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197610647Portland OR: Portland Center for the Visual Arts 1976. First Edition. Comb-bound. Near Fine. Seminal collection of 54 works by Northwest artists individually printed on thick cardstock 4.5" x 7 1/18" each printed rectos only. One page introduction by the Director of the exhibition Mary L. Beebe and a 15 page essay by Lippard titled "The Rites of a Passage" both printed on same thick cardstock. Laid in is a 8.5" x 14" description of works by Dennis Evans aka "Ubu Waugh" titled "Waughs Laws." Leaf edges a tad age-toned former owner name on inside front cover that of Cathy Hillenbrand art collector and publisher of the Real Comet Press; in sum a well preserved copy. Lippard's essay is a longer version of an article that appeared in a 1976 issue of Art in America. Many of the artists were associated with Seattle's and/or gallery sic; some of the Seattle artists include Gaylen Hansen Judy Lerner Brice Dennis Evans/Ubu Waugh Kim Hoffman Carolyn Law Michael McCafferty Barbara Horosko-Manderbach Richard Yoder Sherry Markovitz et al. A handsome catalog. Portland Center for the Visual Arts unknown
199329283Spokane:: Arthur H. Clark Company 1993. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Near Fine copy with two small inmk marks to the foredge in a Fine dust jacket. Slavery of Pacific Northwest Indians began long before the arrival of Europeans explorers. The trade in human chattel among the indiginous people was largely due to Indian raids and warfare among local tribes. Then with the introduction of white traders the practice accelerated the practice for nearly a century. This is the first book-length study of that phenomenon among Northwest Coast indiginous cultures. Arthur H. Clark Company, unknown
18389126Ithaca NY: Published by the Author 1838. First edition. 8vo xii 13-371pp. Folding map of Oregon Territory at front and one plate here between pgs 208 and 209. Contemporary sheep with black spine label gilt lettering. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Front pastedown stained mild to moderate foxing throughout. Map with single small tear at fold neat tape repair at edge few spots of foxing. A very good example with attractive fragile map. <br /> <br /> First edition in contemporary binding of this popular book which went through at least four editions in the 1840s and contained one of the first widely circulated maps to contain reliable information about the Oregon Territory. Parker's journal details his fur trading expedition in the Rockies in 1835 for part of which he was accompanied by Marcus Whitman. The group arrived in Walla Walla in October 1835 and returned East 2 years later via ship around Cape Horn. A cornerstone Pacific Northwest title. <br /> <br /> Howes P89. Wagner-Camp 70. Washington 89 60. Published by the Author unknown
188914096Buffalo NY: E.H. Hutchinson 1889. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine. 87 pp in original printed wrappers. Mild soiling. The author was an attorney and Principal of the Buffalo Classical School. He traveled to Oregon Washington Alaska primarily Sitka and British Columbia in 1888 reporting back in a series of articles for his local newspaper the Commercial Advertiser. This is their first appearance in book form. Includes interesting letters on indigenous crafts in Alaska the Russian population in the Sitka area and the Sitka mission along with sketches of Portland Astoria and the Puget Sound region. Tourville 658; Wickersham 1987; Not in Smith or Arctic Bibliography. E.H. Hutchinson unknown
189564099Portland OR: Lewis & Dryden Printing Co. 1895. Folio. 10 x 14.75 in. xxiii 1 494 pp. Frontisp. 100s of illusts. photos decorated initials. Original publisher’s brown morocco over beveled boards gilt lettering & decoration on spine paneled in gilt ruling on covers marbled fore-edges & endpapers very slight rubbing slight shelfwear to corners and very slight sunning to spine still a near fine entirely unsophisticated copy. First edition of this invaluable maritime history in the Pacific Northwest with an excellent index and lavishly illustrated and perhaps one of the best copies this cataloguer has ever examined. Wright 1863-1930 as manager of the Portland Merchant’s Exchange had access to a vast store of original documents letters journals and accounts of marine shipping and development on the Columbia River and Pacific Northwest much of which has not survived. With the help of Harriman he later became director of the Port of Portland and later operated the shipyards in Astoria OR. Howes W963. Lewis & Dryden Printing Co., hardcover
189547595Portland OR: Lewis & Dryden Printing Co. 1895. Folio. xxiii 1 494 pp. Frntsp. 100s of illusts. photos decorated initials. Original publisher’s brown morocco over beveled boards gilt lettering & decoration on spine paneled in gilt ruling on covers gilt inner dentelles a.e.g. marbled endpapers minor bumping & wear to corners some rubbing edgewear rebacked with original spine laid back down still a VG copy from the library of Thea Foss 1857-1927 of Foss Launch & Tug Company later Foss Maritime -- who served as the inspiration for the story and Tugboat Annie movie based on her life. First edition of this invaluable maritime history in the Pacific Northwest with an excellent index and lavishly illustrated. Howes W963. Lewis & Dryden Printing Co., hardcover
195070004New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1950. Early edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good . SIGNED. 338pp. Octavo 22 cm Olive green cloth over boards. Light bumping and rubbing to the extremities; boards just a hair cocked. In the dust jacket with intermittent closed and open tears to the edges and folds and an abraded area to the surface of the spine not obscuring the title. Inscribed by the author on the half title: "For___- / also blessed by / - / with my affectionate regards / Wm O Douglas / Dec. 30 1950. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover
190163360Chicago: Scroll Publishing Co. 1901. Thick 12mo. 437 1 pp. Red pictorial publisher’s cloth cover art illustration of Western explorer and wagon train by Palenske white lettering front cover & spine uniform interior toning as usual very slight worming to very lower left corner textblock faint ex-lib marking on spine still G copy from the Clark County Historical Society Collections recently deaccessioned bookplate on front pastedown. First edition of this surprisingly scarce history tracking the Westward movement of Euro-caucasian settlers and explorers into the Pacific Northwest drawn from oral interviews with Elisha Lindsay Applegate 1832-1896 brother of Jesse Applegate who helped establish the Applegate trail as well as Jacksonville & Ashland OR; Charles Taplin while in his 90’s provided details on the 1843 Fremont Expedition from The Dalles along the Columbia River to Sutters Fort on the Sacramento River in California; and Frederick Barneburg 1836-1907 who originally came to the Rogue Valley OR in 1854 returned via wagon train in 1860 and purchased Barneburg Hill from Abraham Bish. Worldcat locates only microfilm & electronic copies. Scroll Publishing Co., hardcover
194064224New York NY: Fortune Magazine March 1940. One atlas folio sized map 22.25 x 27.5 in. archivally mounted on linen sized 26 x 31.25 in. in excellent bright condition. First edition of this eye-catching pictorial map celebrating the regions resources and inhabitants of Washington & Oregon chronicling the impact of the New Deal programs including the construction of Bonneville Dam and ongoing massive project of the Grand Coulee. The 1940 Fortune magazine which highlighted the growing economic potential of the Pacific Coast states including Washington Oregon & California details as well through charming caricature pictographs including sheaves of wheat cattle salmon fishermen logging tulip growers apple and peach growers Native American Reservations and more. Petrucelli 1907-1994 launched his career as a textile designer later began illustrating for House Beautiful Fortune Magazine The New Yorker and Collier’s Today who would illustrate charts diagrams cover art caricatures and won several important design awards. During World War II he also illustrated propaganda maps and ALCOA maps detailing the company’s worldwide operations. Worldcat locates 3 copies UCT Buffalo & Erie Pub. Lib. U of O. Fortune Magazine, unknown
196926620<p>Seattle:: Superior Press 1969. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Very Good plus dust jacket lacking a chip to the top edge of the front panel. The author has produced a descriptive assemblage of the origins histories and anecdotes about the names found on the coast of British Columbia Washington and Oregon. She often employs intimate stories of those men honored in place naming the men in charge of ships their crews their journals and logs all contribute to the naming of places and in part convey the history of Canada United States England and Spain.</p> Superior Press, hardcover
19515046South Wenatchee: Terminal Hotel 1951. First Edition. Stiff Poster Stock. Very Good. Wilkinsons. Fulll color poster on heavy poster stock measuring 10 x 16 inches with a 1951 calendar affixed with two staples. Artwork features a young boy with his dog and a kite squinting at skyward as four two-engine airplanes fly overhead. Slight dampstain on part of the cloud which almost appears as an artistic flourish. Withal quite presentable. The calendar is presented "Compliments of Joe Beuzer" who was either the co-founder of the hotel or a relative of the Beuzer who built the hotel with partner Pesch in 1922. A charming piece of Americana. Now protected in a clear archival sleeve with acid-free backing. [Terminal Hotel] unknown
190263438The Dalles OR: Benj. A. Gifford 1902. Oblong 8vo. 9.5 x 6.5 in. 37 leaves unnumbered. including 18 boudoir-sized collotype photographs printed on matte-finish paper stock w/ Benj. Gifford copyright notice lower fore-edge of image captions & negative number indicated all printed with excellent contrast w/in the negative also included 18 printed caption tissue guards. Dark gray ribbed softcovers yapp fore-edges w/ folding clasp flap at fore-edge of front cover decorative white lettering front cover punch-sewn w/ colour silk braid at gutter margin minor chipping to foot of spine into lower left front cover minor shelfwear creasing to yapp fore-edges still a VG- copy w/ ownership markings on title for Lillie D. Stewart a railroad company stenographer living in Denver CO at the beginning of the 20th Century and she paid $ 1.50 for the booklet. First edition of this very scarce and nicely printed collotype photographic views of the Columbia River Gorge sold from Gifford’s studio in The Dalles OR. Gifford 1859-1936 is considered perhaps Oregon’s most famous photographer and his beautiful images included here depict Rooster Rock sternwheeler at the Dalles Latourelle Falls Cape Horn the Pillars of Hercules Multnomah Falls shot 12 years prior to the historic Benson Footbridge at Multnomah Falls constructed by Robert Lee Ringer in 1914. Other images include the Sternwheeler Regulator Warren’s Salmon Cannery Sternwheeler Bailey Gatzert approaching the Cascade Locks Fish Wheel on the Columbia the Oregon Railway & Navigation Chicago-Portland Special leaving Tunnel 2 and the Native American burial ground of Memaloose Island. Gifford first worked in Portland until 1895 then opened a studio in The Dalles and later returned to Portland in 1910 where he continued to operate both studios until about 1920. Later his son Ralph I Gifford took over operation of the studio and continued to operate the business. Worldcat locates 1 copy OSU. Benj. A. Gifford, paperback
18469109London: Charles Knight & Co 1846. First edition. 15x10cm 7 226pp. Frontis folding map at pg. 102. Cream blind stamped cloth with gilt spine lettering. Boards smudged spine darkened. Prelims unopened else clean internally and nearly fine. <br /> <br /> Very nice copy of this book printed for English youth and published the year in which the Treaty of Washington was signed ending the dispute between Great Britain and the U.S. over title to the Oregon Country. Tweney mentions in his Washington Eighty-Nine:<br /> <br /> "This book gives the English side of the Oregon boundary dispute and urges that the northern line of California be the natural boundary between the two countries."<br /> <br /> <br /> Besides presenting arguments the book is also very descriptive in the early settlement of the Pacific Northwest and rise of the fur trade. Not often found in the original cloth in presentable condition.<br /> <br /> Howes N151. Sabin 55251. Smith 7311. Wagner-Camp 122C:1. Washington 89 57.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> . Charles Knight & Co unknown
189253290Portland OR: Lewis & Dryden Printing Co. Oct. 1st 1892. Oblong folio. 200 pp. Colour chromolithograph frnts. of the Oregonian building 100s of photos 1 large double-page panorama of Portland OR maps illusts. Original embossed burgundy calf lettered & illustration in gilt on front cover by Meston-Dygert Book Manufacturing Co. expertly rebacked ffep. renewed still a VG copy with very bright gilt image on front cover. First edition of this scarce souvenir album intended to promote the history and economic strength of the Pacific Northwest and to extoll the virtues of Portland. The editors have includes 100s of photos and information about Portland buildings persons of interest sporting areas mountain climbing on Mt. Hood natural landmarks logging orchard farming shipping lines on the Columbia and Willamette industries and more. Of interest are the extensive sections on Washington state cities industries and more. There is also a small section on Idaho including Boise. Lewis & Dryden Printing Co., unknown
188263407New York NY & St. Paul MN: The Northern Pacific Railroad Co.; Printed by E. Wells Sackett & Rankin 1882. 8vo. 81 1 pp. With double-page frontisp. birds-eye woodcut view of Portland OR stretching out to Mount Rainier south to Mt. Hood 9 woodcut-engraved plates. Pink-tinted printed softcovers decorated lettering minor creasing egewear slight chipping at corners without the folding map still a good reference copy. First edition of this informative land promotion issued by the Northern Pacific Railroad upon completion of its line to the Pacific Northwest from St. Paul MN in conjunction with Jacob Kamm’s Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. The views include the two-panel birdseye of Portland OR as well as views of Astoria a Puget Sound sawmill Commercial Street in Seattle of the Washington Territory and includes a mention of Chinese-Americans employed to build the railroad and now available to take contracts for “grubbing brush land.†The Northern Pacific Railroad Co.; [Printed by] E. Wells Sackett & Rankin, paperback
192361902St. Paul MN: Northern Pacific Railway 1923. 12mo. 24 pp. Title photo illustrated and photo illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art of young Flathead Indian child slight shelfwear NF copy. First edition thus of this well-illustrated Northern Pacific brochure extolling and detailing the Northern Pacific Railway route following that of the Lewis & Clark Expedition to the Pacific Northwest through Montana Idaho Washington & Oregon including Yellowstone and along the Columbia River. Of particular interest are the photos by U.S. Forest Service & Haynes. Not in Worldcat. Northern Pacific Railway, paperback
192052056St. Paul MN: Northern Pacific Railway ca. 1920. 4to. 16 pp unpaginated. Title illustrated & printed in red & black map in red & black numerous photo illustrations rubricated initials. Colour-illustrated softcovers wraparound cover art of wagon train by Frank B. Hoffman 1888-1958 noted Western commercial artist who illustrated many travel posters and brochures for the Great Northern Railroad and the Northern Pacific slight shelfwear NF. First edition thus of this well-illustrated Northern Pacific brochure extolling and detailing the Lewis & Clark Expedition to the Pacific Northwest and the parallel route adopted by the NPRR over 75 years later. Of particular interest are the photos by Curtis Haynes Gifford & Schlecten of Montana Astoria Fort Snelling Sitting Bull & Buffalo Bill General Custer Gold Creek MT Last Chance Gulch Indian Scouts at Custer Battlefield and more. Northern Pacific Railway, paperback
18439124New York: Greeley & McElrath 1843. Third edition. 23.5x15.5cm 112pp. Printed in two columns with tables ads on inner wrappers. Stitched in original printed brown wraps. Damp staining to upper corner of first 35 or so pages more pronounced at title and near the front. Spine cocked and with ends chipped chipping along edges of wraps. Pencil annotation to front cover. A very good copy. <br /> <br /> Third edition following the 1841 and 1843 Poughkeepsie printings of this popular text issued as an "Extra" of the New York Tribune. The book is essentially an account of the first overland to Oregon migration of emigrants bound for the territory led by Farnham and known as the "Peoria Party." They left Independence Missouri on May 20th 1839 and as a substantially smaller group arrived in Oregon on September 23 1839 with Marcus Whitman. Scarce in the original wrappers.<br /> <br /> Howes F50. Wagner-Camp 85:3. Washington 89 20. Greeley & McElrath unknown
18019122London: Printed for T. Cadell Jun. & W. Davies; Cobbett & Morgan; and W. Creech by R. Noble 1801. First edition. 4to 4 viii 412 2 errata cxxii pp with "General History of the Fur Trade" following the Voyages section and errata leaf. Complete with half title often lacking frontis portrait three large folding engraved maps. Fine 1/2 polished calf tooled in blind and lettered in gilt on spine marbled boards endpapers and page edges. Few stains and foxing to prelims most notably at the inner margin of the frontis and title pages. Otherwise scattered light foxing mainly marginal and more pronounced on the final dozen leaves or so. Maps quite nice with typical offsetting from folds some foxing and toning. A very good copy in attractive binding housed in a custom oatmeal cloth Solander box lined with green felt gilt spine label. <br /> <br /> A cornerstone work on early Pacific Northwest exploration being the first account of crossing the continent from ocean to ocean by a white man some dozen years before Lewis and Clark. This text also represents the first published account of the fur trade which was attributed to Roderick Mackenzie. A nice copy in attractive binding. <br /> <br /> Howes M 133. Sabin 43414. Streeter 3653. <br /> <br /> <br /> . Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. & W. Davies; Cobbett & Morgan; and W. Creech, by R. Noble unknown
1790143934Paris: F. Dufart 1790. Very Good. Paris F. Dufart circa 1790. A hand-coloured engraved map printed surface 378× 415 mm sheet size approximately 420 × 540 mm. 'Gravée par Tardieu l'Ainé . Dessiné par Poirson . Ecrit par Beaublé'. Original folds as issued; some minor uneven tanning; in very good condition. An uncommon chart of the Pacific Ocean and Australia showing magnetic variation and dip drawing on observations made in the course of Pacific voyages after 1775 most notably Cook's third voyage. It is most likely from a duodecimo edition of Buffon's 'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière' around the end of the eighteenth century 'PL. III. Tome XVI' and 'Page 58' are printed in the top margin. It is based on a larger chart in four sheets attributed to Jean-Charles de Borda. The engraver Tardieu is one of half a dozen members of the family working as engravers at the period one of whom P.A.F. Tardieu would engrave the charts published in the official account of the Baudin voyage. F. Dufart unknown
18571004304to 11 ½ x8 ¾ original law calf morocco illustrated 4 134 85102 114 2 iv 64 pp. Some scuffing and wear to covers slight gouge to front joint chipping to edges. Two plates detached one with a chipped corner. Overall very good. Organized by the War department under the direction of Jefferson Davis who was Secretary of War at that time a collection of volumes was produced in the quest for the best route for a railroad to the West. Jefferson Davis wrote part of the introduction to this series and outlines the goals of the project. This report is on routes explored in Northern California and Oregon. Specifically the expedition was to look for a railroad route crossing the Sierra Nevada near the source of the Carson River and to see if it was feasible to connect the Sacramento valley with the Oregon Territory. Most of the color plates in this volume are located in the first three parts of the publication which is focused on topography geology and botanical subjects. This volume includes 23 color lithographs of scenery and botanical subjects 2 hand colored plates of birds and 24 steel engraved plates. Wagner-Camp 264a. Beverly Tucker, unknown
18561006214to leather spine and tips with marbled boards 36 Illustrations include 21 tinted/color lithographs one folding diagram two folding maps and a couple of black and white plates 36 14 136 127 175 pp. Binding with some wear at the spine and extremities hinges cracked some pages are a bit loose plates all present but probably not bound in correct order folding maps have a few tears some staining to front endpapers but not into the balance of the text plates and text show some aging foxing and browning but most plates resonably are clean. One of the great sources of information on the west the Pacific Railroad Reports also contains some great illustrations. This installment Vol. III is no exception. Included are some interesting and colorful pictures of the Mojave Indians and their territory. This report contains intelligence on an expedition near the 35th parallel which took the southern route due west to the Pacific Ocean from Fort Smith Kansas that was conducted by Lieutenant A.W. Whipple and assisted by Lieutenant J.C. Ives. Ives would make his own mark on western expansion a few years later in his travels on the Colorado River. The substantial amount of information on various Indain tribes makes this installment an important one. Since many of these volumes are broken for the plates they are getting somewhat scarce. Beverly Tucker, hardcover
196535870Fresno: Pacific Scene 1965. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 24pp. Slight tanning overall else very good in publisher's stapled wraps. Includes 'Poor Folks Got Rights if They'll Only Organize' by Elly Havawitz 'White House Cowboy' by Marshall Windmiller among others. <br/><br/> Pacific Scene paperback
19783413PSA / Pacific Southwest Airlines. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1978. Softcover. Original loose-leaf Boeing 727 training guide issued by PSA Technical Services as Document No. 4-13 with all pages revised 4 Dec. 1978. Light blue wrappers bound with original thumb-screw posts; well-illustrate d with List of Effective Pages at front. ; 5-1/2" x 8-1/2"; D 382 pp; Staining to front cover bleeding slightly onto first leaf; light soiling to rear cover. Pages clean and unmarked apparently little used. . PSA / Pacific Southwest Airlines paperback
1944222858Cairo.: Printing and Stationery Services M.E.F. Late1944. Colour map of the Pacific theatre. 66 x 93.5cm folding into eight panels. Occasional foxing though principally within the margins image itself largely unaffected. A curiously scarce map of the Pacific showing the furthest advance of Japanese forces and Allied progress in reclaiming lost territories. Although particular care has been devoted to marking out naval bases a few creative liberties have been taken in the way of the true extent of the Japanese advance across the Pacific particularly in the Aleutians. . Printing and Stationery Services, M.E.F. unknown