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193259687Hoboken NJ: R. B. Davis Co 1932. Ephemera. Very good. A vintage aviation pictorial puzzle map.<br /> <br /> Puzzle size: 10 x 6 1/2". Several of the pieces have adhesive mounting reminants to the reverse. With the original printed mailing envelope which is wrinkled but complete but for a small loss from the upper left corner. A colorful 65-piece cardboard jigsaw puzzle map of the western United States. which was provided as a premium for Cocomalt customers. This map showcases Col. George Hutchinson and his "Flying Family" - his wife two children and their mascot the lion cub "Sunshine."<br /> <br /> In 1931 at the start of commercial aviation the Hutchinson family embarked upon a flying tour of the United States visiting with the governors of each of the 48 states. A nice example of early commercial aviation ephemera. R. B. Davis Co unknown
185563044Washington: Beverley Tucker A.O.P. Nicholson & Thomas H. Ford 1855-1860. One coloured lithograph sized 11.25 x 8.5 in. extracted from the original Explorations and Surveys volumes a fine crisp copy. First edition of this view of Fort Vancouver Washington Territory while future General Ulysses Grant was stationed there as a quartermaster Captain. The original survey was one of the most important and massive compilations of exploration reports and scientific data ever published about the Trans-Mississippi West. Published by the Federal Government at the urging of Secretary of War Jefferson Davis and the result of numerous reconnaissance surveys of exploring four major routes surveyed for the Pacific Railroad -- these reports represent the first attempt at a comprehensive systematic geographical exploration of the Western regions of America and made possible the first reasonably accurate topographical maps of the West. Vols I & XII parts 1 & 2 are still considered some of the best early sources of information on the Pacific Northwest the Puget Sound and the tribes of Washington Territory. Of the eleven official expedition artists the most prominent is the renowned John M. Stanley 1814-1872 most widely known for his portraits of Native Americans and their way of life. Warren's Map of the Territory of the United States from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean Vol. XI was considered by Howe as the best cartographical work on the West up to its time and was used for 25 years following as the definitive reference. Graff 4435; Hill pp. 301-302; Howes P3; Sabin 69946; Taft pp. 4-9; Wagner-Camp 262-266a 267:1; Wheat Mapping the Transmississippi West IV pp. 67-91. Beverley Tucker, A.O.P. Nicholson, & Thomas H. Ford, unknown
190558599London England: Great Western Railway ca. 1905. Oblong 4to. 11 x 8 in. 48 pp unpaginated. on thick card stock all leaves mounted on linen hinges w/ 38 original albumen & silver gelatin photographs mounted all sized from 6 x 8.25 in. and all with very strong contrast and bright images. Contemporary embossed green cloth over beveled boards ruling in blind minor shelfwear light bumping to couple corners very light occasional interior toning still NF exemplar. This exceptional Edwardian factory photo album offers contemporary images of several classes of steam locomotives purchased and operated by the Great Western Railway under the direction of both William Dean and G.J. Churchward. The images primarily focus on the 4-4-0 Express engines including the “City Class†‘Badminton Class†GWR 4100 “Atbara Class†“Bulldog Class†and the “Saint Class.†Photos depict such storied locomotives as the William Dean No. 100 built in 1902 and fore-runner of the 4-6-0 locomotives on the Great Western Railway which were 2-cylinder machines built with parallel boilers; the Vanguard 4-4-0 later renamed Cunard was designed at behest of Churchward and based on the William Dean design with coned boilers and by 1905 19 further similar locomotives had been purchased. Also present is a photo of the La France No. 102 a 4-4-2 locomotive built in 1903 by Societe Alsacienne de Construction Mecaniques Works Number 5409 purchased by Churchward to evaluate French locomotive engines and compounding practices. In actuality the La France did not offer any significant improvement to Albion No. 171 Churchward’s prototype 4-6-0. The “City Class†locomotives are represented here by the Bath No. 3433 Bristol No. 3435 Birmingham No. 3434 Chester No. 3436 and London 3439 all constructed in 1903 and most remaining in service until 1929-1931. The “Atbara Class†4-4-0 locomotives were built from 1898-1905 and these used names in the public eye during Great Britain’s colonial wars but all were relegated to non-express following 1922. Represented in these photos are the Kitchener No. 3377 a 4-4-0 built in 1900 Kimberley No. 3379 Ladysmith No. 3380 Ondurman No. 3384 Brisbane No. 3396 and Cape Town No. 3397. Two photos show the tragic Mafeking No. 3382 which was withdrawn from service in Sept. 1911 after a severe accident at Henley-in-Arden with both images showing the same 4-4-0 configuration. The “Bulldog Class†engines feature the Albert Brassey No. 3414 built in 1902 and the Reading No. 3449 built in Oct. 1903 and later renumbered 3387. The “Saint Class†locomotives designed by G.J. Churchward often have the 4-4-2 configuration before many were rebuilt from 1907-1912 as 4-6-0 Express Locomotives. These include the Albion Quicksilver Robins Bolitho Lord Palmer Winterstroke Robertson Kirkland the Coeur de Lion and the Lalla Rookh. Of additional interest are the Nos. 103 “President†and 104 “Alliance†built by French de Glehn-du Bosquet as 4-cylinder locomotives purchased in 1905 and similar to the Paris-Orleans 3001 Class. One of the photos shows the Kennet No. 3015 which was the express locomotive involved in the June 16 1900 Slough Rail Accident which resulted in killing 5 passengers and injuring over 35. The accident also forced the adoption of improved vacuum brake systems on locomotives and rolling stock in the United Kingdom. See: David Wragg GWR Handbook: The Great Western Railway 1923-47 2006; Laurence Waters Great Western Railway Gallery: A Pictorial Journey Through Time 2018; John Daniel The Great Western Archive 2013. Great Western Railway, hardcover
193763858Caldwell ID: The Caxton Printers Ltd. 1937. Tall 8vo. 277 1 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates. Blue publisher’s cloth gilt lettering front cover & spine minor shelfwear slight rubbing w/ d.j. minor creasing edgewear slight chipping head of spine scuffing still VG/VG copy signed by Hawthorne Daniel and mounted signature of James H. Kyner on ffep. First edition signed of this memoir awarded the Gold Medal of the Oregon Trail Memorial Association in 1936 recounting the life of the main contractor for the Oregon Short Line Railroad through Idaho and other Western railroads during the Gilded Age. He details the railroad camps with photos through Wyoming Colorado Nebraska and Idaho fighting off stagecoach bandits and coping with the Herculean projects to complete the lines. Kyner 1846-1936 enlisted in the Civil War with the 45th Ohio Regiment at the age of 15 fought under General Tecumseh Sherman lost his right leg below the knee at the Battle of Shiloh and would later homestead in Nebraska near Norfolk and later served as legislator in Omaha before beginning his railroad building career. Very rare to have both signatures. The Caxton Printers, Ltd., hardcover
141958856Denver CO & San Francisco: The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Co. Western Pacific Printed by Poole Bros. Feb. 14 1924. Tall 8vo. 3.75 x 8.4 in. 28 pp unpaginated. colour lithographed recto & verso which folds leporello accordion style into 51.25 x 8.4 in. With colour illustrations red & black printing on green fields 4 panel pictorial map of the route numerous colour plates. Color-illustrated self-printed softcovers minor dustsoiling shelfwear still VG copy. First edition thus of this version of the popular scenic route along the D&RGW railroad which extended through Colorado Utah Nevada and New Mexico into California. The colour lithographs by the Poole Bros. show the Royal Gorge Eagle River Canon Colorado River Marshall Pass crossing the Great Salt Lake and Salt Lake City. The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Co., Western Pacific, Printed by Poole Bros., paperback
3021Boston: The Company; Dutton and Wentworth's Print. 1840. . 8vo pale blue wrappers front printed; ownership signature of the Hon. John Davis on front cover Boston: [The Company]; Dutton and Wentworth's Print., 1840. unknown
2998S.l.: The Company 1857. . Single card stock printed on one side only 7 x 4 3/8 inches With the notation that this was to "be used only on the 2d June" and that "The regular Passenger and Freight Trains East and West will be run as usual upon this day. S.l.: The Company, 1857. unknown
18481605New York: Edward Kearny 1848. 1848. Hardcover. Good. Small 8vo. Pp. viii 299. Frontis. engraved portrait of Black Hawk. Engraved half-title vignette. Bound in elaborate blindstamped ribbed cloth. Decorated endpapers. Scattered heavy foxing to preliminaries some soiling to several pages. Lacking tissue guard. Dust soiling to top edge. Contemporary owner name on front free-endpapers two other contemporary names in pencil on rear free-endpapers. Wear to binding notably tail of spine and rear joint. An elaborate re-working of the author's prior effort The History of Black Hawk published in Milwaukee 1846. Despite detracting qualities a sturdy copy. Edward Kearny hardcover
191157465Portland & Corvallis OR: Charles Bleeg Bert Pilkington Oregon Agricultural College 1911-1912. Oblong folio. 15.25 x 11.25 in. 46 pp unpaginated. on thick brown paper stock all w/ die-cut slots. With 137 photos on matte finish photo paper and Real Photo Postcard paper stock sized 3.5 x 5.5 in. up to 5 x 7 in. many w/ ink annotations on versos some of the RPPC w/ MS ALS & postal cancels on versos. Contemporary limp brown cloth post-binder gilt lettering stamped on front cover punch sewn at gutter margin w/ brown silk braid minor creasing edgewear minor bumping to yapp edges still VG exemplar w/ most of the images retaining bright strong contrast. This Progressive Era photo album serves as an exceptional visual record of sporting life in the Pacific Northwest in the early 20th Century. The album opens with a number of photographs on photo paper stock and Real Photo Postcard paper stock depicting amateur teams in the Pacific Northwest including players wearing uniforms marked with CH H within Diamond border and Columbia Hardware team uniform. There are also several images of the Oregon Agricultural College now OSU baseball team including image of Walter “Keck going for first base†in May 1911. Keck was center fielder for the 1910-1911 OAC baseball team; “Max Meyer - Twirling†for his wind-up as pitcher for the 1911 team with note on verso from Bert to Charles asking him if “have you anything on the Popcorn Kings that has anything on this fellow;†or “Our Ball Players†with Bert writing that “Mysterious Walker and his bunch of ball tossers. Walker is second from left. Moore was kicked out.†Bert also sent a few images of the OAC Regiment passing in review marching and the assembly hall at the College. Also included are shots of fishermen and strings of fish in and around Forest Grove the Wilson River and views of hiking and wagons driving on the beach near Cannon Beach and Ecola Oregon together with views of the Cannon Beach Home inn and the group standing atop a massive Douglas Fir tree stump next to the cabin. In addition to images of baseball teams playing there are also photos of the Beaverton July 4th celebration in 1911 view of the Hotel Beaverton with flags and bunting draped across the front and crowds in the street. An RPPC addressed to Charles from “Kenneth†alias “Crooky†details games played by the Emporia State Normal School against the Aggies with score of 6-6 won 7-2 against the Kansas State Manual Trade School when he suffered a concussion and were playing the Kansas State Normals at Emporia later that week in 1911. One of the auto camping photos shows Bert Pilkington and his wife Annie Bleeg Pilkington Charles’ older sister setting with their two children against their touring car and auto tent whiles others depict hiking in the forest and fishing alongside the stream. The remainder of the album focuses on the 1912 fishing adventures by Charles Bleeg and friends including Warren Woodard and “Doc Wadsworth†as they drove from Forest Grove along the Wilson River to Tillamook and fishing and camping along the way. The images show the 1912 Schacht Brass Era touring car members of the fishing party with their surprising amounts of catches of trout camp scenes digging out the Schacht from the mud alongside the rough roads and the bucolic beauty of rural Oregon at the time. Four of the images are larger and include a “Flashlight†view of the group seated amidst their camping equipment laundry hanging above their heads hatchets on the wall behind and fishing equipment while others show fishing rods creels and equipment and fish literally spilling out in a cornucopia and labeled “A day’s sport -- on the Big Nestucca August 15 1912.†Bleeg 1891-1979 worked for Archer & Combs who were wholesale hardware dealers specializing in automobile parts in the Brass Era and also sold automobiles such as the Schacht. The company later became Archer & Wiggins and he also worked for other firms in Portland OR while attending North Pacific College to become a dentist like his older brother Fred Bleeg. After graduating in 1915 and serving in World War I he set up offices in the historic Selling Building on NE 21st Ave. in Portland where his practice remained until the 1950’s. His son Charles Henry Bleeg 1922-2018 founded and operated the very successful Bleeg Motors on 16th & Sandy which was the oldest continuously operating car dealer in Oregon and in fact he remained in his offices working up to his death. Pilkington 1879-1937 was captain of the Oregon Agricultural College football team from 1904-1905 and later became professor of chemistry as well as athletic coach. He married Bleeg’s older sister who had attended OAC in 1907 and often referred to Charles in his notes on the RPPC’s as “Otter.†Charles Bleeg, Bert Pilkington, Oregon Agricultural College, hardcover
19375395Chicago: Pocahontas Press 1937. First edition of 100 copies. 12x11cm 12ff. Illustrations printed in two colors throughout. Signed inscribed to the former owner and dated by the designer and illustrator Suzette in 1938 on ffep. Printed by George Domke at the Art Institute of Chicago. Orange cloth spine lettered in gilt hand decorated covers in white blue orange and gold t.e.g. Spine sunned else near fine. <br /> <br /> Collection of poetry from the Chicago collector and founder of the Centaurs Press Alfred E. Hamill 1884-1953 writing as Hugh Western. Hamill was also the father in law of the book's designer and illustrator and founder of the Pocahontas Press Suzette M. Hamill later Davidson 1911-1996. Suite Chinese is the first book from the press published while she was a student at the Art Institute of Chicago.<br /> <br /> Suzette Hamill was turned on to fine printing while an undergraduate at Vassar College through Goudy exhibits at the library the famous typographer also paying visits to the school from time to time. In the Vassar Quarterly Volume XLI Number 1 October 1955 Hamill elaborates on her founding of the press and first effort:<br /> <br /> "At Christmas time in 1937 while still a student at the Art Institute I published the first book bearing as imprint The Pocahontas Press. Why Pocahontas Seeking a name that was American feminine and related to me I chose that of the Indian girl who had married an English ancestor eleven generations ago. A son was born of this union making the proprietor of The Pocahontas Press 1/384 part Algonquin Indian! <br /> <br /> <br /> .It is of significance that the first Pocahontas Press imprint should be a collection of poems Suite Chinese by Alfred E. Hamill my first husband's father. .Suite Chinese was a small volume of squarish format illustrated and hand set by me in Bruce Rogers' Centaur type and printed by George Domke on English handmade paper. The edition comprised one hundred copies of which only about ten were sold the rest being given to friends as keepsakes. Happy days!"<br /> <br /> This significant and beautiful first book from Pocahontas Press is quite uncommon in the trade. Worldcat shows 10 holdings. . Pocahontas Press unknown
189962494San Francisco CA: Pacific States Telephone Companies 1899. 8vo. 4 vi 2 vii-viii 494 pp. w/ supplemental pp. at front printed on pink-tinted paper leaf of Chinese Telephone Exchange customers & businesses in Chinese facing English text & Oregon sections pp. 361-416 also printed on pink-tinted paper. Beige-gray buckram lettering & borders in red & black on front cover map of Washington Oregon & California on back cover depicting long distance lines of 21000 miles of copper wire some soiling thumbing to covers original jute braid at head of spine still intact ex-lib markings on title & spine a couple stamps still a VG- copy. First edition thus with supplements of this pioneering telephone directory for the Pacific States Telephone Companies which in 1900 became the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Co. and managed the West coast operations of the national AT&T or Bell system. Based out of their Richadson-inspired Romanesque building in San Francisco on Steiner Street the PSTC later PT&T had grown quickly from less than 1000 subscribers in 1891 to nearly 50000 by 1899 with 36541 in California 4177 in Oregon and 7156 in Washington State and this directory includes the very scarce leaf of the Idaho subscribers as well typically lacking. The first long distance telephone conversation held between San Francisco and Los Angeles was in 1894 and the company encouraged residences to obtain their own lines at 5¢ per day. While telephone rates in California varied from 10¢ to 50¢ those in Oregon Washington & Idaho were far higher with Zone Z no time limit running up to $ 1.00 per 3 minute use. Of particular interest is the list of subscribers in 1899 seven years prior to the 1906 Earthquake & Fire of Chinese subscribers in English and Chinese for the Chinese American Telephone Exchange. Founded in Chinatown originally in 1887 a public telephone pay station was installed in the Occidental Newspaper in 1891 and in 1894 a small switchboard was set up with Chinese-American telephone operators. John Sabin d. 1906 and Louis Glass would both later feature prominently in the trials and public hearings held in the Progressive Era to stamp out “The System†of graft and bribery in San Francisco. Worldcat locates 4 copies w/ 492 pp. Nat. Hist. Mus. LA CA NV State Lib. Sacto Pub. Lib. Yale very incomplete & damaged. Pacific States Telephone Companies, hardcover
191062498San Francisco CA & Portland OR: The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. October 1910. 4to. xix 1 210 2 72 47 1 pp. business pages in pink-tinted paper and with early text illustrated ads. With text photo illustrations of women telephone operators and 2 colour-printed inserted ads for Bushong Printers & the forthcoming Yeon Building to be completed in 1911. Gray-brown printed softcovers cover art of PT&T logo front cover original braid hanger still intact minor uniform interior toning couple corners w/ creasing minor scuffing still a VG bright copy w/ ink MS note indicating “Relieved by a new one April 31 1911.†First edition of this exceedingly scarce telephone directory for Portland & Oregon City OR un-incorporated Multnomah & Clackamas Counties as well as Vancouver WA and Clark County in the Progressive Era. Of additional interest is the first inclusion of Salem OR in the PT&T Telephone directory. This exceptional reference not only offers an essential tool in tracking residents in the Portland-Vancouver area at the beginning of the 20th-Century but also lists many of the Chinese-American & Japanese-American residents in Portland’s very small Chinatown as well as businesses including restaurants groceries & laundries. Of note are listings for such notable Chinese-Americans as Seid Gain Back and Seid Gain Back Jr. who at the time were two of the wealthiest businessmen on the West Coast as well as James & Nellie Brown Chinese-American photographers in Portland OR. The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. had been formed from the Pacific States Telephone Co. in 1907 just 3 years before and nearly 30000 more telephones than those just 11 years before. No copies in Worldcat. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., paperback
190862495San Francisco CA & Portland OR: The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. June 1908. 8vo. 4 x 354 2 69 1 pp. Supplement changes and business pages in pink-tinted paper and with early text illustrated ads. Gray-brown printed softcovers cover art of PT&T logo front cover original braid hanger still intact minor chipping head of spine creasing edgewear minor creasing to corners couple leaves w/ minor chipping at corners still VG- copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce telephone directory for Portland & Oregon City OR un-incorporated Multnomah County as well as Vancouver WA in the Progressive Era. This exceptional reference not only offers an essential tool in tracking residents in the Portland-Vancouver area at the beginning of the 20th-Century but also lists many of the Chinese-American & Japanese-American residents in Portland’s very small Chinatown as well as businesses including restaurants. The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. had been formed from the Pacific States Telephone Co. in 1907 just the year before and was headed by Scott and Glass who would later become subject to the California investigations into graft and bribery in San Francisco. No copies in Worldcat. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., paperback
191062497San Francisco CA & Portland OR: The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. May 1910. 8vo. xvi 482 2 203 pp. business pages in pink-tinted paper and with early text illustrated ads. Frontisp. map of long-distance line. Gray-brown printed softcovers cover art of PT&T logo front cover original braid hanger still intact minor chipping head of spine minor uniform interior toning couple corners w/ creasing & chipping some scuffing minor scuffing & pulling to inner joint still a VG- bright copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce telephone directory for Portland & Oregon City OR un-incorporated Multnomah & Clackamas Counties as well as Vancouver WA and Clark County in the Progressive Era. This exceptional reference not only offers an essential tool in tracking residents in the Portland-Vancouver area at the beginning of the 20th-Century but also lists many of the Chinese-American & Japanese-American residents in Portland’s very small Chinatown as well as businesses including restaurants groceries & laundries. Of note are listings for such notable Chinese-Americans as Seid Gain Back and Seid Gain Back Jr. who at the time were two of the wealthiest businessmen on the West Coast as well as James & Nellie Brown Chinese-American photographers in Portland OR. The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. had been formed from the Pacific States Telephone Co. in 1907 just 3 years before and 25000 more telephones than those just 11 years before. No copies in Worldcat. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., paperback
190962496San Francisco CA & Portland OR: The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. September 1909. 8vo. xvi 413 87 1 pp. business pages in pink-tinted paper and with early text illustrated ads. Frontisp. map of long-distance line. Gray-brown printed softcovers cover art of PT&T logo front cover original braid hanger still intact minor uniform interior toning couple corners w/ creasing & chipping some scuffing still a VG bright copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce telephone directory for Portland & Oregon City OR un-incorporated Multnomah & Clackamas Counties as well as Vancouver WA and Clark County in the Progressive Era. This exceptional reference not only offers an essential tool in tracking residents in the Portland-Vancouver area at the beginning of the 20th-Century but also lists many of the Chinese-American & Japanese-American residents in Portland’s very small Chinatown as well as businesses including restaurants. Of note are listings for such notable Chinese-Americans as Seid Gain Back and Seid Gain Back Jr. who at the time were two of the wealthiest businessmen on the West Coast as well as James & Nellie Brown Chinese-American photographers in Portland OR. The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. had been formed from the Pacific States Telephone Co. in 1907 just 2 years before and was headed by Scott and Glass who would later become subject to the California investigations into graft and bribery in San Francisco. No copies in Worldcat. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., paperback
191562499San Francisco CA & Portland OR: The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. August 1915. 4to. viii 207 1 96 88 2 pp. business pages in pink-tinted paper and with early text illustrated ads and other illustrated ads. Pink-tinted printed softcovers cover art of PT&T logo front cover original braid hanger still intact minor dustsoiling thumbing to fore-edges uniform interior toning as usual still VG bright copy w/ former telephone operator or licensee’s initials on front cover. First edition of this rare telephone directory for Portland Oregon City Salem and several other Oregon counties as well as Vancouver WA and Clark County on the cusp of the U.S. entering World War I. Of additional interest is the expansion to much of the most significant commercial counties in Oregon including Marion Polk Tillamook & Washington to the PT&T Telephone directory. Additionally there is a distinct drop in the telephone listings for Japanese-America and Chinese-American residents and businesses in the directory although some such as Sing Chong & Co. and Seid Back continue to appear in the white pages but not the business listings. No copies in Worldcat. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., paperback
74356Pacific Grove CA The Western Society of Malacologists 1968-1987. In 20 volumes. 8vo and 4to 28.0 x 21.7 cm. Numerous pages several illustrations shells meeting participants etc. Original pictorial wrappers. = Containing abstracts and proceedings of the annual meetings. A long continuous run. The first issue is in a 1974 reprint which is rare too. The name The Echo was dropped after volume six. A very good set. unknown
188128032Cleveland OH: Morgan Lith. Co. 1881. Ephemera. Good overall. Trade card advertising the New Home Sewing Machine Co. 30 Union Square NY & Orange Massachusetts. Attracive image of a propering homestead the woman sitting at her sewing machine on the front verandah the family & their dog walking in from work. Color lithograph 3 x 5". Some glue residue on verso and slt. marginal browning. <br /> <br /> The Morgan Lithograph Company was established by William J. Morgan 1838-1904 and his younger brother George W. 1843-1905 in 1864. The Morgan brothers' parents emigrated from Wales in 1842 first settling in Pittsburgh before arriving in Cleveland in 1854. Located originally on Superior Street the W. J. Morgan & Company produced broadsheets trade cards pamphlets blotters postcards and posters to advertise local businesses. Increasing orders from surrounding states soon allowed the company to move to larger headquarters. Morgan Lith. Co. unknown
188150859New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1881. 8vo. 8 pp. publ. ads xiv 265-500 4 pp. plus 20 pp. illust. ads. Numerous woodcut-engraved illustrations illustrated ads numerous maps & plans 10 folding 2 large inserted in rear pocket. Cobalt-blue publisher’s cloth embossed & decorated on front cover in gilt & black ad on rear for the New York Life Insurance company minor shelfwear rubbing couple tears at creases on 1 folding map repaired in rear pocket still a VG copy. First edition thus of this early Western and Southern railway guidebook describing railway schedules and stops from New York to Chicago Cincinnati to Louisville St. Louis as well as travel to San Francisco the Yostemite Valley Santa Cruz Pescadro Monterey San Jose Petrified Forest Santa Barbara Colorado Springs Texas Yellowstone Manitoba and much more. D. Appleton & Co., hardcover
1940List3440United States France and Germany 1940. Approximately 469 total items. Fifty-nine pieces of loose correspondence one with four photographs affixed. In large letter album approximately 199 pieces of written material: 118 pieces of incoming correspondence twenty-one drafts of outgoing correspondence and sixty other. 139 photographs: nine cabinet cards thirty-three smaller mounted or framed photos eleven CDVs or tintypes nineteen in small photo album sixty-six loose photographs and one real photo postcard. Eight pieces of loose miscellaneous written material totaling sixty-four pages; nine forms applications etc; forty-five clippings generally affixed to notebook pages; and ten pieces of unsorted ephemera. Written material generally dating from about 1891–1928. Photographic material and ephemera generally dating from about 1870s or earlier to 1943. Letter album with covers detached and damage to edges of paper very good plus; other material generally excellent. Overall very good to excellent. Charles Colt Yates 1868–1944 was born in Binghamton New York. He received a BS in Physics and an MS in Civil Engineering from the Case School of Applied Science now Case Western Reserve University before joining the US Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1892. Yates’ work with the USC&GS took him around the US and abroad; his work included observing the earth’s surface density in Hawaii; surveying Lake Pontchartrain the Alaska–Yukon border and the Aleutian Islands; surveying and ship-building in the Philippines and Hong Kong; and surveying the oyster bars in Maryland and Delaware.<br /> <br /> Offered here is a large collection of photographic and written material belonging to Yates. The photographs are almost entirely family shots. Subjects are generally identified verso by their initials and include Yates; his grandparents James Dennison Colt and Abigail Weber; his parents Walter Lloyd Yates and Charlotte Colt; and especially his brother Alonzo Colt Yates sister-in-law Elizabeth Deming and their children Evelyn and Lloyd Deming Yates.<br /> <br /> The written material relates to Yates’ work and includes incoming correspondence particularly work assignments sent by the Survey’s various superintendents; Yates’ drafts of outgoing correspondence; field expense forms—providing a look at the more quotidian activities of the Survey’s researchers—and departmental circulars; resumes and applications; notes and article drafts; and newspaper clippings. The latter generally relate to either the 1916 controversy around Woodrow Wilson’s scientific appointments particularly of E. Lester Jones or to the 1916 and 1928 Merchant Marine Acts. The merchant marine issue preoccupied Yates as several of his letters and articles concern the subject; other of his articles are an 1898 “Report on the Establishment of a Self Registering Tide Gauge at Morehead City N.C†and a 1914 report on oceanography.<br /> <br /> Early in his career Yates apparently wanted out of the Survey writing to several different people seeking a teaching position and explaining that his “desire to become a teacher and ultimately a professor is so great that I am willing to make a considerable sacrifice†in terms of pay July 16 1896. Of course there would have been upsides to leaving the Survey as working conditions at the time were far from ritzy; for instance fellow officer Alex S. Christie wrote of the employee at the Sandy Hook tidal station in New Jersey:<br /> <br /> “Where now located on the west side of this sand spit the observer is completely isolated and threatens to resign. He has no love for nature and no resources within himself. I could be very happy there.†July 26 1892<br /> <br /> Similarly Superintendent William Ward Duffield attempted to convince Yates that the conditions on the Alaska-Yukon boundary survey were more tolerable than he might think:<br /> <br /> “It might pertinently be added here that the American Transportation and Trading Company has a number of stations on the Yukon and carries a large stock of goods including drugs etc. at points near the boundary. The country is better supplied with means of existence and communication than was supposed sometime ago.†February 29 1896<br /> <br /> As references for a teaching position Yates offered his Case classmate and highly decorated electrical engineer Comfort Avery Adams then at Harvard and Case president Cady Staley. Yates corresponded occasionally with Staley including helping him with research by among other things giving him honest advice on the use of a theodolite:<br /> <br /> “From a personal experience: to approach a Vertical Circle without ever having seen one and having had it explained by a textbook is not only awkward but an embarrassing experience and perhaps even a disastrous experience when the proper approach of the level correction is reached.†February 24 1897<br /> <br /> Another Case affiliate with whom Yates corresponded was Albert A. Michelson then at the University of Chicago. Michelson is best known for the 1887 Michelson-Morley experiment a test of the speed of light performed at Case with Edward W. Morley and the assistance of Comfort Adams then a student. Yates had sent Michelson an observation of some kind—though he did not save the draft of this outgoing letter—and Michelson responds with several pages of reasoning:<br /> <br /> “I scarcely think it likely that refraction is the cause of the color observed – but even if this were the case it would not help matters much. The angle subtended by the spectrum could certainly not be less than 10†if a consistent color could be appreciated . Nevertheless I would recommend that the color phenomenon be carefully observed and recorded – for it may throw light on other matters of importance – even tho not of immediate practical use.†March 8 1896<br /> <br /> Yates also kept up with his Case classmates; several letter drafts in the archive are addressed “dear Classmates†and seem to be part of a semi-regular correspondence where the former classmates would update each other on their careers and lives though only Yates’ outgoing mail is represented. Yates writes a particularly interesting letter to his classmates describing his time in the Philippines and Hong Kong the surveying of which had become part of the USC&GS’s duties after the US assumed control of the territory:<br /> <br /> “I was just leaving for a surveying cruise along the south west coast of Samar Island the island General ‘Jakey’ Smith and brother officers made so famous by their approved ‘water cure’ and other ancient methods of obtaining information from the natives. We had an excellent Thanksgiving’s dinner in Jakey’s former residence the ‘bungalow’ at Tacloban and although many of his officers were still there I feel quite certain that water was not mentioned but their liquid method of obtaining information was probably even more effective. No doubt the natives of Samar are well subdued at least we judged so from the fact that when they saw any of our boats put off from the ship they immediately abandoned house and home to the old and crippled. Apparently Americans are to be trusted in reference to these two classes. Disappearing streaks of red skirts indicating retreating females were sometimes seen but our male ‘little brown brother’ was rarely discovered even on a run. This was quite a change from our previous experiences in other parts of the Philippines which had not received the benefit of the same intimate contact with our methods of civilization. In fact we were usually accompanied along the beach by a swarm of men women and children of all sizes and ages who though always polite and gentle were a nuisance sometimes through unintentionally getting in the way of our work.†October 15 1903<br /> <br /> The “water cure†was a form of torture similar to waterboarding often used by American soldiers during the Philippine-American War. General Smith was infamous not for use of the “water cure†but for his orders during the Pacification of Samar to execute everyone over age ten and turn the island into a “howling wildernessâ€; during the campaign several thousand civilians were killed.<br /> Later Yates explained to his classmates that he had had a nervous breakdown while stationed in Asia following the death of his only child at five months old and was sent home January 20 1907. He was assigned to survey oyster fields for the Maryland Shell Fish Commission which he described as “surrounded by politicians as our work seems to be the political issue of the Stateâ€.<br /> <br /> In fact at this time Yates seems to have become more interested in politics especially the Merchant Marine acts mentioned earlier. He sent out his article titled “By-products and Relative Values of a Merchant Marine†to several potential publishers and also corresponded with Congressmen regarding the act including Jesse D. Price of Maryland Frank P. Woods of Iowa and Joshua W. Alexander of Missouri. He wrote to the latter who was the 1916 act’s sponsor:<br /> <br /> “If you succeed in passing the Bill you will deserve oceans of credit and even if you fail you will have gained the sincere admiration of those who have studied the subject and know the great aggregate of vested shipping interests both foreign and domestic which are fighting you so hard because they fear the results to their personal interest of the founding of a real American Marine which would be brought about by the passage of your Bill.†May 16 1916<br /> <br /> Yates was also interested in the 1928 Act which concerned shipbuilding—having built ships for the Survey in Hong Kong and Wisconsin—and wrote an article that year giving suggestions for it. Otherwise the more recent contents of the archive are mainly ephemera of Yates’ brother diplomat Alonzo Colt Yates 1864–1950 including an ID card and passport.<br /> <br /> Overall a unique collection of an employee of the US government’s first and for a long time only scientific agency the archive provides a look at the agency’s activities at home and across the globe. It also provides some history of the early days of the Case School of Applied Science especially the activities of early alumni and faculty. unknown
1965000016559Big Rock Candy Mountain Utah: n.p. 1965. Pamphlet. Near Fine. 4to. 24.1 cm x 17.8 cm. Unpaginated. Colorful pictorial wraps printed in red and black staple-bound. Printed on glossy stock. With in-text photographs and illustrations in yellow. A souvenir booklet for visitors to the Big Rock Candy Mountain. The booklet highlights the motel and cafe at the mountain and the area wildlife that the owners of the motel keep as pets. A spot of soil on the front wrapper else sharp. n.p. unknown
187623907Boston: Forbes Lith. Mfg. Co. 1876. First edition. This scarce tinted lithograph was issued to commemorate the escape of Irish political prisoners from Fremantle W.A. on April 17th 1876. The Fenians are shown rowing towards the bark which is under full sail. The Catalpa is flying a flag with the initials "J T R" - for John T Richardson the ship's agent. A pennant with the letter C the Fenian flag and the American flag are also flying. <br /> <br /> The police boat is in hot pursuit and the British steamship "Georgette" is steaming in from a distance. Among the Fenians freed in this effort was John Boyle O'Reilly who became a leading citizen in Boston and was later to edit the 'Boston Pilot'. <br /> <br /> Captain George Anthony an American whaling captain out of New Bedford Massachusetts recruited a crew for this mission and set sail for Western Australia where two Fenian agents John Breslin and Tom Desmond had already established themselves with aliases. With several delays the day for the escape was set for the 17th of April when most of the convict garrison was distracted by watching the Perth Yacht Club regatta.<br /> <br /> Captain Anthony who refused to surrender the escaped prisoners to the British later sold his story to Zephaniah W. Pease who published the account in 'The Catalpa Expedition'. See also Laubenstein 'The Emerald Whaler'.<br /> <br /> On its arrival in New York in August of 1876 the Catalpa was met with great crowds; jubilant celebrations were held in the US and Ireland.<br /> <br /> 17 x 13" on paper 22 x 14 1/4". For information on the artist E. N. Russell see Blasdale Artists of New Bedford pp 160-161; Kendall Prints 28; Ingalls 318. OCLC: 191908718 1 copy at the Boston Athenaeum. Trove 45254 at the Australian National Maritime Museum; and 57714676 at the State Library of Western Australia. Professionally deacidified. In very good condition. <br /> <br /> A rare print important for its depiction of an important Western Australian colonial event. Forbes Lith. Mfg. Co. unknown
79380Partial handwritten land deed for the purchase of a tract of land for $100 and a second-hand wagon. The property was originally acquired by John M. Cox and Robert M. Kidder under the Homestead Act and located in Township 10 South Range 67-West. This property in located in present-day Adams County near the community of Todd Creek.<br /> <br /> The land transfer contains the official seal of the notary Edwin H. Kellog and is accompanied by an envelope for Kidder & Nichols Attorneys at Law Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania. There is some edgewear splitting and loss to this document but its historic purpose and intent remain intact. unknown
190278146Sioux Falls: Will A. Beach 1902. Interesting locally produced map by E. Frank Peterson of Vermillion South Dakota promoting the “Famous Artesian Belt†of eastern South Dakota. The counties and reservations are outlined in red with a printed overlay for the Security Land Company of Alexandria South Dakota pasted above the map: “Have a Choice List of Lands and Stock Ranches in Edmunds Walworth Brown Hand Aurora Jerauld and Lyman Counties in the Famous Artesian Belt Flowing Wells at From 700 to 1000 feet.†Alexandria is one of five cities on the map identified with a red star.<br />  <br /> The map 21 ¾†x 18 ½†folds into printed paper wrappers 3 ¼†x 6†with further advertising from the Security Land Company on the front panel. Small splits at some of the seams a few mended with tape. The map is a bit musty mothballs. Ink notation to the rear panel of the wrappers which are edgeworn and toned.<br />  <br /> The map was adapted by at least three different publishers to promote other regions of South Dakota. All are uncommon. OCLC locates only four holdings of this particular issue: Yale Lincoln Presidential Library Southern Methodist and Stanford. Will A. Beach unknown
187063746Portland OR: Harris & Holman 1870. 8vo. 624 pp. Engraved frontisp. of Astoria in 1811. Black pebbled publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine minor edgewear minor bumping to foot of spine slight fraying at a couple corners still a VG unsophisticated copy. First edition of this first-hand account of the settling of the Oregon Country by one of the original pioneers. He describes the Hudson's Bay Company the Fur Trade Mountain Men the early conflicts with the Pacific Northwest Indians and more. William H. Gray 1810-1889 was a young cabinet maker carpenter and house-joiner largely self-educated who had been inspired by the religious fervor of the Second Great Awakening to become a missionary and sought permission from the ABCFM American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to proselytize amongst the Pacific Northwest Indigenous Peoples and originally was only hired as carpenter and mechanic to travel with Dr. Marcus & Narcissa Whitman Henry & Eliza Spalding and coordinated with Pierre Pambrun the French-Canadian factor at the Hudson’s Bay Co. Fort Walla Walla in 1836. Initially assigned to Lapwai by Dr. Whitman to work under Mr. Spalding Gray abruptly left for the East in 1837 to marry. His betrothed declined to become the third Euro-caucasian white woman in the “wilderness†but he subsequently met and married one Mary Augusta Dix 1810-1881 in 6 days even managing to attend medical college before securing an Associate Missionary certificate from the ABCFM and returned to Waiilatpu with his new wife and additional missionary reinforcements including Elkanah & Mary Walker and Asa Bowen & Sarah Smith along with Cornelius Rogers. Of particular interest within this history is that very little of Gray’s recently discovered unknown daily manuscript 1840-1842 diary was incorporated into this work. Presumably Gray had mislaid the MS or left behind in one of the family properties as it was 30 years later transcribed by daughter Caroline Kamm 1840-1932 noted socialite and philanthropist in Portland and is now held by the University of Washington Special Collections Allen Library. See: Howes G342 Graff 1630 Smith 3756. Harris & Holman, hardcover
