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[003208] . FUR SEAL ARBITRATION. PROCEEDINGS OF THE TRIBUNAL OF ARBITRATION, CONVENED AT PARIS, Under The Treaty Between The United States Of America And Great Britain Concluded At Washington February 29th, 1892, 14 Volumes. . ill. Tables, Foldout Maps, . Washington: Government Printing Bureau, 1895. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Brown Cloth. American History. Good to Good+ For The Determination Of Questions Between The Two Governments Concerning The Jurisdictional Rights Of The United States In The Waters Of The Bering Sea. Gives the proceedings and results of the arbitration between the United States and Great Britain regarding the fur seals of the Pribilof Islands. 14 volumes- Vol. 13 missing. VOL.I: Final Report of the Agent of the United States: Protocols of the Proceedings of the Tribunal; Award and Declaration; Opinions of Mr. Justice Harland and Senator Morgan. VOL.II: Treaty of Arbitration of 1892; Historical and Jurisdictional questions; Habits, Preservation, and Value of the Alaskan Seal Herd, and to the Property of the U.S. and Reports of Bering Sea Commission including Appendices A-E. Includes Log Books of Sealing Vessels, and Subject-Index. VOL.III: (Appendix to Vol. II) List of Deponents; Testimony Relating to Pribilof Islands; St. Paul Island; St. George Island; Russian Seal Islands; Testimony Taken on or Near Kadiak Island; Cook's Inlet; Yakutat Bay; Among Natives on or near Lynn Canal and Chatham Sound; On or near Sitka, Dixon Entrance, At Nicholas Bay from Indians while they were hunting Fur-Seal; On Vancouver Island; at Victoria, British Columbia; In State of Washington from fishery expert on the U.S. Steamer Albatross and the U.S. Steamer Corwin; Among Makah Indians; and In San Francisco. Also Testimony Relating to the General Sealskin Industry in U.S. and to Antarctic Sealing. 11 large fold-out maps in back. VOL.IV: Case Presented on Behalf of the Government of Her Britannic Majesty to The Tribunal of Arbitration. With Appendix. VOL.V: Appendix to Case of Her Majesty's Government: United States. No. 2 (1890) Correspondence respecting the Behring Sea Seal Fisheries: 1886-90 including two large foldout maps.VOL.VI: Unites States. No. 2 (1893) Report of the Behring Sea Commission and Report of British Commissioners of June 21, 1892. With 5 maps, Diagrams, and Appendices. VOL.VII: The Counter Case of The U.S. before the Tribunal of Arbitration to Convene at Paris, including Appendix and 7 large foldout maps. VOL.VIII: Counter-Case Presented on the Part of the Government of Her Britannic Majesty...VOL.IX: Argument of The U.S. ...VOL.X: Argument of Her Majesty's Government. VOL.XI: Oral Arguments on The Motion of the British Government for the Production by the U.S. of the Report of Henry. W. Elliott and on The Motion of the U.S. for the Rejection of the Supplementary Report of the British Commissioners. VOL.XII: Oral Arguments of Counsel on Case and Counter-Case. VOL.XIII: Missing. VOL.XIV: Oral Argument on Regulations by Sir Charles Russell, Her Britannic Majesty's Attorney-General. VOL.XV: Oral Argument of Hon. Edward J. Phelps on Behalf of the U.S. ex. mus. paper labels on spines. Gilt lettering on spines. One volume with moisture residue on top edge of covers-no internal damage. Several with very minor "dents" to top or side edge (dropped?). Some spine ends slightly frayed or chipped. All very minor. Exteriors are Good or Better. One thick volume's front hinge beginning to tear, 1". Some of the large foldout maps' side border slightly age-toned-doesn't affect maps. Most interiors are a little "wavy" to the touch, otherwise the interiors are tight, clean and Very Good +. $995.00

[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

[003820] Danner, Wilbert R.. GEOLOGY OF OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK . ill. Photographs, Maps,. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1968. Corrected Edition. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Stiff Covers. National Parks. Very Good to Very Good+ "The Olympic National Park covers a large area, some of it still unmapped and almost unexplored. there are only a few roads, all in tis outer edges. Many details of its complex geology are not known or are imperfectly understood...This publication tries to answer in a general way the questions about the formation of the Olympic Mountains. 68 pp. Filled with photographs. Back cover slightly fading around edges, otherwise covers are VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $10.00

[003600] Gerry, C.N.. GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, AND LEAD AND ZINC IN IDAHO AND WASHINGTON IN 1922.. ill. Tables. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1923. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Mining. Very Good Mineral Resources of the United States, 1922-Part I (Pages 217-256). Department of the Interior. United States Geological Survey. Slight fading at spine. Overall Very Good to Very Good+ . Interior tight, clean and VG+. Numerous Tables. I:18 $20.00

[003444] Haig-Brown, Roderick L.. RETURN TO THE RIVER: A Story of the Chinook Run. ill. Charles DeFeo. New York: William Morrow & Co., 1941. Salmon. Very Good / Good. Exterior is VG+. Front endpaper brown-toned around border. Back endpaper with Merry Christmas "stamp" (United Way?) 1942. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. DJ chips at flaps/spine ends. Verso with waterstain at top edge, very slightly going through to back cover (really have to look for it-blends in) .Overall DJ is Good. Bruns H-15 $16.50

[003315] Plummer, Fred G. Forest Conditions in the Cascade Range, Washington between the Washington and Mount Rainier Forest Reserves: Professional Paper 6. ill. Colored Plates, Foldout Map, Photographs. Washington: Government Printing Bureau, 1902. Size: Approx. 8 3/4" x 11 1/4". Disbound. Forestry. Very Good- 57th Congress, 2n Session. Document No. 214. United States Geological Survery. Colored Map Plates. 42 pp. including Index. Large foldout map in back. Small damp residue on side edge of front page. no damage. cream-color tape along front spine joint, blends in with front page. Otherwise exterior is Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $25.00

[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

[004840] Smith, George Otis and Bailey Willis. Contributions to the Geology of Washington- Geology and Physiography of Central Washington & Deformation of the Wenatchee-Chelan District, Cascade Range. ill. Plates, Figures. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903. Size: Approx. 9" X 11 1/4". Disbound. Washington. Good to Good+ 57th Congress. 2d Session. House of Representatives. Document No. 482. Professional Paper 19. 101 pp. including Index. 20 plates, 3 figures. Disbound. Loose from spine in 3 places: pp.1-16; pp.17-48, and pp. 49-101. Otherwise Document is Very Good. Clean. Plates include Maps, double spreads, and photographs. $15.00

[001705] Spring, Bob And Ira With Byron. THIS IS WASHINGTON. 1961. Very Good / Good-. $6.00

[004711] State College of Washington. Research Studies of the State College of Washington 1929, Volume 1: Numbers 1-2.. ill. Plates, Tables, Figures (illustrations and maps). Pullman, Washington: 1929. Size: Approx. 6 3/4" x 10". Stiff Covers. Natural History. Very Good- 2 volumes. Volume I, Number 1: Placers of the Swauk by John Prentiss Thomson; Permeability to Bacteria by LaVerne Almon Barnes; Fruiting of Lomatium; Plants of the St. John River and New Northwestern Plants by Harold St. John. pp.3-64. 3 plates, tables and illustrations. Volume 1, Number 2:Validity of Objective Tests by Cliff Winfield Stone; Teratologic Forms of Trillium; Eriogonum Compositum by Harold St. John and F.A. Warren; and New Northwestern Plants by Harold St. John. pp. 67-112. with one plate, tables and illustrations. Stiff paper covers. Mildly soiled, fading around edges. ex.mus. stamp on front cover (twice on No. 2 volume-none on Vol. 1). Overall covers are Good to Good+. Vol.2 with two ex.mus. stamps within text margins-not on text. Vol.1 none. Some pages uncut. Otherwise interiors are tight, clean and Very Good. $22.00