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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.

Rouge Valley Model Railroad Show. November 26th and 27th, 2011. Medford Armory, Medford, OR.

San Francisco Antiquarian Book, Print & Paper Show. February 4th and 5th, 2012. Concourse Exhibition Center, San Francisco, CA www.sfbookandpaperfair.com

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

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
Small light stain at the base of the front paste-down and free endpapers. Very good in very good dust jacket DAGON AND OTHER MACABRE TALES
Lovecraft, H.P.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1967. Small light stain at the base of the front paste-down and free endpapers. Very good in very good dust jacket.. more
Price: $125.00
Translated from the French by Merle S. Haas. All four books have a tiny bit of edge wear else all are fine and bright. Near fine slipcase has hint of rubbing and very mild 3/4 inch indent with associated closed tear to paper of rear spine edge. Publisher's yellow "peel off" sticker with price of $6.95 present. A beautiful set! BABAR'S TRUNK: Babar the Gardener, Babar at the Seashore, Babar Goes on a Picnic, & Babar Goes Skiing
de Brunhoff, Laurent
[New York]: Random House [1966], Translated from the French by Merle S. Haas. All four books have a tiny bit of edge wear else all.. more
Price: $150.00
"Candidates for inclusion in this compendium include people no longer living... who came to attention therough the significance of their deeds or simply were of interest in some connection the the evolving drama (of the American west). Among them are explorers and discoverers, fur men, Indians and Indian agents, a few early cattlemen, travelers, military officers and soldiers, desperadoes and lawmen, scouts, buffalo hunters, renegades, early conservationists and wildlife specialists, scientists, writers, painters, photographers and illustrators, expansionists, missionaries and martyrs and those of many other callings - or none." A total of 2308 pages with index. All four volumes bound in original red cloth with lettering in gilt. Volumes I, II, and III are fine in the original fine and bright white dust jackets as issued. The spine panels of the dust jackets show the remains of adhesive from the removal of labels placed there by a previous owner. Volume IV is fine, issued without the plain white dust jacket. A very handsome set and an essential reference for the library, bookseller or collector specializing in Western American. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FRONTIER BIOGRAPHY; IN FOUR VOLUMES
Thrapp, Dan L.
Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1988. "Candidates for inclusion in this compendium include people no longer living... who came to attention therough the significance of their.. more
Price: $375.00
Deluxe Edition, limited to 1500 copies. This is one of the overrun copies left unnumbered. Bound in original blue buckram with lettering on spine in silver. Near fine in very good plus slipcase with full-sized pictorial title label pressed on. A very handsome copy. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
Doyle, Arthur Conan
New York: Baker Street Irregulars, Inc, Publishers, 1948. Deluxe Edition, limited to 1500 copies. This is one of the overrun copies left unnumbered. Bound in original blue buckram.. more
Price: $125.00
A factual history of the various railroads comprising the Rock Island Lines. 306 pages with photographs and index. Bound in original red cloth. Bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper, mostly hidden under the dust jacket flap. Fine in very good plus, bright dust jacket with several small tears with associated creases, and one tiny hole near the base of the spine panel. IRON ROAD TO EMPIRE; THE HISTORY OF 100 YEARS OF THE PROGRESS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE ROCK ISLAND LINES
Hayes, William Edward
New York: Simmons-Boardman, 1953. A factual history of the various railroads comprising the Rock Island Lines. 306 pages with photographs and index. Bound in.. more
Price: $45.00
The letter line beginning with "A" is present. Translated from the Spanish by Sonia Soto. A supernatural biblio-mystery and basis for the 1999 Roman Polanski film, "The Ninth Gate," starring Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Emmanuelle Seigner, and Lena Olin. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. THE CLUB DUMAS
Perez-Reverte, Arturo
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1997. The letter line beginning with "A" is present. Translated from the Spanish by Sonia Soto. A supernatural biblio-mystery and basis.. more
Price: $65.00
Consists of 30 sheets printed rectos only, 27 of which are full-page color maps. Bound in original brown cloth with lettering stamped in gilt. Small library plate on the front free endpaper, no other library markings or pockets were ever present. Preliminary page creased with some wear along upper edge. A very good plus copy. ATLAS TO ACCOMPANY MONOGRAPH XXXI ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN DISTRICT, COLORADO
Spurr, Josiah Edward
Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey/U.S.G.S., 1898. Consists of 30 sheets printed rectos only, 27 of which are full-page color maps. Bound in original brown cloth with.. more
Price: $650.00
Based on the screenplay by David Newman and Leslie Newman. Colorful illustration of the stars Christopher Reeve and Richard Pryor. Very fine in very fine and bright dust jacket. SUPERMAN III
Kotzwinkle, William
London: Severn House, 1983. Based on the screenplay by David Newman and Leslie Newman. Colorful illustration of the stars Christopher Reeve and Richard Pryor... more
Price: $65.00
Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. An as new copy. THE NECRONOMICON FILES; THE TRUTH BEHIND THE LEGEND
Harms, Daniel, and John Wisdom Gonce, III
Mountain View, CA: Night Shade Books, 1998. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. An as new copy. .. more
Price: $120.00
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