Authors starting with V from Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA

Washington Government Printing Office 1873 Hardcover Good 720 pp. Ex-library. Original black cloth with gilt title to the spine. Illustrations, charts, tables and folding maps and profiles. Library bookplate on the front pastedown. Some wear along the edges, corners and spine ends. Minor losses to the spine ends. Rear, inner hinge is cracked; front, inner hinge is starting. The binding is loose and shaken. Internally very good. Hardcover. Very good. (4647) ... more information

Salt Lake City, UT Oxide Books 2006 Paperback First Edition As NEW White wraps with photographic front cover. Valdez's book is "the true story of how a poor, fatherless, westside Latino paperboy - destined to be a respected judge - is plucked off a cold, wintery street corner by an Anglo businessman who mentors and fathers him . . . [and how] nearly forty years later, Judge Andrew A. Valdez, returns the favor when he finds Keller on the street, alone and destitute, a victim of Alzheimer's Dise... more information

Amsterdam University of California Press 1978 Hardcover First edition 339pp. Large octavo [26 cm] Dark red cloth with silver stamped title on backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Light rubbing to corners of jacket. Blind stamped former owner initials on half title. ... more information

Salt Lake City, UT E. Martin Photgrapher 3 1/2" by 2 1/4" Carte-des-visite of map of Great Salt Lake Valley. Albumen photograph on mounted card of an illustrated map of the Great Salt Lake Valley. By early pioneer photographer, Edward Martin. See item #129. ... more information

Boston Houghton Mifflin Company 1991 Hardcover First Edition [32pp.] Quarto [28.5 cm/] 1/4 blue cloth over blue boards gilt stamped title on backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Small scuff on front board. ... more information

Salt Lake City, UT The University of Utah Press 1992 Paperback 2nd Printing As NEW Wraps in gray and red spine and covers. "Poverty Flat. Bearskin Gulch. Drunker Hollow. Hogup Mountain. Lousy Jim Creek. Hey Joe Canyon. Snake John Reef. Sob Rapids. Nipple Butte. Tooele. La Verkin. Skutumpah. All Utah toponyms, or place names. Where are they? What is their history? Their importance? . . . John W. Van Cott has spent the better part of a lifetime searching out the answers to these questions... more information

Pacific, Missouri Mel Bay Publications 1981 Paperback First printing Very good 381pp. Spiral Bound. Condition is very good with shelf wear and some fading to the cover. Extensive instructional book for guitar students. ... more information

New York Walker and Company 1988 Hardcover First edition NF/NF SIGNED BY AUTHOR - Light blue spine and boards are clean and bright. Fair amount of bumping at the head of the spine and a very faint bump at the tail. Signed by the author on the title page in light blue pen. Dust Jacket - has a very faint wrinkle at the head of the spine and nearly unnoticable rubbing at the tip of the upper rear corner. ... more information

New York Harper Collins 1996 Hardcover First edition VG+/NF SIGNED BY AUTHOR - Light brown boards quarterbound in black cloth are clean and bright. Very slight rubbing at the head and tail of the spine. Pages are a very light cream color. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page in light black pen: "---- - Thanks again for your help - Judy," as well as a full name right under printed one. Dust Jacket - has a wrinkle at the head of the spine. Part of the series of stories with the... more information

New York Harper Collins 1995 Hardcover First edition NF/NF SIGNED BY AUTHOR - Tan boards quarterbound in navy blue paper are clean and bright. Very slight bump at the head of the spine and light bumping at the tail. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page in light black pen: "To ----" on the upper edge of the title page. Signed by the author on the title page in black pen. Dust Jacket - has just the faintest trace of rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and at the extreme ti... more information

New York Harper Collins 1998 Hardcover First edition NF/NF SIGNED BY AUTHOR - Black boards quarterbound in maroon paper are clean and bright. Very faint bump at the head and tail of the spine. Signed by the author on the title page in blue pen. Dust Jacket - has just the faintest trace of rubbing at the tail of the spine and at the extreme tips of the lower corners. Part of the series of stories with the character Neil Hamel. ... more information

Albuquerque, NM University of New Mexico Press 2003 Hardcover First edition F/F SIGNED BY AUTHOR - Bright red cloth spine and boards are clean. Signed by the author on the title page in blue pen. Dust Jacket - has no noticable flaws. Part of the series of stories with the character Claire Reynier ... more information

Urbana, IL University of Illinois Press 1988 Hardcover First edition 335pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Green cloth with gilt stamped on backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. After the martyrdom of Joseph Smith, a small group of saints headed by James Strang headed north and eventually settled at Beaver Island on Lake Michigan. James Strang ran the island as a personal kingdom even being dubbed "King James". ... more information

Urbana, IL University of Illinois Press 1988 Hardcover First edition 335pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Green cloth with gilt stamped on backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. After the martyrdom of Joseph Smith, a small group of saints headed by James Strang headed north and eventually settled at Beaver Island on Lake Michigan. James Strang ran the island as a personal kingdom even being dubbed "King James". ... more information

New York Pellegrini & Cudahy 1952 Hardcover First edition Very good Octavo, 295 pp. Red clothbound with title stamped to spine in white. No jacket. Mild fading to spine. Bend mark across front board. From the collection of Elizabeth Pope, a longtime Utah f&sf collector, who was very prominent in science fiction fandom, with her attractive bookplate loosely laid in. ... more information

Salt Lake City Signature Books 1986 Hardcover First Edition 307pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Gray cloth with title in black on the backstrip. Very good/Very good. In this comprehensive survey of Mormon Polygamy, Richard Van Wagoner details, with precision and detachment, the tumultuous reaction among insiders and outsiders to plural marriage. In an honest, methodical way, he traces the origins, the peculiarities common to the Midwestern and later Utah periods, and post-1890 new marriages. Drawing heavily on firsth... more information

Salt Lake City, UT Dream Garden Press 2008 Paperback Second edition As NEW 356 pages. Oversized soft cover filled with photographs, diagrams, labels, letters, advertisements, and much much more! "From fires and avalanches to con men and murderers, Beer in the Beehive covers them all. Here we offer an in-depth, often humorous look at Utah's rich history of brewing - from the earliest Mormon-owned breweries to today's modern brewpubs, with tales of sharpshooters, badgers, and even haunted grav... more information

Denver, CO Golden Bell Press 1970 Hardcover First Edition VG/VG Octavo. Bright red cloth spine and boards. Spine has a lean toward the front of the book and light bumping at the head and tail. Map endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate on the front endpaper. Illustrated with photographs. 221 pages. Dust Jacket - has very slight rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and at the tip of the upper rear corner. ... more information

London MacMillanand Co. Ld. & the Medici Society, Ld. 1912 Hardcover Quartos, with five hundred illustrations in 10 volumes. Full, blue cloth bindings with gold titles on the spines and gold medallions on the front boards. Top edges gilt. In original blue paper dust jackets. Jackets are faded and chipped. Some minor wear to bindings. Books are lavishly printed on substantial, textured paper. Color and black & white plates are tissue protected. Bindings show some shelf wear, and pages are lightly... more information

New York E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc. 1929 Hardcover First Edition VG- Coffee table sized book in blue cloth spine and boards with silver lettering and ornamentation. Heavy rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and at the tips of the corners. Heavy bumping at the head and tail of the spine. Watermark to the spine has cleaned the lettering away. Very light rubbing along the lower edges of the boards. Previous owner's name and date on the upper corner of the free front endpaper. A handsome j... more information