[Wardner, Id.; Kellogg, Id.; Spokane, Wa. ca. 1899-1906]. Fifty-four photographs, 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches, one on each album page, mounted within a paper photo frame, most with manuscript captions. Lock of son Everett's baby hair tied in a pink ribbon laid in. Oblong small quarto. Pebbled red cloth.....
[Various locations in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. 1950-1980]. 761 photographs, of which 712 measure 7 x 5 inches and forty-nine measure 5 x 4 inches, most with printed captions on the verso, plus twenty-four photographic negatives. Minimal wear. Very good plus. A substantial and informative collection of photographs produced by.....
[San Francisco]: Printed by Wm. C. Brown, 1889. [6],54,[11]pp. including one chromolithographic advertisement, plus three colored folding maps and four photographic plates of ships. Original brown cloth, gilt title on front board within gilt border. Minor wear and soiling, corners lightly bumped and worn, front hinge a bit weak. Small.....
[Cascades. ca. 1910s]. [32]pp. containing seventy-one gelatin silver prints, most 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 to 3 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches, with nine larger images about 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches, most mounted, some tipped-in, some cornered. One titled "On the Queets Trail," one signed "G.P. Fera" in.....
New York: Francis P. Harper, 1902. Three volumes. xxiv,[2],482pp.; viii,[2],483- 892pp.; [4],893-1029pp., plus eight plates and folding map. Without the ad leaf at the end of the first volume. Frontispiece in first and second volumes. Half title in each volume. Original green cloth, spines gilt. Minor shelf wear. Binding of.....
New York: Francis P. Harper, 1905. Four volumes. Seventeen illustrations, portraits, and maps. Frontispiece and half title in each volume. Original green cloth, spines gilt. Light shelf wear. Small closed tear to lower edge of vol. 3 titlepage, occasional tidelines to upper margins (no text affected), a few spots of.....
Dublin. 1784. Three volumes. [8],xcviii,421; [14],549; [11],559pp., plus frontispiece portrait, eighteen folding maps and charts, seven folding plates, and folding table. Contemporary calf, spines gilt, leather labels. Extremities lightly worn, slight wear to spine ends and hinges, volume one expertly rebacked, with original spine laid down. Minor occasional foxing. A......
Philadelphia: W. Woodward, for B. Johnson, 1796. 252pp. 12mo. Modern pink paper boards, printed paper label. Light dampstaining and soiling to text, heavier in some places. Good plus. "Faithfully abridged from the quarto edition." An abridged children's version of Capt. James Cook's third and final voyage, on which he was.....
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Seattle. 1925. Small broadside, 10 1/2 x 7 inches. Previously folded. A few chips and small tears where previously adhered. Contemporary ink stamp. Good plus. Wanted poster offering a fifty dollar reward for a prisoner, M.W. Woods, who escaped from the custody of U.S. Marshals near Seattle in 1925. Woods.....
[Seattle: W.H. Pumphrey & Co., 1892]. Handcolored lithographic two-sheet folding map, matted to 30 1/2 x 50 1/2 inches. Original folds. Small abrasion to copyright notice at bottom left, obscuring the date. Very good. Attractively matted and framed, with the original cloth binding in a pocket on the back of.....
Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1844. Two octavo text volumes: xii,[4],524; [4],514pp., plus eight engraved plates. Handsome 19th-century full red morocco, spines gilt, boards ruled in gilt with gilt coat of arms composed of a five-pointed crown over crossed batons on front boards, a.e.g., gilt inner dentelles, silk endpapers. Minor shelf wear.....
New York. [ 1941.]. 127pp. Printed wrappers, as issued. Very good. One of the most notable bookseller catalogues ever issued in Americana, this was catalogue 119 of the firm. It covered Pacific Northwest Coast voyages by Russians, English, French, Spanish, and American expeditions, with a special section on the Wilkes.....
Walla Walla. 1902. 122,[1]pp. Printed wrappers. Overall very good. Attacks a Yale professor's debunking of the so-called "Marcus Whitman legend."
Cincinnati. 1865. 264pp. plus 24pp. of advertisements. Publisher's cloth, spine gilt, neatly rebacked, with original spine laid down, corners renewed. 19th-century bookplate on front pastedown, moderate foxing, as usual. Very good. A scarce account of an expedition to the Northwest beginning at Council Bluffs, via the North Platte to Fort.....
Oregon or Washington. [Based on sketches made ca. 1850-1855, but painted somewhat later]. Pastel on card, 19 1/2 x 39 inches. Signed lower left: "Gibbs." Framed and glazed in a period hardwood frame and gold gilt liner. The painting, with lovely, bright colors, is in excellent displayable condition. This beautiful.....
Portland, Or. Oregon Historical Society, 1950. 173pp. Folding chart. Cloth. Cloth sunned, else very good. An account of the shipwrecks along the Columbia River, covering the period between the early 19th to the early 20th centuries.
London. 1821. [4],377pp. plus leaf of errata and [6]pp. of book advertisements. Contemporary boards, paper label. Front hinge cracked and rather tender. Some chipping at spine. Old circulating library chart adhered to front pastedown. Internally clean and nice. Good. The author, a chaplain-general in the British Army, was sent with.....
London. 1826. [4],377pp., plus one leaf of errata. Original paper boards, paper label, neatly rebacked. Bookplate on front pastedown, ownership signature on titlepage. Light scattered foxing. Untrimmed, very good. Second edition. The author, a chaplain-general in the British Army, was sent, with his regiment, from France to America to fight.....
San Francisco. 1874. xi,[1],511pp. plus plates and folding table. Frontis. Original gilt cloth. Worn at spine ends and along edges. Conents shaken, else good. The extensive military experiences of an army surgeon in the Northwest, including coverage of Indian uprisings in 1855-58. Glisan served in Oklahoma and west Texas in.....
Washington. March 22, 1886. [1]p. plus original envelope. Quarto. Old fold lines. Slight separation at some folds. Faint offsetting. Very good plus. Senator Benjamin Harrison writes to William H. Clagart of Murray, Idaho regarding the annexation of the panhandle of Idaho into Washington Territory. Harrison was chairman of the U.S......
[Olympia, Wa.]. 1902. 13 leaves, each printed on one side only. Portrait. Oblong octavo. Original printed wrappers. Fine. Music and words for a prospecting song: "I'd wandered all over the country prospecting and digging for gold...." Illustrated with quaint drawings of a prospector by Major W.H. Bell.
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Tacoma, Wa. Kanzo Nihira, 1919-1920. [8]; [8]pp. In Japanese and English. Small folio newspapers. Minor staining or dust-soiling, minor edge wear and toning. Overall very good. A pair of apparently unrecorded Japanese- language newspapers printed in Tacoma just after World War I. The issues present here are Vol. 2, No.....
[Washington. 1868]. 39pp. plus large color folding map. Modern maroon cloth, gilt maroon morocco label. Minor dust soiling in text. Map bright and clean. Overall very good. An application to Congress by the Northern Pacific Railroad, headed by Minnesota railroad magnate James J. Hill, for federal aid to support the.....
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1868. 39pp. plus large color folding map, 23 1/4 x 44 3/4 inches. Original printed wrappers. Presentation inscription on front wrapper (see below). Wrapper edges chipped, minor soiling and tanning to wrappers, spine partially chipped, old vertical fold to pamphlet. Light foxing and tanning and occasional.....
[ San Francisco. 1938]. [2],76pp. Original blue cloth. Very good. From an edition limited to 200 numbered copies. A scarce, privately printed account of a sailing voyage between San Francisco and Hilo, Hawaii, with a description of Seattle as well. Johnson was born in Sweden, served as a regular seaman.....
