1945réf. 208877Chicago.: Chicago Daily Tribune. August1945. Printed colour pictorial map on a single newspaper leaf 37 x 52 cms; 43 x 59.5 cms sheet three inset maps archivally laid down on linen very good condition. Full page map published in the "Chicago Daily Tribune" after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki prior to occupation by US and Allied forces in September 1945. "This is a new map of the main islands of Japan where American occupational troops will land and establish their military rule." map text The legend notes "Places bombed by U.S. Air Forces with a red circle" and "Cities bombed by Atomic Bomb" with a red star. The main map shows the Japanese islands of Honshu Shikoku and Kyushu with the Korean peninsula. Inset maps show Hokkaido Formosa and a general map of the area. . Chicago Daily Tribune. unknown
réf. 177650154 black and white snapshots held in place with photograph corners in a patterned fabric covered photograph album. Sizes of the photographs vary from 5 x7.5cm to 8.5 x 12.5cm. Black and white folding map of Burma 34.7 x 24cm loosely inserted two insets on the map show an elephant carrying teak a mahout on his back and a small map showing Burma's location within the region. Although the photographs are not individually captioned the album is divided into sections titled in white ink. Some blank leaves towards the rear of the album a separate section of 10 photographs titled "Burma & China" fills the last leaves. Six photographs are evenly browned all others are in excellent condition. A very interesting photograph album in excellent condition. A fascinating photographic record of events on the crucial Burma Road in southwestern China during and immediately after the Pacific War. An inscription on the final leaf gives the name John Barry Williams and the date 6/23/42 to 1/15/46. The Burma Road was constructed in 1936-1937 mainly to enable the allies to send material to China which was then at war with Japan. After the occupation of Burma by Japan in 1942 the flow of goods was cut until 1945 when in the last months of the war allied troops reconnected the transport corridor from Burma to China. Meanwhile war materiel continued to be transported by plane between Yunnan in China and India over the section of eastern Himalayas known as 'The Hump'. The owner of this album appears to have been a US serviceman stationed at Tsuyung Airfield in the Chinese province of Yunnan - the main transport hub at the Chinese end of the Hump route. The first photos in the album show scenes of the Burma Road and the Salween River on the border of Yunnan and Burma. There are a number of fine black-and-white photos of everyday life in the area including a village street a local salt mine a farmer ploughing with water buffaloes a street scene in Tsyuyung town women and children repairing the road and a train of pack ponies taking goods to market along the Burma Road in China. There are also images of a serviceman named Washburn holding up a captured Japanese flag. The following series of photos is labelled '780 Engineer Petroleum Distribution Co. Pipeline India-Burma-China 1944 and 1945' and shows scenes of the contruction of this vital fuel link with photos shot in India in the jungles of Burma and in southwestern China. The photos give a vivid image of the magnitude of the construction task showing teams camping out in rugged terrain and crossing rivers on makeshift bridges. A final group of photos labelled 'Burma and China' includes shots of a parachute drop from a plane and an image of allied soldiers with local villagers. A small map of Burma and Tibet published in 1948 has been loosely inserted in the front of the volume. . unknown
réf. 10-21385Ediciones Libertarias. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Ediciones Libertarias paperback
réf. B306546-1Kamakura-shi Shiruku Rodo Kenkyujo 1990-2004. Vols. 3 - 5 7 - 9. Lrg. 4to. Cloth. With: Festschrift Ikuo Hirayama. Studies in Silk Road Coins and Culture: Papers in Honour of Professor Ikuo Hirayama On His 65th Birthday. Edited by Katsumi Tanabe Joe Cribb Helen Wang. Silk Road Art and Archaeology. Special volume 1997. 332pp. Prof. illus. Lrg. 4to. Cloth. Kamakura The Institute of Silk Road Studies 1997. Kamakura-shi (Shiruku Rodo Kenkyujo), 1990-2004. hardcover
2001réf. SBBIH-XOYKKRTTDZ2JAutomobile Association 2001. map. Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining water damage writing missing dustjacket etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Automobile Association unknown
2001réf. SBBIH-26DKUPPQGGIGAutomobile Association 2001. map. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Automobile Association unknown
2009réf. SBBI-mon0000141241Road Editions 2009. map. Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining water damage writing missing dustjacket etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Road Editions unknown
2001réf. SBBI-SBL-023428Automobile Association 2001. Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining water damage writing missing dustjacket etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Automobile Association unknown
1917réf. 214418London and New York.: The Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Co. 1917. Numerous black and white photographic illustrations 768pp. 30 x 23.5cm. Full red morocco binding spine lettered and ruled in gilt in compartments 'Tiger head' emblematical device stamped in gilt on the upper board repeated in gilt on the title page corner ornaments blocked in gilt. All edges gilt marbled endpapers light rubbing to corners but a lavishly produced edition in exceptional condition. One of a series of publications published with the object of supplying the British public with a picture - complete as far as literary and pictorial effort could make it - of the several different parts of the Empire. in this instance Northern India. . The Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Co. unknown
1932réf. 12800Washington DC: Claude T. Clements Press 1932. 14362pp. Profusely illustrated. Publisher's tan cloth with titles stamped in brown on spine and front board. In original unclipped pictorial dust jacket. Minor edge wear light insect damage to boards. Dust jacket either trimmed a bit short or originally produced a half-inch shorter than boards. Minor dust-soiling to jacket with minor insect damage to rear flap. Internally clean. Overall very good. The rare autobiographical travel narrative by one of the most important Filipino-American political leaders in history especially notable for retaining the original pictorial dust jacket. Hilario Camino Moncado established the Filipino Federation of America in 1925 in Los Angeles California. It was also known at various times as the Filipino World Federation and the Filipino Crusaders World Army. As one of the fraternal organizations appealing to the small but growing Filipino immigrant community the FFA distinguished itself from competitors by accentuating "clean living" and rules of moral conduct. Moncado earned a law degree and also edited and published Filipino Nation. Through his work Moncado sought to portray the immigrant community as responsible and healthy in contrast to the then-prevalent depictions of them as uneducated gamblers. Much less publicly the FFA developed a set of religious teachings that held Moncado to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ by way of José Rizal the Filipino patriot executed in the waning days of Spanish rule. Moncado's birthday was changed to make him appear to have been born after Rizal's death so that his identity as Rizal's reincarnation would be more plausible. In the present travel memoir Moncado focuses on political and social issues encountered on a trip around the world conveying an impression of worldliness which burnished his reputation within the Filipino-American community. He visits England Holland Germany France Italy Egypt India China Japan and "Home Sweet Home Philippines." A sampling of chapters focus on London his visit to Oxford University the refusal of Germany to pay reparations from the First World War mentioning the German people's and particularly Hitler's stance against paying them any further his visit to the League of Nations "Mussolini - Benevolent Despot or Tyrant" Gandhi and "India's Revolution" China "The Awakening Giant" "Americanized Japan" and the betrayal of the Filipino independence movement by the American Congress. OCLC records just eight institutional copies including one in the Philippines one in Singapore and six in the United States at NYPL UC-Davis the University of Hawaii Michigan Washington and Wisconsin. Claude T. Clements Press unknown
1770réf. 51365Paris: Chez Le Rouge 1770. First edition . Oblong 4to. Engraved title leaf and seven engraved maps one folding the other six with a number of strip maps separated by thin rules detailing the route from Strasburg to Versailles. Delineates topographical features cities and villages churches forests etc. Not recorded on OCLC. Later patterned wrappers worn long tear in rear wrapper; interior soiled some old tidelines mostly marginal but affecting the image in the last two maps; several manuscript additions but a very good example of a scarce 18th-century French route map. Chez Le Rouge unknown
1737réf. 29354London Gilliver and Clarke 1737. 8vo. Near contemporary half calf with gilt title label. 16622 pp. and 8 engraved plates 1 folding. 4cm tear to bottom of title page - proffesionally repaired with no loss. A fine clean copy. First edition. Phillips recognized that a layer of gravel if resting on a well-drained dry sole would be beaten by the traffic into a firm road surface. He was thus the pioneer in the development of the Macadam method. The present work is described in Gregory: The Story of the Road p.207-211. Very uncommon. unknown
2012réf. 2081502111907996Shandong University 2012. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: B5 hardcover book Shandong University paperback
2000réf. mon0000679700Covenant Books 3/12/2021 12:00:00 A. hardcover. Very Good. 0.3150 in x 10.3150 in x 8.3071 in. Crease on cover Covenant Books hardcover
1850réf. List2416Great Britain 1850. Broadside measuring 9 ⅞ x 15 ⅜ inches. Some chipping and wear to edge ink number written in corner two small section of loss due to improper mounting very good overall. Coat of arms of the United Kingdom above printed text. Very Good. A scarce broadside relating to British postal rates across the Panama Route through the Chagres River which supplied mail to California and Oregon beginning in 1848 before eventually being replaced by the Overland route in 1860. The service was characterized by long delay times as steamships on either side of the isthmus were often not coordinated causing major delays in the delivery. Several different steamship companies operated privately some carrying express mail. The letters were transported by canoe or pack animal across the isthmus. Postmaster General Cave Johnson began establishing post offices in California in 1848. Johnson also oversaw the transition to the prepaid delivery system. The broadside here of which we find no other records does state that postage must be prepaid and that the route can be accessed by writing “via New York” on the letters. A scarce postal history item relating to the expansion of mail services to California. We find no other records of this institutionally or in the trade. unknown
1846réf. 2090502128300687Not Available 1846. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1906réf. 197908Kobe Japan.: Fuku-In-Kwan. 1906. Printed colour folding map on two conjoined sheets laid down 73.8 x 105 cm foxing on verso not affecting map single pinhole in each corner scant spotting small fold splits no loss a few soft fold creases but in good condition. Very rare striking map of Japan published for the Western market. Created under the direction of Takachika Okishio featuring 10 inset maps: Chishima Kurile Islands Hokushu Hokkaido Ogasawara-Jima Bonin Islands Hachijo-Shima Ioshima Okinawa Saki-Shima Kyushu Saikaido Taiwan Formosa and Eastern Asia. The insets of Taiwan and Kyushu are the largest and centrally positioned. A Glossary and Explanation of Signs is printed at the foot of the map which list Towns Railway Stations Boundaries of Prefectures Notable Places Hot Springs Water-falls rapids Volcanoes Light-Houses Gold Silver and Coal-Oil fields. The Japanese Government Railway series of Travellers' Maps of Japan appear to have been modelled after this design. . Fuku-In-Kwan. unknown
1840réf. 018232London: Printed and Published By J. Barfield 1840. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Fourth Edition. Folio 30 x 46cm. "Revised Collated and Considerably Enlarged by John Satchell Esq." Seventy-four double-page engraved genealogical tables and geographical maps all with original hand colouring contemporary . half black morocco gilt with green cloth boards. Binding good with some general wear and rubbing leather chipped with loss to the base of the spine joints rubbed but still strong corners worn. All edges gilt./ Contents clean and tight contemporary ink stain effecting the fore-edges of the first few pages but not affecting text or maps most noticeable to the front end papers with also have a pencil inscription dated 30 November 1935. All maps and charts in very good condition. Notwitstanding wear to the binding a very good copy. Printed and Published By J. Barfield Hardcover
réf. Z1-M-015-02686Thames & Hudson. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Thames & Hudson unknown
1835réf. 23580MÉXICO: Impreso por Ignacio Cumplido 1835. Primera edición.- 4º.- Plena piel jaspeada de época lomera con filetes y florones dorados.- 2 tomos en 1 volumen.- I: 32 páginas.- II: 56 páginas.- III: 44 páginas. El Apéndice de documentos no indica lugar ni año. El primer documento lleva la fecha de México 24 de febrero de 1835 y el último es de 23 de mayo del mismo año. Procedencia: Ejemplar de Joaquín Gómez de la Cortina Marqués de Morante. Palau 111572 para la segunda edición y 74785 Impreso por Ignacio Cumplido unknown
1418réf. 159850Shūseidō 衆星堂. Reprint. Tenpō 14 1843. Large folding handcoloured map of the thirteen provinces from which Mt. Fuji can be viewed. 159 x 178cm. Folds into paper covered card covers measuring 40 x 24cm. Title label upper cover. A little browning along folds occasional spotting and soiling. A little worming causing approximately 1cm of loss in places. Two chops in lower section. A very striking and attractive map. This very large handsome map is a detailed map of the thirteen provinces from which one can see Mt. Fuji. Provinces shown are the eight provinces of the Kantō region Sagami 相模 Musashi 武蔵 Kazusa 上総 Shimofusa 下総 Awa 安房 Kōzuke 上野 Shimotsuke 下野 and Hitachi 常陸 and five other provinces Izu 伊豆 Suruga 駿河 Tōtōmi 遠江 Kai 甲斐 and Shinano 信濃. The map offers a large amount of detailed information such as province and county borders rivers high ways post towns checkpoints villages and scenic spots. The cartographer Akiyama Einen or Nagatoshi 秋山永年 came from Edo and the editor Funakoshi Seizō 船越清蔵 studio name: Shugu 守愚 1805-62 a Confucian scholar from Nagato Province now the western half of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture. A dedication by Funahashi Akira 舟橋徴 is dated 1843. . Shūseidō 衆星堂 unknown
1913réf. 53568Hornell NY & Low Moor VA: Homer A. Sitterley Asst. City Engineer for Hornell NY; Chief Mining Engineer Low Moor Iron Co. 1913-1917. Oblong 8vo. 10 x 7 in. 142 pp unpaginated. thick black paper stock w/ 298 original photographs sized from 2 x 3 in. up to 3.25 x 5.5 inches 280 this size 2 of them cyanotype and the majority with neat white ink manuscript descriptions linen-backed frontisp. map of Hornell NY dated 1915. Contemporary limp black-cloth post-binder sewn at gutter margin w/ black silk braid minor soiling tidemark to outer fore-edges of front cover first couple leaves minor fraying & wear to corners still a VG- exemplar w/ most images with strong contrast. This remarkable album documents the tremendous range of road building projects sewer improvements bridge building and dam construction in and around Hornell NY in Steuben County in the years before World War I. Steuben County was the next to the last County in New York State to join the Good Roads Board sponsored by the American Automobile Association in 1907 primarily because during the opening decades of the 20th century that area of New York had some of the worst roads. These images show the construction and building of sewer lines on Crosby Street Canister Street paving projects on East Ave. Jane Street West Street -- with fantastic images of early Foote Concrete Machinery Co. road paver in operation pouring concrete West Genesee Street Church Street and others. Sitterley b. 1889 makes a study of the filtering systems and sewer plant for New York City at the time includes photo of the newly opened Hornell trolley “Subway” as well as numerous photos of poor condition sidewalks which were slated for modernization as an adjunct of the Good Roads agenda hand-in-hand with laying of new sewer lines. In addition he has included photo of himself with surveyor’s transom and the Hornell City Engineer together with the City Park Superintendent. A significant portion of the album is devoted to the building of the Seneca Street Bridge including the building of the coffer dams to hold back the water to pour the piers the construction of the abutments and finally the finished bridge. That bridge would later be rebuilt by a WPA project in 1936 and now is up for replacement again. Sitterley’s last major projects were overseeing the building of the new Hornell city dams and city reservoirs together with road improvements gate houses and spillways. In March 1916 he leaves Hornell NY to become Chief Mining Engineer for the Low Moor Iron Co. which was a producer of pig iron in Alleghany County of Western Virginia which operated from 1872-1930. The company was often plagued with labor unrest as they maintained very poor “Company” towns and were constantly struggling with the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad to ship their ore. In 1916 they were on the upswing as a company as the growing steel demands of World War I began to lift all ore producers at the time. See: Corning Convention of Good Roads Associations Good Roads Magazine April 1907 pp. 134-135; Homer Aldrich Sitterley Bi-Monthly Bulletin of the American Institute of Mining Engineers No. 126 June 1917 p. xxxv; Russell Story of the Great Flood and Cyclone Disasters in New York State 1913 New York Roots 1999; Papers of the Low Moor Iron Company 1873-1927 Special Collections Univ. of Virginia Library 2010. Homer A. Sitterley, Asst. City Engineer for Hornell, NY; Chief Mining Engineer, Low Moor Iron Co., hardcover
2016réf. 120005Promopress. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened. Text in English French Spanish and Italian. -- with a bonus offer-- . 2016. 8416504083 . Promopress hardcover
2011réf. 88890Verlag Fur Moderne Kunst. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in German and English. 96 pp; 41 color illustrations. -- with a bonus offer--; Comparing the shared textures of woven and painted works of art and craft this volume juxtaposes a burial cloth from Peru a poncho from Guatemala silk ikat from Southeast Asia and woven fabrics from Persia with works by artists such as Eduardo Chillida Adolfo Estrada Helmut Federle Johannes Itten and Sean Scully. . 2011. 3869841362 . Verlag Fur Moderne Kunst hardcover
réf. Z1-N-007-00593sold by OECD Publications Center. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. [sold by] OECD Publications Center unknown
