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20059671San Francisco CA: Pacific Editions 2005. First Edition thus one of 48 copies all on BFK Rives paper signed by the author Barry Lopez and the artist / designer / publisher Charles Hobson in pencil and numbered by Hobson. Page size: 11 inches x 12 inches. Bound: with original USGS maps for the concertina binding which when opened creates its own vista of mountains and valleys representing the maps that figure so prominently in the Lopez story covers made of paper over boards paper reproducing a 1911 map of Bogotá from the collection of the Library of Congress publisher's slipcase of wood-grained paper over boards with brass-toned metal label holder attached to spine of box holding white paper label with title and author in black all suggesting a map cabinet which plays a pivotal role in Lopez's story further housed in tan corrugated paper board slipcase slipcase and board covers made by John DeMerrit with the assistance of Kris Langan new. <br/> The book opens with images of hands emulating gestures of a map maker at work reproduced as digital pigment prints on transparent film. The book also contains landscape images and an image of pencils from the writing desk of Barry Lopez printed as digital pigment prints from monotypes with pastel all created by Charles Hobson. The text has been printed letterpress by Les Ferriss in Garamond Narrow type. The book and images were created by Charles Hobson who assembled the book with the assistance of Alice Shaw.<br/> Barry Lopez's THE MAPPIST was originally published in 2000 in LIGHT ACTION IN THE CARIBBEAN. It is a multi-layered story perfectly embodied by Charles Hobson's book. Themes of hidden identities searched out and deciphered hidden intentions coded in seemingly disparate actions and the tantalizing possibilities of bringing order to a chaotic history are beautifully served by the combination of maps that are the subject of the story and literally hold the story together. The story itself is certainly one of the wittiest "legends" ever devised for its surrounding map. The reader is challenged with images thrown up by the author and artist: bits of map interspersing text bits of map as foredge and gutter outside edge on any turn of the page a phrase full of possibilities "he was a patriot" and suggestions in the form of queries: was Lewis Mumford a populist When "The Mappist" gives the narrator a copy of his very rare book THE CITY OF GERANIUMS the reader is doubly seduced with this act of generosity or is it instinct to preserve one's values for the words are preceded and followed by a page of transparent film with the image of a map being passed from one hand to another. Turning the film page the reader is confronted with the act being completed and the hand off accomplished. The narrator finishes his tale with a ride down a very dark gravel road using the sound of the tires on the crushed stone as his "map." We are left wondering where will we find our maps - and will we be able to read them - or remember what we've read. Pacific Editions' THE MAPPIST will certainly help in this ongoing quest. Pacific Editions unknown 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
20069924San Francisco CA: Pacific Editions 2006. One of 38 copies all on BFK Rives and Strathmore papers incorporating hand-colored cotton and jute twine each signed and numbered by the two poets and artist / designer Charles Hobson who assembled the edition with the assistance of Alice Shaw. Page size: 7-1/2 x 8 inches; 48pp. Bound: two signatures sewn in an accordion structure fabric and paper over boards red printed label on spine; housed in fabric-covered slipcase with red jute twine ties. The design of the book incorporates twine which actually weaves through the text. Inspired by the poem and evoking the experience explored in the text the string / thread acts like a drawn line and can be moved around by the reader to change the "drawing" and the experience. The reverse folds of the book contain images of beets to accentuate characteristics of the poem. The string-like roots and the fullness and ripeness of the vegetable shapes recall and emphasize the individual words from the poem that the artist has chosen to reprint with the images: voice awaken heart distance breath birth. <br/>The poets Paula Sager and Lizbeth Hamlin are practioners and teachers of Authentic Movement a practice that is concerned with the exploration of relationship. In its simplest form there is a mover and a witness. The mover with eyes closed waits for an impulse to move. The witness follows or tracks his or her own experience while being present and attentive to the mover. Their poem is rhythmic and flowing an exploration of insight discovery and personal revelation which is aimed at showing how we as human beings long to relate.<br/>Charles Hobson created the images and reproduced them in hand-colored high resolution digital prints. The text was set by Mr. Hobson in Cantoria MT Light following the authors' original spacing and printed offset. Each page is a visual delight with the text weaving swooping and dipping around the red cotton and jute twine sometimes under the threads with the ensuing shadows but always carrying forward the theme of connectedness. The reader is propelled forward following the motion of the words with the implicit motion of the "thread" of the book. Once again Charles Hobson has taken text and conceived of and created a structure that embodies that text. The reader / viewer is the richer for it. We are presented with a concept and it is explored in the text and then again in the book's structure. And the beets / beats . ! They are the organic imagery that not only move the eye forward but hold the eye with pleasure for at least a beat or two. One could dance to this book and I suspect that was the intent of authors and artist. Pacific Editions unknown books
195440449Los Angeles: Pacific Electric 1954. 1st printings presumed. Grey cloth oblong binder yellow endpapers. Loose papers printed with black ink on white and yellow paper. Binder worn and age-toned still tight. All papers lightly rubbed and age-toned. Withal a VG collection. Many leaves within binder printed recto and verso. 50 -60 loose leaves also printed recto and verso. Charts located throughout. Oblong format:. <br/><br/>We believe though it is never expressly stated that these timetables were published by Pacific Electric a privately owned mass transit system in Southern California consisting of electrically powered streetcars light rail and buses and the largest electric railway system in the world in the 1920s. The timetables range over a number of years including: 1945 1946 1948 1949 1950 1953 & 1954. Pacific Electric hardcover books
19203541Los Angeles: Pacific Electric Railway 1920. Single sheet 20.5 cm x 41 cm printed on both sides that folds to pamphlet size 20.5 cm x 10 cm. Folds as issued. Very good. Promotional piece for Pacific Railways trip up Mt. Lowe that offers a description of the trip up by rail with a schedule and a brief description of 'Ye Alpine Tavern'. Illustrated with views.<br/><br/>"So in this small sketch must be described only the most salient features of the great trip. Go with us therefore on this little journey letting your imagination garnish the facts and with your most vivid imagery you will find upon making the tour in reality the ruddy glow you have thought to paint has become but a mere tint of the color. Pacific Electric Railway unknown books
1920305408Los Angeles California Pacific Electric Railway n.d. ca. 1920. 1920. 16" x 9". Brochure folds to form eight panels with color borders. Printed in orange green and black. Eight b/w halftone photographs. Fine. No signatures or bookplates. The trips included: Mount Lowe; Balloon Route; Old Mission. Orange Empire Riverside San Bernardino Redlands. The front panel with view of Mission Inn Riverside. The back panel with view of Smiley Heights at Redlands. No Binding. Fine. Los Angeles, California, Pacific Electric Railway, n.d., ca. 1920. unknown books
1920305393Los Angeles Pacific Electric Railway n.p. ca. 1920. 1920. 8 1/4" x 9 1/8". Pictorial color brochure opens to form four panels. Illustrated with seven halftone photographs. Text printed in orange and black. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. No Binding. Very Good. Los Angeles, Pacific Electric Railway, n.p. ca. 1920. unknown books
40367Los Angeles: Pacific Electric n. d. Ca. 1927. Blue and orange lettering printed on beige paper. Modest wear to edges slight age-toning to paper small chip to top left corner no losses small crease to bottom left corner. Withal a VG example. Broadside printed recto only. Blue and white photographic image of Lindbergh. 17-1/2" x 6" <br/><br/>Colonel Charles Lindbergh made the 3600 mile trip from New York to Paris in 1927 and won instant fame as the first person in history to be in New York one day and Paris the next. From the beginning Lindbergh's fame and success introduced chaos and tragedy into the pilot's life. A very private family the Lindberghs were devastated at the kidnapping and murder of their oldest child Charles Jr. at just 2 years old. So grand was the trial that the pilot and his wife exiled themselves to England the year that the murderer was put to death. Though he steadfastly denounced "womanizing" in other pilots and men decades after his death it was found that the famous "Lone Eagle" had fathered 7 children out of wedlock with three European mistresses. As public as his private life now is the man was notoriously outspoken as an advocate of keeping the US out of world conflict as the country formally entered WWII. Nevertheless the pilot strongly supported the war effort after the attack on Pearl Harbor and flew 50 combat missions in the Pacific Theater of WWII. Lindbergh had many talents aviation being just one of them. The pilot designed a watch that would make navigation easier for pilots after his transatlantic adventure. He was also a bestselling author after his novel "WE" was introduced to the public in 1927 the same year of the flight. a very busy man and was an instant hit. In 1930 Lindbergh invented a perfusion pump known as the "Model T" to make heart surgeries possible. He strongly advocated developments in science and aviation. However he lost much of his popularity during the beginning of WWII when denouncing the United States' involvement in the war - much of his speeches being deemed anti-Semitic. This belief was not without some sound reasoning as even in his diary the pilot states that we must limit our Jewish influence. that it was too bad about a high level of Jewish percentage in the total population as reactions "invariably occur" because "a few Jews of the right type are I believe an asset to any country". Charles Lindbergh died of lymphoma in Maui in August of 1974. A few statements in regards to the publisher of this welcoming broadside - as a privately owned mass transit system Pacific Electric was probably one of the best-known and most extensive systems in the United States. This Southern California company consisted of streetcars light rail and buses - and was the largest electric railway system in the world by the 1920s. The railroad itself was created in 1901 by Henry Huntington a Vice-President of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Huntington wanted to consolidate travel in Southern California by creating a universal bus rail and trolley system where tickets could be interchangeable and therefore travel less hectic. This handbill advertises Charles Lindbergh's visit to Los Angeles on September 20 1927 as part of his 48-state tour of the country following his historic cross-Atlantic flight. The broadside includes a list of "reduced fares" to Los Angeles; information regarding the parade downtown as well as the Public Reception at the Los Angeles Coliseum at 3:30pm. 2 institutional holdings located on OCLC University of Southern CA & Yale. Rare in the trade. Pacific Electric unknown books
40362Los Angeles: Trans-Anglo Books n. d. Ca. post 1962. White paper printed in black and red. Moderate wear to edges slight rust spots from paperclips curling and rubbing to edges. Otherwise a VG example. Broadside. Single sheet printed recto only. Large map illustration of Southern California. Oblong format:. <br/><br/>"Pacific Electric Railway. Wells-Fargo & Co. Express World's Greatest Electric Railway System. 1000 Miles of Standard Trolley Lines to All Points of Greatest Interest in the Heart of Southern California and Traversed by 2700 Schedules Trains Daily. Including 5 Trains at Convenient Periods to World Famous Mount Lowe." "Here is the way the Pacific Electric Railway looked in 1926 when the system was reaching its peak. The interurbans ended all operations in 1961. Map reproduced from Trans-Anglo Books' Ride the Big Red Cars by Spencer Crump." Trans-Anglo Books unknown books
195440422North Vancouver BC: Pacific Great Eastern Railway Co 1954. 1st printing. White paper printed in black. Modest wear to paper faint creasing both horizontal and vertical light edgewear & age-toning. Withal an About VG example. Single sheet folded once. Charts within. Oblong format: 11" x 16" <br/><br/>The Pacific Great Eastern Railway Co. PGE operated as such between 1912 to 1972 whereupon it was sold to the Canadian National Railway and operated as BC Rail until 2004. It was the third largest railway in Canada and operated within British Columbia. Pacific Great Eastern Railway Co 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
38814n. p. n. d. Ca 1877. Bit of discoloration at top. Adhesive residue along verso edges. Period date of "5/18/77" in recto lower margin. A VG copy. Pale blue card stock printed both sides. Typographical border. Card verso with departure dates for Japan Hong Kong Sydney Auckland & PNW ports. 5-13/16" x 3-1/4" <br/><br/>The Pacific Mail Steamship Company was founded in 1848 as a joint stock company under the laws of the State of New York. The company founders had acquired the right to transport mail under contract from the United States Government from the Isthmus of Panama to California. The company initially believed it would be transporting agricultural goods from the West Coast but just as operations began gold was discovered in California and business boomed almost from the start. During the California Gold Rush in 1849 the company was a key mover of goods and people and played a key role in the growth of San Francisco California. In 1867 the company launched the first regularly scheduled trans-Pacific steamship service with a route between San Francisco Hong Kong and Yokohama and extended service to Shanghai. This route led to an influx of Japanese and Chinese immigrants bringing additional cultural diversity to California. A rare survivor from the era documenting the firm's Far East routes. unknown books
187634111New York: Erie Railway Company 1876. First Edition. 32pp. illus colored fold map at front; numerous full page illustration throughout. Original printed wrappers with the inside rear wrapper having a map of the route and the outside wrapper a view of Niagara Falls. Extracted from a bound volume. Rather scarce. Erie Railway Company unknown books
19201305San Francisco. 1920. Hardcover black cloth boards post bound. . Very good. . 4to. hardcover books
1993165128San Francisco: Pacific Maritime Association 1993. 69p 8.5 x 11 inches thirty pages on labor relations and on the ILWU. Pacific Maritime Association unknown books
1964ms2010N.l.: Pacific Northern Airlines 1964. 2nd printing. Octavo pictorial wrappers stapled 23 pp. Photos. Near-Fine. Pacific Northern Airlines, [1964]. unknown books
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 paperback books
46896Seattle: the Association 198-. 1p. flyer on A. Philip Randolph published as part of a series of flyers on the labor movement 8.5x11 inches very good condition. the Association unknown books
1974247582Portland OR: International Woodworkers of American & Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers 1974. Pamphlet. 6p. wraps minor creasing else very good condition 8.5x11 inches. International Woodworkers of American & Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers unknown books
191540559San Francisco: Pacific Novelty Company of San Francisco 1915. 1st printing. Green marbled paper wrappers gilt & brown embossed lettering and design to front wrapper. Stapled. Modest wear to wrappers with light closed tears and rubbing to edges. Unpaginated but 32 pp. 31 b/w photographic images of the Exposition. Oblong format: 9-1/2" x 12-1/2" <br/><br/>Includes breathtaking views for example of: the Palace of Education Reflected in the Fine Arts Lagoonthe Entrance to the Great South Gardens the Avenue of Progress the Dome of the Horticultural Palace the Fountain of Ceres the Tower of Jewels the Palace of Transportation and the Court of the Four Seasons. Pacific Novelty Company of San Francisco unknown books
1973016775Washington: U. S. Government Printing Office. Good with no dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Softcover. Soft off-white card wrapper with green mountain design on cover. Staple-bound. Wrapper is dirt-soiled and rubbed at edges. Some light wrinkling to interior pages. Otherwise clean. Spine is sturdy. Fold-out map at rear. ; 10 1/2" x 8"; 57 pp . U. S. Government Printing Office paperback 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
1989232832San Francisco: The Foundation 1989. 20p 5.5x8.5 inches memorium sheet laid-in performer bios and photos very good program booklet in stapled white pictorial wraps. Fundraiser. The Foundation unknown books
1997231939Tokyo: Pacific Press Service 1997. First. paperback. fine. Rheims Bettina. Illustrated throughout with 77 photographs some in color. Short introduction in Japanese & English. photo captions in Japanese & French. Slim 4to pictorial wrappers. Tokyo: Pacific Press Service 1997. First edition. A fine copy of this scarce exhibition catalogue.<br/><br/> Pacific Press Service unknown books
18841544648th Cong. 1st Sess. SED. 1884. No.121. 1884. 11pp disbound. Inner edges a bit rough. Very Good. unknown books
