The Gathering of Zion: The Story of the Mormon Trail
by Stegner, Wallace
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964. First Edition. 331pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Purple cloth with silver stamped titles on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Price clipped jacket. Wallace Stegner's work on the great Mormon Trek from Nauvoo to the Great Basin in 1846-1847, and the steady migration that followed it out of the Platte Valley and across the mountains for the next quarter century. One of the better received volumes in the 'American Trail Series' Wallace Earle Stegner (1909-1993)... Read More
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The Big Rock Candy Mountain
by Stegner, Wallace
Franklin Library, PA: Franklin Library, 1978. Limited Edition. 733pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Full tan leather with decorative gilt stamping. A.E.G. Near fine. This is Wallace Stegner's big book, that is a semi-autobiographical work about his childhood in the west. "The Big Rock Candy Mountain came to me in big lumpish nineteenth-century terms, and I just did it in chronologically, from beginning to end." - Wallace Stegner. Wallace Earle Stegner (1909-1993) was an American novelist, short story writer, environmentalist, and... Read More
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Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
by Stegner, Wallace
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1954. First Edition. 438pp. Octavo [22 cm] Tan cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Short closed tear to jacket's front panel with gentle rubbing to corners. Point Sublime fold-out panorama present and in nice condition. Map endsheets and pastedowns. Stegner's excellent biography of Powell, and his explorations of the Colorado River and the Colorado Plateau. Stegner points out the significance of Powell's thinking and writing on... Read More
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Wolf Willow: A History, a Story and a Memory of the Last Plains Frontier
by Stegner, Wallace
London: Heinemann, 1963. First U.K. Edition. 306pp. Octavo [22 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt on the backstrip. Very good/Very good. Price-clipped jacket. Bookplate on the front pastedown. In this work Stegner mixes together fiction and nonfiction, history and impressions, childhood remembrance and adult reflections in this unusual portrait of his boyhood. Set in Cypress Hills in southern Saskatchewan, where Stegner's family homesteaded from 1914 to 1920, Wolf Willow brings to life both the pioneer community and the... Read More
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The City of the Living, and Other Stories
by Stegner, Wallace E.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1956. First Edition. 206pp. Duodecimo [21 cm] Gray cloth with the title in yellow on the backstrip. Very good/Very good. Minor nicking to the corners of the jacket. Gentle foxing to pastedowns and endsheets. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Collection of eight short stories that previously appeared in Harper's Magazine, Mademoiselle, and Woman's Day. Wallace Earle Stegner (1909-1993) was an American novelist, short story writer, environmentalist, and historian, often called 'The Dean of Western Writers'. He... Read More
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Conversations with Wallace Stegner on Western History and Literature
by Stegner, Wallace and Richard W. Etulain
Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1983. First Edition. 207pp. Octavo [24 cm] Orange cloth with title on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Signed by Stegner on the half-title. This rich harvest of Stegner's ideas and opinions is an indispensable source book for scholarly research on Stegner's writing. Wallace Earle Stegner (1909-1993) was an American novelist, short story writer, environmentalist, and historian, often called 'The Dean of Western Writers'. He won the Pulitzer... Read More
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Continent's Gold: An Anthology of Contemporary Poets
by Sterling, George; Genevieve Taggard, and James Rorty
San Francisco: Printed for the Book Club of California by John Henry Nash, 1925. 1/600 copies. 237pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/2 vellum over brown boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Marbled endsheets and pastedowns. Very good. Ownership stamp on the front free endsheet. This edition was limited to 600 numbered copies, this is copy 149. John Henry Nash (1871-1947) was a renowned fine printer who spent the majority of his career in the San Francisco area,... Read More
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Our Father in Heaven, Thy Praises We Sing
by Stevens, Beatrice Farley
[Salt Lake City, UT], 1939. [4]pp. Single sheet [25.5 cm x 17.5 cm] folded in half. Very good. Music and lyrics on pages [1]-[3]. "As a member of the [Relief Society] music committee, she assisted in the preparation of the new 'Relief Society Song Book,' which includes two of her compositions, 'The Work We're Called To Do,' and 'Our Father in Heaven.' " - Relief Society Magazine, Vol. 28 - No. 4. pg. [234] We believe that this... Read More
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Nord-America and West Indien
by Stieler, Adolph
[Upsala, SWE]: Palmblad & Co, 1825. Map [18 cm x 21 cm] / [7" x 8.25"] on a single sheet [23 cm x 30.5 cm] / [9" x 12"] Hand tinted borders. Gentle overall foxing with top left corner nicked (does not effect map). Inset map at lower left labeled "Nordostl Theil Verein Staaten" [Northeast part of the United States] that shows the Eastern Seaboard, from North Carolina to Maine. Canada is labeled "Hudsons Bay Lander." Texas is shown... Read More
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The Constitutional and Legal Aspect of the Mormon Question, Speech of James W. Stillman, in Science Hall, Boston, Mass., April 2d, 1882
by Stillman, James W.
Boston: Stillman & Company, Publishers, 1882. First Edition. 24pp. Octavo [23 cm] Tan printed wrappers. Better than very good. Short work by the lawyer, merchant, and legislator, James Wells Stillman, in which he states that laws of force against polygamy will result in a blood war and goes onto argue against the prohibition of polygamy. Flake/Draper 8466.
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The Soul's Fire
by Stokes, Jeremiah
Los Angeles: Suttonhouse Limited, 1936. First Edition. 291pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Blue cloth with a red and gilt label on the backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Jacket bumped at extremities with a large chip missing from the front panel's upper left corner. This jacket is uncommon. Eight tipped-in illustrations. Uncommon novel from the author of 'Thunder Cave' that offers a history of Mormonism from its founding to the arrival of Brigham Young and his followers into the Great Basin. ... Read More
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On the Mormon Frontier: The Diary of Hosea Stout, 1844-1861
by Stout, Hosea. Edited by Juanita Brooks
Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1982. 2 volume set. 769pp. Quartos [26 cm] Rust colored cloth with gilt stamped labels on the backstrips. Both volumes near fine in like jackets. A nicer than usually seen set of this important first hand account of the Mormon migration from the midwest to the Great Basin and the first decade plus in the west. Hosea Stout (1810-1899) was one of the most prolific, and insightful of the early Mormon diarists.... Read More
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California Car Culture
by Streib, Art
Los Angeles: Photo by Art Streib, 1940. 3 Silver gelatin photographs [25 cm x 33 cm] / [10" x 13"] Photographer's blind stamp at the lower right corners and hand stamps on the backs. One view has a short closed tear to the foot that has been repaired with tape. All views have nice contrasts. Three nice views of a nicely dressed man behind the wheel of a convertible. Two of the views are bird's eye showing the car... Read More
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Regulars in the Redwoods: The U.S. Army in Northern California, 1852-1861
by Strobridge, William F.
Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1994. First Edition. 283pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Blue cloth with titles and rules gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Frontier Military Series XVII (17). Retired Colonel Strobridge tells the story of the outmanned regular Army operating in northern California under poorly defined orders. Supposedly sent to protect immigrants from Indians, the troops came to realize that they needed to protect the Indians from the newcomers. Many army officers who later made a... Read More
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Waimea Bay, Hawaii
by [Surfing] Grannis, Leroy
Colorado Springs, CO: Looart Press, Inc, 1970. Color poster [76 cm x 53 cm] / [30" x 21"] Fine. 'A' condition. Promotional poster for the world famous, Waimea Bay, by the legendary surf photographer, LeRoy Grannis. LeRoy "Granny" Grannis (1917-2011) was a veteran photographer. His portfolio of photography of surfing and related sea images from the 1960s enjoys a reputation that led The New York Times to dub him "the godfather of surfphotography.
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New Helvetia Diary: A Record of Events Kept by John A. Sutter and His Clerks at New Helvetia, California from September 9, 1845 to May 25, 1848
by Sutter, John A.
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1939. First Edition. 138pp. Quarto [31 cm] 1/4 tan cloth over decorative paper boards. Paper label on the backstrip. Color frontispiece. Better than very good. 950 copies of this work were printed by the Grabhorns for The Society of California Pioneers. This work by John Sutter and others chronicles daily events, arrivals, and significant happenings in pre-Gold Rush California, including the Bear Flag Revolt, the U.S. takeover, and the discovery of gold at Sutter's... Read More
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John G. Whittier photograph and letter
by Taber, Charles & John Greenleaf Whittier
New Bedford, MA / Amesbury, MA, 1898. Boudoir cabinet Card. Albumen photograph [19.5 cm x 12.5 cm] on a gray gilt edged 'John G. Whittier' mount [13.5 cm x 21.5 cm] Taber backstamp. Gentle overall wear and toning. Corners rubbed. ALS. Single leaf [17 cm x 11 cm] manuscript content to recto and verso: "Amesbury 1st moz(?) 1898. My Dear friend - I thank thee - for thy kind letter, - I am greaved to - hear of... Read More
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Sun Chief: The Autobiography of a Hopi Indian
by Talayesva, Don C. Edited by Leo W. Simmons
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1963. Fifth Printing. 460pp. Duodecimo [21 cm] Light orange cloth. Very good/Very good. Short closed tear to head of jacket's front panel. Gentle age toning to spine of jacket. Inscribed by the auhor on the front free endsheet: "To Ernest and Nannette Bulow Don C Tala-yes-va Author of the Sun Chief book Oct 17, 1971." Rare Signed. Don C. Talayesva (1890-1985) was born and raised in the Hopi village of Old Oraibi until... Read More
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A Historical Guide to the Mormon Battalion and Butterfield Trail
by Talbot, Dan
Tucson: Westernlore Press, 1992. First Edition. 124pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Dark blue buckram boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Signed by the author on the title page. Illustrated guide to the Mormon Battalion/Butterfield Trail through southern Arizona. There are few major events in the history of the Far West from 1846 to 1849 that did not involve the Mormon Battalion. Recruits for the Mexican War from migrating Mormons in Iowa, the Battalion helped... Read More
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Domestic Science: A Book for Use in Schools and for General Reading
by Talmage, James E.
Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon & Sons, 1892. Second Edition. 389pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Burgundy pebbled cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Very good. Minor discoloring to boards and endsheets. Early home economics text book from the scientist, educator and General Authority, James E. Talmage (1862-1933), published for use throughout Utah Territory. Illustrated with black and views. "The author has endeavored to bring together, in a simple manner, such topics... Read More
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A Biographical Sketch of James Jensen
by Tanner, Joseph Marion
Salt Lake City: The Deseret News, 1911. First Edition. 190pp. Duodecimo {18 cm] Black cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Decorative blind stamping to boards. Floral endsheets and pastedowns. Near fine. Biography of the Mormon pioneer and the leader of the Forest Dale Second Ward in the Sugarhouse area. Forest Dale was originally Brigham Young's Forest Farm. "It was the intention originally to summarize briefly the leading events in the life of James Jensen. Contrary to... Read More
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Mormondom - A Fresh Supply of Wives - Going Out To The Settlements
by Tavernier, Jules and Paul Frenzeny
New York: Harper's Weekly, 1875. Single trimmed news sheet [26.5 cm x 36 cm] with wood engraving. Very good. Unrelated text to reverse. "As interest in Utah, California, and other parts of the West mounted, Harper's commissioned two French artists, Paul Frenzeny and Jules Tavernier, to make detailed sketches of a transcontinental expedition beginning in 1873. Their woodcuts can be found sprinkled throughout the pages of Harper's from 1873-75, long after the completion of their assignment. Resembling Joseph Becker's... Read More
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An Epistle of the First Presidency: To the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in General Conference Assembled. Read April 6, 1886, at the fifty-sixth general annual conference, held at Provo, Utah
by Taylor, John and George Q. Cannon
Salt Lake City: [Deseret News Company, 1886. First Edition. 19pp. Octavo [21 cm] About very good. Lacks wrappers. An open letter by the First Presidency that was sent out to be read at a General Conferences in Provo, instead of in person at the Tabernacle due to the Polygamy raids, than be conducted by federal marshals throughout the Territory, to locate and arrest known bigamists. In this short work Taylor writes of the challenges the Church was facing due... Read More
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Hosanna Shout Handkerchief and Printed Dedication
by Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple
[Salt Lake City]: [The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], 1996. 2 white handkerchiefs with lace extremities [29 cm x 29 cm] / [11.5" x 11.5"] embroidered with the facade or the Temple and an emroidered text border 'Mt. Timpanogos Utah Temple. Dedication 1996.' With the printed 16-line dedication attributed to Michal Doxey Cotrell. Housed in a translucent plastic case as issued. Fine. The Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple is the 49th operating temple of the Church of Jesus... Read More
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The Six Turnings: Major Changes in the American West, 1806-1834
by Terrell, John Upton
Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1968. First Edition. 250pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Brown cloth with title gilt on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Map endsheets and pastedowns. Western Lands and Water Series VIII (8). "In this work Terrell, award-winning author of numerous works, sought to lay his ruler on the history of the west by defining six major incidents which shaped Western development." - Clark & Brunet 47.
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