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dola2503Montreal: 1930. First Edition. Edwards & Lort 712. 4to. pp. 24. 5 colour illus. after paintings by A.C.Leighton D.Maxwell A.Sheriff Scott et al. & numerous b/willus. after photographs. large folding coloured map. pictorial wrs. short split in lower spine. dola2503 [Montreal]: 1930 unknown
193627989Canada: Canadian Pacific 1936. A color map showing the world wide service of Canadian Pacific railway and steamship lines. <br /> <br /> 21 3/4 x 9 1/4" folds to 4 1/4 x 9 1/2" tan card covers black text. Cover slt. dusty otherwise fine condition. Canadian Pacific unknown
191260346London: Sir Joseph Causton & Sons Ltd. 1912. 4to. 10 x 12 in. 118 xli 1 pp. Colour-tinted frontisp. illust. border on title text border illustrations photo illustrations throughout elaborate illustrated advertising section at rear for “Celebrated Firms and Leading Companies†contracted with and using the CPR. Pebbled padded red cloth publisher’s binding gilt lettering embossed on front cover t.e.g. minor edgewear rubbing dustsoiling still VG bright copy w/ presentation printed slip on title w/ the Compliments of The Dominion Express Co. First edition of this lavishly illustrated travelogue on the Canadian Pacific Railway trains and steamships in the Edwardian era. He touts the advantages of traveling on their transatlantic ocean liners Empress of Britain and Empress of Ireland by rail across the prairies through the Rockies to Banff and onto British Columbia. Homer details sailing on the SS Princess Victoria to Vancouver Island staying at the newly built Empress Hotel and then onto Japan & China onboard the Empress of Japan. Sir Joseph Causton & Sons, Ltd., hardcover
1930P2525Montreal: Canadian Pacific c. 1930. Very Good; laid down on acid-free paper for long-term preservation. Image Size : 276x415 mm 10.87x16.34 Inches Platemark Size : Paper Size : 302x444 mm 11.89x17.48 Inches Coloring: Printed in Color Medium: Lithograph Categories: Advertising; Transportation Ships; Posters; Canadian Pacific unknown
1920P4220Montreal: Canadian Pacific c.1920. Very Good. Laid on acid free tissue paper for long term preservation. Notes: A charming advertisement for the Canadian Pacific fleet sailing between North America and Europe during the early 20th century. Image Size : 279x204 mm 10.98x8.03 Inches Platemark Size : Paper Size : 328x257 mm 12.91x10.12 Inches Coloring: Printed in Color Medium: Offset Lithograph Categories: Transportation Ships; Advertising; Posters; Canadian Pacific unknown
19276495Winnipeg Manitoba Canada: Canadian Pacific Railway Company Department of Colonization and Development N.D. Circa 1927-1928. First Edition First Printing. Card Covers. Unpaginated pp. 24. Oblong 12mo. measuring 14 x 22 cm. Illustrated twice-stapled covers. Published by the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. Department of Colonization as part of their efforts to recruit farmers and settlers in Western Canada in the early part of the 20th century. Comprises of twenty-one sepia-tone captioned photographs each capturing in remarkable detail various agricultural scenes throughout the Canadian Prairies. Faint tide-mark to the right margin of the front cover throughout to some of the preliminary leaves entirely affecting the legibility of the text or of the photographs. Corresponds to Peel 2198 which states a possible publication date of 1895 though this is likely too early. See also OCLC #464429637. Rare in commerce. <br/><br/>"These scenes are actual photographs and tell more emphatically than any words the story of successful agricultural production in Western Canada. They argue convincingly that you too can find prosperity and happiness on these low-priced fertile lands." Canadian Pacific Railway Company, Department of Colonization and Development unknown
19276574Winnipeg Manitoba Canada: Canadian Pacific Railway Company Department of Colonization and Development N.D. Circa 1927-1928. First Edition First Printing. Card Covers. Unpaginated pp. 24. Oblong 12mo. measuring 14 x 22 cm. Illustrated twice-stapled covers. Published by the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. Department of Colonization as part of their efforts to recruit farmers and settlers in Western Canada in the early part of the 20th century. Comprises of twenty-one sepia-tone captioned photographs each capturing in remarkable detail various agricultural scenes throughout the Canadian Prairies. One barely perceptible short closed tear to the front cover else near fine; contents uniformly without blemish with bright clean and unmarked leaves. Overall near fine. Corresponds to Peel 2198 which states a possible publication date of 1895 though this is likely too early. See also OCLC #464429637. Rare in commerce. <br/><br/>"These scenes are actual photographs and tell more emphatically than any words the story of successful agricultural production in Western Canada. They argue convincingly that you too can find prosperity and happiness on these low-priced fertile lands." Canadian Pacific Railway Company, Department of Colonization and Development unknown
19030103564N.P. Winnipeg: Canadian Pacific Railway Company 1903. Stapled Wraps. pp. 80. 8vo. Black and white maps and photographs. Fold-out map to inside rear cover showing system of land survey and lines of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Age-toning and foxing to covers rear cover detached chips and tears to edges minor tear to fold-out map; good. [Canadian Pacific Railway Company] unknown
189431668San Francisco 1894. Original staples and printed wrappers with wrapper title as issued. 12pp lightly toned Very Good.<br /> <br /> The Mass Meeting attacked the "Railroad Octopus" which assails the people "by unjust accumulations and intelligent and determined concentration of power for bad ends . . . Its cupidity its selfishness its trickery the debasing pressure exerted upon every form of industry and the unprincipled use of money and of purchased intellect by a powerful railroad monopoly has checked our progress and reduced us to virtual slavery for twenty-five years." <br /> OCLC lists twelve copies under two accession numbers as of October 2024. Not located in Rocq Cowan or BRE. unknown
1889354257San Francisco: H.S. Crocker & Co 1889. 70pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine chipped. Small old stamp on titlepage. Very good. 70pp. Introductory material by Leland Stanford. A positive report on the Central Pacific's dealings with the government. <br/><br/> H.S. Crocker & Co unknown
193846532Chicago: Manz Corporation 1938. 1938. 9 7/8" x 6 3/4" in color pictorial wrappers. 57 pp. index illustrations many in color maps schedules itineraries. Booklet filled with information about pictures of and Itineraries for 12 different tours lasting from 8 - 19 days and costing from $82.07 to $364.26. Most of the tours include Yellowstone National Park and go on to offer extending tours to Salt Lake City The Royal Gorge Colorado Springs Denver Zion Bryce Canyon Grand Canyon Cedar Breaks Estes Park. Offers a 14-day tour to California Old Mexico and Yosemite as well as a 13-day tour that visits the Pacific Northwest Mt. Rainier the Canadian Rockies Banff and Lake Louise. Descriptions of and information about Yellowstone National Park Salt Lake City Zion Bryce & Grand Canyon National Parks. Map of Yellowstone National Park with route of railroad and route of auto trips marked; Map of Southern Utah Parks with bus tour and bus side-trips marked along with a small table of distances; Map showing the routes of all tours of the National Parks. General information offered including information on hotels and lodges in the parks baggage what to wear church services information for the woman who travels alone touts the comfort convenience and pleasure of each and every tour etc. Numerous photographs throughout probably about half of all photographs are in color. Pictures include interior of train Old Faithful the Tetons Tower Canyon various wildlife important buildings Royal Gorge Bear Creek Canyon individuals participating in various activities Horseshoe Park Garden of the Gods Columbia River Lake Louise San Francisco Mariposa Grove Grand Canyon Bryce Canyon etc. Light soiling rubbing to spine and light wear to the extremities. Very good. Manz Corporation, 1938. unknown
193946531Chicago: John C. Pollock Department of Tours 1939. 1939. 9 7/8" x 7" in bright colorful pictorial wrappers depicting a man and woman riding on a train and looking at the beautiful mountain view through a large window. 65 pp. index illustrations many in color maps schedules itineraries. Booklet filled with information about pictures of and Itineraries for 15 different tours lasting from 8 - 20 days and costing from $82.02 to $363.47. Most of the tours include Yellowstone National Park and go on to offer extending tours to Salt Lake City The Royal Gorge Colorado Springs Denver Zion Bryce Canyon Grand Canyon Cedar Breaks Estes Park. Offers a 14-day tour to California Old Mexico and Yosemite and the Golden Gate International Exposition as well as a 13-day tour that visits the Pacific Northwest Mt. Rainier the Canadian Rockies Banff and Lake Louise. Descriptions of and information about Yellowstone National Park Salt Lake City Zion Bryce & Grand Canyon National Parks. Map of Yellowstone National Park with route of railroad and route of auto trips marked; Map of Southern Utah Parks with bus tour and bus side-trips marked along with a small table of distances; Map showing the routes of all tours of the National Parks. General information offered including information on hotels and lodges in the parks baggage what to wear church services information for the woman who travels alone touts the comfort convenience and pleasure of each and every tour etc. Numerous photographs throughout probably about half of all photographs are in color. Pictures include interior of train Old Faithful the Tetons Tower Canyon various wildlife important buildings Royal Gorge Bear Creek Canyon individuals participating in various activities Horseshoe Park Garden of the Gods Columbia River Lake Louise San Francisco Mariposa Grove Grand Canyon Bryce Canyon etc. Light soiling light rubbing to spine and light wear to the extremities as well as creasing to corners. Very good. A nicely produced booklet. John C. Pollock, Department of Tours, 1939. unknown
194046534Chicago: The Regensteiner Corporation 1940. 1940. 9 7/8" x 6 3/4" in color pictorial wrappers. 65 pp. index illustrations many in color maps schedules itineraries. Booklet filled with information about pictures of and Itineraries for 15 different tours. Most of the tours include Yellowstone National Park and go on to offer extending tours to Salt Lake City The Royal Gorge Colorado Springs Denver Zion Bryce Canyon Grand Canyon Cedar Breaks Estes Park. Descriptions of and information about Yellowstone National Park Salt Lake City Zion Bryce & Grand Canyon National Parks. Map of Yellowstone National Park with route of railroad and route of auto trips marked; Map of Southern Utah Parks with bus tour and bus side-trips marked along with a small table of distances; Map showing the routes of all tours of the National Parks. General information offered including information on hotels and lodges in the parks baggage what to wear church services information for the woman who travels alone touts the comfort convenience and pleasure of each and every tour etc. Numerous photographs throughout probably about half of all photographs are in color. Pictures include interior of train Old Faithful the Tetons Tower Canyon various wildlife important buildings Royal Gorge Bear Creek Canyon individuals participating in various activities Horseshoe Park Garden of the Gods Columbia River Lake Louise San Francisco Mariposa Grove Grand Canyon Bryce Canyon etc. Minor rubbing to spine and light wear to the extremities. Very good plus. The Regensteiner Corporation, 1940. unknown
196839971N.P.: Privately printed 1968. 1968. 7 1/2" x 5 1/2" with white front cover and with street scene of San Francisco showing cable car in foreground and the Golden Gate Bridge in the background. Rear cover is blank. Buffet offerings include doughnuts ice cream juices cigars playing cards candy bars various alcoholic beverages etc. Below listing is the announcement that "For your protection: Liquors and cordials are contained in individual original bottles. Employees are instructed to open bottles in your presence. Sale of liquor in individual bottles to carry away is prohibited." Light tanning to edges and with light wear to the extremities. Very good. Privately printed, 1968. unknown
189837912Chicago: Poole Bros. 1898. 1898. COLORADO. 8 1/2" x 6 1/2" in color pictorial wrappers. 44 pp. illustrations. Information on Manitou Colorado Springs Pikes Peak the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway side trip to the Grand Canon of the Arkansas various parks the Rocky Mountain Limited etc. Double-page drawing of "The Rocky Mountain Limited" above the floor plan of the train above a line map of the route from Chicago to Denver. Numerous illustrations of scenes along the Great Rock Island Route. Wear and rubbing to corners and spine. A nicely produced booklet. Poole Bros., 1898. unknown
18851099Chicago: Geo. F. Cram 1885. Good plus. Large folding pamphlet approximately 20 x 41.5 inches. A few small chips and short closed tears at edges; several short separations and very minor losses along folds. Contemporary agent's ink stamp on cover panel. Tape repair across portion of horizontal fold; one panel with patches of light staining. A scarce colorful promotional for the Rock Island Route as well as its national and international connections with a fascinating stamp of an Australian sales agent. One side of the sheet prints an extensive promotional text and timetables for the various routes and services of the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway. The main side of the sheet prints a map of the United States with state borders shaded in four colors highlighting the principal routes of the Rock Island from Chicago to Minnesota Iowa and Kansas and its connections to points on both the East and West Coasts. An inset map at lower right promotes the Rock Island as part of a transcontinental route between the United Kingdom Ireland and Australia. Most interestingly this copy is stamped on the cover panel with the information of a George. H. Hibbard "Australian Passenger Agent America's Cons'd Trans-continental Railways 6 Bridge Street Sydney N.S.W." Hibbard was evidently the agent in charge of distributing information about the trans-America route in Sydney one of its end points.<br /> <br /> Several issues of this map were published during the 1880s all scarce. We locate copies of the present 1885 issue at Stanford SMU and the Library of Congress. Geo. F. Cram unknown
193049325Chicago: The Travel Guild Inc. 1930. 1930. 11" x 8 1/2" in colorful pictorial wrappers. 32 pp. Illustrations. Index. Itineraries. Printed in brown and with photos in sepia. The "House Party" trains are all sleeping car trains that travel through the Pacific Northwest and Canadian Rockies. They carry a recreation car for dancing bridge receptions lectures community singing and other social activities; a lounge car for reading observation; a special baggage car and dining car. The trains offer radios dynamic phonographs baths the latest magazine and a special buffet service. Information about to include what tourists can expect to see and do as well as pictures of several tours . Pacific Northwest and Canadian Rockies Tour; Yellowstone Salt Lake and Colorado Tour; the Great Circle Tour which includes Colorado Indian Detour Grand Canyon California and Canadian Rockies; the Yellowstone Park Tour; etc. Information about a 7-day Yellowstone Park Extension; a 10-day Alaska Extension Tour and a 7-day Indian Detour. Numerous photographs throughout. Light soiling on wrappers and with light wear to the extremities. Very good. A nicely produced booklet. The Travel Guild, Inc., 1930. unknown
200763972Portland OR: Ooligan Press Portland State University & Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association 2007. 4to. 109 3 pp. Title & text in Chinese & English printed in red & black w/ photo illustrations illustrations throughout. Red publisher’s cloth gilt lettering front cover & spine colour plate mounted front cover w/ open-backed slipcase NF/NF copy from the library of Tom Atiyeh. First edition 1st printing of this excellent work tracing the Chinese diaspora into the Pacific Northwest following the 1849 California Gold Rush seeking riches in Oregon gold mines coastal fisheries working salmon canneries building railroads surviving extreme racism legal discrimination and exploitation. Not to be confused with very common softcover issued under the same title. Ooligan Press, Portland State University & Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, paperback
43989London, British Museum Publications, 1979, in 8° broché, 143 pages ; 117 illustrations ; couverture illustrée en couleurs.
195560170Elma WA: Fulco Publications Press of The Elma Chronicle 1955. 8vo. 8 229 1 pp. Illustrated title photographic illustrations. Red cloth gilt lettering on spine slight shelfwear minor rubbing w/ d.j. cover art logging scene chipping head & foot of spine closed tears at joints old scotch tape repairs to spine & some offset ghosting still a NF/Fair copy inscribed by the author on the ffep. from library of Pete Hurd w/ bookplate on ffep. First edition signed. This scarce Northwest title was written by the former secretary to Washington State Governor Louis F. Hart and founder with Frank Satterlee of the Olympia News in 1924 and finally a consulting criminologist. This work includes the crimes adventures mass murderers and manhunts for John Tornow Billy Gohl Harry Tracy Frank Romandorff Henry Plummer Boone Helm Doc Howard Chris Lowry Peter Miller and many others. Very scarce in original dustjacket. Fulco Publications, Press of The Elma Chronicle, hardcover
19434384Southwest Pacific: Directorate of Intelligence 1943. Quarto red cloth binder viii approximately 167 pp. odd pagination illustrated with tables and diagrams and a map. Binder cloth worn preliminary leaf shows signs of insect bites on bottom and top left corner otherwise a good copy. Pilot instruction manual belonging to a man named G. Erickson matricule: 413558. 3 additions were made to this manual on February 26th 1945 March 5th 1945 and April 1st 1945 respectively.</p> <p>This manual is divided into seven parts: handling of information enemy aircraft own aircraft shipping interrogation and reporting general and references. Directorate of Intelligence unknown
190261457San Francisco CA: The History Publishing Co. 1902. Thick folio. 11 x 13.5 in. 545 3 31 1 xiii 1 pp. Extra-illustrated title text illustrations plates rubricated initials photogravure plates preserving tissue guards rubricated initials and more throughout. Full calf on beveled boards cover decoration & ornament embossed in blind on front cover gilt lettering stamped on front cover & spine gilt inner dentelles a.e.g. expertly rebacked w/ original spine laid-back down minor repairs to corners endpapers renewed ink markings & annotations on a few pages still a VG- tight and sound copy of this very heavy tome. First edition of this lavish production detailing the founding and growth of Freemasonry Lodges in the Oregon Washington Idaho & Montana Territories and later States including specific biographical details of key personnel. The weighty work opens with a narrative of the origins of Freemasonry the Scottish Rites and the Knights Templar as well as the rise and progress of the Mystic Shrine and Eastern Star. In 1846 7 Freemasons organized and petitioned the nearest lodge in Missouri for a charter granted for the Multnomah Lodge No. 84 in the same year. The first Masonic lodge in Washington was located in Olympia in 1853 while still part of the Oregon Territory. The History Publishing Co., hardcover
1908138240High Bluff Manitoba: Edwin C. Blair c1908. Undetermined. very good. 24pp. Oblong quarto. Black cloth photo album rubbed with some loss of cloth on front board. Spine reinforced with additional patterned cloth. 24 albumen photographs loosely inserted between 12 double-mounted leaves. 10 photos are signed "Blair" a few with additional titling in pen to photo. 23 photos with a stamp on verso: "Real photographs of real life in Canada by Edwin C. Blair High Bluff Manitoba; 1 photo stamped "Photo by E.C. Blair. Two photos are dated 1908. Photos measure approximately 6.75" X 5". very good A fantastic collection of photographs documenting the construction of the Grand Trunk Railway in Alberta. Includes a variety of subjects such as horse-drawn lumber operations steam-powered construction equipment hard rock excavation construction of the Battle River and Clover Bar bridges steam locomotives and camp life. 1908 Edwin C. Blair unknown
1951109953Paris, Payot, coll. « Collection de mémoires, études et documents pour servir à l'histoire de la guerre mondiale » 1951 In-8 broché 23 cm sur 14. 246 pages. 20 cartes. Bon état d’occasion.
1995LFA015d4Revue trimestrielle de l'Institut international de géopolitique : environ 100 pages, format 210 x 280 mm, illustrée, brochée couverture couleurs sous jacquette illustrée
