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Young Men and Fire
by Norman MacLean
Young Men and Fire is a non-fiction book written by Norman Maclean and edited by his son, John Norman Maclean. It is an account of Norman Maclean's research of the Mann Gulch fire of 1949 and the 13 men who died there. The fire occurred in Mann Gulch in the Gates of the Mountains Wilderness on August 5.
Duwamish Diary
by Esther Sorby, Jo Ann Williamson, Glenn Lamb, William Ellingson, Deana Goodman, Lyla Richardson, Joanne De Querico, Elane Cline, Dennis Cawthorne Laboratory Writing Classes Of Cleveland High School and Katheryn and Marlene Bellinger Miriam Baughman
The Manuscript Journals Of Alexander Henry Fur Trader Of the Northwest Company and Of David Thompson Official Geographer and Explorer Of the Same Company 1799-1814
by Elliott, Henry Alexander, David Thompson Coues
Northwest Books & Ephemera
Queen Anne: Community on the Hill
by Reinartz, Kay Frances
Seattle, WA: Queen Anne Historical Society, 1993. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 231 pages. Many b&w illustrations and photos.
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€37.05
Water-Holding Capacities of Columbia Basin Irrigation Project Soils
by Hagood, M. A.; Miller, D. E. And E. C. Larsen
Washington: Washington Agricultural Experiment Station, 1970. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. VG White paper covers with green titles, some browning to edges. A clean and very solid copy of this research report from Washington State University. 53 pp., Circular number 517. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall..
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€18.90€17.01
This Was Sawmilling
by Andrews, Ralph W
Seattle: Superior Publishing Co., 1957. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book is in excellent condition with black cloth boards, red print at spine. Binding is solid and square, with lightly bumped corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind, front end paper is price clipped. Dust jacket shows signs of shelf wear, small tears at top spine, some edgewear. 176 pages with a great many b&w historical photos.
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€26.47
Jesuits in Oregon 1844-1959
by Schoenberg, Wilfred P
The Oregon-Jesuit, 1959. Paperback. Very Good. Very good + stapled wraps paperback is signed by the author on the title page and shows just a hint of shelf and trace wear. 64 pages with black & whites and chronological list of Jesuits in Oregon to inside front and rear wraps. Still a pleasing copy of this Jesuit history. Signed.
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€16.54
Law Enforcement in Washington State: The First One-Hundred Years 1889-1989
by Fish, Harriet U
Washington Assn of Sheriffs &, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Signed by Author. Book is in excellent condition with a tiny bit of wear at lower corners only. Dark blue cloth covers with embossed gilt print at cover and spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 319 pages in oblong format. Chapters include: Beginning in law and order, Causatives in (same), Marshals -- their...
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€158.79
Seattle Transformed: World War II to Cold War (Seattle in the 20th Century, Volume 3)
by Berner, Richard C
Seattle, WA: Charles Press, 1999. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding, 328 pages.
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€23.29
Young Men and Fire: A True Story of the Mann Gulch Fire
by Maclean, Norman
University of Chicago Press, 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. 2nd printing, near fine hardcover shows touch of soil at pagee dges, else tight and clean, in a very good dust jacket (price at flap) that shows some closed tears and wrinkling at top edge. 301 pages with a set of black & white plates and endpaper maps. Still an attractive copy of this look at Montana's Mann Gulch fire from the author of A River Runs Through It.
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€14.18
Columbia River Estuary Regional Policies
by CREST - Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce
Astoria, OR: CREST - Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce, 1977. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. VG Brown pictoral wraps. Minor wear to edges. Departmental stamp and owner's name to top of front cover, minor soiling to rear cover. Interior clean, tight and unmarked. 53 pp. plus separately paginated appendix on permissable use. A report on the policies and goals of the taskforce. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall..
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€28.36€25.52
The Night a Fortress Fell to Fairfield
by Hagen, Claudia
Marwuette Books, 2009. Paperback. Very Good. Very good + paperback shows a anme and short gift inscription inside fornt wraps, Inscribed by the author at top of dedication page and showing some other very light trace wear. 103 pages with black & whites and followed by a bibliography. Still a solid copy of this Northwest history surrounding the crash of a B-17 Flying Fortress during a blizzard on Feb. 3, 1943. Inscribed.
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€13.23
Market Sketchbook
by Steinbrueck, Victor
Seattle: University of Washington, 1978. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Initials, small stains, and some ink marks on cover. 8 1/2""w x 8 1/2""h.
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€37.05
Miners and Travelers' Guide
by Mullan, Captain John
Ye Galleon Press, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint, very good + hardcover (no dust jacket most likely as issued) with green boards and gilt letter and decoration at cover and spine shows a bit of shelf wear and scratching to covers, bumping to top corners, name and date written at reverse of front endpaper and some other mild trace wear. 178 pages with illustrated endpapers and map at rear insert. Still a solid copy of this repinting of the classic work from the noted Captain.
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€89.79
Henry Harmon Spalding: Pioneer of Old Orgeon
by Drury, Clifford Merrill
Caxton Printers, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition, good + cloth hardcover (no dust jacket) shows rubbing and soil to covers, dullness to gilt at spine, bumping with rub through to spine ends and corners, ink price at top corner of front endpaper, bumping to bottom corner of pages along with some other mild wear. 438 pages with index, black & whites and endpaper maps. Solid copy of this work on the noted Presbyterian missionary that includes info on the Nez Perce, Cayuse, Whitman...
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€18.90
Historical Atlas of Washington
by Scott, James W. and Roland L. De Lorme
University of Oklahoma Press, 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good + DJ. Some light edgewear including tiny closed tear.
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€9.92
Report on Local Flood Protection Project - Grande Ronde Valley Oregon - Supplemental to Review Report on Columbia River and Tributaries, Dated October 1, 1948
by Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District
Walla Walla, WA: Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1950. Book. Good. Soft cover. Good Tan cardstock covers with black titles. 1950 .Wear to edges and cover corners. Darkening to spine column and cover edges, and a small number stamp to top of front panel. Crease to front cover toward spine. The interior is firmly bound in with thick brads, solid. Large photo of the area stapled to inside of front cover, and set of graphing notes stapled to inside of rear cover. Text unmarked. Sectionally paginated, includes...
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€70.89€63.80
Fifty Cents an Hour: The Builders and Boomtowns of the Fort Peck Dam
by Lonnquist, Lois
MtSky Press, 2007. Second edition. 2nd edition, very good trade paperback is signed by the author on the title page and shows mild shelf wear and soil to wraps, gift inscription at top of title page and some other light trace wear. 224 pages with black &whites. Solid copy of this local Montana history. Signed.
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€11.34
Preliminary Safety Analysis Report WPPSS Nuclear Project No. 1 - 1300 MW Nuclear Power Plant Volumes 2A and 2B
by WPPSS
Richland, WA: Washington Public Power Supply System, 1977. Book. Good. Plastic Ring Binder. 2 notebooks - white heavy duty 3 ring binders. Light soiling to exteriors. Sections divided with tabs. Volumes 2A & 2B of the preliminary report for project 1. Some pages have split their ring holes but are laid in at the appropriate places. All of text unmarked other than "Copy 128" in ink to top of first page in each notebook. A sticker to the top of each binder's spine also indicates copy 128....
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€141.78€127.60
The Last Wilderness
by Morgan, Murray
The Viking Press, 1956. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. 2nd printing, near fine green cloth hardcover shows just a touch of wear, in very good dust jacket (price at flap) that shows mild rubbing and soil, staining along spine and portion of rear panel that is easier to see at jacket reverse, along with edgewear that includes tiny chips and tears. 275 pages with index, black & whites and endpaper maps. Still a pleasing copy of this "..breathtaking story of the men, women, legends, and history of...
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€23.63
First Families: A Collection of Stories About First Ladies of the State of Washington and Their Families
by Hanify, Mary Lou
Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall Hunt Pub Co, 1988. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Inscribed By Author. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 92 pages. Inscribed by Mary Lou Hanify and Jean Gardner. Black and white photos.
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€37.05
Home on the Brine
by Sorrels, Betty
Xlibris, 2008. Paperback. Near Fine. Signed by the author above her name on the title page, like new paperback showing some mild shelf wear including some bumping at ends and with autograph sticker. 119 pages. Remains an attractive copy this story of family life "..aboard a forty foot salmon troller in Southeast Alaska during the late 1940's into the early 1960's
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€10.40
Seattle, 1921-1940: From Boom to Bust (Seattle in the Twentieth Century Series : Volume 2)
by Berner, Richard C
Seattle, WA: Charles Pr, 1992. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 554 pages.
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€15.82
Desert Notes: Reflections in the Eye of a Raven (association copy)
by Lopez, Barry (signed); Gary Paul Nabhan (inscribed to)
Kansas City: Sheed, Andrew & McMeel, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. An association copy, inscribed on the half-title page to Gary Paul Nabhan and his first wife: "For Gary & Karen, with very best wishes, Barry Lopez." Lopez's first book, and a particularly nice association in light of Nabhan's own dedication to deserts across his entire career. He is known in particular for his writing on Indigenous populations and ethnobotany in the Southwest. Karen Reichhardt was a fellow...
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€1,181.50
Tacoma: A Pictorial History
by Martin, Harry; Kellogg, Caroline
Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Company, 1981. Oversize Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 215 pages. Many b&w photos. Spot on cover. Many black and white photos.
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€14.04
River of the West: A Story of Opportunity in the Columbia Empire
by Case, Robert Ormand; Gray, William Price
Portland, OR: Northwestern Electric Company / Pacific Power & Light Company, 1940. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 48 pages. Many b&w photos. Wear and chips to cover. Large format: 9""w x 12""h.
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€14.04
Early Portland: Stump -Town Triumphant
by Eugene E. Snyder
Binford & Mort Pub, 1970. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Book shows light wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 182 pages, chapters include Pettygrove period, Gold hits the townsites, Rival at Milwaukie, The first steamships, The great plank road, etc.
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€20.06
Vancouver Island and British Columbia: Their History, Resources, and Prospects
by Macfie, Matthew
Coles Publishing Company, 1972. Paperback. Very Good. Facsimile edition of the 1865 work, very good paperback shows rubbing and shelf wear to wraps, name, date and place written inside front wraps, bit of soil and white out at front blank, soil at page edges and some other light trace wear. 574 pages with index, black & whites and foldout maps. Solid copy of this noted work on the area.
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€14.18
