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1995rif. 318c7718Canada: Fifth House Publishers. Good in Good dust jacket. 1995. First Printing. Hardcover. 1895618665 . 184 pages. "Combines early impressions of breathtaking grandeur with photographs of exploration surveying the building of roads and railways the extraction fof resources and the establishment of communities. Contemporary viewers witness through these compelling images the remarkable accomplishments of men and women labouring under extraordinary circumstances." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy of this wonderful compilation.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Waiting for the Light: Early Mountain Photography in British Columbia and Alberta 1865-1939 Canadian Pictorial Works . Fifth House Publishers hardcover
1932rif. 59687Hoboken NJ: R. B. Davis Co 1932. Ephemera. Very good. A vintage aviation pictorial puzzle map. Puzzle size: 10 x 6 1/2". Several of the pieces have adhesive mounting reminants to the reverse. With the original printed mailing envelope which is wrinkled but complete but for a small loss from the upper left corner. A colorful 65-piece cardboard jigsaw puzzle map of the western United States. which was provided as a premium for Cocomalt customers. This map showcases Col. George Hutchinson and his "Flying Family" - his wife two children and their mascot the lion cub "Sunshine." In 1931 at the start of commercial aviation the Hutchinson family embarked upon a flying tour of the United States visiting with the governors of each of the 48 states. A nice example of early commercial aviation ephemera. R. B. Davis Co unknown
1929rif. 144c7695Toronto: The Maclean Publishing Company. Fair. 1929. First Edition. Paperback. 92 pages. A.J. Casson cover illustration depicts 'The Great Gardening Game' on a checkerboard. Contents: Colour ad for Kyanize Lustaquik Finish inside front cover; Fantastic multi-photo ad for International Harvester trucks features photos of trucks belonging to Hendrie & Co. Ltd. of Hamilton and Deskin Brothers of Montreal; Nice photo ad for Cream of Wheat; Canada's Fighting Airmen - Part 5 - Lt.-Col. Barker V.C. wins his first decoration; Racing Needs a Cleanup - Douglas Eppes argues that government control of Canadian horseracing tracks is an imperative necessity - with photos; The Red Sport Cabriolet by Martha Banning Thomas; Hon. John Babington Macaulay Baxter Premier of New Brunswick - an intimate sketch; Vanderdassen by Maurice Inskipp; The Parking Puzzle - James A. Cowan sheds a little lighht on the question of what a motorist can do with his car once he's bought it - with cartoons and photo; Private Elemental by Will R. Bird; The Centenarian by Fred Jacob; Before British Columbia Was Born - first of a series of articles narrating the romantic experiences of Jason O. Allard including super photo of downtown Nanaimo in 1858 when it was called Colvilletown plus a photo of the grounded "Beaver" the first steamship to churn the waters of the Pacific wrecked near the mouth of Vancouver Harbour; Full-page colour reproduction of "Over the Top" a WWI painting by Alfred Bastein; Kindred by Archie P. McKishnie; The Pilot by J.H. Power; Comments on the book "Memoirs of Prince Max of Baden"; Ultra-violet rays successfully used to treat King George V; Major H.O.D. Segrave relates the thrills of being the world's fastest motorist; Canadian General Electric ad for the 3897 Refrigerator; Gorgeous full-page colour ad for Packard automobiles features James Monroe; Congoleum Rugs colour ad; Brickbats and Bouquets - Letters to the Editor; Review of New York Times article by Edwin L. James which criticizes U.S. foreign policy and envisions an International Bank; Nice Plymouth car ad featuring the full-size Four-door sedan; Monroe Doctrine Explained; Nice two-colour ad by Red Indian motor oil; Full-page ad for Pepsodent; Great colour ad for Frididaire Refrigerators; Very bold Firestone Tire colour centerfold ad; Wonderful vintage ad for the Wallglow shower manufactured by Wallaceburg Brass & Iron Mfg. Co.; Full-page Chevrolet ad; Ford photo ad promotes two cars per household; Happy Valleys - The Okanagan and Annapois Valleys; Very nice colour ad for Crane plumbing fittings shows a lovely contemporary kitchen scene; Magnificent full-page pastel colour ad for Canadian Pacific boats of the high level of service offered by their network of railways steamships and hotels - includes layout of a luxury railcar with solarium observation lounge buffet etc.; Half-page Kellogg's corn flakes ad features black waiter holding breakfast tray; Gutta Percha & Rubber Limited ad for their Gum Cushioned Tires; Nice full-page ad for Willys Knight cars; Full-page Listerine ad; Great full-page colour ad celebrates 50 years of Woolworth; Lux Toilet Soap features 16 head-shot photos of lovely ladies and includes their names; As the Twig is Bent - Parents must build the characters of their children by Mabel Crews Ringland; Edith Louise Paterson - Canada's Youngest Woman Judge; Design Feature - The Breakfast Nook; Financial Article - Security Markets Reflect Acute Credit Stringency hmmm. this was months before the stock crash of October 1929; Handsmome ad for the new Nash '400' car; Colour ad for Palmolive soap inside back cover; Colour ad for Parker Duofold pens on back cover. Address label upon front cover. Crossword completed. Above-average wear to covers which are loose in one piece but present. Textblock sound. A worthy copy of this very informative and attractive issue.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's Magazine - Canada's National Magazine May 1 1929 Victoria Cross I.W. McKay Chief Factor Hudson's Bay Company The Great Gardening Game' on a checkerboard. Contents: Colour ad for Kyanize Lustaquik Finish inside front cover; Fantastic multi-pho . The Maclean Publishing Company paperback
1992rif. 737a7484Canada: Douglas & McIntyre. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. Second Augmented Edition. Hardcover. 1550540378 . 174 pages. "Bill Reid's Spirit of Haida Gwaii is no ordinary sculpture. Commissioned for the courtyard of the new Canadian chancery in Washington D.C. it sits directly across from the National Gallery and is destined to become one of the major artistic landmarks of the capital and of the North American continent. Ulli Stelzer's photographs taken over five years record the genesis and development of the Black Canoe and of each creature within it. This sequence of nearly one hundred images offers detailed insight into the final form and reveals many aspects of the sculpture otherwise lost forever to view." - from dust jacket. Book clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Nice copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; INDIAN SCULPTURE NORTH AMERICA INDIANS Haida Gwaii Bill Reid Native Carvers Pacific Northwest Haida . Douglas & McIntyre hardcover
2011rif. 321703Canada: Kingsley Knowledge Publishing 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No dustjacket. 8vo. pp. 468 ""The volume covers basic science relevant to oil sands industry. In Chapter 1 after a brief geology review bitumen reserves major production projects and recovery methods are described. Chapters 2 and 3 are devoted to basic scientific principles including surface and colloidal science and fluid dynamics respectively. The three following chapters cover physical… Kingsley Knowledge Publishing hardcover
1986rif. 713a5936Ladysmith BC Canada: Reflections. Very Good. 1986. First Edition. Paperback. 0969257007 . Signed by author upon title page. Author was born and raised in Seattle where she graduated from the University of Washington. In the early fifties she and her husband moved to a small island Pylades located in the Strait of Georgia British Columbia. These stories describe her feelings for the beauty of that world interwoven with the people and creatures who inhabit it. She now resides on Vancouver Island and is a Canadian citizen. 96 pages. Clean tight and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Pylades Island Gulf Islands Fiction Stories; Signed by Authors . Reflections paperback
1996rif. 318270Edmonton: Wolf Willow Press 1996. First edition. paperback. fair/no dustjacket. 8vo. Signed by Author. pp.449 signed and inscribed by the author on dedicatory page old water stain to back pages Wolf Willow Press paperback
1857rif. 12398London: Royal Geographical Society 1857. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Papers read before the RGS for the whole year of 1857. 8vo 1 - 153 pp with large folding hand color outline map with tear in fold of map. 1855 expedition North Australia exploration. Old half cloth & marbled boards gilt title stamped on spine. Book plate of the noted Western Australia collector and book dealer Ian McGill. Royal Geographical Society hardcover
rif. 37417London: Printed for Budd and Calkin 1814. First edition 2 44pp. title slightly browned disbound. London: Printed for Budd and Calkin, 1814 unknown
1902rif. 78146Sioux Falls: Will A. Beach 1902. Interesting locally produced map by E. Frank Peterson of Vermillion South Dakota promoting the “Famous Artesian Belt” of eastern South Dakota. The counties and reservations are outlined in red with a printed overlay for the Security Land Company of Alexandria South Dakota pasted above the map: “Have a Choice List of Lands and Stock Ranches in Edmunds Walworth Brown Hand Aurora Jerauld and Lyman Counties in the Famous Artesian Belt Flowing Wells at From 700 to 1000 feet.” Alexandria is one of five cities on the map identified with a red star. The map 21 ¾” x 18 ½” folds into printed paper wrappers 3 ¼” x 6” with further advertising from the Security Land Company on the front panel. Small splits at some of the seams a few mended with tape. The map is a bit musty mothballs. Ink notation to the rear panel of the wrappers which are edgeworn and toned. The map was adapted by at least three different publishers to promote other regions of South Dakota. All are uncommon. OCLC locates only four holdings of this particular issue: Yale Lincoln Presidential Library Southern Methodist and Stanford. Will A. Beach unknown
1910rif. 78148Highmore South Dakota: Keiser Land Company 1910. Printed by Will A. Beach in Sioux Falls using the E. Frank Peterson map of South Dakota to promote settlement in Stanley Sully Hughes Hyde and Hand Counties which are highlighted in green of course. The remaining counties and the Indian Reservations are outlined in red. Advertisements and agricultural statistics frame the map with a lengthy text on the verso describing the natural resources educational advantages and other local opportunities. Printed on both sides of a 22” x 17” sheet which folds to 3 ½” x 8 ½”. A few minor splits and tears with some mild toning to the outer panels; else very good. Scarce OCLC locates only three holdings: Yale South Dakota and Michigan. Keiser Land Company unknown
1908rif. 78147Highmore South Dakota: E.J. Quirk Land Company 1908. Promotional information is printed on the verso of the map. “South Dakota a wonderful farming country; great agriculture live stock; great in mineral wealth and natural resources.” This booster piece also claims South Dakota is the least advertised and known but “all things considered ”the richest and best state in the Union.” Land was offered at $12.50 to $30 per acre dependent on distance from railroads and improvements. The map is printed in red and black Hand Hyde Hughes and Sully Counties are highlighted in pink on a 22” x 17” sheet which folds into printed tan paper wraps 3 ¼” x 6”. Tiny bit of edgewear; else near fine. Scarce OCLC locates only one copy at Yale. E.J. Quirk Land Company unknown
1965rif. Alibris.0004788Austin: Published for the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art Fort Worth by the. 1965. First edition. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket. A Fine Copy In Near Fine Dust Jacket. 68 p. illus. part col. 29 cm. Includes Illustrations. "Issued on the occasion of a retrospective exhibition of the artist's work at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. Published for the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, by the.. hardcover
1884rif. 499London & New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Decorative cloth over boards title stamped in gilt onto spine 12mo 7.75 inches tall pp. i-ii iii-vi 1-339 illustrated with four folding maps by Leonard Forbes Beckwith C.E. ÉCOLE CENTRALE PARIS all edges trimmed decorative endpapers. Rubbing and light general wear to covers corners and spine ends softened fade to spine front hinge cracked but still solid blush of age tone and soil to text prev. owners neat gift insc. dated August 29th 1884 to ffep and in the same period hand " Byron Sherman 1884" at top of title page small splash marks to fore-edge. Booksellers tag "Old Eagle Book Shop.Kennebunkport Maine" at bottom of ffep. Text and all fold-out maps fine. "On the last day of May1863 in company with my father I left Fifth Avenue for Alaska." and so begins the author's four month journey by rail steamer wagon and horseback for well over 12000 miles with his famous father across America. Included are visits to and observations of Salt Lake the Mormons San Fransico and her markets buildings and the Chinese Quarter Yosemite Valley Astoria Vancouver's Island and of course on to Alaska and return. The New York edition of the same year has ten fewer pages 329 pp. with all else identical. Ref. Wickersham 6455; Lowther 668; Whale 1174; Smith 8141. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
rif. 116621334X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
rif. 114472824X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1877rif. 23994Dublin: The Central Tenants' Defense Committee 1877. First printing. Hardcover. Good overall. The trial of returned convict John Sarsfield Casey an activist defender of Irish tenant farmers who earlier in his career wrote letters to Fenian newspapers as 'The Galtee Boy' which were used in his 1865 trial to support a charge of treason and a sentence of transportation to Australia. Casey was one of the 62 Fenians transported to Western Australia. He was granted a free pardon in 1869 and returned to Dublin in 1870. The 1877 trial recorded here was brought against Casey in Ireland by the agent for a wealthy land owner Nathaniel Buckley named Patten Smith Bridge. Bridge had imposed enormous rent increases on the Galtee Mountain tenant farmers; he alleged that Casey's articles to the press about the excessive rent increases had libeled him. Huge rents increases and the inability of farmers to pay resulted in whole families being thrown out of their homes; Casey knew these facts from personal experience as some of these tenants were his relatives. The trial lasted 8 days; Bridge's claim for damages against Casey was repudiated. 8vo vii 98pp. Deaccessed by the NY Association of the Bar Library with their stamp on the title page. Tan library cloth binding with leather gilt spine label and paper label. Cloth sunned at spine leather label slightly rubbed. Printed on cheap newsprint paper Title page detached chipped at edges with early paper repair on verso; Preface pages through vi chipped along gutter but holding. OCLC: 20515747. The Central Tenants' Defense Committee hardcover
1995rif. 320558A. Sutherland 1995. First edition. paperback. very good/no dustjacket. 4to. Signed by Author. pp.220.Signed and inscribed by the author on title page A. Sutherland paperback
1997rif. 091521-KSeattle WA.: University of Washington Press 1997. Book. Illus. by Susan Einstein. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. 1st Edition. 1st. Edition 1997 Black cloth hardcover with silver lettering to the front board and spine 223 page book. Photo illustrated in color plates by Susan Einstein . Edward Bohlin was the Western Leather and Silver designer maker to all the top western actors and studios . Inscribed by James H. Nottage to Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley signed on the title page . A very scarce book on this artist and signed by the author to the Mayor of LA. Condition : FINE Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. University of Washington Press Hardcover
1985rif. 216H0229Vancouver BC: Canucks Publishing. Very Good. 1985. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 80 pages. Vintage Vancouver Canucks program for their game against Barry Beck and the New York Rangers on February 3rd 1985. Cover photo of Barry Beck battling Moe Lemay in front of the Ranger net. Mark's Work Wearhouse ad inside front cover features Stan Smyl with gang of cowboys; AM radio WX 1130 ad features photo of Kay Quinn Jim Fraser Greg Douglas Phil Reimer and Campbell McCubbin; Nice color one-page photo ad for Jantzen clothing featues Cam Neely Darcy Rota and lovely Tracey; Article on Reijo Ruotsalainen; Color photo ad for CKNW 980 features Jim Robson and Gary Monahan; BCTV news hour colour one-page ad features Tony Parsons Norm the weather guy and Bernie Pascal; Individual photos of players on the Canucks and Rangers; Carol Alt describes here marriage to Ron Greschner; and much more. Clean and unmarked with moderate external wear. A quality copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Vancouver Canucks Magazine Sunday February Feb. 3 1985 - for game Against the New York Rangers February 3rd 1985. Cover photo of Barry Beck battling Moe Lemay in front of the Ranger net. Mark's Work Wearhouse ad inside front cover features Stan Sm . Canucks Publishing unknown
1911rif. 73aa1987British Columbia: British Columbia Telephone Company. Fair. 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant traffic commercial operating accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company industry and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exchanges and more. As such these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Photo portrait of the late J.M. Lefevre - father of the company; The Year Ahead; Development of the British Columbia Telephone Company until now; Vancouver rejects dial telephones; Simultaneous telephony and telegraphy; Selling telephone service; Lesson in Telephone Life; Portrait of Mr. H.W. Kent former company General Superintendant; Company meeting the situation; First Telephones in British Columbia; Portrait of Mr. C.F. Bollschweiler General Superintendant of Plant; New North Vancouver Office; Rough tests on Toll Circuits; When Phones were Novelties; Exchanges ranked in order of per cent good toll calls as of January 1911; Statement of Development - # of phones operating in each exchange as of 1 February 1911; Construction activity; An ideal telephone office - Mount Pleasant; Canada's telephone business; Canada - Birthplace of the Phone - summary of events since; Portrait of A.L. Littig; Coast-Kootenay Telephone Line; Many Messages over single wire; San Francisco Telephone Rates; New Telephone Office for Victoria; Photo of George McCartney; Loaded Cables in Submarine Work; Criticism of Government Service regarding phone installation in Winnipeg; What makes a good supervisor; photo of Victoria Exchange; Handling Press Messages by Phone; photo of new Fairmont office; Endorsement for Measured Rate System; Electrolytic Corrosion of Cables; Seymour Office Load Curves; Photo Portrait of George H. Halse; Telphone Cable Development; What the Two-Number System Is; photo of frame of new Victoria building; photo of aftermath of Grand Forks fire; Photo Portrait of Mr. William Farrell Company President; Trend of Electrical Practice; Photo of Conduit Trench along Broadway in Vancouver; Nineteen arguments for telephone directory advertising; Photos of two Vancouver operators; Toll Operators' Contest; Aerial Cable Across the Fraser - two steel strands replace cable washed away last year - photos; Portrait of Miss Mary Dickson Chief Operator at Seymour; Long Distance Telephony; Renewing Section of Gulf Cable with photos of several cable-laying scenes; Continuous service now in Ladysmith; Photo portrait of B.C. Tel. Officials; Nice photo of new Bayview office in Vancouver; Handling a Long Distance call; New Bayview Branch Exchange - model office - 3 pages; and more. Half-leather binding. Front board loose but present. Backstrip open along front and missing chips. Back hinge open. Signature of later company executive E.P. LaBelle upon front free endpaper. Mr. LaBelle's initials penned to top edge. Textblock sound.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Telus History British Columbia Telephone Company Telephony Telephone Talk Internal House Magazine Periodical and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exc . British Columbia Telephone Company hardcover
1938rif. 73aa1971British Columbia: British Columbia Telephone Company. Good. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant traffic commercial operating accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company industry and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exchanges and more. As such these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Photo of new office at Hope; 3 pages re: 'Up-to-the-minute' phone system for Vancouver's city hall; Article and photo of J.C. Joe Armstrong founder of the B.C. Telephone Co.; Hope Joins our Phone System; 3 page article with photos re: The Jeffrees and the Pendrays - telephone pioneers in Victoria; The Birthplace of the Telephone - 2 page article; Employee sales plan resutls; Table of number of phone sets per B.C. community January 1 1937; The McMicking Family Tradition - 3 pages with photos; Roland Sam Nosworthy; North Vancouver Phones to Llanerchymedd; E.J. Haughton of Victoria; Linemen best Coquihalla avalanches; Lloyd Purdy; Peter McNeish; 'Thank-you' replaces repetition of numbers in Vancouver; George H. Halse former CEO passes away - 3 pages with photos; Cavalsky's Store was Nanaimo's first telephone office - 2 pages with photos; E. Purcell Johnston; Fire sweeps the Vancouver Sun - 2 pages; Harry Wilson; Great photo of construction men in front of Nanaimo phone office 25 years ago; 1886 fire leaves the Janes family home as Vancouver's telephone office - with photo; Robert Daniel Davies; We can telephone to China!; Life as a Vancouver operator; Low rates for Long-Distance calls Sundays and every night - with full-page rate sheet; Service to Britannia and Texada; Mrs. George Pittendrigh - Vancouver's first Toll Operator; PNE parade float cover photo; Service to Alaska now available; Operators rally to relieve load during Marpole fire; Edmund Esson; Juanita Booth Seymour chief operator; James Cummins of Victoria - pioneer phone man; Newcastle Island picnic; Flat Rate Telephone Service for Greater Vancouver - 4 pages with photos; Dominion phone organization meets at Minaki Lodge; We can now talk to Haiti; "Operator Get Me to the Police!" - 3 pages with photos; Anchor fouls North Vancouver cable; Engineers 'see' by phone during construction of new Pattullo Bridge with photo; Photo of the London international switchboard - heart of the world telephone network; Ocean Falls and Edinburgh linked; Vancouver's phone directory - with photos; Vancouver can now 'magic carpet' from Vancouver to Bagdad; T. Percy Waters; Ten Years of Transoceanic Telephone Service with photos; B.C. ship-to-shore service now available on commercial basis; Voices under the sea by Al Miller; Reginald H. Milner; Pioneer James Cowherd; Submarine link with Britannia - 4 page article with photos; New Whytecliff office; Alfred Crickmay and his brothers; Development of the phone in B.C. by James Hamilton V.P.; Operators used to need great memories - 2 page article with great Victorian-era operating room photo; Zeballos and Alert bay join phone system - article and photos; Prince Rupert centre of new radiotelephone network; Police session told of proposed teletype network; First call from Atlantic ship to Vancouver; Radio hams in our company; Newcastle Island picnic; Miss Almina Eligh; West Van exchange now includes Whytecliff; PNE float details and photos; F.C. Patterson retires replaced by C.C. Simpson; Two submarine cables severed by Pier D Fire - with photos and text; Ship-to-shore demonstration on CJOR radio; Vancouver's telephone system will be converted to dial; C.A. Charlie Price; Frank C. Paterson; Beware of the common cold; Vancouver toll ro; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Telus History British Columbia Telephone Company Telephony Telephone Talk Internal House Magazine Periodical and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exc . British Columbia Telephone Company hardcover
1922rif. 733a1982British Columbia: British Columbia Telephone Company. Fair. 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. 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: 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; 7000 mile motor trip of B.C. Telephone man; The telephone directory - my favourite book; Map showing routing of two cable between; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Telus History British Columbia Telephone Company Telephony Telephone Talk Internal House Magazine Periodical and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exc . British Columbia Telephone Company hardcover
1926rif. 73aa1978British Columbia: British Columbia Telephone Company. Fair. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. 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: Great photo of cable-pulling gang; The progress of the phone in greater Vancouver; New record set by Vancouver installers; Cartridge fuses defend against foreign currents; Providing phone facilities is a co-operative task; New Kerrisdale exchange being equipped; How a switchboard lamp is made; William Buckle and Splicing; Construction/splicing in Vancouver; A Switchboard Plug and Cord Explains its troubles; Where the cables end when they crawl out of the sea; Chilliwack's first telephone agent John McCutcheon passes away; Nice photo of Granville and Hastings; Nice photo of Richmond Road and area near Victoria; Operator training - 8 pages with nice photos; Peter Grant helped equip Canada's first common battery office; Nanaimo and New West. offices to be expanded; Preparing the pay cheques; George P. Kelly - installed 80' poles; More trunks in Vancouver; Lightning damage on mainland; Repeaters aid voice currents on long journeys; automatic typewriters - chief repeaterman William Faulkes; New Kerrisdale office; Bar Graph of growth of the B.C. system; Statement of Development: # of phones in operation in towns across the province; Victoria and Vancouver to be united by new route; how the phone bill was paid 20 years ago; Kootenays get service; The service application; High tension hazards; draughting the system; Mr. C.E.S. Fisher; Operator Grant gets a phone in her home; Arithmetic is paramount in traffic man's life; Phone shattered by lightning strike; Kamloops now connected to coast; Despatching yellow cabs from 'seymour 4000'; New Carlton office; plant garage serves many cars; new Langley office; Long Kamloops feature with many photos; Grouse Mountain yields to phone's advance - long article with many photos; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear overall with the exception of backstrip which shows significant wear and is loose along back edge. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Telus History British Columbia Telephone Company Telephony Telephone Talk Internal House Magazine Periodical and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exc . British Columbia Telephone Company hardcover
