1964réf. O22829CCharles E. Tuttle Company 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Book has minor wear. Dust jacket has a little edge wear and is price clipped. Stated First Printing. No additional printings. PROMPT PROFESSIONAL SERVICE! Charles E. Tuttle Company hardcover
1922réf. 10415Santa Maria California: Pacific Coast Publishing Co 1922. Second and Revised Edition. Hardcover. Good to Good . 8vo. pp.232 white oil cloth covers table of contents a number of blank pages for hand written recipes throughout the text. -- Spine protected with clear tape. frontispiece of the Presbyterian church; has big chip out top front corner. Inside paste down and blank side of the frontispiece has hand written recipes local advertising interleaved throughout the text. Page 122 has bottom quarter of text obscured with pasted in recipe. Page 123 has pasted in recipe obscuring most of an advertisement. A couple of more pages have hand written recipes obscuring recipes or pasted over a blank page. A few newspaper clipping recipes laid in loose. -- Binding sound. Pacific Coast Publishing Co hardcover
réf. 26753Honolulu: Paradise of the Pacific Press 1914. Special Panama-Pacific International Exposition Edition. Pages 64 pp.24mo. Paper bound. Special Panama-Pacific International Exposition Edition. Illustrated throughout w/ black & white photographs & map. Final page contains a nice Mark Twain quote. An extra set of pages 1 through 12 and 53 through 64 are bound in. Else in fine condition. Honolulu: Paradise of the Pacific Press 1914. unknown
réf. 534Southern Pacific Co. & Chamber of Commerce Stockton Cal. 1901. 11� x 9� unfolded. Single sheet of stiff card stock folded in half. 1/2 left blank with ruled lines for addressing as a postcard. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Advertising San Joaquin County Cal. and Stockton. Minor soiling. In very good condition. Southern Pacific Co. & Chamber of Commerce, Stockton, Cal. 1901. unknown
réf. 27225n.p.: Southern Pacific Company Pacific System 1903. Revised edition June 15 1903. Pages 164 pp.16mo. Bound in full brown leather stamped in gilt. All edges stained red. Revised edition June 15 1903. Illustrated. Some soiling throughout. Owner's signatures and scribbling on endpapers and few interior pages. Book is a bit cocked spine starting to split a bottom edge. Scarce. (n.p.): Southern Pacific Company (Pacific System) 1903. hardcover
1936réf. 62691Salem OR: Travel & Information Dept. Oregon State Highway Commission 1936. 4to. 19 1 pp. printed in blue & black photo-illustrated throughout 2 maps. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers center crease fold from original mailing faint tidemark to upper left corner back cover minor shelfwear still VG- bright copy w/ original postmarked illustrated mailing envelope to L.E. Bundy in Fairfield ID dated May 28 1936. First edition of this surprisingly uncommon automobile travel brochure issued during the depths of the Great Depression as Oregon’s anti-New Deal and severely racist governor Charles Martin 1863-1946 attempted to encourage expanded automobile travel and tourism in Oregon to revive the lagging economy. The photographs capture Oregon’s scenic spots from Cannon Beach to Native American fisheries at Celilo Falls and the Pendleton Round-up. Worldcat locates 2 copies U of O U of W. Travel & Information Dept., Oregon State Highway Commission, paperback
réf. dola2502Montreal: 1928. Edwards & Lort 710 incorrectly calling for 12 colour reproductions of paintings. oblong folio. pp. 28. 11 colour illus. after paintings by H.R.Perrigard J.E.H.Macdonald C.Rungius et al. & numerous b/w illus. after photographs. self-wrs. centre crease from folding in half slight chipping to edges of last leaf. dola2502 [Montreal]: 1928 unknown
2007réf. 63972Portland 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
1927réf. 51699San Francisco: Southern Pacific Lines Printed by Sunset Press ca. 1927. 4to. 80 pp unpaginated. 74 photo plates. Colour-illustrated softcovers yapp edges wraparound cover art by Maurice Logan 1886-1966 one of the California Society of Six Painters who produced boldly coloured impressionistic paintings and watercolours in constrast to the muted tonalims and landscapes of earlier San Francisco painters such as Keith and Hill. The front cover painting of New Orleans Broulatour Mansion in the French Quarter was commissioned by the Southern Pacific for their 1927 souvenir book travel poster and postcard slight shelfwear very slight creasing slight tidemark upper left corner still a VG bright copy. First edition of this beautiful brochure chronicling the points of interest along the Sunset Route including New Orleans African-Americans picking peppers Houston Waco San Antonio Charles Nackee famous Apache Scout in southern Arizona Yaqui Indian Village orange groves near Los Angeles filming movies in Hollywood and more. Southern Pacific Lines, Printed by Sunset Press, paperback
1883réf. b41197Washington: U.S. Senate 1883. First Edition . Disbound. Near Fine. Complete title: "Message from the President of the United StatesTransmitting A letter from the Secretary of the Interior respecting the ratification of an agreement with the confederated tribes of Flathead Kootenay and Upper Pend d'Oreilles Indiana for the sale of a portion of their reservadtion in Montana Territory." Chester A. Arthur's letter which precedes the 28-page document plus the appended 8 maps is dated January 19 1883 This is in near fine disbound condition with the 8 maps evidencing a a few insignificant short tears at the folds. U.S Senate 2nd Session Ex. Doc. No 44. U.S. Senate unknown
1966réf. 64705Seattle WA & Portland OR: Superior Publishing Co. 1966. 4to. 275 1 pp. 100s of photo illusts many in colour. Black cloth gilt lettering w/ d.j. cover art w/ images of Northwest Coast Indigenous artwork slght scuffng edgewear couple minor closed tears NF/VG. First edition edition of this well-illustrated work on how the Native American Indigenous Peoples of the Northwest Coast stretching from Alaska to Washington drew their materials from PNW forests constructed carved and ornamented chests boxes totem poles implements and masks in enormous quantity. In addition Guther examines the fine details on their horn spoons close-packed weaving in the Chilkat blankets ermine-decorated headdresses and more. Superior Publishing Co., hardcover
1901réf. 51889Forest Grove OR & Portland OR: Pacific University; Press of Mann & Abbott 1901. Tall 8vo. 160 pp. Photo illustrations text illustrations illustrated ads. Green cloth illustration of oak tree in black gilt decorative lettering on front cover minor shelfwear rubbing slight bumping to corner still VG copy. First edition of this scarce and early yearbook for the noted Liberal Arts College in Forest Grove founded in 1849 as the Tualatin Academy. Worldcat locates 2 copies. Pacific University; Press of Mann & Abbott, hardcover
1949réf. 69540Los Angeles: The University of Southern California Press 1949. Paperback. Good. 245pp. Octavo 23.5 cm Gray printed wraps. Several small chipped losses to the surface of the spine and to the bottom fore-edge corner of the front wrap. Wraps mildly toned at the edges. Text block cracked at p. 204. Notation in pen on first page. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions Volume 13 Number 2. The 1000-ton vessel Velero III a floating research lab funded by Los Angeles oil millionaire Angeleno George Allan Hancock 1875-1965 enriched early ocean research tremendously. Hancock acted as captain aboard the research vessel and the Velero III would undertake yearly months-long scientific expeditions throughout the Pacific Ocean with scientists geologists paleontologists and marine biologists from university institutions the Smithsonian the Steinhart Aquarium the San Diego Zoo and the Bureau of Fisheries. The University of Southern California Press paperback
réf. 28133St. Lucia:: University of Queensland Press 12980. First Printing of the First UK Edition. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. The author reconstructs the discovery and navigation of the Torres Strait between Australia and Southern New Guinea by Spanish Captain Luis Baez de Torres. "Which passage did he use through the strait Did he see the mainland of Australia Which islands did he stop at-- Captain Brett Hilder gathered together all the clues and set out to establish the day-to-day route of Torres from his landfall-- to the end of his voyage in Manilla." University of Queensland Press, unknown
1949réf. 69540Los Angeles: The University of Southern California Press 1949. Paperback. Good. 245pp. Octavo 23.5 cm Gray printed wraps. Several small chipped losses to the surface of the spine and to the bottom fore-edge corner of the front wrap. Wraps mildly toned at the edges. Text block cracked at p. 204. Notation in pen on first page. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions Volume 13 Number 2. The 1000-ton vessel Velero III a floating research lab funded by Los Angeles oil millionaire Angeleno George Allan Hancock 1875-1965 enriched early ocean research tremendously. Hancock acted as captain aboard the research vessel and the Velero III would undertake yearly months-long scientific expeditions throughout the Pacific Ocean with scientists geologists paleontologists and marine biologists from university institutions the Smithsonian the Steinhart Aquarium the San Diego Zoo and the Bureau of Fisheries. The University of Southern California Press paperback books
1951réf. 5046South Wenatchee: Terminal Hotel 1951. First Edition. Stiff Poster Stock. Very Good. Wilkinsons. Fulll color poster on heavy poster stock measuring 10 x 16 inches with a 1951 calendar affixed with two staples. Artwork features a young boy with his dog and a kite squinting at skyward as four two-engine airplanes fly overhead. Slight dampstain on part of the cloud which almost appears as an artistic flourish. Withal quite presentable. The calendar is presented "Compliments of Joe Beuzer" who was either the co-founder of the hotel or a relative of the Beuzer who built the hotel with partner Pesch in 1922. A charming piece of Americana. Now protected in a clear archival sleeve with acid-free backing. [Terminal Hotel] unknown
1920réf. 52056St. Paul MN: Northern Pacific Railway ca. 1920. 4to. 16 pp unpaginated. Title illustrated & printed in red & black map in red & black numerous photo illustrations rubricated initials. Colour-illustrated softcovers wraparound cover art of wagon train by Frank B. Hoffman 1888-1958 noted Western commercial artist who illustrated many travel posters and brochures for the Great Northern Railroad and the Northern Pacific slight shelfwear NF. First edition thus of this well-illustrated Northern Pacific brochure extolling and detailing the Lewis & Clark Expedition to the Pacific Northwest and the parallel route adopted by the NPRR over 75 years later. Of particular interest are the photos by Curtis Haynes Gifford & Schlecten of Montana Astoria Fort Snelling Sitting Bull & Buffalo Bill General Custer Gold Creek MT Last Chance Gulch Indian Scouts at Custer Battlefield and more. Northern Pacific Railway, paperback
1965réf. 35870Fresno: Pacific Scene 1965. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 24pp. Slight tanning overall else very good in publisher's stapled wraps. Includes 'Poor Folks Got Rights if They'll Only Organize' by Elly Havawitz 'White House Cowboy' by Marshall Windmiller among others. Pacific Scene paperback
1965réf. 35870Fresno: Pacific Scene 1965. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 24pp. Slight tanning overall else very good in publisher's stapled wraps. Includes 'Poor Folks Got Rights if They'll Only Organize' by Elly Havawitz 'White House Cowboy' by Marshall Windmiller among others. Pacific Scene paperback books
réf. 2579Washington D.C.: Printed by Lemuel Towers 1859. . 8vo disbound; gutter showing evidence of previous pamphlet binding; first and last leaves no long conjugate; ink spots on final page which is age-darkened. [Washington, D.C.]: Printed by Lemuel Towers, , 1859. unknown
réf. 2579Washington D.C.: Printed by Lemuel Towers 1859. . 8vo disbound; gutter showing evidence of previous pamphlet binding; first and last leaves no long conjugate; ink spots on final page which is age-darkened. [Washington, D.C.]: Printed by Lemuel Towers, , 1859. unknown books
1925réf. 48473Portland OR: Passenger Traffic Department Southern Pacific Lines Irwin-Hodson Co. March 11 1925. 4to. Printed & bound in double-columns center fold. 32 pp. Numerous text illustrations photo illustrations double-page colour centerfold of Crater Lake National Park maps. Colour-illustrated softcovers beautiful Jazz Age cover art of hikers amongst the mountains & forest slight shelfwear very slight rubbing VG copy. Early printing of this wonderfully illustrated promotional travel brochure for the Southern Pacific including wonderful photo illustrations of hotels motels attractions beaches and more. Passenger Traffic Department, Southern Pacific Lines, Irwin-Hodson Co., paperback
1924réf. 44000Omaha: The Acorn Press 1924. 1924. 10" x 7" in green pictorial wrappers showing an illustration of a geyser at bottom corner. 40 pp. illustrations maps. General description of Yellowstone Park followed by information on its history the environs of the park its climate the geysers the Great Falls Mt. Washburn the Tower Falls region Mammoth Hot Springs wildlife various forms of transportation to and within the park descriptions of tours within the park as well as pricing etc. Double-page map of Yellowstone Park and area showing routes of park tours in orange trails roads railroads etc. Last page of booklet offers a full-page system map. Black and white photographs throughout to include pictures of scenery wildlife individuals participating in various activities etc. Center two pages disbound pages lightly soiled and with light wear to page edges. Wrappers lightly soiled and with light wear to the extremities. The Acorn Press, 1924. unknown
1940réf. 60690Omaha NE: The Colonial Press 1940. 8vo. 10 265 1 ix-xliii 1 pp. plus 1 large folding table. Over 150 text photo illustrations. Embossed & textured burgundy-coloured cloth raised gilt lettering front cover & spine minor shelfwear slight rubbing slight rippling to textblock still VG copy inscribed by Pryde on 2nd flyleaf. First edition inscribed of this informative history of the Union Pacific Coal Mine dept. originally formed in 1874 when the company decided to form their own coal department after being vastly overcharged by Wyoming Coal Co. Union Pacific Coal Co. produced most of Wyoming’s coal in mines located in and around Rock Springs WY. The Colonial Press, hardcover
1979réf. 2357San Diego: Department of Geological Sciences San Diego State University 1979. Paperback. Good. Yellow wraps with black printing and cover map no indication of printing. A good copy but with significant wear to the cover - corners bending soil to the light colored covers and darkening to the spine panel and the front edge. Interior is much better. Clean and unmarked with binding feeling strong with no creases. 286 pp. some black and white charts maps and photos. A guide book for field trips in 3 parts - Gem-bearing Pegmatites Point Sal Ophiolite and Peninsular ranges Batholith in San Diego and Imperial Counties. Hard to find in any condition. Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University paperback