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1519rif. 68616 mo. 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches Los Angeles: Pacific Electric Railway 1909. 16 unnumbered pages printed on coated stock from the "Press of Geo. Rice & Sons Los Angeles." Promotional staplebound booklet in chocolate brown wrappers. "Just a Few of the Beauty Spots of the Sunny Southland." Decorative vignette on front cover of a golden sun rising or setting behind some hills framed by the silhouette of two palm trees above the printed title. Very good condition small nick to upper margin of front cover not affecting contents. Illustrated with black and white photos of local scenery accessible by Pacific Electric including Mt. Lowe Venice Santa Monica Redondo Beach Long Beach; and sections featuring the "Balloon Route" the "Old Mission Trolly Trip" and the "Triangle Trolly Trip" with a fold out map at the back printed on glassine showing the Pacific Electric system. Pacific Electric Railway
1994rif. 62187Woodland WA: Irish Press 38606 NW Goose Hill Rd. 1994. 4to. v 1 368 pp. With photos illustrated plates maps. Green publisher’s buckram gilt lettering on spine signed & numbered by the author on limitation page from the library of Tom Koenninger 1932-2010 former editor managing editor journalist for The Columbian newspaper and board member on the Vancouver National Historic Trust. First edition signed No. 60 of 65 copies printed of this work compiled from the original ship’s logs logbooks manuscripts letters memoirs and accounts books of Captain Robert Gray’s ship Columbia; Hudson’s Bay Co. records and other documents recording the explorations of Captain Benjamin Bonneville 1832-1835; notes on Pacific Northwest Native American Indigenous Peoples including descriptions of native plants medicine food & housing; Fort Vancouver Cowlitz Farm Hudson’s Bay Company values Whitman murders Native American treaties with Stevens and much more. Irish Press, 38606 NW Goose Hill Rd., hardcover
1890rif. 64273Portland OR: David Steel Successor to Himes the Printer 1890. 8vo. 8 112 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates. Pictorial gray publisher’s cloth over bebveled boards gilt black & silver illustrations of Mt. Hood and Multnomah Falls minor ink marking simulating waterfall on spine slight bumping to a couple corners still a VG- bright copy from the library of Harry 1873-1974 & Mary Daisley Benton 1879-1969 both active outdoors mountaineering enthusiasts scions of Oregon pioneer families and Mary Benton was the first woman ordained at Eugene Bible College in 1907 w/ bookplate on front pastedown. First edition of this scarce work on mountain climbing on Mt. Hood Mt. Rainier Crater Lake Mt. St. Helens and other Pacific Northwest Cascade Peaks. Of interest are the sections on the ascents the Modoc Indian War and a large section devoted to the Oregon Alpine Club founded by the author in 1887. Steel 1854-1934 was a dedicated campaigner for creating Crater Lake as a National Park and was an essential figure in ensuring the cooperation of Gifford Pinchot who convinced Theodore Roosevelt to urge Speaker of the House Thomas Henderson in finally allowing a vote later in 1902 so that it could be passed. He was also the founder of the Mazamas Mountaineering group in the Pacific Northwesty and would later become superintendent of Crater Lake. David Steel, Successor to Himes the Printer, hardcover
1922rif. 49555N.P.: Privately printed 1922. 1922. First edition. 9" x 12" tri-folded to 9" x 4." 20 4pp. including covers. Maps. Information and color photographs about the Apache Trail which winds from Globe to Phoenix. Offers information on the Tonto Cliff Dwellings Roosevelt Dam Roosevelt Lake Apache Lodge the Walls of Bronze etc. Offers information on side trips for those who don't want to make the complete trip to include summer schedules for those trips. 3" x 7 1/4" system map of the Southern Pacific Lines. 4" x 7 1/2" map showing Apache Trail auto roads Southern Pacific Lines and Arizona Eastern Lines. At center of pamphlet is a topographical map of the Apache Trail of Arizona on the Southern Pacific Lines. Light soiling and light wear to the extremities along with a tiny light stamp for and in the absence of General Agent to center of front cover. Very good. Privately printed, 1922. unknown
1910rif. 46197New Orleans: Privately printed 1910. 1910. First edition. 6" x 4 1/2" in colorful pictorial wrappers. 40pp. Illustrations. Map. Overview of New Orleans in the winter. Information on various streets houses and buildings important people cemeteries and with much on Mardis Gras. Also discusses "New" New Orleans with information on cemeteries the Jackson Barracks Canal Street City Park the West End Audubon Park Riverfront etc. Listing of theaters hotels restaurants railroad depots etc. Opposite each page of text is a full-page green-tinted photograph of the various buildings streets areas etc. in New Orleans. Appears that someone unstuck the tops of the first few pages leaving page residue at tops as well as some closed tearing to those pages. Wrappers lightly soiled. Very good. Nicely produced. Privately printed, 1910. unknown
1890rif. 60273St. Paul MN: W.C. Riley Publisher Engraved by Charles Frey Franfurt Germany ca. 1890. Oblong 8vo. 9.75 x 6.25 in. 30 leaves unnumbered. sepia-tinted leporello accordion-style format. With 30 lithograph plates including 1 double-leaf plate w/ 2 birds-eye views of Minneapolis & St. Paul 1 birds-eye panoramic views of Northern Pacific train & Duluth Harbor many sepia-tinted views on remaining. Quarter-black cloth over elaborately decorated & embossed burgundy-coloured covers gilt lettering & decoration front cover minor scuffing edgewear small discrete paper repair to a few hinges hinge still a VG copy. Third edition “30000” of this nicely executed souvenir book issued in the same size as the popular “Boudoir” albumen souvenir photos for the Northern Pacific as its route opened through the Northern United States railroad lands for development across the West and expanding upon the much smaller original 1888 “Northern Pacific Tour.” These lithographs were created by hand-drawn images from photographs and printed using the Glaser/Frey lithographic process using five or more stones to lay down a series of separate shades offering a varnished look. The NP RR souvenir view book includes images of Dakota wheat fields Custer Battlefield monument Crow Indians at Yellowstone Montana cattle roundups and gold mining along the Columbia River with birds-eye views of Butte & Helena MT Spokane WA and salmon fishwheel as well as early birds-eye view of Portland OR. Views of Alaska include Sitka Juneau Totem Poles on Wrangel Island and the glaciers. The piece concludes with birds-eye view of San Francisco. W.C. Riley Publisher, [Engraved by Charles Frey, Franfurt, Germany], hardcover
1916rif. 42739N.P.: Van Noy Inter-State Co. n.d. ca 1916. 1916. 9" x 12" in colorful pictorial wrappers showing the Golden Gate at sunset on the front wrapper. Two pages of text explaining the subjects that are illustrated in the book followed by beautiful colored 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" full-page illustrations attached to one side of each page. Includes pictures in Utah Nevada and with several in California. Pictures include the Temple Square Saltair Pavillion the Great Salt Beds Feather River Gold Lake Feather River Inn Williams Circle Ben Lomond Peak Arch Rock the Great Western Power Company Plant Blue Gorge etc. Light shadowing to pages of text and with light soiling to wrappers. Very good plus. A very nice presentation. Van Noy Inter-State Co., n.d. [ca 1916]. unknown
1877rif. 40160New York: H.J. Hewitt Printer 1877. 2 60 pp. Original printed front title wrapper lacking rear wrapper. Disbound. Clean text. Except as noted Very Good. The Argument is a detailed indictment of the discriminatory and monopolistic practices of the Union Pacific Railroad in support of a bill to require the Union Pacific to cease its illegal conduct. The history of the establishment of a cross-continent railroad is reviewed with analysis of the relevant statutes and their judicial interpretation. The Kansas Railway Company argues that "The Union Pacific Railroad Company from the year 1870 up to the present time has operated its road in open and direct contravention of the requirements of the Acts of Congress and in violation of vested rights of the public the Government and the Kansas Pacific Company to the manifest loss and injury of the public the Government and the Kansas Pacific Company." OCLC locates about fifteen copies as of June 2024. H.J. Hewitt, Printer unknown
1878rif. 40161New York: H.J. Hewitt Printer 1878. 2 34 pp with two folded leaves of freight rates. Original printed front title wrapper lacking rear wrapper. Disbound with slight loosening. Clean text. Good. The Argument demonstrates that the Union Pacific Company discriminates against the Kansas Pacific Company in its imposition of freight rates. OCLC locates twelve copies under several accession numbers as of June 2024. H.J. Hewitt, Printer unknown
1920rif. 88634Los Angeles 1920. Paperback. Very Good. 20p. Softcover in original stapled wrapper. 17cm. Minor cover soil. While Prince Hall affiliation does not appear to be mentioned in this constitution this came to us with other Prince Hall material. Harry Lewis is listed as chairman of the three member committee which created this constitution and a Harry Lewis is listed as Past Eminent Grand Commander 1914 on the website of the Pacific Prince Hall Grand Commandery of Knights Templar for the State of California. paperback
rif. 007980Three pages of text on two conjugate leaves. Illegible name followed by "#40" in red crayon on first page. A few minor creases and wrinkles. Lists committees Financial Deck Sports Entertainment; Deck Sports included doughnut-eating contest egg and spoon race hop scotch potato race pie eating-contest etc. Very Good. unknown
1946rif. 226959GPO 1946 1946-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Hardcover in blue/gray buckram with gold lettering. Two volume set. Minor outer wear. Small stain to top edge of volume 2. Internally pages are clean unmarked and the binding is sound. Spine title is a bit faded. Prompt shipping and professional packaging of this rare complete set of books published by Department of Defense/Naval Analysis Division shortly after World War Two. GPO, 1946 hardcover
rif. 56-0321San Francisco Calif.: Southern Pacific Company 1932. Map. Seven typewritten and handwritten pages consisting of calculations and charts of distances and rates of various sizes with one map of San Francisco Switching Zones and Rates 8.5" x 11" not drawn to scale positive blueline print of 56-0316. San Francisco, Calif.: Southern Pacific Company, 1932. unknown
rif. 56-0338Ogden Utah: Southern Pacific Company 1933. revised 1936. Map. Blueprint 8" x 39". Includes Susan River Standard Oil Co and Cattle Hog and Sheep Yards. No buildings other than Standard Oil and animal yards. Scale 1" = 100'. Ogden, Utah: Southern Pacific Company, 1933. revised 1936. unknown
rif. 01-0055San Francisco Calif.: Southern Pacific San Joaquin Division 1936. Map. Scale: 1 inch = 100 feet. Blueprint. April 30 1930 revised to June 16 1936. San Francisco, Calif.: Southern Pacific, San Joaquin Division, 1936. unknown
rif. 4062New Orleans:: The Railroad. Not illustrated; 29–30–32 pp. 12mo white stiff wrappers printed in purple front pictorial and very badly faded. OCLC lists 6 holding libraries June 2021.Date is arrived at by a short notice in the September 1898 issue of Sunset the railroad’s monthly magazine; Vol. I No. 5 p. 78 of the first nine titles of a uniform library entitled “Sunset Library”. This volume is No. 8 in the series. Sunset started publication in May 1898 in the earlier issues only the first five titles are listed. Of the 6 institutions listed in OCLC AAS is the only one giving the 1898 date. New Orleans:: [The Railroad],. unknown
rif. 3982Omaha:: Union Pacific Copyright; General Marketing Agent W. H. Murray. Double-page color map of Yellowstone in the centerfold’ black and white map of railroad’s system on final page; 45 halftones including title vignette and 40 pp. Small folio green/gray stiff wrappers embossed lettering: “yellowstone national park and embossed geyser vignette on front cover; small barely visible stain in margin of p. 13. FIRST EDITION. Issued yearly up to 1929 sometimes attributed to the Acorn Press. This copy does not seem to justify that. A very attractive and well-designed piece. Omaha:: Union Pacific [Copyright; General Marketing Agent W. H. Murray,. unknown
1905rif. 31253Honolulu: Mercantile Printing Co. Ltd. 1905. 86 2 blanks pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers. Scattered light foxing. Several blank margins have a wormhole. Good. Constitution By-Laws Officers Missions Members doings at the Annual Meeting Reports of various committees. Mercantile Printing Co., Ltd. unknown
1944rif. 222584Cairo.: Printing and Stationery Services M.E.F. Late1944. Colour map of the Pacific theatre. 66 x 93.5cm folding into eight panels. Some light foxing to the margins a few repairs at folding points a few light creases but a bright and very good copy. A curiously scarce map of the Pacific showing the furthest advance of Japanese forces and Allied progress in reclaiming lost territories. Although particular care has been devoted to marking out naval bases a few creative liberties have been taken in the way of the true extent of the Japanese advance across the Pacific particularly in the Aleutians. . Printing and Stationery Services, M.E.F. unknown
1944rif. 222858Cairo.: Printing and Stationery Services M.E.F. Late1944. Colour map of the Pacific theatre. 66 x 93.5cm folding into eight panels. Occasional foxing though principally within the margins image itself largely unaffected. A curiously scarce map of the Pacific showing the furthest advance of Japanese forces and Allied progress in reclaiming lost territories. Although particular care has been devoted to marking out naval bases a few creative liberties have been taken in the way of the true extent of the Japanese advance across the Pacific particularly in the Aleutians. . Printing and Stationery Services, M.E.F. unknown
rif. DADAX0195300319New unknown
1991rif. 0606166Olympia: Washington State Genealogical Society 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 1st printings. 4to blue textured hardbound with beautiful & bright silver embossing of the State of Washington & the set title on the front covers of volumes I & II. 648pp 92 pp vol III. A major project of the WSGS the recording of data on the state's pioneers grew quite large & publication was delayed two years past the Washington Centennial. Volume III is in smaller 4to blue plain cloth & the content is primarily made up of corrections to the previous two volumes. An essential reference. Fine. Washington State Genealogical Society hardcover
rif. ria9781119258889_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The essential resource for personality assessment updated and expanded The Handbook of Personality Assessment provides comprehensive guidance on the administration scoring and interpretation of the most widely-used instruments. hardcover
2000rif. mon0000402557United Nations 2000-02-11. Paperback. Very Good. in x in x in. United Nations paperback
1970rif. 129709Canada: Canadian Pacific C. 1970's. Poster. very good. 36" X 24". 91 X 61 cm. Photolithograph. Original. In very good condition with detailed graphics bright colours and only small chip missing from left edge. A nice poster in very good condition. Artist Anonymous. C. 1965. Depicted in Choko/Jones 'Posters of the Canadian Pacific' 2nd edition PP 197. Shows Skylon tower with observatory restaurant operated by Canadian Pacific with daytime and nighttime views of Niagara Falls Ontario. 1970 Canadian Pacific unknown
