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Pacific Rim Used Books started selling books on the internet in 1995 as a part of "The Business" a "bricks and mortar" store in Anacortes, WA.
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British Columbia, Canada
The Lincoln Highway
A Transcontinental trip from New York to Portland, Oregon in 1917
Guide Book and Trip Log

Transcontinental Trip, June 8th to June 22nd, 1917, 3490 miles
Two doctors from Portland, Oregon Left from the Hotel Astor in NY and arrived in Portland, Oregon 3490 miles and two weeks later.
They left the Lincoln Highway in Granger, Wyoming and turned on the Old Oregon trail for the rest of their trip.
A wonderful guide book with period ads and instructions on what to pack, what to wear, places to stop, places for repairs.
A multiple page, hand-written log for each day, is in the back of the book.
A few entries:
June 10 Purchased chains in East Liverpool, Ohio. Hard hail & thunderstorm that afternoon
June 11 Broke windshield between Dunkirk and Lima Ohio
June 12 Old windshield exchanged for new by Franklin (car?)Agent Carl O. Baumgartner. Much mud.
June 13 stuck in mud - hauled out by team near cedar rapids Iowa.
June 14 forded river - engine died in mid-stream but pulled itself out.
June 18 Granger, Wyoming. Leave Lincoln Highway and take take the Old Oregon Trail.
June 19 Twin Falls, Idaho, camped.
June 20 Haynes, Oregon, Hotel Haynes (Haines)(A detour off the Oregon Trail to avoid a mountain pass?)
June 21 Camped near The Dalles, Oregon. (Back on the Oregon Trail.)
June 22 Portland, Oregon, home
A fascinating "how to" book on very early trans continental travel in an automobile.
15614 Trego, F. H. The Complete Official Road Guide of The Lincoln Highway, published by The Lincoln Highway Association in 1916. Paperback 168 pages in good condition - A little musty. Shelfwear and soiling. Some short tears. Both covers have faded lettering. 5.75 x 9.25 inches, the Lincoln Highway in 1916 with full information, garages, camping locations, many ads and a fold out map of the route. There is a 24 page log at the end. The owner details a trip from June 8, 1917 starting at the Hotel Astor in NY, and finishing in Portland, OR on June 22. Route is marked on the fold out map. Turned off the Lincoln Highway in Granger, WY and on to the Oregon Trail to Portland. The Lincoln Highway, Automotive $250
The Abbe De Lamennais
15942 Gibson, Ho. W., The Abbe De Lamennais And The Liberal Catholic Movement In France Longmans, Green, And Co. 1896, Hardback with 346 pages. Good. Wear on the spine edges and covers. Back cover has some scrape marks. Both hinges show cracking but are holding nicely. Owner's name in ink. Some penciling. A biography of the Abbe De Lamennais and a history of the Liberal Catholic Movement In France. Tipped inside the front cover is a lovely signed note from Lamennais in 1842 in which he serves as an intermediary between a Mademoiselle Michel and famous French poet Pierre-Jean de Beranger. The envelope is tipped in as well. Abbe De Lamennais, Autograph, Catholicism, Catholic $500

Popular Songs, Three Issues, 1935, 1936 & 1937
15801 Gilbert, Richard B. Popular Songs, Three Issues, 1935, 1936 & 1937 Good condition with light shelf wear and soiling. The 1935 issue has staining on the back cover. Minor chipping on the page edges Volume 1, no. 8, 1935, volume 2, no. 2, 1936, volume 3, no 3, 1937, Jane Froman, Alice Faye, & Harriet Hilliard on the covers. Music and articles. Music. $20

Mt Timpanogos, Utah, 1942 Standard Oil Promotional with Legend by Vardis Fisher
15792 Fisher, Vardis Mount Timpanogos, Standard Oil Company 1942. Very good. 13 x 10 inches, one of a series of folios published by Standard Oil Company.' Text by Vardis Fisher with a facing page color picture of Moount Timpanogos. Standard Oil Company, Mt. Timpanogos, Utah, ephemera $20
Ralph Grossman's
New Bohemian Cafe, 7th and Bell, Seattle Washington
Guest Register - 1946-1948

15724 Grossman, Ralph. Guest Register for The New Bohemnian Cafe in Seattle 1946 - 1948
A Hardback with 70 pages. Fair condition. Worn, soiled, some tears, old tape yellowing, etc. 10 x 14 inches, signatures,
addresses and comments by movers and shakers in Seattle in the mid 1940s and many other folks - rich, famous and otherwise.
Includes a letter from a friend at the Waldorf - Astoria and an 8 x 10 of a 1940's Lincoln at the restaurant.
Grossman helped found the Seattle Seafair and was involved in many other civic projects.
$100

Rebuilding a 1969 Chinook Camper
"A Joy Forever, RA"
15361
Pennsylvania Department of Revenue , Motor Vehicle Registrations - Nine vehicle registrations from 1918 to 1928
Good. Some are 'billfold' soiled and worn. Pennsylvania car registrations from 1918. 'Certificate for ...the Pneumatic Tired Motor Vehicle Below Described.' (faded) . A 1920 Ford is registered in 1923. A 1922 Dodge truck is registered in 1924, 1925, 1926 and 1927. A 1927 Dodge sedan is registered in 1927 and 1928. Automotive ephemera. $40
For more titles and ephemera visit our Automotive Page.
Books and ephemera on The Grand Coulee Dam Construction
Korea - Japan photo album, circa 1950s
15236 Korea - Japan Photo Album, cira 19500s 15.5 x 10.5 inches, black pages with tissue guards. There are a total of ten 8 x 10 inch b&w photos, some mounted with photo corners. Two are duplicates. One photo is of Mt. Fuji, there's a picture of the inside of a bus or street car, a farming scene, a delightful picture of two girls with an improvised teeter totter, one of the "San Francisco Beer Hall (in Korea) " and a harbor scene in Stockton, CA.
The photographer was a USN Aviation Ordanceman with Patrol Squadron 871 (VP 871) The back of the teeter totter picture is labeled "Korea Playground" with technical photo information and Kimpo Airfield is mentioned as the location.
The album is in good condition. Some of the photo corners are loose and some of the tissue guards are creased. Other tissue guards are torn, creased or missing parts. The front and back inside paste-downs have wrinkles. $75
Pan American World Airways Round The World Flight Log, 1951
15197 Pan American World Airways, Your Clipper Flight Log, 1951 Paperback, 24 pages In good condition with light shelf wear. 4.25 x 8 inches, the record of a Round The World flight in 1951 by Bernard M. Kunes, retired Lehigh Valley Railroad Conductor. Left from Inglewood California on January the 7th and returned from Formosa and Hawaii on March 12th. Approximately 24 flights. All are mentioned with aircraft involved noted as well as the weather. Aviation, ephemera, Boeing Stratocruiser, Pan American Airways, PAA
Two months of travel time in several plane types. The DC-3, DC-4, the Lockheed Constellation and the Boeing Stratocruiser. The January 8th Stratocruiser flight from New York to Shannon, Ireland via Gander Newfoundland lasted 20? hours "...The last 4 1/2 hours on 3 engines - 110 MPH Tailwind prevented returning to Gander." Shannon - Dark, Foggy, Sprinkles.... $45
Books In Dutch
The Patria Series of Dutch Cultural History & other titles
Books in Dutch, The Patria Series