Portland: 1878. [5]-186pp. Original half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt ruled. Light wear to edges and spine, front hinge cracking, boards somewhat scuffed. Slightly later author's presentation on front free endpaper, short closed tear from head of presentation leaf; author's corrections and annotations throughout. Light tanning. A scarce history..... More
![How about the Other "Fella?" Company 755 CCC [cover title]. Civilian Conservation Corps](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1002.JPG?v=1574705087)
[N.p. ca. 1935]. 16pp. Tall 16mo. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Light oxidization around staples. Light wear and soiling to wraps. Light tanning. A scarce and ephemeral little handbook, published as a guide for the enrollees into Company 755 of the Civilian Conservation Corps, which worked on the McKenzie Bridge over..... More
![Memories of Company 3217 CCC, Camp Elgin, P-229 Summer 1940 [with]: [C.C.C. Company 3217 Photo...](/pictures/thumb/McBRB909_01.JPG?v=1569499560)
[Elgin, Or.]: 1940. [22]pp. plus seven photographic plates and three photographs tipped in at rear. Original green pictorial card covers, metal ring binding. Light chipping and wear to covers, some light soiling. Minor soiling internally. With a page of autographs and information from the other members of the camp. [with]..... More
Portland: 1925 [1928]. 51,[1]pp. Folio. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Light wear and soiling to covers. Very minor wear to contents. Title page with later pasteovers. Plan Book No. 25 issued by the Fenner Manufacturing Company in 1925. The plan book contains more thirty designs for kit homes ranging from Tudor..... More
Oregon; Idaho; Colorado: 1891; 1895-1897. Eleven manuscript and typescript letters, all [1-2]pp. Light wear and old folds. Lower left corner of one letter torn away, not affecting text. Brief but fascinating assemblage of eleven letters pertaining to mining investments and operations in Idaho in the 1890s. The letters relate to..... More
Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1876. 168pp., plus frontispiece and thirteen plates. Original brown publisher's cloth, blind ruled and gilt lettered, edges sprinkled red. Corners and spine ends slightly bumped. Author's signature on front free endpaper; two photographs mounted on card laid in. Internally clean. A signed copy of Alfred Meacham's..... More
Medford, Or. 1949. 239,[1]pp. plus large folding map, 17 x 21.5 inches. Original printed card covers, stapled. Light wear and soiling. Contemporary note taped to inside of front cover. Internally clean, map clean with minor wear. Directory for Medford City in Jackson County, Oregon, compiled and published by the local..... More
Portland, Or. George H. Himes, 1882. 32,[8]pp., plus photograph frontispiece. Original printed wrappers. Spine ends chipped; some light dust soiling and wear to wraps. Slight fading to frontispiece photo, but a clear image. Light even tanning internally; three leaves with small patches of damp staining. A scarce 1882 promotional for..... More
Portland: 1914. 329,[1]pp. Original printed boards. Hinges lightly worn and soiled, corners and covers rubbed. Front hinge tender, front endpapers removed. Light soiling and wear to contents, scattered manuscript notations in pencil. Manuscript recipes laid in, with several written on the blank leaves at the end. Second edition, revised and..... More
[Albany, Or. 1880s?]. Broadside, 12.5 x 9 inches. Light wear and minor creasing, a few small chips to edges and small areas of loss near center. Minor foxing. Broadside advertisement for “Water Proof Oil Blacking,” sold by W.J. John of Albany, Oregon, a small town near Corvallis. The broadside lists..... More
Portland: [ca. 1886]. Broadsheet, 11 x 8.5 inches. Old fold lines, light wear and soiling, a few chips. Rare and ephemeral handbill for "Fairdale Bitter Water," marketed as a mineral water with remarkable health benefits for a variety of ailments. "The possibilities of this water are almost beyond belief, as..... More
![Small Archive of Sixteen Cyanotypes of the Lumber Industry in Oregon, in and Around Portland]....](/pictures/thumb/McBRB901.JPG?v=1573312805)
[Portland: ca. 1915?]. Sixteen cyanotypes, approximately 5 x 7 inches. Minor wear and toning at edges, images generally sharp with nice contrast. Sixteen cyanotypes depicting the activities of the lumber industry in Oregon taken by an unidentified photographer. The images include scenes of the premises of the Oregon Planing Mill..... More
[Various places in Washington and Oregon. 1923-1937]. 48 photographs, most approximately 5 x 3 inches, plus 9 real photo postcards. Minor wear. Several images captioned on verso. Small collection of photographs depicting lumbering activity in the Pacific Northwest, many featuring images of the trains used to move the trees to..... More
![Shadows [cover title]. Prison Magazines, Oregon](/pictures/thumb/McBRB554_01.JPG?v=1562628870)
[Salem]: 1952-1953. Two issues, July 1952 (17:7) & April 1953 (18:4). 32pp. each. Original printed stiff wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and soiling. Two issues of the monthly magazine published by the Oregon State Penitentiary. First issued in 1936, the magazine is “Published monthly by and for the inmates of the..... More