Stockton, CA: University of the Pacific, 1968. 63pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Illustrated wrappers. Near fine. Contains the Morgan piece, 'New Light on Ashley and Jed Smith: Good luck and a sharp eye find missed data in an old paper.' Saunders 139. More
Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1995. First Edition. 247pp. Octavo [23 cm] Illustrated wrappers. Fine. Eugene England gives the Christian ethic a seductive appeal. Drawing from experiences in Utah's trout streams, visiting strife torn Los Angeles, and living in American Samoa, England demonstrates surprising ways to bring about personal and..... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1922. First Edition. 101pp. Octavo [25 cm] Brown cloth with the title printed on the spine. Near fine. Academic work on Mormon group life and culture, which would be revisited decades later by Arrington's Great Basin Kingdom. "To explain the Mormon community life in..... More
Phoenix, AZ: [State of Arizona], 1915-1918. First Editions. 8 volume set. Octavos [21.5 cm] Burgundy cloth with the titles gilt on the backstrip. Very good. Bookplates on the front pastedowns and small abrasions from tag removal at the foot of the backstrips. Internally nice. Formidable history of Arizona by the..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1933. First Edition. 296pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Tan cloth with the titles stamped in brown on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Very good. Minor fading to price clipped jacket's spine. A few small nicks at the corners. Boards and textblock nice. Signed by the..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. First Edition. 206pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Purple cloth with the title on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Very good. Minor nicking to corners of price clipped jacket. This work tells the story of mountain man Sam Lash and his love for the beautiful..... More
[Bloomington, IN]: Journal of American Folklore, [1948]. 19-30pp. Octavo [25 cm] Light yellow wrappers. Very good. Inscribed by the author on the cover. Retention copy of a three page letter from Austin Fife to Dale Morgan laid in. More
Denver: Colorado & Southern Railway, 1910. [46]pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Gray printed wrappers. Very good. Promotional work from the Colorado & Southern Railway that offers views and descriptions of a few of the scenic delights that a passenger might see. "How long ago these towering mountains were lifted from the..... More
St. Paul: Great Northern Railway, [1927]. 40pp. Octavo [23 cm] Tan printed wrappers. Near fine. Brief illustrated history of the Northwest produced for the Great Northern Railway and illustrated with black and white views and illustrations. Large folding-map [22 cm x 53.5 cm] 'Historic Adventure Land the Northwest ' present..... More
Spokane, WA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 2006. First Edition. 314pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue colored cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and the backstrip. Fine. Frontier Military Series XXV (25). Warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title: "June 1, 2006. To Hugh, Best Wishes..... More
Sequim, WA: Fletcher Family Foundation, 1999 & 2001. First Editions. 3 volumes in 2 books. 418, 445 pp. Quartos [29 cm] Red illustrated cloth with the title gilt on the front boards and backstrips. Both volumes near fine. Map endsheets and pastedowns. Signed by the authors on the title-pages of..... More
San Francisco: Thomas C. Russell, 1919. 372pp. Quarto [26 cm] 1/4 brown cloth over gray boards with a paper label on the backstrip. Very good. Minor wear to boards with the front hinge starting. Fold-out present at the rear with a closed tear. Complete with all ten colored tipped in..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1964. 1/425. 65pp. Octavo [27 cm] Gray printed boards. Fine. Fremont's maps and his Congressional report served for a decade as the basis of much of the general geographical knowledge of the West until the Pacific Railroad Exploration surveys and the King, Hayden..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1969. First Edition. 145pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title on the backstrip. Very good/Very good. Gentle rubbing to the extremities of the jacket. This is volume 56 in the 'The American Exploration and Travel Series.'. "This contemporary account of the movement of..... More
Stoughton, MA: Western Hemisphere, Inc., 1970. First Edition. 390pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Red cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board. Near fine. Fold-out map present at the rear. "If those who read Howard Gardiner's account of his experiences in California between 1849 and 1857 will thereafter return..... More
[Salt Lake City]: [1878]. 8pp. Uncut folded sheet. Gentle wear to extremities. Ink smudge on cover with numbers in ink at foot and head. Description of a meeting that took place in support of polygamy at the Salt Lake Theatre by plural wives. Includes statements from Eliza R. Snow, Phoebe..... More
Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1969. First Edition. 337pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue cloth with the title silver stamped on the backstrip. Very good/Very good. "The critical problem arising from Russian expansion across Asia was that of supplying the outermost reaches with food. Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the..... More
Los Angeles: Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, 1981. First Edition. 30pp. Folio [39 cm] 1/4 vellum over decorative paper boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. Private bookplate on the front pastedown. This edition was limited to 300 numbered copies containing an original leaf on handmade paper..... More
Salt Lake City: Bureau of Information, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1918. 24pp. Duodecimo [18.5 cm] Green printed wrappers. Very good. "Although constant reference is made in this treatise to the loyalty of the Mormon people, mainly because of the persistent falsehoods circulated by hireling agitators in..... More
Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press, 1963. 403-415pp. Octavo [23 cm] Side stapled wrappers. Near fine. From the 'American Quarterly' (Vol.15-No.3). Association copy. Inscribed by the author for Dale Morgan. "With highest regards - a small work in the area of your great competence. Bill Goetzmann." More
Salt Lake City: Tanner Trust Fund / J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, 2001. First Edition. 242pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/2 black cloth over red cloth with the title silver stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Color map endsheets and pastedowns. Signed by the editor..... More
Gerald, MO: The Patrice Press, 1986. First Edition. 81pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Illustrated throughout with photographs and maps. "Graydon distilled his experience in this set of maps, and using them the traveler can drive..... More
Salt Lake City: The Prairie Dog Press, 1991. First Edition, 1/274. 58pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt on the front board and backstrip. Fine/Fine. This edition limited to 274 numbered copies, this is copy 271. Signed and numbered by the author. Errata sheet laid in. This..... More
Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1928. First Edition. 361pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Green cloth with the title and rules gilt stamped on the backstrip. Gilt top edge. Near fine. Fold-out map present. Prospectus laid in. This pioneering study by Hafen, the first book published by the Clark Company for the..... More
Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith Publishers, 1993. Revised Edition. 296pp. Quarto [31.5 cm] Bown cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Career retrospective of the noted western artist. From 1900 until his death in 1946, Maynard Dixon (1874-1946) wandered, explored, and observed..... More