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Our inventory speacializes in a number of heritage subjects including American military, maritime, aviation and naval history; 19th Century art and art history; Russian and British cultural and social histories/development; research materials for natural history subjects, and a broad cross-section of literature.
Rose Wind Press is a small regional publisher and bookseller in business since 1992 in the Pacific Northwest. A wide selection of topics mainly feature maritime, military and aviation history, literature, children's books and emphemera. Among these subjects are limited editions, rare and collectible items that have been acquired in North America, Russia, and the U.K.
Edition: First edition
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vancouver School District, Vancouver, WA
Date published: 1988
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. New. 29 p. Includes: illustrations, maps, bibliography. Excellent children's book about Mother Joseph, a Catholic nun, an architect, an educator, and humanitarian Read More
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John C. Winston, Philadelphia
Date published: 1929
Description: Very good. Signed by previous owner. Pages are very bright w/lovely illustrations; cloth cover is worn at edges & spine; binding is secure. 234 p. Includes illustrations. Sewn binding; cloth over boards, COLOR & BW illustrations/drawings; light printer's smudge? blue ink) on pg 111 and page edges Beautifully illustrated with an exceptionally "better than average" treatment of the role of Native Americans in US history. Textbook format Read More
Edition: First edition
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Rose Wind Press, Vancouver, WA
Date published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780963123244ISBN:0963123246
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. 257 p. Includes: illustrations, index. Includes glossary, index and epilogue. This book takes you to unexpected destinations throughout the world--Arctic to Antarctic, from early space launches to the century's first birth of an elephant in North America. Richards began his reporting career in the early 1930's, a graduate of the University of Washington who took shorthand. He covered Southwest Washington and Oregon most of his life, learning to fly in single ... Read More
Edition: First edition
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Rose Wind Press, Vancouver, Washington
Date published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780963123282ISBN:0963123289
Description: New. No dust jacket. 191 p. Includes: illustrations, maps, index, bibliography. Includes illustrations, footnotes, extensive addendum and index, crew lists and log book entries Edward W. Taylor penned this extraordinary journal aboard the American frigate USS United States while guarding Admiral ap Catesby Jones, controversial Commander of the Pacific Fleet in the early 1840s. The flagship often outsailed her sisterships: Constitution and Constellation. Taylor served in the capture of Monterey, ... Read More
Edition: First edition
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Rose Wind Press, Vancouver, WA
Date published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780963123275ISBN:0963123270
Description: New. No dust jacket. Signed by author. 233 p. Includes: illustrations, maps, index, bibliography. Highly researched and generously illustrated story of Methodism in the Pacific Northwest, from the personal perspective of a small community that developed with the church and the State of Washing Washington history finds many interesting avenues in this fascinating account of Methodism's first 150 years in the Pacific Northwest. The rugged challenges faced by 19th Century itinerant ministers and ... Read More
Edition: Special Edition for 100th Anniversary
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Seattle-First National Bank, Seattle
Date published: 1970
Description: Connolly, John F. art director. Fine in fair dust jacket. Book is very fine, issued in a protective paper jacket which has faded & torn. 120 p. Includes illustrations. Cloth over boards, sewn binding, 8.5"x11" Northwest banking history, early Seattle, settlement in Washington, trade, development, and early business pioneers. Includes gold rush and primary industries of the Northwest. Sea-First became a part of Bank of America Read More
Edition: Believed first edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: S.L. Parsons
Date published: 1911
Description: FairSigned by previous owner. Great reading copy! Edges worn, hinges loose but pages tightly sewn; age staining, wonderful photos circa 1911 or earlier. 224 p. Includes illustrations. Read More
Edition: Extremely rare soft cover edition; illustrated; 50 illustrations
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: M.A. Donohue & Company, Chicago
Date published: 1893
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. Signed by previous owner. Soft cover has minor wear & scuff marks; binding still tight but spine is cracked & chipped w/age. Pencil highlighting inobtrusive. First edition. 214 p. Includes illustrations. Extremely rare paperback from 1890's based on true stories about Texas people & places in mid-19th century Texas A highly collectible copy of a 19th Century paperback, minor pencil underlining but lightly read copy. Aged condition ... Read More
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: F. Tennyson Neely, NY & London
Date published: 1903
Description: FineSigned by previous owner. Very fine, collectible copy. First owner's bookplate in front. Cloth over boards, sewn binding, 54 p. Audience: General/trade. Cover not as shown--gold stamped. Illustrated with drawings and photos. Lovely little volume. Read More
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Binford & Mort, Portland, OR
Date published: 1969
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Book is as new; cover has slight printed spotting & slight crease marks on spine & lower right corner. Binding & pages tight & clean. 5 p. L., 8-651 p. 22 cm. Read More
