Search Results: Titles starting with O from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

Woodlawn, OR: H.S.P. Warren, Photographer, [ca. 1885]. Two mounted albumen photographs sized 8.25 x 6 in., 4to. on 12 x 10 in. light gray and cream-coloured studio board, rubber-stamped photographer’s imprint below image in blank, 1 w/ text w/in negative at lower fore-edge (minor rubbing, slight bumping to corners, edgewear), still VG bright exemplars. Two very scarce original albumen photographs documenting the logging of Woodlawn, Oregon which about 1880 was a small rural farming & logging community on the edge of what at the time was unincorporated Albina. Although the image has scratched in the negative O.S. Palmer, this actually appears to refer to Orville Allen Palmer (1847-1923) who ran a small logging operation in and around Albina, East Portland, and later in Boring, Clackamas, OR supplying the Vancouver and Lucia Mills operated by Loring C. Palmer. In the right foreground of this image is large log with crosscut saw wedged into a log. The second depicting the cabin of Harold Lundgren,… Read More

Seattle, WA: Motorists Service Club of the Pacific Coast, Inc., December, 1924. Tall 8vo. 12 pp. Numerous photo illustrations, maps, illustrated ads. Self-printed wrappers, covers printed in green (minor creasing, shelfwear), still VG- copy. First edition of this very scarce early motoring magazine promoting the locations and value of the Motor Service Club which was founded in 1924 for the average man. Along with the travel articles, the magazine offers numerous driving tips to the motoring enthusiast during the Jazz Age.

[New York & Seattle]: Brooklyn Museum/ Univ. of Washington Press, [1991]. Folio. 319, [1] pp. Frntsp., 100s of colour and blk & wht photo illusts., text illusts. Blue cloth, gilt lettrng (sml stmp lwr fore-edge textblk), w/ d.j. VG/NF. First edition of this spectacular exhibition catalogue, including artifacts from Northwest Coast Indian tribes, Osage of Oklahoma, Southwest Indians, and California tribes.

London: Tiger Books International, [1993]. Folio. 143, [1] pp. Over 100 photos, colour photos, illusts. Blue boards, w/ d.j. NF/ NF. First edition of this informative & well-illustrated book on the famed Ocean liners, and their luxury of the golden age, including the Queen Mary, Titanic, Mauretania, The Rex, Nieuw Amsterdam, R.M.S. Orion, and many others.

Edison, NJ: Chartwell Books, 1999. Folio. 143, [1] pp. Over 100 photos, colour photos, illusts. Colour-illust. boards, w/ d.j. NF/NF. First American edition of this informative & well-illustrated book on the famed Ocean liners, such as the Queen Mary, Normandie, Queen Elizabeth, The United States, Sun Princess, and more.

Tokyo: Hokuseido Press, [1965]. 8vo. iv, [2], 287, [1] pp. Printed softcvrs, w/ d.j. (vry mnr shlfwr, slght rubbng), NF/VG. Revised edition of this famed Medieval novel, and considered one of the greatest of the Heian era. This work was published as another title in the UNESCO collection of representative works, Japanese series.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., [1952]. 8vo. [10], 246 pp. Tan boards, green lettrng, w/ d.j. cover art by Jane Pitts (mnr dustsoilng, shlfwr), NF/VG. First edition, 2nd printing of this historical novel set on a Polynesian Island at the turn-of-the-19th-century.

New York: John G. Treadwell, 1847. 8vo. 288 pp. Engravd frntsp., dedication page, engraved title, numerous engravd plates (some foxng). Full embssd & decorated tan sheep, gilt decorated spine, a.e.g. (mnr chppng hd & ft of spine, mnr edgewear), still VG- copy, from the family library of Major John William De Forest (1826-1906), served with Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, and was a noted American author and poet. First edition, thus, of this anthology of morality tales and Odd Fellows literature.

Philadelphia: Triangle Books, [1946]. 8vo. [4], 282 pp. Blue publisher’s cloth, black lettering on spine (uniform interior toning), w/ d.j. VG/NF copy. First Triangle edition, of one of this prolific Australian author’s romance novel set against the backdrop of horse racing.

Tokyo: Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways, [1938]. 12mo. 70, [2] pp. Colour frntsp., numerous blk & wht photos, text illusts. Cream-coloured textured softcvrs, colour plate mntd frnt cvr (mnr shlfwr, slght bmpng), w/ original glassine wrapper (minor edgewear), VG/VG copy. First edition of No. 22 in the Japan Railways Tourist Library series, listing to this title on ads.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., Inc., [1960]. 8vo. 208 pp. Black cloth, gilt lettrng (mnr shlfwear), w/ d.j. (couple sml clsd tears hd & ft of spine, creasng, mnr scuffng), VG/G. Early printing of this classic work on comparative mythology exploring the tragic events in the life of the royal house of Thebes.

Paris & Lyon: Cormon et Blanc, Libraires, 1838. Tall Thick 8vo. xcvi, 1112 pp. Printed in double-columns, divided into compartments on facing pages in Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, English & German. Half-calf over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, gilt lettrng & compartments on spine, raised bands (rebackd w/ original spine laid-bk down, mnr rubbng & scuffng to crnrs, cvrs), a very good clean copy. First edition, thus of this exceedingly scarce Polyglot edition of the works of Virgil, including the Bucolics, Georgics, and the Aeneid. In addition to the invaluable comparison provided by this multi-lingual edition, there is the excellent bibliography of all the important editions and translations of Virgil up to the early 19th century. Polyglot editions of theological and religious works are fairly common, but not for classical authors such as this work.

Burbank, CA: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, [1958]. Eight parts. 4to. 11, [1]; 13, [3]; 15, [1]; 14, [2]; 19, [1]; 19, [1]; 15, [1]; 15, [1] pp., all issues separately paginated, black, white & coloured ink throughout. With over 250 photo illustrations, text illustrations, diagrams, maps. All issues with self-printed softcovers, bound together with brass split-pin bracket at gutter margin (very slight uniform toning, minor creasing to corners, slight shelfwear), VG set, from the library of David H. Kenyon (1918-2011) former Lockheed engineer & military sales manager, as well as aviation consultant for Pan American, TWA, and the Venezuelan Airlines, and later President of the Southern California Wing of the OX5 Aviation Pioneers. First editions of these scarce original printings of the in-house history magazine published by the Lockheed Public Relations office at the end of 1957 into 1958. This work was published in chapters, each with separate heading, and intended to stand alone, so subscribers and… Read More

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, [1977]. 4to. 164, [2] pp. Colour frntsp., numerous colour illusts. & plates. Dark brown leather, elaborately gilt cvrs, spine, raised bands, a.e.g., silk moire endpapers, F. First Easton Press edition, and one title in the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. 8vo. 173, [5] pp. Quarter-green cloth over green boards, silver lettrng, w/ d.j. cover art by Ilonka Karasz (slght shlfwr), NF/NF. First edition, stated of this novel set in southeastern Pennsylvania.

[Santa Fe, NM & Chicago, IL]: Harveycars, [Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co.], September, 1930. 4to. 8.5 x 11 in. [4 pp (unpaginated).], printed in orange & black, cover art view of Fageol motor tours bus transporting passengers, w/ two seated on petrified logs, double-page interior view of La Posada Hotel, and map on back cover, self-printed softcovers (minor creasing, edgewear, center fold crease), still VG- copy. First edition, thus of this rare illustrated Santa Fe Railway brochure for automobile travel via motor cruise services operated the Harveycar Company enabling Santa Fe Passengers to take sightseeing sidetrips to the Petrified Forest. Fred Harvey had launched his service in 1926 along the Santa Fe railroad, and typically hired comely college-educated women who spoke Spanish fluently, were often native from New Mexico, and were trained as members of the “Courier Corps” typically dressed in a navajo blouse, navajo belt of figured silver conchos, turquoise and squash-blossom… Read More

San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Bay Exposition, [1939]. 8vo. 116 pp. With oblong folio. 19.25 x 16 in. colour pictorial map frontisp., detailed sections of island and exhibits in blue on verso (fold creases), numerous photo illustrations, text maps, diagrams, stepped thumb tabs at outer fore-edge. Blue-cloth backed softcovers, featuring the striking Art Deco cover art by Simon “Si” Vanderlaan (1904-1986) famed pin-up artist and illustrator, who worked for Walt Disney studios during World War II (minor scuffing, very minor age toning, shelfwear), still VG bright copy, from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. Revised 1939 edition of this excellent guide to the first year in 1939 of the Golden Gate International Exposition, including “Cartograph” revealing all of the Art Deco architectural wonders, and surrounding areas of Treasure Island. The pictorial maps were issued separately, as well as with the “Official Guide Books.” Ruth Taylor White’s (b. 1902) delightful pictographic maps, or… Read More

Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1915. 8vo. 58 pp. Numerous photo illustrations, 1 large folding colour map. Green-tinted softcovers, printing in red & black, cover art photo illust. of S.S. Ancon passing through the Canal (slight shelfwear, rubbing), w/ stamp on front cover for the P.P.I.E., VG. First edition of this well-illustrated and informative promotional brochure celebrating the building and economic impact of the Panama Canal, which was available at the Panama Canal Exhibit in the Liberal Arts Building at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

San Francisco, CA: Robert A. Reid, Publisher of Official View Banks, 1915. Oblong 8vo. 12.5 x 9.75 in. [40 pp (unpaginated).] Photo-illustrated title, and photo-illustrated throughout. Tan-illustrated softcovers, cover art of the Exposition grounds and tower of Jewels, yapp fore-edges, NF copy. First edition of this nicely illustrated souvenir for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

San Diego & [Brooklyn, NY]: The Albertype Company, 1916. Oblong folio. 13 x 10.5 in. [22 leaves (unnumbered).] With 22 Albertype photos tipped-in, sized 8.25 x 6.25 in., all w/ captions in blank margin below. Textured tan softcovers, yapp fore-edges (minor dampstaining & soiling to fore-edges front cover, lower fore-edge back cover), still a Fair copy. First edition of this wonderful travel souvenir for the Panama-California Exposition held in San Diego, CA March, 1915 through Dec., 1916 to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal, and San Diego as the first port-of-call. Of particular interest is the opening photo featuring Clyde Osborn’s Electriquette, which were electric-powered cards that 1916 visitors used to travel around the park, with rides costing a $1 apiece, and battery life of 8 hours. Adolph Wittemann and his brother Herman began working as printers in New York in 1867, and first started printing books and postcards under the Albertype name in 1887. Adolph acted not only as agent… Read More