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1925réf. 44354Chicago IL: Engineering and Contracting Publishing Co. 1925. 4to. 320 pp. 100s of photo illusts. diagrams text illusts. Embossed & decorated gray cloth lettering & decorated border red & black lettering on spine minor shelfwear light rubbing to corners VG copy w/ former ownership markings on ffep. First edition numbered on verso of title of this fascinating work illustrating the equipment and materials needed to build the roads and highways in the early automobile era. Included are asphalt companies oil burning equipment for road building and repairs expansion joint steel fencing companies steam rollers graders cranes excavators and much more. Engineering and Contracting Publishing Co., hardcover
1723réf. 54819Rainer Ottens. 1723. A most attractive map with early outline hand colour vertical fold barely visible diagonal crease upper half of map few very pale small brown spots otherwise a clean and bright image. Numbering in red pencil few annotations in pencil and light number stamp on reverse however not at all visible from front of map or affecting image. Sheet measures 46.6 x 60.2cm. . Rainer Ottens. unknown
réf. 147183First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Small folio; morocco-grain cloth lettered in gilt; in fine condition. The volume contains: a manuscript personal diary of the trip octavo 6 leaves removed from a small journal and loosely inserted; a typed transcript of the diary quarto 4 leaves printed rectos only; typed transcripts of journals kept by two other members of the same expedition both quarto printed rectos only the first 10 leaves plus signed cover letter the second i ii 34 leaves plus a map complimentary copy number 7 inscribed and signed by the author; and 74 colour photographs each 88 × 130 mm mounted next to printed captions they show desert scenery waterholes Aboriginal rock art explorers' inscriptions and more. Also bound in are photocopies of four publications or extracts relating to the Canning Stock Route. hardcover
1894réf. 57598San Francisco CA: Standard Asphalt Company of California Printed by Bosqui Printing & Engraving Co. 1894. 8vo. 8 pp unpaginated. printed in red & black. Black printed softcovers white lettering front cover company logo illust. on back cover minor shelfwear slight rubbing very slight chip to upper right corner still VG copy. First edition of this scarce promotional brochure by this pioneering California oil and mining company initially drawing upon petroleum and asphalt mines near Bakersfield California by the late 1880’s. They had originally drawn upon deposits in Asphalto and Hazleton but later these were played out due to high production costs to refine out the clay but later the company made a large discovery in 1893 just prior to the publication of this promotional piece touting 79% level of bitumen and production of asphalt vital for use in lacquers paints and road construction. Worldcat locates 1 copy UC Berkeley; See: Asphaltum Mineral Resources of the United States 1893-1894 1895 pp. 633-634; Asphaltum Standard Asphalt Company of California Los Angeles Herald April 5 1891 p. 6. Standard Asphalt Company of California, Printed by Bosqui Printing & Engraving Co., paperback
réf. 174950Gotha.: Justus Perthes. Map with original colour and outline hand-colour 32.2 x 40 cm text in German five inset maps central fold slight marginal toning and spotting on the verso but in very good condition. A most handsome and highly detailed map detailing the Eastern provinces of the Byzantine/Roman Empire in the time of the Roman Emperor Justinian 527-565. The inset maps depict Carthage Rome Constantinople Naples and a Western continuation of the main map originally issued for the "Hand-Atlas für die Geschichte des Mittelatters und die Neueren Zeit" . Justus Perthes. unknown
1874réf. 174914Gotha: Justus Perthes. 1874. Map with original colour and outline hand-colour 32.2 x 40 cm three inset maps text in German central fold slight marginal toning in very good condition. A most handsome map detailing the Eastern Roman Empire from the immigration of Hungarians in Ponnonia around 895 to the subjugation of the Bulgarian Empire by Emperor Basilius in 1019. The inset maps depict Divisions of the Empire Palestine and the Themata around Propontis present day Sea of Marmara issued for the "Hand-Atlas für die Geschichte des Mittelatters und die Neueren Zeit". . Justus Perthes unknown
1876réf. 174911Gotha: Justus Perthes. 1876. Map with original colour and outline hand-colour 32.2 x 40 cm text in German four inset maps central fold slight marginal toning and spotting on the verso but in very good condition. A most handsome and highly detailed map detailing the Eastern provinces of the Byzantine/Roman Empire before the Fourth Crusade. The inset maps depict Constantinople Divisions of the Empire and Antioch issued for the "Hand-Atlas für die Geschichte des Mittelatters und die Neueren Zeit" . Justus Perthes unknown
1953réf. 013812New York Ace Books, Inc. - Collection « Ace double books » D-15 1953 In-12 broché, couverture illutrée Signé par l'auteur
1951réf. 214601Delhi.: S.B. Makhija & Brothers. circa1951. Printed colour map 98.6 x 69 cm folding into pictorial wrappers 25.3 x 19.5 cm five pictorial colour inserts of pagodas and the Shwethalyaung reclining Buddha wrappers a little chipped marginal wear and three small fold splits in the map but overall in very good condition. Attractive large map of Burma with the provinces coloured steamship routes shown in red and printed in the booklet a range of information printed based on the 1951 census including climate agriculture and form of government "Burma became an independent nation completely outside the British Empire on January 4 1948 and is now a sovereign independent republic known as the Union of Burma". . S.B. Makhija & Brothers. unknown
1900réf. 5708Chicago: Rand Mcnally & Co 1900. Two color map 28x21" folding to 6x3.5." Few small marginal tears at folds some toning else very good. Attached to original Burlington Route folder lacking front cover. Uncommon Indiana pocket map from the Burlington Route showing roads counties cities etc. with an emphasis on railways which are listed in red at the bottom right corner. List of chief cities with populations along left margin. . Rand, Mcnally & Co unknown
1901réf. 51617N.P.: Privately printed 1901. 1901. 9 1/4" x 8" in clorful pictorial wrapper folded at center. 12 pp. Illustrations. Schedule. Overview of San Francisco along with information on its climate Chinatown The Cliff House Golden Gate Park Sutro Baths and Museum Nob Hill and side trips from San Francisco to include brief information on Monterey San Jose Paciic Grove Lake Tahoe Los Angeles etc. Information on the Burlington Route train and its railroad cars. Finally a schedule for the trip from Omaha .by way of Denver and Salt Lake City and onto San Francisco. Light soiling and light wear to the extremities. Very good. Privately printed, 1901. unknown
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 books
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
1816réf. 185242London.: Thomson. 1816. Engraved map with full handcolour 50.5 x 59.7 cms ; 53.9 x 73.8 cms sheet central fold a few minor edge tears one intruding into the top border the map unscathed marginal edgewear two corners with some loss but the map in very good crisp condition. An elegant map with great detail prepared for John Thomson's influential "New General Atlas" 1814-1821. Showing India from 20 degrees to 7 degrees north of the equator and includes the northern half of Ceylon with territorial interests attractively coloured. . Thomson. unknown
1795réf. 21088Brest 1795 1 feuillet avec en-tête préimprimé : Liberté Egalité AU NOM DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE et orné d'une vignette en noir (avec symboles révolutionnaires : faisceaux d'Armes et bonnet Phrygien), manuscrit à l'encre brune sur papier vergé ligné filigrané, format 19,4 centimètres de large par 30,5 centimètres de haut, Lettre écrite à BREST, le 23 Germinal 3ème année républiquaine, signature manuscrite de THIRAT,
1900réf. 169765Circa1900. Large illustrated map of Beijing showing the city in the period following the invasion of the military forces of the Eight National Alliance old folds scale not given. Some scattered light foxing particularly at edges short closed tear at fold lower edge neat non acidic tape repair short section upper edge wear along folds and a couple of small unobtrusive holes with minor image loss. Blocks of text in traditional Chinese right and left upper sections stating each nation's occupied zone Japanese text title accompanies the English title along the upper section of the map. 63.7 x 56.9cm. Very good overall. A rare and significant large Japanese woodblock map of Peking Beijing issued just after the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion. Centred on the Forbidden City the map depicts Peking following the multinational suppression of the Boxer Rebellion or Yihetuan Movement of 1900. The map was issued to illustrate the areas of occupation associated with each of the powers in the Eight Nation Alliance. The map gives measurements of the city walls detailed names of streets and buildings and the boundaries of the inner and outer city including the forbidden city are shown with demarcation lines in pink yellow and blue. The hand coloured eight national flags of the occupation powers are featured at the right and left. This map is essentially a later edition of 京城内外首善全圖 a map of Beijing issued by the Qing for administrative purposes in the mid-19th century. The Japanese seized the wood blocks during the suppression of the Rebellion and subsequently pulled new impressions overprinting them additional details including flags and demarcations of areas of the city held by members of the Alliance. Versions are known in French German Japanese and as with the present example English. An attractive map of great historical interest. . unknown
1749réf. 136826Paris. circa1749. Black and white engraved map on watermarked laid paper 20.9 x 32.7cm showing coastal area of Zhejiang Province Province de Che-kiang including Zhoushan Archipelago Isle de Chusan Zhoushan Bay Bay de Chusan and Xiangshan County Siang-chan-luen a walled city outside of upper border Ningbo Ning-po prefecture under Qing administration title cartouche lower left original folds. This map is No. 3 Vol. 6 from the impressive 15-volume "Histoire Generale des Voyages" compiled by Antoine François Prévost. Even browning mainly to the sheet edges in very good condition. . unknown
1749réf. 136795Paris. circa1749. Black and white engraved map of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou 21.1 x 30 cm here spelled Chin-chew and Chang-chew and both final words with added superscript "ou" on watermarked laid paper 25.6 x 38 cm original folds a few marginal spots simplified compass rose and a decorative fleur de lis bottom right in very good condition. Attractive map including the estuary of Quanzhou River Xiamen Emowi and Kinmen or Quemoy Quemowi island. The map was designed by the eminent French cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin and here published as plate No. 22 in the impressive 15 volume compilation of voyages "Histoire Generale des Voyages" by Antoine François Prévost. . unknown
1749réf. 136781Paris. circa1749. Black and white engraved map on laid paper showing entrance to Pearl/Canton river Macao and the area which would become Hong Kong Sinn-gan-hien folded designed by the prominent French cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. This map is No. 16 Vol. 5 from the impressive 15-volume "Histoire Generale des Voyages" compiled by French novelist Antoine François Prévost. The walled city of Canton upper section is divided into areas of Tartar and Chinese. Some light even browning on paper added at margins good copy. Map measures 25.7 x 20.5. . unknown
1749réf. 136794Paris. circa1749. Black and white engraved plan map of Peking on laid paper folded designed by the prominent French cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. This map is No. 18 Vol. 5 from the impressive 15-volume "Histoire Generale des Voyages" compiled by French novelist Antoine François Prévost. This city map shows two areas of walled cities: Ville Tartare Imperial city and the Forbidden City and Ville Chinoise ethnic Han residential area. Notes A and B represents buildings within the Forbidden City. A: Lieu de Plaisance ou l'on voit une Montagne faite a la main B: Grandes Cours du Palais de l'Empereur. Two missionary buildings French and Portuguese as well as the Tower of Mathematics illustrated within Ville Tartare. Two temples illustrated side by side near the south gate of the Ville Chinoise. Overall in good condition very light browning on edges and darker toning along the borders of the map. Text in French. Map measures 21 x 16.4cm. . unknown
1749réf. 136827Paris. Circa1749. Engraved map on watermarked laid paper 20 x 27.3 cm of Fuzhou and coastline of Fujian Province original folds designed by the great French cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. This map is from the impressive 15-volume "Histoire Génèrale des Voyages" compiled by Antoine François Prévost map no. 2 Vol. 6. This map shows the estuary of Yangtze River Rivière de Chang. Very light browning on sheet edges but in very good condition. . unknown
réf. 14446Florence, Joseph Tofani et Compagnie, Se vend chez Nicolas Pagni, 1801 ; in-8. 208 pp. - 26 cartes dépliantes. Couverture d'attente de l'époque en papier marbré. Frottements sur le dos et les plats. Inscriptions anciennes au crayon sur la première et la dernière garde. Ex-libris manuscrit sur le titre "Bigot de Préameneu" (il s'agit peut-être de Félixe Julien jean Bigot..., juriste et homme politique, un des quatre rédacteurs du Code civil de 1804).
réf. 2006T.I. P., Draeger, [1920], cart. gris, couv. imp. en rel.Dix huit personnalités des Lettres, des Arts et du Spectacle s'unissent pour proclamer qu'il n'existe rien de plus prestigieux que de rouler en "Delaunay Belleville". S'unissent ainsi d'une même voix, avec leur style propre : Curnonsky, Anatole France, Franck Nohain, Paul Reboux, Réjane, Jean Richepin, Rip, Edmond Rostand, Sem (qui avec un dessin lui prête des ailes), Pierre Veber, Willy... Et même une photo de la famille impériale de Russie. Tome I. qui n'a pas connu de suite. manq. au dos, pet. acc. à la couv. tache sur couverture; interieur en parfait etat
1929réf. 64507Springfield MO: Kucker Studio 1606 W. Elm Lilley’s Tourist Camp ca. 1929. One large oblong panoramic photograph sized 32 x 10.25 in. generous white margins photographer’s imprint & caption w/in negative at lower fore-edge minor scuffing closed tears & minor creasing to either end still nice bright image w/ excellent contrast. This original photograph captures the quintessential Motoring Tourist Camp run by the Lilley’s at the end of the Roaring 20’s along historic US Route 66 through Springfield MO. The structures all were designed in the stucco Spanish-Revival style with clay roofs Sinclair Visible Gas Pumps and a restaurant that served chicken & steak dinners packed lunches and BBQ sandwiches. This image remains largely the only record of the short-lived efforts of James Lilley 1893-1967 to run and operate a Sinclair gas station car repair grocery store and restaurant before the Great Depression when later he went to work for the railroad and the entrepreneurial life was left behind. May 1886-1950 was longtime photographer for Springfield Missouri’s Kucker Studio noted for his images of the Southwest Missouri State Teacher’s College Drury University and even historical portraits such as President Harry S. Truman. He was also known for documenting many of the sites along Route 66 where it intersected through Springfield. No similar records of this image could be found. Kucker Studio, [1606 W. Elm], Lilley’s Tourist Camp, unknown
1865réf. 214355Johnson and Ward. Circa1865. Hand coloured map 32.3 x 39.7 x cms including the decorative border; 35.6 x 45.8 cms sheet key to major centres unrelated text on verso sheet age toned in very good condition. Detailed map from the leading mid 19th Century American firm of Johnson and Ward. Although Tasmania was known as such from 1856 the map refers to "Van Diemen Land". . Johnson and Ward. unknown