To Seekers of the Kingdom
by Dunn, Crandall
Edinburgh, 1850. 4pp. Bifolium [22 cm x 28 cm] Better than very good. A rare missionary tract intended to convince the unconverted of the validity of the Mormon message, it consists largely of biblical quotations leading to the conclusion on the fourth page that Jesus is the king of the kingdom of heaven. Nowhere does this tract mention the Latter-day Saints. We locate four institutional holdings. Crawley 497. Flake/Draper 3045.
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The Torch Passes
by Dunning, John
[Laguna Hills, CA]: James Cahill Publishing, 1995. First Edition. [8]pp. Duodecimo [20.5 cm] Gray wrappers. Near fine. Signed by the author on the title page. Short story from the noted and bestselling mystery author (and bookseller), John Dunning. "We all thought the book trade was above it - the quick profits and glitter they covet. It's a gentleman's game - where not money nor fame - Matters half as much as that you love it.
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How to Solve the Mormon Problem. Three Letters
by Dunn, Rev. Ballard S.
New York: American News Company, 1877. First Edition. 30pp. Octavo [22 cm] Gray printed wrappers. Near fine. Ink smudge on cover with numbers in ink at foot and head. Covers and contents are bright. Anti-Mormon work by the Episcopal Reverend and Confederate soldier that reprints a series of letters to the Chicago Tribune. "As late as seven years ago, houses of prostitution, as soon as discovered, were raided by the brutal Mormon police, and their delicate, defenceless inmates hustled... Read More
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Grab It for a Second [Poster]
by Golden Earing
[Los Angeles]: MCA Records, 1978. Single sheet [61 cm x 42 cm] white stock printed in color. Nice condition. Promotional poster from MCA Records for Golden Earing's 'Grab It for a Second.'.
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Panoramic Perspective Map of the Area Adjacent to Boulder Dam. As It Will Appear When Lake is Filled. Served Exclusively by the Union Pacific Railroad 'The Boulder Dam Route.'
by Eddy, Gerald A.
[Omaha, NE]: Union Pacific Railroad, 1938. Color birds-eye map [46 cm x 78 cm]. Better than very good. Folds as issued. Map drawn by Gerald A. Eddy. Charming birds-eye map produced by the railroad to try to entice tourists to the Mojave, southern Nevada (this was before Las Vegas was "Las Vegas"), and the surrounding area, that was also served by the U.P. and the Utah Parks Company, with the lodges at Bryce, Zion, Cedar Breaks. and the North... Read More
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Second or Sheeprock Canon of Weber River. April 6th at 1 P.M. View Looking East
by Egloffstein, Frederick W. von
[Washington, DC]: [A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer], 1855. Engraving [15 cm x 22.5 cm] on a sheet [30 cm x 38 cm] that shows light overall foxing. This image taken from Beckwith's (after Gunnison's death) Central Pacific survey of the Pacific Railroad Survey. Engraved by C. Schumann.
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Defending Zion: George Q. Cannon and the California Mormon Newspaper Wars of 1856-1857
by Cannon George Q. Edited by Roger Robin Ekins
Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2002. First Edition. 463pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title silver stamped on the front board and backstrip. Fine. Volume 5 in the ambitious and well received 'Kingdom in the West' series. In a labor extending over several years, Roger Robin Ekins has collected Cannon's writings from the Western Standard and the editorials and articles of the opposition press, along with the young missionary's correspondence with Brigham Young, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff,... Read More
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Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, In Missouri, to San Diego, In California, Including Parts of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers
by Emory, William Hemsley
Washington DC: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, Printers, 1848. Senate Issue, 30th Congress, 1st Session. Executive, No. 7. 416pp. Octavo [23 cm] Rebound in full brown leather with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. New marbled endsheets and pastedowns. 42 of 43 plates (lacks 'Chain of Natural Spires on the Gila). Large map not present. This is among the most important government reports on overland travel, with accounts of the march of the Army of the West from Missouri... Read More
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For the Love of Skiing: A Visual History
by Engen, Alan K.
Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith Publisher, 1998. First Edition. 180pp. Quarto [28 cm] Blue cloth with silver stamped titles on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Inscribed by the author on the title page. For the Love of Skiing tells the story of U.S. ski sports from 1880 to the coming of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. The early days of competitive skiing were a time of broken bones and broken records as ski... Read More
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The Psychological and Ethical Aspects of Mormon Group Life
by Ericksen, Ephraim Edward
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1922. First Edition. 101pp. Octavo [25 cm] Brown cloth with the title printed on the spine. Near fine. Academic work on Mormon group life and culture, which would be revisited decades later by Arrington's Great Basin Kingdom. "To explain the Mormon community life in terms of its whole life process, its conflicts, its struggles, its crises, is the problem of this thesis. Although there were notions advocated by Joseph Smith which were... Read More
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Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies. Pioneers are those men and women who came to Utah by wagon, hand cart or afoot, between July 24, 1847, and December 30, 1868, before the railroad. Prominent men are stake presidents, ward bishops, governors, members of the bench, etc., who came to Utah after the coming of the railroad. The early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
by Esshom, Frank
Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913. First Edition. 1319pp. Quarto [31 cm] Full pebbled brown leather with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip and 'Pioneers' blind stamped on the front board. A very good copy with only minor rubbing to extremities. Front hinge starting. Name on verso of front free endsheet. Nicer than unusually seen copy of this mammoth work that offers short biographies and portraits of hundreds of early settlers of Utah. Original printed... Read More
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Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies. Pioneers are those men and women who came to Utah by wagon, hand cart or afoot, between July 24, 1847, and December 30, 1868, before the railroad. Prominent men are stake presidents, ward bishops, governors, members of the bench, etc., who came to Utah after the coming of the railroad. The early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
by Esshom, Frank
Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913. First Edition. 1319pp. Quarto [31 cm] Full pebbled brown leather with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip and 'Pioneers' blind stamped on the front board. A very good copy with only minor rubbing to extremities. Front hinge starting. Name on verso of front free endsheet. Nicer than usually seen copy of this mammoth work that offers short biographies and portraits of hundreds of early settlers of Utah. Flake/Draper 3182.... Read More
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To California on the Southern Route 1849: A History and Annotated Bibliography
by Etter, Patricia A.
Spokane, WA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1998. First Edition. 178pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Red cloth with the title and rules gilt stamped on the backstrip and front board. Better than very good. American Trail Series XVIII (18). Prospectus laid in. This history and bibliography cites over 130 diaries, journals and reminiscences along the southern trails in 1849, making it a pioneering and much needed reference work. Clark & Brunet 88.
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'A Bright, Rising Star' A Brief Life and a Letter of James Ferguson Sergeant Major, Mormon Battalion; Adjutent General, Nauvoo Legion
by Ferguson, James. Introduced and edited by Will Bagley
Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2000. First Edition, 1/55. 22pp. Octavo [23 cm] Blue printed wrappers. Near fine. Signed by the editor on the limitation page. Collector's Edition Keepsake for volume 4 of the Kingdom of the West series, 'Army of Israel: Mormon Battalion Narratives.' The Kingdom in the West Series, subtitled 'The Mormons and the American Frontier', is an award-winning series begun in 1997 that explored the story of the Latter-day Saints and their part in the greater... Read More
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The Street Kiss
by Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Typescript. 6pp. Text on rectos only and stapled at the upper left. Photocopy. Photocopy of an early draft of this poem with corrections. This would later be published by the Ardinger's Limberlost Press of Boise. Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-1921) was a poet, painter, book designer, publisher, bookseller, and graphic artist, who was an important leader in the American poetry revival in San Francisco in the 1950s.
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In Search of Eros: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Ron Whitehead, William Plumly, and Douglas Imbrogno
by Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Louisville, KY: White Fields Press, 1995. First Edition, 1/26. [16]pp. Quarto [24.5 cm] White illustrated wrappers. Fine. Published in Heaven Chapbook Series #56. Signed by Ferlinghetti at the head of the cover. This signed edition was limited to 26 lettered copies, this is copy 'F.' Rare. Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-1921) was a poet, painter, book designer, publisher, bookseller, and graphic artist, who was an important leader in the American poetry revival in San Francisco in the 1950s.
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Spirit of the Crusades
by Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
London: Bernard Stone and Raymond Danowski, The Turret Bookshop, 1991. Broadside [29 cm x 21 cm] Printed in black ink. Fine. Signed by Ferlinghetti at the foot of the poem. Rare. Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-1921) was a poet, painter, book designer, publisher, bookseller, and graphic artist, who was an important leader in the American poetry revival in San Francisco in the 1950s.
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Populist Manifesto
by Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Somerset, ENG: RiffRaff Poets. Jumbo postcard [14.5 cm x 21 cm] Printed in black ink. Fine. Signed by Ferlinghetti on the reverse. RiffRaff Poets card number 75. Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-1921) was a poet, painter, book designer, publisher, bookseller, and graphic artist, who was an important leader in the American poetry revival in San Francisco in the 1950s.
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Fuclock
by Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
London: A Fire Publication, 1968. Broadside [39 cm x 53 cm] Printed in orange, purple, and black ink. Near fine. Folds as issued. Drawing by Jutta Werner. Signed by Ferlinghetti at the end of the poem. Rare. Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-1921) was a poet, painter, book designer, publisher, bookseller, and graphic artist, who was an important leader in the American poetry revival in San Francisco in the 1950s.
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A World Awash with Fascism & Fear
by Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
San Francisco: Cranium Press, 1971. Broadside [38 cm x 55 cm] Printed in red and black ink. Near fine. Folds as issued. Inscribed by Ferlinghetti on the front panel to Charles and Janet Richards. Rare. Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-1921) was a poet, painter, book designer, publisher, bookseller, and graphic artist, who was an important leader in the American poetry revival in San Francisco in the 1950s.
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Deux
by Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Charleston, WV: The University of Charleston, Parchment Gallery Graphics. 1/200. Silkscreen [28 cm x 25 cm] Printed in black ink. Near fine. In printer's envelope with leaf of explanatory text. Signed and numbered by Ferlinghetti. Printed in an edition of 50 copies. A silkscreen reproduction of Ferlinghetti's first painting (oil on canvas, 1950) that was completed while a student at the Sorbonne. Rare. Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-1921) was a poet, painter, book designer, publisher, bookseller, and graphic artist, who was... Read More
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I Genitori Perduti
by Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Boise, ID: Limberlost Press, 1994. Broadside [36 cm x 20.5 cm] Printed in gray ink. Fine. Signed by Ferlinghetti at the foot of the poem. Fine press broadside from the Rick & Rosemary Ardinger's legendary Limberlost Press. Rare. Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-1921) was a poet, painter, book designer, publisher, bookseller, and graphic artist, who was an important leader in the American poetry revival in San Francisco in the 1950s.
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Great American Waterfront
by Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
[San Francisco]: Ano Nuevo Island Press, 1998. [4]pp. Bifolium [35 cm] Printed in gray and red ink. Fine. Signed by Ferlinghetti at the foot of the poem. Fine press program for the Fall Meeting of Gleeson Library Associates with the cover printing the Ferlinghetti poem 'Great American Waterfront.' The main program of this evening was a conversation with Ferlinghetti. Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-1921) was a poet, painter, book designer, publisher, bookseller, and graphic artist, who was an important leader in... Read More
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An Elegy to Dispel Gloom [After the Assassinations of Mayor George Moscone of San Francisco and City Supervisor Harvey Milk November 27,1978]
by Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
San Francisco: San Francisco Examiner, 1978. Second Printing. Broadside [35.5 x 21.5 cm] Printed in black ink. Near fine. Horizontal fold at center (as issued). Priced 25¢. Signed by Ferlinghetti at the foot. Uncommon work that was issued days after the murder of George Moscone and Harvey Milk and was widely credited with helping to calm the City. Printed in an edition of fifty copies. Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-1921) was a poet, painter, book designer, publisher, bookseller, and graphic artist,... Read More
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The Mexican Night Ferlinghetti / Mexicka Noc
by Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Olomouc: Votobia, 1996. First Czech Edition. 93pp. Sextodecimo [14.5 cm] White printed wrappers. Better than very good. Signed by Ferlinghetti on the title page. Czech translation of the Mexican Night. Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-1921) was a poet, painter, book designer, publisher, bookseller, and graphic artist, who was an important leader in the American poetry revival in San Francisco in the 1950s.
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