Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press, 1971. First Edition. 814pp. Quarto [26 cm] 1/2 brown leather over light green illustrated boards. Title gilt stamped on backstrip. Near fine. Erastus Snow (1818-1888) was a colonizer in Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona; and he established southern settlements on the..... More
Caldwell: Caxton Printers, 1937. First Edition. 349pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Blue cloth with silver stamped titles on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. In the rare jacket. Biography of early Mormon leader, by his great granddaughter. Parley Parker Pratt's (1807-1857) life and work were very important and influential..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1854. First Edition. 347pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Original blue cloth with the title and bands gilt on backstrip. Very good. Benjamin Ferris (1802-1891) served in the (federally installed) Utah Territorial government in 1852-53. "In the early part of the summer of 1852 I was solicited..... More
Salt Lake City: Western Printing Company, 1936. First Edition. 128pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Green grained cloth with a blind stamped pioneer motif and the title in a gilt panel on the front board. Near fine. The printing of this book was limited to 350 numbered copies, this is copy 221..... More
Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2004. First Edition. 336pp. Octavo [26 cm] Green cloth with title and rules gilt stamped on the backstrip and front board. Near fine. Complete with all four maps present in the rear pocket. "Yet as exhaustive as this compilation is, and as diligent as the..... More
Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1924. First Edition. 364pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Burgundy cloth with the title and rules gilt stamped on the backstrip. Top edge gilt. Better than very good. During the period when the major transportation routes through the Midwest were on the backs of the rivers, outlaws..... More
Yorba Linda, CA: Shumway Family History Services, 1990. First Edition. 602pp. Octavo [22 cm] Burgundy buckram with gilt stamped title and portrait on the front board. Title gilt on backstamp. Pictorial endsheets and pastedowns. Near fine. Uncommon work by, and about, William Michael Bromley (1839-1911) who was born in England..... More
Bedford, MA: Applewood Books, 1997. Limited Edition. 120pp. Quarto [31.5 cm] 3/4 burgundy leather over red boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. A.E.G. Matching slipcase. Prospectus laid in. This edition was limited to 1000 numbered copies, this is copy 591. Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake..... More
Concord, NH: Republican Press Association, 1897. First Edition. 180pp. Duodecimo [18.5 cm] Red cloth with the title gilt on the front board and backstrip. Top edge gilt. Very good. Gentle sunning to backstrip. Name in ink on the front pastedown. Memoir of a soldier in the west. Hamilton was part..... More
Billings, MT: Americana Bookcraft, 2006. Revised Edition. 226pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Burgundy buckram with the title gilt stamped on the front board. Near fine. This revised edition was limited to 50 numbered copies, this is copy. 48. Signed by all three contributors on the limitation page. Ambitious work that is..... More
Provo: Grandin Book Company, 2010. First Edition. 131pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Signed by the author on the half-title. This work prints an address given by Lyndon Cook. Illustrated throughout with full-page portraits. "The revelation titled..... More
Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1928. First Edition. 442pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Black cloth with gilt stamped title and bands on the backstrip. Very good. Mild bumping to the lower corners of the boards. 'New Hampshire Historical Society. Collections. Volume 12' Complete with all five tipped-in plates. Overall a...... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1898. 529pp. Octavo [23 cm] Yellow illustrated cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Top edge gilt. Gentle sunning to backstrip with a a few small areas rubbed. Internally nice. Complete with all eight tipped in plates by F. Colburn..... More
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[Bannack, MT]: (c1900). Large format. Albumen photograph [18 cm x 25 cm] / [7" x 9"] on a tan mount [20 cm x 32 cm] / [7.75" x 10"] Minor overall wear. Image is gently sunned. Manuscript notes in pencil on the reverse. "Presented by Mr. Conrad Barbe of Dillon..... More
Los Angeles: Death Valley Hotel Company, [1947]. Single sheet [46 cm x 40.5 cm] / [18" x 16"] printed on both sides that folds to digest size [23 cm x 10 cm] / [9" x 4"] Very good. Folds as issued. Promotional piece from the Death Valley Hotel Company touting..... More
Omaha, NE: Union Pacific Railroad, 1936. Bifolium [24 cm x 35 cm] / [9.5" x 14"] Better than very good. Breakfast menu for the American Association of Railroad Ticket Agents, Blue Train - En route September 15,1936. Cover view is of hoodoos from Inspiration Point in Bryce. The back offers..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2011. First Edition. 392pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/2 Brown cloth over tan boards. Fine/Fine. Long overshadowed by the Civil War, the tragic story of this conflict involved a tense and protracted clash pitting Brigham Young's Nauvoo Legion against Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston and the U.S...... More
New York: Doubleday, 2003. First Edition. 372pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/2 gray buckram over white boards. Fine/Fine. Map endsheets and pastedowns of southern Utah and the Arizona Strip. This work begins with an account of a double murder perpetuated by Ron and Dan Lafferty, by their account under commandment of..... More
Logan: Utah State University Press, 2008. First Edition. 316pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Black cloth with silver stamped titles on the backstrip. Fine/Fine. Signed by the author on the half-title. In the depths of the Great Depression, McCarthy brought the Denver & Rio Grande Western - 'The Scenic Line of the..... More
Washington DC: U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountains, 1872. Albumen stereoview [11 cm x 15.5 cm] on a yellow mount [11.5 cm x 17.5 cm] with a printed paper label on the reverse. Nice condition with strong contrasts. Cataract Canon Series: This canon is 40 ¾ miles..... More
New York: United Art Publishing Company. 7 embossed postcards [9 cm x 14 cm] with silk add ons. Divided backs. All are in nice condition. Printed in Germany. More
Missoula, MT: Peyton Moncure, (c.1960). Silver gelatin print [17.5 cm x 27 cm] / [7" x 10.5"] that has been nicely hand-colored. Photographer stamp on the reverse. Nice condition with good contrasts. Nice tinted view of Wallace Street in Virginia City, Montana, with the facades of Bale of Hay Saloon..... More
Grand Teton National Park: Crandall, (c.1925). 1218. Carbon print [18 cm x 23 cm] / [7" x 9"]. Crandall backstamp. Nice view of the three bison grazing by Crandall. Harrison R. Crandall (1887-1970) was the first official Grand Teton National Park photographer and served as a resident artist from the..... More
Chicago, IL: Poole Brothers, 1913. [24]pp. Octavo [28 cm] Illustrated wrappers. Very good. Promotional piece for Southern Pacific's Sunset Route, that ran from New Orleans to San Francisco, by way of Los Angeles. Descriptions of the sights along the way. Double-page U.S. map at the center with the Southern Pacific..... More
Salt Lake City: Printed at the Latter-day Saints' Printing and Publishing Establishment. 1878. First American Edition (second edition overall). 71pp. Octavo [23 cm] Attractively rebound in full black leather with the title gilt stamped on the front board and again on the backstrip. Decorative blind stamped borders. Marbled endsheets and..... More