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.

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.

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.

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

[Chicago, IL] & Philadelphia, PA: George Barry, 1893. 8vo. 383, [1] pp. Map frontispiece’s. With 336 black & white plates, text illustrations. Half-calf over contemporary marbled boards, black & gilt spine label (minor scuffing to marbled boards, pastedowns & inner hinges repaired), still VG copy, from the libraries of Franka Johnson, and Prof. Marvin Nathan, w/ ownership markings on ffep. First edition, stated, of this relatively uncommon guidebook to the paintings and art exhibited at the 1893 Columbian Exposition. The Art Gallery featured an impressive international group of artists, including Winslow Homer, William Chase, Walter Crane, Childe Hassam, Adeolphe Marais, Amanda Sewell, Kenyon Cox, and over 100 others. Charles McMeen Kurtz (1855-1909), at the time was one of Halsey Ives’s Assistants in the Fine Arts Department of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, Art Director of the 1894 St. Louis Exposition, and later Museum Director at the Buffalo Museum of Art, 1905-1909. See: Dybwad… Read More

Buffalo, NY: Charles Ahrhart, Gies & Co., Printers & Engravers, 1901. 12mo. 5 x 7 in. 176 pp. 1 large folding colour map frontisp. Plan of the Pan-American Exposition, drawn by C.E. Pelz, numerous photo illustrations and plates, 1 large folding map “New Map of the City of Buffalo.” Embossed forest-green softcovers, raised & embossed gilt lettering & globe medal on front cover, embossed fir & palm trees (old tape repairs to closed tears at fold creases on frontisp. map, some dustsoiling, edgewear), still VG- copy, from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this fairly uncommon travel guide book to the Pan-American Exposition, featuring both the large folding maps. Included are descriptions of the range of acts and attractions featured at the Exposition, which included Bostock’s Trained Wild Animals, Akoun’s Beautiful Orient, Venice in America with Italian Gondoliers, Roltair’s House Upside Down, or “Palace of Illusions,” the “War Dance of Cape Lopez Blacks,” the… Read More

San Francisco, CA: Panama-Pacific International Exposition, The Wahlgreen Co., Official Publishers, 1915. 8vo. 160 pp. With 1 large folding frontisp. exhibition map, 4-panel, birds-eye panorama and hotel advertising on recto, 1 large folding map at rear, “Peter’s San Francisco Locator, the Birds-eye-view map of the Exposition City,” numerous photo illustrations, text illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers, view of the “Domed City” on front cover, advertisement for Southern Pacific RR on back cover (minor creasing, edgewear, minor chipping), still VG- copy, from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition, stated (variant issue with both large folding maps), of this relatively scarce original guidebook to the 1915 PPIE. Of particular interest is the large folding Birds-eye-view map prepared originally in 1914 or the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, and later incorporated into some of the copies of the Official Guide. The fine pictorial map by Peter (1878-1963)… Read More

New York: American Association of Masters, Mates and Pilots of the United States, 102-104 Battery Park Building; H.A. Rost Printing & Publishing Co., 1906. Tall 8vo. 167, [1] pp. With numerous tables, diagrams, illustrated ads, photo-illustrated ads, 3 (of 4) large folding U.S. Dept. of Commerce maps in rear printed pocket (minor toning, small closed tears to a couple of the fold creases, 1 map dated 1904). Gray printed softcovers, colour ad for Holzapfel’s Compositions marine paints for iron hulls, and yacht enamels, colour ad for Williams’ Submarine Compound on back cover (minor chipping head & foot of spine, creasing, edgewear, minor tears, pencil annotations and updates on a couple tables to 1917, w/ piece of printed letterhead for the Steamer Commonwealth, Fall River Line laid-in. First edition, thus, of this exceedingly scarce installment in the Nautical Almanac issued annually by the American Association of Masters, Mates and Pilots labor union, three years after they had consolidated all… Read More