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'''Howell-North Books''' was a book publishing company based in Berkeley, California.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1148040/index.htm |title=If You're a Turned-on Water Rat, You'll Want to Drift Down - 09.09.68 - SI Vault |access-date=2012-05-19 |archive-date=2013-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130710053831/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1148040/index.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> They specialized in American history, in particular railroadiana, the American West, and nautical history. They were active from at least 1959 to 1981.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/kqed/fillmore/resources/biblio.html|title=PBS | the Fillmore: Bibliography|website=PBS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://trademarks.justia.com/732/42/howell-north-books-73242695.html|title = HOWELL-NORTH BOOKS Trademark - Registration Number 1179081 - Serial Number 73242695 :: Justia Trademarks}}</ref>
==Select Bibliography== *''Mansions on Rails: The Folklore of the Private Rail Car'', Lucius Beebe (1959) *''Eight Immortal Flavors: Secrets of Cantonese Cookery from San Francisco's Chinatown'', Johnny Kan and Charles L. Leong. (1963) *''The Thousand Mile Summer, Colin Fletcher'' (1964) * {{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Reproduction-Thompson-Illustrations-Biographical-Prominent/dp/B000EDOHLG|editor=David F. Myrick|title=Reproduction of Thompson and West's History of Nevada 1881, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers|publisher=Howell-North Books|location=Berkeley, California|year=1958|asin=B000EDOHLG}} *''Snowplow: Clearing Mountain Rails'',<ref>{{cite book|title=Snowplow: Clearing Mountain Rails|isbn = 0831070609|last1 = Best|first1 = Gerald M.|year = 1966}}</ref> Gerald M. Best (1966)
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