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192629213Tokyo: National Research Council Dept. of Education 1926. A nearly complete file of these guide-books to the geology of Japan prepared for the delegates of the Pan-Pacific Science Congress; 24 of 26 volumes small 8vo each generally fine in original printed wrappers 6 to 50 pages many with plates and maps some folding some in color; contained in a new gray cloth clamshell box. Including: The Ainu; Geology of the Ikushunbets Coal-Mining District; Nikko; Hakone; The Ashio Copper Mine; The Hitachi Copper Mine; Sendai and Matsushima; The Iwaki Radio Station; Kamakura and Enoshima; Fossil-Localities in the Environs of Kioroshi; The Kasori Shell-Heaps; The Hundred Caves at Yoshimi; The Misaki Marine Biological Station; Kyoto Nara Osaka Kobe; Miyajima; Unzen Volcanoes; Bepu the Hot Spring City; The Besshi Copper Mine and Yashima; The Mike Coal Field; Aso Volcano; The Kuma-Gawa; Sakura-Jima Volcano; and Aoshima. The set lacks but two volumes: The Lake District Around Mt. Fuji and Chichibu. <br/><br/> National Research Council, Dept. of Education hardcover books
19868966Berkeley CA: Pacific Editions 1986. One of 165 copies all on Twinrocker handmade rag paper each signed by the author and artist. Page size: 12 inches x 8-1/4 inches. Bound by Klaus-Ullrich Rotzscher: gilt stamped morocco and Twinrocker paper in custom clamshell box. Four of the five etchings accompany each of the four essays by Thomas and a fifth For Quartet weaves visual metaphors of the themes of the four essays. The etchings incorporate a variety of graphic techniques including aquatint spitbite drypoint and hard and soft ground methods. They were proofed by Kay Bradner at Katherine Lincoln Press and the edition was printed by Robert Townsend and Kate Hanlon. The text is handset in 16 point Bembo and Centaur and printed letterpress at the Arif Press by Wesley B. Tanner who also designed the book. Title calligraphy is by John Prestianni. This is a real collaborative effort among artists and the result encompasses Thomas' central themes: the dominant role of symbiosis in life on our planet; guarded optimism in the face of great odds; the magical role of music and metaphor; and the idiosyncracies of language and communication. The late Lewis Thomas National Book Award winner had a long and distinguished career as a scientist before combining that career with that of writing. Joseph Goldyne trained as a physician before embarking on a career in art. His work is widely collected and critically acclaimed. Pacific Editions unknown books
1940WRCAM55587Various places in the American West as described below below 1940. Sixty-nine photographs 8 x 10 inches each mounted on linen and bound in two volumes. Oblong small folios. Black pebbled vinyl secured by brads. Moderate wear to covers a few photos creased at edge and most starting to curl linen backing fraying on some photos but overall very good. A collection of striking promotional photographs created to enhance Union Pacific Railroad travel brochures. This collection is focused almost exclusively on the Western United States. The first volume consists primarily of campus photos of western universities with captions in pencil on the verso. Photographs portray the Universities of Nebraska Oregon Wyoming Colorado Denver Kansas Idaho and Montana; Oregon Washington Montana and Kansas State Universities; and finally Stanford University College of Idaho Midland College Nebraska Doane College and Creighton University. The last five photos are images of entrees perhaps for dinner menus on western routes. A number of these photos are stamped "Please Credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo" on the verso. <br> <br> The second volume is composed exclusively of scenes from Colorado with typed captions on the verso. There are images from Rocky Mountain National Park more broadly including Alberta Falls Pike's Peak Railway and the Hidden Inn but the majority are in and around Colorado Springs. There are shots of the Broadmoor and Antlers Hotels downtown Colorado Springs Seven Falls Garden of the Gods Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Cheyenne Mountain Lodge and Will Rogers Shrine. The album then moves to southwestern Colorado with images of Ridgway scenes along the Million Dollar Highway Steamboat Springs San Juan Mountains and Silverton and Molas Lake. A number of these photos are also stamped on the verso with Union Pacific stamps these specifically mentioning the Public Relations Department in Los Angeles and including the identification number of the negative. unknown books
1970151354N.p.: N.p. 1970. Archive of 32 vintage photographs documenting the October 20 1970 collision of two trains along the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad line in Raytown Missouri. Also included in the archive is a single broadside reward poster offering $5000 for information pertaining to the accident. <br/><br/>According to a contemporary newspaper article which appeared in nearby Jackson County's Independence Examiner the accident was believed to have been caused by juvenile vandalism to a nearby track switch. The collision and subsequent derailment resulted in the death of one engineer whose partial body is visible in several photographs. <br/><br/>The photographs in the archive range from close-up shots of the mangled train cars and tracks to distance views of the surrounding woods. Frequently displayed in the images is a small handwritten police chalkboard noting the date location and case numbers. A vivid and interesting look at investigative photography and railway disasters in the late twentieth century. <br/><br/>Photographs 10 x 8 inches housed in a manila envelope with the logo of Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Co. on the top left corner. Reward poster 9 x 12 inches. Poster and photographs generally Near Fine envelope Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
19021511San Francisco 1902. Very good. 120pp. including twenty plates many folding. 12mo. Original limp calf front cover gilt lettered. Light wear to spine and extremities. Internally quite clean. A very interesting early 20th-century manual and rule book for personnel in the Maintenance and Way Department of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Contained here are rules and instructions for a wide array of railroad employees including roadmasters bridge superintendants trackmen bridgemen and other watchmen. The principal portion of the text comprises nearly 270 general rules and regulations such as those governing the adjustment of woodtruss bridges lining and surfacing track keeping clear rights of way and establishing standards for numerous other basic repairs on track ties signals and other critical infrastructure. A short appendix contains laws from the several states in which Southern Pacific operated regarding the accidental killing of livestock by trains and railroad employees. At the rear are twenty plates many folding with reference diagrams for track and other maintenance projects.<br /><br />This edition is revised from the first edition of 1898 with a substantially different pagination. Several plates have been excised from the rear of this copy; however the only other copy that we locate of this work at UC Santa Barbara also is lacking a number of plates. books
1910WRCAM46067Various locations 1910. 26pp. containing eighty-six photographs nine colored photographs and one photographic postcard. Two photos 8 x 6 inches the remainder approximately 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. Oblong quarto. Original black cloth. Binding separating from text block; corners and extremities worn. Photos clean many with manuscript captions. Good plus. Photo album of assembled snapshots showing various parts of Japan the Philippines Alaska Hawaii and Washington State. The two larger images are of Snoqualmie Falls in Washington the first showing the park area and the second showing the falls itself. The images appear to be in no particular order with scenes from all the various locales dispersed throughout the album. Other photographs show scenes in Manila including the "oldest church" a "Spanish transport sunk by Dewey" in the Spanish-American War Fort Malata other churches some water buffalo and other rural scenes in the area. Images of Honolulu include a group of school children the palace views in a park and some rural scenes including a waterfall. Images of Japan are primarily from Nagasaki Kobe and Osaka. They include views of the harbors and ships the dry dock at Nagasaki the lower and upper falls at Kobe Japanese peddlers aboard a ship "temple 2000 years old" at Nagasaki among others. Views of Alaska are primarily taken from off the coast showing Dutch Harbor from several angles. <br> <br> The transport ship Oopack is featured in several photos; the Oopack was a British merchant vessel that was sunk by the Germans in 1918 off the coast of Malta. Several unlabeled photos at the rear of the volume show what are presumably local scenes from home likely the Pacific Northwest. There are two farmers plowing a field behind a horse bathers at the seashore picnickers and other group photos. The picture postcard is a baseball team group shot and the colored images are views of Japan. hardcover books
193640149n. p.: A. G. Spalding & Bros 1936. Original publisher's pebbled blue cloth binding with gilt title stamping to front board. Gilt lettering a bit dull. Age-toning to paper. Overall a VG or better item. Unpaginated though 48 pp. "How to Score a Base Ball Game" p. 48. Paste-downs Spalding adverts. Oblong format: 5-1/2" x 7-3/8" <br/><br/>This scorebook from the mid-30s and was used to record primarily games from the Pacific Coast League. the first scores a game between Sacramento & Hollywood played in Los Angeles July 8 1934. Next comes Sacramento vs Oakland played in Oakland July 15 1934. A total of 23 games are scored including the October 3rd & 4th 1936 World Series games between the New York Giants and the New York Yankees. Gerhig hit a home run in each of these two games and such is herein recorded. Further this the first World Series played by the young phenom Joe DiMaggio. All-in-all a desirable piece of baseball history. A. G. Spalding & Bros hardcover books
195347241Concepción: by the Company 1953-4. First Edition. Quarto 27cm. Twelve monthly issues comprising the entire first year of publication. Bound into cloth-backed boards front and rear wrappers retained; each issue 16pp. Moderate external wear; punch-holes in bound margin of each issue else Very Good. A graphically impressive company journal issued by the major Chilean mining and manufacturing firm Compañia de Acero del Pacifico CAP. Founded in 1947 CAP is still one of the largest industrial concerns in all of Latin America. Huachipato a publication aimed toward the company's employees chronicles activities both within the company and in the surrounding apparently vast company town. In addition to industrial and technological achievements the publication documents the social life of the company's workers with much coverage of sporting and cultural events the town's soccer team also called Huachipato was elevated to Chile's primera división as early as 1965. The journal is noteworthy for its graphical sophistication with photo-montaged covers sprightly layouts and a mid-century aesthetic reflecting Latin America's internationalist ambitions during this period. Rare; OCLC 2020 locates just scattered holdings all for three or fewer issues; Texas and Cornell only in North America. by the Company unknown books
1944WRCAM41429Mios Woendi 1944. Three pages of typed index followed by sixty- two photographs each 5 x 6 1/2 inches. Photographs numbered in lower right corner corresponding to index and backed by linen. Oblong 12mo. Original Plexiglas binding brad bound with a cover reading: "Construction Photographs 55th Seabee's." The photographs are clean and clear. Near fine. A very interesting album of photographs documenting the construction of the U.S. Navy Base on the tiny island of Mios Woendi during World War II. Located in the Dutch East Indies near Indonesia Mios Woendi was an important base for American PT boats and for larger ships as well. The photographs in this album show the construction of the base by the U.S. Navy construction battalion known as the "Seabees." The photographs give aerial views of the island the dense foliage the Seabee's camp and dozens of detailed views of all stages of the construction of the base. Also dozens of PT boats - this could be "McHale's Navy." Likely produced in a very small number for military authorities and participants in the construction. We are unable to locate any other copies. unknown books
1950WRCAM43346N.p. 1950. 12 1/2 x 50 inches. Torn into two pieces measuring 35 and 15 inches in length. Folded. Else very good. Long decorated strip of tapa a cloth made from tree bark by native people in the islands of the Pacific Ocean. Though previously used as cloth for clothing by native peoples today tapa is worn primarily on ceremonial occasions and is prized as artwork in the Western world. This is a handsome example of tapa cloth which fascinated Captain Cook and other explorers of the South Pacific. hardcover books
1911100851Souvenir pamphlet 8vo colored printed pictorial wrappers illustrated 16 pp. Folded and creased down the middle with a little wear at the fold some minor rubbing to wrappers normal aging; otherwise very good. This is a scarce piece of ephemera commemorating the 1911 groundbreaking ceremony by President William H. Taft for the exhibition in the Golden Gate Park. While the purpose of the exhibition was to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal it seemed to function more as a worlds fair held in San Francisco. It took over three years to construct and the exhibition ran from February through December 1915. There are a number of black and white photographs in the booklet including a double page panoramic view of the city of San Francisco. The activities of the ceremony are recorded in this pamphlet which feature speakers songs marches and what they had for dinner Blair-Murdock Co., books
1910302511Pacific Electric Railway ca. 1910. 1910. Original photograph depicting 43 passengers men and women dressed in coats and hats at the Echo Mountain Terminal 3200 feet above sea level with printed descriptive information on the mount with pictorial green borders. 4 11/16" x 7 1/2" image on stiff 6 1/16" x 9" pictorial folder. No Binding. Fine. Pacific Electric Railway [ca. 1910]. unknown books
1916562St. Paul 1916. 64pp. Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers stapled. A scarce North Dakota promotional published by the Northern Pacific Railway focused on the agriculture of the state. The extensive text consists consists of detailed county-by-county descriptions of farming opportunities in North Dakota accompanied by numerous photographic images as well as the obligatory information on passenger travel and freight service available through Northern Pacific to these areas. A color map of the state with existing and proposed Northern Pacific lines is printed on the inside front wrapper. We locate three copies at Yale BYU and the State Historical Society of North Dakota. unknown books
1995044746San Francisco: Pacific Book Auction Galleries 1995. 4 volumes complete b/w illus. original blue cloth quarto format. "This is Number 3 of One Hundred Hardcover Copies Pacific Book Auction Galleries unknown books
191553715San Francisco: Robert A. Reid 1915. Second edition. Oblong quarto 21.5cm x 31cm. Publisher's pale blue cloth decoratively titled in gilt on spine and front cover; decorated endpapers; 328pp chiefly illus. An unusually fine copy in the original binding - virtually free of aging or wear but lacking the rare publisher's box. <br/><br/>Elaborately-produced view book publicizing the Exposition with views of pavilions and exhibits including numerous color plates. Highly uncommon in this condition. Robert A. Reid unknown books
1949291884Los Angeles.: Pacific Coast Building Officials Conference. 1949. Blue cloth gilt titles. Very good numerous owners’ stamps to endpapers and preliminaries light wear to spine ends. 20.5x14 cm. Scarce mid-century edition of this attempt to create a standardized building code. weight: 1.1 lb. Pacific Coast Building Officials Conference. hardcover books
194240352San Francisco: Western Pacific Railroad Co 1942. White paper printed with orange blue black and red ink. Modest wear to paper age-toned rubbed and creased. A VG collection of items. 11 items each of varying pages. Color and b/w illustrations to two of the three brochures. Various sizes: Timetables: 10-3/4" x 15-1/4". Brochures: 9-1/8" x 4-1/8 folded. <br/><br/>Includes: eight railway timetables numbers 24 2x 26 3x 27 30 36 and three brochures two time folders of the Feather River Route different publications & one California Zephyr advertising brochure. "Take the time to live a little. travel by train. See the wonders of America. at eye-level. Avoid highway hazards by dependable "All Weather" train travel in relaxed comfort. Take the family on your next trip aboard the Vista-Dome California Zephyr and stretch your travel dollar." Western Pacific Railroad Co unknown books
191347868Ristigouche P. Q.: Freres mineurs capucins Ste. Anne de Ristigouche 1913. 12mo pp. 306 2; bound with: Gtapegiemgeoel. Cantiques. pp. 32; 112 zinc-block illustrations throughout; red buckram with gilt title on upper cover; red stained edges; light toning to lower cover else near fine. Text in Mi'kmaq translated by Pacifique after the 1759 edition by Abbe Maillard. Pacifique de Valigny née Henri-Joseph-Louis Buisson was a Capucin French missionary who wrote and published a number of religious materials for the benefit of the Mi'kmaq and Gaspe people. <br/><br/> Freres mineurs capucins Ste. Anne de Ristigouche hardcover books
190573814San Francisco: Southern Pacific 1905. Wraps. Very good. Pictorial travel booklet highlighting the many sights one could visit while traveling through the Golden State on the Southern Pacific Railroad. The first ten pages focus on San Francisco which would be devastated by an earthquake less than a year later. Other excursions include Napa Valley the Big Trees of Santa Cruz Yosemite Valley Mount Lowe the New Hotel Glenwood in Riverside now known as The Mission Inn Avalon and Mission Santa Barbara. Includes rates and time tables as well as an advertisement for Sunset Magazine. Octavo: 40 p. with 38 textual photographs. Original printed paper wrappers bound with two staples. Small crease to the top corner of a single leaf. Minor toning and edgewear with a small smudge to the front panel; otherwise very good. Scarce OCLC locates only two holdings Bancroft and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Southern Pacific unknown books
194440351San Francisco: Southern Pacific Company 1944. Beige paper printed with blue black and orange inks. Brochure printed on orange paper. Moderate wear to timetables and posters rubbing creasing and light soiling apparent. An about VG collection. 15 items each of varying pages. Spreadsheets housed within each timetable. Various sizes: 10-3/4" x 15-1/4" oblong format to timetables. Brochure: 5" x 7" oblong. Posters: 12-1/2" x 19" <br/><br/>Includes: 8 Railway timetables numbers: 210 239 12 11 225 231 218 & 236 a small brochure on How to be a Southern Pacific Junior Engineer complete with question and answer test a pamphlet on the "End of an Era" about the run of San Francisco's Last Ferryboats and three posters with timetables printed on rectos blank versos. "All boys want to be real locomotive engineers someday. All of us want to run big locomotives that pull famous trains blow whistles give signals and do all the other things that make the engineer's job so much fun. Now boys don't have to wait until "someday" to be real engineers. They can be Southern Pacific Junior Engineers. It is very easy to be a Junior Engineer and it doesn't cost a cent." How to be a Southern Pacific Junior Engineer. Southern Pacific Company unknown books
19223527Buffalo: The Matthews-Northrup Works 1922. Color map 65 cm x 52 cm on a single sheet 69 cm x 56 cm printed on both sides and folds to pamphlet size 23 cm x 9 cm Very good. Folds as issued. Large map color map of California that locates the Southern Pacific rail lines. Printed over Nevada is an index to places in California and the adjacent border towns of Nevada. Three inset maps 'The Bay Region About San Francisco' 18 cm x 13 cm; 'Los Angeles and Vicinity Showing Pacific Electric Railway ' 8 cm x 13 cm; 'Comparative Area' 14 cm x 10 cm. Reverse contains "A Brief Description of its Resources Attractions Topography and Climate" over 15 numbered panels.<br/><br/>"It is worth while to know the California of today to know what you can do in it; what money you can make and what comfort you can find in it; what home life it offers. New opportunities await the newcomer because new activities are developing. Irrigation has made the great valleys attractive and created farms and town where only ranches existed. The Matthews-Northrup Works unknown books
190531253Honolulu: Mercantile Printing Co. Ltd. 1905. 86 2 blanks pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers. Scattered light foxing. Several blank margins have a wormhole. Good.<br/><br/> Constitution By-Laws Officers Missions Members doings at the Annual Meeting Reports of various committees. Mercantile Printing Co., Ltd. unknown books
191347850Ristigouche P. Q.: Freres mineurs capucins Ste. Anne de Ristigouche 1913. 12mo pp. 300; bound with: Gtapegiemgeoel. Cantiques. pp. 32; 111 zinc-block illustrations throughout; red buckram with gilt title on upper cover; red stained edges; near fine. This edition is has another variant with 6 additional pages including table of contents that is likely a later state. Text in Mi'kmaq translated by Pacifique after the 1759 edition by abbe Maillard. Pacifique de Valigny née Henri-Joseph-Louis Buisson was a Capucin French missionary who wrote and published a number of religious materials for the benefit of the Mi'kmaq and Gaspe people. <br/><br/> Freres mineurs capucins Ste. Anne de Ristigouche hardcover books
1903016410San Francisco: Pacific Art Company 1903. Large Octavo. 634p. Portraits and biographies of each of the major businessmen of the Pacific West Coast. Of course it has all sorts of professional men such as doctors and lawyers or furniture salesman but there is also a photograph of Jack London who had just published "The Son of the Wolf" Ambrose Bierce; Hubert Howe Bancroft Charles Lummis Joaquin Miller and on one page the Big Four Stanford Huntington Hopkins and Crocker the McClatchys of Sacramento Bound in full dark brown leather lettered and decorated in gilt spine lettring gilt spine has changed to lighter shade of brown top edge gilt gilt turn-ins marbled endpapers a very nice clean copy. Pacific Art Company unknown books
1910300407Los Angeles Pacific Electric Railway ca. 1910. 1910. Folding 4 panel brochure 8 x 16. 7 b/w photographs. Printed in yellow and black. Very good-fine. Includes time tables fair schedules geographical information on Alpine Tavern San Bernardino Mountain Auto Line. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. Los Angeles, Pacific Electric Railway [ca. 1910]. unknown books
