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19353 vols., [of 4], 8vo., with illustrations and diagrams in the text, numerous errata slips pasted in text as appropriate; original blue wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, clean collection. The collection comprises G1: Maintenance of Secondary Cells; G3: Maintenance of Power Plant for Telegraph and Telephone Purposes; G4: Telegraph Battery Power Distribution Boards. This Group wants only G2: Power Plant for Telegraph and Telephone Purposes. With several errata slips pasted in text as appropriate. GROUP COLLECTIONS OF THIS NOTABLE AND HISTORIC SERIES ARE VERY SCARCE.
1814Firenze, 1814, luglio 15, Notificazione di cm. 28 x 43, a firma di Pietro Salvetti con grande stemma granducale
1984Small stains on beige cloth cover. Crease on front endpaper. 8 5/8"w x 10 1/4"h. 248 pages. "The subject of this book is one of the New Deal art programs, the Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture, later the Section of Fine Arts, which between 1934 and 1943 commissioned murals and sculpture for federal buildings and for eleven hundred post offices throughout the country."
19728vo. First Edition, with numerous illustrations and facsimiles in the text, inked scribble on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. With relevant cuttings mounted on endpapers. SCARCE.
19283 vols., 8vo., with illustrations and diagrams in the text; original blue wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly dust-soiled else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean set. The set comprises E1: Automatic Telephony Step by Step Systems; E2: Automatic Telephony: Coder Call Indicator (C.C.I.) Working; E3: Automatic Telephony: Keysending 'B' Positions. COMPLETE GROUPS OF THIS NOTABLE AND HISTORIC SERIES ARE RARE.
19196 vols., [of 8], 8vo., with illustrations and diagrams in the text, numerous errata slips pasted in text as appropriate; original blue wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, clean collection. The collection comprises F2: Subscribers' Apparatus. CBS Part I; F3: Subscribers' Apparatus. Magneto; F4: Private Branch Exchanges, Common Battery System; F5: Private Branch Exchange, C.B. Multiple No. 9; F7: House Telephone Systems; F8: Wiring of Subscribers' Premises. This Group wants only F1: Subscribers' Apparatus CB; F6: Private Branch Exchange. Magneto. GROUP COLLECTIONS OF THIS NOTABLE AND HISTORIC SERIES ARE VERY SCARCE.
196768 pages. Features: Jacqueline Kennedy's 'Victory' re: William Manchester's "The Death of a President"; The FDR Memorial; R. Sargent Shriver's Last Stand?; Adam Clayton Powell; Clark McAdams Clifford - man for all Caesars; War of Ambush in Vietnam; Photo of Ho Chi Minh; Turkey's Premier meets Kosygin; How to Build a Publishing Empire - Otis and Norman Chandler of the Los Angeles Times; Fernand Petiot - the Bloody-Mary Man; Sensuous KDKA-TV ad; Buel Ray Wortham and Craddock M. Gilmour, Jr. in trouble in Russia; Charming Japan Airlines ad announces their new New York to Tokyo direct flight; The Reichstag fire and the Remagen Bridge capture are back in the news in Germany; Color-photo centerfold IBM ad features large image of astronomer Dr. Wallace J. Eckert; Photo of Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) with Marianne Moore; The Times-Mirror Co.; Edward (Zeke) Bratkowski; Rosemary Casals; Atomic test code-named Greeley; Father Charles Davis; How to Float on a Sea of Red Ink - The U.S. Post Office; Disney's Legacy - with photo of Roy Disney; Ravi Shankar; Lawrence Stehen Lowry; and much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
19197 vols., [of 8], 8vo., with illustrations and diagrams in the text; original blue wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean collection. The collection comprises B1: Elementary Principles of Telegraphy and Systems up to Morse Duplex; B2: Telegraph Concentrators; B3: Wheatstone System Morse Keyboard Perforators; B4: Quadruplex, Quadruplex Repeated Circuits and Telegraph Repeaters, Simplex and Duplex; B5: Hughes Type-Printing Telegraph; B6: Baudot Multiplex Type-Printing Systems; B7: Western Electric Duplex Multiplex. Murray Duplex Multiplex. Siemens & Halske Automatic Type-Printing Systems. The set wants only B8: Fire Alarm Systems. GROUP COLLECTIONS OF THIS NOTABLE AND HISTORIC SERIES ARE RARE.
19197 vols., [of 9], 8vo., with illustrations and diagrams in the text, numerous errata slips pasted in text as appropriate; original blue wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, clean collection. The collection comprises A1: Magnetism and Electricity; A3: Technical Terms; A4: Test Boards; A5: Protective Fittings; A6: Measuring and Testing Instruments; A7: Sensitivity of Apparatus; A9: Standard Graphical Symbols for Telegraphy, Telephony abnd Radio Communication. This series wants only A2: Primary Batteries; A8: Standard List of Terms and Definitions used in Telegraphy and Telephony. With several errata slips pasted in text as appropriate. Pamphlets A8 and A9, issued solely for internal distribution, are particularly scarce. GROUP COLLECTIONS OF THIS NOTABLE AND HISTORIC SERIES ARE VERY SCARCE.
1922Milano, Origoni, 1922, 8vo brossura orig. copertina illustrata, pp. nn. (200 c.a) con 12 pagine pubblicitarie stampate su carta verdina e numerose tav. pubblicitarie della Campari e del Marsala Florio. Raro.
1922Milano, Origoni, 1922, 8vo br. orig. cop. ill. pp. nn. (200 c.a) con 12 pagine pubblicitarie stampate su carta verdina e numerose tav. pubblicitarie della Campari e del Marsala Florio. Raro.
Roma, Camera dei Deputati, 1881, in-4, legatura di poco successiva in mezza pergamena, titolo in oro su tassello in pelle al dorso, pp. CLXXVI, 301, [1]. In testa al frontespizio: Atti parlamentari, legislatura XIV - Prima sessione 1880-81. Camera dei Deputati. Le pagine in numerazione araba recano la statistica postale per province e per uffici. Ricchissima fonte di dati sul servizio postale italiano. Ottime condizioni.
Roma, Tipografia Eredi Botta, 1878, in-4, legatura di poco successiva in mezza pergamena, titolo in oro su tassello in pelle al dorso, pp. CXXVII, [1], 265, [1]. Le pagine in numerazione araba recano la statistica generale degli uffici postali del Regno d'Italia. Ricchissima fonte di dati sul servizio postale italiano. Ottime condizioni.
2001Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. 210 pages. Bibliography. Black and white reproductions of archival photos throughout. "Like others of my generation, I lived through the bleak years of the Great Depression. During the Second World War, I played a part as air navigator with Six Group (heavy bombers) of the Royal Canadian Air Force... My teaching career of 30 years took me into three levels of the Ontario school system. I taught high school in Dundalk, Burlington, Tweed, and Collingwood... Includes dozens of incidents that occured to siblings, friends and playmates, relatives and acquaintances. I have also tried to show how global events like WWI and II, the Great Depression, changes in transportation and communication and the wide use of computers, credit cards and robots have influenced relationships between individuals." - from introduction. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this fascinating and adventurous ife story. Book
Paris, Imprimerie Royale 1840, in-8 piccolo, legatura coeva in mezza pelle, dorso con titolo e filetti in oro (dorso che reca una mancanza di circa 1 cm alla cuffia superiore), pp. LVI, 356. Con una grande "Carte des routes de poste de France dressée par ordre de M.r Conte" incisa in rame, intelata e più volte ripiegata in fine. Dettagliatissima guida per il servizio della "poste à chevaux", con l'indicazione degli itinerari e delle tariffe, delle stazioni di posta, ecc. Raro a trovarsi con la carta.
192110 vols., 8vo., with illustrations and diagrams in the text; original blue wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly dust-soiled else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean set. The set comprises H1: Open Line Construction Part 1; H2: Open Line Construction Part II; H3: Open Line Maintenance; H4: Underground Construction Part I. Conduits; H5: Underground Construction Part II. Cables; H6: Underground Maintenance; H7: Cable Balancing; H8:Power Circuit Guarding; H9: Electrolytic Action on Cable Sheaths; H10: Constants of Conductors used for Telegraph and Telephone Purposes. COMPLETE GROUPS OF THIS NOTABLE AND HISTORIC SERIES ARE RARE.
1491In-folio (mm 293x198). Carte CCLXXXXI, [1]. Segn. π¹⁰ (mancante) a-z⁸ &⁸ [con]⁸ [rum]⁸ A⁸ B⁶ C-I⁸ K⁶ L⁸. Testo in caratteri romani (R 108) su 61 linee. Con 4 illustrazioni xilografiche a piena pagina alle carte a1v, s1v, s2v e C1r e 97 vignette xilografiche all’inizio di ciascun canto; iniziali xilografiche. Esemplare privo delle 10 carte iniziali contenenti la Apologia e la Vita di Dante e completa del Credo, dai Dieci Comandamenti, dai Sette Salmi penitenziali, dal Pater Noster e dall’Ave Maria pubblicate all'ultima carta. Macchie e piccole gore marginali, qualche riparazione. Legatura in piena pergamena rigida con titolo manoscritto al dorso (ca. fine XVII). Applicato al contropiatto anteriore ritratto di Dante eseguito a matita e acquerello.
