Inventory of the County Archives of Utah. No. 2. Box Elder County (Brigham City)
by [WPA] Works Progress Administration [Morgan, Dale L.]
Ogden: The Historical Records Survey, 1938. First Edition. 257pp. Quarto [27 cm] Post binding with 1/4 black cloth cover over tan printed wrappers. Very good. WPA work for this northern Utah county. Ex-libris Dale L. Morgan with his signature at the upper right corner of the cover. Not in Saunders. Dale L. Morgan (1914 - 1971), was an American historian, accomplished researcher, biographer, editor, and critic. He specialized in material on Utah history, Mormon history, the American fur... Read More
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Inventory of the Church Archives of Utah, Volume 2: Baptist Church
by [WPA] Works Progress Administration [Morgan, Dale L.]
Salt Lake City: The Utah Historical Records Survey, 1940. First Edition. 71pp. Quarto [27 cm] 1/4 black cloth over brown and tan printed wrappers. Very good. Ex-libris Dale L. Morgan with his signature at the upper right corner of the cover. This work follows 'History and Bibliography of Religion in Utah, Volume 1.' "We deeply appreciate the courtesy of the project workers in all of their relations with us and their painstaking approach to their task. The Baptists of... Read More
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Florida: A Guide to the Southernmost State
by Workers of the Writers Program [WPA]
New York: Oxford University Press, 1939. First Edition. 600pp. Octavo [21 cm] Light blue cloth with the title and an Alligator printed in blue on the front board. First state jacket. About very good/Near fine. Jacket chipped at extremities with some losses. This book was the first of thirteen guides published by Oxford. Essay section includes a chapter on 'Public Health and Social Welfare'. Illustrations arranged in eight sections: Natural Settings, Industry, Recreation, Cities I and II, Agriculture, Along... Read More
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Death Valley, A Guide
by Workers of the Writers Program [WPA]
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1939. First Edition. 75pp. Octavo [24 cm] Light red cloth with the title stamped in blue on the front board and again on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Fold-out map present at the rear. Organized in the same format as the state guides in the American Guide Series, with first section of essays on the Valley (i.e. Geology, Climate, Flora, Fauna, History, and Borax) followed by two sections of tours: Main Highways,' with 7 tours, and... Read More
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Nevada: A Guide to the Silver State
by Workers of the Writers Program [WPA]
Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, 1940. First Edition. 315pp. Octavo [21 cm] Burgundy cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Large folding color map present in the rear pocket. About very good/Near fine. Price clipped jacket has a few large chips with losses. Highlights of the Nevada Guide include chapters on Mining and mining Jargon, Ranch and Stock Growing, and Stock Jargon. Good coverage of silver and gold mining, ranching, pioneer communities, and ghost... Read More
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Oklahoma: A Guide to the Sooner State
by Workers of the Writers Program [WPA]
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1941. First Edition. 442pp. Octavo [21 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Map on front endsheet and pastedown. Fold-out map present in rear pocket. Better than very good/Near fine. Gentle sunning to jacket's spine. Sponsored by the University of Oklahoma. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs and maps. Dykes 259Herd 51. Powell 1287. Six Guns 40. Scharf & Schoyer 504.
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Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State
by Workers of the Writers Program [WPA]
New York: Hastings House, 1940. First Edition. 718pp. Octavo [21 cm] Light blue cloth with the titles stamped in blue on the front board and backstrip. Very good. Gentle rubbing and fading to extremities of boards. Name in ink on the verso of the front free endsheet. Lacks the dust jacket. Sponsored by the Texas State Highway Commission. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs and maps. Historical pictorial map endsheets and pastedowns. "The historical incidents so dear to... Read More
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Vermont: A Guide to the Green Mountain State
by Workers of the Writers Program [WPA]
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1937. First Edition. 392pp. Octavo [21 cm] Green buckram with the titles gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Jacket bumped at the head with a few small closed tears with corresponding creases. Sponsored by the Vermont State Planning Board. Illustrated with black & white photographs and maps. There is a touring map on the front pastedown and endsheet. Large folding color map present in the rear pocket. Dykes 347. Powell... Read More
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Santa Barbara: A Guide to the Channel City and Its Environs
by Workers of the Writers Program [WPA]
New York: Hastings House, Publishers, 1941. First Edition. 206pp. Octavo [21 cm] Light green cloth with the title stamped in red on the front board and backstrip. Map endsheets and pastedowns. Very good/Very good. Price clipped jacket is nicked at the corners. Format typical of other American Guide Series titles, with sections on general information, historical and contemporary essays, local tours, and appendices (which include a chronology, a four page bibliography, and an index). Illustrations arranged in six four-page... Read More
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Louisiana: A Guide to the State
by Workers of the Writers Program [WPA]
New York: Hastings House, 1941. First Edition. 746pp. Octavo [21 cm] Green cloth with the title stamped in red on the front board and backstrip. About very good. Gentle sunning to backstrip. Sponsored by the Louisiana Library Commission at Baton Rouge. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs and maps. Touring map on the front pastedown and endsheet, and a transportation map on the rear pastedown and endsheet. Dykes 118. Powell 585. Scharf/Schoyer 215.
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San Francisco: The Bay and Its Cities
by Workers of the Writers Program [WPA]
New York: Hastings House, Publishers, 1940. First Edition. 531pp. Octavo [21 cm] Gray cloth with the title stamped in blue on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Very good. Corners of jacket are nicked with a closed tear to the front panel. Gift inscription on the front free endsheet. The arrangement of this work differs slightly from the typical American Guide Series state volumes, but includes many essays on historical and contemporary topics, as well as descriptive interpretive tours... Read More
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Arizona: A State Guide
by Workers of the Writers Program [WPA]
New York: Hastings House, 1940. First Edition. 530pp. Octavo [21 cm] Tan cloth with the title stamped in brown on the front board and backstrip. Very good. Sponsored by the Arizona State Teachers College at Flagstaff (present day, Northern Arizona University). Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs and maps. Touring map on the front pastedown and endsheet, and a transportation map on the rear pastedown and endsheet.The essay section, entitled 'Arizona's Background,' includes essays on 'The Indians' as... Read More
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California: A Guide to the Golden State
by Workers of the Writers Program [WPA]
New York: Hastings House, 1939. First Edition. 713pp. Octavo [21 cm] Light green cloth with the title stamped in green on the front board and backstrip. Very good. Minor sunning to backstrip. Gentle bumping and rubbing to corners. Sponsored by Mabel R. Gillis, California State Librarian. Illustrated with black & white photographs and maps. Touring map on the front pastedown and endsheet. Large folding color map present in the rear pocket. Includes essays on minding, transportation, labor, and the... Read More
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Kansas: A Guide to the Sunflower State
by Workers of the Writers Program [WPA]
New York: The Viking Press, 1939. First Edition. 538pp. Octavo [21 cm] Green cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. About very good/Very good. Scotch tape "repairs" to a price clipped jackt at the spine ends and folds. Sponsored by [Kansas] State Department of Education. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs and maps. Touring map on front pastedown and endsheet. Large folding color map present in the rear pocket. Dykes 103. Powell 503.... Read More
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Washington: City and Capital
by Workers of the Writers Program [WPA]
Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1937. First Edition. 1140pp. Octavo [21 cm] Black cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. Lacks the dust jacket. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs and maps. 'Handkerchief Map' on the pastedowns and endsheets. Both folding color maps are present in the rear pocket. A monumental work, and the largest of any of the FWP publications. The FWP headquarters planned the guide to Washington to be the... Read More
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New Orleans City Guide
by Workers of the Writers Program [WPA]
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. First Edition. 430pp. Octavo [21 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Map on front endsheet and pastedown. Fold-out map present in rear pocket. Near fine/Near fine. This fine guidebook contains an array of interesting essays, including ones on 'Racial Distribution,' 'Folkways,' 'Science,' 'Creole Cuisine,' 'The Carnival,' 'Cemeteries.' The tour section includes a long descriptive tour of the French Quarter. Also, with a 'Checklist of Some Noted... Read More
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Origins and Development of the Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times: A Thesis Submitted to the Department of History and Philosophy of Religion
by Wright, Lyle O.
Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1963. 268pp. Quarto [28 cm] Black buckram with the title on the front board. Very good. Lengthy work on the LeBaron group of Mexico, that was never formally published. The Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times is a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints fundamentalist sect headquartered in northern Mexico that was founded in 1955 by Joel LeBaron and members of his family. Written prior to the schism between Joel... Read More
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Inferior Courts, Superior Justice: A History of Justices of the Peace on the Northwest Frontier, 1853-1889
by Wunder, John R.
Westport: Greenwood Press, 1979. First Edition. 246pp. Octavo [22 cm] Blue cloth with silver stamped titles. Near fine. Contributions in Legal Studies, Number 7. "At the time of the migration to the American colonies, justices of the peace had reached a high point in their judicial and administrative evolution, and, therefore, a thriving, powerful English institution was easily transplanted to the American frontier. here the colonists perceived a need for order and laws, and justices of the peace readily... Read More
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Photograph Souvenir of Laramie, Wyo
by [Wyoming]
1930. [66]pp. Oblong duodecimo [14.5 cm x 20.5 cm] String-bound blue boards with title, decorative border, and illustration silver stamped on the front board. Anonymously compiled vernacular photograph album that has 40 small [9 cm x 6 cm] / [3.5" x 2.5"] black and white photographs mounted nicely to the first 9 leaves. Views are of a small child in and around a farmhouse, with various people.
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Yellowstone Postcard Checklist Collection
by [Yellowstone]
[Yellowstone Park], 1951. 3,042 postcards: Private mailing cards (36), Undivided Back Cards (330), Divided Back Cards (1844), Haynes Oval Cards (25), Wylie Cards (13), Linen Cards (379), Chrome Cards (385), Folders (12), Trade Cards (22) Most in nice condition. No duplicates. An excellent large collection of Yellowstone cards based on the 'Yellowstone Postcard Checklist' by Michael Francis, Kathleen M. Burke and J. Michael Bodell, that is included here with the cards present checked off. Postcards were the... Read More
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Gallatin Canyon: Gateway to Yellowstone Park Playing Cards
by [Yellowstone]
Chicago: Arrco Playing Card Company, 1945. 108 cards: 2 complete 52 card decks. Each deck has a Joker card, and an advertisement card for Arrco's 'Plastic Coated Duratone Playing Cards.' Housed in a gold and suede two-piece slipcase box. Deck and box show minor rubbing and wear. Playing cards from Arrco Playing Card Company. The reverse of all of the cards features a black and white view of the road through Gallatin Canyon 'Gateway to Yellowstone Park. Bozeman, Montana.'.... Read More
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Oh, Brother [Poster]
by Yorinks, Arthur and Richard Egielski
New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1989. Single sheet [47 cm x 55 cm] white stock printed in color. Horizontal and vertical fold at the center (as issued?) with minor rubbing to both. Promotional poster from Farrar, Strauss and Giroux for Arthur Yorinks and Richard Egielski's 'Oh, Brother.'.
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ALS [Autograph Letter Signed]
by Young, Alfales
Salt Lake City, 1900. 2 pages (front and back) [20 cm x 12 cm] / [8" x 5"] In this letter Young is seeking the whereabouts of a collection of books he purchased in New York City. "Salt Lake City - Utah. Oct. 29, 1900. Miss Tice Lynch 45 Williams St. New York. Gentleman: You should have his parcels of books for me, sent from Maggs Bros, 159 Chamberlain St. Pond Green, London. Will you kindly send them to... Read More
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Acceptance of the Statue of Brigham Young, Presented by the State of Utah
by [Brigham Young]
Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950. First Edition. 73pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Dark blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board. Pictorial endsheets and pastedowns. Near fine. Inscribed by U.S. Senator from Utah, Elbert D. Thomas and his wife Edna on the front pastedown. Illustrated work containing a biographical sketch and tributes to the American Moses, Brigham Young. Sen. Thomas offered one of the tributes. Dedicatory prayer by George Albert Smith.
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Manuscript History of Brigham Young, 1847-1850
by Young, Brigham. Edited by Fred C. Collier and William S. Harwell
Salt Lake City: Collier's Publishing Company, 1997. First Edition. 368pp. Octavo [22 cm] Dark blue buckram with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Brigham Young (1801-1877), was the second President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and first Governor of Utah, was the founder and chief builder of the Intermountain West and the Great Basin. He is recognized as one of the foremost colonizers and empire builders of all time.... Read More
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