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Last modified May 10, 2008


On the left is a picture of me before I started selling books. On the right is the "after" picture. This is what bookselling can do to you. I actually started selling books by mail in 1974. In 1978 I started "The Business" a "bricks and mortar" store in Anacortes, WA. Pacific Rim Used Books started selling books on the internet in 1995 as a part of The Business.    Anacortes, Washington, is located on Fidalgo Island off the Northwest corner of the state.

Thanks to all our customers who have made 13 years of internet book selling worthwhile.

Glen Des Jardins


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A collection of 19 Inuit / Eskimo art catalogs. Click on the thumbnail for more pictures and information.






A unique 1910 Oregon Map. Click on the thumbnail for more pictures and information.




Asses To Airstreams

True Travel Tales (with some exaggeration)

By Glen Des Jardins

New Book-- Knw-Yer-Own Press. 2007 with 146 pages and 70 b&w photos. Part autobiography, part Old Airstream, part geezer philosophy and....some humor. $20. (We have multiple copies)

More pictures, information and chapter excerpts at

Asses To Airstreams



Turning Wheels the Studebaker Story (1954)

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6.75 x 10 inch comic book format with 14 pages, the story of Studebaker, Studebaker cars, trucks, wagons and all the rest.

This comic is in fair to good condition with 3 ring punches on the left margin, yellowing pages, a light crease at the top from the owner typing his name and address, and some other creases and light chipping. The staples are rusty. One page has ink writing on the top

$40


Eighteen early Catalogs from Oak Knoll Books, Including the first Nine
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All are in good to very good shape with light soiling, light shelf wear, very small page corner creases and rusty staples. Catalogue twenty has ink on the cover and minor ink inside.

Catalogues one through nine are present. In addition there is Catalogue twelve, thirteen, fifteen, sixteen, eighteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-three and thirty-two.

$50 for all.

A Collection of old "Northwest Gardens" magazines
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Cecil Solly was the editor until 1939, Orrin Hale follows. In 1942 the title changes to "Northwest Gardens and Homes." There are interesting articles and ads.

All copies are in good condition. Most have rusty staples and light soiling with an occasional rip along the spine. There's an occasional small address label on the backs

November 1936, March 1937 Has a bit of chipping/small tears and some writing on the cover. Short tears on the back cover, December 1938, November 1939, December 1939,November 1942, December 1942, February 1943, February 1944, November 1944, December 1944, June 1945, July 1945, October 1945, February 1946, September 1946, October 1946, November 1946, January 1947, February 1947, March 1947, September 1947, October 1947, November 1947 has a chipped corner

$50 for all

Territory of Alaska Map, Circa 1956

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22 x 34 inches, published by the Map Corporation of America, circa 1956. The flip side has maps of Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau and Ketchikan. The front cover has some light soiling. The edges of the front cover are "bumped" a bit. There is one 3 inch tear on the top center of the map, in a fold. $25

Mostly Square Dance Book Collection


1912 Vancouver, WA Real Estate Map

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17 X 17 inches. "Compliments of Edson M. Rowley Real Estate Dealer." Compiled by W. P. Homan, December 1912. Rowley additions are in red, railroad property in blue. There is a 3 inch tear along one fold on the right side. $25
10782 Darling, J. N., ("Ding") The Cruise of the Bouncing Betsy A Trailer Travelogue Frederick A. Stokes Fair to good. Wear and soiling on the covers and spine. There is a 1/2 tear in the cloth on the bottom of the front "gutter." No dust wrapper. 1937 hardback with 96 pages and wonderful cartoon illustrations by the author. Ding Darling was an editorial cartoonist in Iowa, a conservationist and the father of the federal duck stamp program. The story of a winter trailer trip from Iowa in 1937 to Captiva Island on the Florida Gulf Coast. Recreation Vehicle, Ding Darling, Captiva Island, Florida. $125

Included with this book is a 26 page booklet, Wildlife Drive Guide--J.N."Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge This is the area mentioned in The Cruise of the Bouncing Betsy above. This book and other Trailering and RV books are listed on our Airstream Page



"L" CO 2D BN 1ST INF. TR REG. T.C. 1 Camp Pendleton, Calif, 11 July 1953 A black and white panoramic photo, 24.5 inches wide and 9 inches high. This picture has been stored "rolled up," so it doesn't want to lay flat. There are two brown stains on the right side, otherwise it is in good condition. United States Marine Corps USMC. $50


11036 Alaska Steamship Company S. S. Alameda, J. Ramsauer, Commander Alaska Steamship Company Very good with light shelfwear and soiling. June 24, 1931 cardstock menu, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, with a sepia picture of "an old Alaska highway" on the front and the menu on the back. Ephemera, Alaska Steamship Company, S. S. Alameda, Ships, The Alaska Line $20

From our Alaska Page



7932 Kooy, Dr. J. M. J. and Prof. Dr. Ir J. W. H. Uytenbogaart Ballistics Of The Future With Special Reference To The Dynamical And Physical Theory Of The Rocket Weapons The Technical Publishing Company Very good. No dust wrapper. Contains errata sheet . 1946 hardback with 472 pages, index, photos, maps and 11 fold-outs, signed by both authors.WW2, WWII, World War Two. Nazi Germany. Vengeance weapons. V1, V2. Fold outs have drawings of rocket components. Netherlands. WW2, WWII, World War Two. Nazi Germany. Vengeance weapons. V1, V2. Netherlands. Aviation, aerospace. $1,000

This book is featured on our Aviation and Aerospace Page and on ourWorld War II Page


m03 U.S. Air Force Sound Effects U.S. Air Force Firepower Audio Fidelity DFS 7012 Good to very good. There are surface scratches. The inner sleeve is good with a little soiling. The outer sleeve is good. A 1 inch by 1/4 inch piece is missing from the middle, left side of the cover. The right bottom and top of the covers have short rips. 1962 12 inch vinyl lp, stereo, sound effects, misc., with a total of 38 tracks with everything from sonic booms to a nuclear bomb explosion on Yucca Flat, Nevada. Aviation, U. S. Airforce. Sound Effects, U.S. Airforce, Aviation, Nuclear Bomb. $20