william haskins editor (10 risultati)

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Very mild foxing on the top edges of pages. Otherwise book appears to be new.

hardcover. Condizione: Good. Signed by editor, Jay lamar. Some botations in pencil on the contents pages have been erased. Shelving code Aub gen stax.

Soft Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Volume 40, Nos. 1 & 2, 1956. 49 pp. Vol. 40, Numbers 1& 2, 1956 only! Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fair. May 1891 Journal of the Military Service Institution. In this edition CAVALRY IN VIRGINIA DURING THE WAR OF THE REBELLION by Col. Crowninshield, THEORY OF DRIFT OF RIFLED PROJRCTILES by Lieut. Whistler, THE RECENT INDIAN CRAZE by Capt. Dougherty, THE NEW GERMAN RIFE AND FIRE REGULATIONS (with drawing), THE RED RIVER DAM by Gen. Wilson, plus lots more. Cover are in poor condition with chipping/tears at edge - front cover detached - text black and pages in good shape. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-Base2-BS-12-L-TS-down) rareviewbooks.

Paperback. Condizione: VG. No additional printings indicated. Frontis, ills, photos, 522p. Wrapper stained, rubbed and chipped. Spine repaired with masking tape with ?PANAMA PILOT? neatly inscribed in ink . Bottom edge of spine chipped and rubbed. Contents slightly yellowed and foxed with insect nibbling on a few pages. Additional articles taped onto free end pages and at least two other blank pages within. A detailed account of the political, social and economic background of the building of the Panama Canal. From the publisher?s announcement: ?Books have been published, and some of them very good ones, on various phases of Isthmian history and events, but the publisher has tried and believes that he has succeeded in massing more meat ?of the Isthmian cocoanut,? than has ever before been printed between the covers of a book whose title page bears the well known name of ?Panama.??.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Type: Book 1st printing. Binding shows light use. Internally fine.

hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Soft cover. Condizione: Collectible-Good. First Edition. 522 pages; illustrations; rebound in brown paper wrapper, with original printed portions laid down on the new cover (6 x 8 1/4 inch). This is the first business directory issued about the Canal Zone. The advertisements cover businesses from hotels to cigar shops which is blended in between the history of the region and related subjects. Since no one could own land or import products under the Treaty of Panama and the United States, the 'Commissary' was controlled by the United States which dominated business within the Canal Zone. The Zone used a two tier pay system for its employees - The Gold Roll for Americans (Gold) and the Silver Roll for non-Americans (Silver). The work also contains 'Directory of Panama Government, Isthmian Canal Commission, and Panama Railroad Officials' pages 467-476; 'Classified Business Directory of the City of Panama' pages 477-504; 'Classified Business Directory of the City of Colon' pages 504-513, with a section on Chinese Establishments; 'Business Directory of the Canal Zone' pages 513-518. A good rebound copy.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. frontis, ills, photos, 522p. Softcover in original wrapper. 21 cm. Cover somethat worn and waterstained. Minor soiling or foxing on a few pages. History, geography, lists of important persons and businesses, and numerous adverts.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Revised. 384 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.