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2021Best.-Nr. Atlantic-9789811594298Palgr Mac 2021. 1. Paperback. New. Palgr Mac paperback
2021Best.-Nr. Atlantic-9789811594298Palgr Mac 2021. 1. Paperback. New. Palgr Mac paperback
194894 pages. Articles:.The House at Hyde Park - the home FDR loved; Spare-Time Statesman - President of General Electric, Charles E. Wilson; Does the Army Want the Reserves? - its brass hats view civilian soldiers with mixed feelings; Sketches in Sawdust - Paintings of Circus folk; Why Atoms Don't Fly - obstacles to atomic-powered aircraft; The Fat of the Land - a new theory of obesity and its cure. Fiction: I'm a Stronger in Town Myself (part 1 of 3); The Half-Shot Hereford; A Very Funny Guy; Bride and Room; A Sure Thing; Madam President (conclusion). Includes ads for: Parker pens 1951; Pepsodent - featuring Marjorie Groats; Lifebuoy soap; RCA Victor radios and phonographs; Milky Way Chocolate Bars; Diamond Trucks - great color photo; Willys-Overland Motors "Jeep"; Drewry's Old Stock Ale - featuring Mountie; Argus cameras (twin lens); Pontiac - centerfold; Stewart-Warner radios; Oldsmobile; Foot Pals; Walt Disney's "Melody Time" movie; Templeform hats; DeSoto cars; GM Electro-motive division; Solovox; Dutch Boy Paint; Frazer cars; Santa Fe Railroad; National Guard; United Jewish Appeal - full page showing hoards behind barbed wire; Back cover Coke ad shows young lady who has stopped for a break from driving. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Best.-Nr. 271024 January and 27 February 1941. Letter One 4 Jan. 1941 two pages 4tofold marks good condition. He's been asked about The Miscellany which never appeared. He avoids the subject and goes on to discuss his involvement with the book Trade Winds Christopher Morley and Old Q's Almanac and an eccentricity of Morley's "the exact date of the vernal equinox" so that he can sell a copy of the book no matter if open shop at 3a.m. He intends to edit a letter from Guthrie for "the Miscellany". He continues "The letters that I receive from England continue to be astounding. The magnificent courage of teh English in the face of the terror and the destruction that I have witness sic in the newseels is somethting too great to be expressed in words". He asks about the reception of the President's speech which represented the general view. The letter tails off with New Year's wishes etc.; Letter Two 27 February 1941 three pages 4to good condition. He explains how many copies he makes of letters and his exoresses astonishment that "all books we have ordered since the War started have been safely received.". He then comments on the "fire raod" that led to so much desruction of publishers' stocks "millions of books destroyed . but the spirit of the men who printed those cannot be destroyed". He discusses his policy of over-buying books from England. He is rearranging the look of his stock and culling it of those tht havene't sold. He mentions the effects of flu on staff and he has been working of Trade Winds.Then he mentions his working habits dictation at night etc followed by a critique of a Ford Madox Ford novel then quoting "Low Sarrett's Requiem for a Modern Croesus" claiming that he doesn't disoarage wealth. He would welcome it. "But love of wealth must be tempered with a love of wit or life is barren". He takes his leave. 4 January and 27 February 1941 unknown
Best.-Nr. 19474Uppsala (Suède) Bertil Hjert 1984 in folio (33x25) 1 volume reliure toilée noire de l'éditeur sous jaquette en couleurs, 405 pages, avec 103 reproductions en noir et blanc et 172 planches en couleurs, petite trace de mouillure claire affectant le bas de la reliure et de la jaquette uniquement (sans atteinte au texte). Bon exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
1942Half-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: Many photos of the Ocean Falls mill, the plant and townsite of the Powell River mill, the Woodfibre mill, the Port Mellon mill, and Port Alice; Next Vancouver Dial Cut-Over on Saturday, April 12; Seymour's last 'Number Please' will be uttered April 12; 1886 photo of Tilley's bookstore which housed Vancouver's first telephone switchboard; photo of the Empire Building which housed Vancouver's telephone eschange from 1890 until 1907; Edward (Big Ed) William Singer passes away; Trinity operating room; Statement of Development (# of telephones in various exchanges) as at 1 January, 1941; Savings and Government Loans - article by President of the RBOC; War Bonds Appeal; Telephone operator Marion L. Davis writes of war-time Britain; Pioneer Mission Phone man John A. Catherwood passes away; Notes and photos from Eddie Esson, braving the blitz in England; Employees form credit unions; 6 samples of Canada's first telephone advertising, used in 1877 to promote Bell Telephone usage; artistic full-page war bond advert. with a Churchillian quote and silhouette, complete with cigar; Several pages of nice photos from the Courtenay/Comox region, including the Cumberland Mine; Courtenay and Comox receive new and improved phone service; All of downtown Vancouver now served by dial - multi-page article with photos; John Hough - The Comox Argus; Recycling phone books; Norman J. Dunlop retires; Many photos of Trail and vicinity; New dial unit for Victoria - text and photos; "Buck" Telephone advertisements - promoting the safety benefits of phones; Lauchie McMillan; Many great photos of Port Albernia and area, including a more heavily treed Cathedral Grove; PNE phone exhibit promotion; Peter Grant, Superintendant of switchboard construction, retires; Alan C. Irvine - new Marine Wire Chief; each issue concludes with the number of phones in each exchange; Many photos of Kamloops and area; 'Shortage of Telephone Supplies is a Wartime Problem'; Earl Squire; Fraser telphones now served by dial system - significant text and many photos; War Bond advert.; Elizabeth Teague retires as Victoria Toll Chief; 12 year growth chart of company's system with accompanying bar graph intended to show 'why forecasting is difficult'; Fascinating and substantial text and photos emphasizing conservation due to, among other things, a tin and rubber shortage due to Japanese attacks on Malaya; Photos and text of facility wartime blackout preparations; Jean Peard retires; Name of Highland office to be changed to Hastings; Photos of executives; photos of operator school; A.R.P. (Air Raid Protection?) meetings; Ship-to-shore service saves valuable log tows; Allan Wood Hunter recounts developing phone services in Venezuela; Many photos of drills to prepare for air attacks; Government puts restrictions on telephone installations; Did you use your phone during the Blackout? - article; James Cruickshank retires; Many photos of lovely young operators from across the province; Air Raid Sirens - photos and captions; Article on Norman MacDonald; William Sherry killed in Libya; Hugh D. Simpson; photo of 93' pole being escorted by policeman on motorcycle; Many ARP photos with captions; photo of tabulators at 'information'; two awesome photos from the Marine-Pacific facility; "Watch the Clock Wh Book
1980Best.-Nr. 64491980 8 vol. in-8, toile éditeur. P.
1861Best.-Nr. 2712355Melbourne: Wilson and Mackinnon 1861. In good condition. Octavo pp. iv 32 double column; bound without wrappers in modern morocco gilt. Very scarce: one of the early impressions of this important pamphlet account of the expedition drawn from the original Melbourne Argus reports. It was reprinted many times between November 1861 and January 1862. This is identified as an early issue and probably the first by the two misprints in the second column on page 25: "Fred. Mueller" for "Ferd."; "explanaions" for "explanations". "The largest the most expensive and the worst-led expedition yet seen in Australia the Victorian Exploring Expedition became a symbol of inter-colonial rivalry. There can be little doubt that the prime objective of the expedition when it set out in August 1860 was to beat Stuart's South Australian expedition to the north coast at any cost. And a high cost it was." Wantrup. . Wilson and Mackinnon unknown
