2002Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Signed by Mary C. Wright (ed.) Michael Reese, Elizabeth Salas, Jacqueline B. Williams, Kay Reinartz, Robert S. Fisher, all on the title page. Contents include: Creation stories: rethinking the founding of Seattle, The Duwamish Valley pioneer in early King County history, The theatrical history of Seattle to 1930, Buddhism comes to Seattle, Mexican-American women politicians in Seattle, Building a Vietnamese Community from scratch: the first fifteeen years in King County. From the blurb: Twelve essays explore the history of Seattle and King County, Washington, with a special focus on social, cultural, and ethnic history. Adding a new perspective to knowledge of the Pacific Northwest, writers including University of Washington historians, independent scholars, and community activitists have dug in archives, interviewed community members, and researched far and wide to uncover new stories and offer new understandings of our collective past.
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 35 pages; two fold-out plates. Catalogue of the exhibition at the Portland Art Museum of Hilda Morris' sumi paintings, Portland, Oregon, 1984 (not dated specifically in book). Foreword by Donald Jenkins; biographical information and bibliography.
1981A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Maroon leatherette cover with gilt lettering. Tears on edge worn dust jacket. Map endpapers. 144 pages. 6 1/4"w x 9 1/4"h.
1998Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. Signed by author on title page, marked "First Edition" on publisher's page.
2001A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full brown cloth boards. Previous owner's name inside. Worn price-clipped dust jacket with small tears. 9 3/4"w x 10 3/4"h. 238 pages. Many b&w photos.
19934to [27 x 21 cm]; 159, [xiii] pp, many illustrations, including colored, including many full-page, maps, bibliography, index. original pictorial heavy paper wraps, title lettering on spine and cover, fine and clean, with the loose leaf of prices realized and with the loose prospectus for the sale including colored illustrations. A picture of this book is available upon request b A beautifully illustrated Sotheby's sale of books on Australia and Pacific, from a collection amassed over many years, describing 278 items in detail, very well-illustrated, sale held in London, 25 June 1993. A very useful reference covering a period of 400 years of exploration beginning with the first publication of Rotz's great atlas from 1542 and including Pacific voyages and discovery, the first fleet and settlement of Australia, first fleet association copies, coastal surveying of Australia, inland exploration, etc.
1954Very light foxing to first and last few pages ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 269 pages
2001A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 294 pages.
19498vo [23 x 16 cm]; v, 310 pp, illustrations from drwgs by James Fuller, maps including map endpapers showing routes of explorers in this area, bibliog, index. original cloth, dj (chipped at edge, sunned, price clipped), front endpaper bound upside down by publisher, else near fine in good+ dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The history of this area, east of Australia in the South Pacific, with an emphasis on early explorers but also some more recent history.
1958In-8°, leg. in tutta tela edit. con tit. al dorso, pp. 423. Con alcune ill. in nero intercalate nel testo, 18 doppie tavv. f.t. di foto a colori e 2 carte geografiche su doppia pagina.
2000réf. 100091460Baroni 2000 208 pages in8. 2000. Broché. 208 pages. iconographie en couleurs et en noir et blanc
Lisboa, Tipographia da Academia Real das Sciencias, 1855. Folio.; 38 pp. Cubiertas originales en papel impreso. Un raro e interesante estudio sobre las posibilidades del "phormium tenax", formio, lino ó cáñamo de Nueva Zelanda, tambien conocido como "phormium cookianum", y en maorí: "harakeke" y "wharariki", descubiertas por el naturalista Jacques Labillardière quien recolectó linos indígenas cuando los barcos franceses visitaban el lejano norte de la Isla Norte de Nueva Zelandia en 1793.
1964réf. VF250701964 263 p., 33 figs, num. pls (depicting 68 fishes), 1 map, new green cloth. Library stamps (Zoological Museum Amsterdam). Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land. Scarce.
Oxford, at The Clarendon Press, 1941. 4to. mayor; 3 hs., 208 pp. Encuadernación original en tela estampada.
2007Book is in excellent condition with one lightly bumped corner as the only flaw. Dark brown cloth HB covers with gilt print at spine, decorated endpapers. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 398 pages. From the flyleaf: "This magnificent compendium is the first comprehensive exploration of the Arts and Crafts legacy in the Pacific Northwest. It traces the movement from its nineteenth-century English beginnings to its flowering in Washington and Oregon through the 1920s and beyond, weaving into a tale of idealism and devotion everything from iconic masterpieces to recent discoveries." Contents include: Bungalows for everyone, Retreating to nature, Artful interior, Handcrafted in the Pacific Northwest, Painting and printmaking, Photography, Graphic arts, printing, and the book, etc. Copyright 2011 Pistil Books
First Edition, small 4to, xvi, 333pp., orig. cloth.
2026réf. LRB4003773Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 442 pages. Printed on premium paper. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1894. A detailed late 19th-century railroad and travel guide covering the Northern Pacific Railroad and its branches with practical information for tourists and travelers. The work describes states cities towns scenery history resources population industries products and natural features of the Great Northwest making it valuable for researchers interested in American railway history western expansion and regional topography. This guide offers a broad portrait of the Northern Pacific route and the territories it served combining travel information with historical and economic observations. It is of particular interest to collectors and scholars of railroadiana travel literature and the development of the American Northwest. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
19668vo., First Edition, with 51 plates on 24 and 16 maps (one double-page and several full-page) in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With fine personal armorial bookplate on front paste-down. A concise but accurate account, published in the notable Batsford 'Battles' series. Enser, p.315; Law 0611.
193525 pages. Plus photographic plates and a fold-out colour map. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. A fascinating travel expedition account of the tropical Pacific islands designated the 'New Hebrides.' The Oxford University Scientific Expedition's two-fold remit was to ascend and survey the region's highest mountain and to study the breeding seasons of a selection of the area's indigenous animals. Having designated Santo Peak as the region's highest mountain, the party performed various reconaissance surveys, took barometer and odometer readings, made a collection of insects despite the heavy rain as well as a good collection of plants, featured among them several orchid species - and provided a description of its summit. Having selected five animals (the parrot, lizard, fruit-bat, insectivorous bat and the passerine bird) for a detailed study of breeding seasons, various observations were recorded. Features detail of the local Sakau people and appendices relating to exploration of the Tawoli river, the birds of Espiritu Santo, survey equipment employed and regional geology.
2026réf. LRB39027847Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 586 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1880-1900. Text in English. This publication served as the official organ of the Pacific Coast Association of Architects from January to April 1882 and subsequently for the San Francisco Chapter of the American Institute of Architects from May 1882 onward. It covers volumes 1-3 spanning the years 1880 to 1882 and provides valuable insights into architectural and building practices in California during this period. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
1976réf. 87833DU PACIFIQUE 1976 In-4 cartonné 29,2 cm sur 22. 120 pages. Traces d’humidité sur les trentes premières pages en haut de page . Jaquette en état moyen. Bon état d’occasion.
1994In-folio (cm. 41), tela editoriale, sovracoperta editoriale illustrata, custodia editoriale in tela, pp. 163, (13), XLIV tavole fuori testo, con illustrazioni a piena pagina, diverse ripiegate, a colori. In buono stato di conservazione (good copy).
réf. A9781013508578Hardback. New. hardcover
1962Official souvenir program to the 1962 Century 21 Exposition held in Seattle, Washington. Small pieces missing at the top and bottom of spine; wear to cover. 8 1/2'w x 11"h. 96 pages. Color photos and illustrations from the exhibition, many focusing on space and science, and advertisements from local businesses.
19508vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; 176 pp, colored frontis from painting, other colored plate, photo plates, map endpapers, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, small crease at upper spine, small bookplate of H. A. H. Insull, else near fine and clean in fair dj (chipped at spine end, rubbed, tear, not price clipped). A picture of this book is available upon request by e A description of the plant hunters of New Zealand, biographies of exploration, of a country of most unusual plants. Bagnall 472. The colored plates, one being of orchids, are from Margaret Johnson's fine paintings.
