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1993Best.-Nr. 2009037Eugene & Salem: Private Published & Your Town 1993. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited to 31 copies bound in tan sheepskin with titles gilt-stamped & livestock brands black-stamped with Brown's "Horseshoe Bar" being the centrail motif. 222pp. Illus. Maps. Facsimiles of documents. Appendix. Bibliography. This copy with a full page presentation on the ffep by Gray to your bookseller and dated in 1993 at the time of your bookseller's visit with Mr. Gray. Laid in to this limited edition is a color print portrait "Bill Brown 1900" signed the artist Boyd Brown. Thoroughly researched & loaded with information. Background includes the early days of the fur trade various trails through Oregon cowboys rustlers ranchers etc. From Wiki: "William Walter Brown July 19 1855 - January 11 1941 was an American pioneer rancher in central Oregon. He owned two large ranches between Burns and Prineville Oregon. Together his properties comprised one of the largest privately owned sheep and horse operations in the United States. He was known as the Horse King of the West and the Millionaire Horse King because over 10000 horses carried his Horseshoe Bar brand. Brown was also a well-known philanthropist who gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to a wide range of religious and educational institutions." This special copy is rare. Fine like new. Private Published, & Your Town hardcover
1981Best.-Nr. 1912022Portland: Sandy's Camera Shops 1981. Hardcover. Very Good. Original photograph collection. Oblong textured simulated leather decorated hard binder 10 1/2" x 13/34" with 20 metal ring snaps. 1 page double column printed introduction. Laid in: a small plastic container of volcanic ash from Mt. St. Helen's. This is a remarkable collection of 60 color snapshot photographs each approx. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" purportedly taken by Mr. Covert. They are fitted into10 card leaves each side with an opening for three photos. Some photos are snug & in place; others are loose and sliding around a little in their spaces. The photos are not in chronological order although a buyer might be able to arrange them approximately so with not too much effort. These photos were shot many from an airplane flying near the mountain in the days before the May 20 1980 eruption the day of including a handful apparently taken in the first moments! the eruptoin and some after the eruption. Included are also three photographs of the 1979 solar total eclipse seen from Portland. Abundant photographs may be found on-line and in books of the Mt. St. Helen's eruptions but some of these are special in your bookseller's opinion because of the fact that the photographer was in the air near the mountain taking them! Many I have never seen before although surely some were published in various print products. I am not certain if the July eruption may be represented or not in a couple of photos but the vast majority are of the May eruption before during and after. As I your bookseller look at even these snapshot photos I am once again in awe over the power and magnitude of this cataclysmic event. Sandy's shops were well known to regional photographers and customers for many years but it apparently no longer exists. An internet search brings us several references to Mr. Covert. The album is a bright black with three gold-stamped decorative motifs on the front cover & on the spine. The corners have some splitting to the vinyl material & there is a nick on one joint. The photographs are in fine condition and are sharp. Sandy's Camera Shops hardcover
1993Best.-Nr. 1302109Portland: Privately Published 1993. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 4to wraps with original flex plastic overlay. 712pp 22pp Index to Photographers by Cities. Other Indices: Daguerreotypists Panoramic Photographers Stereo Photographers Tintype Imprints Pinhole Photographers Women Photographers. Preface to this 2nd edition says only 50 copies were printed of the 1st edition & that in the new edition "many corrections have been made and this edition incorporates a number of additional photographers." This is a truly monumental work & labor of love with so much information beyond dates/places of photographers who are presented alphabetically. It is all text; no illustrations except for the cover. A typical lengthy entry has Name/company birth/death years Chronology Directory Listings Artifacts Photographer's Imprints Official Records New Items and Advertisements Bibliography. Where less is known about a particular photographer not as much can be given. A modern rarity. Fine. Privately Published unknown
1785Carta della Nuova Zelanda del Capitano Cook, tratta dal "Compendio della storia generale dei viaggi" tradotta dal lavoro di Prevost "Historie generale des voyages". L'opera in sette volumi è dedicata ai viaggi di Cook e altri viaggiatori nell'emisfero australe ed è stampata a Venezia da Vincenzo Formaleoni.Acquaforte, solite pieghe di carta, in ottimo stato di conservazione. Map of New Zealand by Captain Cook, taken from the "Compendio della storia generale dei viaggi" Italian translation of the Prevost's work "Historie generale des voyages". The seven-volume work is dedicated to Cook and other travelers in the southern hemisphere and is printed in Venice by Vincenzo Formaleoni.Very good condition with usual traces of original binding folds.
18298vo; 2 volumes, xvi, 536; viii, 576pp, illus, 2 engraved frontispieces, 6 fine engraved plates (of idols, tombs, etc) with tissue guards, 2 maps (one folding), facsimile. contemporary 1/2 calf with marbled boards, joints cracking, but firm (one re-enforced), clean, very good set. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Cox ii, P502 (referring to the later 1830 issue): "One of the earliest instances of ethnological research by a missionary, and valuable for its information on the mythology, traditions, customs, etc of the south sea islanders while still little sophisticated by Europeans. . . . The publication of this work went far to redeem the character of missionaries in the eyes of some who had thought of them all as ignorant and narrow-minded". An important contribution. Judd 60. Day (Pacific Island Literature, 100 basic books) 40: 'A more intesting book we have never perused. The work was used as source material by Herman Melville'.
1940Best.-Nr. 129895Quebec 1940. Photograph. very good. Artist Unknown. 29.25" X 35". Original B/W photograph. In large wooden frame which reads 'CP' at bottom. In very good condition with only slight yellowing due to age. Grey matting. A nice image of the Chateau. very good B/W historic photo of Chɴeau Frontenac an imposing hotel with five brick and stone wings and a central tower erected in seven stages between 1892 and 1993. It is prominently located on a cliff overlooking the St. Lawrence River within the Quec historic district. The Chɴeau Frontenac was designed by American architect Bruce Price as one of a series of "chɴeau" style hotels built for the Canadian Pacific Railway company aka CPR during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. CPR'S policy was to promote luxury tourism by appealing to wealthy travelers. The Chɴeau Frontenac opened in 1893 five years after the Banff Springs Hotel which was owned by the same company and similar in style. 1940 unknown
1954Best.-Nr. 143315Canada: Canadian Pacific C. 1954. Good. Original colour lithograph travel poster promoting "The Canadian". There is minimal creasing along the sides and a multiple small pin holes in each of the corners. There is also a rip on the bottom edge that has been professionally restored. The size is 915mm x 610mm or 36" x 24". This poster is in good condition. The poster says Canadian Pacific Presents: The Canadian- First and only all stainless steel "dome" streamliner across Canada between Montreal-Vancouver Toronto- Vancouver starting April 24_1955. This poster was issued by the Canadian Pacific to promote The Canadian a streamliner that would go across Canada. It is a bright red background with bold white lettering in varying fonts across the whole poster. This is the first poster made advertising the first trip on "The Canadian" the soon to be famous all stainless steel "dome" streamliner across Canada. An iconic poster for the very first trip. 1954 Canadian Pacific unknown
19468vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, uncut, red silk marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The author served as Deputy Chief of Naval Intelligence during WWII. His emphasis on psychological warfare made a considerable impact upon Japanese morale well before the first atom bomb. Enser, p.233.
Best.-Nr. 28030401San Francisco 1937 G.P.O. A large poster on stiff board 33 x 48 cm. white with black ink b.w. photo and aircraft English & mostly Chinese text time tables for departing air craft and schedule. OBSCURE ITEM LIMITED EDITION OF 500 This lovely period poster was printed September 30 1937 in a LIMITED EDITION OF 500 only copies per the colophon at the bottom of the poster. CONDITION: The poster is very clean and obscure. There are 2 very tiny mended closed tears in the right and lower margin else this is a very clean nice copy of a rare item. There is almost no surface soil and a small bump to lower right corner again none of this invades the text at all and can be matted out in a frame. The "CHINA CLIPPER" an early Pan-Am aircraft is shown flying over the city of San Francisco just above Fisherman's Wharf and other piers and North Beach Russian Hill the tower and downtown in the background. The text informs the Chinese community about the new air mail service drop off locations times of pickup and the like. Nicely executed. QUITE SCARCE . unknown
Best.-Nr. 01-0066San Francisco Calif.: Southern Pacific Railroad 1962. Map. Blueprint. 31.5 x 133 inches. Scale 1 inch = 1000 feet. April 1955 revised to Feb. 1962. With index to industries showing names and location. San Francisco, Calif.: Southern Pacific Railroad, 1962. unknown
Best.-Nr. FRE8151 p. 295x23 cm. 11 ½x 9 in. With a folded map ca. 136 x 60 cm. 53 ½x 23 ½ in. By the late 1910s the Union Pacific Railroad UP was one of the largest and most strategically important rail systems in the United States: Operated a core network of roughly 9000–10000 miles of track including subsidiaries and controlled lines the broader system was significantly larger it formed a central component of the transcontinental rail system linking: Omaha / Council Bluffs Midwest hub across Nebraska Wyoming Utah to connections reaching the Pacific Coast via Southern Pacific and other lines controlled or was closely associated with major lines such as: Oregon Short Line Oregon–Washington Railroad & Navigation Company as outlined on the map included in the report. In practical terms UP was a backbone carrier of western U.S. transportation moving both freight and passengers across vast distances. 1918 was important year in UP history as for the first time it became component of a single national logistics machine not a fully autonomous company - after half a century of operation as a for-profit private corporation it became a part of a nationalized system run by the USRA begun Dec. 1917 fully implemented in 1918. These changes are reflected in the report in the ‘Federal Control of Railroads’ section as well as ‘Physical Changes’ and ‘Water Companies - Federal Control’. Other sections of the report included the equipment asset accounts status as well as the all kinds of passenger and car statistics for the board of directors to review. The map shows UP lines in its pre-WWI glory: once the U.S. entered World War I the federal government through the United States Railroad Administration imposed strict limits on new construction prioritization of maintenance and war traffic/ As a result large-scale new line construction was effectively frozen capital projects were deferred unless militarily necessary. Present report is not found on Worldcat copies in trade seen often lack the map. unknown
1939Best.-Nr. 214021939. Four wartime pamphlets and periodicals 1939-1945 documenting American interpretations of Japanese expansionism prewar economic policy debates and U.S. military operations in the Pacific Theater. The materials illustratr how military governmental and institutional publications framed Japanese imperial strategy and justified American military response while also presenting technical and battlefield analysis intended for both military and informed civilian audiences. These works collectively offer insight into wartime messaging strategic interpretation and the evolving American understanding of Pacific conflict from prewar trade tensions through active combat operations. Four printed works issued between 1939 and 1945 including Shall America Stop Arming Japan 1939; Japanese Imperialism Exposed: The Secret Tanaka Document 1942; United States Naval Institute Proceedings Vol. 69 No. 485 May 1943; and Makin U.S. War Department 1944. Staple-bound and softcover formats illustrated with photographs maps charts and technical diagrams. Shall America Stop Arming Japan presents statistical charts detailing American exports of strategic materials noting that Japan sourced significant percentages of copper scrap iron and petroleum from the United States accompanied by arguments advocating embargo. Japanese Imperialism Exposed reproduces the controversial Tanaka Memorial describing a proposed sequence of territorial conquest beginning with China and extending across Asia and the Pacific. Makin issued by the War Department's Historical Division provides a detailed narrative of the U.S. Marine assault on Makin Atoll with photographs of tanks infantry movement and captured terrain alongside fold-out maps showing defensive positions and invasion routes. United States Naval Institute Proceedings includes articles analyzing naval aviation logistics and strategic doctrine with photographic illustrations of aircraft such as the XLRQ-1 seaplane glider and PV-1 Ventura patrol plane as well as discussions of wartime and postwar naval policy. Together these publications trace the progression of American engagement with Japan from economic and diplomatic tension to full-scale military conflict combining advocacy intelligence interpretation and operational reporting. The juxtaposition of prewar policy argument with wartime combat analysis and technical discussion demonstrates the range of printed materials used to inform persuade and document during the Pacific War. These works support research into wartime propaganda military strategy and the informational frameworks through which the United States understood and prosecuted the war against Japan. Light wear to spines and edges with minor toning to pages; overall very good condition. A cohesive grouping illustrating the intersection of policy debate ideological framing and battlefield documentation in World War II print culture. unknown
1945Best.-Nr. 213921945. U.S. military operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II photograph and newspaper archive 1941-1945 documenting the Battle of Iwo Jima and the attack on Pearl Harbor. The archive pairs soldier-taken snapshots with official U.S. Navy and press photographs showing how combat equipment and battlefield conditions. The featured original snapshots contain handwritten notations en verso identifying dates specific locations soldiers and equipment. The archive comprises 39 silver gelatin photographs ranging from roughly 3.5 x 5 to 6 x 8 inches together with original wartime front pages of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin covering the attack on Pearl Harbor the fall of Italy and the Allied invasion of Europe. Images include amphibious landings on the black sand beaches of Iwo Jima with landing craft advancing under naval bombardment; U.S. Navy battleships destroyers and landing craft firing on shore defenses; and aerial scenes of dogfights and bombing runs. Close-up battlefield images depict the wreckage left in the wake of combat including destroyed landing craft craters from naval artillery and Japanese fortifications. Several photographs focus on the role of air power with images of Japanese aircraft under attack U.S. planes engaging in dogfights and B-29 Superfortresses bombing enemy positions. A particularly striking image captures a Japanese bomber scoring a direct hit on the USS Yorktown with billowing smoke rising from the carrier. Handwritten notations on some images identify U.S. servicemen locations such as Mount Suribachi and captured Japanese positions. The series of larger military-produced photographs and newspaper clippings have inscriptions on verso identifying locations and vessels depicted as well as the name tag "K .Benden." Among these are portraits of American soldiers posing at key strategic points inspecting captured bunkers and standing beside wrecked aircraft. Reconnaissance images show terrain and fortified positions; ground-level views show cratered landscapes wrecked landing craft and captured Japanese fortifications. One image shows the USS West Virginia during the Pearl Harbor attack with fire damage and crew visible; another shows a Japanese aircraft striking the USS Yorktown. Other photographs show servicemen near Mount Suribachi inspecting bunkers and beside wrecked aircraft. Many images carry printed captions within the negatives; others have handwritten verso annotations identifying locations dates vessels and personnel including one marked "K. Benden." Light wear minor edge creasing and occasional surface marks; overall in very good with strong image clarity. unknown
1945Best.-Nr. 213921945. U.S. military operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II photograph and newspaper archive 1941-1945 documenting the Battle of Iwo Jima and the attack on Pearl Harbor. The archive pairs soldier-taken snapshots with official U.S. Navy and press photographs showing how combat equipment and battlefield conditions. The featured original snapshots contain handwritten notations en verso identifying dates specific locations soldiers and equipment. The archive comprises 39 silver gelatin photographs ranging from roughly 3.5 x 5 to 6 x 8 inches together with original wartime front pages of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin covering the attack on Pearl Harbor the fall of Italy and the Allied invasion of Europe. Images include amphibious landings on the black sand beaches of Iwo Jima with landing craft advancing under naval bombardment; U.S. Navy battleships destroyers and landing craft firing on shore defenses; and aerial scenes of dogfights and bombing runs. Close-up battlefield images depict the wreckage left in the wake of combat including destroyed landing craft craters from naval artillery and Japanese fortifications. Several photographs focus on the role of air power with images of Japanese aircraft under attack U.S. planes engaging in dogfights and B-29 Superfortresses bombing enemy positions. A particularly striking image captures a Japanese bomber scoring a direct hit on the USS Yorktown with billowing smoke rising from the carrier. Handwritten notations on some images identify U.S. servicemen locations such as Mount Suribachi and captured Japanese positions. The series of larger military-produced photographs and newspaper clippings have inscriptions on verso identifying locations and vessels depicted as well as the name tag "K .Benden." Among these are portraits of American soldiers posing at key strategic points inspecting captured bunkers and standing beside wrecked aircraft. Reconnaissance images show terrain and fortified positions; ground-level views show cratered landscapes wrecked landing craft and captured Japanese fortifications. One image shows the USS West Virginia during the Pearl Harbor attack with fire damage and crew visible; another shows a Japanese aircraft striking the USS Yorktown. Other photographs show servicemen near Mount Suribachi inspecting bunkers and beside wrecked aircraft. Many images carry printed captions within the negatives; others have handwritten verso annotations identifying locations dates vessels and personnel including one marked "K. Benden." Light wear minor edge creasing and occasional surface marks; overall in very good with strong image clarity. unknown books
1939Best.-Nr. 214021939. Four wartime pamphlets and periodicals 1939-1945 documenting American interpretations of Japanese expansionism prewar economic policy debates and U.S. military operations in the Pacific Theater. The materials illustratr how military governmental and institutional publications framed Japanese imperial strategy and justified American military response while also presenting technical and battlefield analysis intended for both military and informed civilian audiences. These works collectively offer insight into wartime messaging strategic interpretation and the evolving American understanding of Pacific conflict from prewar trade tensions through active combat operations. Four printed works issued between 1939 and 1945 including Shall America Stop Arming Japan 1939; Japanese Imperialism Exposed: The Secret Tanaka Document 1942; United States Naval Institute Proceedings Vol. 69 No. 485 May 1943; and Makin U.S. War Department 1944. Staple-bound and softcover formats illustrated with photographs maps charts and technical diagrams. Shall America Stop Arming Japan presents statistical charts detailing American exports of strategic materials noting that Japan sourced significant percentages of copper scrap iron and petroleum from the United States accompanied by arguments advocating embargo. Japanese Imperialism Exposed reproduces the controversial Tanaka Memorial describing a proposed sequence of territorial conquest beginning with China and extending across Asia and the Pacific. Makin issued by the War Department's Historical Division provides a detailed narrative of the U.S. Marine assault on Makin Atoll with photographs of tanks infantry movement and captured terrain alongside fold-out maps showing defensive positions and invasion routes. United States Naval Institute Proceedings includes articles analyzing naval aviation logistics and strategic doctrine with photographic illustrations of aircraft such as the XLRQ-1 seaplane glider and PV-1 Ventura patrol plane as well as discussions of wartime and postwar naval policy. Together these publications trace the progression of American engagement with Japan from economic and diplomatic tension to full-scale military conflict combining advocacy intelligence interpretation and operational reporting. The juxtaposition of prewar policy argument with wartime combat analysis and technical discussion demonstrates the range of printed materials used to inform persuade and document during the Pacific War. These works support research into wartime propaganda military strategy and the informational frameworks through which the United States understood and prosecuted the war against Japan. Light wear to spines and edges with minor toning to pages; overall very good condition. A cohesive grouping illustrating the intersection of policy debate ideological framing and battlefield documentation in World War II print culture. unknown books
1914xiv, 403 p. "A record of missionary work among the Indian tribes of the Northern Pacific Coast of our country and of the wonderful transformation in character and conditions which the introduction of the blessed Gospel has brought about." - Preface. List of illustrations includes twenty-seven black and white plates, two of which (at pages 144 and 208) are not present, although there is no evidence they ever were. New front and back endpapers applied over originals. Narrow opening in binding at half-title page. Somewhat above-average wear to maroon cloth covered boards adorned with gilt lettering and photo of author. LOWTHER 1611, TOURVILLE 1128, AMTMANN 3501, RICKS p.75, SMITH 2135, MATTHEWS 295, TOD & CORDINGLEY p.85. Book
191893 pages plus 8 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Features: My Bear Hunt in the B.C. Rockies - Part I, by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; Thrilling stories of the Air, with amazing crash photos; A Doctor in the Holy Land - Dr. H.J. Bailey in Palestine - Gaza and Nablus; Facing Death for Cinema Thrills - some hairbreadth escapes of well-known motion-picture stars, related by themselves, with photos; Tales of the Service - part IV - Tossed into the Bog - a true tale by a Customs Officer from the West Coast of Scotland; The Pirate of the Pacific - Count von Luckner - with photos; A Woman's Journey Across Africa - part V of Eva J. Jordan's 4,000 mile honeymoon trip across the dark continent; Beyond the Law - part IV, by Emmett Dalton, the sole survivor of the Dalton Gang; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part IV, by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with photos by the authors; The Drover Dempster - A.A. Beattie relates a deadly drive of 500 miles in Australia; The Disappearing Island - Helen Darbishire describes Ocean Island in the South Pacific - built entirely of phosphates - with nice photos; "Lionel - Because of the Lions" - Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Porch) explains how she came to name a lonely station near the Congo, on the Cape-to-Cairo Railway; The Water Miracles of India - how the engineer has wiped out India's famine scourge and reclaimed millions of acres of land by the erection of vast irrigation works - with great photos; Photo of 28-lb lobster; Photo of French school-children in war zone wearing gas masks; Photo of a Mormon Church in Salt Lake City converted into an auto shop; photo of the quaint circumcision garb worn in Uganda. Nostalgic back cover ad by the Haywood Tire & Equipment Co. of Indianapolis proves that the tire repair business was booming in 1918! Full-page ad inside back cover boasts that the Newell Pharmacal Co. can banish the smoking habit in 48 to 72 hours. Small ad for Emblem motorcycles and bicycles. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
1917Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Six Skulls - Part I - Sequel to "In the Grip of the Hip Sings" - the twenty-five year persecution of Walter G. Patterson who, while a young man in Butte, Montana, was compelled to join a lawless Chinese tong; An Amazing Voyage - The escape from Spain of a number of interned German officers; A Flying Man in South America - Part VI - The adventures of John G. Barron, who spent 2.5 years giving flying exhibitions in South America, often to people who had never before seen an aircraft; The Child of Terbeeke - How a child saved a British Battalion from annihilation; Humours of the East African Campaign; Panton's Feud - how aviators and artillery co-operate at the Front; On the Borders of Tibet - Part V - Photo-illustrated account of the author's two years wanderings in these wild lands of wilder people; A Bandit's Bride - Part III - The strange story of Pancho Villa's wife, with photos, including photo of Villa and Zapata on horseback in Mexico City in 1915 when they practically controlled Mexico; Railway Building in the Wilderness - Part I - Construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific through the Canadian Rockies, with great photos; The Faithful Lover - The history of William Anderson and Catherine Burthe; Photo of Mashukwlumbwe tribesmen with hair spikes over two feet tall!; Ten-page investment ad for the Sugar Cane By-Products Co., which apparently sought to solve the shortage of wood pulp by using sugar cane; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3], 388-472, 8-24 [ads]. Unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
1976298 pages including index. Compiles all available references relevant to the environmental aspect of the Nanaimo River Estuary. Summarizes pertinent information and provides lists on plant and animal life, to provide readers with some idea of the ecological characteristics. Contents include topics such as: Geology; Economic Geology; Surficial Geology; Climatology; Hydrology; Oceanography; Invertebrate Biology; Invertebrate Fisheries Resource; Flora; Wildlife; Land and Water Use; Pollution; plus an extensive Bibliography. Includes a variety of maps. Report of the Estuary Working Group, Department of the Environment, Regional Pacific Region. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A wonderful reference. Book
1848Best.-Nr. 13620Franck Paris 1848 1 vol. In-4 de 4 ff.n.ch. 326 pp.; demi-chagrin de l'époque, dos à nerfs richement orné, tranches dorées.
1789Best.-Nr. PHO-2526Paris, Maradan, 1789, in-4 (28x21,5cm), 2ff.-499pp.-46pp.-1f., reliure d’attente, dos manquant, coins usés, quelques rousseurs.
1841Best.-Nr. LBW-1781[Paris, 1841]. En deux feuilles non jointes pouvant former un panorama d'environ 211 mm x 1,02 m.
1833Best.-Nr. LBW-5461[Paris, 1833]. 430 x 585 mm.
1833Best.-Nr. LBW-5448[Paris, 1833]. 343 x 240 mm.
1827Best.-Nr. LBW-4426[1827]. 500 x 361 mm.
