FS: Ephemera Misc--Mainly Americana, History
EOBooks
Woodbury, Angus M. A HISTORY OF SOUTHERN UTAH AND ITS NATIONAL PARKS Augus M. Woodbury, 1950 Red wraps, 224 pages including index "plus b/w photos", one photo of "Buffalo Bill" & one of "Theodore Roosevelt", also have you ever seen a photo of a Mountain Lion on a leash? photo illustrated front cover of " The Great White Throne", reprint from the July-October, 1944 Utah State Histotical Society, page115 has a minor fold and a 1/8 minor tear to outer edge, VG
Book# 3628 US$ 25.00.
Wright, Frank THE MOUNTAIN MEN - EARLY EXPLORERS OF NEVADA Nevada Historical Society, n.d. Illustrtated wraps, 47 pages, Nevada Historical Society puplication, typography
and design by Sandi Ellah-Reed, exploration to Nevada (by early trappers, guides and scientific
exploration). very minor soiling to rear cover. VG+ Book# 5403 US$ 30.00.
Leavitt, Robert Keith NOAH'S ARK NEW ENGLAND YANKEES AND THE ENDLESS QUEST G. & C. Merriam Company, Springfield Massachusetts 1947 Tan wraps, on antique paper, 106 pages, presentation copy (not numbered), to Lyle Goss (University Book Stores old bookroom department mananger), (University of Washington) "Seattle", by Ingham C. Baker of the G.& C. Merriam Co. a short history of the original Webster dictionaries, with particular reference to their first
hundred years (1847- 1947), b&w photos, lite fold to rear cover, very minor edge wear, a hint of soiling to covers. VG+ Book# 5400 US$ 40.00.
Cressman L. S. THE SANDAL AND THE CAVE, The Indians of Oregon Beaver Books, Portland Oregon, 1964, 2nd printing Wraps, red covers with blue lettering (illustration of beaver), 81
pages, front endpaper has map of Oregon and adjoining States on Ecological areas, map on rear
endpaper has map of Oregon with simplifed Linguistic and Ethinic distributions, a brief but
comprehensive description of the cultures of Indians in Oregon, a introduction to the work of the cultural anthropologist and archaeologist telling us what they do and how they interpret their findings, a hint of fold to rear cover. VG+ Book# 4411 US$ 35.00.
DEATH VALLEY SCOTTY'S CASTLE, A Description of the Castle and its Furnishings, As Given by Castle Guides Castle Publishing Co, Death Valley (1941) Wraps, red covers with gold
lettering, 74 pages, b/w illustrations of furnishings and castle, very lite fading to rear cover, very minor scuffs to spine edges, hint of fold to front cover. VG Book# 4410 US$ 15.00.
OREGON TERRITORY CENTENNIAL Committee of the Territorial Centennial Committee,
1948 Illustrated wraps, 32 pages, maps on front and rear covers and endpapers, b/w photos and
drawings, one photo of the S.S. Beaver "The First Steamship on the Pacific" from the Hudson Bay
Company, a Oregon Territory Centennial booklet with maps showing States created from Oregon
Territory and the early history, minor 1/8" fold to the lower rear corner, the last 5 pages have very minor 1/8" folds to the very bottom of the pages, minor shelf wear. VG Book# 4409 US$ 20.00.
Downs, Art PADDLEWHEELS ON THE FRONTIER, A story of B.C. Sternwheel Steamers B.C. Outdoors Magazine Cloverdale, B.C. (1967) Wraps, 72 pages, illustrated covers, illustrated
endpapers, b/w photos, full page map of routes covered from (1858-1925), history of the Sternwheelers in British Columbia. This is volume one, "volume two was in preparation at the time of this publacation". NF Book# 3680 US$ 15.00.
Williams Guy, Editited by Glenn Hughes LOGGER-TALK "Some Notes on the Jargon of
the Pacific Northwest Woods" University Washington Book Store, Seattle Wa, 1930 Number 41 of
the University of Washington Chapbooks, wraps, 30 pages uncut, this nicely done booklet has a
"Logger's Classification of the Lords of Creation According to Race and Nativity", "A Logger's
Classification of Genus Homo According to Personal Characteristic's, Occupation, or other
Distinguishing Features", "A General Summary of Phrases, Constructions, Words, and
Expressions-Most of them Unique to the Argot of the Pacific Northwest", examples: (Misery-whip)
(Pay-pole) (Drag Her) (De-horn) (Cultus) (Frog-skin) (Dude) (Muck-stick) (Monkey-blanket) &
(Poision-oaker: a native Northern Californian). DJ, wood grain jacket over stiff paper cover, with woodblock type rectangular border around title and illustration on front. F/NF Book# 3670 US$ 50.00.
PIKES PEAK Colorado Springs-Manitu, Colorado Monitou & Pikes Peak Railway, n.d.
(circa 1903) Wraps, 8' x 9 1/4", 12 pages, color illustrated front cover of Pikes Peak in background and the early auto winding up the grades to the peak", some of the illustrations should be in frames "but please!! please!! if you buy this do not take it apart", colored illustrations with b/w photos throught-out pamphlet, maps "one of pikes peak
region on rear cover", summit of the peak is 14,109 feet, shows minor shelf wear. VG+ Book# 3667 US$ 40.00.
McKee, Edwin D. ANCIENT LANDSCAPES OF THE GRAND CANYON REGION Edwin D. McKee (1931, 1956) Seventeenth Edition Illustraded wraps, 51 pages, b/w photos, maps, illustrations, cross cut illustrations of the Grand Canyon, Geological Bibiography,water stains. G- Book#3655 US$ 15.00.
Cary, Roland THE STEAMBOAT LANDING ON ELLIOTT BAY Alderbrook Publihing Co, Seattle Wa. 1962 (1972) Reprint Wraps, 66 pages plus index, 11 1/4" x 7 1/8", b/w photos, a good history on the Steamers on Puget Sound, early Seattle history during the 1850's, b/w photo of the S.S.Beaver "the Hudson Bay Co Steamer that was the first Steamboat on the Pacific Coast", this little
110 foot boat was the opening up of the new wave (no pun 'tended) of water transportation under this new power "steam". VG Book# 3653 US$ 30.00.
Comstock, Helen (Edited by) THE OLD PRINT SHOP PORTFOLIO For November 1945, Vol V, No 3 The Old Print Shop, N.Y. November 1945 Wraps, special issue, 71 pages plus rear cover has b/w photos of Posters "#1 Lake Shore and Michican Southern Rail-road Line (West and South run), #2 Nautgatuck Railroad Grand Excursion July 4th 1849", b/w photos of "New York Central and Hudson River R.R.from 1875, Barnum's Circus Train 1886," front free endpaper has b/w photo of
"Southern Express Company, Special Express Train 1892, this pamhlet gives the history of the eary Railroading in the U.S. "with photos". the photos of the prints also give the prices for the prints " the original water color of the Empire Express and the Lithograph of the New York Express" (Price $450.00 for the pair), even through this is an portfolio pamhlet it goes go onto the history of the early Steam Locomotive, little foxing very minor shelf wear, VG
Book# 3648 US$ 20.00.
Murie, Adolph THE WOLVES OF MOUNT MCKINLEY Government Printing Office
(1944) Wraps, illustrated front cover with wolve head, 238 pages including references and index, b/w photos, the author is an biologist for the Fish and Wildlife Service, on the title states "Fauna of the National Parks of the U.S. Fauna Series No. 5, fading to spine and cover corners, minor chipping to spine edge, shows minor shelf wear, a very good item for the wolf collector, G+ Book# 3641 US$40.00.
THE INVENTION OF THE STEAMBOAT The Directors of the Old South Work, Boston
Mass, "Old South Leaflet No. 108", n.d. Wraps, 16 pages, an historical account of the application of steam for the propelling of boats: a letter from Chanceller Livingston to the Editors of the "American Medical and Philosophical Register," published in that journal in January, 1812 (vol. ii. p. 256), history of the beginning of the steam powered vessels, the first voyage of the Clermont "first steam packet", the steam powerd boat was one greatest aids of the Fur Traders on the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, helped the world explore new territories under the power of steam. "if you like steam powerd boats, you will injoy the history".VG+ Book# 3637 US$ 35.00.
Cotter, Frank J. (Edited by) Seattle Press Club Seventeenth Annual December 1926
Seattle Press Club 1926 Red and black wraps, 63 pages including ads form the Seattle businesses from the 1920's (Port of Seattle, Boeing Airplane Co., Carnation , Alaskan Copper Works, Olympic Hotel, Puget Sound Power & Light), illustred front cover by Emmett Ewers "old pen quill" and gold letting, tipped in colored painting of Baker Rivers' Diablo Dam "Puget Powers" great Hydro Electric System "Call Main 5000 for service", photo of Seattle's "Sister" Bertha Landes Honored Mayor, Press club member articles, b/w photos, this is a real piece of Seattle Press Club's History, small ink stamp on front upper cover, library stamp on front free endpaper, and just a hint of edge wear. VG+ Book# 3635 US$ 50.00.
Richland (Washington)Junior Chamber of Commerce ATOMIC FRONTIER DAYS, "A New Light On The Old Frontier" The Richland Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1948 Wraps, 32 pages, 10 3/4" x 8", a great illustrated front cover by Ed Barry showing Richland from pioneer days to the nuclear age, b/w photos "the building of the Hanford Nuclear Site in Richland Washington in the 1940's", this is a Souvenir Program of the "ATOMIC FRONTIER DAYS" Sept.4-5-6 1948 in Richland Washington, map on inside cover, very lite fold to front cover, hint of shelf wear. VG Book# 3148 US$50.00.
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