Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1996. First Edition. 286pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title and gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. This well-regarded, first-hand account of a Cincinnati journalist includes both his contemporaneous journal for 1850-1851 and letters sent home and published in..... More
Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1998. First Edition. 411pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title silver stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Signed by the author and the series editor on the title page, with the volume prospectus laid in. Volume 2 in the ambitious..... More
Logan: Utah State University Press, 2004. 372pp. Octavo [23 cm] Illustrated wrappers. Near fine. In 1855 the Mormons established a mission at the foot of famous Lemhi Pass near Salmon River, where the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery first crossed the Continental Divide and Sacagawea was reunited with her..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2011. First Edition. 392pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/2 Brown cloth over tan boards. Fine/Fine. Long overshadowed by the Civil War, the tragic story of this conflict involved a tense and protracted clash pitting Brigham Young's Nauvoo Legion against Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston and the U.S...... More
Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2000. First Edition. 492pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title silver stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Signed by both editors on the half-title, with the volume prospectus laid in. Volume 4 in the ambitious and well received 'Kingdom in..... More
Norman: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2008. First Edition. 496pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title silver stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Volume 12 in the ambitious and well received 'Kingdom in the West' series. This compelling documentary record presents the primary evidence that tells..... More
Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1930. First Edition. 328pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Blue cloth with title and rules gilt stamped on backstrip. Top edge gilt. Near fine. American Waterways Series II (2). "This work includes much information on the rise and development of the logging industry. Blair was a partner..... More
Springville, UT: Hobble Creek Press, 2011. First Edition. 629pp. Quarto [28 cm] 1/2 brown buckram over illustrated boards. Title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Fine. ALS from the author laid in. The author has laid in a corrected index (which is mentioned in the ALS). Biography of a young Mormon..... More
Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2000. First Edition. 497pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Bluck buckram with the title silver stamped on the front board and backstrip. Fine/Fine. Signed by both authors on the title page. Mother, daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter—an impressive line of prominent women all named Zina. One converted to..... More
Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2005. Advance Reading Copy. 595pp. Octavo [23 cm] Illustrated wrappers. Fine. Well written and researched work that contrasts the eras of the suffragist movement in Utah of the early 20th century and the anti-ERA movement of Utah of the later 20th century. "Early Utah leaders..... More
Salt Lake City: Brite Music Enterprises, 1981. 11pp. Quarto [28 cm] Gray covers. Very good. Minor crease to cover. Two faith-promoting songs for children by the prolific Janeen Brady. More
Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1998. First Edition. 476pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title silver stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Signed by the editor on the half-title, with the volume prospectus laid in. Volume 3 in the ambitious and well received 'Kingdom in..... More
Logan: Utah State University Press, 1999. 448pp. Octavo [23 cm] Illustrated wrappers. Near fine. Scoundrel's Tale is the story of Mormonism, Manifest Destiny and the conquest of California, Western exploration and settlement, the gold rush, vigilantism, and the Gilded Age. It is an amazing tale of the West, told in..... More
San Francisco: 1884. 40pp. Octavo [22 cm] Previously bound with stab holes at spine. Very good. California land promotion with sections titled: 'Description of San Luis Obispo County' - 'The Sacramento Valley and Tributary Country' - 'Amador County' - 'Butte County' - 'Colusa County' - 'El Dorado County' - 'Lake..... More
Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950. First Edition. 73pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Dark blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board. Pictorial endsheets and pastedowns. Near fine. Inscribed by U.S. Senator from Utah, Elbert D. Thomas and his wife Edna on the front pastedown. Illustrated work..... More
[New York]: [Samuel R. Wells], November, 1877. Volume 65, Number 5. 320-392pp. Octavo [23 cm] Very good. Lacks wrappers. Pages 328-331 devoted to a study of Brigham Young, the then recently deceased Mormon leader and 'American Moses.' "He possessed the faculties which give one good judgment of men, and he..... More
London: David Bogue, 1849. First Edition. 207pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Full red cloth with decorative blind stamping to boards and the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Better than very good. Frontis map of the gold fields of California. James S. Copley's bookplate on the front pastedown. Consulting what reports..... More
Salt Lake City: Howe Brothers, 1982. First Edition. 342pp. Octavo [24 cm] Red cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Very/good/Near fine. Faint rubbing to extremities to the jacket. "Quicksand and Cactus, an autobiography by Juanita Brooks, could hardly be more appropriately named. Her life began in the..... More
Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon & Sons, 1900. First Edition. 520pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Brown cloth with the title gilt on the front board and on the backstrip. Decorative blind stamped borders to boards. Better than very good. A nice copy of this work. James Stephen Brown (1828-1902) was..... More
St. Louis: Patrice Press, 1988. First Edition. 221pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Tan cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Map endsheets and pastedowns. First public appearance of this excellent trail history that was originally mimeographed and circulated internally at the National Park Service. Illustrated throughout..... More
Manti, UT: Keen Impressions, 2016. First Edition. 4 volume set. 566,437,567,576pp. Quarto [29 cm] Illustrated boards. Fine. Comprehensive history of Milburn, Utah (pop. 738) in four profusely illustrated volumes. Milburn, Utah, is a small agricultural community in Sanpete County. We locate no institutional holdings and no sales histories for this..... More
San Francisco: Smith Research Associates, 1994. First Edition. 234pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Black cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Fine/Fine. A veil of secrecy surrounds Mormon temple worship. While officially intended to preserve the sacredness of the experience, the silence leaves many Latter-day Saints mystified. What are..... More
Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1997. First Edition. 393pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title silver stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Signed by the author on the title page, with the volume and series prospecti laid in. Volume 1 in the ambitious and..... More
London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861. First Edition. 707pp. Octavo [22 cm] Green cloth with the title gilt on the backstrip and a beehive gilt on the front board. very good. Gentle wear to extremities. Complete with both fold-outs. A nice copy of this classic travel narrative, of Burton's..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First Edition. 740pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] 1/2 dark orange cloth over orange boards. Both the book and jacket are better than very good. Well received and celebrated biography of the founder of the Mormon faith. Winner of Mormon History Association's Best Book Award (2005)..... More