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[004903] . AMENDED ORGANIC LAWS OF THE TERRITORY OF OREGON. 1846. Ritchie & Heiss, 1846. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Disbound. Oregon. Very Good 29th Cong., 1st Sess. Senate 353. "As Adopted by The people of that Territory on the last Saturday of July, 1845....PREAMBLE. We, the people of Oregon Territory, for purposes of mutual protection, and to secure peace and prosperity among ourselves, agree to adopt the following laws and regulations until such time as the United States of America extend their jurisdiction over us..." 6 pp. Disbound. Very Good condition. Famous Americans in document: M. M. McCarver, Speaker of the Legislature; and John E. Long, Recorder. $25.00

[004902] . Oregon-Correspondence Respecting Arbitration. Message from the President of the United States(James K. Polk) 1846. 1846. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Disbound. Oregon. Very Good 29th Congress, 1st Session. Doc. No. 105. Ho. of Reps. Executive. "... Correspondence which has taken place between the Secretary of State (James Buchanan) and the minister of the United States at London, and between the government of Great Britain and this government, in relation to the country west of the Rocky mountains, since the last annual message of the President to Congress. 10 pp. Disbound. Back page barely attached. Otherwise document is Very Good. Famous Americans in document: James K. Polk, President of the United States; James Buchanan, Secretary of State; Louis McLane, an American lawyer and politician. He served as the U.S. Representative from Delaware, U.S. Senator from Delaware, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Secretary of State, Minister Plenipotentiary to the United Kingdom, and President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; and Richard Pakenham, British minister to the United States. $40.00

[004769] . THE COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY . Corbett, Oregon: Cross & Dimmitt, Size: Approx.12" X 10". Stiff Covers. Oregon. Very Good "The Columbia River Highway, a drive that has no scenic equal anywhere in America, is reached by auto from Portland and furnishes miles and miles of magnificent river and mountain views....If all Americans knew of Oregon's natural wonders fewer would go to Europe in quest of scenic beauty." Unpaginated. Tipped-in,12 hand colored plates/photographs? of scenes along the Columbia River. Each plate, 8"x 5 3/4", matted on a separate page with subtitle. Plates are: Crown Point and Vista House; The Gorge of the Columbia; Bishop Cap at Shepperd's Dell; Wah-Kee-Na Falls; Multnomah Falls; Oneonta Gorge; Oneonta Tunnel; Horsetail Falls; Bonneville Power and Navigation Dam; Interior of Mitchell's Point Tunnel Showing its Five Windows overlooking the Columbia River; Crater Lake, in Crater Lake National Park; and Portland, "The Rose City" with Mt. Hood in Background. Plastic comb spine with tan colored covers. Side edge overlaps hence creased/folded under with small tears. Mildly soiled. 3 plates with light foxing along matted border, not on plate-otherwise plates are Near Fine. Beautiful-They could be framed. No date. Circa 1920s? $95.00

[004577] . Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Thomas H. Tongue (Late a Representative from Oregon). Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903. Size: Approx. 6 3/4" x 10 1/4". Disbound. Oregon. Very Good Delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate, Fifty-seventh Congress. Second Session. Document No. 463. Frontis. engraved portrait of Hon. Thomas H. Tongue protected with tissue guard. 96 pp. Disbound. Document is Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Thomas H. Tongue (1844 - 1903) was an Oregon Congressman who served from 1897-1903. Additionally, he served in the Oregon State Senate from 1888 to 1892 and was the seventh mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon. The Englishman immigrated to the United States in 1859. $10.00

[004051] . MICROBIAL GENETICS, Biology Colloquium 1960. ill. Figures, Tables. Corvallis, OR.: Oregon State College, 1960. Size: Approx. 8 1/4 " x 11". Stiff Covers. Biology. Very Good- Twenty-first Annual Biology Colloquium, April 22-23, 1960. Articles: Microbial Genetics, Introduction to the Colloquium by Aaron Novick with frontis. portrait of Novick.plus Microbial Genetics and the Synthesis of Proteins by Novick; Genetic Studies on the Replication of Bacterial Viruses by Gunther S. Stent with illustrations and table; Genetic Fine Structure in Neurospora by David R. Stadler with illustrations; Recent Studies of Transformation in Bacillus subtilis by John Spizizen with tables; Genetic Recombination Between Genera of the Enterobacteriaceae by L. S. Baron with illustrations and tables; and Conversion by Bacteriophage-A Factor in Bacterial Variation by Neal B. Groman. 53 pp. Grey stiff covers. ex-mus. stamp on cover. Some discoloring/rubbing to top left border from ? dampness? as faint line on title page upper edge and next page. No interference with text. Otherwise covers are Very Good. ex-mus stamp on two separate pages on top margin-not in text. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $40.00

[003998] . TRANSACTIONS OF VASSAR BROTHERS' INSTITUTE And Its Scientific Section 1887-1890. ill. Plate, Figures (line drawings). Poughkeepsie, New York: Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Science. Covers Poor.Interior Very Good Vol.5 Part I and II. " Object of the society is to promote education and useful knowledge in the departments of Science, Literature, and Art, by investigating and discussing subjects...by establishing and maintaining a Museum, a Library and a collection of works of art and objects of historic interest ..." Articles by Famous Americans include: CHARLES A. YOUNG - "Nebulae and the Nebular Hypothesis"; and LEROY C. COOLEY-"Limit of Visibility for Minute Masses". Other articles by Henry V. Pelton, President of the Institute, William A. Mowry (Oregon Settlement), W.B. Dwight, C.B. Warring (Mathematics & Gyroscope), Gilbert Van Ingen, Edward Elsworth (Photography), and W. G. Stevenson's Obituary. Frontis. portrait of Stevenson. 192 pp. Front paper cover detached with missing pieces around edges. Title and design on cover intact. ex-mus. numbers/stamp on front top edge. Back cover missing. String tied. Interior is clean, tight and in VG+ condition. Have other "volumes" from Vassar Brothers Institute. $45.00

[003913] . Speech of Hon. Joseph Lane, Of Oregon, on the Report of the Peace Conference. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 2, 1861. Lemuel Towers, 1861. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". String-tied. Oregon. Good Speech begins: "Mr. President: I hope I shall be permitted to proceed without interruption, and I trust not to consume much time. While I had the floor yesterday, I stated some of my objections to the proposed amendments to the Constitution which are now before us. They are: that they do not do justice to the whole country-that they do not do justice to all the States..." 32 pp. String-tied. Mild foxing around borders, rarely on text. Untrimmed side/bottom edges. On front page, "(769)". Front and back page (covers) mildly soiled due to no covers. Mainly around borders. Overall document is Good. $135.00

[000319] Alden, W.C.. PHYSIOGRAPHY AND GLACIAL GEOLOGY OF WESTERN MONTANA AND ADJACENT AREAS.. ill. Photos,maps. Washington: GPO, 1953. Geology. Geological Survey Professional Paper 231. Ex-lib stamps Paper wraps. Rear spine torn in spots due to weight of back pocket maps, else Very Good Plus. 200 pp.including Index. 5 plates, 43 figures. Four maps in rear pocket,one a huge colored foldout $70.00

[002302] Freeman, Lewis R.. DOWN THE COLUMBIA . ill. Photographs. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1921. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Blue Cloth. Oregon. Very Good- DOWN THE COLUMBIA offers the reader a variety of thrills, from its initial trek to find the headwaters of the Columbia below a frosty glacier high in Canada's Selkirks, to its last precarious run past Palisade Rock. Freeman is noted for his attention to scenic detail, and this is one of the book's strengths: The author describes a canoe voyage he made on the Columbia River from where the stream begins in Canada to Portland, Oregon. 383 pp. Photographs throughout. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Slight rubbing to corner tips and mildly bumped spine ends, otherwise the covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+ $20.00

[004097] Hinderlider, M. C, G. L. Swendsen and Henry Thurtell. Report of Progress of Stream Measurments for the Calendar Year 1905. Part XII-The Great Basin Drainage. ill. Plate(foldout map), Tables . Washington: Government Printing Office, 1906. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Stiff Covers. Water Supply Paper. Good+ United States Geological Survey. Water-Supply and Irrigation Paper No. 176. Prepared Under the Direction of F. H. Newell. Foldout U. S. Map Showing Locations of Principal River Stations Maintained During 1905. States included in the Report: Utah, Idaho, Nevada, California and Oregon. 142 pp. including Index. Salmon paper covers. Tears to spine and missing thin strips at top/base. Covers intact and overall Good+. Mildly discolored? page ends. Interior is tight, clean and VG. $14.00

[004042] House of Representatives. REPORTS OF SURVEYORS GENERAL OF ILLINOIS, MISSOURI, AND OREGON. Letter from The Secretary of the Interior...1852. ill. Tables. 1852. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Disbound. Surveying. Very Good Annual Report submitted by Alex. H. H. Stuart, Secretary (Alexander Hugh Holmes STUART,served as Secretary of the Interior in the Cabinet of President Fillmore from September 16, 1850, to March 6, 1853);showing receipts and expenditures for 1851, surveys of public and private land claims,in Illinois and Missouri, including tables and Report of the Surveyor General of Oregon with tables. 31 pps. Disbound but intact. Document is Very Good. $45.00

[001169] Johnson, Harland E. And Richard F. Brice. USE OF IMPOUNDED WATER FOR FISH CULTURE. ill. Figures & Tables. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1953. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Gray Wraps. Ichthyology. Good+ United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Research Report 35. Report on a series of experiments at the Dorena Dam Experimental Laboratory, Cottage Grove, Oregon from Sept. 1950 - November 1952. Creased from top to bottom as if folded in half. Paper seal on side broken so text can be viewed. Creasing at bottom corner. very minor, otherwise exterior is in Very Good condition. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good . 9 figures and 11 tables. 35 pp. $15.00

[000787] Schmitt, Waldo L., E.C. Johnston, E.P. Rankin and Edward Driscoll. SURVEY OF THE FISHING GROUNDS ON THE COASTS OF WASHINGTON AND OREGON IN 1914. ill. Plate and Foldout Maps/chart. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1915. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Wraps. Bureau of Fisheries. VG / No Jacket. Bureau of Fisheries Document No.817. Appendix VII to the Report of the U.S. Commissioner of Fisheries for 1914. 28 pp. One plate and 3 foldouts. 4 tables (one is a foldout chart) and 2 maps of "Fishing Grounds". ex-mus. stamp on title page and front wrap otherwise Very Good . $15.00

[003847] Worley, J.L., W. W. Towne and F.J. Burgess. IDENTIFICATION OF LOW-FLOW AUGMENTATION REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER QUALITY CONTROL BY COMPUTER TECHNIQUES. ill. Figures(graphs), Tables . Washington: 1965. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 10". Stiff Covers. Engineering. Very Good Engineering Experiment Station. Oregon State University. Reprint No. 80. Reprinted with permission from Journal Water Pollution Control Federation. Vol. 37, No. 5, May, 1965. pp. 659-673. 13 illustrations including Map of Willamette River Basin. 2 tables. Glossy white covers slightly soiled, overall Very Good to VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $18.50