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A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight edge wear to price-clipped dust jacket. 94 pages. Many b&w photos.
338 p. incl. col. mounted plates. col. mounted front., illus. (incl. map) ports., plates. 30 cm. Hardcover Very good condition, small stain in top margin of last 100 pages, not effecting text
160 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
199 p., illus. Hardcover Good condition; faint spine lettering
Features: Tacoma's Union Station Thrown Open to the Public - two-page article including grainy photo of the new station; Oregon-Washington Station To Formally Open May 20 - new passenger station in Seattle (article with photo inside the main waiting room); Professional biography of self-made man Carl R. Gray, president of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle (includes photo of Mr. Gray); First Marine Producer Gas Installation on Pacific Coast - on the Barkentine Archer; Ongoing construction by Johnson Brothers & Blanchard, Georgetown of deep-sea motor cruiser designed by Seattle naval architect L.E. Geary for O.O. Denny of Seattle - article with diagram of outboard profile of the vessel; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Speediest Steam Yacht is Launched - brief article and photo of the Sovereign; News of Tacoma; One page ad for the new steel trains "The Olympian" and the "Columbia" which represent "The New Steel Trail to the East Through the Golden West, commencing service 29 May, 1911; Nice illustrated one-page ad for "The Finest Train in the West, The Shasta Limited" which speedily connected Seattle with San Francisco; Excellent half-page photo ad for Willamette Iron & Steel Works features photo of fireboat "Geo. H. Williams" belching black smoke while she pumps two heavy streams of water from her hoses; and more. 40 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: Extensive Terminals at Vancouver, B.C. for Great Northern; Work begins on long bridge at San Pedro Harbor, CA; Interstate Commerce Commission Decides Spokane-Reno Rates Case; Scathing Editorial against an article by Teddy Roosevelt regarding the development of Alaska; Professional biography of Charles M. Levy of the Western Pacific, with photo; Interstate Commerce Decisions; Railway Personals; Growth of the Modern Ocean Liner - article with photo of the Olympic entering New York Harbor on her first voyage; Port Expenses of Puget Sound Make Favorable Comparison; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Photo and brief article on the Sovereign, fastest yacht in the world; Local Shipping Interests Opposed to Railroad Ave. (Seattle) Viaduct Over Waterways; Steamer Nisqually Develops Great Speed - article with photo; Scientific Discussion of the Tides by J.F. Ruthven; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
120p., illus. Copy 2-4th printing, maroon boards & no jacket. Hardcover Good condition in blue cloth tattered d.j. fair
352p., illus. Hardcover Good condition in worn d.j. fair
xiv, 344 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
347p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
8vo., with numerous photographs and diagrams in the text, neat inscription on front free endpaper; olive cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in navy blue, a good, firm copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter age-soiled, rubbed at edges and with loss (affecting lettering) at head of backstrip.
177p., illus. Hardcover Good condition in good d.j. good
177 p., illus. Hardcover Good condition
111p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition chipped d.j. fair
194 p., illus. Designed by Eugene V. Connett. Hardcover Very good condition good
194 p., illus. Designed by Eugene V. Connett. Hardcover Ex-library, Good condition
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and numerous illustrations in the text, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
186 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
142 p., illus. The actor's account of winning the Transpacific catamaran race to Honolulu. Hardcover Very good condition good
Pages 401-440. Features: The Truth About Those "Undress" Shows - where is the modern stage fashion leading us? - argues for stricter censorship over stage 'fashions' - with reproductions of scandalous photos; The Man Who Hadn't a Chance (story); What Did Christ Mean? - who are the meek and how can they inherit the earth?; Mother Love - an appealing little story; How the Cup is Won - secrets of the great vitory final by the Captain of Cardiff's winning team last season - article with photo; A Stranger in the Wild - a January nature story; Making the "Stars" Twinkle - some facts about filmland's unseen army, the people who do the behind-the-scenes work - article with photos, including "Our Gang" kids and an aerial photo of the MGM lot; Photo of 'land yacht' (early RV); Photo of world champion unicyclist Walter Nilsson riding on top of the Cheops pyramid; Adventure - a short story; Wit of the Week; Fishing With a Kite! - Photo-illustrated article about queer ways of catching the ocean's finny monsters, including photo of Rex Ingram with a huge fish he caught off Florida; Angel Esquire (continued); The World's Largest Building Society - The Halifax Building Society - started in a coffee house and now has capital of 40 million pounds. Openings along coverfold. Clean six-inch opening to central portion of front cover and following several pages, apparently by an errant knife cut. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Great cover photo of Miss Seattle speeding across Lake Washington at over 100 mph. Features: Cruising Mexican Waters - From the Sea of Cortes to Acapulco - Part II; Seattle Bids for Harmsworth Trophy race - Stanley S. Sayres' Miss Seattle is groomed as a possible 1950 defender of the international trophy - article with photos of Sayres and his boat; Coasting Home the Hard Way - Clarence E. Walter describes his solo voyage of 1188 miles, from San Pedro to Olympia, with two LCVPs (article with photos of Walter and his converted LCVP, Thomas Kestle); Duwamish - The World's Most Powerful Fireboat - article with photos; Remote Ocean Falls, B.C. Yacht Club - article with photo; New Sardine Research Vessels - the Crest, Horizon, and Yellowfin study the life cycle of the Sardine - article with photos; NCPCA Honors Cruiser Skippers; Julie - A Model Craft for Judge John J. Miller; "Perhaps You Might Fish a Man Out of the Drink" - A Story of Flotilla 21 - USCGA; Imperial Makes Her Last Mail Delivery to Communities on the Columbia River - article with photo; Mourning the Loss of the old "S.S.Tacoma"; Pleasure and Commercial Boat Plans; Two 28-Foot Chris-Craft Patrol Boats Equipped for S.E. Alaska Waters - article with photos; and more. 52 pages. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Numerous fantastic vintage ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A well-preserved copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Approximately 55 pages. Contents include: Uncle Tom and Clayton - Fact, Fiction, and Mystery; The Wilmington-Provincial, Atlantic Coastal Steamer and Toronto Yacht Clubhouse; Broad Pennants on Point Frederick; A Settler's Autobiographical Sketch; An Account of the First Mission of the Associate Synod to Canada West. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Solid copy. Book
278p., illus. Chapter on racing rules by Herbert L. Stone Hardcover Good condition
Oversize 310p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
127 p., illus. w/ photographs by the author. Firsthand account aboard an oceangoing sailboat on the biennial Newport to Bermuda Race. Hardcover Very good condition good