Casper, WY: Prairie Publishing Company, 1938. 104pp. Duodecimo [18.5 cm] Illustrated wrappers. Very good. Diary of a summer ranger in the park. "I have attempted here to depict, from actual experience, a summer as a ranger naturalist with the National Park Service in Yellowstone National Park. The name 'Ninety Day..... More
Norman: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2008. First Edition. 546pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title silver stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Volume 10 in the ambitious and well received 'Kingdom in the West' series. The Utah War of 1857-58, the unprecedented armed confrontation between..... More
Norman, OK: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 2008. First Edition. 492pp. Octavo [24 cm] Light blue cloth with blue panels on the front board and backstrip with silver stamped titles. Fine. Volume 10 in the 'Kingdom of the West' series. Warmly inscribed by the editor: "To David Bigler, friend, teacher..... More
Caldwell: Caxton Printers, 1980. First Edition. 259pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Orange cloth with the title stamped in black on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Minor rubbing to extremities of jacket. Inscribed by the author to fellow historian, Will Bagley, on the title page. Nice association copy. One..... More
Bellevue, WA: Family Research and Development, 1996. First Edition. 939pp. Quarto [28 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. This publication names nearly 10,000 descendants of John D. Lee, the only person charged and convicted of the atrocities of the Mountain Meadows..... More
Chicago: Mrs. H.B. Manford, Publisher, 1885. Revised Edition. 413pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Gray cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Good. Mild rubbing to extremities and joints of boards. Bookplate on the front flyleaf. Contemporary gift inscription on the front free endsheet. Front hinge going..... More
Salt Lake City: Smith-Pettit Foundation, 2007, 2012. First Editions. 2 volume set. 447, 590pp. Quarto [29 cm] Burgundy cloth with the title gilt on the front board and backstrip. Both volumes near fine. 'Early Patriarchal Blessings' collects 700+ patriarchal blessings given to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of..... More
Denver: Old West Publishing Company, 1960. First Edition. 304pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Very good/Very good. Gentle wear to corners of jacket. map endsheets and pastedowns. "In 1866, after a brilliant Civil War career, Captain (Brevet Major) Andrew Burt marched with..... More
Norman, OK: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2010. First Edition. 392pp. Octavo [24 cm] Rust colored cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Fine. With the onset of the Civil War, Maxwell volunteered for the First Michigan Cavalry and fought in most of the war’s major..... More
Norman, OK: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2013. First Edition. 408pp. Octavo [24 cm] Red cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Fine. Western Frontiersman Series XXXVII (37). For years Robert Newton Baskin (1837–1918) may have been the most hated man in Utah. Yet his promotion..... More
Little Rock, AR: August House, 1986. First Edition. 271pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Black cloth with gilt stamped title on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Map endsheet and pastedowns. This volume attempts to assemble all the known records of the Arkansas gold seekers. It especially makes use of the contemporary Arkansas..... More
Portland: Champoeg Press, 1954. First Edition. 84pp. Octavo [22 cm] Tan cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. This edition was printed in an edition of 500 copies. "The journal of Evan S. McComas, describing a trip from Iowa City to Oregon in 1862, contains nothing..... More
Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1979. First Edition. 517pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Gray cloth with the title gilt on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Minor rubbing to the corners of the jacket. Second published title in McConkie's landmark Messiah series. "Such in any event is the..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1947. Frederic Remington. First Edition. 157pp. Quarto [31 cm] Black cloth with gilt stamped red label on the backstrip. Near fine. Book closes with 48 full-page plates (29 in color), by the famous cowboy artist, Frederic Remington. More
Salt Lake City: The Deseret News Press, 1940. First Edition. 286pp. Duodecimo [20.5 cm] Brown cloth with gilt stamped title to the front board and again on the backstrip. Very good. Minor wear to boards with a few small spots. Inscribed by McGavin on the front free endsheet: "To /..... More
London: Hamish Hamiltan, 1978. First British Edition. 438pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Blue boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. "Coming into the Country is about Alaska and Alaskans - contemporary, for the most part, with occasional expeditions into Alaska's past. It is unforgettable blending of..... More
Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1967. First Edition. 427pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue cloth with the title in silver on the backstrip. Very good/Very good. Price-clipped jacket. "The controversy between the United States and Great Britain over the Oregon Country extended from the War of 1812 to 1846..... More
Elgin, IL: David C. Cook Publishing Co., (c.1960). 61pp. Sexagesimo-quarto (64mo) [5.5 cm] White buckram covers with the title stamped in dark green on the front panel. Very good. Illustrated with six full-page woodcuts. "Your Little Bible: When the early Hebrews went to prayer in the morning, they wore on..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1947. First Edition. 432pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Green cloth with gilt stamped titles on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Very good. Price-clipped jacket is nicked at the corners and spine faded. According to Saunders: "Great Salt Lake dealt more with the historical context of the..... More
Ogden: The Historical Records Survey, 1939. First Edition. 259pp. Quarto [27.5 cm] Tan printed wrappers with a binder's tape backstrip as issued. Very good. Minor wear to covers. Mimeographed contents. The first published work by Dale Morgan is this W.P.A. guide. "Morgan's first monographic work was actually his second completed..... More
San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1954. First Edition. 86pp. Folio [ ] Red cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Better than very good. Gentle sunning to the backstrip with a bookplate on the front pastedown. Complete with all seven maps. The four page prospectus is laid in..... More
Denver: Old West Publishing Company, 1964. First Edition. 341pp. Large quarto [35 cm] Gray cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip and an illustration by Catlin of Eagle's Ribs in red on the front board. Better than very good. Morgan's work on the hugely influential life of William..... More
Ogden: Ogden City Commission, October, 1940. First Edition. 77pp. Octavo [23 cm] Tan wrappers with an illustration of the Weber County Building. Near fine. Second state with the text block and covers trimmed square. Pre-print of the Proposed Inventory of Municipal Archives of Utah. Prepared by the Utah Historical Records..... More
New York: Hastings House, 1941. First Edition. 595pp. Octavo [21 cm] Blue cloth with gilt stamped titles on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Very good.Jacket is priced clipped and shows some nicking and wear to extremities. Name in ink on front free endsheet. Sponsored by the Utah State Institute..... More
Salt Lake City: Technical Quill, 1983. First Edition. [70]pp. Quarto [28 cm] Color illustrated wrappers. Better than very good. Internally unused. Coloring book featuring the Temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Work begins with the Kirtland Temple and continues chronologically to the then uncompleted Johannesburg Temple..... More