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1901réf. 106049Ludwigshafen am Rhein: Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Ludwigshafen am Rhein Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik 1901. Quarto x last blank 534 xi index pages plus 2 plates showing the company's German French and Russian factories and 20 'Pattern Sheets' with over 620 captioned mounted samples of dyed fabrics and threads. Original half morocco-grain cloth with green cloth sides embossed with a crocodile-skin pattern; spine lettered and decorated in gilt; joints cracked but sound; covers slightly marked with light wear to the corners and minor loss to the head and foot of the spine; paper lightly toned with occasional light foxing; a few trifling signs of use; overall a very good copy with the wonderful fabric samples uniformly bright and in fine condition. A comprehensive manual to the aniline dyes produced by the Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik including detailed instructions for dying yarns and printing fabrics. The mounted samples comprise wool 135 fabric swatches; cotton 180 swatches and tassels of thread; silk 138 tassels; blended fabrics 96 swatches; and printed fabrics 72 swatches and tassels. The verso of the front flyleaf contains a printed generic 'with compliments' message ending with 'For Own Use Only'; this copy was presented to the John Young & Company cotton mill in Radcliffe Manchester in January 1907. Founded in 1865 the Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik was a pioneer manufacturer of synthetic dyes. Still based in Ludwigshafen and now trading as BASF it is currently the largest chemical producer in the world. Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik] hardcover
1914réf. B6358Sydney: Anthony Hordern and Sons. 1914. Hardcover. Very Good. Some light water marks confined to prelims. Some corners lightly worn.; Rebound in burgundy buckram title label in gilt. Original cloth cover laid down.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 1530 pages; Overall an excellent specimen of a rare WW1 issue . Anthony Hordern and Sons hardcover
1910504 pages. Index. "The discovery of a number of minute-books and official documents has made it possible in a considerable number of cases to reach conclusions as precise as those obtainable about a modern company in the Official Intelligence or the Stock Exchange Year-Book." - from Preface. Frontis is comprised of a two-page black and white reproduction of a 1622 map illustrating the Somers Islands and the land-holdings of its shareholders. Average soiling and wear. Binding intact. Sound copy. Please note: this book is Volume II (only) of a three-volume set. Book
1924Telephone 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: Great cover photo of Duncan operating room; Several photos of new interior plant equipment at Duncan; Sensational 9-page feature on Duncan and district with great photos of the area including Duncan Station, Maple Bay, Genoa Bay, and an aerial view; Fire deprives downtown Vancouver of service - photos and text; Grand Forks office and staff; Table showing "Exchanges in order of Per Cent Good Calls Out"; Statement of Development as of 1 January 1924 showing number of phones per community; Cover photo of steamer Jacques Cartier; Nice full-page showing two views of Vancouver Harbour with many ships in port; 7 page feature on the Port of Vancouver with several great photos; Possibilities of both radio and wire telephony; Exchanges in order of percent good out calls; Excellent full-page photo of Ballantyne pier, Burrard Inlet; Take advantage of company's new savings plan; Fine addition to shipping facilities on Burrard Inlet - Ballantyne Pier - 5 great photos with text; Greater Vancouver will benefit by reduced telephone rate; Repair shop has greatly expanded in recent years - 6 pages with nice photos; nice full-page photo of the Empress of Australia in port; Greater Vancouver Inter-Exchange Telephone Service; Fold-out map of Vancouver area exchanges, complet with great statistics; Telephone extenstion to Campbell River; 8 page feature on the flow of commerce through Canada's western port with many absolutely smashing photos; Cover photo of Glenburn office; 6-page feature on the B.C. Herring fishery with excellent photos (re: sea lions, contains the following quote "The government is undertaking to greatly lessen the numbers of this prey animal"); archival photo of laying the first underground cable in Vancouver; Statement of Development - # of phones operating in each community; Cover photo of Milner office; photo mosaic of 5 lower valley exchange offices; Wonderful 8 page feature on the great supply district (i.e. the lower Fraser Valley) of BC coastal cities - excellent photos including a shot of the only remaining original Hudson's Bay Company building at Langley; New Gordon Head Exchange cut over; New Point Grey office under way; new observation office aids efficiency; Electrical Communication Development; Full-page photo of sailors from the battleship H.M.S. Repulse marching through Vancouver; Multiple photos of British warships docked at Victoria; Article and photos of the visit of the Royal Navy to Vancouver; The Traffic Department and the Public it serves; Tennis Tournaments; Printing a phone directory; Great feature on Ship Salvors (Salvagers) with many photos; A motoring trip through the U.S., with photos; Biggest cable will cross False Creek; Oxygen Farms; Cornelius Vanderbilt writes of his long distance call from Alberni to Los Angeles; P.B.X. serves interesting purposes - 5 pages with photos; Early motor tourists to B.C., with photos; Full-page photo of the Empress of Canada; 5 page illustrated article on the reclamation of the Sumas; The switchboard as a newspaper; Health secrets of the telephone pole - 3 illustrated pages; new Victoria equipment; Bayview library proves popular; cover photo of a long-distance operator timing a call with a calculagraph; Billing toll and inter-exchange calls keeps eight clerks busy - 3 pages with photos; 7 page a Book
1921Telephone 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: Greatest growth of company was during past year; Sound - a non-technical talk on a technical subject; Accidents which a careless workman may cause; Graph of the number of phones in service from 1903 through 1920; Table listing the exchanges in order of percent good toll calls; Statement of development - a table listing the number of phones in service per exchange across the province; Photo montage of three of the Agents of lower mainland offices; Proposed central office extensions indicate a busy year; Snow and wind storms seriously damage toll leads on Vancouver Island; Repairing submarine cable near Friday Harbor was trying experience; Preparing to lay a third cable between the mainland and Vancouver Island; Magnets - non-technical talk on a technical subject; Statistical Review of the province's industries; Nice photo montage of 5 lady Vancouver Island company representatives; Planned additions; Start of Export Trade in Bulk Wheat - nice photos; Naming a telephone office; Fourty Years of the Telephone; Photo montage of 4 lady company representatives on southern Vancouver Island; The Gathering of Material for Use of Telephone Men - 5-page illustrated article; Application for increased rates before Railway Board; Shipping railway ties to Egypt; Plant activities; Excellent 10-page article describes the laying of the second submarine cable to Vancouver Island (Point Grey to Nanaimo) - many great photos; Photo montage of four lovely ladies who serve as supervising officials in the traffic department; Railway board accedes to request for rate increase; Repair job on North Vancouver Submarine Cable - photos and map; First Convention of Canadian telephone companies very successful - 10 page article with photos; Convention Delegates tour Capilano Timber Company operations - photo montage; Photo montage of chief operators of mainland two-number offices; new Kerrisdale exchange opens; New P.B.X at Spencers (Department Store); Current phone directory is an improvement; 2 pages of samples of past phone directories; Construction of switchboard cords; laying conduit along Georgia St., Vancouver (2 photos); Emergency reveals bravery of B.C. telephone operators; photos of Port Coquitlam flood; amazing photo of washed out bridge over Capilano River; Pioneer line construction - telegraph line between Toronto and Buffalo, NY in 1846; Good Qualities of Loud Speakers; photo of timber cutting to clear a right-of-way to give service to the Broadview district; photo of underground conduit being laid in downtown Nanaimo, with horses and wagon in picture; What constitutes Central's activities at the Capital City Exchange - 4 pages with photos; Rubber covered wires and cables - 3 page article with photos; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Backstrip loose along front edge. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge else unmarked. Binding intact. Aside from backstrip, a sound copy. Book
réf. 197420S.l. [Paris], s.d. gravure in-8 oblongue de 24 x 30 cm, en feuille, fixée sur papier fort. Cachet monogramé.
réf. 207589S.l., s.d. (1900) 176 cartes postales de format 9 x 14 cm,
réf. 15975Paris, Etienne Ganeau, 1722. Deux tomes en deux volumes in-12, (10)-378-(6) pp. et (6)-316 pp., plein veau raciné de l'époque, dos à nerf orné, pièce de titre, tranches carmin (plats frottés, mors fendus, manque au tome inférieur du tome second, une coiffe inférieure du tome I et coiffe de tête du tome II arrachées).
1877réf. 3656Erstattet von der Centralcommission des Deutschen Reiches für die Wiener Weltausstellung. 3 Bände in 21 Heften. Mit 92 Abb. im Text. Braunschweig, F. Vieweg u. Sohn, 1874-1877. Gr.-8vo. (ca. 23,0 x 14,5 cm). I: V, 89 S.; XI, 808 S. II: XII, 912 S. III/1: XIII, 1045; VIII, 526 S. III/2: VIII, 686 S. Orig.-Umschläge.
1833réf. 5872Kundgemacht vom Vereine zur Ermunterung des Gewerbsgeistes in Böhmen am 4. Oktober 1833, dem Tage des Prämienfestes. (Redaktion: K[arl] J[oseph} Kreutzberg). Prag, Druck u. Papier von G. Haase Söhne, 1833. 8vo. (19,8 x 12,4 cm). 197 S.; 1 Bl., 88 S. Anhang. Marmorierter Halblederband d. Zt. mit reicher Rückenvergoldung.
1843réf. PHO-2377Paris, L. Passard et Lavigne, 1843 4 volumes in-8° (21x13,5cm), demi maroquin vert, dos à nerfs orné avec titre et tomaison. Frottements, petit accroc au dos t1, coiffe usée t4, charnière fragile t2 & 4. Carte dépliante entoilée rangée dans son étui de toile noire (facsimilé). Peu courant.
1795réf. 17633Paris, Maradan an-IIIe - 1795 ; in-8, broché ; (4), 292 pp. , carte dépliante «Des Etats mitoyens de l'Amérique unie dressée d'après les Autorités les plus nouvelles et les mieux choisies par Thomas Cooper (gravé par P.F. Tardieu)».
1830réf. PHO-1108Paris, Pillet aîné, 1830. 2 volumes in-8 (210x130), LX-294-1ff , 2ff-361pp-1ff , brochage éditeur , L'ouvrage est orné de deux frontispices dépliants , la planche de pirogue qui manque souvent et la carte de manniloco , petits défauts à la reliure , petites rousseurs mais bel exemplaire avec en fin du tome 2 le catalogue de Pillet avec l’annonce de la parution du voyage de Freyssinet Hill, n°481 ,Sabin, n°20176 ,Chadenat, n°561.
1903réf. PHO-1294Masson, 1905. 4 vol. in-4 . Texte : broché (dos très usés avec manques et plats détachés au tome III, avec des défauts aux autres tomes); IV- 1210 pp. 428 reproductions photographiques dans le texte, 30 planches num. in & hors-texte, 2 pl. hors-t. n. ch. Atlas : cartonnage vert éditeur (frotté et tâché, bords des cartes un peu piqués et poussiéreux). 16 planches en couleurs contenant l'itinéraire général de la mission entre Ouargla et Bangui à l'échelle de 1/400.000e avec un levé détaillé du cours du Chari aux basses eaux entre Fort-Lamy et Fort-Archambault, à l'échelle de 1/100.000e.
1803réf. AMO-4482A Paris, chez Treuttel et Würtz, An XI - 1803 3 volumes in-8 brochés (22 x 14 cm) de (8)-XXII-316-(3), (4)-342-(2) et (4)-354-(1) pages. Couverture d'origine en papier gris. Etiquettes de titre imprimées aux dos (avec manques). Petits manques de papier en tête et en queue de couverture, dos légèrement fendus mais néanmoins brochage encore solide. Intérieur très frais, en grande partie non coupé, imprimé sur beau papier vergé chiffon resté bien blanc. Edition originale. L'auteur écrit en tête de son avant-propos : "Un nouvel ordre vient de naître ; la paix succède à la guerre; le calme à l'orage; les lois à l'anarchie, et la stabilité aux incertitudes [...] Honneur au Gouvernement réparateur qui vient de resusciter l'empire des lois protectrices et des institutions saintes, de réconcilier les hommes avec les principes, et de triompher des erreurs dangereuses que les passions révolutionnaires avaient inoculées dans toutes les classes de la société. La France enfin respire, et les jours de bonheur commencent. [...]". Cet élan d'optimisme sera bientôt démenti par les faits, la paix ne sera pas comme annoncé, les temps de bonheur encore lointains. Sans doute Blanc de Volx avait-il envie d'y croire. Jean Blanc de Volx, né à Lyon, fonctionnaire de l'Empire, est l'auteur d'ouvrages intéressants et estimés sur la révolution française et ses suites, le commerce et la politique (Biographie universelle des contemporains, III, p. 50). Outre celui-ci, on lui doit Des causes des révolutions et de leurs effets (1801) et Du commerce de l'Inde (1802).. Blanc de Volx était receveur des douanes à Naples sous l'Empire sous le gouvernement de Murat. Il soutenait les théories mercantiles quant au commerce des Indes. Il est le père de l'historien de la peinture Charles Blanc et de l'historien républicain membre du gouvernement provisoire de 1848, Louis Blanc. A propos de son Etat commercial de la France (1803), l'économiste Adolphe Blanqui aîné écrit : "Ce livre est fortement empreint des idées exclusives qui ont prévalu dans nos assemblées délibérantes pendant la durée des hostilités révolutionnaires. Il faut le lire, ne fut-ce que pour se convaincre du danger des préjugés qui peuvent égarer un honnête homme, même quand il rêve le bien de son pays." (Histoire de l'économie politique en Europe, A. Blanqui, Paris, Guillaumin, 1837, tome I, p. 400). L'état commercial de la France est dédié au citoyen Joseph Bonaparte, Conseiller d'état, ministre de la république, frère aîné de Bonaparte futur empereur des français (1804). Dans le premier volume Blanc de Volx traite des généralités sur le commerce : l'argent, les banques, le luxe, les impôts, les manufactures et l'agriculture. Dans le deuxième volume il aborde les questions de commerce extérieur entre la France et l'étranger, ave les colonies. Il aborde les questions de l'esclavage et du système colonial. Enfin dans le troisième et dernier volume il traite de la question de la législation commerciale (douanes, chambres de commerces, faillites et banqueroutes, etc.). Avec l'exposition de ses théories mercantiles qui plaçaient le commerce au dessus de tout comme source de richesse des états, Blanc de Volx s'opposait ainsi à la majorités des économistes de son temps. Son livre conserve par ce fait un très grand intérêt documentaire et doit faire partie de toute bibliothèque renfermant les principaux ouvrages sur le sujet du commerce de la France. Références : INED, 526 ; Einaudi, I, 520. Très bon exemplaire à l'état de parution.
réf. 231210Paris, Froullé [Imprimerie de Clousier], 1786 in-4, iv pp., 511 pp., les pp. 201-208 ont été par erreur deux fois (à leur place naturelle ; entre les pp. 208 et 209), manque le tableau dépliant en regard de la p. 488, veau fauve marbré, dos à nerfs cloisonné et fleuronné, pièce de titre, encadrement de simple filet à froid sur les plats, guirlande dorée sur les coupes, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque). Charnière supérieure en partie fendue, deux coins abîmés, exemplaire légèrement déboîté.
réf. 225735Paris, Henri Plon, 1866 - 1872 3 parties en un fort vol in-4, [2] ff. n. ch., XXVII pp., 342 pp., un f. n. ch., 402 pp., un f. n. ch. de table, [2] ff. n. ch., ij pp., 118 pp., un f. n. ch. de table [Suplément et tables]. demi-chagrin noir, dos à nerfs orné de filets à froid et de fleurons dorés, simple filet à froid sur les plats (reliure de l'époque).
réf. 221448S.l., 1757 2 parties en un vol. petit in-8, [2] ff. n. ch., 206 pp., [2] ff. n. ch., 168 pp., un f. n. ch. d'errata, avec un frontispice gravé par Legrand d'après De Sève, veau fauve marbré, dos à nerfs cloisonné et fleuronné, pièce de titre cerise, hachuré doré sur les coupes, tranches mouchetées de rouge (reliure de l'époque).
réf. 167286Amsterdam, D.J. Changuion, 1781 2 vol. in-4 carrés, VIII-619-[5] et [4]-XVI-531-[5] pp., demi-basane fauve marbrée à coins, dos lisses ornés de filets et pointillés dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison (reliure de l'époque). Coupes et pièces de titre très frottées, une coiffe supérieure abîmée.
réf. 170789Paris, Delaunay, 1827 2 vol. in-8, [4]-XXIV-514 et [4]-506 pp., demi-basane brune, dos lisse, filets dorés (rel. de l'époque). Dos frotté, rousseurs.
1870réf. 315110New York: George Blackie & Co 1870. Woodcut illustrations throughout. 12mo. Publishers pink pictorial wrappers. Woodcut illustrations throughout. 12mo. Includes marked playing cards gambling and magic books magic tricks novelties and all sorts of curiosities and miscellany such as "False Moustaches that cannot be detected when worn" offered by New York wholesale agents George Blackie & Co. George Blackie & Co unknown
1870réf. 315110New York: George Blackie & Co 1870. Woodcut illustrations throughout. 12mo. Publishers pink pictorial wrappers. Woodcut illustrations throughout. 12mo. Includes marked playing cards gambling and magic books magic tricks novelties and all sorts of curiosities and miscellany such as "False Moustaches that cannot be detected when worn" offered by New York wholesale agents George Blackie & Co. George Blackie & Co unknown books
1778réf. 39128London. 1778. The rare Parliamentary printing of a bill relating to American trade under consideration by the House of Commons. In 1660 during the reign of Charles II Parliament passed a bill "for the encouraging and encreasing of Shipping and Navigation" which granted bonding for ships and vessels transporting goods from British plantations in Africa Asia and America directly to another British plantation or to a port in England Ireland or Wales. Three years later Ireland was struck from the list. The present law passed during the American Revolution restores Ireland's bonds privileges allowing her ports to accept goods directly from the colonies in the Americas now mostly limited to Canada and the West Indies Asia and Africa. Not in Kress Goldsmiths' or TPL. OCLC locates three copies at the University of Arizona the University of Texas at Dallas and the University of Regina Saskatchewan. A rare example of a law reflecting the changes of British mercantilism at the close of the First Empire. 3pp. plus printed docket title on verso of second leaf. Bifolium. Three early horizontal folds. Very minor foxing and soiling. Near fine untrimmed. unknown
1778réf. 39128London. 1778. The rare Parliamentary printing of a bill relating to American trade under consideration by the House of Commons. In 1660 during the reign of Charles II Parliament passed a bill "for the encouraging and encreasing of Shipping and Navigation" which granted bonding for ships and vessels transporting goods from British plantations in Africa Asia and America directly to another British plantation or to a port in England Ireland or Wales. Three years later Ireland was struck from the list. The present law passed during the American Revolution restores Ireland's bonds privileges allowing her ports to accept goods directly from the colonies in the Americas now mostly limited to Canada and the West Indies Asia and Africa. Not in Kress Goldsmiths' or TPL. OCLC locates three copies at the University of Arizona the University of Texas at Dallas and the University of Regina Saskatchewan. A rare example of a law reflecting the changes of British mercantilism at the close of the First Empire. 3pp. plus printed docket title on verso of second leaf. Bifolium. Three early horizontal folds. Very minor foxing and soiling. Near fine untrimmed. unknown books
1801réf. 44263Dieppe France. July 1801. Rebuilding Trade After the Quasi War An interesting and rare artifact of the attempt to rebuild French-American trading relations in the wake of the so-called "Quasi-War" between the two nations. The Quasi-War was an undeclared conflict between the United States and France during John Adams' administration in the late 1790s manifested mostly in naval engagements between the two nations. The war wreaked havoc on American commerce with France which only began to be rebuilt with the Convention of 1800. The present printed circular was created by "Le Baron fils" the former American consular agent in Dieppe and was apparently sent to a variety of American merchants encouraging them to once again send shipments of American goods to that French port. Not much is known of Le Baron fils though he did correspond with Benjamin Franklin and he served as the American consular agent at Dieppe for several years. This copy of Le Baron fils' circular was sent to prominent New York merchant and politician Nicholas Low and is dated in manuscript July "24." It is addressed to Low in manuscript on the fourth page and his name is also written in the upper left corner of the circular. In the printed text Le Baron fils states: "you may see by the inclosed Price Current of our Colonial & American goods not present here that our prices are more advantageous than in Bordeaux as we are more in the center of the Republick nearer to Paris Rouen Amiens and all the Chiefest manufacturing towns of France." Low is encouraged to "consign me some goods the sale of which shall be attended to with the greatest care and the proceeds of which will be sent to you either in goods from this country or in Bills on Paris London or Hamburgh at your choice." The printed text concludes by giving the names of the American consuls at Paris and Hamburg as well as two English trading houses as references to Le Baron fils' character. Le Baron fils adds in manuscript: "Mr. J. Clason & Mr. C. Codwise of yr place can give you an account upon my house in case you want quick information." Old folds some edge wear small tears at edges of fold fourth page torn from wax seal. Very good overall. unknown
