Thunder Over Zion; The Life of Chief Judge Willis W. Ritter
Salt Lake City: University of Salt Lake Press, 2007. Illus. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. Salt Lake City: University of Salt Lake Press, (2007). First edition. A near fine copy. More
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Anasazi Subsistence and Settlement on White Mesa, San Juan County, Utah
Lanham: University Press of America, 1985. Illus. 620pp. 8vo, blue cloth, cloth lightly soiled, inner hinge crudely repaired with tape. Lanham: University Press, (1985). Excavation of a Pueblo Indian site. More
Californians and Mormons
New York: John Wurtele Lovell, 1881. 166pp. 12mo, green decorated cloth, pages age-toned throughout, cloth lightly soiled, spine ends and edges of corners worn, corners bumped, spine darkened with lettering faded, front flyleaf lacking upper right corner, last blank page lacking. New York: John Wurtele Lovell, 1881. First Edition Extracts from the diary of a foreign traveler to the United States. Flake 2779. More
Speed on Salt: A History of Boonneville Salt Flats, Utah, U.S.A.
New York: Scribner, 1936. 28 b/w photographic illustrations. 84 pages. Short slim 4to, blue cloth-backed blue boards; small strip of fading at bottom edge). d.w. largely intact but chipped on rear panel and somewhat stained. New York: Scribner's, 1936. First Edition. A very good(+) in very good(-) dust wrapper. Previous owner's name on fly-leaf. More
The Mormon Menace
Chicago: Woman's Temperance Publishing Association, 1903. 123 pages. 12mo, original orange printed wrappers. Chicago: Woman's Temperance Publishing Association, 1903. First Edition Samuel Fallows was a bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church in Chicago and a social reformer. More
Report: The Committee on Territories ... unanimously recommend the admission of the Territory of Utah as a State
29pp. 8vo, disbound. (Washington), 1894. First Edition. Contains descriptions of industries in Utah with statistics. 53d Congress, 2d Session, Report No. 414. More
Utah and the Mormons. The History, Government, Doctrines, Customs, and Prospects of the Latter-day Saints.
New York: Harper, 1854. From personal observation during a six months's residence at Great Salt Lake City. Engravings. 347pp. Small 8vo, original blue cloth, spine ends and edges of corners worn, cloth lightly soiled, edges of cloth rubbed, scattered light foxing, page 343 creased and with a small tear in margin. New York: Harper, 1854. First Edition "Benjamin Ferris served in the Utah Territorial government in 1852-53." Wagner-Camp 238b:1. Howes F-98. Flake 3328. Sabin 24184. More
Mormonism Triumphant! Truth Vindicated, Lies Refuted, the Devil Mad, and Priestcraft in Danger!!!
Liverpool: R. James, 1849. Being a Reply to Palmer's Internal Evidence Against the Book of Mormon. 32pp. 8vo, disbound, several small areas of light dampstaining to margins of title-page and bottom margin of following two pages, small areas of light foxing to last two pages of text. Liverpool: R. James, 1849. First Edition. Second State This pamphlet was a response to two anti-Mormon pamphlets written by a English baptist minister, William Palmer. "Palmer argues that the Book of Mormon cannot..... More
A History of Illinois; from its Commencement as a State in 1818 to 1847.
Chicago: Lakeside, 1945. Ed. by Milo Milton Quaife. 2 volumes. Several folding maps, a few Illus. 16mo, red cloth, volume I lightly soiled on back cover, volume II has light crease to back cover. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1945, 1946 Lakeside Classics. Several chapters in volume II are on the Mormons in Illinois. More
The Women of Mormonism; or , the Story of Polygamy as Told by the Victims Themselves
Detroit: C. G. G. Paine, 1887. Illus. 416pp. 12mo, decorated yellow cloth, edges of corners bumped and lightly rubbed, small area of light soiling near bottom of front cover, otherwise very good. Detroit: C. G. G. Paine, 1887. Jennie Anderson Froiseth was the editor of the Anti-Polygamy Standard of Salt Lake City. More
Back to the Soil: The Jewish Farmers of Clarion, Utah, and Their World
Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1986. Illustrated with b/w photos. 196 pages. Slim 8vo, rust cloth, d.w. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1986. A very good(-) copy--foxing to outer edges and endpapers--in a very good wrapper, slightly edgeworn. More
The March of the Mormon Battalion; From Council Bluffs to California
New York: Century, 1928. Taken from the Journal of Henry Standage. Illus. Small 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. slightly chipped. New York: Century, (1928). First Edition. Very good. More
The March of the Mormon Battalion; From Council Bluffs to California
New York: Century, 1928. Taken from the Journal of Henry Standage. Illus. Small 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. torn and chipped, d.w. and cloth lightly soiled, foxing to fore-edges of pages. New York: Century, (1928). First Edition. More
Gray's New Map of Saint Louis
Philadelphia: O.W. Gray & Son, 1883. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 15 5/8" x 13". Beautifully detailed map of St. Louis, colored according to wards. Shows street grid, railroads, parks, reservoirs and public institutions. Small tear and crease to right edge, light stain to left margin. More
Gray's New Map of Utah
Philadelphia: O.W. Gray & Son, 1884. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 14 7/8" x 11 7/8". Beautiful 1884 map of Utah divided into counties. Denotes place names, railroads, Indian reservations, forts, lakes, deserts, mountains, canyons and valleys. Map of Arizona and New Mexico on verso. In good condition with a minor stain to left edge. Ormando W. Gray was a map publisher active in the later half of the 19th century. A civilian engineer and surveyor, he..... More
The Mormons, or, Latter-Day Saints, in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake: A history of their rise and progress,
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1852. peculiar doctrines, present condition, and prospects, derived from personal observation, during a residence among them. Frontispiece view of Nauvoo. 168pp. + 27pp. of publisher's ads. 12mo, original blind-stamped blue cloth, moderate foxing throughout, not affecting Frontis., corners bumped, upper left corner of cloth on back cover with a small area of wear. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, 1852. First Edition After the front flyleaf, a folding autographed letter signed by J. W. Gunnison has been inserted. The letter is..... More
Handcarts to Zion; The Story of a Unique Western Migration, 1856-1860.
Glendale: Arthur H. Clark, 1960. With contemporary journals, accounts, reports; and rosters of members of the ten Handcart Companies. Illus. 8vo, tan cloth, lightly edgeworn. Glendale: Arthur H. Clark, (1969). Second Edition. A very good(+) copy. More
Teritory of Utah vs. Thomas Oudercark, Almon Colvin, James Lloyd
Oakland: Westgate Press, 1951. One sheet folded into 4pp. with added facsimile bound to it. 4to, pr. wrs., folded sheet loose as issued. (Oakland: Westgate Press, 1951). Very good Facsimile of a 1855 legal document in the Bancroft Library of the University of California. Text includes a transcription of the document. The three men named were accused of disturbing the peace or using obscene language against three Mormon women in the Utah Territory. More
Up From the Hills
Chicago: Hammond Press, 1921. 32pp. 16mo, gilt-stamped marbled cloth. (Chicago: Hammond Press, 1921). A very good(+) copy. Autobiography of a Mormon boy from Utah, who became blind and lost his hands in a mining accident. More
The Truth-Teller.
Vol. I, complete in 12 monthly numbers, July 1864-June 1865, with the only other numbers issued-Vol. II, Nos. 1 and 2. June and December, 1868. Bound in one volume. 8vo, modern cloth, paper label; (light foxing, otherwise very good). Bloomington, Illinois: Published by the Church, 1864-5; Independence, Missouri: Published by the Church, 1868. First Editions. Complete run of this rare Mormon periodical. The title-page for Volume I is present. The editor, Granville Hedrick, had received a Revelation in April, 1864..... More
Not By Bread Alone; The Journal of Martha Spence Heywood, 1850-56
Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1978. Ed. by Juanita Brooks. A few Illus. 8vo, tan cloth, d.w. lightly soiled, one corners of cloth bumped. Salt Lake City: Utah Historical Society, (1978). More
Brigham's Destroying Angel: Being the Life, Confession, and Startling Disclosures of the Notorious Bill Hickman,
Salt Lake City: Shepard Publishing, 1904. the Danite Chief of Utah. Written by Himself, with Explanatory Notes by J. H. Beadle. Plates. 221pp. + 2pp. of publisher's ads. 16mo, pr. wrs., inside of front wrapper, back wrapper and margin of publisher's ad leaf, all dampstained, first four pages curled on upper right corners margins, spine ends worn. Salt Lake City: Shepard Publishing, 1904 "Hickman narrates his trip across the Plains to Salt Lake in 1849; the journey from thence to..... More
Zion. A Drama, in a Prologue and Four Acts. To which is added a description of the cosutmes, cast of the characters,
Clyde: A. D. Ames, 1886. ...and the whole of the stage business. 38pp. + 2pp. of publisher's ads. 12mo, pr. wrs., spine worn, wrappers chipped. Clyde, OH: A. D. Ames, Publisher, 1886. First Edition A play set in Salt Lake City, Utah. Printed from the author's original manuscript. More
Mormonism: Its Leaders and Designs
New York: W. P. Fetridge, 1857. Plates. 335pp. + publisher's ads. 12mo, original green cloth, cloth dampstained, lacks front flyleaf and last blank pages, scattered light foxing, including the margins of some plates, edges of corners bumped and worn, endpapers lightly soiled, lacks upper left corner margin of frontispiece portrait of Brigham Young. New York: W. P. Fetridge, 1857. First Edition Author was a Mormon Elder, who in 1856 renounced Mormonism and became a critic of the Church of Latter-Day..... More
The Great Salt Lake Trail.
New York: Macmillan, 1898. Folding map, 8 plates, text illustrations. Thick 8vo, pictorial buckram, g.t. New York: Macmillan, 1898. First Edition. Very good. "Col. Cody's quota has the merit of being drawn mainly from his own experience. To the trials of the Mormons during their march and their pioneering adventures Col. Inman devotes interesting pages. The Salt Lake Trail was also the route followed by the expeditions of Fremont, Stansbury, and Lander, and by the Pony Express." Eberstadt 107:204. Howes..... More