Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1965-1972. First Editions. 10 Volume Set. Octavos [24.5 cm] Brown cloth with title gilt on spines. All volumes near fine. "This series was Hafen's final major work in the field of Western American history. Together with noted scholars and history buffs from throughout the country..... More
Missoula, MT: Montana State University Press, 1962. 436pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Brown cloth with illustrated onlay to front board and titles in tan on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. The selections in this volume have been taken from 'The Frontier' and 'The Frontier and Midland,' a regional magazine..... More
Orem, UT: Osmond Publishing Company, 1977. First Edition. 93pp. Quarto [26 cm] Orange grained boards with the title printed on the front board and again on the backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Gentle rubbing to the corners of the jacket, with one small chip to the head of the jacket's rear..... More
Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1990. First Edition. 274pp. Octavo [24 cm] Burgundy cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Very good/Near fine. A previously unpublished journal, Hammer's account is one of the few day-to-day narratives known for the 1844 emigration. He traveled with the first "northsider" train..... More
Los Angeles: Jake Zeitlin: Primavera Press, 1932. Second Edition. 74pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Yellow boards with a paper label on the front board. Good. Minor age toning to boards front board bumped at the fore edge. Internally nice. Bibliography of California titles that contains short lists of important titles by..... More
Salt Lake City: Bureau of Information and Church Literature, [1903]. [32]pp. Oblong sextodecimo [11 cm x 15 cm] Red illustrated wrappers. Minor wear to covers. Better than very good. Illustrated work for the prospective tourist to Salt Lake City and the surrounding area, produced by the LDS Church's 'Bureau of..... More
Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon & Sons Company, 1897. Second Edition. 61pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Publisher's gray printed wrappers. Near fine. Recap of a religious debate between Ben E. Rich and Rev. Hartley in the original wrappers. Rare in this condition. Flake/Draper 7188 "From the Ogden Herald of last..... More
Salt Lake City: Eden Hill, 1982. First Edition. 530pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/2 dark brown leather over orange boards with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Map endsheets and pastedowns. Introductions by Leonard Arrington. "A scholarly and literate family history, Kindred Saints is an..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1964. First Edition. 337pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Rust colored cloth with the title on the backstrip. Very good/Very good. Gentle sunning to the jacket's spine. Volume 72 in the 'Civilization of the American Indian.'. "For many people the Sioux, as warriors and as buffalo hunters..... More
Ernestine Hatch, 1985. First Edition. 808pp. Quarto [29 cm] Red grained buckram with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Brief inscription on the front free endsheet, otherwise near fine. Excellent reference work that is a rich compilation of biographical and autobiographical reminiscences relating to the Mormon..... More
Bozeman, MT: Haynes Studios Inc, 1947. 49th Edition. 191pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Green cloth with an illustrated cover. Near fine. Long-running definitive guide for Yellowstone Park by Jack Ellis Haynes. Complete with fold-out map at the rear and illustrated throughout with black and white views and maps. "This little book..... More
Bozeman, MT: Haynes Studios Inc, 1966. 64th Edition. 192pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Illustrated wrappers. About very good. Wear to covers with a manuscript price in ink on the title page. Long-running definitive guide for Yellowstone Park by Jack Ellis Haynes. Complete with fold-out map at the rear and illustrated throughout..... More
Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, 1978. First Edition. 176pp. Quarto [27.5 cm] Tan cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Very good. "In 30 years of toting his bulky camera and heavy glass plates over the plains and mountains of the Northwest, Barry left a...... More
New York: Harper and Row, 1971. First Edition. 212pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/2 blue cloth over blue boards. Very good/Very good. Faint ink stamp at foot of fore-edge and discoloration to rear free endsheet that has bled on to jacket's rear flap. Slight lean to textblock. Signed by the author..... More
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1991. First Edition. 135pp. Octavo [22 cm] Gray cloth. Fine/Fine. Signed by Hillerman, Bulow and Ernest Franklin on the half-title page. In Talking Mysteries Hillerman discusses the craft of mystery writing, his approach to plot, characterization, and setting, and the wrinkles and twists..... More
Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1951. First Edition. 399pp. Octavo [24 cm] Tan cloth with gilt stamped leather labels on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. James Moyle (1858-1946) was a prominent Mormon on the national political scene working in both the Woodrow Wilson (Assistant Secretary to the..... More
Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2006. First Edition. 423pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title silver stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Signed by the editor and the series editor on the half-title, with the volume prospectus laid in. Volume 8 in the ambitious and..... More
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1991. 274pp. Quarto [26 cm] 1/2 red cloth over printed boards with a paper label on the backstrip. Near fine. Attractive reprint of this rare 1842 Texiana title that recounts a yachting trip in the Gulf of Mexico by a well-born English woman. "Rather, picturing her..... More
Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1961. First Edition. 475pp. Octavo [24 cm] Green cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. This work contains 204 songs from Mormon Country, compiled and edited by Lester A. Hubbard, and music transcripts by Kenly..... More
Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1961. First Edition. 268pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Red cloth with title and rules gilt stamped on the backstrip. Top edge stained. Near fine. Western Frontiersman Series VIII (8). "Benedict's major contribution to Southwest justice was in aiding in the transition from Spanish-Mexican to Anglo-American law..... More
Boston: 1934. First Edition. 160pp. Duodecimo [22 cm] Textured black cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Gentle sunning to the jacket's spine. Warmly inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf: "To Mrs. Fisk Warren, with a throw and thanks for..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1946. First Edition. 444pp. Octavo [24 cm] Green cloth with the title gilt on the backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Jacket shows gentle sunning to spine and extremities with a chip at the head of the front panel. Internally nice. By members of the faculty of..... More
South Jordan, UT: Bear Hollow Books, 2021. First Edition, 1/100. 87pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Burgundy cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Fine. Notes and commentary by Rick Grunder. "These Reminiscences are the complete contents of Lyn's original, heavily-corrected typescript I found in a box..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1941. First Edition. 290pp. Octavo [22 cm] Green cloth. Near fine/Near fine. Bookplate attached to rear flap of jacket (not attached to rear pastedown). "What you hold in your hands is the San Francisco book you have always hoped someone would have the genius to..... 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