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1914(Canale di Panamà - Centro America) In 4° piccolo (cm 29,5 x 22,5), bella legatura editoriale in piena tela rossa con titoli e ricche impressioni figurate policrome, pp. (2),414,(2), con una carta geografica ripiegata a colori (Panama Canal and Canal zone) in antiporta, 600 illustrazioni fotografiche in bianco e nero nel testo e 16 tavole fuori testo con disegni a colori di E. J. Read. Ottimo stato di conservazione.
1951179p., illus. Landmark Books 18 Hardcover Good condition in light blue cloth
19138vo; x, 386 [ii, ads], folding color bird's-eye panorama, illus, map, plates from photos (by Ernest Hallen). original cloth, spine ends slightly rubbed, name on endpaper, else near fine, clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The photos were take by Ernest Hallen, the official photographer of the Isthmian Canal Commission. This popular account of the canal makes the history of the project, from the diplomacy to the engineering design, understandable and clear.
1914386p., illus. Colored fold-out map. Published prior to the official opening of the canal & describes 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition plans. Hardcover Good condition; spine faded & boards lightly worn
1879réf. 46867London The Economist Office 1879. Small folio. Bound in comtemporary half cloth. Entire volume 37 July - December 1879 of The Economist. Minor wear to extremities and a few repairs to a few leaves otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 761-1504. Original printing of The Economist - the most important and influential economic journal worldwide - from the year 1879. The initial planning of the Panama Canal began in 1879. The enormous endeavor of digging the Canal was reflected in The Economist: "The canal proposed by M. de Lesseps and intended to pierce the Isthmus of Panama is in many respects a bolder enterprise even than the Suez Canal. The engineering difficulties are far greater the climate is a much more serious obstacle to labour and especially to that of Europeans and finally the possibility of a rival plan being carried out is much greater." hardcover
réf. 0243217439.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 0666128715.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 0666137951.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 1332852181.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1991réf. D3S0035205Panama Canal Commission 1991-01-01. Pamphlet. Good. 1982 EDITION! 6 of 11 pages of pencil underlining. First page has minor sticker residue. Cover shows wear with bumped/curling corners. Binding is tight. Panama Canal Commission unknown
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réf. 1120670055.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 1167031024.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1843réf. 23353London: Printed and Published by D. M. Aird. Good with no dust jacket. 1843. First Edition. Softcover. Some foxing. Some small tears and chips to margins of some leaves. Stamp on first page: "New Zealand Journal / Newspaper / One Penny". ; Single issue of this newspaper. 241-252 pages. 12 pages in total. Page dimensions: 338 x 210mm. Text in double columns. This issue has a long article about the proposal for a Panama Canal on page 241-244. The article includes a wood-cut map showing "Course of projected Canal". The map measures 151 x 124mm. Contents: Panama; Emigration versus Charity; Systematic Preparation; Resume of Instructions fo Gathering and Packing Seeds in New Zealaad; Summery; Wellington; Nelson; New Plymouth; Auckland; Home News; The Middle Island; Advertisements. "In February 1840 under the influence of E. G. Wakefield Henry Samuel Chapman began publishing the 'New Zealand Journa'l as proprietor-editor. The newspaper was the unofficial organ of the New Zealand Company which subsidised it. It was published fortnightly for the next three years." - entry on Henry Samuel Chapman Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. . Printed and Published by D. M. Aird paperback
1915réf. 031111Shanghai 1915 Siccawei [Zikawei] Catholic Mission (Tushanwan Orphanage Press) Hardcover 1st Edition
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.
1966réf. 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
réf. 626Some sunning to spine moisture stains over several pages. Good. JBS-626. Panama Rose. The Hashish Cookbook. San Francisco CA: Level Press 1974. Second edition. Octavo. 20pp. Green wrappers saddle-stapled with black and white illustrations. . unknown
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
1966réf. PARIS 44GNAOUA 1966. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. A VERY GOOD FIRST EDITION 1966 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. GNAOUA Paperback
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
1915384 pages. The authentic and complete story of the building and operation of the great waterway - the eighth wonder of the world. With a graphic description of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, the official celebration of the completion of America's triumph at Panama, the gigantic undertaking successfully carried out under the supervision of Col. George W. Goethals. Profusely illustrated with photographs in half-tone and color. Color frontis photograph of Mr. Goethals. Both hinges open. Above-average, but not excessive wear. Colour illustrated front board. Worn but legible gilt lettering upon front board and spine. A sensational reference. Book
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
192896 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Features: The Rio Branco, Uraricuera, and Parima - Surveyed by the Expedition to the Brazilian Guayana from August 1924 to June 1925, by Dr. A. Hamilton Rice; Gravity Survey by Submarine via Panama to Java; Flights North of Point Barrow - an extract from the report on the Detroit News-Wilkins Expedition of 1927 ; Notes on Arctic Flying - communicated to the society by Vilhjalmur Stefansson; Recent Sheets of the One-in-a-Million Map of he American Geographical Society; Colonel Fawcett's Expedition in Matto Grosso; Monumenta Cartographica - Review. Foldout map inside back cover entitled "Survey of the Lower Rio Negro and the Rio Branco between Manaos and Vista Alegre". University library bar code on first advertising page, otherwise unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Small piece missing from lower corner of back cover. A sound copy. Book
