Washington from Downtown Brown Books, ABAA

West Seattle, WA: F. F. Martin, 1907. Ephemera. Very good. Photograph of Asian and Anglo men apparently involved in fish processing in West Seattle, Washington. The photograph measures 8 by 6-1/4 inches on a larger (9 by 11 inches) dark gray mount with the photographer's ink stamp in the upper left corner, "F. F. Martin | West… Read more about this item

South Gate, CA: Interurbans Magazine, 1970. First Edition. Trade paperback. Near fine. Interurbans Special 54. 124 pages; extensively illustrated with halftone photographs. 8-1/2 by 10-7/8 inches. First edition. Near fine in wrappers (paperback).

Tokyo: PMC Shuppan, 1984. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A reduced-size reprint in four books of Ito Kazuo's two-volume oral history of Japanese immigrants in the United States. "A recent volume on the history of the Japanese in the Pacific Northwest, including those in British Columbia and Alaska. Based upon interviews and personal accounts, it is essentially a… Read more about this item

Seattle (Shiatoru): Hokubei nihonjinkai shogyo kaigisho (North American-Japanese Chamber of Commerce), 1932. Third Edition. The third edition, after much shorter versions published in 1928 and 1929. This is a promotional publication printed at a Japanese-language press in Seattle, intended to encourage pan-Pacific trade through the port of Seattle. Chapters are devoted to manufacturing, commercial business, the current state of… Read more about this item

Tokyo: Naigai Shuppan Kyokai, 1912. First Edition. An early comprehensive survey of the Japanese in North America. Includes chapters on American society; the historical background to immigration to North America; the Japanese communities of California, Washington, Oregon, and other states, as well as British Columbia, Alaska, and Hawaii; the types of employment in which the Japanese are engaged and… Read more about this item

Sapporo, Japan: Ikeda Eisaburo, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A self-published Nisei memoir. The author was born in Seattle, Washington, in 1907. He moved to Japan as a boy, but came back to the US as a young man. He graduated from New York University in 1934 and returned to California soon after. He was interned at the… Read more about this item

Tacoma, WA: Washington State Historical Society, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 352 pages. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Spokane, WA: C. A. Libby, 1910. Ephemera. Very good. An image of two tepees in a forested setting, presumably outside of Spokane, Washington. The tepees are assembled from wooden poles wrapped with a variety of blankets and other large pieces of cloth. This image probably depicts a camp of members of the Spokane tribe. Charles Libby opened… Read more about this item

London: The Bodley Head, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A memoir of Alfred Nobel by the executor of the industrialist's will, and the person widely credited with organizing the prize foundation. The book was published after Sohlman's death, in 1950, and first translated into English in 1983 to mark the 150th anniversary of Alfred Nobel's birth. 144… Read more about this item

Bellingham, WA: (the author), 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Fair. A classic tale of white pioneer settlement in Washington, by one of the founders of Lynden, Washington. The book was self published a few months before the author died, based on the journals she kept, starting during her overland crossing in 1853. The book remains in print today… Read more about this item

[Washington, DC]: (n.p.), 1872. First Edition. Ephemera. Very good. A short reprinting of documents related to the decommissioning of Fort Steilacoom, in Washington Territory. 3 pages (a single sheet, folded to make 4 pages, the final one blank). 42d Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives Ex. Doc. No. 202. First edition (first printing). Light discoloration to the… Read more about this item

Sydney: Thomas Richards, Government Printer, 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 77 pages; plus two plates showing equipment and a large fold-out plan of the Sydney Observatory. Includes reports on the calculation of the longitude of the observatory in Sydney and extensive tables of mean right ascensions and north polar distances of stars observed in 1877 and 1878. … Read more about this item

Seattle, WA: (the author), 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A scarce navigation textbook written by a Seattle ship captain. Smith pursued a variety of business ventures in the early 20th century, including running a navigation school for which he wrote this book. It went through several editions with slightly different content. The first two editions are not… Read more about this item

Seattle and Portland: Lindsay Publishing Company, 1910. First Edition. Trade paperback. Very good. This is a romance set in Seattle and on Puget Sound, with some scenes in San Francisco. The plot follows two friends, both doctors, whose families intermarry in 1909. The author seems to be the wife of Dr. A. A. Lindsay, a physician operating out… Read more about this item

Tieton, WA: Marquand Editions, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. All ten volumes in the "spines" series, also called "a series of essays on aspects of books and publishing." Ed Marquand is a book artist based in Seattle and Tieton, Washington, who makes editions of books for artists and museums and, from time to time, produces his own work… Read more about this item

1907. Ephemera. Very Good. Real photo postcard (RPPC). Panoramic view of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington. Note in pencil at the bottom edge, small spot above image. Postally used, postmarked Juen 16, 1907. A nice image.