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1900réf. 2733Houston: Southern Pacific Sunset Route 1900. Very good. 4pp. on a single folded sheet. Minor toning and creasing. A simple but still interesting promotional leaflet touting the advantages of rice farming in Texas. The text was taken from the Southern Pacific Rice Book and lists twenty-six points of advice about the rice industry and how it is a good investment. These points are listed alphabetically by letter and each entry begins with that letter. For example: "H. Harvest rice same as wheat using a rice harvester." OCLC records just a single copy at the Autry Museum. Southern Pacific Sunset Route unknown
1900réf. 2733Houston: Southern Pacific Sunset Route 1900. Very good. 4pp. on a single folded sheet. Minor toning and creasing. A simple but still interesting promotional leaflet touting the advantages of rice farming in Texas. The text was taken from the Southern Pacific Rice Book and lists twenty-six points of advice about the rice industry and how it is a good investment. These points are listed alphabetically by letter and each entry begins with that letter. For example: "H. Harvest rice same as wheat using a rice harvester." OCLC records just a single copy at the Autry Museum. Southern Pacific Sunset Route unknown books
1990réf. 201740Broadbeach QLD. Pacific Books. 1990. 4to. Or.cloth-backed boards. 317274256230pp. With fold-out maps. Fine set. Originally published in 1944-45. The set Volume 3. Malaya Thailand Indo China the China Coast and the Japanese Empire. Volume 4. With an introduction by General Douglas MacArthur United States Army Broadbeach, QLD. Pacific Books. hardcover
réf. 33310N.p Facsimile reprint of the 1944 edition. 4 Vols. 4to 317; 274; 256; 230pp. orig. cloth-backed boards. Volume I: The Netherlands and British East Indies and the Philippine Islands. Volume II: The Mandated Territory of New Guinea Papua the British Solomon Islands the New Hebrides and Micronesia. Volume III: Malaya Thailand Indo China the China Coast and the Japanese Empire. Volume IV: Supplement to volumes 1 2 & 3. [N.p], (Facsimile reprint of the 1944 edition) hardcover
réf. 31901N.p Facsimile reprint of the 1944 edition. 3 Vols. 4to 317; 274; 230pp. orig. cloth-backed boards. Volume I: The Netherlands and British East Indies and the Philippine Islands. Volume II: The Mandated Territory of New Guinea Papua the British Solomon Islands the New Hebrides and Micronesia. Volume IV: Supplement to volumes 1 2 & 3. [N.p], (Facsimile reprint of the 1944 edition) hardcover
réf. 1391605772.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 1396662456.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1993réf. 69827San Francisco:: The Book Club of California 1993. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in gray linen stamped in black over pale gray paper covered boards with a paper label on front cover. . Limited edition. Publication Number 201. Illustrated with 2 photographs a copy of the original title page and an original tipped-in leaf pp. 159-160 of Cowan's Bibliography. Sources. 63 pp plus colophon. Large format. Edition limited to 390 copies designed by Lewis Allen and printed at the Anchor & Acorn Press. The Book Club of California, hardcover
1878réf. 1206699Sydney, Th. Richards, 1878. Gr.-8vo. Titel, 16, 173 S., 1 zweifarb. lithograph., mehrfach gefaltetes Panorama (ca 23,5 x 168,5 cm), 1 mehrfach gefaltete Tabelle. Hlwdbd d. Zeit (etwas beschabt m. einer kl. Fehlstelle im Bezug, Stempel auf Titel, Panorama an zwei Faltstellen hinterlegt u. dort mit wenigen kleinen, teils nachgefärbten Fehlstellen, ohne die Faltkarte).
1927réf. 64747Portland OR: Lafayette Apartment Hotel A.J. Baker Photo Studio 3300 NE Sandy Blvd. 1927-1944; 1964. Oblong 4to. Thirteen original silver gelatin photographs 11 linen-backed & mounted on white linen hinges 2 preserved in archival mylar sleeves nearly all stamped on verso w/ photographer’s imprint and a couple w/ notes and dating sized from 9.5 x 7.5 in. up to 10 x 8 in. bound w/ two brass screwposts at gutter margin; together w/ TLS on letterhead and printed blueprint of typical floor apartment layout for the Lafayette all VG. A very nice collection of original souvenir photographs touting the opening advertising and amenities of the Lafayette Apartment Hotel erected in 1927 at 730 W. 16th Ave. in Portland Oregon in Goose Hollow which featured primarily studio and 1-bedroom apartments as well as palatial penthouse as depicted in the images. The opening photograph captures a splendid billboard advertising the Lafyette on Highway 99 followed by images of the exterior and reproducing news articles in 1927 and 1934 in The Sunday Oregonian. Three of the photographs reveal the 1920’s style furnishings another the bathroom with white subway tile while the last 5 focus on the opulent pent house which sported opulent Persian rugs grand Art Deco chandelier sun patio and glimpses of the Arts & Crafts dining room. The photographer Almeron A.J. Baker 1882-1972 operated his Sandy Boulevard commercial photography studio for more than 50 years before retiring in 1964 whose subjects included Theodore Roosevelt Annie Oakley Admiral Byrd Buffalo Bill and many of the sites around Portland Oregon. Lafayette Apartment Hotel, A.J. Baker, Photo Studio, 3300 NE Sandy Blvd., unknown
188921 pages. Plus a large fold-out colour map measuring approximately 8.5 x 23 inches (22 x 59cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. David Lindsay was an Australian explorer and surveyor and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. This is an abridged account of his important journey across Australia in 1885-6, in which he passed through a large tract of previously unexplored country in the Northern Territory of South Australia, west of the Queensland boundary. This valuable and absorbing account describes his expedition of the Finke River and excursion to the western boundary of Queensland, also includes an extensive chronological report of his journey from Dalhousie to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Accompanied by a spectacular fold-out colour map illustrating the explorations and surveys in the northern territories of South Australia. The map stretches from the Gulf of Carpentaria in the north to the Truer or Macumba in the south, showing Lindsay's track, survey lines, and telegraph lines. Also included is an impressive Vocabulary list, containing some important native words with their English translations.
réf. 1805097n.p.: Western. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. Facsimile reprint hard bound in gilt-stamped and decoratively embossed black boards. 1024pp. Illustrated & with portraits. Originally published in 1904 by the Western Historical Pub. Co. This lovely facsimile copy is in a nice sound binding and uses good paper. No reprint publisher information is given. It does not match the internet pictures of some of the current print-on-demand copies. Having once owned and sold a first edition I can tell the reader that this is an excellent copy to own if you don't need the original edition. Published without dj. Near fine. (Western) hardcover
1981A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. 414 pages. 5"w x 7 1/2"h. A guide to Pacific Coast trees with a key to genera, glossary of botancial terms, list of trees for various uses, index of species by common and scientific names. Many b&w illustrations.
1922310p. + Plus maps. Uncut and unopened. Title page ruled in red. Penciled ownership of John C. Schmidt (York, Pennsylvania). 8vo. Original full red cloth binding. First edition. Nice copy. Putnam Weale is the pen name of Bertram Lenox Simpson (1877-1930). This book is an "Insider's view of the growing turmoil in East Asia following the World War I, the Russian Revolution and the collapse of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance Treaty, imperialism in China, roles of Japan, Britain, United States and Canada, etc." **PRICE JUST REDUCED! WWI 5
1965réf. 56840Los Angeles CA; Ketchum ID & Omaha NE: Schick; Gilbert Stanley Underwood & Micro-Tronics The Wurgler Co. 1965-1983. Collection including One original pencil drawing sized 6.5 x 23.5 in. framed & matted in black & glass frame sized 11 x 37.5 in. artist’s signature dated 12/83; Five blueprints reproduced on thick mylar stock sized 30 x 47.25 in.; 65 105 mm. blueprint negatives all carefully labeled in pencil on archival manila envelopes preserved in lidded black vinyl box gilt Sun Valley logo & lettering stamped on lid. This unusual collection containing a large panoramic elevation drawing of the historic Sun Valley Lodge five large blueprints reproduced from the originals as well as an invaluable grouping of 105 mm. blueprint negatives for all of the original drawings of the Sun Valley Lodge and sister lodge the Challenger Inn later Sun Valley Inn. Also present is a September 1932 blueprint negative for a proposed Union Pacific Cafeteria building in Ketchum ID. Harriman foresaw the tremendous potential in developing a skiing destination industry for the Union Pacific during the Great Depression and after hiring Count Felix Schaffgosch to scout locations determined in January 1936 that Ketchum ID would be the ideal spot. The Union Pacific contracted the famed Los Angeles CA architect Gilbert Underwood 1890-1960 who at the time was a key member in the Federal Architecture Project established by Roosevelt during the New Deal. Underwood was well known for designing Union Pacific lodges for the National Park Service including complexes at Cedar Breaks Zion Bryce Canyon North Rim of the Grand Canyon and the famed Ahwahnee Hotel at Yosemite. He would later produce the preliminary designs for the Timberline Lodge WPA project on Mount Hood OR. The large panoramic drawing depicts the historic South elevation of the Lodge as constructed in 1936 scale of 1 in. to 20 feet. The large reproduced plans include those for The First Floor Basement and Foundation Second Floor Third Floor and Fourth Floor and Roof Plan. The blueprint negatives include floor plans framing plans kitchen ceiling designs piping kitchen pantry details the range hoods bar plans dining table details & plans and even the bakers dough table. Bill Wurgler 1912-1996 founded the Wurgler Co. in downtown Omaha following World War II and maintained the largest and finest photographic and blueprint reproduction plant in the Midwest later selling to Standard Blue in 1969. We could find no similar collections in Worldcat; See: History of Sun Valley Visit Sun Valley Ketchum Idaho 2020; Laura Soulliere Harrison Architecture in the Parks: National Historic Landmark Theme Study 1986 pp. 245-249. Schick; Gilbert Stanley Underwood & Micro-Tronics, The Wurgler Co., unknown
1975réf. 10721Coburg Oregon: John W. Ball - Self Published 1975. First Edition. Original wraps. Fine. 8vo. pp. 66 decorated wraps illustrated. -- Condition. Contents: The Foolers of Depth Perception - The Hidden Bottom - The Hitch Effect - Jackrabbit Bait - Up and Down Sags - Pendulum Drift - Ideal Drift - Avoiding the Shake - Lures - Snags - Animated Lures - Animated Lure Criteria Ole - Tackle Foolers - Feeding Line to the Drifts Spinning Gear - Reel Lubrication - Back Lash - Paradox of Rod Position - Feeding line to the Drift Casting Gear - Steelhead Fly Fishing - Handling Hooked Fish - Handling the Landing Net - Artificial Weather - Three Kinds of Fish and Rivers - How to Hold a River Post Mortem - Killers to Watch For - Post Script. John W. Ball - Self Published unknown
1969réf. 736516PN. New. 1969. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1900réf. IC147191900 12 p., 2 lithographed pls, roy. 4to, disbound (no covers).
1941réf. 2111902154609658Seikatsu-sha 1941. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Seikatsu-sha paperback
1984réf. 2090502113715502Not Available 1984. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1948Boards with light wear to extremities; In the immediate postwar era, Hawaii and the South Sea Islands were an uneasy combination of the traditional and the encroachment of the modern world, as author Furnas relates. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 542 pages
1948542p. + Photographs. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, worn. Hardbound. First printed in 1937, Furnas describes a true paradise. TRAVEL/3
19478vo [21.5 x 14.5 cm]; [xii], 542 pp, numerous illus, map endpapers, bibliog, index. original two-part cloth with gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped, bit rubbed at edges), small light stain on part of outer edge of text block, but clean very good or better copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author provides a fascinating work on the influence on the Pacific Islanders and their influence on us, based on his thousands of miles of travels in the area over the years and on the literature, legends and history.
19884to., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs and detailed drawings in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. One of the scarcest titles in Conway's splendid 'Anatomy of the Ship' series.
1985Oblong 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs and detailed drawings in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. One of the scarcest titles in Conway's outstanding Anatomy of the Ship series.
