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1911réf. BK0114London: London News Agency Photos Ltd 1911. Original gelatin silver press photograph showing a large group of MÄori men and women in traditional and performance dress produced and distributed by London News Agency Photos Ltd. for coverage of the Festival of Empire. 8 x 5 ½ inches. Verso with L.N.A. "Please Acknowledge" agency stamp and contemporary typed caption "MAORI NATIVES FOR THE FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE"; later manuscript date "1914. Corner loss and general handling wear otherwise very good. An evocative press photograph documenting the MÄori presence at the 1911 Festival of Empire in London showing members of the touring company associated with MÄkereti Maggie Papakura the Tūhourangi guide performer and entrepreneur who brought a large Te Arawa concert party to Britain during the celebrations surrounding George V's coronation. Papakura's company had traveled to London expressly in connection with the Festival of Empire where contemporary reports anticipated their participation in the Pageant of Empire at the Crystal Palace. In the New Zealand portion of the pageant they were to represent the MÄori signatories to the Treaty of Waitangi and conclude the scene with a haka. Contemporary accounts of their arrival describe Papakura and the Tūhourangi leader Mita Taupopoki at the head of the party.1 A MÄori village was planned at the Crystal Palace but Festival authorities objected to the structures as a fire risk; after one was partly dismantled and the performers protested that tapu had been infringed the village was transferred to the Coronation Exhibition at White City.2 The troupe subsequently returned to perform at the Crystal Palace. 1 "ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES" New Zealand Graphic May 10 1911 7. 2 "TAPU VIOLATED. MAORIS DESERT CRYSTAL PALACE. DISAPPOINTING CONTRETEMPS." Taranaki Daily News July 18 1911 8. . London News Agency Photos Ltd unknown
1911réf. BK0114London: London News Agency Photos Ltd 1911. Original gelatin silver press photograph showing a large group of MÄori men and women in traditional and performance dress produced and distributed by London News Agency Photos Ltd. for coverage of the Festival of Empire. 8 x 5 ½ inches. Verso with L.N.A. "Please Acknowledge" agency stamp and contemporary typed caption "MAORI NATIVES FOR THE FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE"; later manuscript date "1914. Corner loss and general handling wear otherwise very good. An evocative press photograph documenting the MÄori presence at the 1911 Festival of Empire in London showing members of the touring company associated with MÄkereti Maggie Papakura the Tūhourangi guide performer and entrepreneur who brought a large Te Arawa concert party to Britain during the celebrations surrounding George V's coronation. Papakura's company had traveled to London expressly in connection with the Festival of Empire where contemporary reports anticipated their participation in the Pageant of Empire at the Crystal Palace. In the New Zealand portion of the pageant they were to represent the MÄori signatories to the Treaty of Waitangi and conclude the scene with a haka. Contemporary accounts of their arrival describe Papakura and the Tūhourangi leader Mita Taupopoki at the head of the party.1 A MÄori village was planned at the Crystal Palace but Festival authorities objected to the structures as a fire risk; after one was partly dismantled and the performers protested that tapu had been infringed the village was transferred to the Coronation Exhibition at White City.2 The troupe subsequently returned to perform at the Crystal Palace. 1 "ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES" New Zealand Graphic May 10 1911 7. 2 "TAPU VIOLATED. MAORIS DESERT CRYSTAL PALACE. DISAPPOINTING CONTRETEMPS." Taranaki Daily News July 18 1911 8. . London News Agency Photos Ltd unknown books
1867réf. 10025New York: John Dainty No. 37 Park Row - American News Company 119 and 120 Nassau Street 1867. Hardcover. Good . John Dainty Engravings. 12mo 165 pp. brown cloth covers with title lettered in gilt Not To Be Taken From The Hotel - 13 steel engravings folding map 21-1/4"x41" bound in between pp. 16 & 17; Legend: International Boundary - Indian Reservation Boundary - County Boundary Forest Reserve Boundary - Railroad - Wagon Road Trail - Township Lines - Ferry. Numerous full page merchant / business advertisements. -- Spine faded map has a couple of closed tears along the fold lines; otherwise quite nice. Binding tight moderately slanted. Text block is tight contents clean. -- Condition. John Dainty, No. 37 Park Row - American News Company, 119 and 120 Nassau Street hardcover
réf. 2091502135500241Japanese Silk Union N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 284 41p Size: 16x23cm Japanese Silk Union paperback
1936réf. 2111902156000521Nippon Dempo News Agency 1936. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Nippon Dempo News Agency? paperback
1936Telephone 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: Service to Japan, Hawaii and the Philippines now available; Anchors foul cable 4 times within 10 days - Burrard Inlet; Classified system will be extended to remainder of territory - includes full-page rate sheet; Company gains telephones in 1934 after 3 year decline (presumably due to the Great Depression); Company architect, Hugh D. Simpson; Our overseas service kept growing last year; Employee Sales Team Results; Statement of Development, 1 January 1935 - show # of phones per community; System suffers heaviest storm damage in history - January 1935 - 8 pages with photos; New exchange for the Albernis; John C. Miles succeeds John Johnston as Building Head; World Telephone network now includes 60 countries; Billy Palliser - champion salesman for Victoria Plant; Sechelt Company picnic; New phone system for thriving Alberni area - 4 pages with photos; Record 19,000 mile call from Vancouver to Perth, Australia; Dog's bark in Vancouver heard in Scotland; Round the world telephone talk sets record; Telephony's part in Canada's Jubilee celebration - 2 pages with photos; Parksville Exchange has Dial Unit at Qualicum Beach; Arthur R. Harness - garden awards; New switchboard handled by sightless operator - article with photos; PNE float details and photo; 2-page bio. with photo of Eugene P. LaBelle, the company's General Superintendant of Plant *MR. LABELLE'S NAME IS STAMPED ON THIS COPY*; Carrier circuits established between Vancouver and Calgary; Number of phones increased last year; Miss Elizabeth Murray, Vancouver's first chief operator, dies; New radio stations established; Fraser telephone building remodelled; Conference calls link Canadian cities by long distance (!); Operator school reopened; George E. Pittendrigh of Cloverdale, BC - installed Vancouver's first telephones; Telephone folks to the rescue; New Long Distance developments embrace Howe Sound Points; Key to Safety on the Job; New radio link serves Quesnel and adjacent mining area; Vancouver's first emergency phone calls; Newcastle Island Picnic; C.A. (Charlie) Price - Queer theories prove that people read the 'Yellow Pages"; James Welsh - our first formen; Article on the challenges of information operators; Seymour operating room photo; Mr. W.F. Salsbury - helped pave the way for our present telephone system; *CARICATURE OF E.P. LABELLE* and other company executives; Vancouver Arena fire damage quickly repaired; PNE float photo and details; Long Distance developments this year; Dominion Telephone organization meets in Victoria; Ex-policeman Ernest A. Harris recalls use of telephone in 1891; Monte Butler wins more rowing laurels; and more. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon fore- and top edges, and inside front board, else unmarked. Half-leather binding intact. Backstrip loose along front edge. Book
1800réf. 214185Japan. Kansei 12 1800. Black and white woodblock kawaraban print 25 x 33cm. Some worming repaired with Japanese tissue margins uneven. A strong dark image. This intriguing kawaraban reports on the shipwreck of a Chinese trading ship in December 1800 Kansei 12 at Yamana County in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture. The print was crafted to convey the details of the incident to various authorities featuring an illustration of the distressed Chinese ship. The coastal area where this occurred faces the Pacific Ocean and has been historically referred to as the shipwreck coast. The report accompanying the illustration provides information on the circumstances of the incident offering insights into the nature of the shipwreck and detailing the size of the ship involved. This historical print serves as a visual and informational record of a maritime event in the early 19th century reflecting the challenges faced by vessels navigating the waters off the coast of Yamana County. . unknown
réf. 121987Christmas Island Royal Army Educational Corps May 15 1957. . 2-leaf mimeographed broadside wire-stitched 33.5 x 20.5 cm text printed in red and black slight rusting from the staple excellent condition. A rare newsletter celebrating the supposed detonation of Britain's first hydrogen bomb as part of Operation Grapple in the Christmas Islands during 1957. The text describes the preparation the event itself and the Valiant XD 818 used to drop the bomb. Task Force Commander Air Vice Marshall W.E. Oulton and Scientific Director W.R.J. Cook are profiled. 'In MayJune 1957 the first three Grapple tests were held at Malden Island codenamed Grapple 1 Short Granite Grapple 2 Orange Herald and Grapple 3 Purple Granite. The nuclear devices were detonated high over the ocean after being dropped from a Valiant bomber. After the three tests the British Government falsely stated that it had achieved a thermonuclear explosion in the megaton range. The MidPacific News - a newsletter produced for staff and troops on Christmas Island - reported: 'Bomb Gone! H-Bomb puts Britain on level terms' Maclellan Grappling with the Bomb: Britain's Pacific H-Bomb Tests p. 2 2017. It was quickly determined that none of the detonations had actually reached 1 megaton but Grapple X in November of the following year achieved this. Christmas Island, Royal Army Educational Corps, May 15, 1957. unknown
1938Half-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: Photo of new office at Hope; 3 pages re: 'Up-to-the-minute' phone system for Vancouver's city hall; Article and photo of J.C. (Joe) Armstrong, founder of the B.C. Telephone Co.; Hope Joins our Phone System; 3 page article with photos re: The Jeffrees and the Pendrays - telephone pioneers in Victoria; The Birthplace of the Telephone - 2 page article; Employee sales plan resutls; Table of number of phone sets per B.C. community, January 1, 1937; The McMicking Family Tradition - 3 pages with photos; Roland (Sam) Nosworthy; North Vancouver Phones to Llanerchymedd; E.J. Haughton of Victoria; Linemen best Coquihalla avalanches; Lloyd Purdy; Peter McNeish; 'Thank-you' replaces repetition of numbers in Vancouver; George H. Halse, former CEO, passes away - 3 pages with photos; Cavalsky's Store was Nanaimo's first telephone office - 2 pages with photos; E. Purcell Johnston; Fire sweeps the Vancouver Sun - 2 pages; Harry Wilson; Great photo of construction men in front of Nanaimo phone office 25 years ago; 1886 fire leaves the Janes family home as Vancouver's telephone office - with photo; Robert Daniel Davies; We can telephone to China!; Life as a Vancouver operator; Low rates for Long-Distance calls Sundays and every night - with full-page rate sheet; Service to Britannia and Texada; Mrs. George Pittendrigh - Vancouver's first Toll Operator; PNE parade float cover photo; Service to Alaska now available; Operators rally to relieve load during Marpole fire; Edmund Esson; Juanita Booth, Seymour chief operator; James Cummins of Victoria - pioneer phone man; Newcastle Island picnic; Flat Rate Telephone Service for Greater Vancouver - 4 pages with photos; Dominion phone organization meets at Minaki Lodge; We can now talk to Haiti; "Operator, Get Me to the Police!" - 3 pages with photos; Anchor fouls North Vancouver cable; Engineers 'see' by phone during construction of new Pattullo Bridge, with photo; Photo of the London international switchboard - heart of the world telephone network; Ocean Falls and Edinburgh linked; Vancouver's phone directory - with photos; Vancouver can now 'magic carpet' from Vancouver to Bagdad; T. Percy Waters; Ten Years of Transoceanic Telephone Service, with photos; B.C. ship-to-shore service now available on commercial basis; Voices under the sea, by Al Miller; Reginald H. Milner; Pioneer James Cowherd; Submarine link with Britannia - 4 page article with photos; New Whytecliff office; Alfred Crickmay and his brothers; Development of the phone in B.C., by James Hamilton, V.P.; Operators used to need great memories - 2 page article with great Victorian-era operating room photo; Zeballos and Alert bay join phone system - article and photos; Prince Rupert centre of new radiotelephone network; Police session told of proposed teletype network; First call from Atlantic ship to Vancouver; Radio hams in our company; Newcastle Island picnic; Miss Almina Eligh; West Van exchange now includes Whytecliff; PNE float details and photos; F.C. Patterson retires, replaced by C.C. Simpson; Two submarine cables severed by Pier D Fire - with photos and text; Ship-to-shore demonstration on CJOR radio; Vancouver's telephone system will be converted to dial; C.A. (Charlie) Price; Frank C. Paterson; Beware of the common cold; Vancouver toll ro Book
In-4, 91p. Edition limitée à 301 exemplaires illustrés de 10 eaux-fortes hors texte tirées en bistre de Gierolewski. Ornementations (culs-de-lampe et encadrement) en 2 couleurs. Traduction française d'Ostroya et G. Masson. Un des 275 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin d'Arches. En excellente condition.
Pt. In-4, 64 pages non chiffrées. Edition originale. Un des 1000 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin Lafuma de Voiron. Illustré de 25 compositions en couleurs de Raoul Dufy. Impression soignée par Louis Kaldor, illustrations tirées sur les presses à bras d'Aimé Jourde et coloriées au pochoir par Richard. Exemplaire en parfaite condition, agréablement relié.
Petit In-4, 100p. Edition tirée à 371 exemplaires et illustrée de 75 lithographies originales de Hans Erni. Celui-ci est un des 240 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin d'Arches (exemplaire nominatif), signé par l'artiste et par l'éditeur à la justification. Enrichi d'un envoi autographe signé (pour Daniel) et d'un dessin original d'Erni en page de titre.
In-folio, 120p. Edition illustrée de 41 lithographies en couleurs d'Edouard Goerg. Tirage limité à 115 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin pur fil à la forme de Lana. Celui-ci un des 15 exemplaires comprenant une suite en état définitif et une suite sur pelure. Enrichi d'une eau-forte originale en noir de l'artiste.
1861réf. 21028London: Illustrated London News 1861. Hardcover. Very good condition. Two half yearly volumes for the year 1861 of this influential and popular illustrated newspaper with important content and many engravings the beginning of the US Civil War from the British perspective. Content includes an engraving of Jefferson Davis "President of the Southern Confederacy of America" with article on p248; Other articles illustrations include: Disunion in the United States; The Secession Movement in America; Map of Charleston Harbour; A Slave Auction in Virginia; John Anderson Fugitive Slave in Canada; The Hon. Jefferson Davis President of the Southern Confederacy of America; General Winfield Scott Commander in Chief of the United States' Forces; The Crowd at Baltimore Waiting for Mr. Lincoln President of the United States; President Lincoln Delivering his Inaugural Address in front of the Capitol at Washington; Slaves for Sale: A Scene in New Orleans The Dandy Slave; Interior of an American Railway-Car; The Secession of Virginia and the American Civil War; Mass Meeting in Union Square New York; The Future of Cotton. Unionist Scouting Party in the Virginia Woods; Attack on the Pickets of the Garibaldi Guard on the East Branch of the Potomac; Capture of a U.S. Dragoon; 'Contraband' of War; Battle of Bull's Run; Texas Rangers; Bringing in the federal wounded after the skirmish at Lewinsville VA; Fort Ochacoke; General McClelland Commander in Chief of the Federal Forces. 4to. Vol. I 622pp; Vol. II 676pp with Christmas supplement. Three quarter black calf with green cloth boards gilt title on spine. Edges worn a bit rubbed at spine. Internally clean binding tight. Illustrated London News hardcover
1889réf. 9023391New York: Illustrated News Co 1889. Hardcover. Near fine. Bound in half leather and marbled boards spine label stamped in gilt. Boards are lightly rubbed fore edge corners bumped. Profusely illustrated throughout. Large folio 624 pp approx 12x15". Images available on request. Illustrated News Co hardcover
1889réf. 9023391New York: Illustrated News Co 1889. Hardcover. Near fine. Bound in half leather and marbled boards spine label stamped in gilt. Boards are lightly rubbed fore edge corners bumped. Profusely illustrated throughout. Large folio 624 pp approx 12x15". Images available on request. Illustrated News Co hardcover books
1918réf. 4576London: The Evening News 1918. Very good. Newsprint broadsheet 643 x 444. 2 pp. not examined outside sleeve printed in black with red "6:30" edition stamp. Toned particularly along the two folds some evidence of staining and marginal tears not objectionable. A remarkable survival preserved in very good condition. ONE OF THE VERY FIRST PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE ARMISTICE OF WWI. OUR BROADSIDE FORMED PART OF THE MORNING EDITION STAMPED 6:30 IN RED WHICH PROCLAIMS THE COMMUNIQUE OF PRIME MINISTER DAVID LLOYD GEORGE: "THE ARMISTICE WAS SIGNED AT FIVE O'CLOCK THIS MORNING AND HOSTILITIES ARE TO CEASE ON ALL FRONTS AT 11 A.M. TO-DAY." THIS PRECEDES THE UNILLUSTRATED HOME EDITION OF THE SAME PAPER IN WHICH THE HISTORIC EVENTS ARE GIVEN AS "FAITS ACCOMPLIS." "In the early hours of 11 November final terms were laid out and at 5.12am the armistice was signed. It declared the 'cessation of hostilities by land and in the air six hours after the signing'. Terms of the agreement included: the immediate German withdrawal from the territories they had acquired during the conflict; the disarmament and demobilisation of the German military; and the release of Allied prisoners. The terms made it impossible for Germany to resume any fighting. "This was the last of the September - November 1918 armistices between the warring nations and peace came into effect six hours after the armistice was signed at 11am - or at the 'eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.' It has been estimated that during the time between the signing and the announcement of peace i.e. less than SIX HOURS the war produced a further 11000 casualties." SOURCE: Regiment Support Service History of Amistice Day online. Scarce in such good condition. The Evening News unknown
1918réf. 4576London: The Evening News 1918. Very good. Newsprint broadsheet 643 x 444. 2 pp. not examined outside sleeve printed in black with red "6:30" edition stamp. Toned particularly along the two folds some evidence of staining and marginal tears not objectionable. A remarkable survival preserved in very good condition. ONE OF THE VERY FIRST PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE ARMISTICE OF WWI. OUR BROADSIDE FORMED PART OF THE MORNING EDITION STAMPED 6:30 IN RED WHICH PROCLAIMS THE COMMUNIQUE OF PRIME MINISTER DAVID LLOYD GEORGE: "THE ARMISTICE WAS SIGNED AT FIVE O'CLOCK THIS MORNING AND HOSTILITIES ARE TO CEASE ON ALL FRONTS AT 11 A.M. TO-DAY." THIS PRECEDES THE UNILLUSTRATED HOME EDITION OF THE SAME PAPER IN WHICH THE HISTORIC EVENTS ARE GIVEN AS "FAITS ACCOMPLIS." "In the early hours of 11 November final terms were laid out and at 5.12am the armistice was signed. It declared the 'cessation of hostilities by land and in the air six hours after the signing'. Terms of the agreement included: the immediate German withdrawal from the territories they had acquired during the conflict; the disarmament and demobilisation of the German military; and the release of Allied prisoners. The terms made it impossible for Germany to resume any fighting. "This was the last of the September - November 1918 armistices between the warring nations and peace came into effect six hours after the armistice was signed at 11am - or at the 'eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.' It has been estimated that during the time between the signing and the announcement of peace i.e. less than SIX HOURS the war produced a further 11000 casualties." SOURCE: Regiment Support Service History of Amistice Day online. Scarce in such good condition. The Evening News unknown books
réf. SONG083682878XUsed: Good unknown
1900réf. 402610London : Illustrated London News 1900. 1st edition. Hardcover. Poor copies in monogrammed binding. Spine bands and panel edges rubbed and bumped as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 3 v. leaves of plates : ill ports ; 42 cm. Contents; ""The Illustrated London News record of the glorious reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901 : the life and accession of King Edward VII : and the life of Queen Alexandra""; ""The Illustrated London News record of the coronation service and ceremony. King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra""; ""Her Majesty's glorious jubilee 1897"". Subjects; Victoria Queen of Great Britain 1819-1901 Studies. Edward VII King of Great Britain 1841-1910. Alexandra Queen consort of Edward VII King of Great Britain 1844-1925. London : Illustrated London News hardcover
1927Telephone 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: Miss K. Perrin joins as health supervisor; New West office upgraded - super photos; New York Engineer describes latest developments i.e. transmitting photos over phone lines; the truth about instrument zoning; Excitement at Duncan office; Diary describes observations on Chilliwack line; New cable successfully laid from Galiano Island to Point Grey - 9 pages of text and good photos; New Trans-Gulf circuits opened; sleeping car reservations by phone; Joe Gagnon; Phone expansion in Bay store; Seymour remodeling complete; Operating room photos; Coal, Travelling Men and Toll Lines Feature Nanaimo; High Poles removed from Seymour St. - 6 pages of text and great photos; Miss E.R. Walker - manages traffic on Vancouver Island; Cobble Hill Exchange; photo of updated Ladysmith office; Coast now linked with Okanagan by phone; Miss A. Falconer of the Port Coquitlam office; Successful Canadian jubilee broadcast from Ottawa; Photo of Chemainus Office; Royal Alexandra Apartments Fire - phones used from burning buildings by reporters; Company will have its own line to Vernon; Photo of public phones/'Pay Stations'; Photo of Belmont office near Victoria; Table of phones in use per province in Canada; Six pages of info. and great photos re: Kootenay; Battling Storm King; Mexico City can now communicate with Vancouver; Direct cable to be laid to West Vancouver; Article on poles; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Substantial wear to backstrip with some chips missing. Book
réf. DADAX0531185389New unknown
Petit In-4, 100p. Edition tirée à 371 exemplaires et illustrée de 75 lithographies originales de Hans Erni. Celui-ci est un des 50 exemplaires de tete numérotés sur papier Japon nacré blanc (exemplaire n¡ 38), mais qui ne comporte pas la suite annoncée tirée en vert. Ce qui le rabaisse au niveau des 35 Japon nacér ivoire qui est la deuxième tranche du tirage. Signé par l'artiste et par l'éditeur à la justification.
Petit In-4, 55p. Edition tirée à 205 exemplaires et illustrée de 8 eaux-fortes originales de Hans Erni. Celui-ci est un des 105 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin de Lana, signé par l'artiste (avec une petite colombe dessinée) et par l'éditeur à la justification. Exemplaire flambant neuf.
Pt. In-8, XXIX-42-392-112- [10]p. Première et unique édition de ce rare ouvrage sur les plantes vénéneuses de Suisse. Exemplaire comportant le "Discours préliminaire sur les poisons en général", ce qui est encore moins fréquent. Bien complet du tableau dépliant (Clés Méthode de Haller) et des 3 planches rassemblant 93 figures gravées. Quelques annotations marginales d'époque, page de garde découpée, autrement très bon exemplaire.
