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rif. 64479Handwritten letter on 4 pages measuring 5 1/2 x 8 1/2". With the letterhead "Hotel Utah Salt Lake City Under the Management of Geo. O. Relf." The letter is dated February 19 1913. The author writes: "Dear Sir "Complying with your request as regards attempted Bank Burglaries in this Territory. The last one occurred about one month ago. At Tremonton the “State Bank of Tremonton” This is a small town 25 miles north of Ogden. The bank had just located a new building and was ready to move in. They were using an old plate safe. But we sold them a new Manganese. The new safe was in the vault of the new bank while the old safe remained in the old building and vault. The bank had acknowledged they would move on Monday. On Sunday night the Burglers sic entered the old Bank and blew the old safe. But the Saturday evening previous the Cashier had transferred all the money to the new safe. So the yeggmen did not secure a cent and all the damage they did was to put the old safe out of use. The only other attempts I know of in the past six months was on a bank at Midvale Ut. and Murray Ut both small town south of Salt Lake about 15 and 25 miles. In both cases all they did was to punch the lock off the vault door. There was no attempt on either safe and the yeggs got nothing. "I presume you have heard of the First National at St. Anthony being entirely burned out as also the Commercial Bank at Burley Id. "Yours very truly " A letter with interesting content describing early twentieth century attempts at breaking open safes in small Utah towns which leave the yeggmen empty handed in the end. The letter is addressed to Mr. W. G. Norris of Seattle WA. William G. Norris was president of Norris Safe & Locke Co. which was a seller of safes. In 1904 the business occupied one of the first-floor storefronts of the Estabrook building at 1336 2nd Avenue. Perhaps Mr. Norris had queried the author of the letter as to how his safes were withstanding the occasional burglaries of the times. unknown books
1933rif. 10324Del Monte California: Hotel Del Monte 1933. Stapled octavo-sized book 16.5 x 11.5 cm. unpaginated 32 pages. Illustrated throughout by Jo Mora; printed on alternating green and yellow paper and printed in black red and green ink. Second printing styled "second edition". Originally printed and distributed less than one week after the repeal of Prohibition with this second printing just thirteen days later. This cocktail manual also preceded publication of the Hotel del Monte's cookbook Famous Recipes by Famous People assembled from contributions by many of the same celebrities and with Cerwin at the helm. But in this cocktail collection the recipes were collected by The National Association for Advancement of Fine Art of Drinking in the year that brought the end of the long drought 1933 tested and sampled by a group of competent experts at Hotel Del Monte. Contributors include Ernest Hemingway Theodore Dreiser Edgar Rice Burroughs the Marx Brothers Marlene Dietrich Will Sparks George M. Cohan Ed Wynn W.C. Fields and Jo Mora. Rare. OCLC locates two copies of the first or second printing Texas Christian Woman's Univ & Cal State. Hotel Del Monte unknown books
1925rif. 40165Tallulah Falls 1925. Folio ledger 11" x 16-1/4" Original half morocco and dark paper over boards spine morocco loss rubbed. Several hundred pages with names and residences of guests in ink 28 June 1922 through 15 July 1925. Nearly all leaves filled. Very Good with light wear. Guests come from all over the country but primarily from Georgia Atlanta and Athens areas. "The Cliff House Hotel built in 1882 by Rufus L. Moss Sr. was the first lodging establishment in Tallulah Falls. The hotel served the thriving tourist industry until 1937 when it burned in a kitchen fire" New Georgia Encyclopedia on line. "Overlooking jaw-dropping Tallulah Gorge a 1000-foot chasm carved over millions of years the town of Tallulah Falls was once a bustling resort town that rivaled Niagara Falls. People from all over came to see the awe-inspiring beauty of North Georgia's natural pursuits. Located two hours northeast of Atlanta Tallulah Falls is home to Tallulah Gorge State Park. Best visited in fall when the trees surrounding the abyss turn vibrant shades of red gold and orange the multiple overlooks and hiking and biking trails are world-class. Visitors can clamber for a permit to hike the gorge floor - only 100 are allowed per day - or they can cross it on a swaying suspension bridge 80 feet above the jutting rocks. Pop into the impressive Jane Hurt Yarn Interpretive Center to learn about the area's delicate ecosystem and craggy terrain. The town's namesake falls are a series of waterfalls cascading into the gorge with names such as L'Eau d'Or Hurricane Oceana and Bridal Veil. Each one makes for an incredible photo opportunity" online Exploregeorgia. The Ledger begins the year after a disastrous 1921 fire destroyed much of the Town and nearly all of its historic buildings and hotels. Despite the tragic events the Cliff House Hotel appeared to thrive judging from the evidence in this Ledger. unknown books
1940rif. 32593Tulsa OK 1940. Very Good. Tulsa OK: n.d. ca. 1940. Pictorial business card 6x10cm. printed on pink card stock. Light toning to margins old red wax remnants to verso else Very Good. "Clean Comfortable Convenient" reads the hotel's logo. Located at 615 E. Archer St. in the heart of Tulsa's historic Greenwood neighborhood the establishment of an upscale hotel for Black travelers and road trippers marked a turning point in the reconstruction of the neighborhood. Just a generation earlier Greenwood nicknamed Black Wall Street for its thriving Black businesses and citizenry had been decimated by white supremacists businesses and homes razed to the ground and as many as 300 citizens murdered. At its height the hotel run by owner-manager W.H. Small boasted 77 rooms 50 of them "with connecting bath / Fans and telephones in all rooms." Date of business card based on the "Negro Motorist Green Book" for 1940 which lists the hotel on p. 39. The address 615 E. Archer Street today stands on the corner across from the Greenwood Rising Black Wall Street History Center which commemorates the neighborhood's history and legacy. unknown
rif. 64479Handwritten letter on 4 pages measuring 5 1/2 x 8 1/2". With the letterhead "Hotel Utah Salt Lake City Under the Management of Geo. O. Relf." The letter is dated February 19 1913. The author writes: "Dear Sir "Complying with your request as regards attempted Bank Burglaries in this Territory. The last one occurred about one month ago. At Tremonton the “State Bank of Tremonton” This is a small town 25 miles north of Ogden. The bank had just located a new building and was ready to move in. They were using an old plate safe. But we sold them a new Manganese. The new safe was in the vault of the new bank while the old safe remained in the old building and vault. The bank had acknowledged they would move on Monday. On Sunday night the Burglers sic entered the old Bank and blew the old safe. But the Saturday evening previous the Cashier had transferred all the money to the new safe. So the yeggmen did not secure a cent and all the damage they did was to put the old safe out of use. The only other attempts I know of in the past six months was on a bank at Midvale Ut. and Murray Ut both small town south of Salt Lake about 15 and 25 miles. In both cases all they did was to punch the lock off the vault door. There was no attempt on either safe and the yeggs got nothing. "I presume you have heard of the First National at St. Anthony being entirely burned out as also the Commercial Bank at Burley Id. "Yours very truly " A letter with interesting content describing early twentieth century attempts at breaking open safes in small Utah towns which leave the yeggmen empty handed in the end. The letter is addressed to Mr. W. G. Norris of Seattle WA. William G. Norris was president of Norris Safe & Locke Co. which was a seller of safes. In 1904 the business occupied one of the first-floor storefronts of the Estabrook building at 1336 2nd Avenue. Perhaps Mr. Norris had queried the author of the letter as to how his safes were withstanding the occasional burglaries of the times. unknown
1933rif. 10324Del Monte California: Hotel Del Monte 1933. Stapled octavo-sized book 16.5 x 11.5 cm. unpaginated 32 pages. Illustrated throughout by Jo Mora; printed on alternating green and yellow paper and printed in black red and green ink. Second printing styled "second edition". Originally printed and distributed less than one week after the repeal of Prohibition with this second printing just thirteen days later. This cocktail manual also preceded publication of the Hotel del Monte's cookbook Famous Recipes by Famous People assembled from contributions by many of the same celebrities and with Cerwin at the helm. But in this cocktail collection the recipes were collected by The National Association for Advancement of Fine Art of Drinking in the year that brought the end of the long drought 1933 tested and sampled by a group of competent experts at Hotel Del Monte. Contributors include Ernest Hemingway Theodore Dreiser Edgar Rice Burroughs the Marx Brothers Marlene Dietrich Will Sparks George M. Cohan Ed Wynn W.C. Fields and Jo Mora. Rare. OCLC locates two copies of the first or second printing Texas Christian Woman's Univ & Cal State. Hotel Del Monte unknown
1925rif. 40165Tallulah Falls 1925. Folio ledger 11" x 16-1/4" Original half morocco and dark paper over boards spine morocco loss rubbed. Several hundred pages with names and residences of guests in ink 28 June 1922 through 15 July 1925. Nearly all leaves filled. Very Good with light wear. Guests come from all over the country but primarily from Georgia Atlanta and Athens areas. "The Cliff House Hotel built in 1882 by Rufus L. Moss Sr. was the first lodging establishment in Tallulah Falls. The hotel served the thriving tourist industry until 1937 when it burned in a kitchen fire" New Georgia Encyclopedia on line. "Overlooking jaw-dropping Tallulah Gorge a 1000-foot chasm carved over millions of years the town of Tallulah Falls was once a bustling resort town that rivaled Niagara Falls. People from all over came to see the awe-inspiring beauty of North Georgia's natural pursuits. Located two hours northeast of Atlanta Tallulah Falls is home to Tallulah Gorge State Park. Best visited in fall when the trees surrounding the abyss turn vibrant shades of red gold and orange the multiple overlooks and hiking and biking trails are world-class. Visitors can clamber for a permit to hike the gorge floor - only 100 are allowed per day - or they can cross it on a swaying suspension bridge 80 feet above the jutting rocks. Pop into the impressive Jane Hurt Yarn Interpretive Center to learn about the area's delicate ecosystem and craggy terrain. The town's namesake falls are a series of waterfalls cascading into the gorge with names such as L'Eau d'Or Hurricane Oceana and Bridal Veil. Each one makes for an incredible photo opportunity" online Exploregeorgia. The Ledger begins the year after a disastrous 1921 fire destroyed much of the Town and nearly all of its historic buildings and hotels. Despite the tragic events the Cliff House Hotel appeared to thrive judging from the evidence in this Ledger. unknown
rif. 103399aafo.J., um 1858, 6.5x11.5 cm (Abbildung ohne Margen) Sammlung von 22 gestochenen nicht numm. Ansichten + 1 grosses gestoch. Panorama vom Sonnenberg, etwas stockfleckig, gebunden in rotem tiefgeprägtem Leinenband, mit goldgeprägtem Titel auf dem Vorderdeckel. (Album 13x19.8 cm)
194068 pages. Features: Colour cover illustration of golfer staring out window at rain; Colour Marboleum floors and Muroleum walls ad inside front cover; Vintage Frigidaire fridge one-page ad; News digest includes 'Munich-Mindedness', 'No Compromise', 'Re-distribution of the Earth', 'The Heroism of Finland'; Fantastic one-page colour photo Fisher Body ad provides two photos of the Dionne Quintuplets, all wearing light blue coats and with ribbons in their hair; Paying for the War; Mysteries of Tibet's Dalai Lama, the 'King Who Never Dies' - fantastic photo-illustrated article with photo of 'Little Tanchu', the Dalai Lama, and the Potala in Lhasa; Nice Little Dog (hunting short story); Spring Freshet Baby; Nothing Ever Happens; Managing Director of the Navy, Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord - article with photo; Spies in Holland - Fascinating article explains how Nazi agents have been specially commissioned by the Hitler since 1933 to probe the secrets of Holland's plans for defence in the event of invastion; Loafers' Loops (short story); Bang and Go Back! - harness-racing article; Vintage half-page orange and black Alka-Seltzer ad features endorsement of the Toronto Maple Leafs and photo of them playing the New York Rangers, including Syl Apps and Gordie Drillon; Half-page Canadian Pacific ad presents the Banff Springs Hotel; *Gorgeous* 1949 Chevrolet colour centrefold ad features a maroon Special De Luxe Sport Sedan plus illustrations of a green Cabriolet, a brown four-passenger coupe, a brown Master 85 Business Coupe, and a green Town Sedan; Interested photo-illustrated Movie News; Nice photo and brief write-up of Muriel Angelus; 1/4-page illustrated ad for Canadian National's Continental Limited; Photo of world champion pacer "Billy Direct", with his celebrated trainer, Vic Fleming; No Happy Medium, Please - fashion article; Pull Up a Chair - interior design article with two funky colour photos; The Eyes Have It - beauty article; Pond's cold cream ad features photos of Lady Brigid King-Tenison and Katherryn Hernan; Another Pond's ad features photos of Miss Ridgeley Vermilye; Vintage fashion illustrations; Menus to Fit Every Budget; World Sayings; Great Heinz Spaghetti ad on back cover shows happy blonde holding steaming dish; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding sound. A sound copy of this fascinating wartime issue. Book
1922rif. 867171922. HOTEL DROUOT. COLLECTION CH. HAVILAND. Paris: 1922. A series of auction catalogs of the collections of Japanese Art ceramics illustration and illustrated books including descriptions for the items as well as a total of 64 plates. The volumes comprise all Haviland auctions pertaining to Japanese Prints & books in a total of seven volumes. All catalogs are bound in paper covers some with slight soiling or tears all with spine reapairs in binder's tape. Interiors and plates bright and clean. First Sale November 27th-29th 1922: 20 plates 98p. Tenth Sale 2nd part June 4th-6th 1923: 16 plates 107p. Fourteenth Sale Febuary 4th & 7th 1924: 8 plates 88p. Fifteenth Sale October 20th-23rd 1924: 6 plates 70p. Sixteenth Sale March 2nd-4th 1925: 6 plates 62p. Seventeenth Sale June 15th-17th 1925: 4 plates 53p. Eighteenth Sale June 2nd-4th 1927: 4 plates 90p. An extensive group of volumes for reference research or historical interest Good condition. unknown books
1922rif. 867171922. HOTEL DROUOT. COLLECTION CH. HAVILAND. Paris: 1922. A series of auction catalogs of the collections of Japanese Art ceramics illustration and illustrated books including descriptions for the items as well as a total of 64 plates. The volumes comprise all Haviland auctions pertaining to Japanese Prints & books in a total of seven volumes. All catalogs are bound in paper covers some with slight soiling or tears all with spine reapairs in binder's tape. Interiors and plates bright and clean. First Sale November 27th-29th 1922: 20 plates 98p. Tenth Sale 2nd part June 4th-6th 1923: 16 plates 107p. Fourteenth Sale Febuary 4th & 7th 1924: 8 plates 88p. Fifteenth Sale October 20th-23rd 1924: 6 plates 70p. Sixteenth Sale March 2nd-4th 1925: 6 plates 62p. Seventeenth Sale June 15th-17th 1925: 4 plates 53p. Eighteenth Sale June 2nd-4th 1927: 4 plates 90p. An extensive group of volumes for reference research or historical interest Good condition. unknown
2012rif. 17164JLondon: Titan 2012. Limited Signed First Edition limited to 1000 copies signed by the film director Genndy Tarakovksy on a special illustrated printed page of Count Dracula. The Art and Making of Hotel Transylvania the official companion to the major Sony motion picture features over 400 pieces of concept art character sketches storyboards and digital art including images of Dracula Frankenstein the Mummy Werewolf and the Invisible Man from Sony Pictures Animation. As new in dust jacket. Genndy Tarakovsky has been very successful with the Hotel Transylvania series with his creation of three sequels to date. Titan hardcover
rif. 121682London J.P. Segg 1892 . Large 8vo. 20 x 27 cm. viii 372pp 20 double-page coloured maps adverts all pages lavishly decorated with gilt borders some spotting on endpapers inner hinges slightly loose; publisher's pebble-grained cloth over boards gilt decorated and lettered; a very good copy This attractive hotel guide was published annually by Segg. The first edition was issued in 1871. Tt includes detailed maps hotel directories railway routes steamship routes and london theatre with prices. London J.P. Segg, 1892 hardcover
1914Telephone 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 inside the Nelson exchange; Satisfactory growth in past year; Four-page article with photos on prospects for the Kaslo area; 6-page article with photos on 'Modern treatment of the Insane' - the establishment of Colony Farm by the Provincial Government; Photo of enormous fallen tree near Westholme; Table ranking exchanges in order of per cent good toll calls; Statement of Development - la table listing number of phones operating per exchange as at 1 December 1913; Photo montage of three Vancouver Island telephone officials; Company has caught up with its construction work; 7-page feature on Victoria, 'The Pride of the Last West' with great photos; Photo of 'Vancouver's Newest Skyscraper' - a 15-story building under construction at the corner of Hastings and Richards; Telephone Service Excellent; 7-page article with excellent photos of the Britannia Mine; Telephone Cables Underground (in Vancouver); photo of company vehicle; Photo of Port Alberni Exchange; Large photo of the Seymour Exchange under construction (Steel frame erected); 5-page illustrated feature of Port Alberni - the magnetic city on the west coast; The giving of good telephone service; Some transmission problems of the B.C. Telephone Co.; Photo inside Port Alberni Exchange; First teleautograph west of Chicago - at the new Hotel Vancouver; 5-page feature of towns that silver put on map - New Denver, Silverton, Sandon, surrounding which is the Slocan District, in which is located the Standard Mine - photos; Recent developments in telephone transmission; April trouble record in Seymour office; Wonderful photo-montage of Vancouver's business district; First Telephone Switchboard in use in Vancouver, 1885; Before and after photos of Point Grey Road and Powell St.; View of Granville St. from the C.P.R. Depot; Photo of the almost completed Hudson's Bay store; Two great panoramic photos of the Vancouver Harbour, from the water and from the land; Photo of Hastings St. West, looking east; photo of the new Hotel Vancouver; Photo montage of some of Vancouver's fine homes; Photo of English Bay Bathing Beach; large photo of Second Beach, Stanley Park; Photo of the Interurban Depot B.C.E.R.Co.; View of Grand Forks looking west; Photo of the Granby smelter, largest in the British Empire; 5-page feature on Grand Forks; What are the duties of a Wire Chief?; Photos of the B.C. Tel. float as appeared in the Vancouver Pageant; Interior Telephone Extensions - exchanges of Kootenay, Boundary and Slocan to be connected; 1899 Vernon and Nelson Telephone Co. Ltd. phone directory; Operator School photo; Nice photo of the 6 chief operators of the Kootenay District; Where operators are trained - illustrated multi-page article; Personnel of Plant Organization; Marketing Telephone Poles - 2 page article with 2 photos; Operator's School Equipment; Cover photo of public telephone booths at the C.P.R. Depot, Vancouver; Nice photo of the Seymour general public office, Vancouver; Work of the Commercial Department - 6 pages with many photos of personnel; Printing a Telephone Directory; Getting out the Monthly Accounts - 2 photos; Telephony on the battlefield - use in the Russian-Japanese War; Photo in head office in Vancouver; Making the Telephone Valuable; photo portraits of executives William Farrell, George Halse, and o Book
1867rif. 18178Paris, Librairie Centrale (J. Lemer, éditeur), 1867 ; in-16, bradel de vélin-parchemin rigide à recouvrement, titre manuscrit en caractères gothiques bleus, plats décorés d’un encadrement doré et rouge orné, dans les coins, d’une composition de fruits tenus par un ruban noué, dragon volant au centre du plat supérieur, d’après celui qui orne la couverture et la page de titre tête dorée, étui bordé (Levitzky) ; 36 pp. , couverture en papier sulfurisé simili parchemin, en rouge et noir, l’eau-forte serait de Delor en frontispice.
1860rif. 9034New York: Lith. of W. Faust 105 Nassau St 1860. Broadside wine list 25.5 x 15.5 cm. 1 page. Porcelain card decorated in chromolithograph with text in blue and red. A very early wine list from an important New York hotel and dining establishment. The hotel was at the corner of Broadway and Eleventh Street across from Grace Church and Rectory. Both the hotel and the church were designed by the architect James Renwick Jr. Named for its original owner Denis Julien the St. Denis Hotel opened in 1853 just in time for the Crystal Palace Exhibition. The building was leased to William Taylor in 1875 who incorporated the Taylor Saloon into the facility. The list features Clarets from Finke Merman of Bordeaux mostly from 1847 and 1848. And French whites including 1847 Latour Blanche and 1847 d'Yquem. Champagne Sherries and Madeiras are also included. A solid piece of printing from a firm more known for fruit labels. Verso contains an unattributed primitive pencil drawing of a horse. Some darkening to the top edge of the recto. Lith. of W. Faust, 105 Nassau St unknown books
1860rif. 9034New York: Lith. of W. Faust 105 Nassau St 1860. Broadside wine list 25.5 x 15.5 cm. 1 page. Porcelain card decorated in chromolithograph with text in blue and red. A very early wine list from an important New York hotel and dining establishment. The hotel was at the corner of Broadway and Eleventh Street across from Grace Church and Rectory. Both the hotel and the church were designed by the architect James Renwick Jr. Named for its original owner Denis Julien the St. Denis Hotel opened in 1853 just in time for the Crystal Palace Exhibition. The building was leased to William Taylor in 1875 who incorporated the Taylor Saloon into the facility. The list features Clarets from Finke Merman of Bordeaux mostly from 1847 and 1848. And French whites including 1847 Latour Blanche and 1847 d'Yquem. Champagne Sherries and Madeiras are also included. A solid piece of printing from a firm more known for fruit labels. Verso contains an unattributed primitive pencil drawing of a horse. Some darkening to the top edge of the recto. Lith. of W. Faust, 105 Nassau St unknown
rif. 69462Tokyo, éd. Hôtel Okura, S.d. (fin des années 90, début des années 2000), in-folio (29 x 42 cm), cartonnage souple ill. en coul. d'une reproduction d'une affiche "Belle Epoque" de Mucha sur fond brun-vert clair, titre en noir, sur la 4e de couv. "hôtel Okura" en noir, 1 feuille (56,5 x 41,5 cm) carton souple crème pliée en deux avec texte en français de coul. verte et texte en japonais de coul. noir, prix en yen, sur le haut de la troisième page un carton collé avec deux suggestions de plats avec les prix, L'hôtel Okura fut construit dans les années 60 à Tokyo. C'est grâce à son chef, Masakichi Ono, que ce restaurant ainsi que cet hôtal fut le plus grand et le plus respecté du Japon voire du monde. Au niveau du bâtiment, c'est un chef-d'œuvre des années 60. Il fut le décor d'un James Bond, "On ne vit que deux fois" en 1967. Les plus grands chefs français comme Paul Bocuse et Joël Robuchon ont honoré la France et le Japon par leur présence pour des dîners et festivals de prestige, comme l'indique notre "menu" ! L'hôtel Okura fut détruit en 2015 pour faire place à un somptueux établissement qui est devenu un des meilleurs du monde. Il faut signaler également que le chef français Frédéric Simonin participa aux "quinzaine gastronomique" en 2011 et 2012 dans ce même hôtel. Joël Robuchon, décédé le 6 août 2018, ouvrit son premier restaurant au Japon, à Tokyo, en 1989, le "Taillevent-Robuchon" qui fut suivi par bien d'autres. Les japonais voyaient en lui un "dieu" absolu de la cuisine française ! Je n'ai pû trouver la date de ce "festival de la cuisine française", qui devrait avoir eu lieu entre les années 1990 et 2000 ! Cet "objet de souvenir" rapproche deux disparus, le grand chef Joël Robuchon et un des plus beaux hôtels du monde ! Il est à considérer comme un "souvenir historique" ! Ce menu - carte ne fut imprimé que pour les invités de ce gala (d'inauguration ou de cloture ?), soit en très petit nombre et est donc EXTREMEMENT RARE !! Très bon état; le cartonnage est très légèrement fâtigué au bords mais le cartonnage avec le menu et la carte est en très bon état !
rif. 63-7272London: Savoy Hotel 1891. Single Letter sized Page Typed Menu Good with marginal tears. Provenance: Michelin Archives. Collection Guy Legay. Clermont-Ferrand France. London: Savoy Hotel, 1891. unknown
1931rif. 65912München, Münchener Plakatdruckerei Volk & Schreiber, 1931. Plakat in Rot u. Schwarz (ca. 100,5 x 70 cm).
1903rif. 003261Paris, P. Sevin et E. in-8 (19 x 15,3 cm), 251 pp., maroquin noir, plats recouverts de papier gaufré rouge, papier rouge sur les contreplats, gardes papier noir, dos lisse orné de 3 pastilles mosaïquées de maroquin rouge, tête dorée, non rogné, couverture illustrée et dos conservés (reliure signée Devauchelle). Seconde édition, augmentée, en partie originale et première illustrée, par A. STEINLEN, de 111 lithographies dont 9 à pleine page. L'un des cent exemplaires sur papier de luxe, imprimés par les presses des Manufactures Impériales du Japon (n°99). (légers frottements aux coiffes et coins).
1938Iconic issue featuring great color cover photo of renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Also includes a marvelous photo-illustrated article about Wright entitled "Usonian Architect" which runs from page 29 to 32. Much additional great content but Mr. Wright is the star of this issue. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. SWEENEY 454. Book
1922Telephone 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: Nice photo montage of six female lower mainland agents; Commendation for Excellent service; Industrial Review - statistics for the province; Bar graph of phones in service between 1903 and 1921; When the telephone was a curiosity in the Capital City - nice seven page feature on the history of telephony in Victoria, beginning in 1877; Page of the 1880 Victoria and Esquimalt phone book; Facsimile of letter dated 1878 from the Bell Telephone office in Brantford, Ontario which says Mr. R.B. McMicking has accepted the agency of the company in British Columbia; City of Vancouver gets new phone number; Telephone development keeps pace with progress; Cover photo of the operating room of the Nanaimo exchange; Five-page illustrated article on Nanaimo, including 35 year-old photo of downtown with Bastion visible and an 1890 photo of a portion of the downtown and bowl area; Trouble shooting in Kootenay; The manufacture of porcelain; photo of operators at work in New Westminster; 6-page illustrated feature on New Westminster with mid-90s photo of the Colonial Hotel and area plus a photo of Columbia street before the fire of 1898; Composite cables will be important betterment; Fairmont operating room photo; Great photo montage of the old wooden bridge connecting Nanaimo's Fitzwilliam St. with downtown (the caption mentions E.P. LaBelle, whose name is stamped on the top edge of this book); 11 page feature on the history of telephony in Vancouver, with several photos from before 1900; pulling coils of duplex wire through the mountains by snow shoe(!); Nice photos of the following exchanges - Seymour, Fairmont, Highland, Bayview, Victoria, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Nanaimo, Chemainus, Cobble Hill, Cumberland, Belmont, Duncan, Courtenay, Port Alberni, Colquitz, Ladysmith, Keating, Aldergrove, Abbottsford, Collingwood, Fraser, Port Moody, Port Coquitlam, West Vancouver, Ladner, Kerrisdale, Eburne, Milner, Cloverdale, Steveston, Sidney, Hammond, Mission City, Kamloops, Agassiz, Trail, Rossland, Kaslo, Nelson, Grand Forks, Greenwood, New Denver, plus plant headquarters for the Mainland and Victoria; statement of development showing number of operating phones per community; Cover photo of the Foul Bay area of Victoria; More Switchboards for Seymour; Bayview Extension; Centralization of observation equipment; Demo. switchboard for school; Much outside construction; Seven duct miles of conduit laid in Seymour underground; Table showing exchanges in order of percent good toll calls; Alexander Graham Bell dies; Oaks Point snap shots; new motor control switchboard; Wireless telophony in early nineties (article); Laying underground conduit in Shaughnessy; New aerial cable across Capilano River; Passing of William Farrell, Company President; Rejuvinating used Plant material in machine shop; a peculiar case of hydrolysis; photo of Georgia street conduit trench; Second Annual Telephone Convention; 1885 B.C. Provincial Directory - article with 1885 photo of Vancouver Harbour; Autobiography of a switchboard plug; photo of burying conduit on Seymour in 1905; Appreciation shown by Port Alberni business men; Long Distance operators usually get their man; 7,000 mile motor trip of B.C. Telephone man; The telephone directory - my favourite book; Map showing routing of two cable between Book
1902rif. 140771902 S.l.n.d. (ca 1902), 25 planches in-plano (520 x 360 mm) réunies dans un album cartonné blanc, dos toilé blanc, plat supérieur illustré dune pastille orange marquée "SEM".Etat : Portfolio : Manque les lacets de fermeture, déchirure sans manque en bas du mors supérieur, petites salissures sur les plats, coins et coupes légèrement frottés - Planches : petite déchirure marginale et légère insolation et rousseurs sur le recto de la planche 2 (Maxims), verso de la planche 7 (Marthe Brandès) insolé, ces deux planches ayant été placées en début et fin du portfolio pendant des années et ces insolations sont dues à lacidité des cartons intérieur de celui-ci, très bel exemplaire par ailleurs.N.B. : Les numéros de planches en rouge sur les photos ont été ajoutées informatiquement pour aider à suivre la liste ci-dessous, ils ne sont bien-sûr pas présents sur les planches originales
1761rif. 16534Lyon, J.M. Bruyset, 1761 ; in-8, veau fauve marbré, dos à nerfs décoré et doré, pièce de titre grenat, roulette sur les coupes (reliure d’époque) ; (4), XVI, 283 pp. grand plan dépliant (446 X 580 mm), dessiné et gravé par Jacquemin en 1747.
