Samuel Becket Born Astride a Grave
by West, Paul
Salt Lake City, UT: Elik Press, 2004. First edition. Paperback. As NEW. 23 pp. Stiched Wraps. Unsung Poets Series No. 2. First Edition/Special Printing. No. 7 of 100.
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Scent of Shatter
by Wetlaufer, Valerie
Grey Books Press, 2010. Paperback. NEW. 28pp 22cm. Staple bound, cream colored illustrated wraps. Valerie Wetlaufer was born and raised in Iowa. Since then, she has lived in Vermont, Paris, Florida, and Salt Lake City, where she is a doctoral fellow in English and Creative Writing at the University of Utah.
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On Bear's Head
by Whalen, Philip
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. and Coyote (A Harvest Book), 1969. First paperback edition. Paperback. Very Good. SIGNED and warmly inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf. 406pp. Octavo [20cm]; perfect-bound in printed wraps. Significant sunning to the spine and surrounding areas. Light shelfwear. Otherwise, a square and unmarked copy. Warmly inscribed (to a noted Pacific Northwest poet and collector) by Philip Whalen on the front flyleaf: "for ______ (with | apologies for the |... Read More
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Overtime; Selected Poems
by Whalen, Philip
New York: Penguin Books, 1999. Second printing. Paperback. As NEW. 311pp. 23 cm. in multicolored wrappers (sepia-toned pictorial front cover, orange and black backstrip, lime green rear cover). New. Introduction by Leslie Scalapino. Edited by Michael Rothenberg. Philip Whalen played a key role in the explosive poetic revolution of the fifties and sixties, and, like his college roommate Gary Snyderm took both poetry and zen seriously. An original troubadour and thinker-- confidant and ally to Jack... Read More
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ANCHOR STEAM BEER, for Mike McClure
by Whalen, Philip
California, Pennsylvania: the unspeakable visions of the individual, 1978. Postcard. Near Fine. Poetry postcard [4.5" x 6"] printed on light blue cardstock. Postally unused. Divided back and stampbox. Postcard reads: "ANCHOR STEAM BEER, for Mike McClure | I am here | I like this | That is there | The sign says "Dinner?" | While underneath the picture changes | From Lobster Thermidor | (How did the French Revolution | get in among the crustacea?) | To Oysters... Read More
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The Salt Lake City Post Office [1849-1869]
by Whall, Les
Salt Lake City, UT: Crabtree Press, 1982. First printing. Paperback. Very Good. 202pp. Octavo [21 cm] Light orange and black printed wraps. From the Preface- "In summary, Mormon Church leaders and the Great Salt Lake Valley residents were both acquainted with and dependent upon a scheduled and reliable postal service. The Church's intentional isolation in the far western Rocky Mountains brought a momentary security and seclusion, but it also immediately magnified Mormon dependence upon a very long and... Read More
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The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco: Chronology of Twenty-Five Years 1928-1953
by Wheat, Carl I. (Preface); Geo. E. Dawson (Editor)
San Francisco, 1954. First edition, limited. Hardcover. Near fine. Folio [40 cm] 1/4 black cloth with bright marbled paper over boards. Top edge trimmed; other edges deckled. Text printed in red and black. Ex-libris Santa Rosa publisher and rancher Lee Lawrence Stopple, with his bookish bookplate on the front pastedown. A lovely production. One in an edition of 200 copies printed by Roxburghers Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. From the preface by Carl Wheat- "Despite the fact... Read More
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Report Upon United States Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian, In Charge Of Capt. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Under the Direction of the Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army. Volume 1- Geographical Report
by Wheeler, George M.
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1889. Illustrated. Hardcover. 780pp. Very thick quarto [29 cm] Rebound in sturdy black cloth with a gilts stamped title on the spine. Very good. Ex-library, with only a few traces of library markings. There is a brief notation on the front pastedown. The edges of a few of the pages are very subtly moisture stained. The majority of the pages are clean and bright. Between 1871 to 1879, under the jurisdiction of the chief... Read More
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Engineer Department, U. S. Army. Report Upon United States Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian, In Charge of First Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Under the Direction of Brig. Gen. A. A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army. Published by Authority of the Honorable the Secretary of War, In Accordance with Acts of Congress of June 23, 1874, and February 15, 1875. Vol. VI.- Botany
by Wheeler, George M.; J. T. Rothrock
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1878. Original edition. Hardcover. 404pp. Quarto [30 cm] Odd volume. Brown cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the backstrip and blind-ruled borders on the covers. Good plus. The extremities are rubbed, and the spine is just a little bit sunned. The front hinge is weak, and there is a glue stained patch on the front pastedown. The text block is cracked at the front and rear, however the text block is... Read More
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One Big Union of the I. W. W. (Chart Included)
by [Industrial Workers of the World / I.W.W. / IWW] ["Dust" Wallin (Cartoonist)] ["Father" Thomas J. Hagerty] [Hagerty's Wheel]
Chicago, Illinois: Industrial Workers of the World [I.W.W. / IWW], 1925. Pamphlet. Good. 26 [+5] pp. Octavo [23 cm]; saddle-stapled in illustrated wraps. The large foldout chart/poster is tipped-in to the inside of the front wrap. The front wrap and chart, together, are completely detached. The covers are worn and stained but present and complete. Edgewear, age-toning, and brittling to the paper of the pamphlet. The foldout chart is folded three times with a few short splits at... Read More
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Poets of Today: Harry Duncan- Poems and Translations; Murray Noss- Samurai and Serpent Poems; May Swenson- Another Animal: Poems
by Wheelock, John Hall (introduction); Harry Duncan; Murray Noss; May Swenson
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 179pp. Octavo [21.9cm]. Black cloth spine and boards with gilt lettering and red ornament. Front board slightly bowed. Very light rubbing at the head and tail of the spine. Front free and paste-down endpapers slightly toned. Dust Jacket rubbed along the front fore-edge; rubbed and with one small closed tear along the spine. Upper corner of the front flap has been clipped, but price still present.... Read More
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Hail Chant and Water Chant: Navajo Religion Series Volume II
by Wheelwright, Mary C.
Santa Fe, NM: Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 237pp. Quarto [26cm]. Bound in teal cloth, with title stamped in silver ink on spine and front board. Foot of spine gently bumped and bottom edge of front board very subtly faded. In a plain green dust jacket with silver ink stamped titles. The jacket shows only minor wear- a bit of light creasing to the top edge, and negligible fading... Read More
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![Una Gran Union de los Trabajadores Industriales del Mundo [Title Page]. Una Sola y Grande Union de Todos los Trabajadores [Front Cover]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/287/844/1690844287.0.l.jpg)
Una Gran Union de los Trabajadores Industriales del Mundo [Title Page]. Una Sola y Grande Union de Todos los Trabajadores [Front Cover]
by [Spanish] [Industrial Workers of the World / I.W.W. / IWW] ["Father" Thomas J. Hagerty] [Hagerty's Wheel]
Chicago, Illinois: Industrial Workers of the World (2422 Halsted St. Norte), 8211. Printed in Morelia, Mexico. Pamphlet. Very Good +. 23 pp. [+4 pp. insert bound at the center between pages 10 and 11.] Octavo [23 cm]; side-stapled in printed wrappers. Just a bit of toning to some of the internal pages. This copy is clean and in excellent shape, with just a soft, faint central vertical crease that runs throughout. Spanish language edition; a translation or variation... Read More
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The Giant Joshua
by Whipple, Maurine
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very good. 637pp. Octavo [21 cm] Bright green cloth covered boards with blue ink stamped titles on the spine and front board. There is a minor scuff mark to the foot of the text block at the fore-edge, and there is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. In a very attractive dust jacket, with sunning to the spine and front panel (title and illustration still bold),... Read More
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James McNeill Whistler
by Whistler, James McNeill; Richard Dorment; Margaret F. Macdonald
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 331 pp. Quarto [30.3 cm]. Red cloth over boards. Gilt stamped lettering on back strip. Dust jacket with light surface wear, and several short closed edge tears. Permanent. The catalog of the new Whistler exhibition--the largest since his death in 1903--reveals the range and variety of his work, showing him as a talented painter, printmaker, and designer and as a central figure in the... Read More
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whataboutrick.com-; a poetic tribute to Richard A. Ricci
by Whitefox, Lee
Bloomington, MN: Hallmark Emporium, 2003. First printing. Paperback. As NEW. Trade paperback, 91 pp. Signed on the title page by the author. An unusual self-published book of poems about Richard Ricci, who in 2002 died in jail of a brain hemmorhage. He was falsely accused of kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart.
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Forty-Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1929-1930 (The Acoma Indians; Isleta, New Mexico; Introduction to Zuni Ceremonialism; Zuni Origin Myths; Zuni Ritual Poetry; Zuni Katcinas)
by White, Leslie A.; Elsie Clews Parsons and Ruth L. Bunzel
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1932. Original printing. Paperback. Good. 1108pp. Thick quarto [28.5 cm] Green and black printed wraps, with the rear wrap detached, but present. The text block is cracked at the center. With 61 illustrated plates. May require extra postage due to weight. An annual report devoted to the Zuni Indians.
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Nevada [1930s Pictorial Map]
by White, Ruth Taylor
1935. Map. Color pictographic / pictorial map [12 1/2" x 9 1/4"] in very good condition. A charming and amusing pictorial map from "Our USA- A Gay Geography" with text by Frank Taylor and maps by Ruth Taylor White (1896-1985). Complete copies of the book are very difficult to obtain, due to the fact that the maps were often removed. Names cities and rivers, among other things, with pictographs representing the resources and activities of the various regions. ... Read More
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The Book of Winter Sports
by White, W. Dustin
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. [308pp.] Octavo [21 cm] Light blue cloth with title stamped in white on front board and backstrip. Very good. Ex-lib with very few marks (number in white at foot of backstrip. Offsetting to rear endsheet and pastedown from pouch removal). Minor discoloring to rear board. Former owner's blind embossment stamp on title page. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout.
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Worth Their Salt, Too: More Notable But Often Unnoted Women of Utah
by Whitley, Colleen (Editor)
Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2000. First Edition. Paperback. As NEW. Wraps in white spine and rear cover, white photographic front cover. This volume pays homage to accomplished Utah women who have received little or no recognition in the past. This volume features Sarah Ann Cooke, Esther Peterson, Alberta Henry, Romania Pratt Penrose, Virginia Sorensen, and many others. New book with no flaws. 322 pages.
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Feed My Sheep: The Life of Alberta Henry
by Whitley, Colleen
Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 2019. First edition. Hardcover. New/new. 228pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Purple paper with gilt stamped title on spine. NEW. From back of book - "[This book] illuminates the life of an important Utah civil rights activist. The combination of oral history and more traditional biographical-style narrative offers a complex depiction of a strong black woman coming of age during WWII and then moving to Utah to improve her health and find... Read More
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Tomorrow's Living Room
by Whitmarsh, Jason
Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. NEW. 64pp. Octavo [22.5] Hardcover in dustjacket. NEW. First collection from the winner of the 2009 May Swenson Poetry Award. Foreword by Billy Collins.
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A Woman's View; Helen Mar Whitney's Reminiscences of Early Church History
by Whitney, Helen Mar; Broberg Holzapfel, Jeni; Neitzel Holzapfel, Richard;
Salt Lake City, UT: Bookcraft, Inc, 1997. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 519pp. Octavo [23.5 cm]. Pine green paper over boards. Title gilt stamped on backstrip and front board. Green endpapers. Front and back board corners and endstrip bump damage. Dust jacket with light wear and rubbing wear on edges. From the publisher: "Helen Mar Kimball Smith Whitney (1828–96) witnessed early Mormon history from its center. She was a daughter of Heber C. and Vilate Kimball and... Read More
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Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle; the Father and Founder of the British Mission
by Whitney, Orson Ferguson
Salt Lake City, UT: Published by the Kimball Family. Printed at the Juvenile Instructor Office, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. 520pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue cloth with gilt stamped title on the font board and backstrip. Good only. Ex-library. The spine and covers are lightly rubbed and soiled, and have multiple small stains. The spine ends and corners of the covers are bumped, and the underlying boards are exposed briefly along the edges. The cloth at the head of the... Read More
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Through Memory's Halls: The Life Story of Orson F. Whitney as Told by Himself
by Whitney, Orson Ferguson
Independence, MO: Zion's Printing and Publishing Company, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 424pp. Octavo [22 cm] in textured green cloth with gilt titles and blind-embossed cover device. Gilt tarnished, small puncture to spine at foot, front board upper corner lightly bumped, else very light wear. Originally, this volume was only intended for Whitney's children, and never intended for public consumption. Prior to his death it was distributed to family and friends. Scarce. Flake/Draper 9788.
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