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[Portland, OR: Passenger Traffic Department, Southern Pacific Lines, Irwin-Hodson Co., March 11, 1925]. 4to. Printed & bound in double-columns, center fold. [32 pp.] Numerous text illustrations, photo illustrations, double-page colour centerfold of Crater Lake National Park, maps. Colour-illustrated softcovers, beautiful Jazz Age cover art of hikers amongst the mountains & forest (slight shelfwear, very slight rubbing), VG copy. Early printing of this wonderfully illustrated promotional travel brochure for the Southern Pacific, including wonderful photo illustrations of hotels, motels, attractions, beaches, and more.
Automobile road map from Mono Lake to Lake Tahoe and Feather River Region: showing resorts, camp sites, fishing streams, lakes, mountain peaks and trails. . . . by [AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL -- CALIFORNIA]. TOURING BUREAU - 1929.
by [AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL -- CALIFORNIA]. TOURING BUREAU
Automobile road map from Mono Lake to Lake Tahoe and Feather River Region: showing resorts, camp sites, fishing streams, lakes, mountain peaks and trails. . . .
by [AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL -- CALIFORNIA]. TOURING BUREAU
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Los Angeles, CA: Automobile Club of Southern California, 2601 So. Figueroa St., 1929. Tall 8vo. 4.5 x 9.4 in. which folds leporello accordion-style out into 9.4 x 38 in. map on recto, blank on verso, except for self-printed title cover (minor toning at fold creases, minor shelfwear), still VG copy. First edition, thus, of this automobile map to Lake Tahoe and Mono Lake area of California & Nevada, distributed by the Automobile Club of Southern California. The organization was founded in 1909, and quickly gained notice for their handy and detailed motoring maps and guides, as well as all the local historical details they provided. No copies located of this 1929 printing.
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- Place of Publication Los Angeles, CA:
- Date Published 1929.
- Keywords Automobile Travel, Motoring, Automobiles, Cars, California, Northern California, Maps, Cartography, Mapping, Map, Western Americana, Transportation, Tourism, Automobile Club of Southern California, Nevada, Feather River, Lake Tahoe, Reno, Camping
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Oregon outdoors. Southern Pacific Lines. [The summerland -- beautiful].
by [SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD -- OREGON].
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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Tour the Columbia Gorge via the Columbia River Highway & Evergreen Highway: from tidewater to the Inland Empire.
by [AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL -- COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY]. [BURNHAM, Howard Johnson]
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[Vancouver, WA: Mid-Columbia Chamber of Commerce, 1932]. Tall 8vo. 4 x 8.8 in. 15, [1] pp., printed in green & black throughout, with photo illustrations, centerfold pictorial map by Burnham showing routes along Evergreen & Columbia River Highways. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers, splendid wraparound Art Deco cover art of the Columbia River Gorge by Burnham (slight shelfwear), NF. First edition of this exceedingly scarce photo-illustrated travel guide to the Columbia River Gorge, by driving the Evergreen Highway on the Washington side past Beacon Rock and along the Columbia River Highway as far as Celilo Falls and The Dalles. The charming pictorial map by Burnham shows mountaineers on Mt. St. Helens, skiers on Mt. Hood, fishermen in Washougal and on Merwin Lake, sailing on the Columbia River, and more. Burnham (1900-1985) was at the time the Chairmen of the Vancouver City Planning Commission, and a fervent advocate of tourism improvements, pushed for reconstructing the Fort Vancouver…
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The Pacific Coast Automobile Blue Book 1915-1916, California, Washington, Oregon, British Columbia: “Standard Road Guide of America.” (Volume 6).
by [AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL - WESTERN AMERICANA].
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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San Francisco, CA: Pacific Coast Blue Book Publishing Co., Pacific Building, Press of the Franklin Linotyping Co., 1915. Tall 8vo. 908 pp., printed on blue-tinted paper throughout. Numerous text maps, several maps, photo-illustrated ads, illustrated ads, Shell Oil Co. service station colour lithograph ads on rear endpapers. Limp publisher’s calf, gilt lettering on front cover, Shell gilt logo advertisement on back cover (ex-lib markings on endpapers, title, perforated stamp on title, chipping & wear to fore-edges, rebacked w/ renewed lettering on spine, linen tape joint repairs at gutter margins of endpapers), still a good copy, which was a Multnomah County Library duplicate sold through their Title Wave bookstore at some point. First edition, thus, of this surprisingly scarce automobile travel tour guide for California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, prior to World War I. This volume edited by Beck, combined the four different Automobile Club Pacific Coast Blue Books issued for…
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Tourists’ Old Oregon Trail and Columbia River Highway: information and guide book. Rock Springs, Wyoming to Portland and Seaside, Oregon. Federal Route No. 30.
by [AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL -- OREGON TRAIL]. MEACHAM, Walter E.
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[Portland, OR & Baker, OR: The Old Oregon Trail Association; Ryder Bros., Printers and Stationers, 1927. Tall 8vo. 4 x 9.25 in. 63, [1] pp. Photo illustrations & strip maps throughout, double-page centerfold map & photos, 1 folding colour map. Photo-illustrated softcovers, cover art showing water falls above Wallowa Lake on back cover (minor creasing to couple corners), still VG copy. First edition of this uncommon automobile guide for intrepid motorists driving the route of the Old Oregon Trial from Council Bluffs on the Missouri River to Seaside, Oregon, with sidetrip to Yellowstone National Park, and then into eastern Oregon along the Columbia River finishing up on the scenic Columbia River Highway through the scenic gorge.
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Visalia Stock Saddle Co. Special catalogue No. 24.
by [SADDLE -- CATALOGUE]. [BERGEN, Leland].
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San Francisco, CA: Visalia Stock Saddle Co., 2117-2123 Market St., [1928]. 4to. 7 x 8 in. 64 pp., printed in sepia and black & white. With 100s of text illusts, some photo illustrations, some diagrams. Tan coloured softcovers, cover art of fine Walker saddle, and the Visalia Stock Co. “Extra Vine Angora Chaps” on back cover, stapled as issued (very minor creasing to left fore-edge, small closed tear at foot of spine), still a VG bright copy. First edition of this well-illustrated saddle and tack catalogue from one of the most important makers of western harness and saddlery in the West from the 19th through the 20th Centuries. Founded in 1869 in three Sonora, Mexico saddle makers, Ricardo Mattley, Juan Martarell, and Alsalio Herrera, which was then bought by David Walker in 1870 retaining the three talented craftsman for over 20 years as he built the brand. Edmund Walker Weeks (d. 1930) Walker’s nephew took over the company in 1887, moved the company to San Francisco in 1890, where it survived…
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Oregon outdoors. Southern Pacific Lines. [The summerland -- beautiful].
by [SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD -- OREGON].
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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[Portland, OR: Passenger Traffic Department, Southern Pacific Lines, Irwin-Hodson Co., March 11, 1925]. 4to. Printed & bound in double-columns, center fold. [32 pp.] Numerous text illustrations, photo illustrations, double-page colour centerfold of Crater Lake National Park, maps. Colour-illustrated softcovers, beautiful Jazz Age cover art of hikers amongst the mountains & forest (slight shelfwear, very slight rubbing), VG copy. Early printing of this wonderfully illustrated promotional travel brochure for the Southern Pacific, including wonderful photo illustrations of hotels, motels, attractions, beaches, and more.
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Across North America by motor boar with a Peerless Auto Tent. . . .
by [MARITIME -- CAMPING]. HOAG, John Edwin, [WILTON, Frank (Adventurers); AARUP, Emil (Boat Builder).]
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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[Los Angeles, CA & St. Louis, MO: Hoag & Ford, Union League Building; Peerless Auto Tents, Canvas Products Co., 1925]. 12mo. [12 pp (unpaginated).], printed in red & black, in leporello accordion style format. With photo illustrations, rubricated initials, map. Self-printed softcovers (slight shelfwear, very slight toning), still VG bright copy. First edition of this scarce promotional souvenir touting the achievement of Hoag and Wilton piloting their 18-foot boat, powered by two 4-horsepower Evinrude outboard engines named Lewis & Clark, 5680 miles along the Columbia, Missouri, Illinois, & Hudson Rivers in 137 days. When setting out from Astoria, OR in a cheap canvas tent, the intrepid travelers quickly discovered that it offered not protection from either rain, or mosquito’s so they ordered a Peerless Auto Tent in Portland, and the durable canvas tent proved essential, including surviving golf ball sized hail stones in South Dakota. John Edwin Hoag and partner Ford were photographers for the…
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Tour the Columbia Gorge via the Columbia River Highway & Evergreen Highway: from tidewater to the Inland Empire.
by [AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL -- COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY]. [BURNHAM, Howard Johnson]
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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[Vancouver, WA: Mid-Columbia Chamber of Commerce, 1932]. Tall 8vo. 4 x 8.8 in. 15, [1] pp., printed in green & black throughout, with photo illustrations, centerfold pictorial map by Burnham showing routes along Evergreen & Columbia River Highways. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers, splendid wraparound Art Deco cover art of the Columbia River Gorge by Burnham (slight shelfwear), NF. First edition of this exceedingly scarce photo-illustrated travel guide to the Columbia River Gorge, by driving the Evergreen Highway on the Washington side past Beacon Rock and along the Columbia River Highway as far as Celilo Falls and The Dalles. The charming pictorial map by Burnham shows mountaineers on Mt. St. Helens, skiers on Mt. Hood, fishermen in Washougal and on Merwin Lake, sailing on the Columbia River, and more. Burnham (1900-1985) was at the time the Chairmen of the Vancouver City Planning Commission, and a fervent advocate of tourism improvements, pushed for reconstructing the Fort Vancouver…
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The Pacific Coast Automobile Blue Book 1915-1916, California, Washington, Oregon, British Columbia: “Standard Road Guide of America.” (Volume 6).
by [AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL - WESTERN AMERICANA].
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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San Francisco, CA: Pacific Coast Blue Book Publishing Co., Pacific Building, Press of the Franklin Linotyping Co., 1915. Tall 8vo. 908 pp., printed on blue-tinted paper throughout. Numerous text maps, several maps, photo-illustrated ads, illustrated ads, Shell Oil Co. service station colour lithograph ads on rear endpapers. Limp publisher’s calf, gilt lettering on front cover, Shell gilt logo advertisement on back cover (ex-lib markings on endpapers, title, perforated stamp on title, chipping & wear to fore-edges, rebacked w/ renewed lettering on spine, linen tape joint repairs at gutter margins of endpapers), still a good copy, which was a Multnomah County Library duplicate sold through their Title Wave bookstore at some point. First edition, thus, of this surprisingly scarce automobile travel tour guide for California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, prior to World War I. This volume edited by Beck, combined the four different Automobile Club Pacific Coast Blue Books issued for…
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Tourists’ Old Oregon Trail and Columbia River Highway: information and guide book. Rock Springs, Wyoming to Portland and Seaside, Oregon. Federal Route No. 30.
by [AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL -- OREGON TRAIL]. MEACHAM, Walter E.
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[Portland, OR & Baker, OR: The Old Oregon Trail Association; Ryder Bros., Printers and Stationers, 1927. Tall 8vo. 4 x 9.25 in. 63, [1] pp. Photo illustrations & strip maps throughout, double-page centerfold map & photos, 1 folding colour map. Photo-illustrated softcovers, cover art showing water falls above Wallowa Lake on back cover (minor creasing to couple corners), still VG copy. First edition of this uncommon automobile guide for intrepid motorists driving the route of the Old Oregon Trial from Council Bluffs on the Missouri River to Seaside, Oregon, with sidetrip to Yellowstone National Park, and then into eastern Oregon along the Columbia River finishing up on the scenic Columbia River Highway through the scenic gorge.
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River
by John B. Wyeth
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Longmont, Colorado, United States
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YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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Following the Flag; Diary of a Soldier's Wife
by Sargent, Alice Applegate
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Bella Vista, Arkansas, United States
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Kansas City, KS: E. B. Barnett, Publisher Book. VG. Hardcover. Presumed 1st Edition. Book is blue cloth covered boards with paste-on American flag on front. The book has minor shelf edge wear with no other defects to note. No date - circa 1919. 91 pages with black and white frontis - a picture of the author in fancy dress in Washington in 1909. Married to an officer of the 2nd Cavalry in 1866, Sargent relates to experiences at Fort Bidwell, Fort Walla Walla, to Arizona. Four years at Fort Huachuca, Fort Bowie, to Fort Logan, Colorado and at Fort Wingate. .
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THE HELMET OF MAMBRINO
by KING,Clarence
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San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1938. First Thus. Vellum-backed marbled boards. Near Fine. (xx), 1, 21, 1 pages. First Edition Thus. Introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. Vellum-backed marbled boards. Gilt spine-titling. 5 1/4" x 8". Slipcase. Limited to 350 copies printed by The University of California Press. Per the Introduction, "'The Helmet of Mambrino' well supports the claim of (Clarence) King's friends that his casual conversation often equalled the best literature of his day, for this letter to a friend was undoubtedly produced spontaneously without thought of publication." A beautifully produced small book. Neat pictorial bookplate at front pastedown; small bookseller's stamp removal scar to rear pastedown, but a Near Fine copy in a Very Good Plus (slight abrasions at opening ends) slipcase. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING via media mail to any United States address.
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THE GATHERING OF ZION. THE STORY OF THE MORMON TRAIL
by STEGNER, Wallace
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New York: The McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus. (15) 331 (1) pp. Illustrated dust jacket, with $6.95 price. Illustrated, including maps of The Moromon Trail. Index. Purple cloth.6 1/4" x 9 1/4". One of The American Trail Series, edited by A. B. Guthrie, Jr. Per the jacket blurb: "Close to the heart of Mormondom is the almost stylized memory of the Trail. For every early Saint, crossing the plains to Zion was not merely a journey, but a rite, the final devoted and enduring act that brought one into the Kingdom." A Fine copy in a Very Good Plus or better dust jacket (pencil numbering to rear cover, spine toning; edgewear, especially to spine-ends). ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.
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In the Big Horn Mountains: Deer Haven Lodge Tensleep, Wyoming on Highway No. 16
by Deer Haven Lodge
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GIG HARBOR, Washington, United States
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Sheridan: Clouds Peak Printery, 1950. Single sheet brochure, 17 x 36cm, folded to 17 x 9cm, four panels on each side. Halftone photographs, cover illustration, map. Some light toning and wear, else fine. Small advertisement for the Deer Haven Lodge, member of the Dude Ranchers Association. Nice map of the Bighorn National Forest, showing the location of the Lodge. Pictures include Paint Rock Creek and Lake Solitude. "Some of the finest fishing available is to be had in the lakes and streams....accessible only by 'packing in.' Ca. 1948-1950. Worldcat locates a single copy, at Yale.
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Defending Eden. New Mexican Pioneers in the San Bernardino Valley.
by J.C. Vickery
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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Inland Empire history.
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Yellowstone Park Lodges and Camps
by Yellowstone Park Lodge and Camps Company
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Livingston, Montana; Yellowstone Park, Wyoming: Yellowstone Park Lodges and Camps Company, 1925. Brochure, 22.5 x 10cm folded, 11pp. Black and white photographic illustrations, map, printed in red and black throughout. Illustrated, stapled wraps show light wear and rubbing with a few bent corners, else fine. Beautiful brochure advertising stays at the park, with photos of lodges, sights, wildlife, maps, and pricing. "Any railroad agent can tell you about Yellowstone National Park, or address Yellowstone Park Lodge and Camps Co." Vernon Goodwin is listed as president, taking over from Howard Hays in 1924.
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Philo White's Narrative Of A Cruize In The Pacific To South America And California On The U.S. Sloop-Of-War Dale 1841-1843; Edited by Charles L. Camp
by White, Philo
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ardsley, New York, United States
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Denver: Old West Publishing, 1965. Hardcover. Orig. decorated green clean. Fine in nicked and chipped plain paper wrapper. 84 pages. 33 x 24.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 1000 copies. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Illustrated in color and black and white. Handsomely printed, bright, very clean copy.
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Legislative History: Arizona, 1864-1912
by Kelly, George H
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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Phoenix: Manufacturing Stationers Inc., 1926. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition; possibly rebound, as the date is stamped on the spine but not recently; 8vo, brown cloth, no dj; vg (spine ends bumped and rubbed; top corner of front board bumped; edges and pages toning); ten fine folding maps, 399pp incl. index.
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Los Fundadores
by Leon Rowland
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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"Herein are listed the first families of California and also other persons with family names that were in California 1769-1785 except those who died at San Diego in 1769."
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