Clearfield, UT: Gnolaum Books, 2004. First Edition. 504pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Black cloth with the title gilt on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Abraham Hoagland Cannon (1859-1896) lived his life in the shadow of his father, the prominent politician businessman, and LDS Church First Presidency member George..... More
San Francisco: Printed by John Henry Nash, 1935. First Edition, 1/650. [ii]-xx+[1]-20pp. Quarto [28 cm] 1/4 teal cloth over teal boards with a paper label on the backstrip. In blank teal dust jacket. Near fine/Near fine. Decorative header art by William F. Rauschnabel. This work was printed in a limitation..... More
Provo, UT: Provo City Corporation, 2003. First Edition. 263pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Red illustrated wrappers. Fine. Inscribed by the author to David Bigler on the half-title: "David, I hope you enjoy the trip down this trail leading to Provo's origins. D. Robert Carter." Illustrated with black and white views throughout..... More
London: Smith, Elder, and Co, 1857. First Edition. 346+16pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Yellow pebbled cloth. Wear to corners and sunning to backstrip. Bookplate on front pastedown and name blind stamped on the front free endsheet. Otherwise very good. Chandless crossed the plains as a wagon driver in the summer of..... More
Denver, CO: Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, 1926. [30pp.] Octavo [23.5 cm] Tan illustrated wrappers. Better than very good. Promotional piece for the D&RGW that is illustrated with thirteen full-page tinted photographs. Images include Timpanogos, Saltair, Bryce, Taos and Ogden Canyon. "They must come to anyone with a flicker..... More
Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1967. First Edition. 322pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Burgundy cloth with title and rules gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. Spain in the West Series X (10). Nuno Beltran de Guzman ranks second only to Hernan Cortes in importance in the early conquest of New..... More
Chicago, IL: Quintessence Publishing Co, 1985. First Edition. 296pp. Quarto [24 cm] Blue cloth with gilt stamped titles on the front board and backstrip. Near fine with no marks or writing. Rare. More
[1957]. Single leaf [24 cm x 15 cm] printed on both sides in color. One side prints a map of southeastern Utah and the Four Corners area. The reverse prints brief description of Hole N" The Rock with a color image at the head of the site and portraits of..... More
Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1979. First Edition. 444pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Red cloth with title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Jacket is price clipped. Western Frontiersman Series XIX (19). Warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endsheet to a fellow doctor: "To Raymond M...... More
Spokane, WA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2002. 1/1000. 300pp. Octavo [24 cm] Red cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Housed in a matching slipcase. Near fine. Bibliography of this important Americana publisher. "The bibliography lists the titles in alphabetical order by main author or..... More
New York: United States Publishing Company, 1874. First Edition. 225pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Green beveled edge cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Very good. With map frontispiece of northern Utah and nine tipped-in plates. Narrative of the author's three months stay in Utah with..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1879. First Edition. 331pp. Octavo [20 cm] Green cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Very good. Travel narrative of a trip through the west and the author's experiences. Nice description of the Mormons, Salt Lake City, Ophir, and American..... More
Omaha, NE: Union Pacific Systems, 1929. First Edition. 40pp. Octavo [25 cm] Tan wrappers with the title and Old Faithful gold embossed with blue highlights on the cover. About very good. Gentle overall wear to covers. Illustrated guide of Yellowstone issued by Union Pacific, that offers descriptions of the various..... More
[Washington DC]: United States Government Printing Office, 1950-1955. 6 volumes. Octavos [23 cm] Black buckram with titles and bands gilt stamped on the backstrips. All volumes are better than very good. Numerous folding plates and maps. - Volume 1: Colorado River Storage Project (House Report 1774); Colorado River Storage Project..... More
[Waltham St Lawrence]: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. First Edition, 1/600. 56pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] 1/2 yellow cloth over blue marbled boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Very good. This work was printed and illustrated by Robert Gibbings in an edition of 600 numbered copies, this is..... More
Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1999. 186pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Dark blue buckram with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Early Oregon Trail travel narrative. According to Eberstadt: "The personal narrative of an Argonaut of 1851, with details of hardships and adventures on the..... More
Bismark, ND: Capital Book Co., 1926. First Edition. 324pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Jacket is nicked at corners and the faded spine has tape at the crown. Book is in nice condition. Complete with map and all plates..... More
Provo: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1997, 2005, 2012. First Edition. 3 volume set. 477, 501, 467pp. Quartos [27 cm] All volumes bound in full cloth with the titles gilt on the backstrips. All volumes near fine in like jackets. Bookplates on the front pastedowns. All volumes signed on..... More
Salt Lake City: [The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] General Board of Y.M. and Y.L.M.I.A., 1930. 248pp. Octavo [23 cm] Tan wrappers. About very good. wear to extremities of covers with pencil notes to endsheets. Health guide produced for the Young Men's and Young Women's groups of the..... More
Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1918. First Edition. 352pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Red cloth with title and rules gilt stamped on backstrip. Top edge gilt. Very good. Name in ink at head of front free endsheet. Fold-out map present. The first publication of these accounts served in large part to..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. 2 volumes. 142,143pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] 1/4 blue cloth over gray boards with the titles printed on the front boards and backstrips. About very good. Boards age-toned at extremities with the corners gently rubbed and bumped. Small lib. Ink stamp at the upper left..... More
Sacramento: California Alaska-Yukon Exposition Commission, 1909. 172pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Blue cloth with nice color illustrated panels laid over. Very good. Bookplate on the front free endsheet. Work touting the Golden State that was produced for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exhibition that was held in Seattle in 1909. Printed by..... More
Kansas City, MO: Published by Fred Harvey, 1923. Seventh edition. 74pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Gray printed wrappers. Backstrip gently faded otherwise very good. Illustrated with diagrams and black and white images throughout. "The purpose of this guide is to point out the more important relations of the rocks and to..... 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