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
1913réf. 11349Portland Oregon: Architectural League of the Pacific Coast. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Rubbed at the spine ends and the endpapers are soiled. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall . Architectural League of the Pacific Coast hardcover
réf. 63-7108Banff Canada: Canadian Pacific Hotels 1940. 4to. Illustrated Folder 4 pp. Very Good with minor creasing faint mildew aroma. Banff, Canada: Canadian Pacific Hotels, 1940. unknown
réf. 63-7107Banff Canada: Canadian Pacific Hotels 1940. 8vo. Illustrated Folder & Card 4 pp. Very Good with minor crease to back cover. Banff, Canada: Canadian Pacific Hotels, 1940. unknown
1979réf. 66267Richland WA: Battelle Memorial Institute Pacific Northwest Laboratories 1979. Good. Minor soiling noted. 2 pads of unsued worksheets one with 26 sheets the second with 6 worksheets. 9 X 7 boxes with 25 smaller boxes in each grid. Page has a header that includes spaces for Preparer date project and title/subject as well as pagination. Bottom of the sheet has two notations: DOE-RL Richland WA and BF-1007-114 6-79. It is not often that material over a quarter of a century old becomes available for document analysis and other forensic purposes. This item should be of exceptional interest to those interested in detecting document forgeries paper age analysis etc. Battelle Memorial Institute, Pacific Northwest Laboratories unknown
1922réf. DEMO013468IMilan: Studio Editoriale Corbaccio 1922. Limited edition. Octavo. fair. 8vo 129 pages untrimmed leaves chipped wrappers Bi-lingual: In Italian and Latin. Copy no. 80 of 1000 copies. This work issued as Vol.7 in Series 2 of Classici Dell'Amore series. "Beccadelli is most famous for his bawdy masterpiece HERMAPHRODITUS 1425 a collection of eighty-one Latin epigrams which evoke the unfettered eroticism of the works of Catullus and Martial as well as of the PRIAPEA. This work was greeted with acclaim by scholars. but subsequently condemned and censured as obscene by Christian apologists. . Guarino da Verona . called Beccadelli a poetic scion of the Sicilian writer of antiquity Theocritus - Wikipedia." Both works by these 15th century authors are Introduced by Angelo Ottolini. Studio Editoriale Corbaccio unknown
réf. dola551New Westminster B.C.: 1961. First Edition. oblong folio. pp. 78. profusely illus. most colour. spiral-bound stiff pictorial wrs. minor silverfishing to wrs. Domtar & A.P.Green Masonry Mortar Mix ephemera laid in New Westminster, B.C.: 1961 unknown
1914réf. 160599Montreal nd. ca. 1914. Softcover. Fair. v 1 105 vi-viii p. 24 cm. Sepia map and illustrations. Covers detached from text block. Spine chipped lighter wear to spine below. paperback
1915réf. 15658Canada: Canadian Pacific Railway. Near Fine. 1915. First Edition. Pamphlet. Two Saloon Passenger lists. Sailing from Vancouver B. C. To Skagway Alaska. Saturday 9.00 P. M. August 7th 1915 and August 14th on the "Princess Sophia" with Captain J. McLeod and "Princess Alice" with Captain L. P. Locke. Alaska ; Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Canadian Pacific Railway unknown
réf. 50039USA: Canadian Pacific Steamships 1924. 12mo.; decorative foil wraps with title label paste-on softcover; 11 pages; black and white illustrations; edgeworn wraps else very good. USA: Canadian Pacific Steamships, 1924 unknown
réf. 5073First Day cover envelope with a world map stamped on lower corner and 3 stamps upper right Australian 1/ each dated 8th June 1955 with the letter still sealed inside. Signature of Capt. Potter & rubber stamp map of route. Letter addressed to the captain's home address in Canada. unknown
réf. 429Envelope includes 2 "1S 6D" stamps dated 8th June 1955 with the letter still sealed inside. Signature of Capt. Potter & rubber stamp map of route. Letter addressed to the captain's home address in Canada. unknown
1922réf. 1408361922-25. Softcover. Fair. 20 p. 24 cm.B&w photos. Colour fold-out map at rear. Pictorial card covers. Tear in bottom of spine. Text is detached. Map is attached but has inexpert tape repaired tear. Another fold out at rear liss golf courses and tourist hotels in Quebec. Map dated 1922. Text dated 1925. paperback
1910réf. 012553no place: Canadian Pacific Railway 1910. Book. Very good- condition. Paperback. First Edition. Oblong octavo 8vo. 24 black & white photographs. Illustrated paper binding is moderately to heavily torn chipped and wrinkled at the edges but is quite clean and is fully intact. There is no text except the title of each photograph. There is also no date listed circa 1910. Shows the Banff Springs Hotel and amazing views. Canadian Pacific Railway Paperback
1939réf. 145615Canadian Pacific Railway 1939. Softcover. Very good. 59 p. 34 cm. 12 full page colour sketches 1 photo 1 colour 2 p. map. Card covers. Edges a bit creased. Small tears around staples. Separate page lists Their Majesties' itinerary across Canada. The section on P.E.I. is by Lucy Maude Montgomery New Brunswick by Charles G. D. Roberts Ottawa by Duncan Campbell Scott and British Columbia by Nellie McClung. A superb production. Canadian Pacific Railway paperback
2005réf. 003882Zenith Press 2005. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 2nd 2005 edition. Three books with jackets in an attractive slipcase all in As New unread condition! Prolific B&W photos presented day by day and simply loaded with detailed information about World War Two! Very heavy set probably will require extra postage. Zenith Press hardcover
1924réf. 6421Chicago: Poole Bros 1924. Single sheet 21.5 cm x 131.5 cm printed on both sides in color that folds up to pamphlet size 21.5 cm x 10 cm Better than very good. Promotional piece for the D&RGW/Western Pacific. One side contains nine lovely color views of sites along the D& R.G.W. and the Western Pacific lines: Royal Gorge - Eagle River Canon - Canon of the Colorado River - Marshall Pass - Temple Square - Crossing Great Salt Lake - Serpentine Canon - Castle Butte CA - Along the Feather River. The reverse contains a description of the route and sites along the way and a map of the D&R.G.W. line 21.5 cm x 37.5 cm. "The Western Pacific Railroad upholds a reputation for scenery and service equal to that of its sister road the Denver & Rio Grande Western. Thoroughly down to date in its appointments it unfolds a region not only fascinating but instructive much of which is now for the first time penetrated by a railroad. Poole Bros unknown
1969réf. 10173Bandon Oregon: Coos-Curry Pioneer and Historical Association 1969. Limited Second Edition with Errata. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. 468pp. 103 page biographical index. Preface to the Second Edition and biographical sketch of Orvil Ovando Dodge. -- List of 426 corrections to the text with corresponding page numbers. Coos-Curry Pioneer and Historical Association hardcover
1973réf. 012195Glendale CA: Arthur H. Clark Company 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. 911pp; Blue cloth boards with gilt titling to spine bookplates to front pastedowns of both volumes rear hinge of Volume I professionally repaired minor staining to first few pages of Volume I text unmarked binding is tight VG- condition. Inscribed & Signed by Author on FFEP of Volume I. Publisher's original receipt and Whitman Mission postcard laid in. Two volume set. Story of the Whitmans missionaries to the Cayuse Indians in Old Oregon including an account of the Whitman Massacre. Illustrated. Arthur H. Clark Company hardcover
réf. 019085Privately Printed. Softcover. Very Good. 102pp; Stiff card covers with cloth spine gilt titling to front covers clean & bright text unmarked binding is tight VG condition. Scarce vintage compilation of the pamphlets on historical subjects concerning the settling of the Pacific Northwest by Thompson Coit Elliott 1886-1943 of Walla Walla Washington. Contents: The Coming of the White Women 1836 illustrated; The Strange Case of David Thompson and Jeremy Pinch; The Chinook Wind; The Mysterious Oregon; The Murder of Peu-Peu-Mox-Mox; Spokane House; Richard "Captain Johnny" Grant; Religion Among the Flatheads; David Thompson Pathfinder and the Columbia River one illustration; In the Land of the Kootenai. The pamphlets were published in the 1930s. Privately Printed paperback
1942réf. 27092A.A. Knopf New York 1942 HARDBACK NODustjacket 1942 Stated 1st EDITION First Printing NF/NF NOJACKET Dates Match on title & Copyright pg bound in GREEN buckram cloth with Gilt design & title 304 pages of clean bright highly illustrated text with no dust jacket Title and a decoration device are embossed into the front cover in bright gilt. Title Author's name as well as two decorative devices are embossed into the spine in bright gilt. Interior nice tight clean Light Wear Fox Index. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. A.A. Knopf, New York, hardcover
1921réf. 018876Portland OR: Farmers' Directory Co. 1921. Hardcover. Good. 192pp; Tan boards with black & red titling to front & spine boards soiled hinges professionally repaired age-toning chipping and short tears to some pages text unmarked binding is tight Good condition. Scarce antique farmers' directory for Clackamas County Oregon 1921-1922. Contains complete list of resident farmers owners and renters including name section number township range post office address assessed valuation and number of acres owned. Also lists pure bred stock breeders useful information and legal information for the farmer. Includes many local ads some on card stock of various colors. Farmers' Directory Co. hardcover
réf. 18-8035Berkeley CA: UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive 2003. . Exhibition brochure. 4to. 8 pp. Single black and white illustrated sheet folded accordion-style into fourths. Very good with marginal creasing along corners. Black and white plates. Includes text by Constance Lewallen. Includes list of works in the exhibition. Also includes additional information on related programming to exhibition. Brochure created to announce the exhibition “Everything Matters: Paul Kos A Retrospective” held from April 2 through July 20 2003 at the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley CA. Scarce. From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz. Berkeley, CA: UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2003. unknown
1964réf. 11228Livermore CA: Lawrence Radiation Laboratory c. 1964. Presumed first iteration thus. Photograph. good. 1 photo color photo approx. 20" x 16" mounted on board 24" x 20" some soiling to board and some wear along edges. Peaceful nuclear explosions PNEs are nuclear explosions conducted for non-military purposes such as activities related to economic development including the creation of canals. During the 1960s and 1970s both the United States and the Soviet Union conducted a number of PNEs. Six of the explosions by the Soviet Union are considered to have been of an applied nature not just tests. Subsequently the United States and the Soviet Union halted their programs. Definitions and limits are covered in the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty of 1976. In the PNE Treaty the signatories agreed: not to carry out any individual nuclear explosions having a yield exceeding 150 kilotons; not to carry out any group explosion consisting of a number of individual explosions having an aggregate yield exceeding 1500 kilotons; and not to carry out any group explosion having an aggregate yield exceeding 150 kilotons unless the individual explosions in the group could be identified and measured by agreed verification procedures. The parties also reaffirmed their obligations to comply fully with the Limited Test Ban Treaty of 1963. The parties reserve the right to carry out nuclear explosions for peaceful purposes in the territory of another country if requested to do so but only in full compliance with the yield limitations and other provisions of the PNE Treaty and in accord with the Non-Proliferation Treaty. The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty of 1996 prohibits all nuclear explosions regardless of whether they are for peaceful purposes or not. Project Gasbuggy was an underground nuclear detonation carried out by the United States Atomic Energy Commission on December 10 1967 in rural northern New Mexico. It was part of Operation Plowshare a program designed to find peaceful uses for nuclear explosions. Gasbuggy was carried out by the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and the El Paso Natural Gas Company with funding from the Atomic Energy Commission. Its purpose was to determine if nuclear explosions could be useful in fracturing rock formations for natural gas extraction. The site lying in the Carson National Forest is approximately 34 km 21 mi southwest of Dulce New Mexico and 87 km 54 mi east of Farmington and was chosen because natural gas deposits were known to be held in sandstone beneath Leandro Canyon. A 29 kt 120 TJ device was placed at a depth of 1288 m 4227 ft underground then the well was backfilled before the device was detonated; a crowd had gathered to watch the detonation from atop a nearby butte. The detonation took place after a couple of delays the last one caused by a breakdown of the explosive refrigeration system. The detonation produced a rubble chimney that was 24 m 80 ft wide and 102 m 335 ft high above the blast center. After an initial surface cleanup effort the site sat idle for over a decade. A later surface cleanup effort primarily tackled leftover toxic materials. In 1978 a marker monument was installed at the Surface Ground Zero SGZ point that provided basic explanation of the historic test. Below the main plaque lies another which indicates that no drilling or digging is allowed without government permission. The site is publicly accessible via the Carson National Forest F.S. 357 dirt road/Indian J10 that leads into the Carson National Forest. Following the Project Gasbuggy test two subsequent nuclear explosion fracturing experiments were conducted in western Colorado in an effort to refine the technique. They were Project Rulison in 1969 and Project Rio Blanco in 1973. In both cases the gas radioactivity was still seen as too high and in the last case the triple-blast rubble chimney structures disappointed the design engineers. Soon after that test the ~ 15-year Project Plowshare program funding dried up. These early fracturing tests were later superseded by hydraulic fracturing fracking technologies. Lawrence Radiation Laboratory unknown