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. Leather bound. Good. 520pp. Octavo [24 cm] 3/4 black leather with black pebbled cloth covered boards. Title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. The extremities are rubbed, and the spine is heavily rolled. There is a small chip to the surface of the backstrip, obscuring a bit of the title. In addition, a little bit of the gilt... 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] Textured green cloth with gilt titles and blind-embossed cover device. Publisher's green topstain. The gilt on the front board has faded, front board upper corner 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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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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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. Leather bound. Very good. 520pp. Octavo [24 cm] Embossed leather boards. Title gilt stamped on front board and backstrip. All edges gilt. Rebacked, with a portion of the original spine overlaid. Leather professionally preserved with archival cellugel (making leather less dry). There are a couple of contemporary gift inscriptions on the preliminary pages. Frontispieces Heber C. Kimball and his wife... 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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Retention copy of letter to T.L. Smith
by [Whittlesey, Elisha]
1857. Three pages of retention copies of manuscript material. A two-page retention copy of a manuscript letter dated March 9, 1857 from Elisha Whittlesey (1783–1863), Comptroller for the U.S. Treasury Department, to T.L. Smith, Auditor of the Treasury, concerning financial allocations for the Utah Territory. A manuscript retention copy of the official act that provides for the appropriation is included with the letter (also in Whittlesey's hand) . Up to this date, the sum of $1,000 was allocated... Read More
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Interstices
by Whitt, Laurelyn
Kearny, Nebraska: Logan House, 2006. Paperback. As NEW. 89pp. Collection of peoetry. 2005 Holland Prize Winner.
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Urban Calm
by Wiarda, Peter; Jonathan Nellermoe (Contributor)
Salt Lake City, UT: Peter Wiarda, 2024. First edition. Hardcover. New. Quarto [28cm]. Illustrated boards. A book of photographs depicting city scenes that invoke a sense of tranquility through architecture, geometry, and color. The images feature a variety of architectural styles, industrial and utilitarian fixtures, functional and decorative elements; all of which are representative of Salt Lake City.
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The Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton
by Oppenheim. E. Phillips; Illustrations by Gustavus C. Widney
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1913. First American edition. Hardcover. Very good. 322pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering and a sea-green ink stamped floral design on the front board. The spine and boards are subtly edgeworn. Text block nice and square. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letterpress printer John Ruyle. In Day. A novel which includes the discovery of an ancient Egyptian "mind-food" that changes personality, and causes absolute understanding... Read More
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Joseph Smith: Seeker After Truth, Prophet of God
by Widtsoe, John A.
Salt Lake City, UT: Bookcraft, 1993. Second Collector's Edition Printing. Hardcover. 385pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Gray cloth spine with light gray and black printed paper covered boards, and a silver stamped title on the spine. Very good. The spine is slightly rolled. There is a small circular ring indented in the front board. The circle measures just under 1 inch in diameter. The covers have a couple of thin, light stains. The longer stain is about 1 inch long.... Read More
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Sacred Books & Sky Hooks
by Wiebe, Paul Enns
Fort Collins, Colorado: Komos Books, 2020. 269 pp. Octavo. [22 3/4 cm]. Illustrated wraps. Sacred Books & Sky Hooks is a genre-bending literary thriller with occasional dollops of humor. It resembles Melville's Moby Dick in one respect: each narrative is punctuated by nonfictional discussions of a central subject. Instead of whales and whaling, this novel deals with the subject of founder myths: sacred stories told by and about founders of religious movements. And instead of being a tale of... Read More
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Sector 7
by Wiesner, David
New York: Clarion Books, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. SIGNED Unpaginated. Quarto [28cm] 1/4 emerald cloth and white paper over boards with title stamped in gilt on spine. Illustration embossed on front board. Corners are very lightly bumped. Signed by the author on the title page. A wordless novel depicting the expansive imagination one boy has.
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Hurricane
by Wiesner, David
New York: Clarion Books, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. SIGNED Unpaginated. Oblong quarto [23.5 x 28 cm] 1/4 nacy cloth and blue paper over boards with title stamped in silver on spine. Illustration stamped in silver on front board. Boards are ever so slightly cocked. Signed by the author on half-title.
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Sector 7
by Wiesner, David
New York: Clarion Books, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good +. SIGNED. Slim quarto [28 cm] 1/2 green cloth with light gray patterned paper over boards. The front board is a trifle warped. In the illustrated dust jacket with light surface and edge wear. A wordless picture book. Signed by David Wiesner, with a sketch of a cloud, on the title page. David Wiesner received the Caldecott Medal for "Tuesday," for "The Three Pigs," and... Read More
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The Three Pigs
by Wiesner, David
New York: Clarion Books, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. SIGNED. 40pp. Oblong quarto [23.5 cm by 29.5 cm] 1/2 red cloth over gray boards with title stamped in gilt on spine. The boards are a bit concave. Signed by David Wiesner in black ink on the copyright page.
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Sector 7
by Wiesner, David
New York: Clarion Books, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. SIGNED. Slim quarto [28 cm] 1/2 green cloth with decorative light gray paper over boards. With a "Caldecott Honor Book" label affixed to the front panel of the dust jacket. Signed by David Wiesner on the title page. David Wiesner is the writer and illustrator of Tuesday, a Caldecott Medal winner.
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June 29. 1999
by Wiesner, David
New York: Clarion Books, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED Unpaginated. Quarto [24 cm] 1/4 teracotta cloth and blue paper over boards with title stamped in silver on backstrip. Pictoral silver stamping on front board. Signed by the author on the title page.
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Hurricane
by Wiesner, David
New York: Clarion Books, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. SIGNED Unpaginated. Oblong quarto [23.5 x 28 cm] 1/4 nacy cloth and blue paper over boards with title stamped in silver on spine. Illustration stamped in silver on front board. Signed by the author on half-title.
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