Introduction to the Cultivation of Orchids by HARTMAN, Walter L - 1971

Chicago / New York: True Crime Magazine / Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc, 1936. Trade Paperback. Good. Scott, J.W.; Mandell, Albert A.; Claridge, Ernest. Pages toned, 3 inch closed tear along spine, wrappers rubbed with pencil note along rear top edge. 1936 Trade Paperback. 127, [1] pp. Color pictorial wrappers from a painting by J.W. Scott. Includes articles on white slavery, Al Capone, the Chinese Tong, etc.; short stories by various authors; photographs (including images of J. Edgar Hoover and Al Capone) and illustrations throughout text.

[Tacoma, Washington: E.A. Lynn Photographic Studio], 1895. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A group of 23 albumen photos measuring 6½" x 4¾", each mounted on slightly larger card stock, all with captions in ink at lower foredge, notations in pencil on verso, each in numbered order, several identifying the subjects on verso in ink, photos with two small brass riveted holes in the upper foredge and bound together with brass chain, all edges gilt. Occasional modest scuffing and minor rubbing, else a near fine set. A collection of albumen photographs taken by Lynn recording the ascent of Mount Rainier in August, 1895. In August of 1895, Walter Marsh Bosworth, Ellison A. Lynn, Fred Cowden, Howard Fries, William Love, and Fred Evans climbed Mount Rainier, and were trapped in blizzard conditions. They managed to survive the storm, trapped at the Camp of the Clouds at 12,000 feet. Bosworth's Survey was reported later to the Secretary of the Interior, and Hartman was instrumental in pushing for the… Read More