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2022ref. SKU0591828Delmar Cengage Learning 2022-09-14. paperback. Good. 0x0x0. Textbook May Have Highlights Notes and/or Underlining BOOK ONLY-NO ACCESS CODE NO CD Ships with Tracking Delmar Cengage Learning paperback
1900ref. BK0100New York: Franz Huld and Arthur Livingston 1900. Three illustrated private mailing cards approximately 3 ¼ x 5 ½ inches each with manuscript messages and Hoboken postmarks dated August 23 1900 addressed to J. H. McNally of Lowell Massachusetts. Minor handling wear and soiling very good. Three postcards depicting the destruction caused by the June 30 1900 North German Lloyd pier fire at Hoboken mailed from the city less than two months later by a man signing himself "Jim" to his brother in Lowell. Two are Franz Huld cards nos. 31 and 32 showing the North German Lloyd docks the day after the fire and the burning S.S. Saale; the third published by Arthur Livingston shows the ruins at the entrance to the company's docks. The sender adds brief observations from Hoboken to the printed disaster views. On the view of the ruined docks he writes "The fire is still smoking." Of the Saale: "This boat is still here they are repairing her." The third explains the group: "I saw these cards today and I thought you would like them. Everything is O.K." The fire swept through the North German Lloyd piers and several vessels in the harbor killing more than 300 people. Postcard historian George Miller has described it as "the first major disaster recorded on postcards" noting at least sixteen American postcard issues and an exceptionally rapid response by publishers; the earliest known copyright was registered only five days after the fire.1 The present cards were mailed while its physical aftermath remained visible on the Hoboken waterfront. 1 George Miller "The first major disaster recorded on postcards" Postcard History October 25 2021 https://postcardhistory.net/2021/10/the-first-major-disaster-recorded-on-postcards-the-hoboken-pier-fire-june-30-1900/. . Franz Huld and Arthur Livingston unknown
1900ref. BK0100New York: Franz Huld and Arthur Livingston 1900. Three illustrated private mailing cards approximately 3 ¼ x 5 ½ inches each with manuscript messages and Hoboken postmarks dated August 23 1900 addressed to J. H. McNally of Lowell Massachusetts. Minor handling wear and soiling very good. Three postcards depicting the destruction caused by the June 30 1900 North German Lloyd pier fire at Hoboken mailed from the city less than two months later by a man signing himself "Jim" to his brother in Lowell. Two are Franz Huld cards nos. 31 and 32 showing the North German Lloyd docks the day after the fire and the burning S.S. Saale; the third published by Arthur Livingston shows the ruins at the entrance to the company's docks. The sender adds brief observations from Hoboken to the printed disaster views. On the view of the ruined docks he writes "The fire is still smoking." Of the Saale: "This boat is still here they are repairing her." The third explains the group: "I saw these cards today and I thought you would like them. Everything is O.K." The fire swept through the North German Lloyd piers and several vessels in the harbor killing more than 300 people. Postcard historian George Miller has described it as "the first major disaster recorded on postcards" noting at least sixteen American postcard issues and an exceptionally rapid response by publishers; the earliest known copyright was registered only five days after the fire.1 The present cards were mailed while its physical aftermath remained visible on the Hoboken waterfront. 1 George Miller "The first major disaster recorded on postcards" Postcard History October 25 2021 https://postcardhistory.net/2021/10/the-first-major-disaster-recorded-on-postcards-the-hoboken-pier-fire-june-30-1900/. . Franz Huld and Arthur Livingston unknown books
1868ref. 56003New York: Insurance Monitor Office 1868. First edition. Small 4to. 105 3 pp. Introduction: "It is a collection of scattered fragments of insurance wisdom collated from a great variety of sources freely appropriated and brought into an aggregated form whence the tyro in the profession can gather the fruits divested of technicalities." With a southern ownership signature "Jno. R. Long Agt. / Columbus Miss." OCLC locates six copies Buffalo/Erie County Public New York Public Library of Congress Smithsonian North Carolina Brown. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth spine ends and corners rubbed. Very good. 2525. Insurance Monitor Office unknown
1868ref. 56003New York: Insurance Monitor Office 1868. First edition. Small 4to. 105 3 pp. Introduction: "It is a collection of scattered fragments of insurance wisdom collated from a great variety of sources freely appropriated and brought into an aggregated form whence the tyro in the profession can gather the fruits divested of technicalities." With a southern ownership signature "Jno. R. Long Agt. / Columbus Miss." OCLC locates six copies Buffalo/Erie County Public New York Public Library of Congress Smithsonian North Carolina Brown. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth spine ends and corners rubbed. Very good. 2525. Insurance Monitor Office unknown books
2024ref. SKU1710151National Fire Protection Association NFPA 2024-02-27. perfect. Good. 0x0x0. Textbook May Have Highlights Notes and/or Underlining BOOK ONLY-NO ACCESS CODE NO CD Ships with Tracking National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) unknown
2024ref. SKU1714868National Fire Protection Association NFPA 2024-02-27. perfect. New. 0x0x0. New Book Ships with Tracking National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) unknown
2025ref. SKU1728058National Fire Protection Association NFPA 2025-10-31. paperback. New. 8x11x1. New Book Ships with Tracking National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) paperback
2025ref. SKU1733376National Fire Protection Association NFPA 2025-10-31. paperback. New. 8x11x1. New Textbook Ships with Tracking National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) paperback
2025ref. SKU1739800National Fire Protection Association NFPA 2025-10-31. paperback. New. 8x11x1. New Book Ships with Tracking National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) paperback
1940ref. 220171940. Panama Latin America Panama's Great Fire of Colón Photo Archive This rare photographic archive documents the catastrophic fire that ravaged the city of Colón Panama on April 13-14 1940-an event that left over 25 city blocks in ruins and displaced thousands. Archive of 22 original silver gelatin prints and real photo postcards 10 of the 22 are captioned real photo postcards this collection offers a powerful visual narrative of both the inferno and its human aftermath. Each measure between 3.5" x 5.5" to 2.5" x 3.5". The fire which broke out in the commercial district and rapidly spread through Colón's densely packed wooden buildings destroyed much of the city's historic core. Several of the images in this archive capture the conflagration itself: nighttime exposures show buildings engulfed in flames with thick smoke billowing skyward and firefighting efforts visibly overwhelmed. Other photos reveal the skeletal remains of businesses and residences twisted signage and storefronts reduced to charred shells. The RPPCs are cleanly captioned "Great Fire of Colon April 13-14 1940" and depict both panoramic and street-level views of the destruction. One RPPC of a fiery building is taken from one of the original photos in the lot. One photo shows a massive crowd gathered around a relief station in front of the statue of Columbus; another shows refugee encampments set up in the city's parks including orderly rows of tents and makeshift shelters. One striking image captures a line of uniformed soldiers patrolling the rubble-strewn streets likely part of the U.S. military or Panamanian National Guard underscoring the strategic importance of Colón as the Atlantic gateway to the Panama Canal Zone. Several other images uncaptioned depict interior views of still-burning structures and nighttime firefighting scenes with silhouettes and reflections rendered in stark chiaroscuro. The photographic style is consistent with local press and professional freelance documentation of the time. The fire struck during a tense period of Panamanian history when U.S. influence over the Canal Zone inflamed nationalist tensions and Colón's working-class Afro-Caribbean population-many of whom descended from West Indian laborers brought during canal construction-struggled for political inclusion and economic security. The destruction of working-class housing in Colón exacerbated long-standing issues of racial and economic segregation and the government's response was criticized as inadequate. This archive not only captures the physical devastation but also offers an unfiltered glimpse into class race and imperial infrastructure in crisis. Very minor edge wear. Overall very good condition. A vivid scarce visual record of one of the most significant disasters in 20th-century Panamanian history. unknown
1940ref. 220171940. Panama Latin America Panama's Great Fire of Colón Photo Archive This rare photographic archive documents the catastrophic fire that ravaged the city of Colón Panama on April 13-14 1940-an event that left over 25 city blocks in ruins and displaced thousands. Archive of 22 original silver gelatin prints and real photo postcards 10 of the 22 are captioned real photo postcards this collection offers a powerful visual narrative of both the inferno and its human aftermath. Each measure between 3.5" x 5.5" to 2.5" x 3.5". The fire which broke out in the commercial district and rapidly spread through Colón's densely packed wooden buildings destroyed much of the city's historic core. Several of the images in this archive capture the conflagration itself: nighttime exposures show buildings engulfed in flames with thick smoke billowing skyward and firefighting efforts visibly overwhelmed. Other photos reveal the skeletal remains of businesses and residences twisted signage and storefronts reduced to charred shells. The RPPCs are cleanly captioned "Great Fire of Colon April 13-14 1940" and depict both panoramic and street-level views of the destruction. One RPPC of a fiery building is taken from one of the original photos in the lot. One photo shows a massive crowd gathered around a relief station in front of the statue of Columbus; another shows refugee encampments set up in the city's parks including orderly rows of tents and makeshift shelters. One striking image captures a line of uniformed soldiers patrolling the rubble-strewn streets likely part of the U.S. military or Panamanian National Guard underscoring the strategic importance of Colón as the Atlantic gateway to the Panama Canal Zone. Several other images uncaptioned depict interior views of still-burning structures and nighttime firefighting scenes with silhouettes and reflections rendered in stark chiaroscuro. The photographic style is consistent with local press and professional freelance documentation of the time. The fire struck during a tense period of Panamanian history when U.S. influence over the Canal Zone inflamed nationalist tensions and Colón's working-class Afro-Caribbean population-many of whom descended from West Indian laborers brought during canal construction-struggled for political inclusion and economic security. The destruction of working-class housing in Colón exacerbated long-standing issues of racial and economic segregation and the government's response was criticized as inadequate. This archive not only captures the physical devastation but also offers an unfiltered glimpse into class race and imperial infrastructure in crisis. Very minor edge wear. Overall very good condition. A vivid scarce visual record of one of the most significant disasters in 20th-century Panamanian history. unknown books
ref. SKU0639331Delmar Cengage Learning 2016-09-26. paperback. New. 8x1x10. New Textbook Ships with Tracking Delmar Cengage Learning paperback
2022ref. SKU0639335Delmar Cengage Learning 2022-09-14. paperback. New. 0x0x0. New Textbook Ships with Tracking Delmar Cengage Learning paperback
2025ref. SKU1732216National Fire Protection Association NFPA 2025-10-03. paperback. New. 8x11x1. New Textbook Ships with Tracking National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) paperback
ref. SONG1455928631National Fire Protection Association NFPA 2019-11-15. paperback. Used: Good. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) paperback
1880ref. 1024N19Paris: A. Quantin 1880. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 12.5" by 9". Various Adolph Lalauze Méauille Wogel and Scott. A lovely French translation of Goethe's masterpiece centered on a scholar's wager with the devil with the beautiful etchings of Adolph Lalauze. A lovely illustrated French translation of the German literary classic Faust the magnum opus of prolific German writer and public intellectual Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Translated and with a preface by literary critic Henri Blaze de Bury. Parts I and II bound in one volume. Published in 1880 with Part I first published in 1808 and Part II first published in 1832. The first French of Part I in 1822. In half contemporary red morocco with red marble end papers an ex-libris bookplate and the original blanks half-title and tissue-guards preserved. Contains an etched frontispiece and all eight other etched plates by prolfiic French artist Adolphe Lalauze and numerous in-text illustrations by Méauille. Collated complete. A fascinating myth centered on a scholar's wager with the devil for a life of glory Faust swept Europe in popularity as this lovely edition attests to and it remains among the greatest classics of German literature. This particular translation contains an insightful preface by de Bury and is broguht to life by the etchings of Lalauze who was awarded the Legion of Honour. In half contemporary red morocco with red marble end papers an ex-libris bookplate and the original blanks half-title and tissue-guards preserved. Externally mostly smart with faint fading to top edge of cloth front board. Slight rubbing to joints and a couple of rubbing marks to spine. Rubbing marks to the head and tail of the spine with knocks and rubbing marks to the extremities. Marble end papers are bright and clean with spotting to bookplate. Internally firmly bound. Pages are mostly bright and clean with faint browning to plate extremities and offsetting to leaves adjoining heavier to frontispiece and title leaf. Very Good Indeed A. Quantin hardcover
2021ref. 2081502111901282commercial stamp office 2021. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 1025p Size: B5 hardcover book commercial stamp office paperback
1839ref. 659871 vol. in-8 reliure demi-percaline verte, Elzéar Blaze, Faubourg Saint-Martin, Paris, 1839, 2 ff.,XVI-444 pp. et 4 planches hors texte
1892ref. RES34L227Paris 1892 A Paris , Partout et mème ailleurs , 1892 - In8 ( 18x12 cm), broché - 37 pages - exemplaire à grandes marges - Frontispices et vignettes de Léon Lebègue - plats , dos et papier jaunis - mors intérieur et brochage fragiles . 1ère édition , il y en eut une seconde en 1902 - Charles de Firé n'a pas laissé de souvenirs impérissables... il doit s'agir d'un pseudonyme.Par contre Léon Lebègue (1863/1944) est lui fort connu. Il est la plutôt au début de sa carrière de dessinateur , illustrateur et affichiste - Ouvrage très rare tiré a petit nombre - Inconnu chez Gay et Pia. Ouvrage plus anti-clérical que leste.
1892ref. RES34L227Paris 1892 A Paris , Partout et mème ailleurs , 1892 - In8 ( 18x12 cm), broché - 37 pages - exemplaire à grandes marges - Frontispices et vignettes de Léon Lebègue - plats , dos et papier jaunis - mors intérieur et brochage fragiles . 1ère édition , il y en eut une seconde en 1902 - Charles de Firé n'a pas laissé de souvenirs impérissables... il doit s'agir d'un pseudonyme.Par contre Léon Lebègue (1863/1944) est lui fort connu. Il est la plutôt au début de sa carrière de dessinateur , illustrateur et affichiste - Ouvrage très rare tiré a petit nombre - Inconnu chez Gay et Pia. Ouvrage plus anti-clérical que leste.
1892ref. 49727ABIsny, 1892. Bildgrösse: 8°quer (16 x 21 cm), (Rahmenformat 37 x 42 cm), [3 Warenabbildungen] sehr schöne Erhaltung,
1982ref. 2091502135420947Not Available 1982. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 41 Not Available paperback
ref. SKU0225502Delmar Cengage Learning 2019-10-01. Spiral-bound. Good. 12x10x2. Textbook May Have Highlights Notes and/or Underlining BOOK ONLY-NO ACCESS CODE NO CD Ships with Tracking Delmar Cengage Learning unknown
1976ref. 59994Dallas TX: Taylor Publishing Co. 1976. 4to. xxviii 523 1 pp. Illustrated title numerous colour plates many photo illustrations diagrams charts. Embossed black publisher’s simulated calf raised embossed Colt on front cover raised gilt lettering front cover & spine slight shelfwear NF/VG. First edition thus of this lavishly illustrated history of Colt revolvers and automatics including the New Service Double Action Revolver Colt Army Special Double Action Revolver Officers’ Model Target Police-Positive Special Bisley Model Target the discontinued Colt Automatic Pistol Military Model .45 caliber .38 caliber Military Model Automatic Pistol decorative grips medallion inserted for ivory and pearl handle grips and parts. Taylor Publishing Co., unknown