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192142632Olympia: Frank M. Lamborn Public Printer 1921. 1921. WASHINGTON. 9-1/4" x 6" colorful picture of pink Rhododendron the Washington State Flower to the front wrapper with the "Seal Of The State Of Washington" in gilt on the rear wrapper. 116pp. including wrappers. Numerous black and white illustrations. Seven color plates. Table of Contents. Full Page Illustrations. Map. Offers the history of Washington the most northwesterly state in the Union named for the "Father of His Country" and called the "Evergreen State." Information about several mountain ranges such as Mount Rainier Mount Adams Mount St. Helens Mount Baker Mount Stuart Glacier Peak et. al. Much information about the forests climate Puget Sound which is ideal for yachting and cruising The Harbor Country which is the only part of the state that you may enjoy the rare combination of the unobstructed ocean an inland sea and trout streams lined with giant firs and cedars. Mount Rainier National Park and all of its wonder and beauty is described along with the wonderful and majestic Columbia River. Much information about the Inland Empire scenic highways fishing and hunting cities and suggested trips and 1 page devoted to Alaska their ally. The black and white illustrations include "Looking Across The Cascade Mountains" "Yachting On Puget Sound" "Surf On Washington Coast" "The Yakima Valley - Mount Adams In The Distance" et. al. A few of the color plates include "Mount Rainier Reflected In Mirror Lake" "Priest Rapids - Saddle Mountains Behind" "One Of Many Luring Streams" et. al. The black and white map is 8" x 11" and is bound into the inside of the rear wrapper. It is entitled "Map Of Washington" showing State Highways Principal County Roads and Railroads. Light soiling to front and rear wrappers reinforced with linen at front and rear wrapper crease page 59 has a 1" closed tear not affecting the text. Very good. Frank M. Lamborn Public Printer, 1921. unknown
193519132Nashville: State Department of Education Walter D. Cocking Commissioner. Very Good. 1935. Revised Edition. Softcover. Narrow printed stapled gray wraps. Revised November 1935. In the Foreword it states "Teachers in the Colored Schools of Tennessee have felt a need for a list of books by and about the Negro which are especially adapted to the comprehension of the pupil." Includes a list of bibliographies an alphabetical list by author and subject Directory of Publishers and an Author and Title Index. Some of the authors represented include C. W. Chesnutt mispelled Chestnutt throughout this book J. C. Harris W. E. B. DuBois Paul L. Dunbar Langston Hughes J. W. Johnson Alain Locke and Wheatley. In excellent condition with only some light creasing to the upper corners. Other extremely minor wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 22 pages . State Department of Education, Walter D. Cocking, Commissioner paperback
180813033City of Washington: A. & G. Way 1808. FIRST EDITION. Stapled into original wrappers tattered and detached; some light soiling. Contemporary underlining to text. Embossed stamp of Aurora College Illinois to title. First edition of this pamphlet written to discuss the question of the repeal of certain embargo laws. A. & G. Way unknown
193946819Denver: Smith-Brooks Press 1939. 1939. PICTORIAL MAP. 28" x 22 3/4" sheet folded to 36 panels. 18 panels offers a road map of Utah and with legend. Index to cities and towns as well as populations shown on borders. Inset at foot of sheet is a listing of historical markers. Opposite 18 panels offers 2 colorful cover panels a 2-panel black and white map showing paved and graded roads in the western U.S. and a 22 1/2" x 14" color pictorial map of the state and with a listing of and a bit of information on "Outstanding Scenic and Recreational Attractions" each of which are highlighted on the pictorial map. Light wear to edges and folds. Very good. [Smith-Brooks Press], 1939. unknown
1986222320Hà Nội.: Cục Đo Đạc và Bản Đố Nhà Nườc. 1986. 13 colour maps with 5 inset maps. 23pp. 19.5 x 13cm. Paperback covers little shelf worn and marked though overall a very good copy. A pocket-sized atlas of Vietnam prepared only 10 years following the reunification of the North and South. Indicative of a nation reorienting towards asserting her territorial claims in the South China Sea the entirety of the Paracel and Spratly Islands have been painstakingly noted with their Vietnamese names. . Cục Đo Đạc và Bản Đố Nhà Nườc. paperback
1897929Augusta Maine: Kennebec Journal Print 1897. Cloth. Very good. 8vo; 84pp stamped decorative black borders to dark blue cloth over board gilt-stamped title to spine; book binder stamp to ffep; 11 b&w photographic illustrated glazed plates; b&w line illustrations of school desk styles school buildings and floor plans; light scuffing to boards light damp-staining to upper edge no odors; very good. The education of children in the state of Maine was already of concern in 1895 when the legislature passed a requirement for a superintendent to send in an annual report. This report starts with the statement "Any careful study of the condition of the schools of Maine makes clear the following needs: Better physical surroundings for the school children. More complete and competent supervision. Better equipped teachers. More intelligent arrangement and thorough mastery of the subjects studied. Better instruction in manners morals economy and citizenship. Higher literary and art ideals." Illustrated plates show photographs of school buildings families and children's projects. Other illustrations show building designs with floor plans and desk styles. A very interesting snap-shot of late 19th century Maine education. Kennebec Journal Print unknown
18367784Washington: Blair & Rives 1836. Unbound. Good binding. Octavo. 61 1 pp. Removed from nonce volume. Holes from original stitching on inner margin; foxing and toning to the first page; contemporary ink number in the top margin of this same page. <br /> <br /> Compilation of documents with Andrew Jackson's letter of transmittal relating to the Southwestern frontier of the United States. Spanish text accompanied by translations. Streeter notes "This relates for the most part to conditions in Texas including correspondence with General Gains on the protection of the Louisiana-Texas frontier and correspondence with Gorostiza the Mexican special envoy. In a communication by Lewis Cass Secretary of War to the House dated May 4 1836 but not entered here an additional appropriation of one million dollars was requested to be used for the protection of the frontier" Streeter Texas 1251. Blair & Rives unknown
185067060Washington: William M. Belt 1850. Very Good. 12pp. Octavo 23.5 cm bound in black buckram with title gilt on the backstrip. New endsheets and pastedowns. Text shows light age toning and foxing throughout. Ex-library of the New York City Bar Association with their circular ink stamp about the size of a nickel on the first page. U.S. House of Representatives 31st Congress 1st Session. Miscellaneous Paper No.18. Although the federal constitution was the ultimate prototype there is little doubt that the constitution of Deseret was derived from the Iowa constitution of 1846 which makes sense considering that these was originally printed in Kanesville Iowa. Fifty-seven of the sixty-seven sections were taken from the Iowa constitution in most cases word for word.<br /> <br /> "The House edition of Constitution of the State of Deseret is textually the same as the Kanesville edition and differs from the Senate edition only in that it includes the memorial once at the end. Crawley". Crawley 459. Fales/Flake 36. Flake/Draper 2784. [William M. Belt] unknown
1936278081936. Very good condition. An adventurous couples' photo album showing over 200 snapshots as they traveled by car throughout New England and up to Canada. The book begins in 1928 and subsequent photos additions are not quite consecutive but shots of 1923 later in the album may have been a honeymoon trip. One car is a convertible Packard and another possibly a hard top Ford.<br /> <br /> Featured are Ice Cream drive in Chicopee Mas. Lake George Lake Placid Quebec New Hampshire Camp Devens USMA Football the Adirondacks Valley Forge & Gettysburg cars and car accidents and biplanes.<br /> <br /> Travels include:<br /> 1923: small shots of the couple at a lake with canoe then a rollover car accident.<br /> 1928: To the Adirondacks. Camp Devens Lake George NY; Saratoga Springs NY.<br /> 1929: To Maine. Rye Beach NH; Putnam CT; Cape Neddick ME; Portsmouth Concord MA; airplane has forced landing Skowhegan ME; Chaudire River.<br /> 1930: To Quebec. on the Mable E II boat; Bashbish Falls MA. <br /> 1931; Mt. Tom MA; Chaudiere River Quebec; Montmorency Falls Quebec; St Anne de Beaupre Church; Thousand Islands Kingston ONT; Niagara Falls; Howe Caverns NY; Mohawk Trail Monterey MA.<br /> 1932: To Hudson River Statue of Liberty NY; Yale- Harvard Boat Race. <br /> 1933: To Adirondacks Adirondack Mountains Lake Placid Lake Oareau/Laurentian Mts. Echo Lake.<br /> 1934: Plymouth Rock; Windham ME; Sebago Lake ME; Mistassibi River Quebec; Franconia Notch NH. <br /> 1935:To Tennessee Valley Forge and Gettysburg battle sites PA; Charleston W. VA .<br /> 1936: Umbagog Lake NH. <br /> <br /> The adventurous couple remains nameless however they mention some friends in a few shots "Helen and Tom joined us Mt. Tom 1931" "Scassel Rip Stycko & Motsie in Monterey Mass." One loosely inserted newspaper clipping dated 8/15/43 'Two Portland Men Selected for Photo Contest Awards" naming Jim Leadbetter Linwood Lamson Norman Curtis Katherine Anderson.<br /> <br /> 11 x 7 1/4" black photo album card covers string tied most images 4 1/2 x 2 3/4" a few 2 3/4 x 2". Images in very good condition affixed with photo corners many pages loose from album pages chipped at edges. unknown
43054Albany NY: Weed Parsons and co. 1854. Americana FIRST EDITION. Duodecimo pp.4 445 1. Bound in red morocco foliate gilt panelling to boards "R.F. Wilson" in gilt to front board with raised bands and gilt titles to spine all edges gilt. Binding is rubbed with some marks and tanning. Text is clean though with light spotting to endpapers and light pencil annotations to pp.445. A comprehensive collection of all the constitutional information available covering the the state of New York for 1854. Albany, NY: Weed, Parsons and co., 1854 unknown
190224215Minneapolis: Edmund D. Brooks 1902. First edition 12mo pp. 99 5; illustrated title-page by Margarethe E. Heisser; bottom of front hinge starting to chip spine ends lightly chipped else a very good copy in original gray paper-covered boards lettered in red on upper cover and spine. Upson's fourth book and in our experience his scarcest. Edmund D. Brooks unknown
183828037City of Washington: Printed by Blair and Rives 1838. Very Good. City of Washington: Printed by Blair and Rives 1838. First Edition. Octavo. 325 pp. Almost entirely tables of information throughout. Dark green boards with gilt lettering to spine; yellow endpapers. Boards show light rubbing to edges and joints; mild general staining and scuffing. Binding is sound. Endpapers chewed and toned along edges and interior else unmarked. Includes names titles and compensation for agents. Uncommon. Printed by Blair and Rives unknown
96027801Washington D.C. 1844-1903 G.P.O. Marbled wrappers very good pages 132-193 complete three treaties inclusive.RARE together with 1903 TREATY AS TO COMMERCIAL RELATIONS. Each of the treaties are published herein with full text noting the names of the signatories. With annexes on opium salt. Of special interest concerns the convention regulating the Chinese coming to America a 10 year prohibition of labor importation classes of Chinese not affected protection of Chinese in the U.S. registration of citizens in China. It is noted that any Chinese man in America that was lawfully married with a child need not return to China if he was 'registered.' A very fascinating look at how American dealt justice over 100 years ago. The commerical treaties are of equal interest and contain fascinating language & concepts. The 1858 TREATY OF PEACE AMITY & COMMERCE with China is also full given. unknown
18231364447Middlebury: J. W. Copeland 1823. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xx pp. 9 - 567 1; G; Rebacked in light brown cloth with original boards preserved paper spine label pasted to spine with black lettering; Boards show moderate wear / bumping to corners moderate wear to edges light soiling overall signifiant cracking to spine label light soiling / discoloration to cloth on spine and an ink ownership inscription to the front cover; Textblock show light age-toning and curling/chipping to untrimmed edges light plus shelfwear to bottom edge and uneven age-toning to pages throughout interiorly; Transcription of epitaph to Nathaniel French appears on last page. RWO. 1364447. Special Collections. J. W. Copeland hardcover
188510250Boston: Kiley Printer 7 Spring Lane 1885. Bi-fold menu 13.5 x 12 cm. 4 pages. Illustrated. Engraved menu for a banquet given for Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks former Senator from and Governor of Indiana. Hendricks was the 21st Vice President lasting a mere 8 months in office from March 4th through November 25th 1885. This dinner was given by the Bay State Club at the famous Parker House. In the few short months he had left Hendricks was to give a controversial speech in support of Irish independence and head of the Boston machine politician Martin Lomasney was to name the Hendricks Club after him. The light tan card stock boards sport a gilt-edged circular medallion with an engraving of the Vice President. The card is lightly dusty and with the slightest of abrasions at the corners. Otherwise near fine. Signed by the Hendricks on the front panel below the portrait medallion. Kiley, Printer, 7 Spring Lane hardcover
187730076Richmond: Geo. W. Gray's Printing House 1877. Wraps. Fair. Wraps with title on the front. Paper spine missing. Approx. 10" x 7". 369 pages. Markings left upper front cover. Covers are light soiled with corner chips. Some corner creasing to the first few pages in front and in back. Interior contents clean. This is a reference work. Geo. W. Gray's Printing House unknown
189612930Erie PA: Herald Printing and Publishing Co 1896. First Edition Thus. Leather bound. Near fine. Bound volume of Annual Reports from the Trustees of the Warren State Hospital for the Insane covering the years 1881-1895. Octavo 786pp. Three-quarter black leather black cloth boards. Title in gilt on spine. Slight lean to text block some rubbing and wear to covers foxing to edges a near fine example. Previous ownership inscription at top of front flyleaf. Includes three fold-out images with multiple images throughout text. A detailed description of quantitative and qualitative data regarding the health and demographics of patients residing at the hospital as well as budgetary concerns and notes from head staff members. The State Hospital for the Insane at Warren was established in 1880 as the third mental institution for the state of Pennsylvania. Its number of residents reached a peak in 1947 with 2562 members. The hospital is still active today; rebranded in 1920 under the name "Warren State Hospital" with the intention to "focus on hope healing and recovery. Herald Printing and Publishing Co unknown
189862239Snoqualmie WA: n.p. 1898. One albumen photo sized 6 x 8 in. mounted on 10 x 12 in. beige studio board manuscript pencil & ink annotations on verso minor age toning to fore-edges very minor edgewear still an excellent crisp image. An exceptional image depicting logging camp family excursion setting on a horse-drawn wooden sledge to cross a think wood-plank bridge featuring a consistent raised center ridge to keep the sledge centered. Logging was encouraged at the time by the demand for timber from the Snoqualmie Hop Ranch or Snoqualmie Logging Co. Mills in order to feed the massive all underground Snoqualmie Falls power plant. Unfortunately the project displaced a sacred site for the Snoqualmie Tribe or Sduk-al-bixw. [n.p.], unknown
190764217Seattle WA: William Lee Waters 1907. Oblong 4to. 11 x 7.25 in. 104 pp unpaginated. on thick black paper stock. With 132 silver gelatin photos mounted on the pages sized from 2 x 2 in. up to 7 x 9 in. with majority sized approx. 3 x 4 in. varying between matte finish and glossy photo stock most w/ white ink MS annotations identifying locations & subjects a couple laid-in over 25 printed photo clippings from contemporary Seattle souvenir travel brochures 2 colour-printed postcards. Contemporary flexible textured calf flexible cover binding rebacked white manuscript lettering on front cover some scuffing edgewear occasional over-exposure to about 7 photos still a VG- exemplar. This well-arranged photo album opens with a colour plate of Northwest Coast Native Americans canoeing along the sound with Mount Rainier in the background followed by several images of Native Americans basketry totem pole in downtown Seattle and outdoor adventures and scenery in Washington. Over 25 of the photographs focus on William Waters and Larrebee Waters canoeing traveling and building a cabin near Copalis Beach WA. Also featured are several photographs of Quinault Indians on the nearby reservation including group shots in front of the post office with large dog canoeing across Grays Harbor Quinault children and mother next to their beach tent and others. Other photos capture William Waters with his law office staff including 1 Japanese-American in front of the 610 Pioneer Building William next to Pioneer Square and a very nice photograph of the “Judge’s Office.†Still more photographs document a visit to the 1905 Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition including a visit to the giant timber Forestry Building along with swimming & baseball at Brown’s Camp.Several photographs depict the fabulous salmon fishing and cooking at Colman’s Camp on Orcas Island in the Summer 1904 before the YMCA of Greater Seattle set up their famed Camp Orkila nearby in 1906. These photos show the canvas cabins excursion rowboats Mrs. Colman chaperoning the mixed bathing of young men & women and the beached steamship Mabel on the picnic beach. Summer 1905 found Waters and friends camping on Lake Washington canoeing splitting wood and even listening to the phonograph. Also featured along with a large contemporary photo of William Waters’ alma mater Harvard Law School are several photos of “Mamie†Harriet May Norton 1883-1965 whom he married in 1906. Along with photo of nicely appointed room and prominent placement of Harvard blanket and Northwest Coast Indian peaked hat hanging on the wall two of the photos capture Tsunezo Sawada b. 1885 their Japanese-American servant and cook including one view with the young couple in front of their canvas tent cabin from Seattle Tent & Awning Co. Sawada had emigrated from Japan by 1805 and would later move his family including his wife Mamoyo Sawada a medical nurse to Sacramento CA where he became a bean cake salesman supplying Japanese-American and Chinese-American restaurants cafes and hotels. Waters 1872-1956 was born in Lakeville New Brunswick Canada and later emigrated with his family to the Washington Territory in 1884. He later attended Harvard Law School and practiced law in Seattle WA until the end of the Roaring 20’s including a short stint in Yakima WA for the Northern Pacific. By 1930 he was living with his youngest son in Fullerton CA while Harriet Waters had moved in with their oldest daughter before returning to Seattle. William Lee Waters, unknown
200557413Seattle WA: Documentary Media 2005. 4to. 167 1 pp. Double-page photo-illustrated title colour photos and photos throughout. Black cloth gilt lettering w/ d.j. cover art photo of Ranch VG/F copy w/ author’s signature on half-title numerous dedications & remembrances on front endpapers. First edition stated & signed of this well-illustrated history of the Methow Valley and the development of Moccasin Lake Ranch and the changing habitats. Documentary Media, hardcover
19461842Bellingham: Bellingham Chamber of Commerce 1946. Folding brochure. Very Good. 8vo. Pp. 16 including covers. Folds to four inches by nine inches. Illustrated with black-and-white photos. Rear cover map. Self-wraps color illustrated and saddle-stapled. Light wear at folds with a quarter-size abrasion between pages six-seven. A tourist brochure lauding the natural and built wonders of Bellingham and its surrounding area. Amid the celebration of the Whatcom County's natural splendor are two pages devoted to industrial activity including Bellingham Plywood Corporation Bellingham Iron Works Shipbuilding Plant the Pacific American Fisheries Co. plant etc. Two pages devoted to farming with statistics. Features a photo of Bellingham's "new" city hall built in 1939. Bellingham Chamber of Commerce unknown
192464097Ridgefield WA: Lewis R. Williams Press of Kilham Stationery and Printing Company 1924. 8vo. 12 136 pp. Blue publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on front cover minor spotting soiling occasional annotations in pencil still a VG- copy w/ former ownership markings on half-title of William Bailey Donaldson 1861-1937 longtime salmon fisherman in Chinook Pacific County. First edition of this very uncommon local history detailing the voyages of the Robert Gray and discovery by Eurocaucasians of the rich fishing grounds and area of the Columbia River anchored by the thriving Indigenous Chinook settlement. The author further explores the impact on the area from the Lewis & Clark expeditions Astor’s fur trading as well as describing the late 18th-Century conflict between the Chinook & Elwaco Indigenous tribes with Northwest Indian tribes further up the Columbia River at the Battle of Wappalooche. The final chapters focus on the development of settlements such as Ilwaco further growth of Chinook and other towns on the Columbia River to the end of the 19th-Century. Lewis R. Williams, [Press of Kilham Stationery and Printing Company], hardcover
77773Small album containing 12 photographs captured during an ascent of "Old Baldy" which looms majestically above Spokane Washington at 5883 feet. The southernmost mountain in the Selkirk Range it was known as Mount Carlton until August 1912 when it was renamed Mount Spokane.<br /> <br /> The images show a party of eight men at the start of their journey and at various points along the way including Sky Line Spring Brickell Creek and the summit. All the photographs are accompanied by holographic captions and two are identified as the work of Joe Shields. Notably there is an image of Cook's Camp and a portrait of Francis H. Cook.<br /> <br /> A pioneering figure in Spokane's history Cook 1851-1920 published the city's first newspaper The Spokan Times before setting his sights on developing an area on Spokane's South Hill. He purchased 680 acres and platted it out for development and in 1888 started the first steam-powered street railroad to move residents up and down the hill. Later Cook purchased the top of Old Baldy and set about securing the rights of way in order to build a road to the summit. Though he did not live to see it his vision was realized with the establishment of the Mt. Spokane State Park in 1927.<br /> <br /> The photographs are pasted to leaves of an oblong album which is bound with string in brown paper wrappers 8 1/2" x 5 1/4". The front panel features black titles and an original white ink and watercolor rendering of Old Baldy framed by tall trees. Some mild edgewear; else very good. unknown
190959478Chicago & New York: George F. Cram 1909. 12mo. 4 x 6.5 in. 45 3 pp. including illustrated publisher’s ads. With 24.75 x 18.5 in. pocket map points of interest demarcated in red RR lines in assorted colours markings tinted borders minor edgewear light creasing couple small closed tears at folds. Printed tan softcovers minor rubbing head & foot of spine creasing to some corners still VG copy. First edition of this rare Washington State pocket map detailing all the cities towns post offices railroad stations villages and counties along with telegraph stations and express company offices providing number of banks in each banking towns telegraph stations and more. Of particular interest for this year map are not only the detailed listings of the many railroad and traction company lines across Washington but also the four under construction and proposed including: Big Bend Traction Co. Puyallup Valley Northern Rapid Transit Snohomish Valley and Spokane-Pend d’Oreille Rapid Transit Co. No copies in Worldcat. George F. Cram, paperback
191245436Olympia WA: E.L. Boardman 1912. 8vo. 95 1 pp. Photo frntsp. 1 large folding table listing Dairy farms across Washington numerous photo plates diagrams tables 1 large folding colour map of Washington state. Yellow-coloured printed softcvrs blk lettrng on frnt cvr stapled as issued mnr edgewear pullng to rear endpaper frm staples slght dmpstn at hd of spine still G copy. First edition of this scarce and well-illustrated promotional work on the value of dairying swine farming and poultry raising in the state of Washington with some sections on cattle sheep goats and beekeeping. E.L. Boardman, unknown
