Category: Oregon/Pacific Northwest

Social Directory, Oregon 1974

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, The American Association of Social Directories : 1974

Seller ID: CS00267

Condition: Fine

Blue cloth with gilt logo and title; 7 x 5 inches, 142 pages, a fine copy with no noted flaws. "Within these covers reside the First Families, of your state; it's natural aristocracy of achievement. Individual contribution to American society, validated by the governing Board of Overseers of the national Association, not accumulated or inherited wealth, is the sole arbiter for inclusion.
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Image for History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clarke, to the Sources of the Missouri, Thence across the Rocky Mountains, and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean: Performed during the years 1804, 1805, 1806, by Order of the Government of the United States. Two Volumes.

History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clarke, to the Sources of the Missouri, Thence across the Rocky Mountains, and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean: Performed during the years 1804, 1805, 1806, by Order of the Government of the United States. Two Volumes.

By: Allen, Paul; M'Vickar, Archibald. [Meriwether Lewis and William Clark]

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Franklin Square, New York, Harper & Brothers, Publishers : 1891

Seller ID: s02353

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Undated, but ownership inscription dated March, 1895. Two volumes, hardcovers, full green cloth with blindstamped ruled borders and publishers device to front and rear covers, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, 6-1/4" tall, 371 + 395 pp., folding map as frontispiece to volume one. Bump to top front corner of vol.1, minor turning in to bottom corners, slight wear to spine ends, ownership inscription to each volume, very clean, solid, and present well. "M'Vickar's edition is a selection of passages reproduced verbatim, with linking commentary by the editor." Coues states that most editions of thi...
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Mighty Mountain

By: Binns, Archie

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Portland, OR, Binfords and Mort : 1940

Seller ID: MH00190

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

440 pages; orange cloth boards with black titling, previous owner name in front free end paper, dust jacket with a bit of dust smudging and staining, one inch triangular chip out of front top edge, and small chip out of head of spine, now in protective mylar sleeve. A novel of pioneer days in the great northwestern Washington Territory.
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History of Oregon

By: Carey, Charles Henry

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Chicago, The Pioneer Historical Publishing Company : 1922

Seller ID: CS00563

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Forest green cloth with gilt titles on spine, 4to, 1,016 pages, full of black and white photographs, green marbled endpapers and text block edges, inscribed, "To Miss Barbara Elliott/ with sincere regards/ Charles Henry Carey" on title page; in excellent condition, pages are clean, binding is tight. Barbara Elliot Davis is the namesake of the Oregon Historical Society Davies Family Research Library.
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The Ashley-Smith Explorations and the Discovery of a Central Route to the Pacific 1822-1829

By: Dale, Harrison Clifford; William Henry Ashley; Jedediah Strong Smith

Price: $125.00

Publisher: The Arthur H. Clark Company : 1941

Seller ID: 001913

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First revised edition. Full green cloth with gilt lettering & rules to spine, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, 9-1/2" tall, 360 pp., folding map frontis, plate illustrations including one other map. Stain and paper pull to front endpapers, possibly removal of bookplate, else near fine. A handsome copy of an important work which I personally found to be more readable than comparable works.
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Image for Covered Wagon Days: A journey across the plains in the sixties, and pioneer days in the Northwest; from the private journals of Albert Jerome Dickson

Covered Wagon Days: A journey across the plains in the sixties, and pioneer days in the Northwest; from the private journals of Albert Jerome Dickson

By: Dickson, Arthur Jerome; Albert

Price: $35.00

Publisher: The Arthur H. Clark Company : 1929

Seller ID: 002039

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Full dark red cloth boards with gilt lettering and rules to spine, top edge gilt, fore & bottom edges untrimmed, photographic frontispiece & plates, folding map at rear, 9-5/8" tall, 287 pp. Faint rubbing to boards, light wear to spine ends.
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Portland Then & Now

By: Dodds, Linda; Buan, Carolyn

Price: $12.00

Publisher: San Diego, CA, Thunder Bay Press : 2001

Seller ID: MH00075

ISBN-13: 9781571454713

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

144 pages, black and white and color photographs throughout; illustrated boards, small bump at head of spine, dust jacket with a bit of chipping and creasing at extremities now in protective mylar sleeve. Traces the evolution of the city by pairing historical photographs, many over a century old, with specially commissioned views of the same scene as it exists today.
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Chief Lawyer of the Nez Perce Indians 1796-1876

By: Drury, Clifford

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Glendale, California, The Arthur H. Clark Company : 1979

Seller ID: CS00556

ISBN-13: 9780870621277

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Blue cloth with gilt titles, 8vo, 304 pages, peppered with illustrations, signed by author on title page; inscribed by previous owner on front paste down. Signed edition of this in depth history of an important moment in Nez Perce history.
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The Soul of America: An Oregon Iliad

By: Dye, Eva Emery

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, The Press of the Pioneers : 1934

Seller ID: s02344

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition, inscribed by author on front endpaper. Hardcover, full orange cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration to front cover and spine, orange and blue silhouette dust jacket. Faint wear to tips, owner's name to front endpaper is only real flaw. DJ shows some dulling and moderate edgewear. Narrative Oregon history, partly drawn from oral history, including descendants of Daniel Boone.
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Marcus Whitman: Pathfinder and Patriot

By: Eells, Myron

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Seattle, Washington, Alice Harriman Company : 1909

Seller ID: 000397

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Boards rubbed and edge worn with some spots of scuffing and faint soiling. Beginning to fray at head/heel of spine. Deckle edges with many pages still uncut. Faint toning from age. Binding sound. 349 pages. 22 black and white plates. Whitman was a prominent physician and missionary in Oregon and Washington, and Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington is his namesake.
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Sixty Milestones of Progress 1859-1919

By: Fitzgerald, Martin E.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Portland, Oregon, Ladd & Tilton Bank : 1919

Seller ID: CS00274

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Blue pictorial cloth backed in white cloth, 8 x 5.5 inches, 64 pages; boards show faint signs of wear, a few spots on pages, now in protective plastic wrapper. An attractive slender volume on the history of Portland's own Ladd & Tilton Bank.
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Cattle Country of Peter French

By: French, Giles

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Portland, OR, Binfords & Mort : 1964

Seller ID: CS00270

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Red cloth with black titles, 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, 167 pages, map endpapers and black and white photos throughout; boards are bowed outward, head and tail of spine and corners show signs of wear, pages are clean and bright; dust jacket is worn with small chips and now protected in mylar.
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The Columbia

By: Holbrook, Stewart H.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Rinehart and Co., Inc. : 1956

Seller ID: 000046

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Navy cloth covered boards are bumped at bottom corners. Bump to head of spine. Unmarked pages are clean and crisp. Binding straight and tight. Price clipped paper dust jacket overlaid by clear & yellow acetate jacket with a price of 6.50. Paper jacket with edge wear and chipping at edges and very short closed tear at top rear spine hinge. Acetate jacket is rubbed with two tears: closed tear at bottom front edge near spine and tear at top rear spine corner with tiny chip out. Both jackets now encased in protective mylar cover. One of twenty-five hundred copies signed by the author of which this...
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History of the Expedition of Captains Lews and Clark 1804-5-6. Reprinted from the Edition of 1814. With Introduction and Index. Two Volumes

By: Hosmer, James K. [Meriwether Lewis and William Clark]

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Co. : 1924

Seller ID: 002029

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Full brown cloth boards with gilt lettering and rules to spines, top edges gilt, frontis to each volume, folding map to volume 1, other maps as plates (collated complete) to each volume. Near fine externally with minimal wear to extremities, bookplate removal to each volume, front hinge of vol. 2 repaired with japanese paper. A handsome set of one of the most important documents of the growth of America.
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A Manifest of the Pacific Northwest Including Alaska: A Golden Empire, Land of Rich Opportunity and Glorious Living

By: Mansfield, Clinton E; May, Walter W.R.

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Production Surveys : 1954

Seller ID: 001941

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

October 1954 printing. Trade paperback, 11-1/2" x 17-3/4", 172 pp. Crease and sticker pull to top corner of front cover, vertical crease to center of front cover, moderate wear & soiling, but no fatal flaws. A classic pictorial overview of the industrial & commercial sides of the PNW in the post-war boom era.
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Nineteenth Street

By: Marlitt, Richard

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Oregon Historical Society : 1968

Seller ID: 001614

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Oblong in pictorial cloth, 9 1/2 x 12 inches, 127 pages, profusely illustrated. Very light wear at extremities. A pictorial history of what was once Portland's most elegant neighborhood.
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The Ox Team or The Old Oregon Trail, 1852-1906

By: Meeker, Ezra

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Privately Printed : 1907

Seller ID: CS00816

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Fourth edition, brown cloth with black titles and pictorial paper paste down on front cover, 12mo, 248 pages plus maps and publisher's advertisements in rear, inscribed by Ezra Meeker on dedication page; boards lightly edge worn. From the personal library of Norma Paulus, first woman to be elected to statewide public office in Oregon as the Secretary of State in 1977.
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Powder River Invasion. War on the Rustlers in 1892.

By: Mercer, A.S.; Boots, John Mercer

Price: $125.00

Publisher: n.p. : 1923

Seller ID: 001949

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Full blue cloth binding with gilt lettering to front cover, spine blank, mimeographed (?) frontispiece of "Banditti of the Plains" title page and county clerk statement at rear of book, 7-3/4" tall, 146 pp.. Some fading to covers, old catalog description pasted to rear endpaper, which reads: "The first edition of this account of the invasion of Wyoming by the hired assassins of the cattle barons and of the cold blooded murder of peaceful settlers was rigidly suppressed by the families exposed in it; it names and accuses as murderers the Governor of Wyoming and many of the most prominent cattle...
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Greetings from Washington: A Glimpse At the Past Through Postcards

By: Morgan, Lane

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Portland, OR, Graphic Arts Center Pub Co : 1988

Seller ID: 000534

ISBN-13: 9780932575692

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Bump to top rear corner. Gift inscription in front end paper. Dust jacket rubbed and edge worn with mild curling at edges. Short closed tear to top rear edge. 112 pages. Profusely illustrated with color reproductions of postcard images of Washington state.
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A Pony Expressman's Recollections

By: Mossman, Isaac Van Dorsey: Christ, Heine J.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Champoeg Press : 1955

Seller ID: CS00273

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Red cloth with cover illustration in black ink, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, 54 pages, black and white photograph frontispiece, fold out map in rear; a fine copy, many pages are still uncut, protected in a waxed paper wrapper. Only 500 copies were designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy.
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Category: Oregon/Pacific Northwest