No publication information given, but ca. 1900-1910. "From survey by Herbert Carmichael, Assistant Mineralogist, assisted by W.E. Meyerson." 8.25" x 17.5" map with four vertical folds. Presumably issued in a book or report, but we have not been able to identify the source. Contour lines show the geography around the..... Item #22550
[Washington]: Tippin & Streeper, 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 30th Congress, 1st Session, Miscellaneous Document No. 20. 36 pp. Fine copy in modern buckram binding. "Howison spent nearly a year in the Oregon country, exploring the interior, living among the pioneers, etc. His vessel, the Shark, was wrecked in the..... Item #23187
Seattle: Pacific Ports Magazine, [1921]. Softcover. Good. 9 x 11.75 inches (oblong), in colorful pictorial wrappers. Not paginated, but ca. 100 pp, extensively illustrated with half-tone photographs, blue decorative border on each page. Wrappers creased and soiled (esp. rear wrapper), contents clean, binding sound. This book was published on the..... Item #21893
Tacoma: Cromwell Printing Company, 1891. Softcover. Good. 5.25" x 3.25", 13 pp, in original stapled wrappers. Staples rusted, text detached from wrapper, moderate soiling; good. A rare consumer information pamphlet from the Tacoma Light and Water Company, which was founded in 1884 by Charles B. Wright, President of the Northern..... Item #22602
[1855]. Softcover. Very good. Folio, 7 pp, printed on blue paper in two unsewn (unbound) gatherings. Minor handling wear; near fine. The Rogue River Indians were not a single tribe, but a conglomeration of several groups living in the Rogue River Valley of southwestern Oregon. This treaty was concluded by..... Item #20479
Ithaca, NY: Mack, Andrus & Co., Printers, 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First issue, with frontispiece. 8vo, pp. xvi, [17]-399, in original cloth with gilt-decorated spine. Lacks front free endpaper, cloth worn and faded, some foxing. Good. Dr. Elijah White was Presbyterian minister who first arrived in Oregon with his..... Item #22507
Seattle: ACLU of Washington, 1969-1970. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. Ten issues of this regional ACLU newsletter, beginning with Volume 1, Number 1 and ending with Volume 2, Number 5. A near interrupted run, but lacking Vol. 2, No, 2. An ACLU Open Forum flyer from June 1969 is laid..... Item #23966
Ottawa: F.A. Acland, Printer to the King's Excellent Majesty, 1929. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. Issued as Bulletin No. 61, Anthropological Series No. 12. 275 pp, including 33 b/w plates. Briefly inscribed by Barbeau on the title page. Light rippling to the first ca. 25 pages, otherwise very good. From..... Item #23500
![Item #23500 Totem Poles of the Gitksan, Upper Skeena River, British Columbia [SIGNED]. Marius...](https://walkaboutbooks-net.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/23500.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1709583161)
Report 213, 19th Congress, 1st Session. 22 pp, in an attractive modern binding of three-quarter leather and marbled boards, with gilt spine lettering. Light foxing and toning; very good. Congressman Baylies reviews various explorations of the northwest, including an apparently spurious one, in an effort to support the United States'..... Item #22567
Ottawa: Dominion Water Power Branch, [1915]. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 9.5" x 6.5", 167 pp, with numberous illustrations from photographs, folding map and folding profile. A very good copy with light edgewear to the wraps. Part of a series on Canadian water power produced in connection with an exhibit..... Item #24492
Petaluma, Cal. J.T. Studdert, Book and Job Printer, 1898. Hardcover. Fine. 186 pp, in original black cloth-covered boards with gilt title, portrait of the author and his wife. Fine copy. "The personal narrative of an Argonaut of 1851, with details of hardship and adventures on the plains and among the..... Item #23215
Portland, Oregon: Davidson Photo, [1883]. Very good. 5.5" x 8" albumen photograph on a 9.25" x 12" mount. Titled "Cabinet Gorge, Clark's River, looking down stream," with further caption for the series: "Scenery Along the Line of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, Clarke's Fork Division." Credited "Davidson, Photo. Portland, Oregon."..... Item #23168
London: Geo. Goulding, 1789. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. large 4to, xxix, 360, 47 pp + 17 engraved plates, 5 folding maps and charts. Contemporary calf boards (rubbed through at corners), rebacked with new spine, original marbled endpapers retained. Armorial bookplate of John Bridge on front pastedown, Bridge's name and..... Item #22478
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 7.75" x 5.5", 536 pp + ads, indexed and extensively illustrated, in original green cloth boards with totem pole illustration on front cover, top edge gilt. Some minor nibbling to cloth on front board, slight rubbing to covers. Internally..... Item #24402
San Francisco: H.S. Crocker Company, 1893. Hardcover. Near fine. 7.25" x 5.5", indexed, with color frontispice, many b/w illustrations in the text. Light scratching/abrasion to cloth on front board and spine ends, else a fine copy. This expanded version of the author's "Common Seashells of California" adds "marine shells which..... Item #24490
Selah Valley Optimist Printing, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good in a fine dust jacket. ca. 8.75 x 11 inches, 230 pp, with index, 284 photographs, maps, and illustrations. A very good copy, with the only flaw being some old tape residue on the covers; internally very clean and soung..... Item #22210
Barcelona: Ministerio de Defensa, Museo Naval, Lunwerg Editores. Hardcover. Very good. Undated, but published between 1987 and 1996. Volumes 1-5, in 6 physical volumes. Includes: Tomo I, Circunstancia histórica del viaje; Tomo II, Vol. 1 & 2: Diario general del viaje; Tomo III, Diarios y trabajos botanicos; Tomo IV, Trabajos..... Item #24056
Chicago: American Resorts, 1897. Softcover. Very good. Separately issued 8-page stapled booklet (12.25" x 9.25"), with 19 images from photographs and two maps. Includes sections on the climate, agriculture, lumber industry, coal mining, fishing, mining, commercial and recreational potential, hotels, etc., of these two early settlements on Bellingham Bay. Light..... Item #23859
Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1998. Hardcover. Near fine. Two 12.5" x 9" volumes (text volume in 3/4 leather and blue cloth and blue cloth portfolio containing 22 loose plates) housed in matching cloth clamshell box. Book and portfolio in fine condition, clamshell has light bumping and creasing to..... Item #24216
Portland, OR: 1920. Softcover. Very good. 7.5" x 10.5", [56] pp, stapled wrappers with embossed vignette of Mt. Hood. Moderate general wear to wraps; internals clean and sound. Very good. Both a program for a Shriners convention and a guide for visitors to Portland and vicinity, this attractive production includes..... Item #14951
Buffalo, NY: E.H. Hutchinson, 1889. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine. 87 pp, in original printed wrappers. Mild soiling. The author was an attorney and Principal of the Buffalo Classical School. He traveled to Oregon, Washington, Alaska (primarily Sitka), and British Columbia in 1888, reporting back in a series of articles..... Item #14096
Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1914. Hardcover. Very good. Part 1: 408 pp, indexed; Part 2: 110 plates, each with brief explanatory text. Original green cloth stamped in gilt. Both volumes have some faint evidence of liquid splash on boards, but still present well and are in excellent condition internally. Some pages..... Item #21732
