Lilla Basunen, Innehallande Andliga Sanger For Sondagsskolan och Hemmet
Chicago: Elektrotyperad Upplaga, 1883. Edition Not Stated. Original wraps. 12mo., 48 pages. Corners bumped, wear to the extremities. Gilt title faded. -- A fragile book. More
New Arrivals
Furniture Finishing Decoration and Patching; In Five Parts: 1. Period Furniture and Modern Styles. II. Furniture Finishing. III. Furniture Decoration. IV. Furniture Patching. V. Special Finishes, Lamps, Mirrors, Piano, Radio Cabinets, Etc. -- A New and Complete Work on Furniture of All Kinds, With Full Practical Instruction on Finishing, Patching, and Decoration--Materials, Tools, and Processes. Fully Illustrated
Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Co, 1927. 8vo., 543 pages, marbled endpapers, frontispiece: A Louis XVI Marble-top Commode, Showing Exceptionally Beautiful inlay and Marquetry Work. -- Spine slightly dulled, front cover "U" & "R" in Furniture some discolored. Front hinge a bit tender. More
Your CCC A Handbook for Enrollees
Washington DC: Happy Days Publishing Co., Inc. Original wraps. (amendments at the end of the book dated 1938). 8vo., 96 pages, illustrated by Marshall Davis. -- Spine sunned. More
Outdoor Life in the Rockies. A Little Book of Information for the Vacation Seeker, describing the most desirable Recreation Places in Colorado, Utah and New Mexico
1923. Original wraps. Narrow octavo, 103 pages, color pictorial covers, Illustrations, index, 2 maps. Internally very good. Externally wrappers show some wear mostly to the extremities and a small scuff to the back cover. More
The Merry Mixer or Cocktails and Their Ilk. A Booklet on Mixtures and Mulches, Fizzes and Whizzes
New York: Jas E. Pepper & Company, 1933. Stiff wraps. 12mo., 63 pages. Illustrated by Herbert F. Roese. Short split at bottom of rear outer hinge. Some light staining to spine and rear cover. More
Gospel Mystery of Santification
Lafayette, Indiana: Pilgrimage, 2001. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., blue cloth, 136 pages. "Walter Marshall (15 June 1628 – August 1680) was an English, non-conformist Puritan pastor and author best known for his book on the Gospel Mystery of Sanctification, which has been praised as perhaps the single greatest work on sanctification ever composed."-wiki. More
The Far Horizon
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1907. First Edition (Published January, 1907). Hardcover. 8vo., 388 pages, decorated cloth binding signed "w/j" (attributed to William Jordan). A very nice copy that doesn't quite reach the "fine condition" category. "Lucas Malet was the pseudonym of Mary St. Leger Kingsley (4 June 1852 — 1931)... More
Early Days on the Yukon & the Story of its Gold Finds
London - Toronto: John Lane, The Bodley Head - Bell & Cockburn. Hardcover. Short 8vo., green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover blank, 306 pages, frontispiece of the author, many photographic illustrations. -- Wear to head and heel of spine, some light soil to cloth covers, front hinge just... More
Fairfield's Pioneer History of Lassen County California. Containing Everything that Can be Learned About it From The Beginning of the World to the Year of Our Lord 1870
San Francisco: Published for the author by H. S. Crocker Company, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Royal 8vo., red cloth stamped in gilt, top edges gilt, 506 pages, 4 plates, folding map at rear in. -- Red cloth faded, more so on the spine than the covers. Binding sound. Folding map... More
The California Padres and Their Missions
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1915. First Edition (Published April 1915). Hardcover. Tall 8vo., 417 pages, top edges gilt, decorated cloth, color frontispiece of San Carlos mission with tissue guard, illustrated with many photographs. -- 4 small pieces of tape top & bottom first endpaper and following page (held... More
Shared Meals, Family Traditions
Newberg, Oregon: Self Published, 1996. Edition Not Stated, Assume First. Hardcover. 8vo., patterned silk cloth with pastedown illustration, doodles and artwork by the author, decorative borders hand colored. copies of family photographs pasted in throughout the text. A nice little production (I suspect very few copies produced). The book looks... More
Milepost - Covering the Alaska Highway Mile by Mile
Juneau: Alaska Northwest Publishing Company, 1966. 18th Edition. Stiff wraps. 8vo., 244 pages, advertisements, illustrated, large folding map tipped in at rear. More
Oregon State Grange Cook Book
Oregon State Grange, No Date, circa 1941. Edition Not Stated. Spiral bound. Tall 8vo., 188 pages, some advertisements. -- One page loose from binding. -- Former owners name and date (Mattie T. Newman,1941) on the first free end-paper. More
Tried and True Recipes. The Home Cook Book
Toledo, [Ohio]: T. J. Brown, Eager & Co, 1876. Second Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 304 pages, Front end-paper loose. front end-paper has former owners name, dated 1876 (hard to read the name), covers soiled front and rear, binding with pulled signatures, first few pages to beginning of the text are soiled... More
Tried - Tested - True - Choice Recipes
No Place: Assume Published Locally, 1925. Edition Not Stated. Cardboard covers. 12mo., 85 pages, advertising throughout the text. -- Covers moderately and mostly evenly soiled, corners a little bumped, small tape repair to heel of the spine. Eleven blank pages at rear have recipes written in ink and some recipes... More
The Blue Badge of Courage
Akron, Ohio: Sallfield Publishing Co, 1902. First Edition. 8vo., blue decorated cloth, 468 pages, frontispiece of the author, illustrations in the text. "Hadley was born in Malta, Morgan County, Ohio, served with the 90th 0. V. I. in the Civil War, where he also became a drunkard. He was later... More
Hunting With Bow and Arrow
New York & London - The Knickerbocker Press: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1925. Second Printing. Hardcover. Royal 8vo., dark green cloth, 257 pages, frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrated. -- Moderate wear to tips of spine, spine lettering faded, title page has a stamp at center of page. Rear cover has... More
Ghalib. Reverberations
Karachi: Golden Block Works Ltd, 1970. First Edition. Short octavo, unpaginated. English renderings of selected Urdu verses. "Ghalib, the last great poet of the Mughal Era, is considered to be one of the most famous and influential poets of the Urdu language. Today Ghalib remains popular not only in India... More
Annals of the S.W.R. Jones Family. Oregon 1853-1972
No Place: Privately Published. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., brown buckram, 141 pages, portrait illustrations. -- Some light spotting to the front cover. More
Adventures of Chillee Um-Gum
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1938. First Edition. Pictorial boards. 4to., unpaginated, decorated endpapers, color illustrations. Outer extremities of the boards and corners rubbed. The books interior has a couple minor smudges to white portions of the front endpaper and a little foxing to the fore-edges. Front endpaper has a.... More
Directory, of the Ulster & Delaware Railroad and the Stony Clove, Maaterskilt and Catskill Mountain Branches 1900
1900. Hardcover. Royal 8vo., 225 pages. Full page advertisment for Geo. Hauck Brewing Co. with an illustration of the Brewery and Offices. Many other advertisements throughout the directory. More
A Girl From Yamhill. A Memoir
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1988. First Edition, 2nd Printing (Reinforced Edition). Hardcover. 8vo., 279 pages, illustrated. -- Personal label of prior owner on the front endpaper. -- Signed gift inscription by the author. More
Willys Flat Rate Manual
Toledo, Ohio: Willys - Overland Motors, 1953. Ring Binder. 8vo., leather covers, unpaginated (about an inch thick). Small red smudge on spine. Illustrated. -- One or two pages partially loose. Cover: Engine, Clutch, Fuel System, Exhaust System, Cooling System, Electrical Systems, Instruments, Transmission, Transfer Case, Propeller Shafts, Front Axle, Front... More
History of the 389th Infantry Regiment in World War II
New York: Hobson Press, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 224 pages, teal blue cloth, illustrated with photographs. -- Cloth lightly dulled. Light wear and a few small stains to the cloth binding. Internally clean and sound. More
For Tall Ones That Tinkle and Short Ones That Shake. Fulfilling Every Moist Demand. A Special Collection of Tested Recipes for Mixed Drinks
Chicago: United Distillers of America, 1935. Fourth Edition. Stiff wraps. Narrow 12mo., 20 pages, illustrated. More