Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1971. First Edition. 500pp. Octavo [23 cm] Pictorial boards. Near fine/Near fine. Inscribed by the subject, subject's wife, and the author on the front free endsheet. Biography of the Senators/Twins legend and Cooperstown inductee (1984). Harmon Killebrew (1936-2011) was one of the most feared..... More
Logan: Utah State University, June, 1963. First Edition. 64pp. Octavo [23 cm] Light blue printed wrappers. Very good. Sunning and gentle bumping to extremities. This monograph offers significant contributions to Arrington's earlier work, 'Great Basin Kingdom'. An interesting monograph on the economic development of the individual states of the Mountain..... More
Logan: Utah State University Press, 1963. First Edition. 103pp. Octavo [24 cm] Gray printed yapp style wrappers. Gentle wear at extremities of covers. Very good. Inscribed by Arrington on the title page. Uncommon monograph by the celebrated historian on Bingham Canyon Mine. Bingham Canyon, located southwest of Salt Lake City..... More
Portland, OR: Northwestern States Mission, 1975. 33 1/3 Long-playing record [30 cm] Very good. Recording of two talks, distributed the Northwestern States Mission of the LDS Church, and pressed on blue vinyl by Century Custom Recording Service of Portland. Cover art by Stan Wood. More
London: David Bogue, 1849. First Edition. 207pp. Octavo [20 cm] Contemporary 3/4 leather over light brown boards. Decorative gilt stamping to backstrip. Very good. Repair to front hinge. Frontis map of the gold fields of California. Bookplate from the noted California collector, Daniel Guatave Volkmann, on the front pastedown. Consulting..... More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1915. Early printing. 63pp. Duodecimo [18.5 cm] Off white boards with decorative front board. Better than very good. Warmly inscibed by Heber J. Grant to J. Eastman Hatch on the front free endsheet: "Brother and Sister Joseph Eastman Hatch with Sincere Congratulations of your..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1943. First Edition. 324pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Gray cloth with the title gilt on the backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Subtle age-toning to spine of price clipped jacket. Nice copy of the 24th title in the Rivers of America series. Illustrated by Doris Lee. The St..... More
Ephraim, UT: Christensen & Son, (c.1908). Carte de Visite. Silver gelatin photograph [7 cm x 5 cm] on a gray Christensen & Son mount [11 cm x 7.5 cm] Manuscript identification on the reverse. Nice condition. "Mr. Mrs. Freeman Oviatt arrived Tuesday from Idaho and will spend the winter at..... More
Salt Lake City: Olympus Publishing Company, 1977. First Edition. 264pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] White printed boards. Near fine/Fine. An unusually clean copy of this history of labor in Territorial Utah, by a professor of economics at BYU. More
Salt Lake City: Olympus Publishing Company, 1984. First Edition. 429pp. Octavo [23 cm] Tan illustrated wrappers. Near fine. Prospectus laid in. Signed by the author on the front free endsheet. Illustrated with maps and portraits. "The story that unfolded from the Mormon involvement in the California Gold Rush was one..... More
Sacramento, CA: California State Library, 1893. First Edition. 711pp. Octavo [23 cm] Full calf with gilt stamped labels on the backstrips. Very good. Bookplate on front pastedown and inscription on the front free endsheet. Expertly rebacked with the original leather labels laid down. Gentle rubbing to corners. Publications of the..... More
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1949. Single page letter on Dobie personal letterhead [14 cm x 22 cm] with original mailing label. Both in nice condition. "Dear Mr. Caskey: I trust ypou received the autographed copies of the Voice of the Coyote. I was delighted to brand these. If it any time you want a...... More
Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1993. First Edition. 297pp. Octavo [23 cm] Illustrated wrappers. Near fine. - 'Scientific Foundations of Mormon Theology' by David H. Bailey - 'The New Biology and Mormon Theology' by James L. Farmer, William S. Bradshaw, and F. Brent Johnson - 'The 1911 Evolution Controversy at..... More
Yosemite, CA: Tourist Office, 1907. 113pp. Duodecimo [17 cm] Green printed wrappers. Binder's tape to backstrip. About very good. Gentle overall wear with tape to front hinge. Illustrated throughout including 25 full page views. Both fold-out maps present (Yosemite Valley and Routes to Yosemite). Advertisements at front and back, including..... More
Bern: Drud von Suter & Lierow, 1890. Fifth edition. 299pp. Sextodecimo [16 cm] Full leather with decorative gilt stamping and title to front board. Decorative blind stamping to rear board. A.E.G. Crown of rubbed backstrip bumped and pulled. Extremities of boards rubbed. Internally clean. J. M. Sjodahl was the editor..... More
[Salt Lake City]: Deseret News Press, [1934]. [5pp] Duodecimo [18 cm] Stapled printed wrappers. better than very good. '50' in ink at top right corner of cover otherwise better than very good. Christmas greeting from the First Presidency. "Almost two millenniums ago, the Son of God was born among men..... More
St. Paul, MN: Great Northern Railway, 1929. 48pp. Quarto [27.5 cm] Color wrappers. Near fine. Illustrated promotional item for the prospective visitor to Glacier and Waterton, produced by the Great Northern. Includes a description of the parks which is followed by detailed descriptions of the various accommodations in the parks..... More
Manchester, NH: Printed by the Clarke Press, 1947. Pictorial map [76 cm x 54 cm] / [30" x 21"] printed in three colors. Better than very good. A commemorative map funded by the Burlington & Quincey Railroad Company to celebrate the centennial of the Mormon settlement of Salt Lake City..... More
[Salt Lake City]: The Deseret News Press, 1923. 32pp. Sextodecimo [18 cm] Gray printed wrappers. About very good. Damp staining to head of covers and textblock. Signed by Heber J. Grant at the foot of printed greeting on the verso of the front free endsheet. Memoir of a man who..... More
Los Angeles: Clymer Motors, 1945. 'Deluxe Edition' [Second Edition]. 78pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Burgundy boards with gilt stamped titles on the front board and backstrip. Better than very good. Minor rubbing to corners. Signed by Jenkins at the foot of a typed personalized bookplate that is on the front pastedown..... More
1940. Large silver gelatin photograph [33 cm x 24 cm] / [13" x 9.5"] on a tan mount. Titled, signed, and dated in pencil on the mount beneath the image. Minor age toning to mount with a few small bumps and chips. Image has strong contrasts. California Camera Club label..... More
Sharon, CT: Folk-Legacy Records, Inc., 1964. 33 1/3 Long-playing record [30 cm] A few small scratches with gentle wear to sleeve. Jonathan Golden Kimball (1853-1938) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and was a prominent and well-known leader of the LDS Church, serving as a member of the First..... More
Denver: Old West Publishing Company, 1960. First Edition. 304pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Very good/Very good. Gentle wear to corners of jacket. map endsheets and pastedowns. "In 1866, after a brilliant Civil War career, Captain (Brevet Major) Andrew Burt marched with..... More
Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Quarterly, October, 1928. Volume 1 - Number 4. [101]-128pp. Octavo [23 cm] Gray printer wrappers. Very good. Fourth issue of this important and long-running periodical. Articles are: 'Personal Recollections of Wash-a-kie, Chief of the Shoshones' by P.L. Williams - 'Father Escalante and the Utah..... More
Iowa City, IA: The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1937. First Edition. 575pp. Octavo [24 cm] Green cloth with the title and borders gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Book has been placed in a 1968 reprint jacket, with '1968' crossed out and '1937 1st ED'..... More