Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1972. Revised Edition. 404pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Red cloth with the title and rules gilt on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. A nice copy. Western Frontiersman Series IX (9). Revised edition of this major work of Western biography. "This biography received an award of... More about John Doyle Lee: Zealot - Pioneer - Scapegoat
Salt Lake City: [Seagull Press], 1924. 117pp. Large octavo [24.5 cm] Gray marbled wrappers with the title on the front panel. Minor sunning and wear to covers. Bookplate on reverse of cover. Profusely illustrated tribute to McCune, who held many positions both ecclesiastical (Relief Society Board) and civic (USU Trustee)... More about Memorial to Elizabeth Claridge McCune: Missionary, Philanthropist, Architect
London: Jarrolds Publishers, [1936]. 287pp. Octavo [22 cm] Black cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. A few small chips to the foot of the jacket. Eight pages of advertisements (dated: Spring, 1936) at the rear for other Jarrolds publication. Complete with all thirty tipped-in... More about The Life Story of Brigham Young: Mormon Leader, Founder of Salt Lake City, and Builder of an...
New York: Doubleday and Company, 1981. First Edition. 406pp. Duodecimo [21.5 cm] 1/2 maroon cloth over tan boards. Near fine/Near fine. Name in ink (small) on the front flyleaf. "Sonia Johnson's roots in the Mormon church went back five generations. She'd been married for twenty years, was a dedicated homemaker... More about From Housewife to Heretic
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1981. First Edition. 343pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Green cloth. Near fine/Near fine. Bright copy of this well received and well researched biography of this early LDS leader. Map endsheets and pastedowns. "From his conversion in 1832 until his death in 1868, Heber C. Kimball was... More about Heber C. Kimball: Mormon Patriarch and Pioneer
San Marino: The Huntington Library, 1955. First Edition. Two volume set. 344, 480pp. Brown cloth with the red title labels on the backstrips. Both the books and jackets are in better than very good condition, with the jackets only showing a few small nicks at the extremities. Map endsheets and... More about A Mormon Chronicle: The Diaries of John D. Lee, 1848-1876
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1984. First Edition. 394pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/2 black cloth over tan boards. Near fine/Fine. This is the definitive work on Emma Smith and likely will never be surpassed. Signed by both authors on the half-title. More about Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith. Prophet's Wife, "Elect Lady," Polygamy's Foe, 1804-1879
[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 about Brigham Young: The New York Years
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 about Joseph C. Rich - Versatile Pioneer on the Mormon Frontier: A Story of Achievement Under Difficulties
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1992. First Edition. 317pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Gray cloth with silver stamped titles on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Discreet remainder mark on the foot of the fore edge near the spine. A compelling autobiography of a Mormon woman is presented in this collection of... More about Letters of Catharine Cottam Romney, Plural Wife
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1944. First Edition. 462pp. Octavo [22 cm] Full blue cloth with printed yellow titles on the backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Tape on the reverse of price clipped jacket at the folds. A few small nick at the corners. Nicer than usually seen copy of this... More about Samuel Brannan and the Golden Fleece: San Francisco's Forgotten Jason
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1982. First Edition. 413pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Red cloth with the title gilt on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Nice copy of this well received work. "Mormon Thunder chronicles the life of Jedediah Morgan Grant (1816-1856), mayor of Salt Lake City and second counselor to... More about Mormon Thunder: A Documentary History of Jedediah Morgan Grant
Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1997. First Edition. 1/500. 794pp. Octavo [24 cm] Gray cloth with a orange cloth wraparound. Near fine. This is the seventh title published in the Signature Books 'Significant Mormon Diaries' series. This work was limited to 500 numbered copies, this is copy 59. Reed Smoot (1862-1941)... More about In the World: The Diaries of Reed Smoot
Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1995. First Edition. 316pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Dark red cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. Near fine. Review copy with letter and slipped laid in Compiled diaries of Eliza R. Snow. Snow (1804-1887) is the first lady of Mormon... More about The Personal Writings of Eliza Roxcy Snow
Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2003. First Edition. 887pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Gray cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Volume 6 in the 'Life Writings of Frontier Women' series. Prospectus laid in. As a teenager Helen Kimball had been a polygamous wife of... More about A Widow's Tale: The 1884-1896 Diary of Helen Mar Kimball Whitney
Salt Lake City: Tanner Trust Fund - University of Utah Library, 1980. First Edition. 105pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Gray cloth with silver stamped title on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Fine. Much of this diary centers around the events leading up to, and surrounding the Utah war, and provides... More about Diary of Brigham Young 1857