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1800rif. 09558London: J. Wright 1800. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Fine. Observations on the present state of that Colony and of the Negroes; and an account of the situation of the deported persons at the time of his the author's escape." Octavo 28214 pages. Bound with half title frontis and List of Deported Persons and 3 pages of publisher's ads.Three-quarters red leather by Morrell all edges gilt. The author and other deputies to the French legislature were deported to French Guiana the penal colony that included the infamous Devil's Island. The author managed to escape and made his way to England. J. Wright hardcover books
rif. 6651Manuscript on paper bound. 19th century. Good. Octavo 18 cm; 1 78 leaves paginated in manuscript. Latin and French text on facing pages. Bound in waste vellum manuscript in French no longer easily legible. Pages thumbed and toned at edges. Interlinear corrections in text as well as tipped in overleavers with corrected text. All we know of this manuscript book derives from examination of the physical evidence. The text does not correspond to any known French verse translation of the Book of Job so it seems to be a private endeavor. The unprofessional cursive orthography accords stylistically with handwriting typical of the 19th century but the structure and materials of the binding could indicate an earlier origin. The Latin text of the Vulgate appears on the pages facing the translation. Manuscript on paper, bound. hardcover
rif. 6651Manuscript on paper bound. 19th century. Good. Octavo 18 cm; 1 78 leaves paginated in manuscript. Latin and French text on facing pages. Bound in waste vellum manuscript in French no longer easily legible. Pages thumbed and toned at edges. Interlinear corrections in text as well as tipped in overleavers with corrected text. All we know of this manuscript book derives from examination of the physical evidence. The text does not correspond to any known French verse translation of the Book of Job so it seems to be a private endeavor. The unprofessional cursive orthography accords stylistically with handwriting typical of the 19th century but the structure and materials of the binding could indicate an earlier origin. The Latin text of the Vulgate appears on the pages facing the translation. Manuscript on paper, bound. hardcover books
rif. MD13Two Quarto letters ca. 11 x 8.5 in. 2 & 2 pp. Brown ink on beige wove paper with the printed letterhead of the “Office of Geo T. Conaway Town Recorder and Superintendent of Water Works.” Fold marks but overall very good letters written in a legible hand. Interesting collection of two original autograph letters by an early resident of Canon City Colorado talking about a dramatic train wreckage in Colorado Springs the lure of high wages and a recent job offer from cowboys. The author W. S. Osburn ca. 1866– arrived in Cañon City in the autumn of 1890 staying with his uncle Geo T. Conaway ca. 1846–1898 who served as town recorder superintendent of Water Works and an employee of the Ajax mines. In 1891 Osburn married Nellie Brenton and later moved to Victor where he became a successful merchant. In February 1901 his wife died in a dramatic runaway accident at the age of 33. The following month Osburn accidentally killed a friend’s four-year-old son when a gun he was handling discharged. In the letters addressed to his brother George T. Osburn the author recounts his arrival in Cañon City and shares a detailed eye-witness account of a train wreckage which destroyed a car and severely damaged a freight engine. He enthusiastically reports on the high wages in the area and carefully compares earnings for workers in Leadville Pueblo and Cañon City. He also shares an exciting offer to work as a cook for a group of cowboys weighing the opportunity while expressing his eagerness to begin working. The rest of the letter includes vivid impressions of the region’s mountain scenery and a mention of his Aunt Addie L. Conaway who would later become a successful businesswoman and boarding house owner in Colorado. Overall historically interesting collection of two original letters from a job hunter in Canon City describing his dramatic journey to Colorado Springs the appeal of high wages and a job offer from cowboys. Text of the first letter: “Dear brother I have arrived here safe and sound in the city of Canon last thursday after noon half past three o'clock. I went Uncle George's office and was in there quite a while before he came in and when he came in I said helo Uncle George and began to laugh. but he did not know me for quite a while he studied a good while be fore he could place me well George I wrote to you a bout having a reck on the road coming out here I will explain it a little better now. when we pulled in Colorado Springs thursday morning the train stoped there 20 minets for breakfas and while out train was stopping there a freight train came around the curve like double geared hell and runed in the rear end of our train and knocked hell out of our train busted one car all to peaces and busted the engin all to hell on the freight cars. it did not kill any body but bruised several up very badly. I happen to be standing on the steps when it happen just as it strucked I saw it I jumped about ten feet.Uncle George Salary is $100 hundred dollars per month write soon address: W. S. Osburn Canon City Colorado Fremount Colorado.” Text of the second letter: “Well George I will tell you a little aboute this country what I havent seen a great eal yet Uncle George has not bin living here in town for the past four years that is his failmy he has bin staying here his self he is in the same buisness yet as he has bin. his wife is trouble with the asmey and she has bin living with her folk out on the ranch for her health she is some better now then she has bin she is as fine a woman as I ever saw I never met with finer People than they are. Uncle Geo has bought a fine house lot here in town for $1500 will move this week in town for to live. Georges wife folks live 35 miles from here out through over the mountains in a large valy. Geo I went out Home last saturday with a top wagon and came back yesterday and brot a load of goods with us. and the finest ceanerys a man ever saw I be leave I saw the finest mountains seanrys so nice that a persen cant tell how nice it is if a persen would write and tell what he can see and how this country is the folks back there would swear it was a dam lie I havent saw one half of it. I can stand in the valy where every thing is nice and green and look a croos to the mountains where thay are just covered with snow. it looks so funy to me thay are just thrashing in the valy now it is as worm and nice a persen can stand around in his shirt sleaves stand and feed a machene and see snow. I have saw all kinds of mountains rocky snowy green mountains some as fine a ceanrys every a man would wish to look at. I havent went to work yet and not likly to get to work this week for Geo wants me to move his things to toun and help Aunt Addie set up house keeping the wages is very hi out here and so is every thing. See I want to get to work as soon as I can. I stoped at Pueblo as I came out about 6 hours and thay pay good wages there. the waiges here runs from $35 to 40$ per month washing board - in and at Pueblo thay pay from $2 up to $2.50 cents per day but a man has to pay his expences out of that and on fouther west to Leadville Colorado the waiges is higher there thay pay $9 per day for a teamester to drive two horse to drive four horses thay pay $950 cts per day that is four horse team and a persen can get Board from $20 to $25 dollars per month at that rate a persen can make from $50 to 60 per month. I was ofered $90 per month yesterday to go with the cow boys and cook for them and if I give them sadisfaction thay would give $95 this is clear thay stand all expences and it is dam easy work and I can have a pony saddle when ever I want it I would not promest for sure if i would go or not for I had promest Geo to help move as he is wery but I think i will go next week for a while and try it and if i don't like it i will quit.” unknown
2002rif. __3110113082Mouton De Gruyter 2002. Hardcover. New. reprint 2016 ed. edition. 896 pages. German language. 10.75x8.00x2.50 inches. Mouton De Gruyter hardcover
1681rif. V70503Amsterdam: Henricus & Widow Theodor Boom 1681. Hardcover. Very Good-. Engraved title of a surgery scene patients waiting and examination table 60 copperplate engravings in the text 5 woodcuts. Octavo old sprinkled boards with gilt spine label recased and spine underlaid tips bit worn newer end-papers. Engraved title Printed title with woodcut printer's mark Apollo & Pegasus in a landscape 12pp 392pp 6pp index & blank. Nice name C. Michaelis to blank area of printed title. This is the first Latin translation by the medical student Abraham Blasius of the 'Heel-en Geneeskonstige Aanmerkingen' of the Dutch physician Job van Meek'ren illustrated by cases from his own patients. Four leaves have 2mmx10mm paper faults to fore edge and 8 leaves with marginal damp mark not touching text. An entire and particularly crisp clean copy with good margins strong paper and no underlining/marginalia of these well illustrated medical observations. Henricus & Widow Theodor Boom hardcover
1934Half-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: New Year's Greetings telephoned to Mother in England; Echoes of Turkish Telephony; What people talk about during long distanc calls; Industry advances in 1932 despite business losses; First Bermuda call was boon to navigation company; Statement of Development, January 1, 1933 - provides statistics on the number of telephones working in each community of B.C.; West Vancouver celebrates 21st birthday; Entertainment programme telephoned from Vancouver to Victoria; John Lawson - phone pioneer of West Vancouver; John Henry Ward retires; Royal City students visit phone office; New employee sales campaign has been organized; An ounce of prevention; Fred Meloche has retired; We can talk to the Holy Land; Bowen Island annual picnic; C.A. McMaster; Telephone echoes from India; Who can solve the mystery of B.C.'s first telephone?; Telephone people on job despite earthquake; Hungry people make most work for telephone operators; B.C. Telephone Basketball Team; Statement of Development, May 1, 1933 - a table showing the number of telephones in each community of the province; W.H. Cooke; Victoria to London via All-Red Telephone Route; Vancouver-London conversation heard across Canada; Bowen Island Picnic; Gold Rush turns spotlight on Bridge River Valley; R.G. Roach Retires; An address by Miss Nell Rowbottom, agent, Nanaimo; Beware of Holiday Hazards; Port of New Westminster sets new shipping record; Speedy repairs after Cumberland fire - text and photos; George McCartney (Mr. Mac) retires; A Haircut for the Trans-Canadian Line; George Williamson of the Slocan retires; Toll Lines Restored for Christmas after two weeks of havoc - 6 pages of amazing photos and text; We can talk to the Flathead Valley; The Plant Library is at your service; Two Mining Areas Brought Within Telephone Reach - Anyox and Campbell River (opens up Stewart, Alice Arm and Premier Arm) - great photo of the Anyox plant of the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power Company, Limited; Col. Victor Spencer's voice travels record distance by phone; Telephone to the rescue; Operators' Problems Explained in Radio Interview; Telephone plays prominent part in fight against forest fires - 2 pages with photos; Telephone queries add spice to newspaper life; Electrical Men Meet at Nanaimo; Ernest Moore passes away; New construction project to improve Bridge River service - 2 pages with photos; B.C. Nickel project given service; A telephone pole becomes a Bug's Breakfast - 3 pages with interesting photos and text; Barnston Island receives service; Sculling champ, Edward Snead, retires; Telephone Exchange Established in Bridge River Area - 3 pages of text and photos; Construction programme under way in the Albernis; Ralph S. MacPherson; Photo of the 'Morro Castle' afire; Roy (Dutch) Harris of East Kootenay dies; 'Mystery Mountain' claims life of Alec H. Dalgleish; and more. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon fore- and top edges, and inside front board, else unmarked. Binding intact. Book
1931Half-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: Cover photo of the Victoria Exchange; Company launches employee sales plan; feature on Leo Griggs with photos; Ladner forges to the front as a farming district - with photos; Important changes in Prince George; Mission and Revelstoke; Remodelling Victoria Exchange; Our Trans-Canada Link is growing; - 3 pages with photos; Record holiday load handled by Vancouver toll office; Vancouver-Victoria Cable line severed by Dredge; Engineeers walking all over the province - 4 pages with photos and text; Proper posture; Statement of Development - a table listing the number of operating phones in towns across the province; Campbell River - Cape Lazo Cable is big job for this month - 2 pages; Keeping pace with Schedule on Trans-Canada Line; Philip Creagh - Nanaimo wire chief; Centralized billing system now in effect; Breaking of insulators may have serious consequences; Ocean Falls joins our system and receives first toll service - great photo; Powell River - Cape Lazo Cable successfully laid - 3 pages with photos; Harvey Sauder; A P.A.B.X. is now serving the B.C. Electric Railway Co.; Cover photo of the Victoria exchange; Victoria traffic and commercial staffs now under same roof - text and great art deco photos; One-Fourth of Work on Trans-Canada line completed; C. Whitmore Halford; new phone system in Powell river - 2 pages with photos; All Canadian route from Vancouver to Winnipeg; Trans-Canada construction photos; Vancouver talks with Berlin; Coal Harbour Regatta broadcast from radiotelephone ship; A telephone man in Turkey; Thrilling events preceded opening of Ocean Falls service - with photos; The Huntingdon System is Acquired; The Municipality of Maple Ridge; N.J. Dunlop; A telephone man in South America; Telephone Co-operators; Cover photo of Vancouver fire alarm switchboard; Telephone to the rescue when fire threatens; Great photos of laying cables across Victoria Harbour; Selling Telephone Service; A telephone man in India; Three Nanaimo phone men attempt to save three children in Nanaimo River; Gerald C. Clarke; Two-Thirds of Trans-Canada line complete; Prince George visits plant where our dial equipment was made, in Lancashire; Successful picnic; Princeton to be important link in Trans-Canada line; Wiring plans; The Modern Mouse must have a Telephone House (mouse moves into pay phone); Bigger phone directory - 2 pages with interesting photos; Phone poles go over mountains - several photos; Ervin J. Davis; Trans-Atlantic service growing; Herman A. Nicholson; and more. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Book
1930Telephone 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: Twentieth Year of Telephone Talk; P.A.B.X. for Telephone Company in Vancouver; When this magazine was a bab - by the first editor of Telephone Talk; North-west Telephone Company acquires Prince George System; Hard battle for phone men in rough country along Howe Sound; Christmas gale puts 75% of toll lines out of order; cover photo of 20 ton cable reel for use in Fraser River link in Vancouver-Victoria line; Preparatory work on new trans-gulf cable job nears completion; Speeding Aeroplanes can keep in touch with the earth - two; George Gaetz - Victoria 'heavy' gang foreman; Cover photo of woman demonstrating how to use dial phone; Full page photo of cable barge Brico; First section of new trans-gulf cable successfully laid - 6 pages with many photos; New construction in Victoria; Night work required to build line across Ladner Marsh; The Brico succeeds the Iwalani; Heavy Gang Foreman Andrew Bertram (Andy) Jackson; Land portion of new Victoria-Vancouver cable route now complete - 3 pages with many photos; New Traffic Headquarters in the Georgia Building - several photos; Richmond is thriving Neighbour of big coast cities - photos and text; Picture for Telephone Talk obtained via ship-to-shore phone call; Over half of Trans-Atlantic calls are with Great Britain; We can now talk with South America; Nanaimo heavy gang restores Nanaimo-Victoria service; Vancouver can talk to ship on the Atlantic; Wilfred Calman; 5 page illustrated article announcing completion of Vancouver-Victoria cable; B.C.'s first radiotelephone service now open; Second Calgary Circuit provides Windermere Valley connection; Cable to link Europe with North America; New type of conduit being used for underground work; Record load handled by New Westminster staff; Work on Victoria's central office equipment progressing - many photos; Nice cover photo of the Prince Henry, first passenger ship on the Pacific equipped with dial phone system; New type of pay telephone in Vancouver; Burnaby feature - rapidly industrializing; Bob Perry - Blaster - The Lone Canadian; Ruined Burrard Inlet cable to be replaced; Phone service now available to/from a train; Dunsmuir residence in Victoria speaks with London, England; Dials being placed on Victoria phones - 4 pages with photos; Direct coast and Alberta service now available for Revelstoke; Phone men fight fire which takes 5 buildings in Nanaimo; Dial demonstration popular at Victoria Exhibition; John (Jack) C. Miles; Prince George Reconstruction; Many photos of new Plant and Engineering building in Vancouver; Radiotelephone experiments at coast points successful - 6 pages with photos; William Palliser; Powell River System joins phone family; Trans-Gulf cable now in service; The Terminal and Repeater Equipment of the all-cable toll route - 4 pages with photos; Victoria now using new dial system - photos; Nanaimo high span replaced with submarine cable; Building the B.C. link of the Trans-Canada Line; 17,500 mile link connects Vancouver to Australia; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Backstrip almost entirely loose. Book
rif. 201404138Paris, Société francaise d'éditions d'art L.-HENRI MAY, 1898 ; grand in-4, 299-1, cartonnage de l'éditeur. En très bon état demi-marocain vert a coins tête doré dos a 5 nerfs reliure signé G. Sevin rel - aquarelles et dessin originaux de JOB - EXEMPLAIRE SUR PAPIER DU JAPON contenat un desin original de JOB N°19 Première édition de ce bel ouvrage par un grand spécialiste de l'estampe et de la bibliophilie Henri Bouchot (1849-1906). Dans ce texte, Bouchot retrace l'histoire du costume militaire en France des Gaulois au milieu du XIXè siècle. Les illustrations sont du maître Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Bréville dit Job (1858-1931). Job est un dessinateur et illustrateur français dont le nom d'artiste est composé de l'initiale de son prénom usuel Jacques et de celles de son nom de famille. Après un engagement militaire précoce et des études à l'Ecole des Beaux Arts, il travaille pour des journaux en tant que caricaturiste ; mais il sera surtout remarqué pour ses remarquables illustrations de livres d'enfants. Dans ses grandes compositions en couleurs le culte des héros de la nation tiendra une place primordiale. Au sommaire : Prologue, Harnais de guerre des vieux ancêtres, Les mousquetaires (XVII et XVIIIè siècles), Les marquis, Les sans-culottes, La garde, La grande armée, Les blancs, Les africains -.
1900rif. 248181900 Mine de plomb, crayons de couleurs et rehauts de gouache signé en bas à droite, (1900), 43 x 32 cm. (format à vue), 45.4 x 35.6 cm. (format de la feuille).
1901rif. 249141901 1 Aquarelle signée en bas à droite, 1901, 41.5 x 22 cm., encadrée.
1908rif. 11528Paris: Boivin & Cie 1908. Very good plus. First edition of this amusing Punch and Judy-style interpretation of the history of France from the ancient Gauls to Napoleon's exile to St. Helena. Job and Montorgueil teamed up numerous times over their careers. Job's interest in military history shines through even in the uniforms of the dolls in this title which are depicted in surprising detail and accuracy. One of his less common titles its full-bleed color images beautifully convey the jovial atmosphere. 12.25'' x 9''. Original blue publisher's cloth binding elaborately stamped in various colors. Edges stained black. 30 full-page color illustrations printed full bleed. Text in French. 70 pages hinged at joints as issued. Rear hinge repaired. Light soil to binding at margins spine lightly sunned and soiled. Occasional light soiling to text. Cloth design bright. Boivin & Cie unknown
1908rif. 11528Paris: Boivin & Cie 1908. Very good plus. First edition of this amusing Punch and Judy-style interpretation of the history of France from the ancient Gauls to Napoleon's exile to St. Helena. Job and Montorgueil teamed up numerous times over their careers. Job's interest in military history shines through even in the uniforms of the dolls in this title which are depicted in surprising detail and accuracy. One of his less common titles its full-bleed color images beautifully convey the jovial atmosphere. 12.25'' x 9''. Original blue publisher's cloth binding elaborately stamped in various colors. Edges stained black. 30 full-page color illustrations printed full bleed. Text in French. 70 pages hinged at joints as issued. Rear hinge repaired. Light soil to binding at margins spine lightly sunned and soiled. Occasional light soiling to text. Cloth design bright. Boivin & Cie unknown books
1772rif. 059315London: Printed for Thomas Tegg 73 Cheapside 1772. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 12mo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1842. Hardback. Black calf-leather spines; dark-red leather labels; gilt lettered. Untrimmed edges as issued No owner name or internal markings. Bright tight and clean. NEAR FINE. xx 600 iv 694 pages. 2pp adverts. Heavy; over 3 kilos; extra postage needed. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping London: Printed for Thomas Tegg 73 Cheapside. VERY SCARCE as a complete set. Printed for Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside hardcover
1842rif. 059436London: Printed for Thomas Tegg 73 Cheapside 1842. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 12mo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1842. Hardback. Black calf-leather spines; dark-red leather labels; gilt lettered. Untrimmed edges as issued. No owner name or internal markings. Bright tight and clean. NEAR FINE. xx 600 iv 694 pages. 2pp adverts. Heavy; over 3 kilos; extra postage needed. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping London: Printed for Thomas Tegg 73 Cheapside. VERY SCARCE as a complete set. Printed for Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside hardcover
2021rif. Atlantic-9780367206314CRC Press 2021. 2. Hardcover. New. CRC Press hardcover
2021rif. Atlantic-9780367206314CRC Press 2021. 2. Hardcover. New. CRC Press hardcover
1895rif. 10463CHARAIRE 1895 1 Paris, Charaire, Librairie d'Education de la Jeunesse, (1895), grand in-4, demi-maroquin bordeaux, sous étui.
2002rif. BN694751Berlin New York ; De Gruyter 2002. 2002. Lexikologie = Lexicology - 2 Halbbände komplett : Ein internationales Handbuch zur Natur und Struktur von Wörtern und Wortschätzen = an international handbook on the nature and structure of words and vocabularies =Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft HSK ; 21.1 / 21.2. Lexikologie = Lexicology - 2 Halbbände komplett : Ein internationales Handbuch zur Natur und Struktur von Wörtern und Wortschätzen = an international handbook on the nature and structure of words and vocabularies =Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft HSK ; 21.1 / 21.2. Cruse D. Alan Michael Job und Peter Rolf Lutzeier Berlin, New York ; De Gruyter unknown
1921Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Greatest growth of company was during past year; Sound - a non-technical talk on a technical subject; Accidents which a careless workman may cause; Graph of the number of phones in service from 1903 through 1920; Table listing the exchanges in order of percent good toll calls; Statement of development - a table listing the number of phones in service per exchange across the province; Photo montage of three of the Agents of lower mainland offices; Proposed central office extensions indicate a busy year; Snow and wind storms seriously damage toll leads on Vancouver Island; Repairing submarine cable near Friday Harbor was trying experience; Preparing to lay a third cable between the mainland and Vancouver Island; Magnets - non-technical talk on a technical subject; Statistical Review of the province's industries; Nice photo montage of 5 lady Vancouver Island company representatives; Planned additions; Start of Export Trade in Bulk Wheat - nice photos; Naming a telephone office; Fourty Years of the Telephone; Photo montage of 4 lady company representatives on southern Vancouver Island; The Gathering of Material for Use of Telephone Men - 5-page illustrated article; Application for increased rates before Railway Board; Shipping railway ties to Egypt; Plant activities; Excellent 10-page article describes the laying of the second submarine cable to Vancouver Island (Point Grey to Nanaimo) - many great photos; Photo montage of four lovely ladies who serve as supervising officials in the traffic department; Railway board accedes to request for rate increase; Repair job on North Vancouver Submarine Cable - photos and map; First Convention of Canadian telephone companies very successful - 10 page article with photos; Convention Delegates tour Capilano Timber Company operations - photo montage; Photo montage of chief operators of mainland two-number offices; new Kerrisdale exchange opens; New P.B.X at Spencers (Department Store); Current phone directory is an improvement; 2 pages of samples of past phone directories; Construction of switchboard cords; laying conduit along Georgia St., Vancouver (2 photos); Emergency reveals bravery of B.C. telephone operators; photos of Port Coquitlam flood; amazing photo of washed out bridge over Capilano River; Pioneer line construction - telegraph line between Toronto and Buffalo, NY in 1846; Good Qualities of Loud Speakers; photo of timber cutting to clear a right-of-way to give service to the Broadview district; photo of underground conduit being laid in downtown Nanaimo, with horses and wagon in picture; What constitutes Central's activities at the Capital City Exchange - 4 pages with photos; Rubber covered wires and cables - 3 page article with photos; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Backstrip loose along front edge. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge else unmarked. Binding intact. Aside from backstrip, a sound copy. Book
1901rif. 6224Valence, Jules Créas et Fils, 1901 ; grand in-4 ; demi-chagrin bleu pétrole, dos à quatre nerfs plats décorés d'une roulette de losanges dorés, caisson central à deux grands décors de rinceaux, feuilles et fleurs stylisés, reliés par une chainette, dorés, caissons de tête et de queue décorés de fleurons d'encadrement dorés, auteur et titre dorés sur les plats, tête dorée, plats conservés (reliure de l'épqoue) ; (8) pp., (1) f. blanc, 402, (2) pp., couverture illustrée en couleurs, page de titre imprimée en rouge et noir et armes de Bercheny en bleu ; (6) ff. de poèmes hors-pagination, 34 planches hors-texte dont 5 en couleurs (dont 1 par Job et 1 par David de Sauzéa), 9 bandeaux dont 1 par Caran d'Ache, 7 dessins in-texte, 39 lettrines historiées humoristiques et 25 culs-de-lampe également humoristiques ; les bandeaux, lettrines et culs-de-lampe sont imprimés de toutes les couleurs.
1800rif. 711841800. London: Printed for J. Wright 1800. London: Printed for J. Wright 1800. Intended to Expose the Brutality of the French Revolution Ayme Jean-Jacques. Narrative of the Deportation to Cayenne And Shipwreck on the Coast of Scotland Of J.J. Job Aime Written by Himself. With Observations on the Present State of that Colony And of the Negroes; And an Account of the Situation of the Deported Person at the Time of His Escape. London: Printed for J. Wright 1800. ii 282 12 pp. Lacking half-title and final publisher advertisement leaf. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards lettering piece and gilt fillets to spine marbled edges. Light rubbing to boards moderate rubbing to extremities front hinge starting three early library bookplates to front pastedown. Moderate toning to text occasional light foxing. $950. Second and final English edition. First published as Deportation et Naufrage de J.J. Ayme Ex-Legislateur the first English Translation followed later that year. Ayme was a member of the Directory who was arrested after the Coup of 18 Fructidor and sent to the penal colony in Cayenne commonly known as Devil's Island. He managed to escape and eventually made his way to England. His narrative details the inhuman behavior of the colony's masters towards their prisoners and slaves. Produced to promote opposition to the Revolution in Great Britain the English translation was intended to expose the brutality of the Directory and the hollowness of its stated commitment to political freedom and human rights. The second edition was also issued in a composite volume with two other books critical of the French Revolution titled History of the Revolution of the 18th Fructidor. Sabin A Dictionary of Books Relating to America 545. English Short-Title Catalogue T87787. unknown
1800rif. 711841800. London: Printed for J. Wright 1800. London: Printed for J. Wright 1800. Intended to Expose the Brutality of the French Revolution Ayme Jean-Jacques. Narrative of the Deportation to Cayenne And Shipwreck on the Coast of Scotland Of J.J. Job Aime Written by Himself. With Observations on the Present State of that Colony And of the Negroes; And an Account of the Situation of the Deported Person at the Time of His Escape. London: Printed for J. Wright 1800. ii 282 12 pp. Lacking half-title and final publisher advertisement leaf. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards lettering piece and gilt fillets to spine marbled edges. Light rubbing to boards moderate rubbing to extremities front hinge starting three early library bookplates to front pastedown. Moderate toning to text occasional light foxing. $950. Second and final English edition. First published as Deportation et Naufrage de J.J. Ayme Ex-Legislateur the first English Translation followed later that year. Ayme was a member of the Directory who was arrested after the Coup of 18 Fructidor and sent to the penal colony in Cayenne commonly known as Devil's Island. He managed to escape and eventually made his way to England. His narrative details the inhuman behavior of the colony's masters towards their prisoners and slaves. Produced to promote opposition to the Revolution in Great Britain the English translation was intended to expose the brutality of the Directory and the hollowness of its stated commitment to political freedom and human rights. The second edition was also issued in a composite volume with two other books critical of the French Revolution titled History of the Revolution of the 18th Fructidor. Sabin A Dictionary of Books Relating to America 545. English Short-Title Catalogue T87787. unknown books
1928rif. 231901928 Lavis et encre de Chine, (1928), 35 x 27 xm.
