Song Without Words: A Book of Engravings on Wood
by Ward, Lynd
New York: Random House, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Very good minus. SIGNED. Twenty-two woodcuts. Octavo [25 cm] 1/4 cream paper over gold foil boards with paper label on the backstrip. Title page printed in red and black. Deckled fore edges. The boards are scuffed, and the spine and the surrounding area of the boards are darkened. The endpapers are moderately browned along the hinges and edges. No slipcase. Dance 009. Printed in an edition of 1250 signed and... Read More
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An American Pilgrimage: Portions of the Letters of Grace Scribner (Signed by Lynd Ward, Winifred Chappell, and Harry F. Ward / Ex-libris Lynd Ward's sister)
by Ward, Lynd (Woodcuts); Selected and arranged by Winifred L. Chappell; Foreword by Harry F. Ward
New York: Vanguard Press with the Methodist Federation for Social Service, 1927. First edition, association copy. Hardcover. Near fine/good. 89pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Blue cloth over boards. With only light wear to the extremities. In a dust jacket, with taping to the edges on the reverse (a bit of this taping is visible through the edge tears). Dance 012. Ex-libris Lynd Ward's sister Muriel Ward, with her bookplate on the front pastedown. From the dust jacket- ... Read More
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Wild Pilgrimage
by Ward, Lynd
New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. Octavo [24 cm] Full rust colored cloth with paper labels on the front board and spine, and the publisher's black top stain. Spine rolled. Extremities lightly bumped and faintly soiled. In the uncommon dust jacket, which is a bit toned - particularly at spine - and has a handful of short, closed tears and small losses. Pencil notation on front flap of dust jacket.... Read More
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Madman's Drum: A Novel in Woodcuts
by Ward, Lynd
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930. First trade edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo [21 cm] in decorative boards over black cloth spine with spine label. Publisher's black topstain. Spine rolled; cloth at the head of the spine lightly frayed; previous owner's name in pen at head of half title; pages toned. Dance 005. Ward's second wordless novel is a visual tale of man's quest for power, and the inevitability of death. A masterpiece from one of... Read More
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Gods' Man and Madman's Drum (two volumes)
by Ward, Lynd
New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavos [21.5 cm] Black cloth spines with black and white illustrated paper over boards. Publisher's black topstain. The spines are rolled and the extremities are lightly rubbed. The top fore-edge corner of the rear board of Gods' Man is quite dinged. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown of Gods' Man and there is a bookplate on the front flyleaf of Madman's... Read More
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Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Volume V.
by Ward, Thomas (ed.)
Liverpool: James and Woodburn, Printers, 1844. Leather bound. 200pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 3/4 calf over marbled boards. Very Good. Light rubbing to extremities. Front joint splitting at head and foot. Title page is loose and laid in. Sporadic foxing to endsheets and pastedown. End sheets and paste downs chipped at foot with subtle losses. This Millennial Star contains the "Trial of Sidney Rigdon" and "Awful Assassination". The trial of Sidney Rigdon pertains to elder Rigdon ordaining his own "Prophets,... Read More
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Patriarchs and Politics; The Plight of the Mormon Woman
by Warenski, Marilyn
New York: Mcgraw-Hill Book Company, 1978. later printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fair. SIGNED. 304 pp. Quarto. [25 cm]. Paper and cloth over boards. Title and author last name stamped in spine. 6 inch closed tear in dust jacket on front cover. "This book traces the unusual history of women in the Mormon culture from its nineteenth-century beginnings to the present. Viewed as a patriarchal mircrocosm, the Mormon society relfects in its own unique way the extraordinary anti-female bias that has... Read More
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Fort Douglas, Utah [Photograph]
by [Fort Douglas] [Utah] [Framed Photograph] [Civil War]
[Fort Douglas, Utah]: n.p., 1866. Photograph. Good. Mounted albumen print [7 3/4 x 5 1/4"] on mount [9 1/2 x 7 1/2"]. In an original period frame [14 3/4 x 12 3/4"]. In pen to bottom margin of mount: "Head Quarters, First Mich Veteran, Cavalry, Fort Douglas, Utah, Winter, 1865 + 6." The subjects are dressed in their Civil War uniforms. The military band is on the left. Some light moisture damage to right side affecting just under... Read More
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The Bridges at Toko-Ri
by [War Literature] [Korean War] Michener, James A.
New York: Random House, 1953. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 146pp. Octavo [21 cm] Light and dark blue cloth over boards. The boards are just a bit dulled along the top edge. A name has been crossed out on the title page. In the illustrated dust jacket (with price of $2.50), with periodic small chips and light rubbing to the edges. One of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's early bestsellers.
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The History of Spanish Fork
by Warner, Elisha
Spanish Fork, UT: The Press Publishing Company, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Very good minus. 239pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Light brown cloth over boards with the title in gilt on the front board. The front board is a bit stained. The text block is cracked at the rear. The front free endpaper has a previous owner's bookplate, with the owner's name in pen partially visible beneath it. A book covering early explorations, the coming of the settlers, growth and... Read More
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Thru the Years: Sevier County Centennial History
by Warnock, Irvin L.
[Richfield, UT]: Sevier County Centennial Committee; Assisted by Daughters of Utah Pioneers of Sevier County, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good minus. 469 pp. Octavo. Striated blue cloth with gilt titles on front board and backstrip. Map endsheets. Illustrated throughout with photographs. The extremities are a bit rubbed, more so at the spine ends. The gilt on the front board has dulled a bit, and there is a previous owner's inscription on the front pastedown. The text block... Read More
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Figs Not Gathered in Tusculum
by Warren, Cecil W.
Salt Lake City, UT: Printed by the Author; Binding by Hiller Bookbinding Company, 1963. First edition, presentation copy from the author. Hardcover. Very good. SIGNED. 240pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Red cloth over boards. Ex-Seminary library, with Dewey Decimal classification at the foot of the spine, a couple of small ink stamps on the endpapers, and a pocket at the rear. The pages are clean. This copy is inscribed by the author on the verso of the front free... Read More
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Villages of Hispanic New Mexico
by Warren, Nancy Hunter
Santa Fe: School of American Research Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good Minus/Very Good. 111pp. Quarto [29 cm] Light gray cloth over boards, with the title in black on the backstrip and front board. The front board is warped. In the dust jacket, with sunning to the spine and the immediate surrounding areas of the panels (title still bold), along with light shelfwear to the panels. With Erratum. A book documenting the history and culture of New... Read More
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Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Arizona: Technical Report No. 9- Vegetation of Grand Canyon National Park
by Warren, Peter L.; Karen L. Reichhardt
Tucson and San Francisco: National Park Service/University of Arizona, 1982. Paperback. 140pp. Quarto [28 cm] Stapled tan and black printed wraps. Very good. There is a small loss from the fore edge of the front wrap. There is also a 1 and 1/2" closed tear in the surface of the front wrap. With the appendix of scientific and common names of plants encountered during vegetation mapping.
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Utah Since Statehood: Historical and Biographical (4 volumes)
by Warrum, Noble
Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 821,1198,1160,821pp. Quarto [28 cm] Dark green grained cloth with titles gilt stamped on backstrip. All edges marbled. The extremities are mildly bumped and rubbed, and there are sporadic cracks in the text blocks. The terminal leaves of volume 1 are a bit stained. Pp. 195-198 in volume 2 are detached, but present. There is a former owner's name on the front pastedown of volume 4. Illustrated... Read More
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Utah Since Statehood: Historical and Biographical (4 volumes)
by Warrum, Noble
Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 821,1198,1160,821pp. Quarto [28 cm] Dark green grained cloth with titles gilt stamped on backstrip. All edges marbled. The extremities are mildly bumped and rubbed, and the spines are moderately rolled. The front endsheet of volume 1 is split along the hinge, and the text block of volume 3 is cracked at the beginning. The cloth on the backstrip of volume 2 is rippled, and the text... Read More
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Utah Since Statehood: Historical and Biographical
by Warrum, Noble
Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Four volume set. 821,1198,1160,821pp. Quarto [28 cm] Dark green grained cloth with titles gilt stamped on backstrip. All edges marbled. All volumes are near fine or better including the scarce volume four. Illustrated throughout. Exhaustive history of the people and places of Utah. A very clean set of this monumental work, including the uncommon fourth volume. Flake/Draper 9603. Ex-libris Charles Henry Hart with his name in ink on... Read More
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Martin Guitars: An Illustrated Celebration of America's Premier Guitarmaker
by Washburn, Jim; Richard Johnston; Foreword by Stephen Stills
Pleasantville, NY/Montreal: Reader's Digest, 2002. Second Reader's Digest hardcover printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED. 264pp. Quarto [28 cm] Black paper over boards with the title in gilt on the backstrip and front board. Blind stamped designs on the front board. Head of spine bumped. In the dust jacket, with subtle surface wear and a small chip to the bottom edge of the front panel. Panels of jacket a bit discolored near the spine. Inscribed by C. F.... Read More
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Up From Slavery
by Washington, Booker T.; Louis R. Harlan (introduction)
New York: Penguin Classics, 1986. Later printing. Paperback. New. 332pp. [19.5 cm] Pictoral wraps. In Up from Slavery, Washington recounts the story of his life—from slave to educator. The early sections deal with his upbringing as a slave and his efforts to get an education. Washington details his transition from student to teacher, and outlines his own development as an educator and founder of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. In the final chapters of Up From Slavery, Washington... Read More
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Obituary Index 1988
by Wasserman, Ellen S.
Westport, CT: Meckler, 1989. Original edition. Hardcover. 256pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Red cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Very good condition. The spine ends are gently bumped. There is a tape stain at the foot of the spine, where a label once was. There is a tiny ink stamp on the bottom edge of the front free endsheet. From the Introduction- "The Obituary Index 1988 has been compiled for use by people... Read More
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![The Monkey Wrench Gang Print/Artwork: “Some tourists stopped to stare at Smith…” [Seldom Seen Smith praying as Hayduke scares tourists away.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/426/636/1741636426.0.l.jpg)
The Monkey Wrench Gang Print/Artwork: “Some tourists stopped to stare at Smith…” [Seldom Seen Smith praying as Hayduke scares tourists away.]
by R. Crumb [Robert Crumb] (illustration). Edward Abbey (quotation). Mark Knudsen (hand-tinted watercolor)
[Salt Lake City, UT]: [Dream Garden Press], 1986. Print/Artwork. Very Good. Photostat print (hand-tinted with watercolor) [43cm x 28cm / 17" x 11"]. The back side of this print is glue-stained from previously having glue applied for mounting, thus the paper is also subtly and unevenly toned when viewed from the front. Regardless, the print is still bright and attractive. Neat and small note in ink at the bottom right corner reads "JUNE". This image can be... Read More
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The Man Who Killed the Deer
by Waters, Frank
New York: Farrar & Rhinehart, Inc, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 311pp. Octavo [21 cm] Bright red cloth covered boards with a black ink stamped title and gilt stamped designs on the spine, and a black ink stamped vignette on the front cover. The extremities are lightly rubbed and the spine is a bit rolled. There is a contemporary owner's inscription on the front pastedown and there is a bookseller's ticket on the rear pastedown. In the... Read More
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The Man Who Killed the Deer
by Waters, Frank; Lawrence Clark Powell
Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1965. Limited edition. Hardcover. Don Perceval. 323pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] 1/4 black cloth with blue illustrated paper covered boards. In a slipcase with pale blue paper covered boards. Very good. The spine of the book is extremely sun faded and very subtly rolled. The slipcase is in very good condition, with very slight sun fading. Frank Waters wrote 27 books, including novels, biographies, histories, and essay collections. The majority of his fiction and non-fiction mirrors Waters’... Read More
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Brave Are My People: Indian Heroes Not Forgotten
by Waters, Frank; Foreword by Vine Deloria, Jr.
Santa Fe: Clear Light Publishers, 1993. Limited edition. Leather Bound. Near Fine. SIGNED. 189pp. Octavo [23cm]. Full leather with gilt stamped lettering on spine and front board. In a beige slipcase. Signed by Frank Waters on the limitation page. Limited to 300 copies, of which this is number 77. The often unfamiliar life stories of Pontiac, Sequoyah, Geronimo, Sitting Bull, Chief Joseph and Chief Seattle.
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The Man Who Killed the Deer
by Waters, Frank
Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1965. 1/1250. Don Perceval. 323pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/4 blue cloth over illustrated blue boards. Housed in the publisher's blue slipcase. Very good. Minor sunning to the backstrip. Signed by the author on the limitation page. This edition was limited to 1250 numbered copies, this is copy 90. Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell.
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