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Añadir al carritopaperback. Condición: Very Good. Title: Portland Oregon City of Roses This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
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Añadir al carritopaperback. Condición: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.
Librería: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, Reino Unido
EUR 14,50
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Añadir al carritopaperback. Condición: Very Good. Title: Portland rock climbs A climbers guide to northwest This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
Idioma: Inglés
Publicado por Wild Horse Adventures -, 2001
ISBN 10: 0963566024 ISBN 13: 9780963566027
Librería: Bahamut Media, Reading, Reino Unido
EUR 14,50
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Añadir al carritopaperback. Condición: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.
Idioma: Inglés
Publicado por palaeontographical society, London, Palaeontographical Society, 1861-1889, 1861 (Part I) & 1863 (Part II)., 1861
Librería: Fossilbooks, Whissonsett, NORFO, Reino Unido
EUR 11,88
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Añadir al carritoDisbound. Condición: Fine. CCCC DISBOUND (ie removed from a bound volume and without covers), pages: [6], very fine. Pal. Soc. No. 203.
Publicado por Portland, OR, 1920
Librería: Walkabout Books, ABAA, Curtis, WA, Estados Unidos de America
EUR 35,90
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Añadir al carritoSoftcover. Condición: Very good. 7.5" x 10.5", [56] pp, stapled wrappers with embossed vignette of Mt. Hood. Moderate general wear to wraps; internals clean and sound. Very good. Both a program for a Shriners convention and a guide for visitors to Portland and vicinity, this attractive production includes seven colored views of local scenery (downtown Portland, Rose Festival, Crown Point, Horsetail Falls, Shepperd's Dell, etc), as well black and white images of commercial and municipal buildings, parks, and harbor. The text touts Portland as "the center of a great territory, full of potential resources.capable of indefinite growth" and describes many local attractions. Attendees were also provided an extensive schedule of activities, including sightseeing excursions, concerts and dancing baseball games, a horse show, a decorated vehicle parade, and pyrotechnic display.
Publicado por [Portland Fire Bureau / Printed by the Walsworth Publishing Company of Marceline, Mo.]], 1976
Librería: Boyd Used & Rare Books, Portland, OR, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: CBA
EUR 49,37
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Añadir al carritoHardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Red boards with silver fire bureau badge on front cover. Original owner's name stamped at foot of front cover (a notable figure in P.F.B. history) and is also handwritten on a the blank verso of the front free endpaper, else interior is clean. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs and portraits. 140 pages. 11 x 8.5. Includes a brief history (about a dozen pages) and numerous historic photos throughout. Largely a yearbook of personnel in 1976, with identified portraits for the staff at each of the stations and fireboats, along with Battalion Chiefs, newly appointed Fire Fighters, Fire Inspectors and Investigators, members of the Fire Alarm Telegraph Division, and others, plus three pages of retired personnel. Includes maps of each of the Fire Districts. This copy belonged to Alexander ''Alex'' Lang Holden (1890-1983), a retired Portland fire battalion chief, whose portrait appears on page 105. He is credited by the editor as having contributed ''a great amount of material that has been used in the book.'' He joined the PFB as a substitute in 1910 and joined full-time in 1913. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1917 and to captain in 1928. He retired from the PFB in September 1941. During WWII, he served as the fire chief at the Portland Army Air Base. He was also a musician and had a marching band called Captain Holden and His Smoke Eaters. He was the son of Lee G. Holden (1865-1943), who served as the Portland Fire Chief from 1923-1928, and was remembered for his fire-fighting innovations and for designing 24 stations. [Alexander Holden's middle initial erroneously appears as a 'C' on the front cover.].
Publicado por E. G. Scully, 1904., Portland, 1904
Librería: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, Estados Unidos de America
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EUR 49,37
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Añadir al carrito[OREGON]. First edition. 8vo. 8" x 9 3/4" oblong, printed wrappers, Titles stamped in gold gilt on the front cover, n. p. (32 pp.), illustrated from photographs. One page of text and 31 pages of views including: Shipping in Portland Harbor; U. S. Custom House; Marquam Theatre; Tillamook Lighthouse; Hotel Portland; Hospital For the Insane; Salmon Fishing on the Columbia; The Big Trees of Oregon; Mount Hood; Mount Shasta; Mount St. Helens; Cape Horn; etc. Front and rear covers are sunned at the edges with a few small chips and closed tears to the edges, lightly foxed in the margins of the first page, and very light foxing to the lower margin of the remaining pages, interior is clean, else a good copy.
Idioma: Inglés
Publicado por Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd., London, 1903
Librería: Deightons, Bournemouth, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
EUR 475,10
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Añadir al carritoHardcover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 12mo, 11.2 x 17.2 cm, iv + (5) + 2 - 96 + (8 list) pages complete. Publisher's dull green cloth covers, blind stamped band around edges, gilt embossed lettering and blind card motif on front. Original lattice pattered end papers. All edges gilt. Covers : very slight shelf rubs top/bottom of spine & corners else very clean and unmarked. Contents : very clean and tight. Very clean tight attractive copy. VG+.
Publicado por Dublin: George Faulkner, 1768
Librería: Forest Books, ABA-ILAB, Grantham, LINCS, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
EUR 57,01
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Añadir al carritoFirst Irish edition, small 8vo, 43, [1]pp. 2 Works in one, ex-library, recent cloth.
Publicado por Portland Post Card Company (Press of the Irwin-Hodson Company), 1907
Librería: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
EUR 56,10
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Añadir al carritoPamphlet. First Edition. 8 by 5-1/2 inches (oblong). Title page plus 30 unnumbered leaves of plates from black-and-white photographs (partly captioned). An attractive pictorial souvenir for this annual Portland celebration. Uncommon, with few holdings in OCLC. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback), tied with a lime-green ribbon, as issued.
Publicado por Saint John, NB. J. & A. McMillan, 1889, 1889
Librería: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
EUR 95,08
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Añadir al carritoHardcover. 8vo, 21cm, 200p., frontis & 18 plates (illustrations but mainly portraits), original brick brown cloth, gilt titles and gilt pictorial illustration (the church) on the upper cover, plain spine, very good to fine copy, scarce (s2.9).
Librería: liu xing, Nanjing, JS, China
EUR 56,10
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Añadir al carritopaperback. Condición: New. Ship out in 2 business day, And Fast shipping, Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.East Portland Farmers' Movement (the original deceased Guangxi former chairman Tan should be machine title title 1986.12 version of a printed 2400 295)Four Satisfaction guaranteed,or money back.
Publicado por William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland., 1915
Librería: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Manuscrito
EUR 67,32
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Añadir al carritoCondición: Good. Card, 2.5" x 3.5" Oblong. Very Good with slight bowing.
Publicado por Poole Bros; Chicago; pp.; Wraps; Good; 1911/nd, 1911
Librería: Watermark West Rare Books, Wichita, KS, Estados Unidos de America
Mapa
EUR 134,64
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Añadir al carritoSoft cover. Condición: Good. _____ Single sheet, 25 x 21.75", folded and mounted into 6 x 4" binder's board covers as issued. _____ The inside front cover and rear cover are printed with railroad service information. _____ The map is copyrighted 1911 and is credited to Poole Bros in Chicago._____It is printed in color, with the lines of the issuing railroads in boldface._____ Includes completed, under construction and proposed. _____ The back has a section extolling the prospects of the Pacific Northwest._____The bulk is a locating index by state for: counties, towns, Indian Reservations, lakes and bays, mountains, islands, rivers and parks. _____ The too rigid covers have split at the spine and were repaired with a piece of cloth tape some time ago.
Publicado por London: Printed for J. Almon, 1771
Librería: Forest Books, ABA-ILAB, Grantham, LINCS, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
EUR 172,22
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Añadir al carritoFirst edition, small 8vo, [2], 5-52, [2]pp., with a final advertisement leaf, fore-edge of title page cropped just touching a couple of letters (see photography), recent blue cloth, lettered in gilt.
Publicado por 1912., N.P., 1912
Librería: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
EUR 224,39
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Añadir al carritoFirst edition. 9 1/4" x 5" in pictorial wrappers. 48pp. Illustrations. Overview of the Soo-Spokane-Portland line, the directions of the trip and what one might expect to see and visit along the way. This is followed by information on Spokane, Portland, side trips through Kootenay, Revelstoke, Nelson, Nakusp, Arrowhead, Kootenay Lakes, scenery, fruit growing, etc. Pictures include Canyon of Bridal Veil Fall, Multnoma Falls, the Three Sisters, aerial view of Spokane, Kootenay River, Canyon of Elk River, Canyon of Perry Creek, Goat River Canyon, Canyon of Pend O'Reille River, etc. Light crease to top corner edge of pages. Wrappers are lightly soiled and worn with rubbing to spine and tiny closed tear to front and rear wrapper. Very good.
Publicado por The Statesman Publishing Company, 1905., Salem, 1905
Librería: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, Estados Unidos de America
EUR 381,47
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Añadir al carrito7" x 10" in oversized olive pictorial wrappers, printed in brown and yellow. [64] pp. Illustrations. A promotional booklet with information and photographs of Walla Walla County. It was published in 1905 for the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exhibition in Portland, Oregon. The text was written by Whitman history professor, W.D. Lyman, with illustrations by D. Frederick Carnes. Overview of Walla Walla Valley followed by information on the Odd Fellows Home; the Ballock Fruit Ranch; Whitman College; homes, churches and schools; dairying and stock raising; Fort Walla Walla; orchards, gardens and flour mills; the Gilbert Hunt Company and other industries; towns within Walla Walla County; etc. Black and white photographs throughout showing important buildings, churches, schools, homes, businesses, agriculture, etc. Wear to oversized wrappers along with a 1 1/2" split to top edge of front wrapper where wrapper would bend in order to open. Very good.
Publicado por Lawyers Title and Trust Company, 87 Fourth St., Henry Building, [Nov., 1919]., Portland, OR:, 1919
Librería: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, Estados Unidos de America
EUR 448,79
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Añadir al carritoFolio. 8.25 x 13.25 in. 103 (i.e. 104) leaves, typescript manuscript, mimeograph typescript, TLS on letterhead. Including 4 maps (1 reproducing original William W. Chapman Homestead Claim; 1 blueprint cyanotype map reproducing 1862 plat map of Chapman; blueprint cyanotype map of Portland & East Portland dated 1866; 1 blueprint cyanotype of Lownsdales Map of Portland Claim). Mustard-coloured cloth post-binder, sewn at upper fore-edge w/ white string, ink manuscript identifying property, black lettering stamped on front cover (minor shelfwear, rubbing, occasional creasing, scuffing), still VG copy, 2 TLS are signed Pres. Gordon of the Lawyers Title and Trust Company, Portland, OR, dated Sept. 22 & Nov. 24, 1919, from the library of Caroline Augusta Gray Kamm (1840-1932), noted socialite and philanthropist in Portland, built home for poor women & girls with the YWCA, and was daughter of PNW pioneer William H. Gray (1810-1889). Scarce Abstract of Title typescript manuscript prepared for Caroline Kamm, regarding properties accumulated by her husband Jacob Kamm, and then inherited by her upon his death and according to his will included here in 1912, in order to clear liens on the properties. These lots were part of the properties originally granted to Stephen Coffin (1807-1882) and Daniel H. Lownsdale in 1850, and subsequently acquired by Oregon Pioneer William Chapman (1808-1892) and where he built a home occupied for only a few years, and later served as the Surveyor General of Oregon from 1857-1861, but opposed US President Abraham Lincoln. Others who owned parcels included in the Kamm holdings listed here encompassed were John H. Couch, and Benjamin Stark. Coffin was one of the earliest investors and land promoters in Oregon, who in 1849 had bought a half-interest in the entire Portland townsite, and in 1856 with neighbor Finice Caruthers established the Pioneer Water Works driking water supply for the City. Lownsdale (1803-1862) was another owner of the original townsite, and actually was the one who resurveyed Portland with 200 feet per side small blocks, 64 foot streets, and added the contiguous park blocks. Documents reproduced within this Abstract of Title also include Ordinance No. 69 which governed the 1869 Survey of the City of Portland, and Couch's Addition; Ordinance No. 177 which regulated the base line and surveys of the City boundaries, Ordinance 178, Ordinance 619; description of the Donation Claim plat map in 1862; the numerous ownership changes amongst the McMillen's, Bolsinger's, Crouse's, Herrington's, William Ladd, and more to Jacob Kamm. Included in the entirety as well was the Probate No. 10444 filed to clear the estate of Jacob Kamm filed by Caroline Gray Kamm in Dec., 1912, which carefully delineated all of the properties owned by the deceased, and their values. It appears from the Will that Kamm, Oregon Steam & Navigation Co., Vancouver Transportation Co., and other entities owned a large part of downtown Portland, OR with lots spread over 25 different city blocks. The controversial Portland Building designed by post-Modernist Michael Graves occupies the block now, and was completed in 1982, and later the massive copper statue Portlandia was mounted above the main entry on Fifth Ave. in 1985.
Publicado por Kennedy Co., 1912., Portland, 1912
Librería: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, Estados Unidos de America
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EUR 534,06
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Añadir al carritoFirst edition thus. 8" x 5" in gray cloth with printed borders and title in black on front cover. 16 pp. An invaluable map, handbook and guide issued for the Port of Portland detailing not only the amount of timber, agriculture, and other products moving through the port, but also listing all of the wharves and warehouses available for the maritime shipper. A 23 1/2" x 24 1/2" color lithograph pictorial Map of the Columbia River Basin. The map of the Columbia River Basin tracing the river?s course from British Columbia through Washington down into Oregon to the sea, indicating all of the branch railroads off of the Columbia. One 13" x 35" map of the Wharves and Docks of the Port of Portland. One 21" x 31 1/2" map of the Mouth of Columbia River as of June, 1911 with soundings and buoy positions noted. The Mouth of Columbia River map was a vital resource at the time as Columbia carries large amounts of silt,needing constant dredging, and well known to be particularly treacherous to navigate. All three maps with minor closed tears at the creases and folds and one minor tear to the color lithograph map. Soiling to covers along with scraping and bumping to corners, edges and spine. From the library of George Harold Bowker who was a clerk with the Portland Stevedoring Co. Very good.
Publicado por J.D. Spreckels & Bros. / Frederick K. Samuels, 1889
Librería: Barry Lawrence Ruderman, La Jolla, CA, Estados Unidos de America
EUR 1.615,63
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Añadir al carritoHardcover. Condición: vg+. Rare Illustrated Maritime Directory to Pacific Ports by the Spreckels BrothersBeautifully printed guide to Pacific Ports of San Francisco, San Diego, Puget Sound, Portland and Honolulu, including three folding maps, comp. 12mo. Original gilt maroon cloth. [6],54,[10] pages plus 3 folding maps and 4 plates (photographic views of ships). Some examples include a chromolithograph advertisement for the Oceanic Steamship Company which is not present here (no evidence of removal, so likely never issued with it). A very nice example indeed, the binding bright and sharp. Rare Illustrated Maritime Directory to Pacific Ports by the Spreckels BrothersBeautifully printed guide to Pacific Ports of San Francisco, San Diego, Puget Sound, Portland and Honolulu, including three folding maps, compiled by the prominent shipping firm J.D. Spreckels & Bros. Each port is described, with pilotage, port regulations, and the like. The maps are:The Harbor of San Francisco, and Tributary Waters. Compiled from U.S. Coast Survey Charts.The Piers of the City of San Francisco, Compiled from Official Maps.Map of San Diego Bay, California. 1889.The maps were produced in 1889 by A.M. Clay. The detailed lithograph chart of San Francisco Bay presents a comprehensive overview of the region from Half Moon Bay north through the Golden Gate to Vallejo and Martinez. It carefully identifies the primary ship channel, major anchorages, prominent coastal points, and the extensive maritime infrastructure that was essential to late-nineteenth-century Pacific Coast commerce. The geographic detail of the chart firmly emphasizes the maritime approaches and internal navigational routes of the Bay Area. Significant navigational hazards such as Duxbury Reef, the Four Fathom Bank, and Shag Rock are clearly charted, alongside vital maritime aids including the principal lighthouses and the Mare Island Navy Yard. Coastal settlements, railroad terminals, and emerging industrial centers including Oakland, Brooklyn, Alameda, and Saucelito (Sausalito) reflect the rapid integration of transcontinental rail networks with global Pacific shipping routes.John D. Spreckels and his brothers controlled a vast shipping empire, moving lucrative sugar harvests from Hawaii and general freight along the Pacific coast. Their 1889 directory, into which this chart was bound, functioned as a practical guide for shipmasters. It provided critical operational details, including pilotage regulations, towage fees, and port charges for commercial destinations extending from the Pacific Northwest to the Hawaiian Islands.RarityRare in the market. Only 2 examples in RBH in the last 80+ years. Book.
Publicado por L. C. Henrichsen, Portland, OR, 1903
Librería: Easton's Books, Inc., Mount Vernon, WA, Estados Unidos de America
EUR 713,57
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Añadir al carritoHardcover. Condición: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition without dust jacket. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. Panoramic photograph comprised of fourteen silver prints, each 7 x 9 inches, for a total size of 7 x 126 inches. Original red cloth boards, gilt stamped. Prints attached to stiff paper mounts. First three prints bound together and attached to front pastedown; final eleven bound together, loose in binding. A remarkable panoramic photograph showing the growing city of Portland, Oregon. The panorama is composed of fourteen silver prints, totalling more than ten feet in length, and depicts the city from the west looking east. The Willamette River runs through the center of the photographs, and Portland is shown rising up on either side, with houses, multi-story buildings, docks, warehouses, and a growing downtown. The hilly topography of the city and surrounding area is clearly demonstrated, and Mount St. Helens can be seen in the fifth panel. The photographer, L. C. Henrichsen, was born in Denmark and moved to Portland in 1861, where he had a long career as a prominent jeweler and optician. A scarce image. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.
Publicado por Portland Oregon Portland Building Trades League 1890, 1890
Librería: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
EUR 79,23
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Añadir al carritoCondición: very good. Sheet (approximately 30x21.3cm) printed on side only in three columns text by L. A. Hathaway (By order of the U. B. T. League) H. Stoughton, Pres and H. C. Hincken, Secty. very good.
Año de publicación: 2025
Librería: True World of Books, Delhi, India
EUR 21,53
Cantidad disponible: 18 disponibles
Añadir al carritoLeatherBound. Condición: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1771 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 63 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 63 Language: English.
Publicado por Charles E. Nash & Son, Augusta, 1920
Librería: Sandra L. Hoekstra Bookseller, Thomaston, ME, Estados Unidos de America
EUR 157,08
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Añadir al carritoStaplebound. Condición: Very good. A. W. PEASE, wrapper illustration Ilustrador. 8vo; 36pp + [12pp lists of parade floats]; tan stiff wrappers, illustrated with a decorative scrolling frame topped with the state seal and finished with a pinecone; two staple binding; cream colored leaves; half-tone photographic illustrations; damp staining to bottom edge but no odors, light rubbing at spine tail; very good. A day by day program of all the celebrations for the Centennial of the State of Maine as celebrated in Portland. Illustrations include scenery, important buildings, and officials. The last 12pp are titled: List of Floats in Historical Floats Parade, and each page features illustrations of two parade floats and a description, for a total of 24 floats. Some horse drawn parade float titles include: "The Visit of the Vikings", "The Dawn of Discovery-John Cabot Spying Land", "The Massacre of Dummer", "Popham Building a Fort at Sagadahoc", "Early Marketing in the Town of Falmouth", "The Pioneers of Aroostook", and "Longfellow" 1807-1882.
Publicado por London Levis and Kennebec Railway Company 1874, 1874
Librería: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
EUR 253,54
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Añadir al carritoCondición: very good. [4]pp. Quarto folded into narrow Octavo (22.5x9cm) printed in black and red. With 2 page Intoductory letter on blue paper stock, 1 page "Form of Application" printed in black and red, and "Map shewing the Levis & Kennebec railway and connections" (approximately 43x28cm) folded to narrow Octavo (21.5x10cm) showing the proposed route in red. Small hole and several short closed tears, else a very good copy of an ephemeral piece. very good At head: "Dominion of Canada". The proposed railway from Levis, Quebec to Kennebec, Maine was to connect with a railway under construction from Lexington, Maine to Kennebec. The president of the company was the Hon. J. G. Blanchet - Speaker Legislative Assembly, the Vice President the Hon. Thomas McGreevy, M.P., and directors included the Mayor of Quebec P. Garneau, and J. Jobin - Mayor of Levis.
Publicado por Portland (Maine): n.d. (1894?), 1894
Librería: Zubal-Books, Since 1961, Cleveland, OH, Estados Unidos de America
EUR 292,42
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Añadir al carritoCondición: Good. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, June 22 (weekend SALE item)* one sheet folded for title and two pages of text; badly chipped at margins, no text lost but poor copy. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request.
Publicado por [Newburgh, NY; Cape Town, South Africa; and other locations (see below). 1832-1833]., 1833
Librería: William Reese Company, New York, NY, Estados Unidos de America
EUR 9.873,30
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Añadir al carritoA well-illustrated and engaging log of the whaling ship Portland out of Newburgh, New York, and its travels to the south Atlantic, in particular the island of Tristan da Cunha and Cape Town, recorded by Alfred Brown, likely a mate. Although Brown claims ownership of this log, with several signatures and annotations throughout, the style is very similar to a log kept by the captain, Nathan H. Cook, back when he was a young mate aboard the Thames, though in a different hand (Cook also kept his own log of this voyage, which is now at the Nantucket Historical Association). Brown dutifully records the wind, weather, and location, lists duties going on aboard ship, and describes other ships or whales spotted. His hand is fairly clear, and along with drawings of the islands they visit and whale stamps, he embellishes the pages with a number of pen flourishes and ornamental devices. The log begins with their departure: "Saturday June the 23rd AD 1832. 1. At 10 AM got under weigh from our moorage in New York bay." Following a relatively smooth journey south for the first month, they crossed the Tropic of Cancer on July 26, and by the afternoon of July 28, spied their first "School of Sperm whales." They lowered the boats and succeeded in capturing and killing one. Overnight and into the next day, they "commenced.cutting our whale & at 5PM had him in & commenced boiling & squared the yards on our course South." They finished boiling the blubber two days later, secured the barrels and cleaned the decks, just in time to "fasten & kill" another sperm whale on August 1. They continued south and didn't encounter sperm whales again until August 12, but despite a long chase, they could not capture one. They would regularly "speak" (i.e., call out to other ships as they passed) other ships during their voyage, and even board from time to time. On August 24, they met the Victoria of Whitby out of London, "bound to St Salvadore laden with hard ware, the mate went on board & carryed letters." The next day, they crossed the equator and passed the Neptune out of Sag Harbor with "70 brls of Sperm" as well as "an English brig bound to the East Indies laden with small arms & ammunition." On September 3, the Atlas of Norwich "gave us notice of 16 cases of cholery [sic] in New York." The cholera epidemic of 1832 was mostly centered in the St. Lawrence River valley and Great Lakes region, but its impact was felt worldwide. Often, crews would be quarantined depending on where they where coming from, though Brown doesn't report anything of the sort in this log, although they do consult health officials when they finally return to Newburgh. On September 7, Brown reported seeing a "sulpher botom [sic] whale," now known as the blue whale, a rare sighting for whalers at this time. Melville wrote that he had observed them only from a distance in the southern seas, and while not much was known about them, whalers never chased them, due to their massive size and the fact that they "would run away with rope-walks of line." After capturing another sperm whale on September 13, they spoke with the captain of the Marcia out of Fairhaven, who reported that the John Adams "was sunk by a Sperm whale all hands lost except the Capt & one man & the Meteor of Hudson had lost their Capt taken overboard by a foul line fastened to a whale." The Portland reached Tristan da Cunha by the end of September. Tristan, along with Gough Island, Inaccessible Island, and the Nightingale Islands make up the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world, lying approximately 1,732 miles off the coast of Cape Town. At the bottom of the page with the entry for September 23 is a drawing of Tristan da Cunha from fifty miles away, and on the verso at the bottom is a drawing of Martim Vaz Island from thirty-five miles. At the bottom of the page with the entry for September 30 is a drawing of Trinidade Island from thirty miles, and on the facing page is a drawing of Tristan from forty miles. Despite its remoteness, for much of the 19th century, Tristan was a base of operations for many southern Atlantic whaling concerns. As the Portland approached, they saw and spoke several ships, including two out of New London. They heard some of the same stories the captain of the Marcia had told them, but also received information on both sperm and right whales in the vicinity. Perhaps because of the relatively heavy traffic from other whalers, they only managed to chase one whale but failed to catch it. By October 12, the steadily laconic Brown notes, "saw nothing of note, no whale, dull times with us." In fact, all of October remained quiet for the Portland, as Brown wrote on October 19: ".saw nothing of note, hard luck attends us, no whale.," and then on October 31: "no whale, getting some what discouraged." Over the next several days, they spotted a number of whales, and encountered ships who have had successful catches, watching them boil their blubber as they sail by. Finally, after two months, on November 12, they captured and killed another sperm whale. They are successful again two days later, and again the next day, for three kills in three days. The crew was consumed with boiling and barrelling the oil for the next several days, adding over 150 barrels of oil to their hold. Success came again on November 21 and 23, adding another fifty-five barrels to their stores. And then on November 30, they caught and killed two whales back to back, and then one more two days later on December 2 (110 barrels). Having hit their stride, the crew of the Portland was successful again on December 9. December 13 started well, however, despite a good shot, they could not fasten, and the whale came around and capsized the boat. Surprisingly, no one was injured, and they were able to right the boat and tow it back in while lowering another to continue the pursuit, but this time to no avail. Their luck continued to hold though, with catches on December 15 and 30, and then January 3,
Publicado por Portland. 1903., 1903
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Añadir al carritoA remarkable panoramic photograph showing the growing city of Portland, Oregon at the dawn of the 20th century. The panorama is composed of fourteen silver prints, totaling more than ten feet in length, and depicts the city from the west looking east. The Willamette River runs through the center of the photographs, and Portland is shown rising up on either side, with houses, multi-story buildings, docks, warehouses, and a growing downtown. The hilly topography of the city and surrounding area is clearly demonstrated, and Mount St. Helens can be seen in the fifth panel. The photographer, L.C. Henrichsen, was born in Denmark and moved to Portland in 1861, where he had a long career as a prominent jeweler and optician. A scarce image, with OCLC locating only eight copies. A copy of this panorama sold at a Swann Galleries photography sale in 2014 for $4500 plus house premium (or net $5625). Panoramic photograph comprised of fourteen silver prints, each 7 x 9 inches, for a total size of 7 x 126 inches. Quarto. Original red cloth boards, stamped in gilt. Prints attached to stiff paper mounts. First three prints bound together and attached to front pastedown; final eleven bound together, loose in binding. A bit of clouding at edges of several images, but overall very good.
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Añadir al carritoAntique print, titled: 'Urnam Hani Inter Vetera Artis []' - Title page to a set of 5 concerning the Portland Vase. It shows a figure seated in front of a tomb or monument. Rare. Line and aquatint etching on Hand laid paper. Description: Source unknown, to be determined. Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Charles Francis Greville' after an anonymous artist. Charles Francis Greville(1749 1809), was a British antiquarian, collector and politician. Condition: Very good, given age. Some soiling in margin of the sheet, not affecting image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. Storage location: TPCRC-B1-10 The overall size is ca. 19.5 x 15.2 inch. The image size is ca. 14.1 x 9.9 inch. The overall size is ca. 49.5 x 38.7 cm. The image size is ca. 35.8 x 25.2 cm.