London. The Argonaut Press. 1930. Limited edition hard cover volume 10 ¼ x 8 inches; (xiv) 142 numbered pages. Translated with Introduction by Cecil Jane. Gilt cloth covered boards; vellum spine. Number 480 in a limited edition of 525 copies. Folding frontispiece; folding map illustrating the exploration in the Pacific... More about A Spanish Voyage to Vancouver and the North-West Coast of America
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office. 1902. Color centerfold maps (tipped in), black and white in-text maps, 120pp, 11 1/2 x 9 inches, no wrappers (softbound). Covers missing; first and last page lightly soiled, otherwise very good clean condition. First Professional Paper of the U.S. Geological Survey. Color maps: Geological Sketch... More about Preliminary Report on the Ketchikan Mining District, Alaska with an Introductory Sketch of the...
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office. 1932. Color folding map 24 3/4 x 38 inches (tipped in), black and white diagrams, v+219-345pp, paper wrappers (softbound). Library stamps and light wear to front cover; a couple of pages lightly soiled, otherwise very good clean condition. Contents include: Geography, Geology, Economic geology, The... More about Bulletin 836 - D. The Eastern Portion of Mount McKinley National Park. / The Kantishna District...
Corps of Engineers. Various dates 1950-1954. Each interim report bound in paper wrappers, profusely illustrated with folding maps, diags, ills, each 120-140pp, 12 x 8 inches, very good condition. Detailed reports on current situations and projected improvements including cost, with detailed maps. More about Harbors and Rivers in Alaska. Survey Report. Interim Reports 1-5. 1. Southeastern Alaska. 2....
Chicago. A. N. Marquis & Company. 1897. Full page and in-text black and white illustrations and photo illustrations, map, 216pp, 8 x 5 3/4 inches, cloth covered boards with color pictorial cover label and spine (hardbound) (rebound). The paper spine and covers of the original paper-bound version have been incorporated... More about The Gold Fields of the Klondike. Fortune Seekers' Guide to the Yukon Region of Alaska and British...
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office. 1900. Color maps, black and white drawings, photo illustrations and maps, 5 large folding maps in rear pocket (three in color, two black and white), 509pp, 11 1/2 x 8 inches, gilt pictorial cloth covered boards (hardbound). Covers lightly worn with faint soiling to upper... More about Twentieth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior...
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office. 1900. Color maps, black and white drawings, photo illustrations and maps, 509pp, 11 1/2 x 8 inches, missing front paper wrapper and title page. 5 large folding maps (three in color, two black and white) that were originally housed in a pocket at the rear... More about Twentieth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior...
Portland, OR. Binfords & Mort. 1965. Second edition. B/w photo ills, map on endpapers also reproduced on large folding map which is loose in book, 167pp, index, 8vo, very good in slightly rubbed and chipped d/j with previous owner's name stamped on front cover. More about Cattle Country of Peter French
Taylor, Clarice B. (ed).
Honolulu. Honolulu Star-Bulletin Ltd., 1946- 1947. 73rd year. Soft-cover guide book "All About Hawaii' 6 3/4 x 5 inches, 352 pages, black and white and photographic illustrations. Multiple topics are covered, among them the Sugar Industry, the Pineapple Industry, the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy in... More about All About Hawaii. Thrum's Hawaiian Annual and Standard Guide
Territory of Hawaii. Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Ltd., 1925. Black and white photo illustrations, xvi+915pp, index, 9 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches, embossed cloth-covered boards (hardbound). Covers rubbed at extremities, spine has been reglued (had been split at upper joint), a few tears to head of spine; occasional faint foxing, mostly to... More about The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders With which is Incorporated Volume III Men of Hawaii. An...
New York. The Macmillian Company. 1958. Full page color ills., 70pp., 8vo (10 x 7.25in.), cloth covered boards. Very good condition. Color pictorial dust jacket with small chip to bottom front and 1in. repaired tear to lower portion of backstrip. More about Mr. Otis
Augusta Anderson. No date. Ca. 1910. Black and white photo illustrations (majority are full-page), 9 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches, color pictorial paper wrappers (softbound) with cord tie. Light wear to covers, original tie is fraying, dampstains to fore edge corners throughout (well outside image areas), occasional light soiling. Fascinating... More about The Shadowy St. Joe
Augusta Anderson. No date. Ca. 1910. Black and white photo illustrations (majority are full-page), 9 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches, color pictorial paper wrappers (softbound) with cord tie. Sturdy cord tie binding, small break at top and bottom of spine; very good + condition, exceptionally clean and attractive. Fascinating collection... More about The Shadowy St. Joe
Lee, Ralph (illus).
Portland, OR. Metropolitan Press. 1934. Black and white full page illustrations, 58pp, 10 1/4 x 7 inches, paper covered boards with cloth spine (hardbound). Author inscription on front endpaper, toned area on verso of title page from laid in newspaper article, soft toning throughout to outer edges... More about The Tramp Printer. Sometime Journeyman of the Little Home-Town Papers in Days That Come No More
Lee, Ralph (illus).
Portland, OR. Metropolitan Press. 1934. Black and white full page illustrations, two edges uncut, 58pp, 10 1/8 x 6 3/4 inches, black cloth covered boards with gilt lettered spine (hardbound). Faint offsetting onto a few text pages. Fine condition. Illustrations by Ralph Lee. This came from the... More about The Tramp Printer. Sometime Journeyman of the Little Home-Town Papers in Days That Come No More
Portland, OR. Patrick Press. 1969. Illustrated in margins with examples of postmarks, 89+98+55+9 pp, index, 8vo (9 x 7"), stiff card covers (softbound). As new condition. "Limited edition". A listing of post offices in the Oregon Territory with dates of opening and closing. Invaluable to the collector of DPOs. Contents... More about Post Offices of Oregon Washington and Idaho Illustrated
New York. Antiquarian Press Ltd., 1959. SET OF EIGHT VOLUMES (complete), including the atlas volume (boxed set of 63 map sheets, numbered 1 to 54 (several numbers are further distinguished into A, B etc). Fine condition, original glassine wrappers on all but volume 6 and the atlas volume. This is... More about Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 1804-1806
Weiss, Winold (illus).
St. Paul, Minn. Great Northern Railway. 1947. Group of 24 color prints, image 10 x 7 1/2 inches on sheet size 12 x 9 inches, together with descriptive booklet (11pp., 11 x 8 1/2 inches). Prints are in fine condition, in original mailing envelope with decorative return... More about Out of the North. A Brief Historical Sketch of the Blackfeet Indian Tribe. (With complete set of...
Copyright 1969. Second Printing 1970. Black and white photo illustrations, 60pp, 10 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches, stiff paper wrappers (softbound). Ex-library with minimal markings, rear cover missing, paper loss to rear endpaper. In the foreword James A. Gibbs writes: "Except for the super-sleuthing of Capt. Grahame F. Shrader, one... More about The Phantom War in the Northwest. Cover title: The Phantom War in the Northwest and an account...
Portland, OR. J.K. Gill & Co., 1929. Black and white illustrations throughout, 32pp, decorative card wrappers 10 1/4 x 7 inches. Very good condition. Author's inscription on first page. Inscription by the author to John D. McKee, who was Vice President of the Mercantile Trust Company of San Francisco, on... More about Romance of the Gateway through the Cascade Range
1905. 79pp, index, 9 x 6 inches, paper wrappers (softbound). Covers lightly soiled; very good condition. "Filed in the Office of Secretary of State, February 18, 1905. and all Acts Amendatory of Supplemental Thereto. Compiled by R. S. Bryson, City Recorder. Printed by Yoran Printing House, Eugene, Oregon" (from cover and title sheet). More about Charter of the City of Eugene as Embodied in the Special Laws of the State of Oregon. An Act to...
Salem, Oregon. Oregon State Immigration Commission. 1914. Black and white illustrations, maps, and diagrams, 320pp, 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches, paper wrappers (softbound). Covers lightly worn with company stamp to back cover. There are single page black and white maps of the counties. This "official pamphlet published for the... More about The State of Oregon Its Resources and Opportunities. Cover title: 1915 Oregon Almanac. Official...
Portland, OR. The Blue Book - Social Register Assoc. 1937. 24th Anniversary Edition. 172 pp, 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, embossed gilt decorative cloth-covered boards (hardbound). Fine condition. From title page, "The Official and Accepted Index of Society including Departments of "Who is Who in Oregon" or Representative Oregonians... More about The Blue Book Social Register
Eugene, Oregon. University of Oregon. 06- 1932. Vol.II, No. 7. Booklet, 53pp, 10 x 6 3/4 inches, paper wrappers (softbound). Front cover softly toned, back cover missing; interior in very good clean condition. Contents includes Location, Administration, Harbor Conditions, etc, for Port of Alsea, Bandon, Coos Bay, Nehalem, Port Orford... More about The Facilities, Commerce and Resources of Oregon's Coast Ports. The University of Oregon School...
Washington, D.C. Department of the Interior. 1947. Hardcover book; 12 x 9.5 inches; 399 pp including Appendices I, II, and III (list of maps) followed by pocket on rear cover holding seven maps. Subtitle reads: "A Comprehensive Report on the Development of the Water Resources of the Columbia River Basin... More about The Columbia River
