(Portland): Willamette City Press LLC, 2015. First Edition. Soft cover. This book is print on demand privately published, but with excellent values much better than may pod books. This is the first edition prior to any possible later editions. Large 8vo glossy pictorial wraps. 332pp. Strategically illustrated with b/w photos.....
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 174pp. Illus. Endpaper maps. Gift inscription verso of ffep. The famous Canadian historian's "... account of a journey ... (with) his family down one of the world's last great wild rivers, the Yukon." Fine copy in a dj which.....
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 342pp. Signed (signed only) by Binns on the half-title. A novel of the Columbia River by noted historian Binns. It "... has the refreshing effect of a cool, salt breeze blowing across the country it describes..." (from the dj).....
Minneapolis: n.p., 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Apparently the 1st printing. Gilt-stamped maroon cloth. 360pp. Index. Illus. Maps. Facsimile copy of hydrographic chart of the source of the river folded and laid in inasmuch as the original in the book (facing p. 235) has been torn out. Some rubbing to bottom.....
Toronto: Natural Science of Canada Ltd, 1970. Hardcover. 1st printings. Oblong cloth. Various paginations. Illustrated. Indices. Bibliographies. A well-done set of books (we understand there were 12 volumes; this set is of nine) on the subject covering the depth and breadth of Canada. Titles: St. Lawrence Valley, Pacific Coast, Mountain.....
n.p. Privately Printed, 1929. Manuscript. Hardcover. Original typewritten and bound manuscript submitted by Clark to The Honourable T. P. Burden, Minister of Lands, British Columbia. Gilt-stamped quarto cloth. Seven (7) one side pps of text plus eleven (11) card stock leaves with two original slightly sepia photographs, about 3 5/*".....
NY: H. W. Wilson, 1945. q. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. 5th reprintin, 1949, of 1945 third edition. Gilt-stamped flexible burgundy boards. 390pp. Illustrated with 26 color and 21 b/w plates. Glossary. Index. Marbled endpapers. fos on front paste down. Near fine.
Norman: OU, 1957. First Thus. Hardcover. 1st printing OU Press edition. Silver-decorated cloth. 398pp. Illus. Table of Population. Appendix (Extract of an 1829 letter from the Dept. of Interior), Index. Signed by editor Edgar Steward on the ffep; also signed on the ffep by the collector who purchased this book.....
Norman: OU, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 302pp. Illus. Index. fos (owner's signature) on ffep (front fly). "Here are vivid tales of mountain men, pioneers, scouts, guides, stagecoach drivers, trappers, ..." Fine very slightly edgworn dj.
Stevens Point: Ellis, Tracy & Swayze, 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Light tan 12mo paper over card stock boards with decorated border of front cover. 45pp + 17pp ads + 1p "Official Directory" of officers of Portage, Wood, and Marathon Counties. LACKING THE MAP. "TO THE PUBLIC - The Design of.....
SF: Sierra Club, 1928. Offprint. Soft cover. 1st printing of offprint from Sierra Club Bulletin Annual Number, 1928. Printed wraps. (8pp). Ink number written on top corner of front cover; vg.
Toronto: Univ. of Toronto, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. 4to cloth. Illustrated in both color & b/w with great vintage prints, advertising, photos, maps. 184pp. Bibliography. Index. A really nicely printed & bound book on Niagara Falls. Fine in fine dj.
Counterpoint, NY, 2002. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Monogrammed hardbound. 238pp. Notes, Index, Bibliography Signed & dated by Grossman. A well written book dealing with dams & diversions in along America's rivers in all regions of the co untry. Fine, as new in dj.
Caldwell, 1971. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition. Large 4to hardbound. 195pp. Illust. Signed by Gulick. Gift inscription ffep. Barely noticeable water stain on top of many pages. Good in dj with 2 large chips from bottom of front panel.
Caxton, Caldwell, 1971. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio gilt-stamped cloth. 195pp. Signed, "Best Regards, Bill Gulick". Beautifully illustrated. One of the Caxton Presses finest books Fine, pristine copy, virtually as new in dj & IN ORIGINAL CAXTON MAILING BOX.
Minocqua: Northword, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. 4to hardbound. 144pp. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs. One of the really nice books of photography of the state. Fine in dj. Scarce now in 1st edit.
Banff: Byron Harmon, 1925. Soft cover. circa 1920s. No printing stated. Oblong pictorial tinted wraps, spiral bound. The photos are hand-tinted. Quite lovely photos by the most famous photographer of the Canadian Rockies. The images showing mountain glaciers expose the dramatic loss of them in our time. It is sobering.....
(St. Paul): Great Northern Railway. First Edition. Soft cover. Apparent 1st printing. Printed wraps. 36pp. Illus. Vg.
Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 2008. q. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Pictorial trade wraps. 216pp. Index. Signed (signed only) by Henderson. Fine, like new.
Vancouver & Seattle: Douglas & McIntyre, Limited & U of Washington, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 184pp. Map. Exploratory memoir type essays by the author and his association with this wild coastal region of British Columbia. Fine, like new in dj.
Cambridge: Harvard Univ Press, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 684pp. Illus. Tables. Notes. Appendices: "A Note on Tonnage Measurement." Index. Former owner's signature on ffep. Fine in vg dj with crease across top back panel & a short edge tear or two. Scarce now in first edition.
NY: Rinehart & Co, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing of the American edition. Red cloth with blindstamp of the publisher on the front cover. 368pp. Illus. Bibliography. Index. Former owner's signature on ffep and some penciled notes on the same. Stewart Holbrook's long review in the New York Herald.....
Bellevue: Privately published, 1998. Hardcover. 38-minute promotional video of Mount Rainier National Park. NOT A BOOK. The pictorial hard plastic case signed by the video creator.
Flagstaff: Northland, 1962. 1st printing in wrappers. Hardcover. 1st printing. 4to cloth. 186pp + full page plates in rear. Illustrated with stunning color photography in the old, somewhat "soft" style before razor-sharp digital photography. The subject matter is the Colorado River with many of the images dedicated to the country.....
New Orleans: No publisher stated, 1945. First Thus. Soft cover. First printing thus. Tall white wraps with red titles and circular logo of Streckfus Steamers. 4: x 9". 88pp. Illus. Lots of advertising. Center map of downtown New Orleans. Back cover map of Mississippi Rive and where "Official Harbor Trip.....