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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

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
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
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
"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
Chariot Books #6. A hint of a corner crease on the front and rear covers. Pages mildly toned. A near fine copy. BENITA; AN AFRICAN ADVENTURE
Haggard, H. Rider
London: Chariot Books, 1952. Chariot Books #6. A hint of a corner crease on the front and rear covers. Pages mildly toned. A near.. more
Price: $20.00
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
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
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
Signed on half title page by Maurice Sendak. Astounding illustrations by Sendak. Bound in original gray/blue cloth with spine lettering in gilt. Hanrahan A130. Very fine in very fine and bright dust jacket. DEAR MILI: AN OLD TALE BY WILHELM GRIMM.
Grimm, Wilhelm (translated by Ralph Manheim)
New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988. Signed on half title page by Maurice Sendak. Astounding illustrations by Sendak. Bound in original gray/blue cloth with spine lettering.. more
Price: $225.00
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
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