Seattle: Lowman & Hanford Stationery & Printing Co., 1905. Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Original oblong dark green string tied wraps, with mounted oval photo on front cover, measuring 11 x 9.25 inches. Illustrated with twenty-three tipped in b/w photo reproductions, including fold-out panorama of the Seattle Waterfront..... More
Tacoma: Theodore's Book Store Co., And Albertype Co., 1906. Wraps. Oblong 4to. Twenty-three mounted albertype photogravures including cover, stab bound in green wraps, with string tie. Features views of the harbor, Pacific Ave, City Hall and Court House, Mount Tacoma, Wright Park, the cruiser "Tacoma" in the harbor, some street..... More
Juneau: Empire Printing Company, 1938. Limited Edition. Leather Binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 275pp., with engraved map frontis. Original red morocco boards, with gilt titles and decorations. Marbled endpapers. One of 500 copies printed; this copy un-numbered, and is one of an unknow number bound in leather (Presentation..... More
Seattle: Denny-Coryell Co., 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 483pp. + v p. index. Illustrations. Original brown cloth, front cover lettered in silver. Some rubbing to the cloth, a few signatures loose, but still intactSMITH 354, SOLIDAY I-164. Essentially a history of the Methodist Episcopal Church..... More
Chicago, IL: The S.C. Clarke Publishing Co., 1916. B&W Photographs. First Edition. Leather Binding. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Volume 3 only. Bound in original three-quarter black pebbled leather over green cloth, gilt-stamped titling, marbled edges, patterned endpapers. Good solid copy, has some general light rubbing to edges..... More
Olympia: Thomas Henderson Boyd, 1890. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First edition of the first legislative manual issued in the new State of Washington. Original mustard cloth stamped in gilt and blind, red edges. Light rubbing to the cloth, else a nice copy. More
Boston: James French and Company, 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 336pp., with engraved frontispiece and three plates in the text. Original brown cloth with gilt titles and device to spine and front cover. Covers worn at the cornes, spine ends frayed with some loss; title..... More
Seattle, WA: The Argus Publishing Company, 1933. B/w Illustrations. First Edition. Paperback. Folio - between 12" - 15" Tall. Mid-Depression look at Seattle and Puget Sound. Includes a number of photographs by Asahel Curtis, aerial photos of Seattle, etc. Original pictorial wraps (tears to spine, some wear to edges; foxing..... More
Boston: Fields, Osgood, 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" viii + 232pp., plus 12pp. ads; illustrated with six b/w plates including frontispiece, large folding map (in color) housed in the rear pocket. Original green cloth with gilt titles on spine, and decorative title device to front..... More
Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 334pp. The history of the Grange and farming in Washington State, especially the opposition to the Washington State constitution as framed by the constitutional convention which met at Olympia, and which called upon all farmers..... More
Chicago / Seattle, WA: Curt Teich & Co. / Lowman & Hanford, 1915. Sepia Gravure Plates. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" (oblong). Scarce - includes the superb double-page panoramic view of the city from Capitol Hill, flanked at left by Mt. Rainier, and at right by..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" viii, 280pp. Gilt-stamped brick-red cloth. Wear to the cloth along the edges and corners, with soiling in places; internally clean, binding is tight and intact. Includes chapter on the Northwestern Boundary-Line. SMITH 2181, SOLIDAY II,273..... More
Seattle: Advent Inc., 1959. B/w Photographs; Illustrations By Ted Rand and Irwin Caplan. First Edition. Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Apparently the only issue ever published of this scarce Pacific Northwest journal of art, literature, music, and culture. Features articles on Northwest Jazz by Gervais Reed, the..... More
Seattle: Rainier Printing Company, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 504pp. Original yellow cloth stamped in black, illustration set on upper cover. Moderate soiling to the cloth, and dust soiling along the edges; internally a clean copy, tight binding. An increasingly difficult to find in the..... More
Spokane: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912. B/w Illustrations. First Edition. Leather Binding. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 3 volume set, complete as issued. A good solid set in the original black morocco over green textured cloth, spines with faux raised bands and gilt stamping, marbled edges and endpapers..... More
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Chicago and Seattle: Pioneer Historical Publishing Co., 1924. B/w Illustrations. First Edition. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 3 volumes, complete. A fair reading set bound in the original green cloth stamped in gilt, marbled edges and endpapers (ex-library with markings, front cover of volume I has..... More
Plummer, ID: Serento Press, 1980. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. one of 50 numbered copies; this being #16. 380pp. printed on colored papers. Introduction by Father Cornelius Byrne, who helped initiate the newsletter, which was published from 1937 through 1940. Father Byrne wrote in the..... More
No Place: J.R. Jones, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" xi + 556pp. Illustrated throughout with several black & white photo plates, and steel engravings, with one black & white folding map (lacking the tipped in large folding map, in color) . Original Illustrated mustard cloth..... More
New York: American Historical Publishing, 1893. B/w Illustrations. First Edition. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 2 volumes, complete as issued. A sturdy set in the original black morocco over matching textured cloth, spines titled in gilt, all edges gilt (spines and boards rubbed with some chipping..... More
Seattle: Northwest Press, 1985. B/w Illustrations. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 4 volumes, complete as issued. Complete sets of this work are exceptionally scarce. More
Seattle: University of Washington Book Store, 1927. 24 Original Linoleum Black Prints. First Edition. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original light brown printed wraps (Some creases and closed tears to edges). Bookplate of Kathryn Kinckley, who contributed to "A Block-Print History of the Northwest" issued the..... More
Chicago, Seattle, Tacoma: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1917. B/w Illustrations. First Edition. Leather Binding. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 3 volumes, complete as issued in publisher's original heavy black morocco over green cloth, spines stamped in gilt, marbled edges, faux marbled endpapers (general light rubbing to bindings..... More
Chicago, Seattle, Tacoma: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1917. B/w Illustrations. First Edition. Leather Binding. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 3 volumes, complete as issued in publisher's original heavy black morocco over green cloth, spines stamped in gilt, marbled edges, faux marbled endpapers (spines chipped, spines and covers..... More
Washington State: WPA / Washington Pioneer Project / State of Washington, 1937. First Edition. Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 3 volumes, issued 1937-38. Published under W.P.A. Sponsored Federal Project No. 5841. Original light brown wraps printed in black (very slight wear and a couple minor tears) //..... More
Kenmore, WA: Kenmore Heritage Society, 2003. B/w Illustrations. First Edition. Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed and inscribed by the primary author Priscilla Droge to noted Seattle historian Paul Dorpat (a dab of whiteout was used to correct the spelling of his name). A very good copy..... More
