We buy and sell old and rare books as well as vintage photographs, postcards, manuscript material such as old diaries and letters, etc.

We also maintain an inventory of vintage ephemera of historical interest, including prints, maps, postcards, posters and other interesting historical printed and manuscript material.
We are always interested in buying single books or whole collections.
Let us know if you have books for sale. We make house calls on short notice in Seattle and can visit other locales if the circumstances warrant. Call us today at 206 624 4100 if you have books for sale!

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7.5" x 4.5". 339pp., plus 2pp. of ads. Blue cloth, gilt spine lettering. Mild soiling, ownership signature of John Eldridge on the title page, else nice VG+ condition. This epistolary guide for sea captains includes a section on abbreviations, weight and values of various coins, education for shipmasters, cargo, storms, shipwrecks and salvage, responsibilities of ship owners, and much more. A Manual For Shipmasters; In a Series of Letters, Addressed To Them, On Their Qualifications, Duties, Powers, Responsibilities, &c. Arising From the Different Situations In Which They May Be Placed During the Course of a Voyage.
Lees, James.
London, Liverpool: Simpkin, Marshall, and Company; [etc.], 1845. 7.5" x 4.5". 339pp., plus 2pp. of ads. Blue cloth, gilt spine lettering. Mild soiling, ownership signature of John Eldridge.. more
Price: $450.00
11" x 8". 192pp. Blue cloth with gilt and blue metallic lettering. Bookplate, else fine condition. In the original publisher's slipcase. Limited edition, one of only 500 numbered copies, each signed by King and by the illustrator, Berni Wrightson. Wrightson is among the most highly regarded comic book artists of his time. Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus.
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft. Introduction by Stephen King.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1983. 11" x 8". 192pp. Blue cloth with gilt and blue metallic lettering. Bookplate, else fine condition. In the original publisher's.. more
Price: $625.00
7.5" x 5". 486pp. Blue patterned cloth with a beige cloth spine, in dust wrapper. Mild rubbing to edges, else near fine condition; the distinctive jacket is bright but has a couple chips at the spine tips and a 1/4" hole halfway down the spine along the rear hinge. Zelda Marsh.
Norris, Charles G.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1927. 7.5" x 5". 486pp. Blue patterned cloth with a beige cloth spine, in dust wrapper. Mild rubbing to edges, else.. more
Price: $65.00
9.25" x 12.25". 113pp. Red cloth with blue lettering. Boards a little soiled, corners and spine tips a little rubbed, one leaf with a short edge tear. Generally VG+ condition. With color illustrated world map endpapers. A marvellous informal geography book containing humorous 'cartograph' maps of each American state by Ruth Taylor. Ruth was also the creator of a wonderful series of similar cartographic maps of Hawaii. This book has become quite scarce. Our U. S. A.: A Gay Geography.
Taylor, Frank J.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1935. 9.25" x 12.25". 113pp. Red cloth with blue lettering. Boards a little soiled, corners and spine tips a little rubbed,.. more
Price: $750.00






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