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réf. 1018724060.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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1852réf. 1338Original manuscript. 1852-1854. Folio 38 x 27cm. Full contemporary reverse calf with gilt morocco titles labels to the spine "Rough Sales Book / S & L / B". Marbling to page edges. Marbled endpapers with engraved label for "Baily Brothers Booksellers Stationers Account Book Manufacturers" London to the front pastedown. 172pp. of manuscript text in ink on red-ruled laid paper watermarked "W. King / 1850" followed by c.160pp. blank with a handful of pages torn out following the conclusion of the manuscript text section and another within the text. The majority of entries are in English with some in Spanish mostly written in the same hand. Condition is very good the binding firm with marking to the boards chipping to the head of the spine and a little wear to the extremities. The contents with a 3cm tear to the head of the first text page and two pages partially cut/torn away at the bottom are otherwise in good order. The ledger of a British sales agents operating in Panama during the mid-nineteenth century detailing the importation and sale of a wide variety European and South American goods into the country. The manuscript meticulously records the origin city/country importer ship the goods received and sold and the charges entailed for each shipment. A typical entry for example records the arrival of "gunpowder received per "Alexander" and sold on behalf of the Kames Gunpowder Company Glasgow" followed by details of the subsequent purchasers "J. D. Cordova" etc. and the charges/commissions taken by the agent including fees for landing expenses and "carriage to arsenal". Many of the entries describe large diverse cargoes combining both essential and luxury goods including: alpacas; chocolate pots; "41 cases of pickles and mustard"; lavender water; rocking chairs; a "copying machine"; cinnamon; scissors razors; bone buttons; horse brushes; compasses; gin; hatchets; bedsteads; looking glasses; children's toys; cloves; muslins; kegs of shot; cups and saucers; tobacco; machetes; claret; playing cards rat traps; "Aqua de Colonia" cologne; silk gloves; saddles; blunderbusses; padlocks; lace; pantaloons; "Jamaica rum"; almonds; vinegar; bonnets; sausages; gold frames; water closets; wash stands; champagne; mosquito nets; and much else besides. The origin ports include major European trade centres such as Liverpool and Glasgow but also include many South American ports such as Guayaquil Equador carrying beans cocoa coffee sugar and quinoa amongst other things; Buenaventura Colombia; Callao Peru carrying candlesticks coffee mills and bayonets; Lima Peru "bottled fruits" and cherry cordial; and Valparaiso Chile; as well as San Francisco and New York to the north. The importers themselves are also a mixture of British and Panamanian companies. A fascinating detailed insight into Panama's transatlantic and South American trade during the mid-nineteenth century. [Original manuscript]. hardcover
1988réf. 788973PN. New. 1988. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1993réf. 265010PN. New. 1993. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
1990réf. 231067PN. New. 1990. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
1994réf. 271689PN. New. 1994. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
1982réf. 766422PN. New. 1982. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1901réf. 5961Paris: New Panama Canal Company 1901. First edition. Pamphlet stapled. Very Good hole in lower front cover from owner's stamp. Octavo 12pp. English language description of the New Panama Canal Company is a detailed text on the company and its mission work accomplished thus far plans and even a section titled "Causes which have delayed resumption of work on a grand scale." Scarce item of historical interest. New Panama Canal Company unknown
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2006réf. 19231Great Britain: Interrobang 2006. Fine/Fine. First Edition First Printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY AUTHOR PANAMA OXRIDGE without dedication. Signing reads 'With Best Wishes from/the Paradoxical/Pamela Oxridge/1st September 2006'. Signing continues written upside down "Justin Thyme chose not to/Celebrate his birthday". A fantasy children's/young adult novel involving time-travel. A fine copy in a fine d/w of a SCARCE first edition first printing SIGNED BY AUTHOR PANAMA OXRIDCE. Signed by Author Panama Oxridge. First Edition First Printing. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Adrian Poxmage. Interrobang Hardcover
réf. a658891961-1962. 4 issue of this monthly bulletin. In Spanish. 4to. about 15 leaves rectos only per issues stapled wraps. Goodsome wear; lightly toned. . paperback
1960réf. 2090202120412948Not Available 1960. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Not Available paperback
2008réf. 45561Panama Canal Museum. NF. 2008. Hardcover. Hardback in Near Fine condition without dust jacket. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 288 pages. Quick Shipping All Books Mailed in Boxes Free Tracking Provided . Panama Canal Museum hardcover
réf. 32208Panama: I. L. Maduro Jr. 1937. 18"x24" folded map to 9" x 4 1/4" size; stiff pictorial wraps of Balboa Discoverer of the Pacific Ocean on the front softcover; color maps and black and white photographic illustrations on verso with Ruins of Old Panama in text; wraps are lightly edgeworn else a very clean copy. Panama: I. L. Maduro, Jr., (1937) paperback
1965réf. 023817Comision Del Atlas De Panama Comite Ejecutivo 1965. Book. Fair. Cloth. Primera Edición. 191 pages. Giant oblong format hardcover. Texts in Spanish. Water stain to the inside front gutter with significant wear and some warping to the covers. The previous owner's name is embossed in gold on the front cover. There are no internal markings. It is presumed that this was initially published in paperback wrappers and was bound into its current state by the previous owner. While the boards of the binding are not in great shape they have nicely preserved the original publication that consists of a good number of maps of Panama along with informational texts about the country. Comision Del Atlas De Panama, Comite Ejecutivo Hardcover
1941réf. 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
réf. a1572738-C Culebra Cut looking North August 1908. Triptych 19-1/2 x 9 inches high. Shows deep and long valley with railroad tracks and a few pieces of machinery in the distance. Also a house on a distant hill. Nicely framed in walnut frame 14-1/2 inches x 25 1/2 inches. Under glass. Image Fine in VG Frame. . unknown
20013 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispieces, coloured and monochrome plates, illustrations, maps and endpaper maps; original Society binding of blue cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Hakluyt Society, Series III, vols. 8, 11, 13. The set comprises: Vol. I: Cadiz to Panama; Vol. II: Panama to The Philippines; Vol. III: Manila to Cadiz.
19968vo., First Edition, with full-page map in the text and pictorial endpapers, contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue boards, grey cloth back lettered in gilt, grey silk marker, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly chafed at extremities. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE.
19968vo., First Edition, with full-page map in the text and pictorial endpapers; blue boards, grey cloth back lettered in gilt, grey silk marker, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
1904Mm 300x405 Fascicolo in folio di pp. 8 con prima carta illustrata in bianco e nero, alcune illustrazioni in nero nel testo. In buono stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.