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Welcome to our website of fine and rare books.

We focus on books of

Railroad History and Technology, Western Americana, Civil War, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Supernatural, Children's Illustrated, and on occasion, various other interesting areas of fiction and non-fiction.

We are always interested in purchasing books of merit, whether single items or entire collections. We will travel considerable distances to examine larger collections.

FAIRS, SHOWS and EVENTS

We will be exhibiting at the following fairs and shows. If you plan on attending, let us know if there are any books or items you would like us to bring for your examination.

Rose City Used Book Fair. June 14-15, 2013. Friday, 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Saturday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. 1000 NE Multnomah St., Portland, OR. Double Tree Hotel - Lloyd Center. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rose-City-Used-Book-Fair/192987994048319.

WesterCon 66, July 4 - 7, 2013. Hilton Arden West Hotel, 2200 Harvard St, Sacramento, CA 95815

29th Annual Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair. Friday & Saturday - August 2 & 3, 2013. Denver Merchandise Mart, Denver, Colorado.

Pasadena Book and Paper Show. Bustamante Shows. August 10-11, 2013, Pasadena Center, Pasadena, CA

Sacramento Fall Antiquarian Book Fair. Saturday, September 14th, 2014, Sacramento Scottish Rite Temple, 6151 H Street, Sacramento, CA 95819

Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair. Saturday and Sunday, October 12th and 13th, 2013, Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, Mercer St. and 3rd Ave. N., Seattle, WA.

LINKS TO SMALL INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS

Rolling Dreams Press. Jesse Burkhardt has written and published several hardcover railroad photo books on railroads in Oregon and also on his youthful extensive experiences of riding the rails.

Featured Items

Each panel colorfully illustrated with a railroad car, the Union Pacific, Pennsylvania, Illinois Central, Santa Fe, B&O, New York Central, etc., each filled with happy animals and people, with background scenery and activity. Cloth hinges and spine are fine, not worn and not torn. A hint of wear at corners and lower edge of the covers. A near fine, bright copy. A gorgeous example seldom discovered in this condition.

CHOO-CHOO PANORAMA TEN FEET LONG
Platt & Munk Co., Inc., 1945. Each panel colorfully illustrated with a railroad car, the Union Pacific, Pennsylvania, Illinois Central, Santa Fe, B&O, New York Central,.. more
Price: $250.00

1973 Caldecott Honor Book. Fine in near fine dust jacket with small one inch barely noticeable damp mark to the rear panel and a hint of rubbing at corners and spine panel ends. A very attractive copy.

SNOW-WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
Grimm, Brothers
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972. 1973 Caldecott Honor Book. Fine in near fine dust jacket with small one inch barely noticeable damp mark to the.. more
Price: $125.00

Signed by Brunner on the title page. "A kaleidoscopic image of future America drowning in its own wastes. Relentlessly angry and anguished." Barron; Anatomy of Wonder 4, 4-72. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. An exceptional copy.

THE SHEEP LOOK UP
Brunner, John
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1972. Signed by Brunner on the title page. "A kaleidoscopic image of future America drowning in its own wastes. Relentlessly angry.. more
Price: $500.00

Hugo Award winner, 1960. Barron, Anatomy of Wonder 4, 3-90. Extremely light and tiny tan spotting to the front endpapers. Very light toning to the edges of the text block, else a fine copy in fine and bright dust jacket. A very attractive copy of one of the scarce high spots in science fiction.

STARSHIP TROOPERS
Heinlein, Robert A.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1959. Hugo Award winner, 1960. Barron, Anatomy of Wonder 4, 3-90. Extremely light and tiny tan spotting to the front endpapers... more
Price: $3,500.00

Signed by LeMassena on the half-title page. Photographs, some in color, and descriptions of all the various articulated locomotives on just about every large and small railroad that used them in the U.S. 416 pages with technical data. Fine in fine original fitted clear vinyl dust protector.

ARTICULATED STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF NORTH AMERICA; VOLUME I
LeMassena, Robert A.
Silverton, CO: Sundance Publications, 1979. Signed by LeMassena on the half-title page. Photographs, some in color, and descriptions of all the various articulated locomotives on.. more
Price: $185.00

134 pages with pages 5 through 45 a history of the Baldwin Locomotive Works. The rest of the pages feature sixteen builder's rod's down photographs with backgrounds of the buildings of the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Each full page photograph is mounted on heavy stock paper followed by one to three pages of data specifications for the locomotive type. All the photographs are sharp and clear. Romaine; American Trade Catalogues, pg 301. Bound in original brown pebbled cloth with lettering on the front cover and spine stamped in gilt and border on the covers stamped in blind. A little mottling to the covers. Contemporary owner's signature dated 1874 on the prelim page. Some penciled notes in the margins not affecting the text or photographs. Light wear to the spine ends. A very good copy.

BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF LOCOMOTIVES
Philadelphia: Press of J.B. Lippincott/M. Baird & Co./Baldwin Locomotive Works [about 1871-1872], 134 pages with pages 5 through 45 a history of the Baldwin Locomotive Works. The rest of the pages feature.. more
Price: $2,700.00

The poems are truly humorous, though at times spiced with feighned horror. Twenty full-page lithographs by H.A. Rey, best known for his Curious George illustrated books. Fine in very good dust jacket with chips to the front panel and the rear flap fold, plus other minor edge wear.

THE DAYNIGHT LAMP AND OTHER POEMS
Morgenstern, Christian
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973. The poems are truly humorous, though at times spiced with feighned horror. Twenty full-page lithographs by H.A. Rey, best known.. more
Price: $35.00

This was Lima's last major printed catalogue of steam locomotives. Most of the engines pictured are accompanied with a service record describing where and how the owning railroads operated them plus the locomotive's specifications. Fifty-three pages with locomotives featured from various railroads; Canadian National, C&O, Wisconsin Central, New York Central, Pere Marquette, Detroit, Toledo & Ironton, Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac, Nickel Plate, Boston & Maine, Kansas City Southern, Virginian, Southern Pacific, Akron, Canton & Youngstown, Central of Georgia, Western Maryland, War Department, and Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais. Laid in are four sheets describing the book and its care. Bound in original laminated color pictorial covered boards. A fine and bright copy.

LIMA LOCOMOTIVE WORKS; LIMA SUPER-POWER STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
Lima, OH: Lima Locomotive Works Incorporated, 1946. This was Lima's last major printed catalogue of steam locomotives. Most of the engines pictured are accompanied with a service.. more
Price: $145.00

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway. 51 pages with a history of the company, locomotive photographs, eight in color, locomotive data, and rosters. Quarter bound in original black cloth spine with brown cloth over the boards with lettering and detailed locomotive illustration stamped in gilt. Marbled endpapers. A fine and bright copy.

LOCOMOTIVES OF THE L.M.S. PAST AND PRESENT
London: Locomotive Magazine [about 1930], The London, Midland and Scottish Railway. 51 pages with a history of the company, locomotive photographs, eight in color, locomotive.. more
Price: $250.00

Chaosium book number 6024. Collects thirteen stories of the Cthulhu Mythos by Peter H. Cannon, H.P. Lovecraft, Gary Myers, and others. A fine and bright copy.

TALES OUT OF INNSMOUTH; NEW STORIES OF THE CHILDREN OF DAGON
Price, Robert M., editor [H.P. Lovecraft
Oakland, CA: Chaosium Inc., 1999. Chaosium book number 6024. Collects thirteen stories of the Cthulhu Mythos by Peter H. Cannon, H.P. Lovecraft, Gary Myers, and.. more
Price: $35.00

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