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
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
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
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
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
[Pensacola, FL]: [1948-49]. [120pp.] Octavo [22.5 cm] Black grained limp buckram. Content consist of 60 ruled leaves with manuscript entries to the first 28 (56pp.). A handful of relevant items are laid in: - twelve black and white snap shots of pilots and airplanes - eight measure 9 cm x 9... More
[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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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