San Francisco, CA: The History Company, 1886. Leather-bound. Thirty-nine matching volumes. Octavo, 9.3 in. x 6 in. ORIGINAL leather bindings with gilt title on two black panels to spine. Marbled edges. Hands down, this is the loveliest set we've come across in nearly thirty years. A few recent nips and..... More
Portland, OR: The Iron Goose Press, 1979. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo, 5.5 x 8.5 in., pp. 63. Beige paper cover with black title to cover. Illustrated with ten pages of black and white photographs. Title handwritten in ink pen to spine. Water stain on front cover and some soiling to..... More
Bend, Oregon: Maverick Publications, 1992. HARDCOVER. First Edition. Chapters on The establishment of the Wallowa County Schools, Academies, Wallowa County School Superintendents, Teachers' Institutes, Wallowa County High School, Schools of Wallowa County, followed by an extensive bibliography, a key to illustrations, maps and an index. Tons of photos. Three corners..... More
Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, Publishers, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.75 in. x 5.5 in., pp. 181. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Lengthy inscription by the author on front free endpaper. Red cloth boards with black title and wagon-train designs to front and spine. Rubbing to extremities. Top..... More
New York: Minton, Balch & Co., 1934. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo, 7.75 in. x 5.25 in., pp. viii, 275. Signed and dated (1934) by the author on the half title page. Green-gray boards with dark green title to front and spine. Rubbing to extremities, Grubbiness to boards and..... More
London, England: Published by the Author at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, 1841. George Catlin. Second State. Leather-bound. Quartos. Recent brick-red half-morocco over marbled boards (10" x 6 3/4"). Title page reads "With four hundred illustrations carefully engraved from his original paintings", but because some are missing (Howes notes which, with..... More
Portland, OR: J.K. Gill, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. Tall octavos, gray cloth with titles stamped in gilt. Corners nudged or bumped, a few spots to covers, numbered paper label pasted down to spines. 729 total pages. With stamp of Northwest novelist and poet Elizabeth Lambert Wood to endpapers..... More
Baltimore, Maryland: Wirth Brothers, 1940. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. (10 in. x 6 1/2 in.) Staplebound pamphlet. Stain, sunning and sticker-scar to front panel. Frontis portrait of Mr. Wilson, from a miniature on ivory. Illustrated with photographs on glossy paper. Unpaginated. These letters cover Peter Wilson's enlistment as Second Lieutenant..... More
Eugene, OR: Rachel Weinstein Business Service, 1971. First Edition. Paperback. Paperback, 5.5 x 8.4 in., pp. 121, Signed and dated 1971 by author on title page. Cream linen paper binding, with historic photo and black title on cover; black titling on spine. Some age-browning to covers' edges and spine; small..... More
New York: Francis P. Harper, 1893. NUMBERED, LIMITED EDITION. Hardcover. Volume I ONLY (of 4), Octavo, 6.25" x 9.5", cxxxii + 352 p., Dark green buckram boards and gilt lettering on spine. Deckle-edged. Illustrated with a frontispiece of Meriwether Lewis and two fold-out fascimile letters of Lewis. Light rubbing to..... More
New York: Harper Collins, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 9.5 x 6.25 in., viii + 367. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Inscriotion and signature oif author on title page. Glossy pictorial front with white title to spine. Endpaper maps. Very light rubbing to dustjacket. Original store sales sticker to..... More
New York: Harper Collins, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 9.5 x 6.25 in., viii + 367. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed by the author on the half title page. Glossy pictorial front with white title to spine. Endpaper maps. Very light rubbing to dustjacket. "On May 24, 1869..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Olive green cloth over boards, with Harper and Brothers embossed initials/logo to lower front right corner. Thin brown stain to bottom of rear board. Very light rubbing to corners. Map endpapers (Cascades to front, Wallowas to rear). Shelfwear to..... More
Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, Publishers, 1973. Roger W. Cooke. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 6.25 X 9.25 in., pp. 318. Illustrated with black ink drawings by Roger W. Cooke. Green-tan speckled cloth boards with red title on front and spine. Red endpapers. From the Foreword: "We have written this book..... More
San Francisco, CA: John Henry Nash, [1839] 1937. Reprint. Hardcover. Tall Quarto , covered in elaborately marbled boards of brown, orange, red and silver, with fine-printed spine label. No jacket. First published in London in 1839, by Smith, Elder and Co., Master printer John Henry Nash undertook a project to..... More
Buffalo, New York: Geo. H. Derby and Co., 1851. Later printing. Leather-bound. Calf boards, rebacked in smooth calf, with contrasting spine labels, gilt-lettered, with five raised bands, and the date gilt stamped in the 6th (bottom) compartment. The choice of leather seems conscious with numerous scratches and imperfections (esp. rear..... More
Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, 1965. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Brown cloth-covered boards. 167 pp. 48 pp. of black and white photographs. Slightly cocked, most likely from having been stored with weight atop. Clean copy. Colorful story of Peter French and his contemporaries who developed the great stock ranches in..... More
Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, 1965. STATED FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Octavo. Brown cloth-covered boards. 167 pp. 48 pp. of black and white photographs. Ever so slight rubbing to extremities of book. Dustjacket price-clipped. INCLUDES LARGE FOLDING MAP, laid in. Sharp copy. Colorful story of Peter French and his contemporaries who..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1921. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.2 in., pp. xxxviii + 242 + 3 (advertising). Lengthy personal inscription, signature, and 3 x 2 inch pen drawing of bucking bronco by author to front free endpaper. Illustrated with 50 black and white photographs..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1921. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. Octavo. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine. Paste on photo of bucking rodeo pony with rider astride. A bit of shelfwear to boards, and moderate rubbing to extremities to front board, several corners..... More
Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 6 x 8.75 in., pp. xiii + [1] + 1(abbreviations) + [1] + 233. Illustrated with 34 maps and drawings. Foldout frontispiece map of America. Foldout maps opposite pages 40, 64. Three foldout end maps. Green cloth boards with gilt..... More
Boise, Idaho: Timothy Regan, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Blue cloth-covered boards with bright gilt lettering to front and spine. Minor rubbing to extremities - just a wee bit of shelfwear. Overall, tight and bright. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 7.75 in. x 5.25 in., pp. 309. Stated "First Printing" with publisher's code "B-1". Brown boards with title in black box to front and spine. Rubbing to extremities. Corners are nudged. Previous owner's name in ink to front free endpaper..... More
Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 8.75 x 11.25 in., pp. xiv + [2] + 316. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Brick red boards with spear design and brown title on front and spine. Maps of "Nez Perce Country" in green on endpapers. Light rubbing..... More
London, England: Frontier Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 6.25 x 9.25 in., pp. 399. Illustrated with 32 pages of plates, 45 drawings, and 19 maps (drawn by W.H. Bromage). Green boards with black panel and silver title to spine. Endpaper maps of "Territorial Growth on USA, 1776 - 1853."..... More
