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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
177521546Paris 1775. Very good condition. Detailed copper engraved map of Juan Fernandes islands in the South Pacific off the coast of Chile. The islands were the home of Alexander Selkirk a sailor marooned there in the early 1700s an event which may have served as the inspiration for 'Robinson Crusoe'. Selkirk was put off his vessel by a British captain and partner with Capt. William Dampier on a buccaneering expedition in search of Spanish vessels carrying gold. With an inset view of the northeast coast of the island at the top of the map. With compass rose rhumb lines and ornate cartouche.<br /> <br /> Bellin 1703 - 1772 one of the most noted French mapmakers of the 18th century was named the hydrographer chief cartographer to the French Navy and later the Official Hydrographer to the French King.<br /> <br /> One vertical fold 11 1/2 x 8 1/4". Strong impression very clean small chip to lower right edge only not affecting printed area. unknown
188032410N.p.: U.P.R.R. Photograph 1880. Very Good. N.p.: U.P.R.R. Photograph ca. 1880s. Small format albumen carte de visite 8.5x6cm mounted to card measuring 10x6.5cm. Brief smudging else Very Good to Near Fine. Portrait of a seated child about 18 months old. <br /> <br /> Verso printed in red with an engraved reproduction of the photographer's studio which was housed in a railway car that the photographer S.B. Silvis traveled around on the Union Pacific Railroad line. "Stereoscope & Landscape Views of Notable Points on Line of Pacific R.R. / Always on Hand." We can't find much about Silvis though a notice in Hailey Idaho in late June of 1888 announced that he was in town for a few days to take pictures through the holiday. . U.P.R.R. Photograph unknown
198110274Salt Lake City: Northwest Pipeline Corporation 1981. Revised September 30 1981. Spiral bound. Very good. Tall Quarto 9-1/4"x11-1/4"165 pp. figures diagrams Maps illustration of artifacts. Northwest Pipeline Corporation unknown
191515816Monrovia CA: Press of the Monrovia News. Near Fine. 1915. First Edition. Soft Cover. Clean tan soft pictorial cover with a closing flap for mailing. Ca: 1915. Illustrated with sepia photographs. Text's interior is tight clean & intact. Of all the lovely suburbs of Los Angeles none offers such alluring attractions as Monrovia. West Southern California Monrovia Los Angeles; Sepia Photographs; 8vo; 34 pages . Press of the Monrovia News paperback
193939102N. P.: Privately printed 1939. 1939. ALASKA. First edition. 8vo. 9" x 4" color pictorial wraparound wrappers 4 pp. including covers illustrated map. The map opens to a 20" x 8" color map that shows the travel from Vancouver along the inland waterways with all the stops shown and finally reaching Skagway to complete the journey inland to Dawson. On the right side of the map are all the ports visited along with a brief sketch of each. A small tear along the spine fold has been repaired by a paper conservator else near fine with the map in fine unused condition. Privately printed, [1939]. unknown
1942158754<p>ca. early 1942. Very good. 23 x 31 cm unfolded. Colour illustration on one side and menu and signatures on the other. About 55 ink signatures often with ranks. Faint stain on ship. <br /><br />Major General Arthur Edward Potts 1890-1983 was a Canadian general officer active in both world wars. In July 1940 Potts was promoted to brigadier and took over the command of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade. He led the brigade in Operation Gauntlet the commando raid at Spitsbergen intended to deny Germany the coal mining and shipping infrastructure equipment and stores on the island. "Force 111" consisted of two battalions of the brigade. Afterwards Potts was transferred to the Pacific shores of British Columbia and in 1943 was appointed commander of Military District 2 in Toronto.</p>
1902146031Winnipeg: Land Department 1902. Very good. 70 cm unfolded. 5 horizontal folds and 3 vertical. Two small holes in fold. One or two small tears in edges. Black and white and orange. Folds to 21 cm. Inset shows location within Canada. <br/><br/>Shows Saskatchewan River St. Albert Edmonton Leduc Lacombe Innisfail and surrounding area. Land Department unknown
19878764Bend: Deschutes County Historical Society 1987. First Edition. Cloth. As new. Size: Octavo standard book size. 118 pages. -- Illustrated with historical photographs index.-- Manilla envelope with 2 folding maps as called for. This book was issued without a dust jacket. Deschutes County Historical Society unknown
20069742Seattle: Norbert Press 2006. First Edition. Very good. 8vo. 211 pp. illustrated with black & white and color photographs index. Signed by the author. -- Corners bumped. Twickenham is an unincorporated community in Wheeler County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located along the John Day River between Service Creek and Mitchell Oregon. A bridge at Twickenham carries North Twickenham Road over the river. Norbert Press unknown
18870006159Washington DC : GPO 1887. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 large folding maps 4 chromolithographs of fish the salmon berry and McKay's Snow Flake bird. Quarto 102pp. original black cloth recased with new spine of leather top cover title intact new endpapers. <br/><br/>Report of the first expedition to record the Kowak River in Alaska its flora and fauna and the Bogoslov Volcano. Also the Noatak River. Ricks ALASKA p.118; Bennett PRACTICAL GUIDE TO AMERICAN NINETEENTH CENTURY COLOR PLATE BOOKS p. 52 -q.v. see note. 2 large folding maps 4 chromolithographs of fish the salmon berry and McKay's Snow Flake bird. GPO hardcover
20082091502135308460Sekaibunkasha 2008. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Sekaibunkasha paperback
19628672McMinnville Oregon: Almon A. Kerry 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Size: octavo 5-3/4" x 9". 64 pages. First blank fly-leaf bumped with resulting crease bottom front. -- The "Kerry Line" pamphlet is also in Near Fine Condition. The Kerry Line is bound in stiff cardboard wrappers and is 12 pages long. Almon A. Kerry hardcover
19651523Oregon: Published by the author 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Green leatherette with gilt titles signed by the author on the title page "Best Wishes Margie." A very good copy - lacking dustjacket. Minor wear at the corners and spine tips and two small light spites to the front cover appear to be the only blemishes. Interior is clean and tight with the author's signature being the only marking. 55 numbered pages a list of sources loosely credited and a frontispiece of "Indian Dan" in black and white. An unusual local history - Oregon residents will recognize the name Archie Knowles from a lovely campground on the 126 corridor. <br/><br/> Published by the author hardcover
19643107Seattle: Image Press 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo 58pp black cloth -- An obscure privatley printed book -- Closed split along the front spine edge from top to bottom -- Except for the aforementioned defect the book is in ecellent condition. -- Signed inscription on the f.e.p. by the author. -- Overall Condition. Image Press hardcover
1925560N.p. 1925. About very good. 32pp. Oblong octavo. Original pictorial chromolithographic wrappers stapled. Light wear and soiling to text heaviest to upper outer corner. Contemporary ownership inscription on title page. Pictorial souvenir of the Northern Pacific Railway’s Yellowstone Line with handsome images of sights along the route in Washington and Alaska. unknown
192513227Portland Oregon: Pacific Marine Supply Co. Very Good. 1925. Hardcover. Rubbing to the corners soiling to the covers. Contents are "fine". No published date in the book but the last date I find in pages is 1918. I am assuming it was published at some date after that. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 1469 pages . Pacific Marine Supply Co. hardcover
200810545Mountains & Rivers Press; Swamp Press 2008. Limiited Edition of 100 copies. This is #81. Signed by the author. Fine/fine. 12mo. 20 unnumbered pages Cover design by Stephen Leflar. Book design by Stephen Laflar and Ed Rayher. "Paulann Petersen is a former Stegner Fellow at Stanford University whose poems have appeared in many publications including Poetry The New Republic Prairie Schooner and Wilderness Magazine . Her first full-length collection of poems The Wild Awake 2002 was published by Confluence Press".-paulann.net. Mountains & Rivers Press; Swamp Press unknown
193540366Chicago: Poole Bros. Inc. 1935. 1935. RAILROAD CALIFORNIA. 3 1/2" x 6 1/2" gold covers with color pictorials in wrappers m. p. 12 pp. illustrated map timetable services. Map showing route between Chicago Kansas City and Los Angeles has the caption "10 hours quicker ---- Chicago - Phoenix than any daily through service by other routes." A complete Westbound and Eastbound schedule is provided. On each page is an attractive color drawing and a discussion of amenity provided such as the dining car the club car the ladies' lounge the men's shower the barber - valet the library and the observation car. Also listed are the services provided and the charges for each service such as ironing manicure hair cut etc. Fine bright copy. Poole Bros., Inc., 1935]. unknown
19849989Self Published 1984. Third Edition Revised and Enlarged. Near fine/very good . Expanded from 312pp. to 564pp. with new material. -- 8vo. 564 pp. textured boards historical photographs illustrations. -- A few small areas of wear to the outer extremities of the dust jacket. Overall Condition. "Arnold R. Rojas 1896 - 1988 has the distinction of being the most celebrated chronicler of the life and lore of California's Vaqueros. He did this in a series that he didn't start publishing until he was into his mid-50s his first "The California Vaqueros" in 1953. Ultimately he would publish seven books over the years the final one being "Vaqueros and Buckaroos" in 1979. He wrote about what he knew and loved - the life and ways of the old California vaqueros - men he rode and worked with for over fifty years. he wrote down the memories of all those years for as he said "These are stories as seen through the eyes of old vaqueros they are something of the splendor of those days for there will never be another cattle ranching era in California that produced such men."-eclectic-horseman.com. Self Published unknown
1917025165Southern Pacific Company. Good. 1917. Pamphlet. Trifold pamphlet with polychrome wraps. Each panel is paginated. Includes a map of the Apache Trail on the Southern Pacific Sunset Route a full page illustration of the route a map of the Southern Pacific lines and colorful illustrations on each page. Wraps have 2.5 inch tears along two of the folds and light wear. Good condition. The Apache Trail is a 120 mile route from present day Globe to Phoenix Arizona that was used first by the Apache to navigate through the Superstition Mountains then as a stagecoach route and finally as a scenic auto road for tourists such as those traveling with the Southern Pacific. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 20 pp . Southern Pacific Company unknown
19012221875<p>Map of San Francisco: Showing points of special interest to attendants the Fifth International Convention of the Epworth League July 18-21 1901 folding map of 21" x 28" printed in black & red.With numbered locations of places of Methodist interest and historical. Verso of map with 23 panels detailing trips excursions to Yosemite Valley Southern California including Pasadena Redlands Riverside Palo Alto Santa Cruz Lick Observatory. Very good minor wear; short tears at folds.</p><p>San Francisco before the 1906 devastating earthquake.</p> unknown
191017192Southern Pacific Railroad. Good. 1910-1940. Hardcover. The ledgers are worn with tape reinforcing the spines. Misc. Inserted papers loose with dates from1906 to the 1944. Pages of blueprints of items to be made for the railroad signs etc. handwritten notes of lumber to be ordered for various projects. One ledger has the date 1916 written in the front on the fep. That volume is a "car inspector's record book". The listings give car numbers and condition or repairs; the dates run up to 1922. The second ledger is mostly empty with a lot of pretty boring blueprints inserted loose. In the back are loose pages of contracts for work with detailed decriptions and specifications written in a very neat hand. These pages are not dated but the pages themselves were printed in 1896 and there is a receipt tipped onto one page dated 1899. Not the most historically significant collection but should be pretty fun for an S. P. Fan. Sorry I don't have pictures. Sold as-is what-it-is. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall . Southern Pacific Railroad hardcover
19174703Portland OR : Published by the author 1917 . First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 438 vi pages red cloth cup mark on top cover. <br /> <br/><br/>Tipped to the front pastedown is a Autograph Note Signed in 1929 to Mrs. Barnett from Margaret C. Splawn responding to Barnett's request for a copy of this book. "It is to present the Indian side of the War of 1855-8 that the writer has undertaken this work. He has spent many years in gathering stories and statements as to why they fought and how they fought descriptions of their battles and names of the killed and tounded. The task was difficult since superstition keeps the red man from talking to the white man on such subjects. . that I have always treated them right gained me their confidence --Preface." Splawn was involved with every aspect of the frontier. Some chapters tell of the cattle and cowboys gold mining British Columbia and much more. With Plates. Splawn was President of the Washington Live Stock Association and the Cascade International Live Stock Association and ran unsuccessfully to be Governor of Washington State. Howes S838; HERD 2136 Published by the author hardcover
1948021604<p>Dallas Texas: Texas & Pacific Railway Company 1948. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Original tan decorative wraps 50 pages illustrations. Includes a story of how discussions around the dinner table at Hashknife Ranch about where to locate a major cattle shipping center almost prevented the founding of Abilene Texas. Six-Guns 163 "A little book issued by the Texas and Pacific Railway now scarce. It contains some material on Sam Bass and his robberies of Texas and Pacific trains at Eagle Ford and Mesquite.".</p> Texas & Pacific Railway Company paperback
