London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1873. First U.K. Edition. 400pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 3/4 red sheep over marbled boards with the title and bands gilt stamped on the backstrip. Extremities rubbed with some splitting to the hinges. Endsheets foxed. This U.K. printing preceded the American first by a year. This..... More
Elgin, IL: David C. Cook Publishing Co., (c.1960). 61pp. Sexagesimo-quarto (64mo) [5.5 cm] White buckram covers with the title stamped in dark green on the front panel. Very good. Illustrated with six full-page woodcuts. "Your Little Bible: When the early Hebrews went to prayer in the morning, they wore on..... More
Norman: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2006. First Edition. 178pp. Octavo [24 cm] Burgundy cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. Prospectus laid in. The massacre at Haun’s Mill is a defining moment in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or Mormon..... More
The Pacific Historical Review, 1948. 383-409pp. Octavo [25 cm] Side-stappled wrappers. Very good. Saunders 148. More
Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1986. First Edition. 414pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Burgundy cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Along with selected correspondence concerning Morgan's views on the history of the Latter-day Saints, this book publishes even scattered draft..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1947. First Edition. 432pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Green cloth with gilt stamped titles on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Very good. Price-clipped jacket is nicked at the corners and spine faded. According to Saunders: "Great Salt Lake dealt more with the historical context of the..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1947. First Edition. 432pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Green cloth with gilt stamped titles on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Very good. Signed on a special tipped-in sheet that is attached to front flyleaf. Bobbs-Merrill's series on American lakes was sponsored as an attempt to recapture..... More
Ogden: The Historical Records Survey, 1939. First Edition. 259pp. Quarto [27.5 cm] Tan printed wrappers with a binder's tape backstrip as issued. Very good. Minor wear to covers. Mimeographed contents. The first published work by Dale Morgan is this W.P.A. guide. "Morgan's first monographic work was actually his second completed..... More
Berkeley, CA: Friends of the Bancroft Library, University of California, 1962. Keepsake 10. 95pp. Octavo [26 cm] Gray wrappers. Fine. Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. This guide to a museum exhibit was numbered into the keepsake series but not identified as such in the publication itself. It described exhibits..... More
Georgetown, CA: Talisman Press, 1993. 2 volume set. 457, 458-825pp. Octavos [23.5 cm] Burgundy 1/4 burgundy buckram over salmon boards with the titles gilt on the backstrips and printed on the front boards. Both volumes near fine in like jackets. An edited compilation of primary sources from the first year..... More
Georgetown, CA: Talisman Press, 1993. 2 volume set. 457, 458-825pp. Octavos [23.5 cm] 1/4 black leather over marbled boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Housed in a salmon colored slipcase. Near fine. The printing of this book was limited to 100 copies, this is copy 40. Signed..... More
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1956. First Edition. 51pp. Elephant folio [39 cm x 54 cm] Illustrated cloth. Near fine. A centennial reprint of Rand McNally's first western atlas and facsimiles from period publications, combined with narratives authored by Morgan concerning the map of each state. Saunders 28. More
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1969. First Edition. 80pp. Folio [36.5 cm x 29 cm] Illustrated cloth. Near fine. A centennial reprint of Rand McNally's first western atlas and facsimiles from period publications, combined with narratives authored by Morgan concerning the map of each state. This volume contains the same material but..... More
San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1954. First Edition. 86pp. Folio [44 cm] Red cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. Complete with all seven maps. The four page prospectus is laid in. This volume was the logical extension of Morgan's biography of Jedediah Smith. Morgan and..... More
Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2007. First Edition. 424pp. Octavo [24 cm] Gray cloth with the title stamped in red on the backstrip. Fine/Fine. Signed by the editor on the front free endsheet. This compilation of Dale Morgan's historical work on Indians in the Intermountain West focuses primarily on..... More
Denver: Old West Publishing Company, 1964. First Edition. 341pp. Large quarto [35 cm] Gray cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip and an illustration by Catlin of Eagle's Ribs in red on the front board. Near fine. Morgan considered this volume, the fruit of two decades of research..... More
Denver: Old West Publishing Company, 1964. First Edition. 341pp. Large quarto [35 cm] 3/4 tan calf over brown cloth with a gilt stamped red label on the backstrip. Housed in a matching brown cloth slipcase . Near fine. Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. The printing of this book was..... More
Ogden and Salt Lake City: The Utah Historical Records Survey, 1938-1941. 16 volumes. Quartos [27 cm] Printed wrappers. Mimeographed contents. All are very good or better. - Inventory of the County Archives of Utah. No. 23. Tooele County (Tooele City) - Inventory of the County Archives of Utah. No. 5..... More
New York: Edward Eberstadt & Sons, 1949-1954. Catalogs 125-135. 11 catalogs. Octavos [23 cm] Illustrated wrappers. All very good. The Eberstadt's were the most significant dealer in Americana through the mid-twentieth century. Between 1949 and 1953 the Eberstadt's hired Morgan to write descriptions for their catalogs. Since they were authored..... More
New York: Hastings House, 1949. First Edition. 1348pp. Octavo [22 cm] Blue cloth with gilt stamped titles on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Morgan authored the section titled 'Mountain States.' This monumental travel and tour guide to the United States and its cities includes notes on mileage..... More
New York: Hastings House, 1949. First Edition. 1047-1348pp. Octavo [22 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt on the backstrip in a red panel. Very good. Morgan authored the section titled 'Mountain States.' This item is the last part of either a five-volume off print or variant issue of the..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1946. First Edition. 436pp. Octavo [21 cm] Gray cloth with the title stamped in blue on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Contains two short works from Morgan: 'Rain' (an excerpt) and 'Mormon Storytellers' This compilation..... More
New York: W.W. Norton, 1949. First Edition. 320pp. Octavo [22 cm] Orange cloth with the title in gilt relief on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Jacket is priced clipped. Morgan authored the essay titled 'Salt Lake City of the Saints.' This essay shows some of the stylistic tooth which Morgan..... More
Ogden: Ogden City Commission, October, 1940. First Edition. 77pp. Octavo [23 cm] Tan wrappers with an illustration of the Weber County Building. Near fine. Second state with the text block and covers trimmed square. Pre-print of the Proposed Inventory of Municipal Archives of Utah. Prepared by the Utah Historical Records..... More
New York: Hastings House, 1941. First Edition. 595pp. Octavo [21 cm] Blue cloth with gilt stamped titles on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Very good.Jacket is priced clipped and shows some nicking and wear to extremities. Name in ink on front free endsheet. Sponsored by the Utah State Institute..... More