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1882Best.-Nr. 50958New York: Land Dept. Northern Pacific Railroad Co. 1882. 1882. PACIFIC NORTHWEST. First edition. 8vo. Printed wrappers 81 pp. introductory illustrated large folding map at the rear. Scarce Western promotional travel guide to the Pacific North-West. Addressed to prospective settlers and travelers alike this guide consists of historical geographical and agricultural information and discusses at length matters such as commerce climate education taxes prices and the regions of the Pacific North-West. Each county is described and suggestions are provided to prospective emigrants such as "In mercantile pursuits the opening is good for men of enterprise and capital; but the chances for mere clerks are not good." Farm labor wages in these parts are recorded as being between $25 and $30 per month and lumber mills wages between $60 and $90 per month for first-class hands. It is also noted that "Chinamen work for the railroads and boards themselves at $1.00 a day and in winter take contracts for grubbing brush land." There are ten full-page illustrations which include a two-page "Bird's Eye View of Portland Oregon" "Saw Mill on Puget Sound W.T." "Astoria Oregon Entrance to Columbia River" "First Street Portland Oregon" and "Commercial Street Seattle W.T." with folding map of the region Unfolded 28 1/2 x 18 inches in the back. Spine and outer edges of wrappers sunned else very good copy. Land Dept., Northern Pacific Railroad Co., 1882. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 51-0842Sacramento Division: 1936-1946. Original blueprints dated 1936-46. 2 sheets each 24 x 55 inches. Shows all the industrial buildings between Beamer St. and Cross St. 5th St. and B. St. The second map shows the Standard Oil facility at Gum Ave. and the Union Oil Co. tanks near Pendergast. 24 x 55 inches. Scale 1"=100'. Plans of the buildings. Very useful for Phase 1 EIRs. Sacramento Division: 1936-1946. unknown
1980Best.-Nr. 71395Port Townsend WA: Copper Canyon Press / Copperhead / Tree Swenson / Sam Hamill 1980. First editions. Fine Press Paperback Books & Broadside. Near Fine. From the library of the poet Cheryl Van Dyke. This lot of three items includes a likely unique calligraphic manuscript executed and produced as a fine hand-made single-poem book a chapbook with pre-publication design proofs and an early Copper Canyon letterpress broadside. Together these items trace a lovely collaboration between poet Cheryl Van Dyke and designer Tree Swenson during the most prolific years of Copper Canyon Press. -Item #1: DIANA. Port Townsend WA: Winter Solstice 1980. Original Calligraphic Manuscript. 12pp. Quarto 32cm x 25cm / 12.5" x 9.75". Hand-sewn in original black fine paper wrappers. The front cover is embellished with a hand-drawn illustration of a stylized eclipse design in gold calligraphy. The internal text is calligraphed in white and gold on midnight-blue fine paper. Collation: 1-2 blank; 3 title page featuring the author's name poem title and a decorative illustration in white and gold; 4 blank; 5-10 poem text executed in white calligraphy; 11 blank; 12 colophon reading: "Calligraphy completed on the Winter Solstice of 1980 by Tree" accompanied by a small calligraphic square device mark. In Near Fine condition with only minor sporadic spotting and light rubbing to covers. An exceptional likely unique artifact. A significant likely unique manuscript by Tree Swenson co-founder and designer of Copper Canyon Press; produced for and presumably presented to the poet Cheryl Van Dyke. Swenson displays her mastery of a calligraphic hand in executing the poem "Diana" by Cheryl Van Dyke. This manuscript dated on the Winter Solstice of 1980 is a beautiful formal and thematic rendering of the poem. The use of black and midnight-blue papers with white and gold illumination suggests a thematic alignment with the solstice date of its completion as well as the astrological constellational and mythological references of the poem. While Swenson's typography defined the visual identity of the Pacific Northwest poetry renaissance of this period this item represents a primary hand-rendered document devoid of mechanical reproduction making it an important piece of regional literary heritage offering a unique counterpoint to the era's celebrated fine-press output. A beautiful and elegant work. -Item #2: CHEAT GRASS: A COPPERHEAD CHAPBOOK. Port Townsend WA: Copper Canyon Press 1975. First Edition. 24pp. Quarto 25.5cm. Original letterpress-printed wrappers string-sewn. Colophon states: "Designed and printed by Tree Swenson and Sam Hamill at Copperhead. The text is 70 lb. Curtis Tweedweave. The type is hand-set 14 point Centaur. Illustrations by Cheryl Van Dyke." Unsigned/unnumbered as issued. With the accompanying material: two folded sheets laid in-presumably pre-publication design proofs; one of the illustration by itself and another of the cover/title page which are designed in exactly the same way. A Near Fine copy with only some light fading to the cover near the spine. An early and essential title from the foundational years of Copper Canyon Press in Port Townsend. Published as part of the "Copperhead" series. "Cheryl Van Dyke has had poems in Kayak Paintbrush Port Townsend Journal and in other periodicals. Cheat Grass is her first published collection." -Item #3: KUHN SPIT. Port Townsend WA: Copper Canyon Press 1976. Broadside 36.5cm x 26cm / 14.5" x 10.25". Letterpress-printed in three colors on light brown paper. Comprising the title thirty-three lines of verse in four stanzas and a stylized printed illustration. Unsigned/unnumbered as issued. Near Fine condition with a light bump and soft crease at the top right corner. This poetry broadside was published in 1976 shortly after the release of Van Dyke's chapbook Cheat Grass. Like most ephemeral productions from Copper Canyon Press during its early Port Townsend years it was likely designed and printed by Tree Swenson and Sam Hamill. Clean lovely letterpress work on high-quality paper. From the personal library of the poet Cheryl Van Dyke a Pacific Northwest poet and artist whose early work Cheat Grass helped define the nascent literary landscape of Port Townsend's Copper Canyon Press in the 1970s. An integral figure in the region's fine press circle she also managed The Imprint from the mid-1970s through the early 1980s-a bookstore that served as a vital social and literary hub for the burgeoning Pacific Northwest poetry community. Tree Swenson is a master typographer and calligrapher who co-founded Copper Canyon Press in 1972 with Sam Hamill and others. Her rigorous design aesthetic and commitment to letterpress excellence established the visual identity of the press for decades. Copper Canyon Press is a nonprofit independent poetry publisher that "believes poetry is vital to language and living." The press made its start in 1972 in Denver CO and moved to Port Townsend WA in 1974. [Copper Canyon Press / Copperhead / Tree Swenson / Sam Hamill] paperback
1980Best.-Nr. 71395Port Townsend WA: Copper Canyon Press / Copperhead / Tree Swenson / Sam Hamill 1980. First editions. Fine Press Paperback Books & Broadside. Near Fine. From the library of the poet Cheryl Van Dyke. This lot of three items includes a likely unique calligraphic manuscript executed and produced as a fine hand-made single-poem book a chapbook with pre-publication design proofs and an early Copper Canyon letterpress broadside. Together these items trace a lovely collaboration between poet Cheryl Van Dyke and designer Tree Swenson during the most prolific years of Copper Canyon Press. -Item #1: DIANA. Port Townsend WA: Winter Solstice 1980. Original Calligraphic Manuscript. 12pp. Quarto 32cm x 25cm / 12.5" x 9.75". Hand-sewn in original black fine paper wrappers. The front cover is embellished with a hand-drawn illustration of a stylized eclipse design in gold calligraphy. The internal text is calligraphed in white and gold on midnight-blue fine paper. Collation: 1-2 blank; 3 title page featuring the author's name poem title and a decorative illustration in white and gold; 4 blank; 5-10 poem text executed in white calligraphy; 11 blank; 12 colophon reading: "Calligraphy completed on the Winter Solstice of 1980 by Tree" accompanied by a small calligraphic square device mark. In Near Fine condition with only minor sporadic spotting and light rubbing to covers. An exceptional likely unique artifact. A significant likely unique manuscript by Tree Swenson co-founder and designer of Copper Canyon Press; produced for and presumably presented to the poet Cheryl Van Dyke. Swenson displays her mastery of a calligraphic hand in executing the poem "Diana" by Cheryl Van Dyke. This manuscript dated on the Winter Solstice of 1980 is a beautiful formal and thematic rendering of the poem. The use of black and midnight-blue papers with white and gold illumination suggests a thematic alignment with the solstice date of its completion as well as the astrological constellational and mythological references of the poem. While Swenson's typography defined the visual identity of the Pacific Northwest poetry renaissance of this period this item represents a primary hand-rendered document devoid of mechanical reproduction making it an important piece of regional literary heritage offering a unique counterpoint to the era's celebrated fine-press output. A beautiful and elegant work. -Item #2: CHEAT GRASS: A COPPERHEAD CHAPBOOK. Port Townsend WA: Copper Canyon Press 1975. First Edition. 24pp. Quarto 25.5cm. Original letterpress-printed wrappers string-sewn. Colophon states: "Designed and printed by Tree Swenson and Sam Hamill at Copperhead. The text is 70 lb. Curtis Tweedweave. The type is hand-set 14 point Centaur. Illustrations by Cheryl Van Dyke." Unsigned/unnumbered as issued. With the accompanying material: two folded sheets laid in-presumably pre-publication design proofs; one of the illustration by itself and another of the cover/title page which are designed in exactly the same way. A Near Fine copy with only some light fading to the cover near the spine. An early and essential title from the foundational years of Copper Canyon Press in Port Townsend. Published as part of the "Copperhead" series. "Cheryl Van Dyke has had poems in Kayak Paintbrush Port Townsend Journal and in other periodicals. Cheat Grass is her first published collection." -Item #3: KUHN SPIT. Port Townsend WA: Copper Canyon Press 1976. Broadside 36.5cm x 26cm / 14.5" x 10.25". Letterpress-printed in three colors on light brown paper. Comprising the title thirty-three lines of verse in four stanzas and a stylized printed illustration. Unsigned/unnumbered as issued. Near Fine condition with a light bump and soft crease at the top right corner. This poetry broadside was published in 1976 shortly after the release of Van Dyke's chapbook Cheat Grass. Like most ephemeral productions from Copper Canyon Press during its early Port Townsend years it was likely designed and printed by Tree Swenson and Sam Hamill. Clean lovely letterpress work on high-quality paper. From the personal library of the poet Cheryl Van Dyke a Pacific Northwest poet and artist whose early work Cheat Grass helped define the nascent literary landscape of Port Townsend's Copper Canyon Press in the 1970s. An integral figure in the region's fine press circle she also managed The Imprint from the mid-1970s through the early 1980s-a bookstore that served as a vital social and literary hub for the burgeoning Pacific Northwest poetry community. Tree Swenson is a master typographer and calligrapher who co-founded Copper Canyon Press in 1972 with Sam Hamill and others. Her rigorous design aesthetic and commitment to letterpress excellence established the visual identity of the press for decades. Copper Canyon Press is a nonprofit independent poetry publisher that "believes poetry is vital to language and living." The press made its start in 1972 in Denver CO and moved to Port Townsend WA in 1974. [Copper Canyon Press / Copperhead / Tree Swenson / Sam Hamill] paperback books
1818Uncommon French Sea Chart of the Pacific ocean, separtely publisheb by the Depot General de la Marine. This work is significantly revised and improved from the 1797 edition, to be noticed the improvements and additions to the coastline of Australia. The first edition showed very little of the Southern Coastline and did not specifically delineate Tasmania as an island. Also the coastline of Argentina is also greatly improved. Perfect status of conservation.
1840Dettagliata carta nautica dell'arcipelago compreso tra l'Australia settentrionale e l'Asia sudorientale, che comprende Giava e l'arcipelago delle cosidette Piccole Isole della Sonda: le isole di Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, l'arcipelago di Solor, di Alor e le isole Aru (o Aroe). Comprende, inoltre, il mar di Banda, il mare degli Arafura e il Golfo di Carpentaria.Disegnata da Pierre Daussy e incisa da Chassant. Prima edizione pubblicata nel 1840.Incisione su rame, in ottimo stato di conservazione. Detailed sea chart of Timor Sea west from the Gulf of Carpentaria and including Banda Sea. Relief shown by hachures and bathymetric soundings.First edition, published "par ordre du roi" in 1840. Drawed by Pierre Daussy and engraved by Chassant.Copperplate, in excellent condition.
1793Best.-Nr. 14364Maradan Paris 1793 2 vol. 2 vol. in-8 de 2 ff.n.ch. 280 pp. et 2 ff.n.ch. 272 pp.; demi-basane de l'époque, dos lisse fileté, pièces de titre et de tomaison.
1785Best.-Nr. LBW-5889Berlin, Haude und Spener, 1785. 574 x 896 mm.
1864An English translation by Dr. C. F. Fisher, from the Scientific Publications of the Novara Expedition, comprising important and fascinating observations and survey work by German-Austrian geologist Ferdinand von Hochstetter at the onset of British settlement in the region. 8vo. 113 pages, plus table of contents, title page. Red cloth boards titled in gilt to front. Volume measures approximately 14 x 21 cm. Faint blemish to boards, otherwise very good condition, clean and bright. An early work presenting discoveries made in New Zealand, specifically in Auckland and Nelson, during the Austrian Imperial Novara Expedition. It includes two important lectures delivered by esteemed geologist and expedition leader Ferdinand von Hochstetter. A principal member of the expedition, Hochstetter was involved in its planning from the onset. His surveys were used in the making of the first geological map of New Zealand, created the bases for future geological research. The Novara Expedition (1857-1859) was the first large-scale scientific, around-the-world mission of the Austrian Imperial navy. In 1859, during the expedition, Hochstetter was funded by the government of New Zealand to make a rapid geological survey of the islands. Over 150 years later, his work is regarded as an authoritative primary source still today. the volume's content centers largely on Hochstetter's survey of Auckland, beginning with his lecture on the region's geology. Subjects further include its extinct volcanos, Lake Rotomahana and its hot springs [Te Tarata thermal springs], and three inlets on North Island - Whaingaroa [now known as Raglan], Aotea, and Kawhia. Approximately one quarter of the text is devoted to his geological work in the Province of Nelson.
1950Neatly signed, without inscription, by William O. Douglas upon half-title page. Stated first edition. xiv, 338 pages. Glossary. Map endpapers. Black and white photographic frontis portrait of author. "A book of personal adventure and discovery. An account of the way Douglas - and other men - found a richer life in the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest where a man can 'find deep solitude and, under conditions of grandeur that are startling, he can come to know both himself and God'". - from dust jacket. Douglas was nominated to the U.S. Supreme court by FDR and served the longest term in its history, 1939-1975. Average wear to unmarked book. Binding sound. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Includes two detailed newsclippings circa 1930s about Walla Walla pioneer George T. Welch. Also included is a 1969 newsclipping in which Douglas explains how and why a man changes when he becomes a member of the Supreme Court. Book
1903Volume in 4°, brossura editoriale con sovracoperta, titolo al piatto ed al dorso, sguardie, occhiello, frontespizio, prefazione, ritratto fotografico dell'autore, VI, 407 pp., 200 illustrazioni fotografiche, di cui 50 tavole f.t e 2 grandi mappe ripiegate f.t.. Uno fra i libri di viaggio più rari in assoluto, racconta il viaggio esplorativo compiuto dal Conte R. F. de Tolna, in compagnia della moglie, in occasione delle loro nozze, attraverso l'Oceano Pacifico. Viaggio che durò ben otto anni e diede loro modo di visitare luoghi ancora inesplorati di entrare a stretto contatto con popolazioni selvagge, dagli usi e costumi differenti e curiosi, tra cui quella decisamente suggestiva del cannibalismo. Un affascinante viaggio attraverso una cultura ormai perduta, arricchito da splendide e suggestive illustrazioni. Edizione originale in ottimo stato. Un gioiello di eccezionale rarità.
1823Best.-Nr. PHO-1668London, John Murray, 1823, 1 volume In-4, relié pleine toile orange, dos lisse avec pièce d’auteur et titre, date en pied, xvi-768pp, tome 1, tâche sur les 5 premiers feuillets, petites rousseurs, petits frottements à la reliure. Édition originale, illustrée de 30 planches dont 11 en couleurs, les cartes manquent, Cachet Émile Petitot, Ex-libris manuscrit, Ex-libris Jean-Pierre Legrand-Deloron. Avec une mention signée : "membre de l'Expédition arctique T.A. 23 , 1972-1973" .
1925222 pages including index and glossary. Fold-out map at page 15. Black and white photographic plates. "This book is the outcome of forty years residence amongst the Haidas, and is an accurate description of what I have seen and heard in the villages and homes. Through my knowledge of their language I have been enabled to get all my information regarding their customs, traditions and social organization direct from the principal chiefs, men who at that time were from sixty to eighty years old." - from Preface. Chapters include: Queen Charlotte Islands; Early History; The Haidas; Haida Customs; Births, Marriages, Divorce, Death and Burial Ceremonies; Tools, Ornaments and Ceremonial Masks; Industries and Medicines; The Sa-ag-ga or Shaman; The Haida Pantheon; Haida Legends; The Haida Traditions of Creation; Chief Edenshaw; The Natural History of the Islands; Geology of the Islands and Natural Resources. Appendix lists cranial measurements. Average wear. Binding intact. Red cloth-covered boards. Black lettering and decoration legible upon spine. Prior owner's stamp to bottom edge, front fixed and free endpapers, and title page. Faint bookseller's stamp to back fixed endpaper. A sound copy. Edwards & Lort 1668, Thibault 2,231. Book
1945Features: X for Escape - Photo-illustrated article (part 1 of 2) by Flt.-Lieut. Tony Pengelly describes the dramatic Great Escape from Luft Stalag III involving 83 prisoners, 50 of whom were later shot - basis for the classic WWII film The Great Escape starring Steve McQueen; Nice cover illustration by R. York Wilson features brass band practicing; W.A. Irwin becomes new Editor of Maclean's - photo and brief article; Relax - It's Good for You; Bee Business - Ervin Hogarth has 150 bees near Tara, Ontario; Mars Gone Barmy - Maj.-Gen. J.F.C. Fuller argues atomic war cannot be won; Where Milk is Medicine - Europe's lack of food in the aftermath of WWII; Britian's Place in the World; Washington Memo - U.S. Strikers want to keep war wages (52 for 40 or Fight!); Backstage Ottawa - NRMA men (Zombies) were sent to the First Canadian Division on or after VE Day; Is the Union Shop Democratic? - arguments for and against; Sculptors Elizabeth Wyn Wood and Mani Hahn - Photo-illustrated article; "When the Ice-Worms Nest Again" - Brief article discussing Robert Service; Stretch the Meat; and more. Short stories include: Molly Was a Doctor; White Horse; Soft Music. Nice ads for: The Wartime Prices and Trade Board (encouraging the mending of clothes); Imperial Oil (featuring oil exploration); Frigidaire, Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese; Canadian Pacific (color illustration of driving of the last spike to celebrate 60 years of progress, 1885-1945); Pepsodent Tooth Paste; Eveready Flashlight Batteries - featuring image of Vancouver radio personality Thora Anders; Arrid deodorant - featuring photo of Gertrude Niesen; Nostalgic one-page Maclean's subscription ad; National War Finance Committee; Nice colour-photo Caterpillar Diesel ad inside back cover features two dozers preparing new rail bed through mountains. 68 pages. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this historic vintage issue. Book
1938A SET OF 28 MAGNIFICENT FOLIO WOOD-ENGRAVINGS DEPICTING THE SCENERY, PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA AND PACIFIC ISLANDS, including Ceylon, Weh (Sabang), Sumatra, Singapore, Java, and Bali. Also includes title-page, 8 pages of text describing the author / artist's travels (SIGNED IN INK BY THE AUTHOR / ARTIST), list of wood-engravings, and justification / colophon. From a total edition of 40 sets, THIS IS SET NUMBER 1, printed for Maurice Blum, ONE OF ONLY TEN SETS PRINTED ON JAPON NACRE. Folio. Loose as issued in custom-made folding case. FINE AND BRIGHT. Extremely rare, especially on Japanese paper.
1930Best.-Nr. P2525Montreal: Canadian Pacific c. 1930. Very Good; laid down on acid-free paper for long-term preservation. Image Size : 276x415 mm 10.87x16.34 Inches Platemark Size : Paper Size : 302x444 mm 11.89x17.48 Inches Coloring: Printed in Color Medium: Lithograph Categories: Advertising; Transportation Ships; Posters; Canadian Pacific unknown
1841Best.-Nr. LBW-1782[Paris, 1841]. En deux feuilles non jointes pouvant former un panorama d'environ 217 mm x 1,02 m.
1845Best.-Nr. LBW-7698[Paris], Dépôt-Général de la Marine, 1844 [1845]. 600 x 423 mm.
1841Best.-Nr. LBW-1309Paris, [1841-1854]. 282 x 426 mm.
1827Best.-Nr. LBW-4435[1827]. 496 x 358 mm.
1828Best.-Nr. PHO-1669London, John Murray, 1828, 1 volume In-4, relié pleine toile orange, dos lisse avec pièce d’auteur et titre, date en pied, xxvi-320pp.cvii-1f., petites rousseurs, mouillure angulaire sur les planches au tome 2, petits frottements à la reliure. Édition originale, 31 planches, les cartes manquent, Cachet Émile Petitot, Ex-libris manuscrit, Ex-libris Jean-Pierre Legrand-Deloron. Avec une mention signée : "membre de l'Expédition arctique T.A. 23 , 1972-1973" .
1789Best.-Nr. PHO-2082Paris, Hôtel de Thou et Lyon, Bernuset & Comp., 1789. 2 vol. in-8° de xl, 387, [1] pp. ; 419, [1] pp. Basane fauve jaspée, dos long orné de fers à la corne d'abondance & aux épis de blé, p. de t. et de tom. en maroquin vert, double filet à froid sur les plats, filet doré sur les coupes, tranches marbrées (Reliure de l'époque). Quelques épidermures et 4 trous de vers à la reliure. Bon exemplaire. Mention ms. d'achat : « 18 février 1789, 6 [livres] les 2 vol. brochés ».
1797Best.-Nr. LBW-2784[Paris, 1797]. 684 x 493 mm.
1833Best.-Nr. 40537Paris, Lecointe et Pougin, Éditeurs, 1833. In-8 interfolié de XVI-280 pp., demi-veau havane, dos orné à nerfs, pièces de titre prune, tranches marbrées (reliure de l'époque).
