Lake Ngami: Exploration and Discoveries During Four Years' Wanderings in the Wilds of South Western Africa
by Anderson, Charles John
Camden, SC: Briar Patch Press, 1988. Collector's Edition. Leather Bound. Near Fine. 545pp. Quarto [26cm]. Bound in dark green leather, with raised bands and gilt stamped lettering and ornamentation on the spine and front board. Corners gently bumped. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Satin ribbon pagemarker, which is a bit frayed at the end. Active in the mid-19th century, Swedish adventurer Charles John Anderson recorded multiple African explorations.
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Nauvoo Temple Documents Series: A Documentary History in Two Volumes: Joseph Smith's Quorum of the Anointed, 1842-1845; The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846 (2 volumes in a slipcase)
by Anderson, Devery S.; Gary James Bergera (Editors)
Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books; Smith Petit Foundation, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Minus. SIGNED. 265; 648pp. Thick octavo [24.5 cm] Burgundy textured paper over boards. In dust jackets, with prominent discoloration to the spines, and a dhort red mark to the front panel of the first volume. In a slipcase, with scuffing and faded areas. Publisher's leaflet tucked in. With forewords by Richard S. Van Wagoner and Todd Compton. Both volumes are signed by... Read More
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Bruce R. McConkie: Apostle and Polemicist
by Anderson, Devery S.
Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2024. First edition. Paperback. New. 211 pp. Octavo [22.8 cm]. Pictorial wraps. Biography of Bruce R. McConkie, 1915-1985. Apostle and member of the First Council of Seventy. McConkie quickly gained a reputation as a theologian and doctrinal teacher.
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Salt Lake School of the Prophets, 1867-1883
by Anderson, Devery S.
Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2018. First edition. Hardcover. New. 640 pp. Quarto [23.5 cm]; gilt stamped boards with illustrated dust jacket. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. "Ministerial training was an early goal of Mormonism. The priesthood-led institution called the School of the Prophets, established in Kirtland, Ohio, in 1833, was basically a divinity school for prospective missionaries. However, topics of study included, instead of prophecy and revelation, penmanship, English grammar, arithmetic, philosophy, literature, government, geography, and history.... Read More
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Cowboy Apostle: The Diaries of Anthony W. Ivins 1875-1932
by Anderson, Elizabeth Oberdick (Editor)
Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. New. 687 pp. Octavo [23.7 cm]. Beige cloth with mint green wrap around panels and gilt strips over boards. Out-of sequence copy, with no stamped number at colophon. Silver satin-ribbon pagemarker attached at head. "... his diaries chronicle his business and religious observations including meetings with the Quorum of the Twelve and others. He records meetings of the apostles where decisions were made to remove church leaders from... Read More
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American Heritage Volume 30, Number 4, June/July 1979
by [Anderson, George Edward]
Washington DC: American Heritage Publishing Company, 1979. Hardcover. 112pp. Slim quarto [28.5 cm] Pictorial paper over boards, photographically illustrated by Utah photographer, George Edward Anderson. Very good. The covers are just a trifle soiled. With the article, "Mirror of Zion: George Edward Anderson's lifelong photographic tribute to Mormon civilization.
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In Memory of Brigham Young, 1893. Large Format Albumen Photograph
by Anderson, George Edward and Lucian D. Crandall. [Latter-day Saints] [LDS] [Mormon] [Utah]
Springville, UT: Anderson and Crandall (Photography Studio), 1893. Photograph. Near Fine. Large format albumen photograph [approximately 40 cm x 25 cm] in a nice period ornamental wooden frame. An attractive image with nice contrasts. This has not been examined outside of the frame. A photo collage depicting a view of the Salt Lake City Temple above a picture of Brigham Young. A small banner design with the text "Salvation for the Dead" is shown above the image of... Read More
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Fairy Tales
by Andersen, Hans [Christian]; Kay Nielsen (illustrator)
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1924. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good minus. SIGNED. 197pp. Quarto [31 cm] Blue cloth over boards with lettering and pictorial stamping on the spine and front board. Recased. Japanese tissue applied to hinges. The front board is warped. With 12 tipped-in illustrations by Kay Nielsen. Printed tissue guards. Number 359 in an Edition de Luxe limited to 500 copies. Signed and numbered by the Danish-born American artist, Kay Nielsen, on the limitation page. Kay... Read More
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Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
by Andersen, Hans [Christian]; Heath Robinson (Illustrator)
London: The Folio Society, 2003. Eleventh printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Heath Robinson. 288pp. Quarto [25.5cm]. Bound in red cloth; gilt stamped lettering and illustration. Red topstain. In publisher's red slipcase. Mild surface rubbing to slipcase, particularly at foot. With 16 color plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations throughout.
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Ute Indian Prayer Trees of the Pikes Peak Region
by Anderson, John Wesley
Colorado Springs: Old Colorado City Historical Society, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. SIGNED. 177pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Glossy illustrated boards, with only minor wear to the covers and spine ends. Signed by the author on the title page. "The material for this book is intended to serve the reader as an introductory guide, not as a reference text book. It is a collection of photographs and information I gathered while making a journey of discovery... Read More
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What Falls Away
by Anderson, Karin
Salt Lake City, UT: Torrey House Press, 2025. First edition. Paperback. New. Octavo. [20.5cm]. Pictoral wraps. "Cassandra Soelberg, pregnant at seventeen, was cast out of her community by religious leaders. Returning to her rural Utah hometown after nearly forty years to care for her senile mother, she meets a young man with an uncanny resemblance to the father of the child she was forced to give up for adoption. Drawn back into traumatic scenes of young adulthood, she... Read More
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Things I Didn't Do
by Anderson, Karin
Salt Lake City, UT: Torrey House Press, 2025. First edition. Paperback. New. Octavo. [20.5cm]. Pictoral wraps. "Things I Didn’t Do is an intimate and epic reckoning with the places and the people who shape our lives. Ryder Mikkelson’s life changed forever the day he fell from a loaded pack mule high in the Book Cliffs of eastern Utah. He was seven years old, and some things would never quite be the same. The way... Read More
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The Savior in Kirtland: Personal Accounts of Divine Manifestations
by Anderson, Karl Ricks
Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book, 2012. Third paperback printing. Paperback. Very Good. SIGNED. 338pp. Octavo [23 cm] Illustrated wraps. Front wrap a bit curled. In this volume, Karl Ricks Anderson sheds light on unparalleled events and divine manifestations that were given during the early years of the Restoration. Inscribed by the author on the half title page.
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Twisted
by Anderson, Laurie Halse
Paperback. High school senior Tyler Miller used to be the kind of guy who faded into the background—average student, average looks, average dysfunctional family. But since he got busted for doing graffiti on the school, and spent the summer doing outdoor work to pay for it, he stands out like you wouldn’t believe. His new physique attracts the attention of queen bee Bethany Milbury, who just so happens to be his father’s boss’s daughter, the sister of his biggest... Read More
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Case Reports of the Mormon Alliance: Volume 3, 1997
by Anderson, Lavina Fielding; Janice Merrill Allred
Salt Lake City, UT: Mormon Alliance, 1998. First printing. Paperback. Fine. SIGNED. 370 pp. Octavo [23 cm]. Red wraps with title printed in white on the front and spine. Top corners of cover slightly bent. Signed by Anderson and Allred on title page. "The Mormon Alliance was organized on 4 July 1992 to counter spiritual and ecclesiastical abuse in the Church and to protect the Church against defamatory actions...the current activities of the Alliance including publishing a quarterly... Read More
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Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale: With Little Sketches of Their Immigrant Ancestors All of Whom Came to America between the Years 1620 and 1685, and Settled in the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut
by Anderson, Mary Audentia Smith
Independence, MO: [Herald Publishing House], 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 720pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Red cloth with dark green vein patterns, gilt stamped profiles on front board, and title gilt stamped on backstrip. Extremities gently rubbed. Pages a bit tanned. ***Fold-out diagram absent. Family history of the charismatic founder of the Latter-day Saint faith. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Includes an index. Flake 122.
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Saturday's Children
by Anderson, Maxwell
New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. 166pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] 1/4 dark brown cloth with orange paper covered boards , a gilt stamped title on the spine, and a brown ink stamped title on the front cover. Very good. The edges of the covers are gently bumped and rubbed. The dust jacket is in very good condition. There are a couple of small chips in the paper at the head of the spine. A very... Read More
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Vault of the Ages
by Anderson, Poul
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/Very Good. 210pp. Octavo [22 cm]. Bound in dark blue cloth, with a white ink stamped title on the spine. Moisture damage to head of textblock which is wavy with surrounding boards a bit warped. Endsheets are darkened along the hinge and the pages are slightly age-toned. Dust jacket is a lightly soiled with a few short, closed tears along the edges. An early work from Poul... Read More
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Jeanne Was Once a Player of Pianos
by Anderson, Sandy
Boise, ID: Limberlost Press, 1998. First edition. Paperback. As NEW. Letter press edition. Handmade string bound wraps with decorative end sheets. Limberlost Press is a fine press and bindery out of Idaho. Since 1986 they have issued many completely handmade letterpress editions.
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National Geographic: Polygamy in America - One Man, Five Wives, 46 Children
by Anderson, Scott; Stephanie Sinclair (Photographer)
New York: National Geographic Society, 2010. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 150pp. Quarto [25.5cm]. Pictorial wraps. Light creasing and rubbing to wraps, with 7cm x 2cm loss to rear cover. Heavily illustrated feature on the FLDS church, following the 2008 raid of Yearning for Zion Ranch in Eldorado, Texas. Approximately 700 FLDS members relocated from the Short Creek region, under increasing scrutiny from Arizona and Utah law enforcement. President Warren Jeffs was facing a warrant for sexual assault... Read More
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Plays: Winesburg and Others
by Anderson, Sherwood
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. 242pp. Octavo [21 cm]. Brown cloth covered boards with a blue ink stamped title on the spine. Spine gently bumped at head and tail, pages mildly tanned. Very Good. Very Good dust jacket, showing subtle age-toning and edgewear. One small hole worn through the dust jacket at the front fold. From the dust jacket: "During the six decades of an active life Sherwood Anderson has established himself as one of... Read More
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Slope Move
by Andrews, Hanna
Coconut Books, 2012. First edition. Paperback. New. 74pp. Slim octavo [23 cm] Orange, white and black pictorial wraps. Hanna Andrews is co-founder of the feminist poetry press Switchback Books.
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The Angelic Avengers
by Andrezel, Pierre
New York: Random House, 1947. First US Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 402pp. Octavo. Teal cloth over boards with decorative piece stamped in gilt on front board. Previous bookstore stamp on front free ensheet. 1/4" open tear in head of spine of dust jacket. The only book written under a pen name by Isak Dinesen.
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Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou
by Angelou, Maya
New York: Random House, 2014. Later printing. Hardcover. New/new. 112pp. Octavo [21cm]. 1/4 white paper over tan boards. Title stamped in gilt on spine, and author's signature blind stamped on front board. In a dust jacket with embossed lettering. "Rainbow in the Cloud" offers resonant and rewarding quotes on such topics as creativity and culture, family and community, equality and race, values and spirituality, parenting and relationships. Perhaps most special, Maya Angelou’s only son, Guy Johnson, has contributed... Read More
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