Salt Lake City: Shepard Book Company, 1925. With which is incorporated a verbatim copy, annotated of James Bridger, A Biographical Sketch by Maj. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge. 18 plates. xvii, 546pp. Small 4to, red cloth. Salt Lake City: Shepard Book Company, (1925). Limited First Edition. Very good Signed by the author. One of 1000 copies. Bridger began as fur trapper in 1822. "During the next twenty years...he repeatedly traversed the area between the Canadian boundary and the southern line of..... More

New York: Knopf, 1979. 404 pages. 8vo, red cloth-backed boards. New York: Knopf, (1979). Page edges foxed, else a very good copy, lacking dust wrapper. More

R. N. Baskin, 1914. 6 portraits, plates. 252pp. 8vo, blue cloth, cloth lightly soiled, foxing to endpapers, front flyleaf, and last blank page. N.p., R. N. Baskin, 1914. First Edition. Presentation copy. Author was a prominent lawyer in Utah before becoming Mayor of Salt Lake City and later was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Utah. From the library of the historical novelist, Kenneth Roberts, with his bookplate. More

1904. Many black & white illustrations, 604 pages, tall thick 8vo, blind stamped burgundy cloth, decorative gilt type. N.p., (1904). Very good (+). More

A Tale of the Mississippi Valley. illus. 8vo, boards;; (rubbed). Univ. of Oklahoma Press, (1963). More

Chicago: W. B. Conkey. a few Illus. 248pp. + 2pp. of publisher's ads. 12mo, decorated pr. wrs., wrappers lightly soiled, front wrapper creased on left side. Chicago: W. B. Conkey, n. d. circa 1890. "Sensational account of the tracking down of these confederated criminals, mostly Mormons, who murdered Colonel Davenport at Rock Island and terrorized the upper Mississippi valley, from 1843 to 1848." Howes B-606. Flake 590. Adams, Six-Guns 112. More

Toronto: Adam, Stevenson, 1872. 12mo, original blue cloth, cloth lightly soiled, spine ends and edges of corners worn, corners bumped. Toronto: Adam, Stevenson, 1872. First Canadian Edition A poem. More

1890. Measures 3 x 4.75 inches, no place, no date, circa 1890. Signed "Geo. Q. Cannon, Salt Lake City, Utah" by the Mormon leader, Utah's first congressman, and executor of Brigham Young's will. On the back is the signature of Alabama Senator and Confederate Congress member "James L. Pugh Ala." Near fine. More

Privately Printed, 1891. Illus. 346, (2)pp. 8vo, brown cloth, spine ends and edges of corners worn. N.p.: Privately Printed, 1891. First Edition The author was the chairman of the United States Commission for Utah, under the anti-polygamy laws of Congress, and for nearly seven years a member of the Commission. Despite the title, this work is almost entirely on Utah and the Mormons. More

Garden City: Doubleday, 1970. 237 pages, small 8vo, cloth, d.w.; some fading to spotting covers, dust wrapper price clipped, lightly worn. Garden City: Doubleday, 1970. A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More

London: Smith, Elder, 1857. Folding map of author's route. xii, 346pp. + 16pp. of publisher's ads. Small 8vo, original orange cloth, head of spine lightly worn, cloth lightly soiled, corners bumped, several pages creased on right side of text, several pages creased in right margins, light foxing to publisher's ads. London: Smith, Elder, 1857. First Edition From the library of Thomas W. Streeter with his bookplate. "Chandless crossed the plains as a wagon driver in the summer of 1855, departing..... More

Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1921. from Nauvoo, Illinois to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake. Published by the Clayton Family Association. Frontis. x, 376pp. 12mo, tan cloth, pages age-toned in margins as usual, otherwise near fine. Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1921. First Edition "From this day-by day account, (William Clayton), the official historian of the Mormon exodus prepared his famous guide." Howes C-474. Flake/Draper 2427. More

J. H. Colton, 1856. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 13" x 15.75". Beautiful map of the Territories of New Mexico and Utah divided into counties. Shows towns, major routes and trails, proposed railroad lines and very detailed geographical features and waterways. A fascinating illustration of the changing western boundaries: Utah was granted statehood in 1896 and New Mexico and Arizona in 1912. Minor overall toning, small stain to lower left margin, creases to come corners. The Colton..... More