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 14 years of internet book selling worthwhile.
Glen Des Jardins
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The Pacific Christian Advocate, an incomplete run of 23 issues from April 1911 to February 1912. Robert H. Hughes is the editor. 8 x 11.75 inches with 31 pages, most issues have some tears and chipping, occasional light moisture stains and penciling as well as rusty staples. First published in Portland Oregon in 1855 by the Methodist Church, it was discontinued in 1930. Oregon, Washington, Idaho and others states are covered with religious and secular news and photos. There are missionary reports and many interesting ads -- everything from church bells to baking powder. $50
12011 Boeing 747 Passenger Airplane -- Spiral bound paperback from 1969, 11 x 8.5 inch with many illustrations, graphs and tables. A very early sales book with 8 tabs listing general, systems, options, performance, accomodations, water injection option, etc. Good with some soiling and wear on the covers. There's a light, 1 x 2 inch, stain on the back cover. $50
11981 Purinton, Edward Earle, The Soul In Silhouette With Tracings Here and There. Published by The Acme Publishing Co. in 1904, a hardback with 100 pages in good condition. There are moisture stains on the spine and a few on the front cover. No dust wrapper. A book of poetry from a Naturopathic Dr. who wrote naturopathic, self-help and business books that are still in print. His inscription over the frontis photo is "Lovingly Yours, Edward Earle Purinton." $175
11936 Phillippay, Minola Kahlotus Is Home, Published by Steamboat Pilot, First edition 1973 Hardback with 82 pages. Very good condition with the previous owner's name in ink inside. No dust wrapper. An interesting account of the author's life in early eastern Washington state. Kahlotus, WA Kahlotus, WA, Pacific Northwest, Washington State, autobiography, Minola Phillippay $60
11930 Metsker, Thomas C., Metsker's Atlas Of Skagit County Washington Published by Metsker's in 1972. 45 pages, in very good condition. The lettering on the cover is a bit faded. The covers have light shelf wear. Embossed, limp vinyl covers, 16.5 x 14 inches. There's a one page index to the maps with places, plats & additions. Property owners in October, 1972 are listed where space allows. Pacific Northwest, Washington State, Skagit County, Maps, history, Metsker's. $75
8822 Gilmore, Melvin Randolph Uses Of Plants By The Indians Of The Missouri River Region, Published by the Government Printing Office. 1919 7X11 inches with 154 pages, b&w photos and illustrations. First edition hardback with 154 pages. In good condition. Bottom and top of the spine and cover corner edges lightly worn, the occasionial penciled "x" in the margins, penciled paragraph on the rear free end paper. Native American, First Nation, herbs, plants, Missouri river $100
11919 Jones, Morgan P., The Chiefs Of Cambria, A Welsh Tale Of The Eleventh Century Published by The Abbey Press in 1901. Hardback with 250 pages in fair to good condition. Covers have wear and soiling. Page edges are dusty and soiled. No dust wrapper. There are b&w photos and illustrations and a frontis picture of the author. Historical Fiction, Wales, Welsh $200
7029 United States Tennessee Valley Authority Design Of TVA Projects Technical Report No. 24, 3 volume set Government Printing Office Very good. Vol. one has slightly scraped lettering on the spine. Faint bumping one corner of Vol. 3. Each vol. has a small name and address in two places inside. Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA, Dams. 1952, 1953 and 1959 . There are many illustrations photos, tables, charts and graphs as well as a fold out map. Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA, Dams $125