1887ref. 21061887 Editions "Librairie Nouvelle", Paris, 1887. 2 volumes in-8 brochés. 551, 768 pages
2003ref. __9056997254G & B Pub 2003. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 300 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.25 inches. G & B Pub hardcover
1966ref. 46055N.p.: Gnaoua Press 1966. Near Fine. N.p.: Gnaoua Press 1966. First Edition. Octavo 21cm; publisher's pictorial staplebound card wrappers; 620pp.; halftone photographic frontispiece and illus. throughout. A hint of toning to wrapper margins else Fine. Gnaoua Press unknown books
1941ref. 3129The Panama Canal Press Mount Hope Canal Zone 1941 Green wraps stapled printed front cover 9 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches unpaginated 8 pp. 5 b/w photo illustrations. Good plus. Rare indeed. No OCLC library holdings. "Interns for The Panama Canal service are employed in Gorgas Hospital. They are required to be single men between the ages of 22 and 30 years American citizens and graduates of approved medical schools in the class of the current year. Married applicants will not be considered for employment as interns. Appointments are for a period of 12 months beginning in June or July of each year. Twelve months of service is required after arrival on the Isthmus. Interns are appointed without Civil Service examination and acquire no classified standing. They receive a compensation of $115 a month from which deductions for services furnished are made as follows: Subsistence $30 a month quarters $10 a month. Pay begins on date of sailing from the United States. Free steamship transportation is provided to and from the United States but appointees must pay their own railroad transportation to the port of sailing. Interns are given the status of employees of The Panama Canal with the leave privileges thereof 54 days a year except that leave other than to cover sickness or emergency is not granted until the expiration of their services. A day of absence for each day of Sunday or holiday work is allowed when the professional work permits. Interns are subsisted at the hospital and live in hospital quarters. Laundered uniforms for wear on duty are furnished by the hospital as needed." 3214018. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. The Panama Canal Press, Mount Hope, Canal Zone paperback
1966ref. 46055N.p.: Gnaoua Press 1966. Near Fine. N.p.: Gnaoua Press 1966. First Edition. Octavo 21cm; publisher's pictorial staplebound card wrappers; 620pp.; halftone photographic frontispiece and illus. throughout. A hint of toning to wrapper margins else Fine. Gnaoua Press unknown
1851ref. 2009AG1851. London & New York J & F. Tallis 1851. Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Plate Size: 33.2 cm x 24.6 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 27.3 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition. John Tallis 7 November 1817 3 June 1876 was an English cartographic publisher. His company John Tallis and Company published views maps and atlases in London from roughly 1838 to 1851. Tallis set up as a publisher with Frederick Tallis in Cripplegate in 1842; the business moved to Smithfield in 1846 and was dissolved in 1849. From 1851 to 1854 Tallis operated as John Tallis and Company. He started The illustrated news of the world and national portrait gallery of eminent personages in 1858 selling it for £1370 in 1861; it folded in 1863. Wikipedia The most important project John Tallis undertook was the 'Illustrated Atlas' from 1851. The original map we offer here was part of this exceptional Atlas and all the maps it contained are still today considered as the last reminder of an era of lavish map production. Tallis worked the project together with John Rapkin 1815-1876 and it was Rapkin's style and talent that we have to thank for when we marvel at these maps today. What makes these maps so special is the detail of engraved vignettes that surround the map and often show indigenous scenes people in their environment and even more so historical buildings or historical views of towns and cities architecture and landscape. The project of 'The Illustrated Atlas' was designed to be finished just in time for the anxiously awaited "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations" or The Great Exhibition sometimes referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park London from 1 May to 11 October 1851. It was the first in a series of World's Fairs exhibitions of culture and industry that became popular in the 19th century and it was a much anticipated event. The Great Exhibition was organized by Henry Cole and Prince Albert husband of the reigning monarch Queen Victoria. It was attended by numerous notable figures of the time including Charles Darwin Samuel Colt members of the Orléanist Royal Family and the writers Charlotte Brontë Charles Dickens Lewis Carroll George Eliot and Alfred Tennyson. Music for the opening was under the direction of Sir George Thomas Smart and the continuous music from the exhibited organs for the Queen's procession was "under the superintendence of William Sterndale Bennett". Wikipedia unknown
Madrid, Juan Vidal, Editor, 1880. Dos volúmenes en folio; I: 68 pp. + 160 pp. + 180 pp. + 176 pp., 2 hs. .II: 2 hs., 151 pp. + 172 pp. + 199 pp., 2 hs. Además 192 pp. que contiene los números 1 a 12 de la "Revista Geográfica". Impresión a doble columna. Con numerosas ilustraciones entre el texto, algunas a toda plana, 67 láminas fuera de texto y 7 mapas dobles, impresos en color, dibujados y grabados por Daniel (Urrabieta) Vierge. Encuadernación de época en media piel, con pequeñas faltas de la misma en lomera. Contiene el "Viaje a Nueva Guinea" de Achille Raffray, el "Viaje en el vapor Vega para realizar el Pao del Nordeste" de Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, el "Paseo alrededor del mundo" del Barón Alexander Joseph von Hübner, el "Viaje a la Australia" de Désiré Charnay, traducido " y aumentado con importantes datos de excursiones hechas en el interior del pais" por Adolfo Suarez de Figueroa, y "Exploraciones de los Istnos de Panamá y de Darien" de Armand Reclus.
1998Book shows light wear to covers with slightly curled corners. Binding is solid and square, exterior shows light scuffing/shelf wear, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 120 pages with 34 full page, full color prints. Text is reprinted in Spanish in last section of book. Featured artists include: Lezlie Milson, Juan Carlos Marcos, Antonio Madrid, Arturo Lindsay, Roberto Lewis, Teresa Icaza, Silfrido Ibarra, Adriano Herrerabarria, Ignacio Espla, Alberto Dutary, Rossevelt Diaz, Rernando Toledo, Amalia Tapia, Haydee Victoria Suescum, David Solis, Olga Sinclair, Alcia Viteri, Julio Zachrisson, Rodney Zelenka, et al.
1900ref. 99653Panama circa early 1900s. 1900s. Good. - Fourteen original silver print photographs of the Canal Zone each measuring 3-1/4 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. The images include scenes of workers on and debarking from ships people strolling along village or town streets with horse drawn carriages what is likely an official residence and 5 images of construction work on what would later become the Panama Canal. One of the photos depicting construction work is a duplicate. The photographs are slightly curled with creases to the corners of a very few photos and minor chips to the edges of 4 of these. Very good. [Panama], circa early [1900s].
1912120 pages consisting of 89 pages of colour maps of the world, several colour diagramatic graphs, etc., and 25 pages of textual data including distances, historical items, cities and towns. The Canadian Thresherman and Farmer was published in Winnipeg from 1910 to 1919 by E.H. Heath and billed itself as 'Canada's Farm Machinery Magazine'. One can well imagine this atlas was intended to offer a view of the distant world to isolated farmers toiling on the vast expanse of Canadian prairie. Includes a detailed two-page map and profile of the newly completed engineering marvel known as the Panama Canal. Occasional ink writing to contents. Hinges open. Name atop front free endpaper. Somewhat above-average wear to publisher's maroon cloth. A worthy and uncommon surviving copy of this vintage Canadian atlas. Book
1858in-8, pp. 177, (3) di indici, 3 carte geografiche a colori, più volte ripiegate, in fine. Broch. in carta muta coeva rosa. Edizione originale, rara a trovarsi. Quest'opera, che si colloca a metà tra un saggio ed un racconto di viaggio, fu redatta da Belly, giornalista francese che visse alcuni mesi in America Centrale nella speranza di incoraggiare lo scavo di un canale in Nicaragua. Il progetto del canale non era nuovo; dieci anni prima, nel 1846, Napoleone III aveva già pubblicato a Londra un pamphlet intitolato "Canal de Nicaragua ou projet de jonction des océans Atlantique et Pacifique au moyen d'un canal". Secondo lo stesso Belly, Fernando Cortes aveva inviato nel 1528 un primo rapporto sulla possibilità di aprire una rotta tra i due oceani (non viene citata una fonte particolare ma si fa un piccolo riferimento a un testo). Belly sarebbe diventato famoso tra gli studiosi europei per i suoi scritti in difesa della "razza latinoamericana". Buon esemplare, assai fresco.. .
194890 pages. Articles: The Red Plan for S-Day (Soviet Day) when American Communists will perform disrupting tactics in America - with photo of Communist leaders arrested for advocating violent overthrow of the government; I'm a Sucker for Screwballs; Chain Store in the Wilderness - The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) - article with great photos from northern Canada; I Catch Bank Embezzlers; Through Hell and High Brass (part 2 of 5) - The Story of Jimmy Doolittle; Magdealena - California's gift to Broadway - with great color dance photos; Steve Canyon and Me - Milton Caniff writes about his popular comic strip; Beatrice Pearson - color photo with write-up. Fiction: Security; Cry Deep, Cry Stilll; Riviera Renegade; Jack Pot; Passage to Panama (par 1 of 7); The Impudent Rifle (conclusion). Ad include: Bell Telephone; Elgin Watches (with Robert Montgomery); Monarch packaged foods; "Every Girl Should Be Married" movie with Cary Grant; Admiral entertainment units; Gruen Curvex watches; RCA Victor radios; 1949 Ford cars; Chesterfield cigarettes - two-page two-color ad featuring Perry Como, Jo Stafford, Arthur Godfrey and Peggy Lee; Plymouth; Nash Airflyte centerfold ad - very attractive; Bostonians shoe ad; Westinghouse electric sheet/blanket ad - color photo; GM - two-page color ad; Very colorful two-page ad for Calvert Reserve whiskey; Hedy Lamarr is featured in an Auto-Lite ad; Hamm's beer; Pepsodent ad features Jacqueline Crouse; Pennsylvania Railroad; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features bridge walker Adam Tomey. Average wear. Cover holding by one staple. Unmarked. A nice vintage copy. Book
1889Outside dimensions 10.75" x 14.5". Unmarked with light wear and soiling. An attractive vintage copy. Book
1721ref. PHO-640Amsterdam, Paul Marret, 1721. 4 tomes reliés en 2 volumes in-12, veau marbré, dos à nerfs ornés avec pièces de titre et tomaison, tranches rouges , roulettes sur les bords(reliure de l'époque). [1]-200 pp., 178 pp., [1]-306-[6] pp. (pagination continue pour les tomes 3 & 4).
1966ref. 8201Panama Canal Company 1966. 1st Edition. Softcover. Very Good. A vintage 1966 telephone directory from the Panama Canal Zone. It includes phone numbers and contact listings for businesses and residents and features several maps of the area at the end. Text in English. 187 pp. Panama Canal Company paperback
1912Features: Puget Sound Branch a Good Investment for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul's; Rumors of Graft in Puget Sound Extension; New Station at Kelso Opened; Robert Dollar's Views; What a Big Terminal Plant Means to a Port - by R.F. Ayers, President Pacific Terminals Company (with photo of Mr. Ayers); Ten Reasons Why There Should Be Free Tolls (through the Panama Canal); The Panama Canal and the West Indies; Coaling Light Vessels at Sea Hazardous Work - article with photo of light vessel stationed on Swiftsure Bank; Anti-Rolling Tanks Death to Seasickness - article with two diagrams illustrating tank arrangements; Jury Decides for Underwriters; Water Grades a Large Factor in Commerce; Repairs, Drydocking and Other Work; Photo of steel stern frame made by the Scullin-Gallagher Iron & Steel Company; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
1912Features: The Present Railway Situation in the United States; B.F. Bush becomes president of the Denver & Rio Grand (with photo of Bush); Railway Mileage in 1911; Interstate Commerce Commission Decisions; Coast Shipbuilding Companies Rushed With Work - feature article with photo of submarine F.3 immediately after launching, apparently at the Seattle Construction & Drydock Co.; Representative of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Line inspects the northwest for business opportunities which will open with the Panama Canal; Economy of the [Seattle] Municipal Plan (part 3); Free Ships and Revised Navigation Laws - discussion of the rehabilitation of the merchant marine; Free [Panama Canal] Tolls To American Ships Would Solve Problem; What Is The Merchant's Exchange of Seattle? - an explanatory article by R.C. Hill, whose photo accompanies the article; Seattle People Honor Captain "Buck" Bailey; Port Commission Plan for Grays Harbor; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Bogue Plans for Tacoma Harbor Are Extensive - article with map; Tacoma Will Be Ready When Panama Canal Opened - brief article includes nice birdseye view illustration of the harbor and environs showing present developments and developments under way; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
1912Features: B.F. Bush on Evil Results to Accrue from Diversion of Capital from Railway Enterprises; Japanese Trainmaster kills self after Emperor is delayed; Tell the Truth, Mr. (Gifford) Pinchot! - fallout from a December 16th article about Alaska; Charles F. Speare discusses the alliance between the Northern Pacific and the Chicago & Northwestern Railroads; Southern Pacific and Pacific Mail (article from the Wall Street Journal); Cash Shortage in Western Canada; Captain N.E. Cousins has been in the employ of the Pacific Coast Steamship Lines Co. since 1878 - article with photo; Get Ready for the Opening of the Panama Canal; Economy of the [Seattle] Municipal Plan (part 2) - major article with map; Cunard and Anchor Lines Amalgamate - article with list of the vessels, and their tonnage, of each company; Protest the Carriage of Navy Coal in Foreign Bottoms - George F. Thorndyke of the Globe Navigation Company speaks out; Edvard Jansen to take over from Ida Wilson Lewis, "The Grace Darling of America", tending the Lime Rock light station; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Illustration of the central winch on Dredge New Orleans; Portland News Notes; Schedule for Canadian-Pacific Railways Steamships connecting Seattle with Victoria and Vancouver; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
1911"Get Ready For the Panama Canal". Features: Over $25 million invested in Harriman Terminals; Kenneth C. Kerr describes Washington and Alaska's attendance at big New York land show; Editorial discusses the early opening of the Panama Canal and describes it as the "Greatest Epoch in American History"; Martin A. Knapp discusses Interstate Commerce Regulations; O.-W.R. & N. Co. News; G.W. Luce of the Southern Pacific discusses Panama Canal; Brief business biography of Frank W. Parker of the Northwestern Line, including photo of Parker; Appointments, Changes, Personals, etc.; Article by J.H. Bloedel, President of the Larsen Lumber Co., about the Panama Canal with reference to its influence on Pacific Coast Forest Products; Economy of the Commission Plan; Port of Vancouver Drydock and Shipbuilding Company plans big steel drydock for Vancouver; American-Hawaiian S.S. Co. Enters Bids for Carrying Mail; Big Coal Depots for Panama Canal; Missouri River Preparing for Panama Canal; Modern Fireboat Badly Needed for Tacoma's Harbor (article with photo of the harbor); Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Pacific Coast Casualties; "The Chester" - The World's Lightest Draft Steamer - article with photo; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, for local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A sound copy of this highly-informative memento of the rail and marine businesses of the Pacific Northwest over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
1911Features: First Annual Report of American Express Companies; John F. Stevens Retires From Hill Lines; B.F. Bush Succeeds George Gould as president of the Missouri Pacific Railway (with photo of Mr. Bush); Causes for Trade Depression; Development of Alaska Fisheries; Hearing Regarding Pacific Coast Rate Cases; Larger Terminal Yards Planned for Tacoma; The Railroads and the Panama Canal; Sixty-Seven Steamships in Canadian Pacific's Great Fleet - article with nice illustration; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Three Sailors of the British Steamer Benedick convicted of mutiny by Edinburgh court; Captain David Baird to take charge of the Victoria and Vancouver Stevedore Co.'s Vancouver Branch - with photo of Mr. Baird; Suspension of Capt. Alfred Croskey Reduced; Tacoma News; Captain Fred Warner to command the famous steamer Corwin (brief article with photo); Nice illustrated one-page ad for The Shasta Limited, "The Finest Train in the West", which connects Seattle to San Francisco; Nice one-page illustrated ad for the Vulcan Iron Works of Seattle features an aerial view of their plant; Willamette Iron & Steel Works ad features nice photo of fireboat "Geo. H. Williams" belching black smoke and pumping water in the air; Canadian-Pacific Railway Steamships ad features schedule for their connections between Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver; and more. 40 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
1912Features: Northern Pacific Railway Co. Making Big Improvements in the State of Washington; Julius Kruttschnitt an Optimist; Mobilization and the Railways - article from the Army & Navy Journal; Amending Our Shipping Laws; George G. Gould Retains His Position; Railway News in Brief; Noted Engineer E.C. Hawkins - Obituary with photo; Interstate Commerce Decisions; San Francisco Will Be Ready for the Panama Canal and the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915 - article with photos of "San Francisco's Two Big Men", James Rolph Jr., Mayor, and C.C. Moore; Statutory Regulation of Ocean Traffic; Pacific Coast S.S. Co. Places Order for 10,000-Ton Steamer - article with diagram of outboard profile of the vessel; Comprehensive Review of Far Eastern Shipping Situation by U.S. Consul General at Hong Kong, George E. Anderson; Astoria Getting Ready for Panama Canal; Panama Canal Rates - The Big Issue; Captain John Truebridge - Obituary; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Some Perils of the Deck Load - Feature article includes photo of a leaning steamer Cuzco; The Advantages of the Water-Tube Boiler; Record of a Ballin Water Tube Boiler - article with photo; The International Navigation Congress; Boiler Inspection for [Panama] Canal Zone; General Shipping News; Oil Engined Barges to Revolutionize Shipping; and much more. 40 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
1912Features: New Transcontinental Railroad is Planned; Railroad Construction Work in Western Canada; A Study of Railroad Accidents; Grand Trunk Pacific Completes Fine Dock at Vancouver - article with photo of the new structure; Proposed Improvements for the Port of Seattle - Smith's Cove, Salmon Bay, East Waterway, Central Waterfront District, Harbor Island; San Francisco Preparing for Panama Canal Trade - major article with graph, table and photo of one of San Francisco's new concrete piers; Control of Freight Rates Through Panama Canal; Professional Biography of Marcus Talbot, Manager of the Port of Portland (with photo of Mr. Talbot); Provisions of New Visual Rule; Death of Noted Admiralty Lawyer Charles Page - major article; That Olympic-Hawke Collision; Legal Decisions; High-Class Salvage job of the fishing steamer Independent - article with photo of the vessel being held up by two barges; Captain William Kidston - obituary; Veteran Shipmaster Albert H. Laffin - Obituary; Veteran Tug Boat Captain William Gove - Obituary; Hong Kong Harbor Needs Deepening - after visit by the big American Steamer Minnesota; New Invention for Calming Big Seas; and much more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
1911Features: Seattle's Public Utilities Department and the Railroads - major article; Southern Pacific announces fast excess-fare train between New Orleans and San Francisco; Promotion for T.B. Degnan of the Great Northern Railway Co.; No Time To Lose - Editorial discusses how representatives of eight Puget Sound cities oppose tolls being charged through the Panama Canal to vessels flying the U.S. flag and engaged in U.S. coastwise traffic; Handsome New Union Passenger Station for Aberdeen, WA - article with artist's rendering of the future station; Foreign Capital in Railways of the United States - major article by Harvard Professor of Economics William Z. Ripley; Business biography of J.E. Dalrymple, recently elected vice-president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Co.; Railway News in Brief; Battery Truck Crane the Latest Invention in Freight Handling - major article with wonderful illustration of a mobile electric crane invented by General Electric of Schenectady, NY to be used for loading rail cars (who knew Elon Musk was so old!); How Should Tacoma Prepare for the Opening of the Panama Canal? - major article with excellent photo of the busy Tacoma waterfront; Statement Concerning Panama Canal by George S. Dearborn, president of the American-Hawaiian S.S. Co.; British View of Panama Canal; High Honor for W.D. Wells of the Alaska-Pacific Steamship Co.; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Repair bill for the White Star liner Olympic; Submarine Motor Salvage Boat invented by Mr. E.H. Crossley; New Steamer Solduck will be an All-steel Modern Vessel - major article including diagram of its outboard profile; Article on Steam Cannery Tender for the Northwestern Fisheries Company - article with diagram of the outboard profile of this vessel; Pacific Coast Casualties; Steamboat Fairhaven Sinks in Harbor; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
1913Attractive black and white photos and illustrations in text. Includes Panama Canal construction. The highlight of this article is the eleven-page article on the Rescue of Titanic survivors by the Carpathia. This article includes twelve black and white photos and is a must for Titanic collectors. Almost two inches thick - a substantive volume in marbled boards with maroon trim. Somewhat above-average wear. Narrow opening in binding at first page, which is partially loose. Narrow opening along back hinge. Usual library markings. Liquid paper applied to upper corner of front free endpaper. A worthy copy. Book
ref. 212241Paris, Hachette, 1886 in-4, 399-[2] pp., portrait, carte dépl., plan dépl., tabl. dépl., demi-chagrin rouge à coins, dos à nerfs orné, tête dorée (reliure de l'époque). Qqs épid. sur le premier plat, nerfs et mors un peu frottés.
