Author Not StatedMareMagnum
1997139 pages. Lavishly illustrated with colour plates. Text in Chinese and English. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Moderate wear and closed three inch tear to dust jacket. Moderate wear to illustrated slipcase. A quality copy of this magnificent work. Book
195264 pages. Features: Cover illustration by Franklin Arbuckle of many boaters upon Lake St. Louis, Quebec; Colour ad for the 1952 Meteor car inside front cover; How Dr. James Gareth Endicott Fronts for the Reds - one of international Communism's greatest assets in the world today; When Chautauqua Came to Town; Outspoken Toronto Mayor Allan Lamport; The Chateau Frontenac Hotel - article with colour photos; They Want the Unwanted - Quebec couple Dirk and Truus Vandervalk help children from broken homes; Listen the the Mockingbird (fiction); Revolution in Lotusland - Vancouver Island is booming; Entertainer Francis Grove Peddie (aka Thomas Craig, the CBC's noontime farmer); Classy colour one-page ad for the Ford Monarch mentions the Canadian Open golf tournament at the St. Charles Country Club, Winnipeg; Ten Percent of What? - article on tipping in restaurants; Champion Spark Plug ad features 1952 Indy winner Troy Ruttman; Pontiac centrefold (Catalina shown); Half-page ad for Dominion Bridge shows steel plant ladle crane; Chevrolet truck ad; Coke ad on back cover features formally-dressed lady and tray of food; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
1958Features: Loaded with British Columbia content! Nice Full-page colour ad for Bulova watches; A Native's Return to B.C., by Pierre Berton; Nice colour photo ad for the 1958 Ford cars; Feature article on Victoria's Government Street, with colour photos; Many B.C.-themed cartoons; The Salty Princesses of the Pacific Coast - B.C.'s Princess Boats - article with colour photos; The Douglas Fir - the vanishing giant that built a province; The Rise and Fall of Social Credit - the west's wonder party now seems headed for destruction; What B.C. means to nine of its best artists - many colour illustrations commissioned by Maclean's - works by Jack Shadbolt, Joe Plaskett, Bruno Bobak, Lawren Harris, Gordon Smith, Molly Bobak, B.C. Binning, E.J. Hughes, John Korner; The Truth about the Sasquatch - fiction by Vernon Hockley; Nice colour full-page ad for B/A gas stations; Glamourous colour ad for B-58 Buick; Labatt's '50' ale colour ad; Nice colour ad for the Sheraton - Mt. Royal Hotel; Great full-page black and white photo ad for Canada Mink; Faded Coke ad on back cover shows a mountain scene and people in cowboy hats. Covers detached but present else average wear. Unmarked. Lerner & Williamson 1996. Magazine
194172 pages. Features: Lovely colour Coke ad inside front cover shows young lovely reclining on grass beside flower bed; One-page Singer sewing machine ad features Red Cross worker Mrs. John Collingwood Reade, and daughter Jo, of Toronto, and their identical dresses; News digest discusses events in Yugoslavia and Greece, the Battle of the Atlantic, Sinkings and Replacements, and the Axis Threat to Washington; Frigidaire fridge ad; Fellow-Canadians, It's Revolution! - war brings the greatest economic upheaval that Canada has ever known; Irish Gaps in Britain's Defence - photo-illustrated article discusses sea-bases that would help to defeat Hitler's air and u-boat piracy on Atlantic shipping, with photo of Eamon de Valera, Premier of Eire, leaving No. 10 Dowing St. after declaring his policy of 'neutrality'; Diver in Scarlet (short story); "Canada Doesn't Know There's a War On" - article with photos of bomb damage in Britain; Storm Warning (short story); The Gentle Art of Murder / Inside the Gestapo - fascinating photo-illustrated article which discusses the SD.RFSS Alarm Command and Heydrich, with photo of Rudolf Formis; A Night Call (short story); Why Not a Four-Minute Mile? - article with photos of Jack Lovelock, Glenn Cunningham, Paavo Nurmi and Peruki; Vacations in Old Quebec; Hollywood news and photos; Woodbury soap ad features photo of lovely Miss Melba Lee, daughter of Mrs. Wallace Orr of Montreal and Bermuda; Wonderful red and black Victory Bonds ad entitled "Some of the Things Your Dollars Will Buy" includes 16 photos of armaments and servicemen; Half-page Canadian Pacific photo ad for the Banff Springs Hotel; Half-page ad for the Eighth Census of Canada; Diving is Such Fun; Food, Victory, Peace; Health for Victory; Colour Ritz cracker ad; Fashion illustrations; Nice colour shredded wheat ad inside back cover; Back cover colour ad for Canada canned lobster requests help from the women of Canada to replace overseas markets lost due to the war; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this extraordinary wartime issue. Book
1945152 pages. Large oblong book measuring 10" x 14.5". "Because war censorship forbade publicity there is a widespread lack of knowledge of the outstanding production job for the war effort done by British Columbia industry... Few British Columbians - certainly very few Eastern Canadians, United States business men or British Empire industrialists - realize the extent of the accomplishments and the facilities that are now available here for manufacturing of all kinds. This survey has been prepared to place on record the information that is felt should be known. It is in two parts: First, an illustrated news section graphically telling the story of leading manufacturing developments; second, a concise factual compilation of statistics giving complete authoritative basic data." - from title page. The section on leading manufacturers is profusely illustrated with glorious black and white photos. Companies presented include: West Coast Shipbuilders Ltd.; Western Bridge and Steel Fabricators Ltd.; Vivian Engine Works Ltd.; Vivian Diesels and Munitions Ltd.; Arrow Transfer Co. Ltd.; Canada Western Cordage Co. Ltd.; Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd.; Boyles Bros. Drilling Company Ltd.; Canadian Mixermobile Company; United Distillers Ltd.; The H.R. Macmillan Export Company Limited; Industrial Engineering Ltd. (power/chain saw manufacturer); British Columbia (B.C.) Packers; W.R. Carpenter (Canada) Ltd. - crushers of copra and oil seeds; Edward Lipsett Ltd - commercial fishing supplies; Vancouver Iron Works Limited; British Columbia Telephone Company The Canadian Fishing Company Ltd; British Columbia Distillery Company Limited; Hammond Furniture Company Ltd; American Can Company Limited; Empire Sheet Metal Works Ltd; Canada Chain and Forge Company; Vancouver Engineering Works Ltd; Dominion Bridge Company Limited - including a grand photo of their new Pattulo Bridge looking toward the barrens of Surrey, plus a photo of the Hotel Vancouver's underlying steel structure during construction; Smith Bros. & Wilson Ltd - General Contractors; Heaps Engineering (1940) Limited; Marwell Construction Company; Canadian Sumner Iron Works; McDonnell Metal Manufacturing; Jones Tent and Awning Limited; Leek & Company Limited; McCarter & Nairne - Architects and Structural Engineers; Stewart-Lovick Ltd - Advertising; Terminal City Iron Works; Westland Foundries; British American Paint Co. Ltd; Bloedel Stewart & Welch Ltd.; Straits Towing and Salvage Co. Ltd.; Island Tug and Barge Ltd.; Standard Oil Company of British Columbia Limited; The Vancouver Sun; The Vancouver Daily Province; A-1 Steel and Iron Foundry Ltd.; A-1 Pattern Shop & Brass Foundry Ltd; Pacific Coast Terminals Co. Ltd.; Canadian Forest Products Limited; Alaska Pine Co. Ltd; Newcastle Ship Building Co. Ltd; Bennett & White Construction Co. Ltd; Evans Coleman & Evans Ltd; Falconer Marine Industries Limited; Yarrows Ltd.; Victoria Daily Times; The Daily Colonist; The Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Limited. Also included in this section are photo illustrated features on power generation, brewing, the pulp industry, technical education, tourism, mining, highways, mining, printing, the British Columbia Police Force, New Westminster, Victoria, and Prince Rupert. A very uncommon and informative publication which proudly and abundantly presents the bold industrial might of Canada's pacific province in the immediate aftermath of the second world war. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this important record of British Columbia's industrial history. Book
ref. SONG0964449552Used: Good unknown
ref. BN360382INTERHOGA. Softcover. Marktanalyse Hotel-Software Marktanalyse Hotel-Software Vorw. v. Wahl Frithjof. Hrsg. v.DEHOGA - Deutscher Hotel- und Gaststättenverband INTERHOGA paperback
1984201 pages of profoundly fascinating and delightful illustrated history. Author's father (b. 1870) left Yorkshire, England with his young family for Canada in 1909 and arrived in Fife Lake, Saskatchewan where they spent their first winter in a straw house. Author was born in a sod house in 1910 and moved with his family to Montana when he was 6 years old. At age 14 the family moved to Victoria, B.C. and from there to Nanoose Bay, further up Vancouver Island. Most pages contain brief text, accompanied by the author's simple sketches of the way things were. He has stressed the most practical elements of daily life and survival. A priceless compilation of the challenges and genius of the pioneer. Examples include: how to hunt prairie antelope by wearing a white sheet; avoiding flying ants by erecting a pole to your wagon and hanging a coat at its top; uprooting stumps by tying them to nearby trees to be felled; cutting wood by rigging a buzzsaw to the back wheel of a Model "T" Ford truck; and many, many more. Mentions Vancouver Island landmarks such as the Arlington Hotel, Lantzville Hotel, Quarterway Hotel, and more. This book lends itself wonderfully to teaching youngsters the ways of the not-so-distant past. You will have great difficulty in putting it down. Book
1972ref. ARTE0574aTokyo, Tokoudo Shoten 1972. 4°. 420 S. mit zahlreichen, vereinzelt farb. Abb., OLn. m. OUmschlag u. OSchuber, sehr gut erhalten. Very good copy, dustjacket, slipcase Text in japanischer Sprache, teilweise m. englischen Bildlegenden
ref. 11471 Relié, demi-chagrin vert à coins sertis d'un filet à froid, dos lisse avec titre et millésime dorés, couvertures parcheminées conservées. Le dos est passé. Ex-libris manuscrit sur la couverture d'origine. 19,5 x 13,4 cm, 52 p. + 3 hors-texte. Paris, Librairie Centrale, J. Lemer, 1872.
ref. 11471 Relié, demi-chagrin vert à coins sertis d'un filet à froid, dos lisse avec titre et millésime dorés, couvertures parcheminées conservées. Le dos est passé. Ex-libris manuscrit sur la couverture d'origine. 19,5 x 13,4 cm, 52 p. + 3 hors-texte. Paris, Librairie Centrale, J. Lemer, 1872.
ref. awd-1137Huile sur papier au format horizontal, contrecollée sur papier jaune, vers 1957 (12,5/50 cm). t
1892ref. 44295Denver: Press of W.F. Robinson & Co. Printers and Book Binders 1892. 1892. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4" light blue/green wrappers with title and decorations in red and silver gilt. Tied at spine. Illustrations. Text and photographs in burgundy. Portraits of members of various committees. List of mountain peaks and passes in Colorado along with their elevations followed by photographs and information about Aspen Boulder Breckenridge Buena Vista Canon City Gilpin County Colorado Springs Durango Fort Collins Georgetown Glenwood Springs Greely Green Mountain Falls Gunnison Hagerman Pass Idaho Springs Lake City Leadville Longmont The Loop Manitou Marshall Pass Montrose Monte Vista Ouray Pueblo Dolores County Salida Silver Plume Silverton and Telluride. 1/4" x 1" chip to bottom corner of front wrapper along with light wear to the extremities and spine ends. A very nice presentation. Press of W.F. Robinson & Co., Printers and Book Binders, 1892. unknown
1939Very Good English Original green cloth. Title gilt in black "Egyptian Touring Association" and "ETA logo" to the front board. Foolscap 8vo. (17,5 x 13 cm). In English. 110 p. with rich separate advertisements, and a fine folded b/w map titled "Desert motor-routes" on a scale of 1:4,000,000. Slightly fading on cloth, otherwise a fine copy. First and only edition of this rare complete and very detailed desert motor-routes' guide for the Anglo-Egyptian motorists, printed by the Egyptian Touring Association in Cairo, including details about hospitals, "what to do in cases of accidents on the roads", free legal defence, hotels, garages as well as itineraries, pedestrian crossings, speed limits in the country, parking regulations of Sharia Kasr el Nil, Adly Pasha, no-lights area, railway bridges, postal rates, exchange rates, rates of freight on motor cars by sea and rail, kilometers into miles, transcontinental road London - Istanbul with other useful information. This guide was explained in the introduction as "This handbook has been compiled for the benefit of members and is issued to them free. Extra copies may be obtained from the Head Office, 3 Sh. Cattawi Bey, Kasr el Nil, Cairo, at the price of P.T. 10. It contains a good deal of useful information regarding touring of all kinds in Egypt and abroad including a list of recommended hotels and garages throughout the country. "The president of the Association which was founded in 1932, was H.E. Sir Miles Lampson (1880-1964). He was a British diplomat who was appointed High Commissioner for Egypt and Sudan in 1934. As a result of the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty in December 1936, to which Lampson was a signatory, Britain loosened its grip on Egypt and the post title was changed to Ambassador to Egypt and High Commissioner for Sudan in 1936. Lampson continued in this office until 1946. Vice presidents were Sir Stenson Cooke and J. A. Crawford. According to the ETA's service page of the guide, the purpose of the association can be determined as "Association was formed to provide a long-felt want in Egypt, that is, a touring club in the true sense of the word, devoted to the interests of all kinds of travelers. It's a non-profit making co-operative organization with the aim of making the path of the motorist, the airman, the camper, and every other kind of traveler pleasanter and smoother. The E.T.A. is officially recognized by the Egyptian Government and already in its short existence has grown enormously, being able to offer the following very real services to its members: Expert and detailed advice on all touring matters. Expert advice on motoring matters and vetting of cars. Free itineraries to all parts of Egypt and abroad. Reminders are sent to all members when a car and driving license is due for renewal. Renewal of car and driving licenses. Free legal defense for motoring offenses. Triptyques, carnets, and all documents for foreign touring, including passport arrangements. Agents at Alexandria, PortSaid, Suez, and the principal ports to look after the incoming and outgoing motorist and relieve him of all worry. A full stock of maps and guide books of Egypt and other countries. Up-to-date information on the state of roads and desert tracks. Welcome and help from the 100 odd touring clubs of the A.I.T. [i.e. the Alliance Internationale de Tourisme], of which the E.T.A. is a member. Recommended hotels and garages throughout Egypt and the Near East. Insurance for members can be effected at the most advantageous rates, and advice is given. Cars can be driven to any part of Egypt, by experienced drivers. Guides are provided. Other benefits, it is hoped, will be given in due of course.". Not located in OCLC. "1938-39 Edition" of the series (not published more than two years) is located in OCLC in no. 862336537.
1869ref. 10839Petersburg VA: Proprietors of Jarratt's Hotel printed by John B. Ege's Printing House 1869. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. Octavo. 27 pp. frontis map illus. Second edition. In original printed wrappers. Wrappers are a bit chipped and with some minor soiling and foxing; contents are generally clean with minor wear from use; this is a reasonably nice copy of this guide issued by the Jarratt's Hotel in Petersburg. Originally issued in 1866 this second edition has an engraved plate not found in the first. Dornbusch III 1797; Sabin 61217. Proprietors of Jarratt's Hotel | printed by John B. Ege's Printing House unknown
1890ref. 9319Boston: Robinson Engraving Co 1890. Menu in painted wooden boards bound with cord 20 x 15.2 cm. 10 gold-printed leaves each a die-cut circle printed versos only. An elaborate program of events for the eleventh annual meeting of the Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association held in May 1890 at Boston's great hotels the Parker House Hotel Vendome and American House. The H.M.M.B.A. was founded in 1879 to offer hotel workers insurance plans; it was later to become the Bankers Life and Casualty Company. The program and menu for the three-day meeting includes the meeting itself music speakers presentations carriage excursions etc. The painted wooden boards hold die-cut 'booklets' dedicated to the Convention headquartered at the Parker House the Eleventh Annual Banquet held at the American House and the Reception held at the Hotel Vendome. The boards are scored and textured painted in silver with gold spots and hold a hand-lettered piece of 'vellum'. Some rubbing to edges of boards otherwise very good. Robinson Engraving Co hardcover
1890ref. 9319Boston: Robinson Engraving Co 1890. Menu in painted wooden boards bound with cord 20 x 15.2 cm. 10 gold-printed leaves each a die-cut circle printed versos only. An elaborate program of events for the eleventh annual meeting of the Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association held in May 1890 at Boston's great hotels the Parker House Hotel Vendome and American House. The H.M.M.B.A. was founded in 1879 to offer hotel workers insurance plans; it was later to become the Bankers Life and Casualty Company. The program and menu for the three-day meeting includes the meeting itself music speakers presentations carriage excursions etc. The painted wooden boards hold die-cut 'booklets' dedicated to the Convention headquartered at the Parker House the Eleventh Annual Banquet held at the American House and the Reception held at the Hotel Vendome. The boards are scored and textured painted in silver with gold spots and hold a hand-lettered piece of 'vellum'. Some rubbing to edges of boards otherwise very good. Robinson Engraving Co hardcover books
1883ref. 9642Providence R.I.: the hotel 1883. Bi-fold menu on silk 16 x 10.7 cm. 2 pages. Menu for a Christmas dinner at the Narragansett Hotel in Providence R.I. Courses include Soup Hors D'Oueuvres Fish Releves Entrees Roasts Cold Meats Vegetables Mayonnaise Game and Dessert. The Narragansett Hotel "conducted by Chapin & Robinson is one of the largest grandest best furnished and most satisfactorily kept hotels in the world" King's Pocket Book of Providence 1882. Two panels of menu on pearl-colored silk; water stain across both panels. In navy blue silk binder with applique silk daisy. Besides the water stain very good. Scarce. [the hotel] unknown
1883ref. 9642Providence R.I.: the hotel 1883. Bi-fold menu on silk 16 x 10.7 cm. 2 pages. Menu for a Christmas dinner at the Narragansett Hotel in Providence R.I. Courses include Soup Hors D'Oueuvres Fish Releves Entrees Roasts Cold Meats Vegetables Mayonnaise Game and Dessert. The Narragansett Hotel "conducted by Chapin & Robinson is one of the largest grandest best furnished and most satisfactorily kept hotels in the world" King's Pocket Book of Providence 1882. Two panels of menu on pearl-colored silk; water stain across both panels. In navy blue silk binder with applique silk daisy. Besides the water stain very good. Scarce. [the hotel] unknown books
1790ref. ARC-113766Paris, 1790-1791. In-8, demi basane très fatiguées. Quelques rousseurs et mouillures claires. 1)- Maury, Jean-Sifrein (1746-1817) Opinion de M. l'abbé Maury, sur l'hôtel des invalides, prononcée dans l'Assemblée nationale, le mecredi 23 mars 1791 Paris : au Bureau de l'Ami du roi, 1791. In-8, 1 feuillet non chiffré et 73 pages. 2)- Clermont-Tonnerre, Stanislas de Opinion de M. Stanislas Clermont-Tonnerre, sur la question des invalides Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1791, 12 pages 3)- Estourmel, Louis-Marie d'. Opinion de M. Estourmel, sur le projet de décret concernant l'hôtel des invalides, en la séance du 24 mars 1791[à l'Assemblée nationale] Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1791, 1 feuillet non chiffré et 10 pages. 4)- Estourmel, Louis-Marie d' (1744-1823) Opinion sur la garde du roi, par M. Estourmel, prononcée à la séance du 24 août 1791 Paris : Imprimerie Nationale, (1791) In-8, 6 pages. 5)- Boufflers, Stanislas-Jean de (1738-1815). Discours de M. le chevalier de Boufflers, pour la conservation de l'ancien traitement des octogénaires (Paris,) : Imprimerie de Pain, (s. d.) 15 pages. 6)- Observations sur les maux particuliers qui résulteroient de la suppression de l'Hôtel des Invalides. 6 pages. 7)- Projet de décret présenté au nom du Comité militaire, sur les Invalides : avril 1791 ([Reprod.]) / [signé : Alexandre Lameth, Victor Broglie, Rostaing. [et al.][Paris] : Imprimerie Nationale [1791] 7 pages. 8)- L'ami des vétérans de l'armée, ou Examen impartial du deuxième rapport de M. Dubois de Crancé sur les Invalides. vignette page de titre. [Paris] : [s.n.], 179, 2 feuillets non chiffrés et 46 pages. 9)- Lacuée, Jean-Girard (1752-1841) Rapport fait à l'Assemblée nationale, au nom du Comité militaire, relatif aux invalides retirés à l Hôtel ; aux invalides retirés dans les départemens ; aux invalides formant les compagnies détachées ; aux soldes, demi-soldes, récompenses militaires et vétérans, aux gendarmes et grenadiers à cheval retirés, aux officiers à la suite des places, aux veuves et aux enfans des invalides, par M. Lacuée le jeune. [Décembre 1791.] [Texte imprimé] Paris : Imprimerie Nationale, 1791.Un feuillet non chiffré et 25 pages. Pièces imprimées par ordre de l'Assemblée nationale législative. Militaire, n° XI 10)- Lacuée, Jean-Girard (1752-1841) Projet de décret sur les invalides retirés à l'Hôtel, les invalides retirés dans les départements, les invalides formant les compagnies détachées, les soldes, demi-soldes, les récompenses militaires et les vétérans, les gendarmes et grenadiers à cheval retirés, les officiers à la suite des places, les veuves et les enfants des invalides, par M. Lacuée, [Décembre 1791.] [Texte imprimé] Paris : Imprimerie Nationale, 1791 In-8° , 1 feuillet non chiffré et 54 pages. Militaire, n°8 11)- Observations sur les maux particuliers qui résulteroient de la suppression de l'Hôtel des Invalides [signé : Desdeuxfontaines, Villare, Signerolle. [et al.]. 8 pages. 12)- Dubois de Crancé, Edmond-Louis-Alexis (1747-1814) Rapport du Comité militaire, sur le traitement des invalides de l'hôtel, des invalides détachés, des invalides retirés avec pension des soldes et demi-soldes par M. Dubois de Crancé ; impr. par ordre de l'Assemblée nationale Paris : de l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1791 ; 15 pages. 13)- Tournon, Antoine (1754-1794) État historique et critique des petits abus, des grandes pensions et des jolies erreurs de MM. les administrateurs de l'Hôtel des Invalides, petit supplément au Livre rouge, par Ant. Tournon Paris : Desenne, 1790 In-8° , 39 pages. 14)- Projet d'amélioration sur l'Hôtel Royal des Invalides. Pensions à leur accorder selon leurs grades. [Texte imprimé] par un ancien Maréchal des logis de Dragons. 8 pages. 15)- Discours de la députation de 1500 invalides de tout grade, habitants l hôtel, reçue dans la salle de l Assemblée nationale le 2 juillet 1791, le Gouverneur en tête ; Le Discours prononcé par M. Chevalier, Capitaine et Réponse de M. Alexandre de Beauharnois.
1894ref. 120023AB1894. London Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co. Ltd. 1894. 26.5 cm x 18.5 cm. Frontispiece VI 188 pages.18 illustrations including a map of the region around the Pyramids of Gizeh Mena Hotel Bulak. Hardcover publisher's original green cloth with gilt lettering and gilt embossed pictoral on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Lower corner boards slightly bumped. Marking on front paste-down. Valleys between pastedowns and endpapers show tears. Binding a little shaky but overall still firm and strong. Interior is clean and bright. Extremely scarce publication ! Includes for example the following: The Desert and the Nile Valley / Mena House/ Inside the Great Pyramid / The Cemetry at Memphis / The Bazaars in Cairo / Christian and Mohammedan Observances / The Sphinx by Moonlight / Snipe-shooting in Egypt / etc. The book is divided into two parts: The first part deals primarily with describing Egypt as a tourist destination - the sights scenes and peoples encountered; the second part of the book offers "Hints to Invalids. Suggestions to Medical Men." In this latter section based upon a paper read before the British Medical Council in 1894 the benefits of Egypt's varied climate are offered as a cure for diseases "when every other form of treatment has failed." All forms of "chest disease where rest is desirale" chronic bronchitis chronic rheumatism and cases of "renal diseases and sufferers of gravel" would be ameliorated by the Egyptian winter. But "advanced heart disease or advanced organic disease of any organ excepting cases of chronic and extensive lung consolidation tubercular or otherwise which can be greatly benefitted" all forms of skin disease "insomnia except when arising from worry or excessive brain work" and "some forms of neurosis and hypochondriacs with a melancholy tendency" are deemed unsuited for the Egyptian cure. However "the drawbacks to a winter sojourn in Egypt and in fact anywhere out of England" were not to be ignored- the "distance from home" being among them. The book written when it was and in the manner it was gives the modern reader a glimpse into the lives and sensibilites of the upper section of the Victorian society that had the option and ability to find themselves "Wintering in Egypt." A chapter given over to the luxurious Mena House in Cairo is illustrative of the type of lifestyle and standards of comfort that book is aimed at. 'It is pleasant as one passes through the garden of "the precincts" to smell the delightful fragrance of the mignonette which even in the depth of winter is in full bloom. There are many other buildings at Mena which are worth seeing. The swimming bath and the dark photographing room are perhaps the most useful of these. There are arrangments for tennis croquet archery and golf; while opportunities for riding and driving exist on every side.' p.32 The Mena House Family Hotel with 80 guest rooms was opened in 1887. Originally bulit by the Khedive Ismail Pasha the ruler of Egypt to host Empress Eugenie the wife of Napoleon III Mena house - nicknamed the 'Mud Hut' - and estate grounds was owned and operated by Hugh and Ethel Locke-King. Just five years prior to the books publication the leading society figure of all European spas and resorts from the springs of Baden to the roulette tables of Monte Carlo visited Mena House. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales top had been welcomed by His Highness the Khedive who showed him the Pyramids. After lunch The Egyptian Gazette reported the party 'went over to the Mena Hotel and took coffee there. A year after 'Wintering in Egypt' was published in the winter of 1895-1896 Arthur Conan Doyle the creator of Sherlock Holmes stayed at Mena House. Throughout the 20th Century dignitaries from Winston Churchil and Richard Nixon and Holywood stars like Charlie Chaplin and Frank Sinatra enjoyed the opulent hospitality of Cairo's most prestigious hotels. The hotel served as an Allied hospital during the Great War. Amid the Second World War in November 1943 Mena House hosted a conference between Churchill Roosevelt and the Chinese leader Chiang Kai-Shek. 'Hstorical Background' available on Marriott website hardcover
1752ref. 8988Paris, De Bure l'aîné, 1752. In-12 de 10-[2]-377(ff. E vi bis)-[59]-XLV pages, veau marbré, dos à nerfs à caissons orné de fleurons dorés, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge, tranches rouges.
ref. 105896aafs.d. um 1840, 20.4x59 cm, Aquatinte en bleu et noir, 1 feuille, 31x65 cm.
1896ref. 19300Portland Oregon: St. Charles Hotel. Very Good. 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in 3/4 leather. The cloth on the cover is worn and peeling. Every other page is advertising which acted as a blotter for the fountain pens in use at the time. Some of those advertising pages have been removed or torn. A previous owner has tipped a page in showing "interesting signatures" he found. I make to claim as to the identity of these people as I am sure some are simply folks with the same names as other more famous people. Still a wonderful piece of Northwest history. A massive book 12x18" and 3" thick. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall . St. Charles Hotel hardcover
1910Pages 253-292 plus xx pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: The Garden Fountains; Furniture for the Home - Porch Furniture for the Home; A House Built for Mr. J.W. Buhlert, at Wenham MA; The Handicraftsman - An Amateur's Birdhouse; The Art of Fireless Cooking - using a wooden haybox!; What The Motor Vehicle is Doing for the Farmer - article with nostalgic photos; Among the Rhododendrons and the Ferns (photo); Yama-No-Uchi and its Trout - near Napanoch in the Catskills; The Finest Collection of Antique Watches in the World - acquired recently by J.P. Morgan; Some Houses at Meadowdale, Bronxville, NY; Decorations and Furnishings for the Home - V - A Talk on Flower Holders; "Fouracre," The Summer Home of the Late A.J. Cassatt, at Bar Harbor, ME; Timing the Rapidity of the Leading Traveling Bean Shoot; Ornamental Bedding Plants for Hedges; Illustrated ad for the Hotel Seneca in Rochester, NY; Elaborate one-page ad regarding the sale of Darlington, the magnificent country estate of the late George Crocker, in Northern New Jersey; Back page color ad for the Columbia Grafonola, with image of Italian baritone Campanari; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Complete and unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
