Along the Yellow River
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1975. 138p., paperback with minor shelfwear; color photos throughout. A celebration of post-Revolutionary China, visiting locations along the course of the river. More
Cat.No: 268760
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1975. 138p., paperback with minor shelfwear; color photos throughout. A celebration of post-Revolutionary China, visiting locations along the course of the river. More
Cat.No: 268760
Buffalo, NY: US Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, 1969. Pamphlet. Four-panel brochure, 5.5x8 inches, some foxing at upper left on front panel. Explanation of the diversion of water from the American Falls portion of Niagara Falls, due to the accumulation of broken rock at the bottom of the falls..... More
Cat.No: 291537
Washington DC: GPO, 1915. Hardcover. x, 519p., illustrated with a fold-out "Index to Charts referred to in this book," a sort of map of maps (hydrographic maps available from government sources, none reproduced here) - and provided with perforated coupons that entitle bearer to free paperwork (all coupons present and..... More
Cat.No: 296958
[Sonoma County, CA]: npub, [c1967-1971]. Ephemera. 8.5x11 inch letter addressed to the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, during Reagan's governance; photocopied, in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 313605
Self-published by the author, c2019. Hardcover. About 100 unpaginated pages, 10x8 inch illustrated boards; profusely illustrated with color photos., in very good condition. Privately published book about a family's use of their high mountain property received as a result of the Railroad Land Grant of 1862. More
Cat.No: 316936
Peking: Foreign Language Press, 1972. Paperback. 44p., 7x5 inches; b&w illus., maps, small pen mark on front wrapper, More
Cat.No: 272497
Yosemite, CA: National Park Service, Yosemite National Park, 2005. Paperback. Chapters individually numbered, over 300p in total, with numerous fold-out maps. Softbound in 11x8.5 inch wraps, a very good copy. Please note, "Part 1" only. More
Cat.No: 121555
Jackson, MS: Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History, 2001. pp. 65-160, wraps, TOC page has rejection stamp from Tozzer Library at Harvard. Includes substantial articles on the relocation of the Back Bay Biloxi shipwreck and the discovery of the wreck of the coastal steamer Josephine, as well as an overview..... More
Cat.No: 160726
Sacramento: State of California Department of Public Works, 1951. Paperback. viii, 127p., inserted b&w illustrations and map in colors; plus extensive appendices and 15 large folded "plates" (= maps) with spot-color. First issue of this version of the project mimeo'd recto-only under professionally-printed cover sheets and a dark blue binder's-tape..... More
Cat.No: 208982
Washington DC: GPO, 1962. xxxvii, 229p., text reproduced from typescript, illustrated with a number of line maps (some folded) and photoillustrations (poorly reproduced), softbound in 10x7.5 inch plain printed buff wraps. Covers somewhat grubby with handling soil and edgewear, entirely clean and sound within. A good copy. In brief, put..... More
Cat.No: 210489
[no city; Quebec]: Le Syndicat d'Initiatives Touristiques / The Saguenay and Lake St-John tourist Association, [mid-1930s]. Pamphlet. Tour guide bound dos-a-dos, French and English with same content but differing photo-illustrations. Softbound, 10x5 inches, ditto cover illustration in silver and black on white; the English section is worn and the inside..... More
Cat.No: 230354
Kowloon, Hong Kong: Asia Forum on Human Rights, 1980. Pamphlet. 62p., staplebound pamphlet, 7x8.5 inches, mild handling to covers. On opposition to the Chico River Hydroelectric Project. More
Cat.No: 271706
San Francisco: U.S. Army Engineer District Corps of Engineers, June 1973. Paperback. 155p., printed rectos only, plus about fifty appended printed pages plus eleven folded maps and elevations in colors; softbound in a copyshop comb spine, a little edgeworn with a couple tiny tears, some creasing, dust, and an ownership..... More
Cat.No: 201352
Rhode Island: Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Rhode Island Parks Association, 1987. Pamphlet. 48p., 6x9 inch wraps; maps of the river routes, b&w photos., wraps lightly foxed, in good condition. More
Cat.No: 288389
Peking: New World Press, 1956. Hardcover. 109p. hardcover, boards worn and foxed, a reading copy only. The New Zealand-born Maoist narrates "A story of the 1954 flood on the Yangtse and of the reconstruction that followed it." More
Cat.No: 286067
Goteborg: Kungl. Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhallet, 1979. Paperback. 232p., illustrated with one line map (very last leaf), text entirely in English, softbound in 9x6 inch plain printed (but rubricated) grey wraps (laid lines, nice stock), continental-style paperback with overlapping covers (a bit worn) and closed signatures (a former owner read all..... More
Cat.No: 265564
Melbourne: Georgian House, 1944. Hardcover. 126p., illustrated profusely with full- and half-page reproductions from photography on semi-glazed stock amidst a running text (presswork on semi-glazed alkaline stuff). Hardbound in 9x7 inch plain printed papered boards with a cloth backstrip titled black, a nice design in worn condition: boards are toned..... More
Cat.No: 297600
Sacramento: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, November 1945. Paperback. viii, 35, 281p., softbound, mimeo'd recto-only on standard leaves under professionally-printed 10.5x8 inch cover sheets and a black binder's-tape spine, illustrated with scattered line maps. Cover bears pencilled notes and holograph [ownership?] legend of Paul Willmore of the Bureau..... More
Cat.No: 208983
London: Oxford University Press, 1968. Hardcover. x+263p., publisher's note, abbrev., introductory, bibliography, index, plates and maps. A history of the various expeditions on the Niger River, beginning with Mungo Park who 'discovered' it. First edition in goldenrod cloth boards, generally sound with a lean to spine, an abraided spine label..... More
Cat.No: 75604
San Francisco: Norton Coker Press, 1991. 28p., staplebound 8.5x5.5 inch wraps, back cover is bumped and creased. A local dude, title poem invokes Russian River area. More
Cat.No: 164559
San Francisco, CA: Norton Coker Press, 1993. 28p., wraps. More
Cat.No: 128672
Constantine, Algeria: Imprimerie a Vapeur Emil Marle (Audrino, Directeur), 1895. ii, 48p., illustrated with a frontis portrait of the author and five site photos on inserted semi-alkaline stock (all b&w offset), softbound in 9.5x6 inch printed wraps. Cover margins are extensively crimped, expect wrinkling and sunning to covers, textblock faintly..... More
Cat.No: 255429
unknown: unknown, unknown. Paperback. Large oblong, 10.5x15 inches, string-fastened in traditional manner, covering nineteen numbered b&w plates printed recto only (versos blank), the terminal plate copied color to show stamp impressions in red. Edgeworn with marginal tears ( the largest inch-long). No English-language helps other than bare titles. Find lots..... More
Cat.No: 310155
Washington DC: CIO Dept. of Education and Research, 1949. Pamphlet. 23p. staplebound booklet, very good. Discusses plans for the Columbia River Valley including hydroelectric power, forestry, fisheries, soil conservation, etc. More
Cat.No: 317486
Gateshead: The Observer Steam Press, 1854. Pamphlet. 31p., sewn fascicle in plain printed wraps, lacks back cover wrap, edgeworn and soiled with creased worn corners and small chips. OCLC lists two copies as of 7/2022. Transcript of a discussion of the economic motivations for and against spending public funds on..... More
Cat.No: 125996