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1922Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Michel the Spy - a remarkable WWI character; Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central Africa - Part II - "Shooting" big game with a camera - article with great photos; A Bid for a Bride - love finds a way in the lonely outpost of Mersa Matruh, Egypt; Four-Figure Milestones; Seeking Six Million Pounds - recovering gold and silver from the White Star liner 'Laurentic' which was sunk off the coast of Ireland in January 1917; Through the East By Air - Part IV - The adventures of Richard and Sydney Carline who were commissioned by the National War Museum to paint scenes in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Persia; Diamond Cut Diamond - farmhand matches wits with farmer who cheats his men of their wages; Adrift in Mid-Air - French artilleryman M. Clinckmaille was carried high in the air by a runaway observation balloon - suspended by his leg!; Restoring the Dead to Life! - The Secrets of Katsu, known to the Japanese for two thousand years, but jealously guarded from the outside world - fascinating article with photos; A Race for Life in Death Valley - The ordeal of two motorcyclists who attempted to drive through Death Valley during the hottest month of the year - article with great photos; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part IV - A trap is set for George Keene; Magalloway's Grizzly - life and death encounter with a Wyoming rancher; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
1946Half-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: awarding of Distinguished Flying Cross to Flt.-Lieut. Gordon Smith; Excellent photo of Vancouver radiotelephone operators at work; Long Distance Load in '44 set new record - statistics; Radiotelephone saves 3 lives when tug sinks; Annie Gillman - never late for work in 38 years as operator; Telephone Trouble - by Francis Aldham of the Vancouver Daily Province; Forty Miles of Telephone Bills - reprinted from the December 1944 issue of Western Business and Industry; Harold Morse retires; A few lines from the front lines - portions of letters from telphone employees on active service; Large black and white reproduction of B.C. Tel. Victory Bond advertisement featuring Winston Churchill; Expansion Programme will fall short of needs - with drawing of new central office building at Tenth Ave. and Yew St.; Digits control names of new Central Offices; Report shows phone situation still serious - no prospect of relief in near future; Al Miller retires after 36 years of service; Popular chief operator, Edna Green, resigns; Farewell to Don (Mac) McAuley; Photo of the "Kamloops Kid" - Dave Wilkie; Photos of Sports Starlets; A Telephone Man in the Navy - a lengthy letter to the editor from Elect. Lieut. N.J. Dunlop, R.C.N.V.R.; Article - Two Million Wait for Phones in North America, and relevant B.C. Tel advertisement; Cover photo of U.S. Army Bronze Star recipient Staff Sgt. Robert Creech; Photos of the three Stephan sisters who are operators; Photo of war shortage billboard; Voices with smiles - article from the Vancouver Daily Province by Gordon McCallum; Article - $64 question in the telephone business; Plagued by Shortages - article from the National War Finance Committee; article and photo - Pup Flies Atlantic with Flt. Lt. Gordon Heselton; Article on Robert Garnett Tatlow, Vancouver Pioneer; B.C.'s First Emergency Phone Call - Pants torn by Dog; Construction photos of 'Cedar'; War's End Brings Record Long Distance Load; Heading Back to Normal - but still a long way to go; Death removes Ernest F. Helliwell; Radiotelephone service to the rescue; Photo of phone installer Charlie McAndrew, and the billboard which used the photo; Photos of North Vancouver staff and facilities; Secret of wartime 'what-is-it' building on Seymour finally revealed - photos and two-page article; 5 excellent pages of photos and article on the building of the Pacific Communications System, 'One of our Biggest War Jobs'; Daisy Bonde retires; Excellent photo of B.C. Telephone's 'Sky Riders', dangling 350 feet in the air over Rock Creek Canyon; 3 more billboard photos; We are establishing an F.M. Radio Network; We subscribed nearly $2,000,000 to the war effort; Farewell to Miss Mary Lloyd, Ernest Cole and William Silver; Many photos of employees knitting; Trail operators at work; Eighteen Thousand Calls a day - article; New record for telephone calls in 1945; Difficulties of supply situation again stressed in telephone company's annual report; Charlie McAndrew has installed 40,000 photos; Cupid is main cause of our traffic problems - article; Only photo available of Vancouver's first telephone exchange, established in 1885 in Tilley's book store, on the east side of Carrall St.; PNE float; Alma open house; Hastings Hay Ride; Better phone service to central B.C. points Book
1778réf. 8728Paris, Veuve Duchesne (Imprimerie Cl. Simon de Clousier), 1778 ; six tomes, in-8 ; plein veau fauve, dos à nerfs décorés et dorés, pièces de titre havane et de tomaison vert-sapin, triple filet doré d'encadrement des plats, filet sur les coupes, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque) ; (4), XVI, 594, (4) ; (4), 600 ; (4), 479, (1 bl.) ; (4), 462 ; (4), 472 ; (4), 524 pp. ; portrait par Pougin de st Aubin pour l'effigie et Marillier pour le décor, gravé par N. Le Mire en frontispice du tome 1er ; 2 figures en second frontispice du tome 1er et en frontispice du tome 2, gravées par L. Halbon et Le Beau d'après Marillier et tirées des pièces "L'Oracle" et "Les Grâces".
réf. 11533Paris, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1903. Grand in-4, n.p., couverture illustrée rempliée, dos muet, (14) pl. h-t, nombreuses illustrations dans le texte (couverture légèrement frottée, quelques pages se désolidarisent). Joint : le prospectus de souscription.
1956réf. 150328Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1956. Vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photograph of actor Dean Martin on the set of the 1956 film. With the stamp of Paramount photographer Jack Harris on the verso. Two men arrive in a small western community hoping to avenge the deaths of their fathers and eradicate the town's lawless criminals. The penultimate musical comedy film collaboration between Martin and Jerry Lewis. Shot on location in Arizona. 13.5 x 10.25 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing to the bottom edge. Pitts 3040. Paramount Pictures unknown
1956réf. 150328Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1956. Vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photograph of actor Dean Martin on the set of the 1956 film. With the stamp of Paramount photographer Jack Harris on the verso. Two men arrive in a small western community hoping to avenge the deaths of their fathers and eradicate the town's lawless criminals. The penultimate musical comedy film collaboration between Martin and Jerry Lewis. Shot on location in Arizona. 13.5 x 10.25 inches. Very Good plus with light creasing to the bottom edge. Pitts 3040. Paramount Pictures unknown books
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1993réf. 93131993. Shatner William. Contract granting Interplay Productions license to use recorded scripted material associated with Star Trek characters dated October 19 1993 documents the formal extension of television-era science fiction performance into the rapidly expanding computer software and video game industry of the early 1990s. Best known for portraying Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek Shatner's authorization reflects the increasing commercialization and technological adaptation of established media franchises during a period when interactive entertainment was emerging as a major cultural and economic force. The agreement explicitly grants "license to use recorded scripted material read by you for use in connection with computer software products incorporating any of the 'Star Trek' characters" establishing a direct connection between actor performance rights and digital media production. Shatner William. Contract. October 19 1993. Agreement between William Shatner and Interplay Productions. The document formalizes the licensing of Shatner's recorded voice work for incorporation into software products tied to the Star Trek franchise indicating the growing role of recognizable character continuity in early multimedia development. Signed prominently in blue ink "William Shatner" the contract preserves both the legal framework and the commercial language governing intellectual property use during a transitional moment in entertainment media. Produced at a time when franchises increasingly migrated from film and television into interactive formats this agreement situates Star Trek within broader developments in digital storytelling licensing practices and the integration of celebrity performance into gaming environments. Such contracts mark the early infrastructure of cross-media franchising that would come to define late twentieth-century entertainment economies. Light handling wear; clean and legible; signature bold. Overall very good condition. unknown
1993réf. 93131993. Shatner William. Contract granting Interplay Productions license to use recorded scripted material associated with Star Trek characters dated October 19 1993 documents the formal extension of television-era science fiction performance into the rapidly expanding computer software and video game industry of the early 1990s. Best known for portraying Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek Shatner's authorization reflects the increasing commercialization and technological adaptation of established media franchises during a period when interactive entertainment was emerging as a major cultural and economic force. The agreement explicitly grants "license to use recorded scripted material read by you for use in connection with computer software products incorporating any of the 'Star Trek' characters" establishing a direct connection between actor performance rights and digital media production. Shatner William. Contract. October 19 1993. Agreement between William Shatner and Interplay Productions. The document formalizes the licensing of Shatner's recorded voice work for incorporation into software products tied to the Star Trek franchise indicating the growing role of recognizable character continuity in early multimedia development. Signed prominently in blue ink "William Shatner" the contract preserves both the legal framework and the commercial language governing intellectual property use during a transitional moment in entertainment media. Produced at a time when franchises increasingly migrated from film and television into interactive formats this agreement situates Star Trek within broader developments in digital storytelling licensing practices and the integration of celebrity performance into gaming environments. Such contracts mark the early infrastructure of cross-media franchising that would come to define late twentieth-century entertainment economies. Light handling wear; clean and legible; signature bold. Overall very good condition. unknown books
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2003réf. 10229Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and uniformed green dust jackets. Minor wear around jackets otherwise a clean set with no previous owners' names or other defacements. Scarce. Tomo I 1782-1912 Tomo II 1947-2004 9.25 x 12.25 in 23.5 x 31 cm Popular hardcover
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1997réf. BN42244Star Trek Ge Fabbri Ltd. 1997. 1997. Die offiziellen Star Trek Fakten und Infos Heft 1 bis 304 = komplett 19 Sammelordner Ge Fabbri Ltd. Science-Fiction Die Offiziellen STAR TREK Fakten und Infos Hefte 1-304 in 19 Ordnern Science-Fiction Die Offiziellen STAR TREK Fakten und Infos Hefte 1-304 in 19 Ordnern Die offiziellen Star Trek Fakten und Infos Heft 1 bis 304 = komplett 19 Sammelordner Ge Fabbri Ltd. Star Trek Ge Fabbri Ltd. unknown
193988 pages. Features: Vogue's-Eye View of Summer Fashions; New fashions, pleasures, and politics in Paris today; Waists dwindle at Paris Mid-Seasons - great Horst photos; Murder in the Art Galleries; One-page colour portrait of Mrs. Edgar Scott (Number 6 in a series); Cherchez la femme - an illustrated article on lipstick; Beautiful one-page color-illustrated ad for Bergdorf Goodman features lady seated by cabana with white dog; Random notes on waists, women and what-not; Summer Stock; This Summer's Debutantes - photos of Colette Gay, Mary Steel, Elizabeth Gibson, Rosamund Reed, Marjorie Flagg, Margaret Harper, Mary Filley, Elizabeth Kean, Dorothy Blackwell, Margot Finletter, Ann Wickes, Elizabeth Putnam and Barbara Iselin; Photos and brief write-ups of Barry Fitzgerald, Patricia Collinge, Morris Carnovsky, Hal Sherman and Sam Jaffe; House of Jewels at the Fair - with lovely one-page color photo; Color-illustrated article on 'Color - for the sand and sea'; Gorgeous one-page color photo of model in blue and white-striped dress in front of green-striped backdrop; Country Dinner - skirts or trousers?; Italy sends fashions to the Fair; Young ideas for your home life; Good for your Game - golf fashion photos; Picasso, Degas and Zola - samples of their photography; Come to Lunch on Sunday; Great photos of how a woman should look - and not look - when seeking a job; Two gorgeous one-page photos of models with little waists in dinner wear; Designs for dressmaking; Shop-hound's Early Crop; Discoveries in Beauty; Augustus John; For Mothers of Tomorrow; Cast on these sweaters; and more. Ads: Color photo ad for Cannon towels inside front cover; Bonwit Teller (shoes); Two-page ad for Lucien Lelong Carefree Perfume and Cologne; Two-page ad for the Cunard White Star and its vessel the Mauretania which will make her maiden voyage from New York on June 30th; Great one-page color-photo ad for the La Salle five-passenger four-door touring sedan (green); One-page photo ad for Oldsmobile cars; Imra; Jacqueline Cochran Cosmetics; Fantastic one-page ad for the new Lastex Pagan Charm Girleiere by Formfit; Campbell's Consomme (Soup); Pond's Cold Cream - featuring photos of Lady Rosemary Gresham of England, the Hon. Ann Schaughnessy in Montreal, Mrs. Robert W. Armstrong of Toronto, the former Ann Clark (now a Roosevelt), the Lady Cynthia Williams and Mrs. Nicholas R. du Pont of Wilmington; Gorgeous two-color one-page ad for Lentheric fragrances; Old Gold Cigarettes - with photo of World's Fair Gown; One-page two-color Helena Rubenstein lipstick ad introduces new color 'Sporting Pink'; Nice one-page two-color ad for Bourjois's Mais Oui fragrance; Le Gant's "Sta-up-Top"; Revlon cream nail enamel; Tasteful leggy one-page ad for Bellin's Wondersteoen magic hair eraser; One-page ad by Japan's Board of Tourist Industry promotes tourism to that country; Fantastic color ad inside back cover features the Lincoln Zephyr V-12 in a desert scene; Nice color-photo Fisher Body ad on back cover features seaman standing by lady in red Pontiac. Faint hand-written name upon front cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Short openings at each end of backstrip. Binding intact. A sound and complete copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
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1926réf. 61673New York & Detroit MI: Durant Motors Inc. April 1 1926. 8vo. 154 pp sections unpaginated others separately paginated. including Retail Order Forms in duplicate on pink & beige-coloured paper with carbons perforated prospect forms. With numerous colour plates black & white photo plates text illustrations. Simulated textured green-brown flexible calf 6-ring binder raised embossed lettering in blind on front cover minor shelfwear rubbing slight age toning faint tidemark to upper fore-edges of a few plates still a VG- copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce dealership salesmen’s hand book for Durant Motors Star Four Star Six automobiles and commercial vehicles introducing their newly introduced 6-cylinder engine. The Star Six produced 40 horsepower and had a 107-inch wheelbase with models including the Star Six Touring Star Six Sport Coupe Coupe Coach Roadster Landau and Sedan all designed and priced to compete with similar Chevy and Ford Models. Durant Motors was founded in 1921 by William Durant after he lost control of General Motors and in the subsequent years built and sold cars assembled from parts manufactured by other suppliers with the intent of building a company that rivaled GM and Chevrolet. This salesman’s hand book describes and illustrates the Durant “New Star Four” Model F which when introduced in 1925 featured the Continental 35 horsepower engine and was very popular. This salesmen’s book includes specific Retail Order forms detailing the price of car freight financing insurance how to push sales through garage owners cultivate Star Car owners as rolling advertising salesman 129 Star Quality Features over competitor’s automobiles low operating costs and pushing the newly introduced Compound Fleetruck commercial truck vehicles. Along with specifics on the factory sales organization the dealership sign is depicted along with specific instructions on developing service/lubrication schedules with new others. This line-up continued into 1927 but Durant began running into capitalization problems and sold his Flint MI plant to GM and in 1927 sold his Long Island City plant to Ford and suspended the Durant Motor Car production in 1927 although the Star continued to be produced with over 70000 sold in 1927. Sales continued to drop in 1928-1929 and by 1932 ceased production and by 1932 Durant was wiped out by the Great Depression. No copies in Worldcat; See: Pat Foster After Being Ousted from GM Billy Durant Aimed for the Skies Hemmings July 11 2024; John B. Rae The Fabulous Billy Durant Business History Review Vol. 32 No. 3 Autumn 1958 pp. 255-271. Durant Motors, Inc., unknown
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