Everett, Washington: Everett High School, 1938. 10.5" x 7.5". Off-white cloth. Some light wear, front hinge weak, many greeting notes, else a VG+ copy. A well done Everett high school (Seattle) yearbook. With the usual sections on classes, faculty, athletics, clubs, etc. ... (more information)

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Yakima, Washington: Privately published, 2008. Hardcover 11" x 8". 983pp. Maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. New condition. Second printing; published in an edition of fewer than 100 copies. A massive book, with details on Ferguson, the earliest school systems in the Yakima region, shared schools with Washington's Klickitat, Kittitas and Benton counties, parochial and Indian schools, and much more. With numerous illustrations. Signed by the compiler on the first leaf. ... (more information)

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New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1929. Hardcover 7.5" x 5". 288pp. Red cloth hardback, in dust wrapper. Near fine condition; the jacket is somewhat faded and edge worn. A novel of two men, one of whom is dying and entrusts his companion with a mission. ... (more information)

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Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1945. Hardcover 6.25" x 4.5". 39pp. Illustrated paper boards. Excellent condition. With b&w and color illustrations by Esther Friend. ... (more information)

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Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1963. Hardcover 9" x 5.75". 280pp. Beige and blue cloth, in dust wrapper. Fine condition; fine jacket. Second printing. This copy signed and warmly inscribed by the author on the first leaf. "A very personal view of silent movies." With much on actors, directors, studios, etc. With many black & white photo illustrations. ... (more information)

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Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968. Hardcover First edition 9" x 5.75". 224pp. Blue cloth, in dust wrapper. Fine condition; fine jacket. Laid in to this copy are three typed notes. Each of the short signed notes has good content regarding the author's writings, etc. This memoir features chapters on a life of writing and of enjoying movies, his pioneering book on the Wizard of Oz, teaching and academia, theater, etc. ... (more information)

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Santa Ana, California: Fine Arts Press, 1933. Hardcover First edition 10.5" x 7.5". 323pp. Black cloth spine with gilt spine lettering, black buckram boards. Near fine condition. One of 425 copies printed. With sections on the expeditions to the Pacific Northwest by Quimper (1790), Eliza (1791), and Galiano & Valdes (1792), all of which predated Vancouver, as well as sections on Bodega, Carrasco, and Mourelle. With thirteen maps, many are folded fold-outs. See Howes, W-10; Cox, II, p. 5... (more information)

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New York: The Workers Education Bureau Press, 1928. Hardcover Later printing. 9" x 6" 479pp. Blue cloth lettered in gilt. Very good+ copy with minimal wear to boards, top edge a bit dusty, page edges lightly toned; text clean & unmarked. ... (more information)

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Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1963. Hardcover 7.75" x 5.25". 64pp. Tan cloth over boards in original yellow-orange dust jacket which has mild edgewear else a VG+ copy. Containing 41 poems, this is David Wagoner's third book. He has remarked about this book: "Many of the poems use the objects and creatures of the natural world, in action, to recreate dramatically the emotional and spiritual trials of man. The poems range in mood from the lyric to the satiric. They also ten... (more information)

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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. Hardcover First edition 8" x 5.25". 241pp. Black paper covered hardback boards, in dust wrapper. Mild general wear, overall near fine condition; the jacket has light edge wear and rubbing. The author's second novel. ... (more information)

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New York: St. Martin's Press, (1962). Hardcover First American edition 8" x 5". 329pp. Yellow and blue hardback, in dustwrapper. Fine condition; nice VG+jacket. A jazz novel. ... (more information)

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[No place]: [Privately published by the author], 1987. Paperback 8.5" x 5.5". 119pp. Glossy illustrated paperback. Near fine condition. This very scarce work of family history includes much detail on the Wainwright family going back to the first generation of the family in America. With many illustrations from photographs, family anecdotes, dates, and much more. It appears that many members of the family were in the American military. ... (more information)

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[No place]: Ouroboros Press, 2006. Hardcover First edition 8.5" x 5.25". 157pp., plus 5pp. publisher's catalog. Maroon cloth, gilt spine lettering, in dust jacket. As new condition. One of only 700 copies. "Known unto the Wise as the Crowd of Philosophers, this twelfth century treatise records the meeting of the "Hermetic Association for the Advancement of Alchemy" and gives voice to the alchemical wisdom of several centuries. From Pythagoras to the Thrice-Greatest Hermes,... (more information)

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Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 1985. Hardcover 12" x 10". Appr. 150pp. Illustrated hardback boards, in dust wrapper. Top corner lightly bumped, else fine condition; near fine jacket. Japanese and English language verse as well as illustrations of Aijiro Wakita's art work. ... (more information)

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Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1971. Paperback 8" x 4.5". [3pp.] Bound in the original purple sewn wrappers. Small unobtrusive stamp on the rear wrapper, else a near fine copy. The 100th pubklication of the Black Sparrow Press. ... (more information)

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Palo Alto, CA (1970): American West Publishing Company. First edition Octavo. 198pp., with index. Fine in a near fine jacket. With many photo illustrations. ... (more information)

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Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1929. Hardcover First American edition 8" x 5.25". 162pp. Color patterned paper covered hardback boards with a red cloth spine, in dust wrapper. Corners lightly rubbed, ownership signature, else nice VG+ condition; the jacket has a light bit of edge wear. ... (more information)

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Seattle: University of Washington, 1983. First edition 15.75" x 10.25". Single color printed sheet. FINE condition. Walker was doing a reading at the University of Washington, presumably to promote her Pulitzer Prize winning novel 'The Color Purple.' Alice Walker is one of the key figures of modern American letters, and one of America's greatest African American / Black literary figures. ... (more information)

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New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1974. Hardcover 9" x 7". 33pp. A fine hardback copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with the publisher's gold "library binding" sticker. Sixth printing. One of the Crowell Biography series, this volume features color and black & white illustrations by Don Miller. This book is one of Walker's earliest titles. ... (more information)

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. First edition 8.25" x 5.5". 134pp. Nar fine condition in a dust wrapper which has a small bit of rubbing and edge wear. The jacket is NOT price clipped. With illustrations by Victor Ambrus. A classic tale of wo yongsters and their St. Bernard dog. ... (more information)

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