Smith Family Home [Nauvoo]

South Royalton, Vermont: Grave's Studio, 1900. Photograph. 8 x 10" photograph. The photograph features Joseph, Hyrum, and Lucy Mack Smith portraits above the fireplace mantle. Grave's Studio backstamp. A bit of moisture damage (not affecting image) and chipping to extremities of mount.

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Utah Historical Quarterly - Volume 8 - April, July, October, 1940 - Numbers 2-3-4: The State of Deseret

Salt Lake City, UT: Utah State Historical Society, 1940. First paperback edition. Softcover. 251pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Tan and black printed wraps. Very good. The spine and edges of the wraps are darkened. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the verso of the front cover. There are multiple short closed tears and chips in the edges of the wraps. From the Preface- "In publishing this monograph, the Utah Historical Quarterly recreates fascinatingly the stirring era of the State... Read More

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George Hayduke" Rye Pale Ale Commemorative Monkey Wrench Gang Beer Poster

A. Fisher Brewing Company; Ken Sanders Rare Books, 2020. Limited Silkscreen Print. New. R. Crumb. [14.5'' x 13.25''] Gold and black screen-printed poster depicting one of R. Crumb's illustrations of "George Hayduke," one of the main protagonists from Ed Abbey's "The Monkey Wrench Gang," as adapted for a beer label in a collaboration between A. Fisher Brewing Co. and Ken Sanders Rare Books. The second of six posters commemorating "The Monkey Wrench Gang" beer that was produced in... Read More

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Deseret Sunday School Union Leaflets--Lessons 1 to 136 inclusive

Salt Lake City: Geo. Q. Cannon & Sons Company, 1898. Hardcover. Very good. Unpaginated. Maroon cloth with gilt title to front cover. Ex-library. Minor wear. Front and rear inner hinges beginning to crack. Previous owner's wetstamps on ffep's and front fore edge. Internally fine.

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G.A.R. Grand Army of the Republic

Photograph. Early 1900s large format photograph. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2" on a 11 x 13 3/4" mount. Light rubbing to the mount edges. Some members of the fraternal organization are mounted on horses, and some are holding drums. In pen on the reverse: "Kamas, UT.

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From Salt Lake City to San Francisco Bay Via the Western Pacific Railway [View Book]

Salt Lake City, UT: Van Noy Inter-State Co, No date. Paperback. Very Good +. Oblong quarto [24 cm x 30.5 cm] Black wraps with a decorative title and an illustrated paper label (image looks from San Francisco Bay westward to the great Pacific) mounted to the front cover and a string tie binding. With minor wear to the wraps. Consisting of Twenty-Five Views in Eleven Colors. Contains an Explanation of Subjects Illustrated. With three images of Utah, two... Read More

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Proceedings of the American Federation of Labor 1899, 1900, 1901 (Report of Proceedings of the 19th Annual Convention of the American Federation of Labor Held at Detroit, Michigan, December 11th to 20th Inclusive, 1899. Report of Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Convention of the American Federation of Labor Held at Louisville, Kentucky, December 6th to 15th Inclusive, 1900. Twenty-First Annual Convention of the American Federation of Labor 1901. Report of Proceedings)

Bloomington, IL: Pantagraph Printing and Stationary Co, 1901. First edition. Hardcover. 174; 168; xvi; 268pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Olive green cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the backstrip, and blind stamped decorative borders on the covers. Good. Ex-library (legitimately discarded). The extremities are mildly rubbed and bumped. The rear endsheet is split along the hinge, and there are several cracks in the front endsheet along the hinge. One of these cracks has been dabbed with a... Read More

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Lesson Book for Co-Pilots: Children Seven Years Old

Salt Lake City, UT: General Board of Primary Association of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1952. Paperback. 244pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Silver illustrated wraps. Good. The covers are mildly creased and just a little bit rubbed. There are a couple of small moisture stains on the title page, and the fore edges of the last couple of pages are barely perceptibly moisture stained. The inside margin of the title page has numerous short closed tears around... Read More

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Map of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island

Hartford, CT: Brown & Parsons, 1838. Map. Good. Folding pocket map [20 x 15"] in brown leather gilt stamped boards. The front board is detached, but present. With occasional splits along the folds. The longest split measures just over 2 1/2". With a statistical table containing population information. A brightly hand-colored pocket map of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, with portions of Vermont and New Hampshire to the north, the Massachusetts Bay to the east, Long Island to... Read More

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Directory Fifth Grand Masquerade Ball Given by Lodge C. Colombo, I. V. No. 414 Order Sons of Italy - Monday, Feb. 7, 1921 to be Held at Dunn Hall at 8:00 P. M.

1921. Pamphlet. Paperback. Octavo [23 cm] Stapled brown and black printed wraps. Good. The front cover is lightly soiled, and has a couple of small closed tears. The edges of the front cover and last page are lightly chipped. The rear wrap is absent. The society was organized in March of 1914.

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Significant Mormon Diary Series (13 volumes)

Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates and Smith-Pettit Foundation. Limited Edition (various numbers in the limited editions). Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo [23.5 cm] Gray with various colors of printed cloth over boards. Silk ribbon page-markers. All volumes in very good or better condition. Occasional light dust soiling to the text block edges. Pages clean and bright. See additional condition notes following individual titles. May require extra postage due to weight. An... Read More

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In The Shadow Of The Butte: A History of Oelrichs and Surrounding Area

Pierre, S.D.: State Publishing Company, 1984. Hardcover. 725pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] White hardcover with black ink stamped titles on the spine and front cover, and black ink stamped vignettes on the front cover. Pictorial pastedowns. Profusely illustrated. Very good plus condition. A minimal amount of the title on the front cover has rubbed away. A book covering the history, schools, churches, organizations, and the people. Includes many family histories.

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Forest Dale Ward History 1896 to 1996 (Forest Dale Ward Granite Stake Centennial 1896-1996)

1977. Original edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 211pp. Quarto [28 cm] Red hardcover with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Illustrated throughout. Subjects include Amusement Hall Completed, Car Track Franchise, Joseph Caldiero, Eugene M. Cannon, Music History of Forest Dale, Talent Showcase, History of the Quorum of Elders, and more.

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The Godbe Family Heritage Book

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Beatrice Bayley, Inc, 1984. Hardcover. Very good +. Octavo [24 cm] Dark green leatherette with ornamental gilt stamping on the backstrip and boards. Prior owner's name and brief inscription on the front pastedown. This book guides one through the act of creating a personal family history, in this case the Godbe family history. A book with information already compiled, but also a book that allows information to be added. The book includes chapters entitled "History... Read More

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Fabian Bocklich's Pink Elephant Ideas Given At Homestead Branch L.D.S. Church. 48th & U Streets. Friday Dec. 9th, 1932 [Sacramento, California]

Ephemera. Flyer [22 cm x 15 cm] printed on both sides. With a handful of small chips to the edges and a small open tear to the surface.

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Report of the Secretary of the Interior; Being Part of the Message and Documents Communicated to the Two Houses of Congress at the Beginning of the First Session of the Fifty-Fourth Congress- Volume IV, Part I - Director's Report and Theoretic Papers (Dinosaurs)

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1895. Odd volume. Hardcover. 910pp. Very thick quarto [29 cm] Green cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine, and simple embossed designs on the covers. Good only. The spine and covers are heavily rubbed. The spine ends and edges of the covers are bumped. The cloth at the spine ends is slightly frayed. The underlying boards are peeking through at the corners. There is a small stain on the front board.... Read More

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Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society Volume XXI, Number 4, January 1929

Springfield, IL: Illinois State Historical Society, 1929. Paperback. 453-593pp. Small quarto [27 cm] Brown and black printed wraps. Good. The front wrap is almost completely detached, and the rear wrap is partially detached. The wraps are lightly rubbed and creased. The paper of the spine has multiple thin tears and small losses. There is a small notation in pen on the spine. The pages are tanned and many are uncut. Contents include "Nauvoo, Illinois, under Mormon and Icarian Occupation"... Read More

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The Official Souvenir Of the Forty-third National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic- Salt Lake City, Utah, August Nine to Fourteen, Nineteen Hundred Nine

Salt Lake City, UT: The Century Printing Company, 1909. Souvenir Book. Paperback. Stapled illustrated wraps. Oblong quarto [23.5 cm x 31 cm] Very good. The covers are lightly soiled, rubbed and creased. There are a few small light stains on the rear wrap, and there are faint small stains on a few of the pages. Yellowed pages. Compiled by Thomas & Lynch, Salt Lake City, and issued under the authority of the Executive Committee of the Forty-third National Encampment.... Read More

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$40 Handbound Notebook by Jazmin

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Triumphs Tarot: 23 Major Arcana

As New. Xkot Toxsik. Two complete decks of 23 cards with six instructional cards. Large deck is 5 x 7 in. shrinkwrapped. Small deck is 2 x 1.5 in. Both decks come in illustrated tuck bozes with gilt details on front and back. "A homage to ancient triumph parades. The Triumphs Tarot strips down the major arcana to its fundamental esoteric emblems.

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Enormous Rooms; Literary Journal of the University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Publications Council, 2005. First edition. Paperback. As NEW. 86 pages in wraps. Writing and photography by U of U undergraduates.

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An album of 97 Utah Postcards

1916. Ephemera. Quarto [28.5 cm] A large collection of Utah postcards housed in an album with pebbled black bonded leather over thin card boards, a string tie binding, and "Postal Souvenirs" stamped in gilt on front cover. With a contemporary presentation slip mounted to the front pastedown. The slip states: "Presented to Elder Charles L. Cottrell By His Former Sunday School Teacher Leolia Tomlinson. Salt Lake City 1-14-1916 Sent while on his mission to Chicago." Highlights include "Utah's... Read More

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3 Postcards of Canyons near Salt Lake City

1905. Ephemera. Very Good. In pen in the right margins: "The Twin Lakes. Head of Big Cottonwood Canyon"; "Climbing in the Mountains. Rocky Mouth Canyon. J. M."; Reservoy [sic] Lake. Dry Creek Canyon. Sept. 4 1905"; "The Twin Lakes. Head of Big Cottonwood Canyon.

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Kirk Douglas Writes to Gary Cooper

Santa Barbara: Santa Teresa Press, 1992. Limited Edition. Softcover. Fine. Unpaginated; [10] pp. Printed wrappers. Limited edition of 500 copies. Distributed as a holiday greeting in December 1992 to the friends of Kirk Douglas and Pepper & Stern Rare Books, Inc. The letter was written by Douglas during production of the movie "Lonely Are the Brave" based on Edward Abbey's novel "The Brave Cowboy." With an afterword by Kirk Douglas.

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Utah State Agricultural College described in pictures... Semi-Centennial 1888-1938

Logan, UT: Department of Public Relations / Utah State Agricultural College, 1938. Semi-Centennial edition. Paperback. Quarto [30 cm] Stapled black wraps with a gilt stamped title on the front wrap. Good condition. The covers slightly rubbed, creased and soiled. There is a small loss from the bottom edge of the covers and each page, perhaps due to insect nibbling. The bottom edge of the title page has a couple of small light moisture stains. The outer corners of the... Read More

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