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1912réf. 201831912. Panama Canal Early Photography Two large albumen photographs of the construction of the Panama Canal 1912. Photographs are pasted down to grey cardstock with captions and articles describing the imagery below. Photos measure 11" x 14". The building of the Panama Canal was not met with ease as the former French owned project was abandoned due to lack of investment and a high worker mortality rate and the grappling of territory between Panama Columbia and the United States. In 1903 Panama gained it's independence and as the United States recognized this Roosevelt used buying power to his advantage to funnel millions of dollars towards Panama and the funding of this project. These two photographs are early large scale displays of the massive amounts of land and infrastructure that went into this long awaited project. One photograph shows the Culebra Cut in June 1912. The article pasted to the front states that "To remove the 105000000 cubicyards of earth from the backbone of the Americas required about 6000000 pounds of high-grade dynamite each year to break up the material.in which time some 19000000 pounds were exploded in Culebra Cut only eight men were killed." The second photograph dated January 1912 shows the Miraflores Upper Locks with a diagram of what the final construction would look like. The photograph shows a partially built sill multiple tracks for hauling material heavy duty cranes and other industrial equipment. Thousands of local men were hired for this dangerous and underpaying job over the course of a decade. These Caribbean workers endured poor working conditions low wages and unbearable temperatures for a government that was not theirs over 5000 becoming casualties. By it's opening ceremony in 1914 The Panama Canal was the most expensive project in US history estimated at $350000000. These early photographs show only a portion of what went into this costly construction. Minor wear to edges of board upper right corner of one is chipped. Images are crisp and clear overall very good condition. unknown
1904réf. 182051904. Photograph album circa 1904-1914 documenting maritime activity canal construction and social life in Panama during the period of American engineering control of the Panama Canal project. The images center on a group of American men traveling aboard a small yacht identified in several photographs by the presence of the American yacht ensign indicating a private pleasure vessel rather than a military or commercial ship. Several photographs appear to show large-scale excavation and infrastructure consistent with canal construction situating the album within the decade of intensive labor and engineering that culminated in the canal's completion in 1914. Alongside these scenes are numerous images of local life including Indigenous children and adults along coastal and riverine environments as well as built landscapes featuring plantation-style houses adapted to tropical climates. The album provides visual evidence of the intersection of American presence large-scale infrastructure development and local communities in early twentieth-century Panama. Photograph album containing images mounted on black pages within a black leather-bound volume measuring approximately 10 x 7 inches and comprising 86 pages. The photographs depict shipboard life including crew members steering and managing vessels group portraits of men in bathing attire and social gatherings such as shared meals. Additional images show coastal scenes with canoes swimmers and shoreline activity as well as occasional figures in military dress. The composition of the album reflects both travel documentation and informal social photography capturing a range of maritime domestic and environmental subjects. 86-page album with photographs mounted throughout; one page partially clipped and one page removed with small tears to several pages not affecting images. Light sunning to some photographs; overall very good condition. A cohesive visual record of American maritime travel and canal-era activity in Panama documenting both infrastructure development and everyday life in the region. unknown
2010réf. 971H33Chatham: Inside Pocket Ltd. 2010. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 9" by 6.5". Adrian Poxmage. A scarce signed first edition of this charming young adult mystery novel set in a Scottish castle with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.This copy is the first edition third impression of this work. This copy is signed and dated by the author "Panama Oxridge 11/9/10" to the front free end paper. Panama Oxridge is a pseudonym used by Paul Adshead as revealed through a complex puzzle hidden across the Justin Thyme series website. This volume is a young adult adventure novel set in a Scottish castle overlooking Loch Ness the story introduces Justin Thyme a 13‑year‑old billionaire inventor whose unusual birthday gift a mysterious watch. Appendix to rear with a glossary of terms and space for notes and theories. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally lovely with only very slight fading to extremities. Dust wrapper excellent with the slightest rubbing and bumping to extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Author's dated signing to front free endpaper. Fine Inside Pocket Ltd. hardcover
réf. DADAX1944455035Library Press at UF 2017-02-08. paperback. New. 8.50x0.66x11.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Library Press at UF paperback
réf. DADAX1944455043Library Press at UF 2017-02-08. Reprint. paperback. New. 7.50x0.84x9.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Library Press at UF paperback
2003réf. DADAX0961501421Brand: The Cookbook Marketplace 2003-12-31. hardcover. New. 11.04x9.02x0.97. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: The Cookbook Marketplace hardcover
2010réf. DADAX116033207XKessinger Publishing 2010-02-22. paperback. New. 6.00x0.84x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing paperback
1925réf. 31179PRIMERA EDICION.- Madrid: Ed. Marineda Libr. de Alejandro Pueyo 1925.- 206 p. 1 h.; 8º 19 cm.; Intonso con todas sus barbas; Rústica Ed. pintada a todo color por "Quesada Hoyo".- Importante autor panameño que nos narra en este libro su viaje desde Cuba rumbo a El Havre. Es libro ameno plagado de interesantes reflexiones algunas de ellas referentes a la MASONERIA con la que simpatiza sin ningún disimulo. Incluye el libro un verso traducido del francés que según el autor es una ORACION DEL MASON. RARO. LITERATURA ESTUDIOS LITERARIOS FILOSOFÃA Y PENSAMIENTO IBEROAMERICANO EN GENERAL Libro en español Ed. Marineda paperback
1904réf. 375175Panama 1904. 9 vols. Fine. 9 vols. Through the 1903 separation of Panama from Colombia and the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty the United States had secured rights to build a canal in the Isthmus of Panama. Legislation authorizing construction did not specify which government department would be responsible and Roosevelt designated the Department of War. Taft journeyed to Panama in 1904 viewing the canal site and meeting with Panamanian officials. The Isthmian Canal Commission had trouble keeping a chief engineer and when in February 1907 John F. Stevens submitted his resignation Taft recommended an army engineer George W. Goethals. Under Goethals the project moved ahead smoothl. unknown
1825réf. 368803Burdeos Bordeaux: en casa de Lawalle Jóven y Sobrino 1825. 155pp. 12mo. Modern red morocco and cloth front cover off original printed wrappers bound in. 155pp. 12mo. Bolivar propose the Congress which took place in 1826. en casa de Lawalle Jóven y Sobrino unknown
1967réf. 332687Morocco: Gnaoua Press 1967. First edition. 20 pp. viii. 8vo. Staple bound illustrated wrappers some sunning to spine and stain from price sticker else near fine. First edition. 20 pp. viii. 8vo. Panama Rose was the pen name of Rosalind Schwartz whose partner at the time was poet underground filmmaker publisher and photographer Ira Cohen. From around 1961-1965 they lived together in Tangier Morocco where they spent time with other ex-pats Paul Bowles William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin and worked on music and publications. Schwartz wrote The Hashish Cookbook at the suggestion of Brion Gysin who years earlier had given Alice B. Toklas the hashish fudge recipe that appears in The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book. Often The Hashish Cookbook is wrongly attributed as being written by Cohen himself though he did publish it when he returned to New York in 1966. 10000 copies were printed and sold within six weeks. Cohen later sold the rights to a British publisher for a percentage of sales and subsequent reprints were made and some bootlegs are known to exist. Gnaoua Press unknown
1826réf. 24048Washington: Printed at the Office of the United States' Telegraph 1826. First edition. 23 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Disbound some spotting at front and back else a very good copy. First edition. 23 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. This related to the question of the mission to the Panama Congress. Simon Bolivar had called the Congress and in 1825 the United States had been included among the invitees. President Adams believed that the U. S. should be represented but it was later revealed that there was some plan among the Latin America republics to unite against Spain or other unfriendly nations and to establish an assembly with full war powers. Adams decided to send two delegates and to limit the U. S. participation. There was serious debates in Congress and in the end the U. S. was not represented but due to the death of one of the Representatives Ricahard C. Anderson and John Sergeant was only as far as Mexico City when the Congress adjourned. Sabin 34755. Panama Congress Mission. Sabin 34755 Printed at the Office of the United States' Telegraph unknown
1980réf. F1600-PanamaMorrow New York 1980 New York: William Morrow & Company 1980. First edition. First printing with full number line including the 1. Hardcover. Quarter brown cloth over beige paper-covered boards with silver spine lettering and blue endpapers. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Publisher's original price intact on front flap $9.95. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A tight clean copy. Octavo 203 pages. A psychological novel adapted from an unproduced screenplay by the authors it explores the boundaries between intimacy and deception. Norman Panama 1914-2003 was an American screenwriter film director and producer best known for his long collaboration with Melvin Frank on classic comedies such as "White Christmas" and "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House." Albert E. Lewin 1916-1992 was a New Yorkborn writer for radio television stage and film whose papers are held at UCLA. "The Glass Bed" was their only published novel. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Morrow, New York hardcover
1979réf. BN434579Delroisse 1979. 1979. Hardcover. Il y a cent ans une épopée française: Canal de Panama Il y a cent ans une épopée française: Canal de Panama Panama Canal Information Office Delroisse hardcover
réf. 63906975University of California Press . Papeback. New. pp. 246 University of California Press unknown
1914réf. 63524Boston: The Page Company 1914. Thick 8vo. xv 1 559 1 pp. Frontisp. colour map of the Republic of Panama & profile of the Canal 1 large folding map of Central America numerous plates engravings maps. Dark green pictorial publisher’s cloth white blue gilt & red illustration front cover gilt lettering & ruling t.e.g. minor light uniform interior toning occasional edgewear rubbing to fore-edges slight scuffing still VG bright copy. Second edition of this excellent history of Central America and promotion of Panama upon the completion of the Canal and in conjunction with Page Company incorporating this title into the “See America First” series issued for over two decades. Not only has author presented a concise history of the Spanish exploration and exploitation of the West Indies and Central America but also included specific sections on privateers such as Sir Francis Drake as well as pirates in the Caribbean including the account of the sack of Old Panama City by Henry Morgan. The Page Company, hardcover
1913réf. 62167New York: The Century Co. 1913. 8vo. 314 pp. plus 2 pp. publ. ads. Photo frntsp. numerous photo plates facsimile TLS on front pastedown. Pictorial green publisher’s cloth silhouette map illust. of Panama and the Canal front cover black lettering front cover & spine minor dustsoiling shelfwear still VG copy. First edition of this author’s memoir of his time working as a policeman on the Panama Canal Zone in 1912 while they conducted a census of the nationalities and citizens all residing during construction. He comments frequently on the “Jim Crow” laws preventing the mixing of White personnel with Indigenous peoples or West Indies-African workers and the continued struggle to negotiate quarters as well as make accurate count. The Century Co., hardcover
1915réf. 58381San Francisco: C.T. Co. Artgravure 1915. Oblong 4to. 10.25 x 8.25 in. 48 pp unpaginated. Colour-tinted photogravures throughout including panoramic centerfold birds-eye view by the Cardinell-Vincent Co. Embossed brown softcovers embossed raised gilt lettering yapp edges mounted colour photo front cover w/ original mailing envelope tears rubbing chipping F/G- copy. First edition of this nicely printing souvenir photographic record of the Exposition. The interior is excellent in this piece giving views of many of the pavilions fountains and courts. C.T. Co., Artgravure, paperback
1938réf. 51354Panama Canal: Hotel Tivoli & Hotel Washington 1938. 4to. 12 pp unpaginated. Printed in green & red throughout numerous green-tinted photos large double-page centerfold map of the Panama Canal showing the locations of the Hotels on the Caribbean and Pacific sides a couple smaller maps. Self-printed illustrated softcovers slight soiling very minor center creasing from fold still VG copy. First edition early printing of this scarce work extolling the virtues of vacationing at the famed Hotels Tivoli & Washington by the Panama Canal in the 1930s. The Hotel Washington was constructed and opened in 1913 and operated by the Panama Railroad Company by order of the Secretary of War to be operated for the Government. Built of concrete and cement blocks it was constructed in a modified Spanish Mission style that made it very comfortable and had a very large pool. The Tivoli Hotel was opened in November 1906 and served as the centerpiece of Canal Zone society until it closed in 1971 and President Roosevelt is considered the first person to have “officially” stayed at the Tivoli. Hotel Tivoli & Hotel Washington, paperback
réf. PJH55108Gnaoua Press Morocco 1967. VG bright copy in slightly browned publishers decorated wrappers. 20pp.Illustrated. Seemingly Second Issue with 1967 copyright. Gnaoua Press (Morocco) 1967 unknown
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2006réf. 50305Interrobang Great Britain 2006. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. New Book/New. Inscribed by Author. OXRIDGE PANAMA. Justin Thyme The Tartan of Thyme Part One Great Britain: Interrobang 2006. Octavo first edition pp. 5 344 16 appendices and glossary maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine signed and inscribed by the author see below. It says: "Justin Thyme chose not to celebrate his birthday." And upside down: "1st September 2006 With Best Wishes from the paradoxical Panama Oxridge". First in a planned four-part series. There is also a puzzle to solve: Who is Panama Oxridge The clues are in the text. And what about the text Justin Thyme was supposed to be the next Harry Potter although he has no magical powers simply unnatural intelligence and enormous earnings from his inventions. The story is readable and young readers seem to like it but there is only one Harry Potter. Still the book went out of print. It has a cliffhanger ending and a number of loose ends but five years on the second book hadnt hit the market although a release was planned for this fall 2011 Thyme Running Out. Size: Octavo standard book size. 5 344 16. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Scotland; Modern; Crime Fiction. Inscribed by Author. ISBN/EAN: 9780955357008. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50305. . 9780955357008 Interrobang hardcover
1851réf. 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
réf. ria9781944455033_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The building of the Panama Canal by the United States from 1904 to 1914 at the time was the most significant and monumental engineering achievement the world had ever seen. Its completion despite incredible obstacles changed the lives paperback
réf. ria9781944455040_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The transfer of the Panama Canal to the Republic of Panama at the end of 1999 marked the end of a special and unique relationship between the United States and Panama that endured over 96 years. It is important to note the significant r paperback
