In Search of Steam Donkeys: Logging Equipment in Oregon (Signed)
Hillsboro, OR: TimberTimes, 2002.
Second Printing. Hardcover.
Presentation inscription - “To ---: Nice meeting you at camp 18 3/08" - signed by the author on the title page. First Edition, Second Printing.
The author traces the development of steam logging machinery, describes logging methods and equipment, and provides anecdotes and reminiscences of those who worked as whistle punks, riggers, donkey doctors, and hooktenders.
Item #902093ISBN: 0965021300
8-1/2 x 11-1/4", forest green cloth, pictorial endpapers, 280pp, appendices, bibliography, acknowledgments, index, illustrated with details photographs diagrams, and dimensions of many types of steam logging equipment manufactured by Willamette Iron and Steel, Puget Sound Iron and Steel, and Smith & Watson Iron Works among others, also included are ten pans for construction of scale models of these machines and their accessories.
Fine in lightly rubbed dust wrapper and protective mylar.
Price: $125.00