Annual was issued as the annual companion to Tiger Tim's Weekly. The first annual was cover-dated 1922 and the series continued through 1957. The annuals brought together the comic adventures of Tiger Tim and his companions with stories verse games and other material for younger readers. The 1924 volume is therefore one of the earliest issues in the series.Tiger Tim had already become an established figure in British children's comics before the launch of Tiger Tim's Weekly. The character and the Bruin Boys originated with Julius Stafford Baker while Herbert Sidney Foxwell became the artist most closely associated with Tiger Tim during much of the 1920s and early 1930s.Please see Ph - For full description please contact the seller Issued from the offices of Tiger Tim's Weekly, Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, E.C.4 [Amalgamated Press] hardcover
1935ref. 055915Borçka Artvin: N.p. 1935. No Binding. Very Good. Eleven silver gelatine photographs. 9x14 cm. Two captions in Turkish on verso. "Çok degerli kaymakamimiza 9.5.935 Borçka Maarif Memuru Â. Özer i.e. To our esteemed district governor 9.5.935 Borçka Education Officer Â. Özer" and "1 Mart 935 Borçkada i.e. 1 March 1935 in Borçka". One photograph has cracked lines. Overall a fine group of photographs. A group of photographs likely taken during the 1935 Expedition for the construction of the Borçka Bridge over the Çoruh River. The set includes two photographs depicting traditional Turkish houses and panoramic views of Borçka a town near the Georgian border in Artvin and nine photographs focusing on the Çoruh River from different angles. The Borçka Bridge spanning the Çoruh River with a 113-meter opening and an arch height of 15.75 meters from the abutment was constructed using the Langer Beam system first implemented by engineer Josef Langer in 1883. The bridge was built by a team led by Turkish engineer Feyzi Akkaya 1907-2004. Akkaya became known for tuning Bridge No. 44 on the Erzincan railway construction site to the "A" note by attaching violin strings to it immediately after completing the Borçka Bridge. This method allowed him to monitor whether the steel elements were overstressed serving as an early precursor to modern "Meihak Gauges." In a photograph from this group taken on a pier over the Çoruh River among the gathered crowd which includes prominent Laz and Georgian figures of Borçka at the time Akkaya himself is likely present standing behind the two ladies. Although a bridge had previously been built here by the Russians it collapsed due to the Çoruh River's strong current and steep gradient eroding its foundations. Since then passage along this crucial route had been maintained by a cable-operated raft stretched across the river. One of the two remaining piers of the old bridge which had not been destroyed was found to be solid on a caisson while the other remained intact outside the area affected by the water's destructive force. These piers were utilized and to ensure a light superstructure a single-span design was chosen with wooden decking and iron being preferred. In one of the photographs with unfinished bridge construction and remains of the ex-bridge built by the Russians over the Çoruh River the ferries used during that time can be seen. The bridge was temporarily accepted in August 1935 and was officially opened by Prime Minister Ismet Inönü on July 23 1935 during a ceremony as part of his tour to inspect the eastern provinces. Borçka is a town in Artvin Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey on the border with Georgia. Borçka is reached by a winding road up from the Black Sea coast alongside the Çoruh River Nigali Valley. There is a medieval stone arched bridge across the river just west of the town. The Chorokh is a river that rises in the Mescit Mountains in north-eastern Turkey flows through the cities of Bayburt Ispir Yusufeli and Artvin along the Kelkit-Çoruh Fault before flowing into Georgia where it reaches the Black Sea just south of Batumi and a few kilometers north of the Turkish Georgian border. The Chorokhi Valley lies within the Caucasus ecological zone which is considered by the Worldwide Fund for Nature and by Conservation International as a biodiversity hotspot. Wikipedia. N.p. unknown
ref. A9781289344504Paperback / softback. New. paperback
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1946ref. 0394111946. Original manuscript. Very Good. 88pp full of entries most in pencil some ink. Inside the cover is written "Speedway Garage - Carl Premo lessor - 1953." Preceding the record of accounts is one page "Some facts about the weather" dated 1946. The ledger begins on page two January 1946 including "Donald started back for Camp Swift Texas.Alice arrived from California.D went to Boston for audition in piano.I sold cottage to a Mr. Andrews $4.500." Most entries relate to short car trips to buy various foods and household items at post-war prices while others detail the expenses of maintaining and operating a car in the post-WWII years. Dates when various vegetables were planted also are recorded. Total car mileage for 1946 was 3885. Places visited include: Duxbury West Lebanon Sandy Hook Boston Clinton &c. Snowfalls are noted "76 inches to date" in February as are icy conditions warm spells etc. Six pages toward the end record stock dividends 1948-1950 including: AT&T General Electric Woolworth's United Fruit General Motors Sears and some other blue-chip stocks of the day. ~~ Bound in embossed black leatherette over flexible boards. 6.5" x 4 unknown
1940ref. 18182Flint. Michigan: Buick Motor Division. General Motors Sales Corp. 1940 Book size about 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches with some 104 pages. Bound in decorated blue wraps. Photo frontis of the 1941 Buick and numerous interior illustrations. Laid-in is a printed letter from the company Sales Manager. Also laid-in is the 1941 Buick Chassis Lubrication Chart folded into four pages This chart is often missing from the manual. Light overall wear; Clean and unmarked. VERY GOOD. 5.000x8.000x0.000 INCHES. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Buick Motor Division. General Motors Sales Corp. paperback
ref. A9781287346234Paperback / softback. New. paperback
ref. B9781287346234Paperback / softback. New. paperback
ref. A9781287345794Paperback / softback. New. paperback
ref. B9781287345794Paperback / softback. New. paperback
ref. B9781013646201Hardback. New. hardcover
ref. 1013646207.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1958ref. 054609New York: N. p. Dated 1958-1959 1958. Soft cover. Very Good. Original 36 b/w photographs taken by anonymous Turkish traveler to the US in 1958-59. 9x125 cm. Printed on Kodak Velox Paper. Embossed frames. Dated mostly February 1958 and April 1959. Photographs show the entrance of Rockefeller Plaza New York with flags of various countries including the Turkish flag; streets and districts of NY; Botanical Garden; Bronx Zoo of NY; New York Coliseum Long Island; Triboro Hospital of Jamaica NY; QGH Queens General Hospital and parking cars in front of the building; Queens Hospital Center of NY; Animal Hospital Boarding - Grooming; Road of Jamaica NY; Rockefeller Plaza building; Garden of QGH; building for doctors; Some American houses of NY; Ice rink of Rockefeller Plaza; Lakeshore etc. A fine vintage photo collection of the 1950s' New York. N. p., Dated 1958-1959 paperback
ref. A9781289344085Paperback / softback. New. paperback
ref. B9781289344085Paperback / softback. New. paperback
ref. BAZ9546PRamsay RELIE EN TRES BON ETAT.
ref. 101935674X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
