Sitka, Signed (14 results)

Condition: As New. Signed Copy . Very Good dust jacket. Signed/Inscribed by photographer on front endpage.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. First Edition. Inscribed by Servid on the title page. Crisp, unmarked copy. The binding is tight, corners sharp. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover. Oblong 8vo. 55pp. Signed by Author.

vi, 55pp, oblong (11x9 inches), color photos. Fine hardcover book with a Fine dust jacket. Everythingcrisp, bright, no bumps, nicks, tears or creases, no markings. SIGNED by both the author and photographer. Gorgeous photos from Sitka and Baranof Island, Alaska. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Evans, Dan; Photography (illustrator). Oblong. Expedited or International shipping may cost more. Inscribed by Illustrator(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Good+. Ching, Li (illustrator). Inscribed to Maine Author Sanford "Sandy" Phippen, whose estate this book came out of. Signed by the Author and the Illustrator. Unpaginated [32pp], staple bound, in illustrated stiff paper covers. Light foxing to the covers and outer page edges. POETRY. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Lovely signed copy. Reads "For Gordon Malcolm, Best Wishes, Ruth Tittensor". Presents as new and unread (see pictures). All our books at the moment are reduced so the price you see reflects a 33% discount. You may be interested in The Literaticus Book Service. We specialise in tracking down those harder to find editions, among other bookish services such as gift fulfilment. Get in touch to send us your Book Wants or ask a bookish question. If this is intended as a gift, please email first and we can gift wrap for no extra charge. If you would like special delivery but don't see an option for it, just email first and we can obtain a quote. If you have any questions, require more information or if you would like more pictures, do not hesitate to get in touch. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 134 pp., Illus, Grey Hardback, Gilt title, Fine, no DJ, 1st ed (Signed by Author on ff e.p. & on title page). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Autorensignatur; Leichte Rillen / Abschurfungen / Risse / Knicke. 29. listopadu tomu bylo 8 let, co jsem propadl kouzlu fotografie a poznavani prirody. Mesic a tyden predtim se narodil Sitka a nase cesty se spojily dvacateho dne posledniho mesice roku 2014. Zajima vas, co stalo za pozadim tehle 8 lete trasy? Je instagramova ,realita" i realitou ve skutecnosti? Je to opravdu vsechno tak hezky oblackove ruzove? Tenhle pribeh napsal zivot sam. Obsahuje vzlety a pady. Pocity euforie, ale i naprosteho zoufalstvi, kdy se chcete smazat ze sveta. Pribeh cloveka, ktery se nechal prevalcovat viralni vlnou na socialnich sitich.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition of this history of Sitka, Alaska. Fine in original cloth, minimal wear, cover bright, offsetting to endpapers. Warmly inscribed by C.L. Andrews, " For Mr. J.G, Rutherford, autographed by the author, C.L. Andrews, U.S.S. Tanaria (?), Bering Sea, Alaska, July 1, 1928." Unusual in this condition and signed. Signed by Author(s).

(Sitka, AK.): Sheldon Jackson College Press, 1985. Pictorial paper boards, in pictorial dust jacket, many photographic illustrations, 232 pages. With a lengthy inscription to "the reader", signed. The author was a teacher, administrator, business man, philanthropist, deeply involved in the Sitka community and the growth of a small grammar school into a four year Sheldon Jackson College. Volume and jacket in Fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. 25.5 x 16 cm, xiv, 158 pp., [Howes L81; Cowan, p. 382], pristine folding world map with route in front, color frontispiece with tissue guard, six other illustrations have tissue guards and a double page picture of native objects never had a tissue fuard, introduction, index, red initials scattered throughout. First English translation This copy #10 (of 260 printed by Russell at his private press) with personal manuscript presentation during Christmas week from the editor/author (and President) to the "Pacific Union Club". Laid-in; Advertising pamphlet for the book printed in red and black with one illustration, discontinuously paginated with a total of 20 pages in tan stiff printed wrappers. Newspaper review pasted to third blank pager causing severe offsetting opposite. Something apparently removed from front fixed endpaper. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth-backed Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Second Edition. (xxvii) 232 pp. Presentation copy, SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Publisher/Printer Thomas C. Russell in ink on the limitation page: "Wilber F. Swett from the Printer / Christmas, 1930 / Thomas C. Russell". Two hand printed photogravure portraits of Sir George Simpson. Facsimile of last page of Simpson's report. Folding map of Simpson's route. Blue paper dust jacket. Brown linen-backed blue boards; paper spine libel (Extra label tucked in rear leaves.) 6 3/4" x 10 1/4". Dr. Swett's name stamp on front free endpaper. No. 44 of 250 limited, signed copies. From the front publisher's advertisement: "This edition has been edited and corrected, with sketches of visits and journeys made outside of California, and with a foreword, new synopses of the divisions, and an index, by Thomas C. Russell." Apart from its historical importance, this book is a beautiful example of the astonishing presswork of Thomas C. Russell of San Francisco. After Russell's death, a San Francisco bookseller acquired the contents of Russell's printshop and produced a number of Russell's titles, and caused Russell's signature to be forged in each book. Unknowing dealers often sell these volumes as "signed" when, in fact, they do not contain Russell's true signature. Russell's signature is always in an elegant cursive style and easily identified. This copy, happily, contains Russell's true signature. But for Dr. Swett's name stamp, a Fine copy, in a Near Fine dust jacket (edgewear at spine-ends; slightly rubbed from handling; toned spine and covers), now in a clear mylar protective sleeve.

Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Limited Edition. 8vo. xxxii, 232, index. Illustrated with two portraits, reproductions of title pages from 1847 first edition, fold out map is a facsimile of the original map in the London edition. Brown cloth spine over powder blue paper-covered boards, printed title label to spine. Original stiff paper dust jacket with printed title label to spine, some toning and scuffing to spine panel. One of 250 numbered copies, signed by the publisher (#135). HOWES S4965. The uncommon dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear archival protector. Signed.

Eight albums. 1st - Oblong 14 x 9.25 in. [80 pp (unpaginated)]. With 244 photos sized from 1 x 1 in. up to 7 x 10 in. (many hand-coloured), as well as a few Real Photo Postcards. Limp calf, stamped & decorated in colour on front & back covers, sewn w/ rawhide tie at gutter margin; 2nd - Oblong 4to. 11.25 x 7.25 in. [100 pp (unpaginated)]. With 249 original photos (many w/ annotations, some w/ markings within the negative), sized 2.75 x 3.5 in. up to 6.75 x 10 in. Limp black simulated leather post-binder, sewn at gutter margin w/ black silk braid, silver lettering stamped on front cover. 3rd - 4to. [96 pp (unpaginated)], on thick toned paper stock, w/ 154 original photos tipped-in, taped, and mounted with corners into album (some with ink annotations below, or beside images). Black boards post-binder, sewn at gutter margin w/ black silk braid (scuffing, edgwear, some rubbing, occasional tears). 4th - Thick folio. 12.25 x 14.25 in. [70 pp (unpaginated).] on thick toned paper stock. With 104 photos sized from 4 x5 in. up to 8 x 10 in. (most 7 x 10 in.), nearly all with text in lower fore-edge of negative, or printed in blank below image on lower fore-edge, all mounted either with tape, or glue. Tan padded boards, post-binder, sewn at gutter margin w/ brown silk braid (some scuffing, edgewear, rubbing). 5th - Thick folio. [154 pp (unpaginated).]. With 239 photographs, sized 3.75 x 5.75 up to 8 x 10 in., many of them are 9 x 9 in., most with text in lower fore-edge of negative or printed in blank below lower fore-edge, all mounted either with tape or glue. Embossed & decorated padded dark brown boards, post-binder, nickel-plated screwposts (rear hinge repaired in black tape, scuffing, rubbing). 6th - 4to. [32 pp (unpaginated).] typed sheets attached to portfolio leaves, with 17 original photos mounted, 1 large folding colour map, 4 pp. TLS signed by Governor Paul Fannin on Arizona State letterhead, 2 TLS from Harry Wildnauer, Federal Works Agency, and Guy Kirksey, Air Corps tipped-in., contained with padded leather portfolio, gilt decorations, silk endpapers (minor scuffing). 7th - Oblong 4to. 12 x 7.5 in. [96 pp (unpaginated).], thick black paper stock. With 228 original photos, sized 7 x 11 in., with two 4 pp. programs for Pig'n Whistle Evening Concerts in Seattle, WA. Limp embossed Arts & Crafts brown cloth post-binder, black silk braid, rounded corners (front inner hinge starting). 8th - Oblong folio. 13 x 10.5 in. [100 pp (unpaginated).] on thick black paper stock. With 484 original photographs, many with annotations on versos, some mounted with glue, others with corners, some loose, a few missing, sized from 1 x 2 in. up to 8 x 10 in. Limp textured brown calf post-binder, rounded corners, sewn at gutter margin with brown silk braid (some edgewear, rubbing, weakening to many leaves at gutter margin), an excellent archive filled with bright images, strong contrast. This immense photo album archive assembled by Lt. Colonel Boyd Yaden (1906-1980), incorporates eight albums. The first of these albums document his career serving with the Provisional Co. No. 2, 1st Battalion, 55th Coastal Artillery of the U.S. Army serving the batteries at Fort Kamehameha (Fort Kam). The 55th CA was equipped with 155 mm. Grande Puissance Filloux guns, typically mounted atop concrete Panama Mounts which enabled the pieces to traverse 360 degrees, as well as 75 mm. field pieces. These remarkable images show the artillery gun crews test firing the 155 mm. guns, loading shells, night firing, camp drills, inspections, athletics, expanding the tracks for the 41st Coast Artillery Locomotive at Fort Kamehameha, and more. Of special interest are three photos documenting the first Navy Pacific Flight by Commander John Rodgers in the PN-9 Seaplane from San Pablo, CA non-stop to Honolulu, HI which ran out of gas and landed in the Pacific Ocean. The crew fashioned sails from wing fabric, and later leeboards to steer the flying boat and finally came within 15 miles of Kauai where it was discovered by the USS R-4 submarine. The second & third albums chronicle Boyd Yaden's life with his wife Myrtle Yaden (1901-1988) moving from Klamath Falls, OR to Alaskan Resident Engineer and Inspector for the Public Works Administration overseeing the installation of the sewer system in Petersburg, Alaska, with several photos showing street scenes, digging up of streets to lay pipe, earthmoving equipment, steam shovels, and finally the finished streets with bustling economic activity. In addition, there are photos of building railroad trestles, bridges, and logging operations on Wrangell Island, Alaska, with photos showing the construction, logging sites, totem poles, and then his work as supervising engineer for the Public Works Administration during the Depression building a power plant near Anchorage, AK, followed by the project of rebuilding the power plant in Seward, AK, with photos showing the phases of construction. The third album includes photos of the couple on the steamship SS Hazel B No. 2, hunting & fishing in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, the Pioneers Home in Sitka, as well as documenting trips to visit relatives in Seattle, North Dakota, and New York. Two very large photo albums are devoted to Colonel Yaden's activities as Division Engineer for United States Army Corps of Engineers, and later for the Air Transport Command in Alaska and Western Canada. The albums open with an extensive group of photos of Hammer Field near Fresno California (now Fresno Yosemite International Airport), with images showing the laying of foundations, training crash of a B-24 Bomber June 27, 1942, the theaters, bowling alley, Sub Exchange, NCO Club, tennis courts, recreational facilities, swimming pool, sandstorms, and more. In addition, Yaden oversaw the mineral and strategic materials facilities in Trona, CA, with images of the nearby Ruth Mine, loading operations onto trucks and railcars. In 1943, Yaden began an engineering and photographic.