[Salt Lake City]: University Services Corporation, 1992. 208pp. Quarto [26 cm] White blind stamped cloth. Near fine/Near fine. Profusely illustrated work on the Salt Lake Temple. Forty years of effort and sacrifice to build the Salt Lake Temple concluded on April 6, 1893, the last day of the Church's annual..... More
Fairfield: Ye Galleon Press, 1988. 71pp. Quarto [26 cm] Light blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Very good. Map endsheets and pastedowns. "Though the following Voyage was chiefly undertaken from motives of curiosity by Mr. Cox, the fur trade in the North West..... More
Salt Lake City: Publishers Press, 1987. First Edition. 65pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Tan printed wrappers. Near fine. Guidebook produced to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the LDS Church in the United Kingdom. Illustrated with maps throughout. Surprisingly uncommon, I can locate three institutional holdings (BYU - LDS CHL - Fam. Hist..... More
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1983. First Edition. 126 facsimile maps. Folio [51 cm] Blue cloth with gilt stamped titles to the front board and backstrip. Very good. Gentle sunning to extremities and backstrip. When the Corps of Discovery left the vicinity of St. Louis in 1804 to explore..... More
Denver: Artcraft Press, 1955. First Edition, 1,500. 189pp. Quarto [27.5 cm] 1/4 green cloth over light green boards with the title and rules gilt stamped on the backstrip and the front board. Very good. A few small scuffs to the front board. Large fold-out map present at the rear. This..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2011. First Edition. 304pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] 1/2 tan cloth over gray boards. "Long before Hollywood brought the landscapes of the American West to movie screens, clever impresarios invented ways of simulating the experience of western travel and selling it to mass audiences. In 1851..... More
Salt Lake City: Truth Publication Company, June, 1937 - May, 1939. Volume 3, Number 1 - Volume 4, Number 12. 240pp. 24 issues. Octavos [25 cm] Bound in green buckram with gilt bands and title on the backstrip. Better than very good. The twenty-four issues of Musser’s influential fundamentalist periodical..... More
Salt Lake City: 1944. First Edition. 154pp. Octavo [25 cm] Green printed wrappers. About very good. A few small stains to the covers. Some of this information previously appeared in Musser's 'Truth' magazine. Joseph Musser (1872-1954) was a central figure in post manifesto LDS polygamous groups, and an early follower..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1904. First Edition. 347pp. Octavo [20 cm] Burgundy cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Very good. Gentle rubbing to corners of boards. Lengthy contemporary gift inscription on the front free endsheet. "This book is offered to the consideration of..... More
Provo: N.L. Nelson, 1904. Vol. 1, Nos. 1-4. 412pp. Sextodecimo [16 cm] Black cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Very good. Complete run of this quarterly magazine, owned and edited by N. L. Nelson, professor of English, Brigham Young University, to apply theology to..... More
Flagstaff, AZ: Northern Arizona Society of Science and Art, October, 1936. First Edition. 114pp. Octavo [21 cm] Tan printed wrappers. About very good. Covers show general overall wear, more so at extremities. A few manuscript notes and underlining internally. Stories and folklore about the various clans that call Second Mesa..... More
Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1947. Fifth Printing. 372pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Dark blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and again on the backstrip. Very good. Lacks the dust jacket. Inscribed by Nibley on the front free endsheet: "To Cannon Lund / with best..... More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2002. First Edition. 247pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Burgundy boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Subtle sunning to spine of jacket. Inscribed to fellow historian, Will Bagley, on the title page. Prostitution, Polygamy, and Power reveals insights into the complex..... More
Chicago: Poole Brothers, 1938. 63pp. Quarto [25 cm] Illustrated wrappers. Better than very good. Internally nice. Promotional piece from the Northern Pacific for service to Yellowstone with descriptions of the area, lodgings, scenic features, tours, etc. Illustrated throughout with black and white views and a double-page map at the center..... More
St. Paul, MN: Allied Printing, 1949. 31pp. Square Octavo [23 cm x 20 cm] Red illustrated wrappers. Very good. Vertical fold as issued. Promotional piece from the Northern Pacific for service to Yellowstone with descriptions of the area, lodgings, scenic features, tours, etc. Illustrated throughout with black and white views..... More
[Chicago]: [Poole Brothers], [1927]. 56pp. Octavo [23 cm] Illustrated wrappers. About very good. Gentle age toning to covers with some minor spotting. Guide produced by the Northern Pacific for the prospective tourist. Illustrated with Haynes photographs and maps. Work begins with the essay 'An Appreciation of Yellowstone National Park' by..... More
Chicago: Belford, Clarke, & Co., 1881. First Edition. 286 + [16]pp. Duodecimo [18.5 cm] Yellow cloth with titles and mule illustration stamped in black and gilt. Very good. Gentle wear to boards, internally nice. "This book deals largely with the singular scenery and Peculiar people of the Rocky Mountains. It..... More
New York: Random House, 1950. First Edition. 241pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Black cloth. A few small chips to the extremities of the jacket otherwise book and jacket better than very good. "In that game Jim Stanton, by profession a gambler, and by avocation a connoisseur of guns, won a store..... More
Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1929. First Edition. 126pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Burgundy cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board. Near fine. Inscribed by George H. Brimhall to Franklin S. Harris in the year of publication on the front free endsheet: "George H. Brimhall from President Franklin..... More
Portland: The Oregon Historical Records Survey, February, 1941. 332pp. Quarto [27.5 cm] Tan printed wrappers with a binder's tape spine as issued. Very good. Title manuscript in white on the spine. WPA work detailing the holdings of the Wasco County archives located in The Dalles. Uncommon. More
Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, December, 1926. 269pp. Octavo [20 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Lower half of jacket's spine missing. Former owner name in ink on the rear free endsheet. Epic poem describing the Mormon Pioneer..... More
Salt Lake City: The Deseret News Press, 1927. 256pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Dark blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and again on the backstrip. Very good. Small faint staining to backstrip and rear board. Lacks the dust jacket. Inscribed on the limitation page [front free..... More
Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1971. First Edition. 203pp. Octavo [26 cm] Light blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. About very good. Ex-lib with very few marks (blind stamp on title page and scuff to rear free endsheet for pocket removal) and..... More
Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2004. First Edition. 397pp. 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 half-title, with the volume prospectus laid in. Volume 7 in the ambitious and..... More
Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Quarterly, October, 1928. Volume 1 - Number 4. [101]-128pp. Octavo [23 cm] Gray printer wrappers. Very good. Fourth issue of this important and long-running periodical. Articles are: 'Personal Recollections of Wash-a-kie, Chief of the Shoshones' by P.L. Williams - 'Father Escalante and the Utah..... More