Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1995. First Edition. 302pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Red cloth. Near fine/Near fine. Gentle sunning to jacket's spine. Western Frontiersman Series XXV (25). Klingensmith, the first participant in the infamous event to break silence, was the author's great grandfather. It is a detailed account of the..... More
Spokane, WA / Norman, OK: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1997-2019. First Editions. 16 volume set. 393,411,476,492,463,372,396,420,446,546,696,508,518,511,475,559pp. Octavos [24.5 cm] Light blue cloth with silver stamped titles in dark blue panels on the front boards and backstrips. Volume 1: The Pioneer Camp of the Saints: The 1846 and 1847 Mormon..... More
Los Angeles: Westernlore Books, 1978. First Edition. 151pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Publisher's brown grained buckram with the title gilt on the backstrip. Very good/Very good. "This book deals with the military operations to put down the 'Mormon Rebellion' of 1857 and, more importantly, the turmoil that accompanied it. With skill..... More
Spokane, WA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 2006. First Edition. 314pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue colored cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and the backstrip. Fine. Frontier Military Series XXV (25). Warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title: "June 1, 2006. To Hugh, Best Wishes..... More
Salt Lake City: Tanner Trust Fund / J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, 2001. First Edition. 242pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/2 black cloth over red cloth with the title silver stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Color map endsheets and pastedowns. Signed by the editor..... More
Salt Lake City: The Prairie Dog Press, 1991. First Edition, 1/274. 58pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt on the front board and backstrip. Fine/Fine. This edition limited to 274 numbered copies, this is copy 271. Signed and numbered by the author. Errata sheet laid in. This..... More
[Springfield, IL]: [George R. Weber, Public Printer], 1847. 15th Assembly, 1st Session. Broadside [21 cm x 14 cm] printed on one side in black ink. Near fine. A brief report for the Illinois Legislature on those seeking expenses due to the 'Hancock difficulties' of 1846. It states that due to..... More
Norman, OK: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 2008. First Edition. 492pp. Octavo [24 cm] Light blue cloth with blue panels on the front board and backstrip with silver stamped titles. Fine. Volume 10 in the 'Kingdom of the West' series. Warmly inscribed by the editor: "To David Bigler, friend, teacher..... 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
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964. First Edition. 331pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Purple cloth with silver stamped titles on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Price clipped jacket. Wallace Stegner's work on the great Mormon Trek from Nauvoo to the Great Basin in 1846-1847, and the steady migration that followed it..... More
Peoria, IL: Steam Press of N.C. Nason, 1871. First Edition. 163pp. Octavo [23 cm] Brown cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Good. Extremities of boards rubbed with the cloth chipped at the spine ends. Gentle foxing to endsheets. History of Canton, Illinois by the son of the..... More
Provo, UT: L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, 2001. First Edition. Two volume set. 665, 666-1153pp. Quartos [28 cm] Blue cloth with the titles gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Better than very good. Inscribed by the author to fellow historian Will Bagley on the..... More