[Provo, UT]: Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, 1982. First Edition. 106pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue cloth with silver stamped titles on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Fine. This work covers the formative years of Young's life, including his conversion to the Mormon faith, and the development of his..... More
Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2002. First Edition. 336pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Red cloth with title and rules gilt stamped on the backstrip and front board. Fine. American Trails Series XX (20). The first scholarly work on children's narratives of the trail. Although at least one-fifth of the approximately 350,000..... More
New York: American Geographical Society, 1928. 289pp. Quarto [26 cm] Gray cloth with the title gilt on black labels on the front board and backstrip. Very good. "The history of Elizabethan expansion is to a great extant the work of Richard Hakluyt, to a greater extent perhaps than the record..... More
Provo: Grandin Book Company, 2003. First Edition, 1/225. 179pp. Octavo [23 cm] Green cloth with the title stamped in black on the front board and backstrip. Fine. This special edition was limited to 225 signed and numbered copies, this is number 50. Signed by the editor on the limitation page..... More
Salt Lake City: 1905. First Edition. 32pp. Sextodecimo [15 cm] Printed stapled wrappers. Better than very good. Short land-promotional work for Northern Utah's Bear River Valley touting the area's agricultural possibilities and the ease at which one could take the railroad to the area, and coincidentally, there is an advertisement..... More
Minneapolis: Ross & Haines, Incorporated, 1962. First Edition. 196pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] White buckram with the title in red on the backstrip and printed blood splatters on the front board. Black buckram slipcase with printed white a wraparound printed label. The backstrip is gently sunned. Stain to wraparound label on..... More
Iowa City, IA: The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1937. First Edition. 575pp. Octavo [24 cm] Green cloth with the title and borders gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Book has been placed in a 1968 reprint jacket, with '1968' crossed out and '1937 1st ED'..... More
Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1972. 74pp. Quarto [28 cm] Comb bound yellow wrappers with the title on the cover. Better than very good. Utah State Historical Society: Western Trail Guide Series, Number 1. Detailed and illustrated guide of the Mormon Battalion's march from Fort Leavenworth to San..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1904. First Edition. 160pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Dark green cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Gilt stamped image of the Whittier home on the front board. Better than very good. Inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf: "Ellen..... More
Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1981. 72pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Grained burgundy buckram with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Includes black and white illustrations and pictorial endsheets. "This little volume, a chronicle of events in the life of the writer during two trips..... More
Salt Lake City: R.L. Polk & Company, 1912. 743pp. Octavo 1/4 black cloth over gray printed boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Very good. Minor overall wear. Early twentieth century Utah directory with numerous advertisements for local business that covers all of the towns in the state..... More
Salt Lake City: Granite Publishing Company, 1958. First Edition. 371pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Brown cloth with the title printed in off-white on the front board and backstrip. Fine/Fine. "Joseph C. rich might well be called the versatile pioneer; for pioneer he was, and a man of many talents and accomplishments..... More
Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1980. First Edition. 64pp. Oblong Quarto [21 cm x 29 cm] Bound in light blue and dark blue cloth with silver stamped titles on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Gentle rubbing to jacket near spine. Bookplate on front pastedown. Photographs by Michael Collier and..... More
Chattanooga, TN: The Southern States Mission, 1899. 284pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Rebound in black cloth with the title and bands gilt stamped on the backstrip. New endsheets and pastedowns. Good. Closed tear and tape to title page with sporadic pencil marginalia throughout. "In addition to the compilation, as published in..... More
Basel: Aufstieg-Verlag, 1935. Third German edition. 126pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] 1/4 blue cloth over tan marbled boards with the title printed in red on the front board. Very good. Uncommon German translation of Pratt's important theological treatise. I am able to locate two American institutional holdings (BYU, Princeton). Rare. More
Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1952. First Edition. 385pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Black pebbled cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and the backstrip. Fine. Edited and published by his grandson, Parker Pratt Robison. An exceptionally nice copy of this work of the writings of Parley..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1947. First Edition. 84pp. Octavo [21 cm] Salmon cloth boards. Jacket rubbed at extremities with a few small nicks and chips. Otherwise Very good/Very good. Map endsheets and pastedowns. "This little volume has been prepared to satisfy the curiosity of the hundreds of thousands..... More
Boulder, CO: Johnson Publishing Company, 1966. 188pp. Quarto [29 cm] Rust colored cloth with the title gilt on the backstrip. Near fine. Lacks the glassine jacket. This edition was limited to 400 signed and numbered copies, this is copy 340. " The diary of the Reverend Alexander Taylor Rankin are..... More
Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, 1948. Second printing. 290pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Brown cloth with titles in yellow on the front board and backstrip. Inscribed by the author on the recto of the front free endsheet in the year of publication. Additionally, signed by the author on an advertisement card for..... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1906. 59th Congress, 1st Session. Document No. 486. 4 volume set. 1088, 1027, 775, 542+149pp. Octavo [23 cm] 3/4 burgundy grained leather over matching cloth boards. Titles and bands gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. Bookplates on the front pastedowns. Index bound with volume..... More
London: W. Jeffs, 1861. First English Language Edition. 2 volumes. 508, 605pp. Quartos [26 cm] Publisher's blue pebbled cloth with decorative blind stamping to the boards and the title gilt stamped on the backstrips. Very good. Minor overall rubbing and wear to the boards, more so at corners. Backstrips age..... More
Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1938. First Edition. 90pp. Quarto [27 cm] 1/2 brown cloth over blue boards. Title in white on front board and on a label on the backstrip. Volume is fine. Age toning to publisher's glassine jacket. Historical Documents Institut Francais de Washington Cahier XI (11)..... More
Chicago: Northern States Mission, [1899]. 220pp. Vigesimoquarto (24mo) [13 cm] Limp blue cloth with the title printed in black on the front panel. Near fine. Flake/Draper 7180 cites the publisher as 'Missions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" and lists three institutional holdings (Huntington, LDSCHL, Community of..... More
New York: J.H. Sears & Company, 1928. First Edition. 298pp. Octavo [21 cm] Red cloth with the title stamped in black on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. A few small nicks to the head of the jacket's spine. An unusually bright copy of this work, that focuses..... More
Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon & Sons, 1892. First Edition. 468pp. Octavo [24 cm] Full grained leather with decorative gilt stamping to the boards and the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Very good. Crown chipped with loss with the corners gently rubbed. Frontis is loose..... More