Search Results: Authors starting with P from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

Seattle & Berkeley, CA: Ellis A. Davis, 1909. Folio. 190 pp. Illust. & decorated title, 100s of photo illusts., over 100 colour maps (many double page), 1 very large folding colour map tipped-in on rear pastedown (a couple minor closed tears at creases). Red cloth, silver lettering & decoration embossed on front cover (minor bumping to corners, bumping & minor fraying head & foot of spine, very faint tidemark to fore-edges), still a VG- copy, very clean and bright textblock. First edition of this well-illustrated commercial atlas intended to promote the Pacific Northwest during the Alaska-Yukon Exposition, carefully listing most of the major and minor cities, their counties, industries, local products, and 100s of photos of buildings, logging, railroads, shipping, and more. The atlas includes detailed economic statistical maps of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; street maps of Spokane, WA, Portland, OR, Seattle, WA, Boise, ID, and more. The large folding colour map at rear is of Oregon State -- these… Read More

San Francisco: C.T. Co., Artgravure, 1915. Oblong 4to. 10.25 x 8.25 in. [48 pp (unpaginated).] Colour-tinted photogravures throughout, including panoramic centerfold birds-eye view by the Cardinell-Vincent Co. Embossed brown softcovers, embossed raised gilt lettering, yapp edges, mounted colour photo front cover, w/ original mailing envelope (tears, rubbing, chipping), F/G- copy. First edition of this nicely printing souvenir photographic record of the Exposition. The interior is excellent in this piece giving views of many of the pavilions, fountains, and courts.

New York: John W. Amerman, Publishers, No. 47 Cedar St., 1868. 8vo. 17, [3] pp. Very light salmon-coloured printed softcovers (slight shelfwear), NF copy. First edition of this informative work providing a concise history of the United States legal claims to the Oregon Territory, detailing the efforts of missionaries such as Whitman and Perkins, the fur growth of the fur trade, the Whitman massacre by the Cayuse, as well as extolling the tremendous economic potential of the West Coast. He makes specific mention of the newly constructed Transcontinental Railroad, and the tremendous advantages this provided in transporting the mineral, timber, and agricultural production East. He also notes the purchase of Alaska, the tremendous fisheries, and the potential sources of wealth. Not in Smith, Graff, or Wickersham.

Racine, WI & [Chicago, IL]: W.D. Harney Photogravure Publisher; [The Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.], 1912. Nine vols. Folio. 11.25 x 14.2 in. [109 unnumbered leaves]., including illustrated photogravure title, first leaf w/ photogravure and rubricated decorated initial, w/ 80 photogravure plates (some w/ colour-tinting), all preserving tissue guards. Quarter-brown cloth over burgundy-brown coloured softcovers, all front covers lettered & illustrated in gilt (couple corners w/ slight creasing, slight sunning to couple covers, few tissue guards w/ creasing, or folds), still a NF set, stapled as issued. First edition of this scarce and complete (a couple listings indicate 8 volumes as complete which are incorrect) photogravure art set filled with the remarkable images of Benjamin Gifford. Gifford (1859-1936) is considered perhaps Oregon’s most famous photographer, and his beautiful images included here depict Mt. Hood, the glaciers on Mt. Hood, street scenes in Portland, OR, the… Read More

[Klamath Falls, OR: Colonel Boyd Yaden & Myrtle Madison Yaden, Public Works Administration, United States Army Corps of Engineers, ca. 1920-1960]. Eight albums. 1st - Oblong 14 x 9.25 in. [80 pp (unpaginated)]. With 244 photos sized from 1 x 1 in. up to 7 x 10 in. (many hand-coloured), as well as a few Real Photo Postcards. Limp calf, stamped & decorated in colour on front & back covers, sewn w/ rawhide tie at gutter margin; 2nd - Oblong 4to. 11.25 x 7.25 in. [100 pp (unpaginated)]. With 249 original photos (many w/ annotations, some w/ markings within the negative), sized 2.75 x 3.5 in. up to 6.75 x 10 in. Limp black simulated leather post-binder, sewn at gutter margin w/ black silk braid, silver lettering stamped on front cover. 3rd - 4to. [96 pp (unpaginated)], on thick toned paper stock, w/ 154 original photos tipped-in, taped, and mounted with corners into album (some with ink annotations below, or beside images). Black boards post-binder, sewn at gutter margin w/ black silk braid (scuffing,… Read More

Portland, OR: Lewis & Dryden Printing Co., 1895. Folio. xxiii, [1], 494 pp. Frntsp., 100s of illusts., photos, decorated initials. Original publisher’s brown morocco over beveled boards, gilt lettering & decoration on spine, paneled in gilt ruling on covers, gilt inner dentelles, a.e.g., marbled endpapers (minor bumping & wear to corners, some rubbing, edgewear, rebacked with original spine laid back down), still a VG copy, from the library of Thea Foss (1857-1927) of Foss Launch & Tug Company, later Foss Maritime -- who served as the inspiration for the story and Tugboat Annie movie based on her life. First edition of this invaluable maritime history in the Pacific Northwest, with an excellent index and lavishly illustrated. Howes, W963.

Portland, OR: Metropolitan Press, [1937]. 8vo. 178 pp. Frontisp., illustrated title, numerous text illustrations. Gold pictorial publisher’s cloth, cover art illust. by Clark, pictorial map endpapers, w/ d.j. cover art by Clark (couple minor closed tears, edgewear, creasing, faint tidemark fore-edge corners back cover), NF/G- copy. First edition of this charming memoir providing intimate and amusing sketches about early Seattle, the Washington Territory, and the Denny Family, by the grand-daughter of the founder of Seattle, Arthur Denny (1822-1899).

Mount Angel, OR: Typis Monasterii S. Benedicti, 1895. 8vo. 73, [3] pp. Black embossed cloth, embossed blind-stamped lettering on front cover (minor edgewear, rubbing, slightly shaken), still VG- copy from the library of Edwin Vincent O’Hara (1881-1956), Roman Catholic Priest, educator, social reformer, and author of the Pioneer Catholic History of Oregon., whose manuscript note indicates this copy was acquired after he became the bishop of Great Falls, MT in 1923. First edition of this scarce Oregon imprint, and one of the earliest publications issued by the Mount Angel Seminary Press. This work publishes in Latin the orders and decrees describing and outlining the work and efforts of the Catholic missionaries and churches in the Oregon Territory and later state. It includes orders, decrees, and letters concerning missions and churches in Walla Walla, Vancouver Island, Portland, Willamette Valley from and to the Archbishops and Bishops in Oregon, Idaho, Washington, and Vancouver Island. Of… Read More

New York: Packaging Catalog Corporation, 1942. Tall thick 4to. 641, [1] pp. With 100s of typography font samples, text diagrams, photo illustrations, tipped-in paper samples, plastic samples, foils, cellophane, box labels, rubber, crepe paper wadding (many large folding tables). Embossed simulated tan calf cloth binding, embossed borders, raised gilt lettering front cover & spine, linen thumb-tabs at fore-edges (minor shelfwear & rubbing, slight bumping to corners, a few closed tears at thumb tabs, occasional offsetting), still a VG copy w/ wartime restrictions notifications issued after Pearl Harbor, as well as a couple samples removed (aluminum & rubber), w/ notices that World War II restrictions restricted their uses. First edition, thus, of this scarce and expansive sample catalogue on product packaging during World War II. This trade catalogue offers an invaluable reference work on the artwork, materials, and window display designs for retail packaging on the Homefront, with continuing… Read More

Kent, WA: Aero-Marine History Publishing Co., [1995]. Folio. 342 pp. With 100s of colour and black & white illustrations, photos, text illustrations, colour-illustrated endpapers. Gray textured boards, gilt lettering front cover & spine, w/ d.j. (minor shelfwear), NF/NF copy, signed by author on title. First edition, signed, of this lavishly illustrated and produced history of Packard high-powered racing boats, hydroplanes, racing cars, airplanes, and more. Packard produced more than 120 different high-performance non-automotive engines, and this work offers an invaluable reference.

Garden City, NY: The Crime Club, Inc., by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1928. 8vo. vi, 374 pp. Decorated title w/ Crime Club logo. Orange publisher’s cloth, black lettering & kris knife motif on front cover (minor bumping to corners, minor scuffing, edgewear), w/ d.j. Art Deco cover art of “Shanghai Jim,” and Chinese Junks (minor chipping, scuffing, some soiling), still G/VG- copy. First edition, stated, of this anthology of four novellas set against the backdrop of the thrilling villain Shanghai Jim, southeast Asia, Malay Pirates, opium peddlers, pearl dealers, and maritime adventure from Honolulu to Shanghai.

New York: A.L. Burt, [c. 1931]. 8vo. [6], 303, [1] pp. Black cloth, red lettering front cover & spine (very slight bumping to 1 corner), w/ d.j. Art Deco cover art w/ initials B.D. of skull in orange on black & blue backdrop (slight chipping head & foot of spine, very slight sunning to spine, couple very minor closed tears), still NF/VG copy. First Burt edition of this Ronald Ward mystery adventure set against the backdrop of a secret killer on the steamship “Watabi” in the Malay Gulf, a curious schooner with “Sen-chu” written across the bows, and the waterfront dives of Singapore.

Chicago: A.H. Packer, [1945]. 8vo. xiv, 559 pp., plus 3 pp. publ. ads. Over 350 photos, text illusts. & diagrams. Limp pebbld black cloth, gilt lettrng on frnt cvr & spine, rounded crnrs, NF copy, w/ frmr ownrshp signature on frnt pstdn. Revised and expanded edition of this invaluable reference work detailing the mechanics and underlying principles of starters, generators, magnetos, and other electrical units in automobiles and airplanes.

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1946]. 8vo. 217, [1] pp. Light gray-blue publisher’s cloth (uniform light interior toning from Wartime paper, slight offsetting on covers from sunning through d.j. cover art), w/ d.j. (couple minor closed tears, light creasing, edgewear), still VG/VG copy. First edition of this duo’s first work under their pseudonym, a hard-boiled Seth Colman psychological mystery/thriller set on the Hudson River.

New York: Gnome Press, Inc., [1951]. 8vo. 254 pp. Gray tweed publisher’s boards, blue lettering, w/ d.j. cover art by Harry Harrison (slight sunning to spine, back cover, very minor shelfwear), still NF/NF copy. First Gnome press edition, stated, of these dystopian post-apocalyptic novellas, first published in Astounding Science Fiction from 1946-1947.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. 8vo. [4], 276 pp. Red tweed boards, silver lettering front cover & spine (minor spotting, shelfwear), w/ d.j. cover art by Edd Cartier (minor edgewear, couple minor chips), VG/VG- copy. First edition of this anthology of 11 tales of fantasy, science fiction, interplanetary adventure, and more by the famed husband and wife duo.

New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, [1995]. 8vo. ix, [1], 244 pp. Colour-illust. softcvrs, NF. First softcover edition of this work examining the rise and fall of modern colonial empires, and how they impacted the development of European political theory and national identity.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, [1930]. Tall 8vo. xiv, 361, [1] pp. Frontisp., decorated title in green & black, numerous plates throughout. Turquoise-blue publisher’s cloth, gilt lettering front cover & spine (minor sunning to fore-edges & spine, as typical w/ the blue-green inks), w/ d.j. wraparound Art Deco cover art of Conestoga wagon train heading west in blues, pinks & black by J.R. (minor chipping head & foot of spine, edgewear, some minor closed tears), still VG/VG copy. First edition, FR lozenge on verso of title, of this exceptional account detailing and recreating the letters and journal of her great uncle Henry Page to his wife Mary as he headed West along the Oregon Trail during the California Gold Rush of ‘49, augmented with photographs she took as she carefully retraced the route from her Ford automobile driving across the West. Exceedingly scarce in the original jacket, typically found with later issue plain printed light blue-gray d.j. Smith, 7848; Wheat, Books of the California… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1929. 4to. 169, [1] pp. Frontisp., numerous plates. Brown cloth, illustrated & lettered in white & black (slight shelfwear, rubbing to corners), w/ d.j. (minor chipping head & foot of spine, wear to corners, minor scuffing), still VG/VG- copy, w/ tipped-in Christmas Card on ffep. Later printing of this later printing of the author’s nostalgic Lost Cause novel about the adventures of two 10 year old boys’ adventures in Virginia during the Civil War, and a fair amount of southern Black dialect.

New York: Harper & Brothers, [1954]. 8vo. 283, [1] pp. Quarter-blk cloth over brick-red boards, white lettrng on spine (mnr rubbng, edgewear, slght toning to endpapers), w/ d.j. (mnr edgewear, scuffng, shlfwr), VG/VG-, inscribed by the author on ffep. First edition, signed, of this excellent memoir of her life growing up in Korea while the Japanese controlled the country.