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Provo, UT Brigham Young University Press 1975 Hardcover First Edition 180pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] 1/4 red paper with textured brown paper covered boards. Title in silver on backstrip. Near fine. The edges of the covers are very lightly rubbed. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with lightly chipped edges, and a small open tear in the top edge of the rear panel. Photographic history of the Latter-day Saint faith beginning in Nauvoo in the late 1830's. Includes 78 pages of photos.... more information

Provo, UT Brigham Young University Press 1975 Hardcover First Edition 180pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] 1/4 red leather with white paper covered boards. Title in silver on backstrip. Very good. There are 2 light scratches in red on the front cover. One scratch is very small, and the other measures 7 inches. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with lightly chipped edges, and a small closed tear in the top edge of the front panel. Photographic history of the Latter-day Saint faith beginning in Nauvoo in the la... more information

Provo, UT Brigham Young University Press 1975 Hardcover First Edition 180pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] 1/4 red leather with white paper covered boards. Title in silver on backstrip. Fine. The dust jacket is in near fine condition. Photographic history of the Latter-day Saint faith beginning in Nauvoo in the late 1830's. Includes 78 pages of photos.... more information

Provo, UT Brigham Young University Press 1975 Hardcover First Edition 180pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] 1/4 red leather with white paper covered boards. Title in silver on backstrip. Near fine. There is a very small ink stamp on the front free endsheet. The dust jacket is in near fine condition. Photographic history of the Latter-day Saint faith beginning in Nauvoo in the late 1830's. Includes 78 pages of photos.... more information

Provo, UT Brigham Young University Press 1975 Hardcover First Edition 180pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] 1/4 red paper with textured brown paper covered boards. Title in silver on backstrip. Very good. The edges of the covers are very lightly rubbed and subtly faded. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with lightly bumped and rubbed edges. Price-clipped. Photographic history of the Latter-day Saint faith beginning in Nauvoo in the late 1830's. Includes 78 pages of photos.... more information

Provo, UT Brigham Young University Press 1975 Hardcover Early edition 180pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] 1/4 red paper with light gray paper covered boards. Title in silver on backstrip. Very good. The edges of the covers are very lightly rubbed and subtly faded. There is a gift inscription on the front free endsheet. The dust jacket is in good condition, with lightly bumped and rubbed edges. There is a four inch closed tear in the top edge of the rear panel, and there are a couple of small losses from the paper near... more information

Provo, UT Brigham Young University Press 1975 Hardcover Early edition 180pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] 1/4 red paper with natural white cloth covered boards. Title in silver on backstrip. Fine / Very good. There are a couple of short closed tears in the edges of the dust jacket. Photographic history of the Latter-day Saint faith beginning in Nauvoo in the late 1830's. Includes 78 pages of photos.... more information

Salt Lake City, Utah Signature Books 1996 Paperback First paperbound printing As NEW 388 pp. Softcover, with illustrated cover. A profusely photographed book on the Mormons and "the photographers who visually recorded their images" in early Salt Lake City. New. One of the books books yet issued on early Utah/Mormon photographers. Chapters on Marsena Cannon, C.R. Savage, C.W. Carter, James Crockwell, Edward Martin, C.W. Symons, George Edward Anderson, Charles Ellis Johnson, and The Shiplers. ... more information

Salt Lake City, Utah Signature Books 1992 Hardcover First edition 388pp. Oblong quarto [22 cm] Full light peach cloth with gilt stamped titles on front board and backstrip. Very good. The front free endsheet has a former owner's address label and a tiny barely perceptible stain. The spine is subtly rolled. The dust jacket is in very good condition as well. There is a one inch closed tear in the bottom edge of the rear panel. Includes an index. Fully illustrated with black & white photographs o... more information

Salt Lake City, Utah Signature Books 1992 Hardcover First edition 388pp. Oblong quarto [22 cm] Full light peach cloth with gilt stamped titles on front board and backstrip. Very good. The edges of the covers are gently bumped. There is a small chip in the cloth along the top edge of the rear board. There is a small light stain on the copyright page. The dust jacket is in near fine condition. There is a one and a half inch crease in the rear inside flap. Includes an index. Fully illustrated with black... more information

Salt Lake City, Utah Signature Books 1996 Paperback Publishers Press Sample File Copy 388pp. Oblong quarto [21.5 cm x 28.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. Very good. A handwritten label from the publisher has been taped to the spine. The edges of the covers are lightly bumped and rubbed. There are several very tiny closed tears in the edges of the covers. Publisher's sample file copy notation on the half title page. Includes an index. Fully illustrated with black & white photographs on nearly every pag... more information

Salt Lake City, Utah Signature Books 1992 Hardcover Second printing 388pp. Oblong quarto [22 cm] Full tan cloth with gilt stamped titles on front board and backstrip. Fine in like jacket. Includes an index. Fully illustrated with black & white photographs on nearly every page. Out of print and increasingly scarce, one of the principal references on Utah photography. Not only does the book cover the building of the Mromon Temple in detail, but Wadsworth has written an excellent overview ... more information

New York The Viking Press 1955 Hardcover 241pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/2 orange cloth with sea green paper covered boards, a black ink stamped title on the spine, and a black ink stamped vignette on the front cover. The book is in fair condition only. The spine and surrounding areas on the boards are moisture stained. The edges of the covers are gently bumped. There is a small stain on the fore edge of the text block, and there is a small red stain on the bottom edge of the text block. There are small stains i... more information

Boston Houghton Mifflin Company 1973 Paperback Interaction: A Student-Centered Language Arts and Reading Program 30pp. Thin square octavo [18.5 cm] Stapled white and blue illustrated wraps. Very good. The covers are very lightly rubbed, soiled and creased. The pages are clean. Illustrated by Edward Gorey. "The limerick is furtive and mean; / You must keep her in close quarantine, / Or she sneaks to the slums / And promptly becomes / Disorderly, drunk, and obscene." - Morris Bishop... more information

Caldwell, ID The Caxton Printers, Ltd. 1933 Hardcover 304pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Bright blue cloth with elaborate red, orange and yellow ink stamped designs on the front cover. Illustrated endsheets. Very good. The edges of the covers are lightly rubbed, and the edges of the text block are lightly soiled. Slight spine slant. The endsheets are subtly darkened. The pages are mildly yellowed. The dust jacket is in good condition. Rubbed and creased. The spine and surrounding areas are heavily faded. There is a ... more information

San Francisco, CA Grabhorn Press 1937 Hardcover First Printing Thus VG+ Very light brown cloth spine and boards. Light bumping at the head and tail of the spine and at the tips of the lower corners. Heavy bumping at the tips of the upper corners. Light rubbing at the tips of the lower corners. 299 pages. Illustrated with some title page facsimiles. No dust jacket. ... more information

San Francisco, CA John Howell-Books 1982 Hardcover Fourth edition Fine 745pp. Large octavo. Rust cloth. Fine Revised, Enlarged and Edited by Robert H. Becker... more information

1920-2000 2000 Hardcover Bilingual text Small quarto [25.5 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with an embossed title on the front cover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. From the foreword by Chan Chik- "Wong Wai-king, the author of this book, grew up in Tai O and this is her true memory of the fishing village. She spent years gathering invaluable information and materials which, with added colour and taste, and with the contributions of other photographers, have merged into her first-person account of... more information

New York Artabras 1995 Hardcover First edition 144pp. Quarto [31 cm] Very good. There are multiple very small indentations in the bottom edges of the covers. The dust jacket is in fine condition. Presents the covers to issues 200 through 402.... more information

Chicago J. S. Goodman and Company 1867 Hardcover Fifth Edition 318pp. Small octavo [21 cm] Green cloth with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Good only. The covers are heavily rubbed. The spine is faded, and has mutiple tiny holes, due to insects. The pages are lightly foxed. Flake 9509. This is a revised and enlarged edition. Subjects covered include Brigham as Trustee in Trust for the Church, The Wives of Brigham Young, Polygamy and much more.... more information