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1840List2979Perrysburg Ohio 1840. Single three-page letter measuring 7 ½ x 12 ½ inches. Some stains folded with small tears at folds and tear at seal; overall near fine. Joseph Badger 1757–1846 was the first missionary to be sent to the Connecticut Western Reserve.1 He served in the Continental Army received a degree from Yale and was sent to Ashtabula County by the Connecticut Missionary Society in 1802. He retired in about 1833 after many years of organizing schools and churches around the Western Reserve plus a stint as a brigade chaplain during the War of 1812.<br /> <br /> Abigail Ely was Badger’s second wife; they married in 1819. The two write here to a widowed friend Harriet Lyon and her children in Gustavus Ohio. They discuss the importance of singing to religious work and of teaching children to sing and describe their living situation—on a farm nearby to some of their children who help them out. They also briefly complain about the quality of ministry in the area writing that the situation:<br /> <br /> “is exceedingly dark; one Church has a Minister worse than none; Six others have no Minister. . Much of the preaching that comes along occationally is calculated to excite the super-ficial affections of the mind without reaching the heart or enlightening the understanding.â€<br /> <br /> Of interest to historians of Ohio and religion in the Western Reserve.<br /> <br /> 1 “Badger Joseph†in Encyclopedia of Cleveland History accessed March 20 2025 https://case.edu/ech/articles/b/badger-joseph. unknown
191053592N.P.: Privately printed 1910. 1910. First edition. 19" x 25" sheet folded to 9 1/2" x 8 1/4. Printed in brown green and red. Photographs. On one side of sheet is information and illustrations. Information about Harney County crops dairy poultry water irrigation lumber railway transportation Burns. Photographs include agricultural scenes and a photo of downtown Burns. Opposite side of sheet offers a map of the entire state of Oregon with Harney County highlighted. Map printed by Poole Bros. of Chicago for the Great Northern Railway and dated 1910. "The Oregon and Western Colonization Company was incorporated in 1910 as a South Dakota corporation by Watson P. Davidson Sr. and several other investors for the purpose of trading in real estates. The corporation acquired 800000 acres of Oregon lands including several billion feet of standing timber from the Willamette Valley and Cascade Mountain Wagon Road. These lands comprised a federal land grant awarded the Willamette Valley company in 1871 to construct a military road and consisted of alternate sections 15 to 20 miles wide extending from Ontario in eastern Oregon to Albany midway between the Cascade Mountains and the Pacific." Rare. Light soiling else very good plus. Privately printed, 1910. unknown
79382Image: 7 ¼†x 4 ¾â€. Mount: 8†x 5â€.<br /> <br /> An albumen silver print: “#1612 of Ouray from the Northâ€. Geo. E. Mellen’s Colorado Views is imprinted on the verso along with C.H. Clark Publisher and General Trade Agent Gunnison Colo. Mellen b.1854 was an itinerant photographer. His views can be found in a wide array of collections from The Getty to The Amon Carter Museum of Art.<br /> <br /> Established by miners searching for silver and gold at its height Ouray had more than 30 active mines and was home to thousands of people. Ouray’s downtown is now on the National Register of Historic Places and the town bills itself as the "Switzerland of America†for its setting at the narrow head of a valley enclosed on three and a half sides by steep mountains. unknown
79381Mount: 4 ¼†x 7â€. Image: 3 ½†x 6 ¼â€. Undated and unmarked stereoview circa 1880 of the town of Idaho Springs Colorado. Identified with a holographic notation on the verso.<br /> <br /> Founded in 1859 by prospectors during the early days of the Pike's Peak Gold Rush Idaho Springs was at the center of the region's mining district throughout the late 19th century. The Argo Tunnel drained and provided access to many lodes of ore between Idaho Springs and Central City. unknown
1938LFA-126711338N° 16 (13e année) - 17 avril 1938- Hebdomadaire de 8 pages, format 290 x 390 mm, illustré de bandes dessinées en couleurs, bon état
1938LFA-126711339N° 20 (13e année) - 15 mai 1938- Hebdomadaire de 8 pages, format 290 x 390 mm, illustré de bandes dessinées en couleurs, bon état
2 volumes, XIX-[1]-456 (mal chiffré 156) + [2]-495-[3]-143 pages, front. et 24 pl demi-basane tabac à coins, dos lisses et fleuronnés, pièces de titre cerise et tomaisons vertes, tranches rouges 1740-1741, 1740-1741, in-12, 2 volumes, XIX-[1]-456 (mal chiffré 156) + [2]-495-[3]-143 pages, front. et 24 pl, demi-basane tabac à coins, dos lisses et fleuronnés, pièces de titre cerise et tomaisons vertes, tranches rouges, Nouvelle impression de cet ouvrage en deux partie, l'une traitant de l'origine de la sphère grecque selon de système de Warburton et de l'histoire des divinités, l'autre contenant l'analyse des idées des philosophes anciens, que Noël-Antoine Pluche (1688-1761) oppose à la cosmogonie de Moïse, "dont il s'attache à montrer la supériorité, indépendamment de toute révélation" (Quérard). L'édition originale de l'Histoire du ciel a paru à Paris en 1739. Bien complet des 25 planches gravées en taille-douce, dont le frontispice représentant Démocrite ; elles donnent à voir les figures et les objets de culte liés aux mythologies égyptiennes, grecques et romaines. Le second tome comprend le Supplément à l'histoire du ciel, avec son titre propre à la date de 1741, qui est une réponse aux critiques reçues par Pluche après la publication de son livre. Reliures usagées, feuillets brunis. Quérard, VII, 217-218
19068829Duluth Minn: Western Fruit Jobbers' Association; Trade News Publishing Co. Printers 1906. Octavo stapled in wrappers 23.5 x 16 cm. 30 pages. Date from a three page TLS from the Association laid-in transmitting the Resolutions of the Association; and also from pencil annotation on the rear wrapper "Rcv'd 3/14/06". FIRST EDITION. "This is primarily a Bill to Eliminate Private Freight Cars Correct Refrigerating Abuses and Bring Express Companies Under the Interstate Commerce Acts and Prohibit their Dealing in Commodities Handled by Them." Roger S. Powell was the Attorney for the Association. ~ Tiny bit of edgewear and tanning to edges of wrappers otherwise fine. OCLC locates two copies UDenver WisconsinHistSoc. Western Fruit Jobbers' Association; Trade News Publishing Co., Printers unknown
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
