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
Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1972. 74pp. Quarto [28 cm] Comb bound yellow wrappers with the title on the cover. Better than very good. Utah State Historical Society: Western Trail Guide Series, Number 1. Detailed and illustrated guide of the Mormon Battalion's march from Fort Leavenworth to San..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1904. First Edition. 160pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Dark green cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Gilt stamped image of the Whittier home on the front board. Better than very good. Inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf: "Ellen..... More
Bedford, MA: Applewood Books, 1997. Limited Edition. 120pp. Quarto [31.5 cm] 3/4 burgundy leather over red boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. A.E.G. Matching slipcase. Prospectus laid in. This edition was limited to 1000 numbered copies, this is copy 591. Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake..... More
Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1981. 72pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Grained burgundy buckram with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Includes black and white illustrations and pictorial endsheets. "This little volume, a chronicle of events in the life of the writer during two trips..... More
Salt Lake City: Granite Publishing Company, 1958. First Edition. 371pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Brown cloth with the title printed in off-white on the front board and backstrip. Fine/Fine. "Joseph C. rich might well be called the versatile pioneer; for pioneer he was, and a man of many talents and accomplishments..... More
Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1980. First Edition. 64pp. Oblong Quarto [21 cm x 29 cm] Bound in light blue and dark blue cloth with silver stamped titles on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Gentle rubbing to jacket near spine. Bookplate on front pastedown. Photographs by Michael Collier and..... More
Chattanooga, TN: The Southern States Mission, 1899. 284pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Rebound in black cloth with the title and bands gilt stamped on the backstrip. New endsheets and pastedowns. Good. Closed tear and tape to title page with sporadic pencil marginalia throughout. "In addition to the compilation, as published in..... More
Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 2000. 1/250. 447pp. Octavo [24 cm] Red leather with silver stamped title on the backstrip. A.E.S. Satin endsheets and pastedowns. Fine. This special edition was limited to 250 numbered copies, this is copy 54. Nice copy of the autobiography of Parley Pratt, who was..... More
Basel: Aufstieg-Verlag, 1935. Third German edition. 126pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] 1/4 blue cloth over tan marbled boards with the title printed in red on the front board. Very good. Uncommon German translation of Pratt's important theological treatise. I am able to locate two American institutional holdings (BYU, Princeton). Rare. More
Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1952. First Edition. 385pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Black pebbled cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and the backstrip. Fine. Edited and published by his grandson, Parker Pratt Robison. An exceptionally nice copy of this work of the writings of Parley..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1947. First Edition. 84pp. Octavo [21 cm] Salmon cloth boards. Jacket rubbed at extremities with a few small nicks and chips. Otherwise Very good/Very good. Map endsheets and pastedowns. "This little volume has been prepared to satisfy the curiosity of the hundreds of thousands..... More
Boulder, CO: Johnson Publishing Company, 1966. 188pp. Quarto [29 cm] Rust colored cloth with the title gilt on the backstrip. Near fine. Lacks the glassine jacket. This edition was limited to 400 signed and numbered copies, this is copy 340. " The diary of the Reverend Alexander Taylor Rankin are..... More
Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, 1948. Second printing. 290pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Brown cloth with titles in yellow on the front board and backstrip. Inscribed by the author on the recto of the front free endsheet in the year of publication. Additionally, signed by the author on an advertisement card for..... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1906. 59th Congress, 1st Session. Document No. 486. 4 volume set. 1088, 1027, 775, 542+149pp. Octavo [23 cm] 3/4 burgundy grained leather over matching cloth boards. Titles and bands gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. Bookplates on the front pastedowns. Index bound with volume..... More
London: W. Jeffs, 1861. First English Language Edition. 2 volumes. 508, 605pp. Quartos [26 cm] Publisher's blue pebbled cloth with decorative blind stamping to the boards and the title gilt stamped on the backstrips. Very good. Minor overall rubbing and wear to the boards, more so at corners. Backstrips age..... More
Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1938. First Edition. 90pp. Quarto [27 cm] 1/2 brown cloth over blue boards. Title in white on front board and on a label on the backstrip. Volume is fine. Age toning to publisher's glassine jacket. Historical Documents Institut Francais de Washington Cahier XI (11)..... More
Chicago: Northern States Mission, [1899]. 220pp. Vigesimoquarto (24mo) [13 cm] Limp blue cloth with the title printed in black on the front panel. Near fine. Flake/Draper 7180 cites the publisher as 'Missions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" and lists three institutional holdings (Huntington, LDSCHL, Community of..... More
New York: J.H. Sears & Company, 1928. First Edition. 298pp. Octavo [21 cm] Red cloth with the title stamped in black on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. A few small nicks to the head of the jacket's spine. An unusually bright copy of this work, that focuses..... More
Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon & Sons, 1892. First Edition. 468pp. Octavo [24 cm] Full grained leather with decorative gilt stamping to the boards and the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Very good. Crown chipped with loss with the corners gently rubbed. Frontis is loose..... More
[Bountiful, UT]: [c1926]. First Edition. 47pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Orange printed wrappers. Near fine. Illustrated with three plates. Variant wrappers. Book of Mormon drama, that tells the story of a battle between two Jaredite Kings: Omer (son of Shule) and his son, Jared (the usurper). The author writes that the..... More
Iowa City, IA: Prairie Press, 1966. First Edition. 26pp. Duodecimo [20.5 cm] 1/2 brown cloth over olive decorative boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Name in ink on the front free endsheet. Zirkle Robinson, with his brother, Joseph, and his brother-in-law, Wesley Rosenberger, all..... More
San Francisco: John Howell Books, 1962. First Edition. 101pp. Quarto [27 cm] Tan cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. This is not a full-length history of the Bear Flag Revolt, which alone would fill a large volume. This is..... More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1992. First Edition. 317pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Gray cloth with silver stamped titles on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Discreet remainder mark on the foot of the fore edge near the spine. A compelling autobiography of a Mormon woman is presented in this collection of..... More
Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1990. First Edition. 325pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Red cloth with the title and rules gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. American Trails Series XVII (17). "In 1844 over 1000 souls traveled west over the Platte River Road for the first time. Rumer provides..... More