Catalog 41
New York Book Fair
Spring 2011
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Mormon & LDS Books
Berrian, William. Catalogue of Books, Early Newspapers and Pamphlets on
Mormonism. Collected by the late Mr. William Berrian. New York: William Berrian
[V.H. Everson, print.], [1898]. 48pp. Octavo [20 cm] Tan printed wrappers. Very good. A
few small chips at the corners of the covers. Closed tear at joint of front panel.
Includes a printed laid in card at the front from the bookseller asking for a buyer for the
entire collection. In 1899, the Berrian Collection became part of the permanent archives
of Mormon books and documents at the New York Public Library. This is an
exceptionally nice copy of the uncommon catalogue. Flake/Draper 441. (16245)
$1500.00
Burton, Richard F. The City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to
California. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1862. First American Edition.
574pp. Octavo [24 cm] Dark brown cloth with elaborate decorative blind stamping to
boards and backstrip. Title gilt stamped on backstrip. Very good. Minor rubbing to
corners of boards.
Includes sixteen illustrations and two fold-outs. After traveling through the Holy Land,
Burton turned his eyes to the Great Basin. The book tells of the noted adventurer's
travels through Indian country to visit Salt Lake City and study the polygamous practices
of the Mormons there. Flake/Draper 1029. Howes. B1033. Wagner/Camp 370:2. Sabin
9497. Wheat 1021 (16740)
$850.00
Cannon, George Quayle. The Life of Joseph Smith the Prophet. Salt Lake City, UT:
Juvenile Instructor Office, 1888. First edition. 512pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Full yellow cloth
with decorative floral stamping to boards. Title gilt stamped on front board and backstrip.
Near fine. Very nice copy of this work on the founder of Mormonism.
Steel engraving portraits of Joseph and his brother Hyrum are present. Biography of the
founder of Mormonism by LDS Church elder and publisher (George Q. Cannon and
Sons would later be known as Deseret Book). Flake/Draper 1161 (16710)
$500.00
Ford, Thomas. History of Illinois, from its Commencement as a State in 1814 to
1847. Containing a Full Account of the Black Hawk War, the Rise, Progress, and
Fall of Mormonism, the Alton and Lovejoy Riots, and Other Important and
Interesting Events. New York: S.C. Griggs & Co., 1854. First edition, variant issue.
447pp. Octavo [20 cm] Full leather presentation binding. Boards have blind stamped
borders within gilt stamped rules. Decorative stamped panels between raised bands.
Leather label on backstrip with gilt stamped titles. Marbled fore edge. Marbled endsheets
and pastedowns. Near fine. Binder's tape at hinges. Contemporary name in ink on front
free endsheet. Light sporadic foxing throughout.
This volume is considered the best history of the early years of Illinois containing
accounts of the Black Hawk War, the Alton and Lovejoy Riots and other events. It also
gives a context of the general sentiment towards Mormons in Illinois and how this
sentiment was fueled by economic and political conflict. Governor Thomas Ford (18001850) began his term as Illinois Governor in 1842. Governor Ford and Mormon Prophet
Joseph Smith (1805-1844) had numerous confrontations over the next few years. In
1844, Ford accused Smith and the Mormons of destroying a local newspaper, The
Nauvoo Expositor, because it was publishing anti-Mormon sentiments. Ford demanded
that Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum (1800-1844) surrender to authorities, warning
of further militia action if they did not. As a result of Ford's threats, Joseph and Hyrum
turned themselves in on June 25, 1844 in Carthage, Illinois. After meeting with Governor
Ford for several hours, Joseph Smith finally conceded to Ford that he was to blame for
destroying the newspaper. Anti-Mormon mobs had already begun to cause violence. In
light of Joseph Smith's confession, Governor Ford tried to control the mob violence, but
failed and fled to Quincy, Illinois. Joseph and Hyrum Smith were killed by angry mobs at
the Carthage Jail on June 27, 1844. Flake 3397. Howes F254. Scallawagiana 48.
(11220)
$1500.00
Grant, Jedediah Morgan [& Thomas L. Kane] . Three Letters to the New York Herald,
from J.M. Grant of Utah. [New York]: 1852. 64pp. Octavo [21 cm] Missing original
wrappers. Small stain to head of text block affecting the first two leaves. First and last
leaves show a few small chips at the corners. Scarce. Paperback.
A series of letters believed to be co-authored by Thomas Kane. These letters were
penned to refute charges of polygamy, theocracy and other nefarious doings, then being
made by territorial judges Lemuel Brandebury and Perry Brocchus, and territorial
secretary Broughton Harris to President Fillmore. The first letter was printed in The New
York Herald on March 9, 1852. When the Herald declined to print any other letters in
their entirety, Grant collected the printed letter along with two others, and had them
bound in a single volume.
The letters are penned with a scathing and humorous air. The topic of polygamy was
tiptoed around and, when mentioned, it was flatly denied. Scarce. Mormon Fifty 38.
Crawley 693. Flake/Draper 3684. Auerbach I: 501 (9516)
$700.00
Hickman, William. Brigham's Destroying Angel: Being the Life, Confession, and
Startling Disclosures of the Notorious Bill Hickman, The Danite Chief of Utah. New
York: Geo. A. Crofutt, Publisher, 1872. First edition. 219pp. Duodecimo [17.5 cm] Blue
cloth with gilt stamped portrait and signature on front board. Title gilt stamped on
backstrip. Very good. Light rubbing to extremities. Minor discoloring to boards.
The Danites were a vigilante group founded in Far West Missouri that played a central
role in the Missouri Mormon War. After 1838 the history of the Danites becomes a matter
of some debate. What is not debatable is the scandalous nature of this account, edited
by J.H. Beadle, who was a virulent anti-Mormon and the author of 'Mysteries and Crimes
of Mormonism'. Flake/Draper 3990. (23005)
$350.00
Jones, Daniel Webster. Forty Years Among the Indians A true yet thrilling narrative
of the author's experiences among the natives. Salt Lake City, UT: Juvenile
Instructor Office, 1890. First edition. 400pp. Octavo [23 cm] Dark blue cloth binding with
blind stamp and gilt title on cover and backstrip. Near fine. Gentle rubbing to corners.
Jones recounts his travels throughout the southwestern Unites States including events
from the Mexican War as well as his encounters with Native Americans and the
Mormons. Flake/Draper 4484. Howes J202. (3043)
$350.00
Lee, John D. & Charles Kelly (ed.). Journals of John D. Lee, 1846-7 and 1859. Salt
Lake City, UT: Privately printed for Rolla Bishop Watt by Western Printing Company,
1938. First edition, 1/250. 294 pp. Quarto [28 cm] Green cloth with gilt stamped titles on
front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Small red stain on front panel of jacket.
Tipped in portrait from page six missing with remnants of glue near foot and tail.
Otherwise a sharp copy of this scarce title.
Inscribed by the editor to fellow historian C.M. Drury. This copy is out of series, and the
limitation page states this copy to be an exchange copy. A professional curmudgeon,
Charles Kelly was the first to wade into the murky water of John D. Lee. Kelly acquired
the diaries from the Lee family and from Rolla Watt, who was the nephew of W.W.
Bishop, the Nevada lawyer who represented Lee at trial. For all of Kelly's spite, he was
surpassingly fair to Lee and paved the way for other historians, most notably Juanita
Brooks. Volume was printed by Kelly's Western Printing. An incredibly scarce title.
(9477)
$1500.00
Lee, John Doyle. Mormonism Unveiled; Including the Remarkable Life and
Confessions of the Late Mormon Bishop, John D. Lee; (Written by Himself.)
Embracing A History of Mormonism from its Inception Down to the Present Time,
With an Exposition of the Secret History, Signs, Symbols, and Crimes of the
Mormon Church. Also the True History of the Horrible Butchery Known as The
Mountain Meadows Massacre. St. Louis / New York: Bryan, Brand & Company / W.H.
Steele & Company, 1877. Third printing. 406pp. Octavo [22 cm] Green cloth with gilt
stamped title on front board and backstrip. Illustrated. Near fine. Faint rubbing to
corners. Edited by William W. Bishop, Lee's attorney.
Expose by the notorious Mormon leader. John D. Lee was a participant in the Mountain
Meadows Massacre and the only person tried for this atrocity. Lee was found guilty and
put to death by firing squad at Mountain Meadows in 1877. This printing is the first to
contain the sixteen page appendix titled, "Life of Brigham Young." Flake/Draper 4852.
Howes L209 (14210)
$650.00
Linforth, James & Frederick Piercy. Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley
Illustrated with Steel Engravings and Wood Cuts from Sketches made by
Frederick Piercy. Liverpool: Franklin D. Richards, 1855. First Edition. 120pp. Quarto [31
cm] Original 3/4 maroon calf over red cloth boards. Raised bands and title gilt stamped
on backstrip. Very good. Extremities of boards rubbed. Boards show fading and some
wear. Sporadic foxing internally with a few short closed tears. Fold out map has some
creasing and light wear at extremities.
All thirty plates and the fold out map are present, including the stunning plate "Ruins of
the Temple at Nauvoo." This work also includes nice portraits of early LDS leaders, as
well as Lucy Mack Smith. Leather bound.
This impressive volume was the brainchild of a young convert, Frederick Piercy and
Samuel Richards, who was then the Liverpool Mission president. They envisioned a
travel guide for English converts who wanted to make the trek to the Salt Lake Valley.
Piercy was a gifted artist and engraver whose beautiful work fills this volume.
The Overland journey of the Piercy party was made in 1853. Starting from New Orleans
the party proceeded up the Mississippi to Saint Louis and Nauvoo back to Saint Louis,
and then across Missouri and Nebraska to Wyoming, and over the South Pass into the
Great Salt Lake Valley. The woodcuts and engravings that illustrate this work provide a
rare visual glimpse of the overland trail and the Mormon trail west to the valley of the
Great Salt Lake.
Originally serialized in fifteen issues starting in July of 1854. "Route from Liverpool ranks
as the most beautiful book published by the Latter-day Saints." - Peter Crawley. Carl
Wheat wrote of the fold out map "One of the most illuminating maps of the West".
Scarce in any condition. Mormon Fifty 46. Wagner Camp 259. Howes L360.
Scallawagiana 51. Mormon Imprints 52. Wheat 858. Flake/Draper 6381. Auerbach 1:
728 (23556)
$30000.00
[Mills, Carrie Owen]. Mysteries of the Endowment House. [Salt Lake City]: 1879?.
8pp. (one large uncut sheet) Black and white illustrations of the floor plans of the ground
floor and the upper floor of the Endowment House. Very good. Minor nicking to
extremities with a few small losses. Some splitting at uncut folds.
This account of the endowment is excerpted from an exposé published by the Salt Lake
Tribune in 1879. The first-person account was signed "Mrs. G. S. R." The author has
been identified as former Latter-day Saint and polygamous wife Caroline Owens Miles.
Uncommon. Flake/Draper 7512 (23398)
$1500.00
[Mormon Scrip]. Nauvoo House Association $50 Stock Certificate. [Nauvoo, IL]: [E.
Robinson's Print], [1841]. First issue of stock for the LDS Church sponsored hotel,
'Nauvoo House'. One of 300 known copies. This note was printed on the same press as
the 'Times & Seasons'. John Snider has signed as the Secretary, and George Miller has
signed as the President. In fine condition. Note measures 6 cm by 19.5 cm.
This would be the third Mormon endeavor in scrip, following Kirtland, Ohio and Monroe,
Michigan. The subscription was for $150,000, divided into $50 shares. According to
Rust: There is no evidence that any of the notes were backed by specie, so it is probable
they only circulated in the immediate area. Joseph Smith, Jr. indicated how unsound this
scrip was when he wrote: "I burned twenty-three dollars of city scrip, and while it was
burning, said, 'So may all unsound and uncurrent [sic] money go down!" Rust pgs. 2326. Nyholm pgs. 17-20 (16579)
$1500.00
Pratt, Orson. The Seer. Liverpool: 1853. Volume 1, Number 1 - Volume 2, Number 8.
320 pp. Octavo [21 cm] Contemporary 3/4 leather over marbled boards with gilt bands
and title on backstrip. Fine. Light rubbing to boards. Minor sporadic underlining. We are
offering all twenty issues for sale. These are all Liverpool printings.
Following the fall General Conference in 1852, Orson Pratt was called to preside over
the Eastern mission and to publish a periodical defending Mormon theology and
practices, particularly polygamy. Eighteen issues were printed in Washington and
Liverpool, as well as two additional issues printed only in Liverpool.
Pratt covered many doctrinal issues, including Celestial Marriage and the Preexistence.
Brigham Young thought some of the ideas discussed were poorly conceived, and had
the publication cease operation. In 1865, the LDS Church disowned the writings, saying
"The Seer contains doctrines which we cannot sanction, and which we have felt
impressed to disown, so that the Saints who now live, and who may live hereafter, may
not be misled by our silence, or be left to misinterpret it. Where these objectionable
works, or parts of works, are bound in volumes, or otherwise, they should be cut out and
destroyed." We are offering all twenty issues for sale. These are all Liverpool printings.
Very Scarce. Mormon Fifty 40. Flake/Draper 7610. Mormon Imprints 42. (9580)
$5000.00
Pratt, Parley Parker. Key to the Science of Theology: Designed as An Introduction
to the First Principles of Spiritual Philosophy; Religion; Law and Government; as
Delivered by the Ancients, and as Restored in This Age, for the Final Development
of Universal Peace, Truth and Knowledge. Liverpool: F.D. Richards, 1855. First
Edition. 173pp. Small octavo [18 cm] Blue diced Russian calf with raised bands and gilt
stamped title on backstrip. Very good. Missing front free endsheet. Minor wear at head
of front pastedown. Head of rear free endsheet clipped. Errata present. Boards fine.
Binding tight.
Beautiful copy of a major doctrinal work. "Key to Theology is Mormonism's earliest
comprehensive synthetical work. Its scope is complete." - Peter Crawley. Flake/Draper
6585. Scallawagiana 50. Mormon Fifty 45. Mormon Imprints 51. (9449)
$2500.00
Pratt, Parley Parker. Proclamation of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus
Christ Latter-day Saints. To all the Kings of the World, to the President of the
United States of America; To the Governors of the Several States and to the
Rulers and People of All Nations. Liverpool: Published by Wilford Woodruff, 1845.
16pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Original wrappers. Near fine. Minor professional Japanese
tissue repairs to spine. Otherwise fine. Housed in a custom brown cloth chemise that
has a leather spine with gilt stamped title.
The 1845 Proclamation of the Twelve Apostles was a controversial document addressed
to the kings of the world, the President of the United States, and other authority figures,
and clearly states that the authority of God‟s kingdom rests with the Latter-day Saints.
According to Crawley: "The proclamation declares that the kingdom of God is
established on the earth, that its authority rests with the Latter-day Saints, and that all
must repent of their sins and be baptized into the kingdom. To the kings and rulers of the
earth it says, "You are not only required to repent and obey the gospel...but you are also
hereby commanded, in the name of Jesus Christ, to put your silver and your gold, your
ships and steam-vessels, your railroad trains and your horses, chariots, camels, mules,
and litters, into active use, for the fulfillment of these purposes." The American Indians, it
asserts, are a remnant of the tribes of Israel and must be educated and civilized, for they
are to assist in building the New Jerusalem in America while the Jews rebuild the old
Jerusalem. It concludes with a series of one-sentence statements summarizing the
fundamentals of Mormonism, each followed by the phrase "And we know it"
Flake/Draper 1512. Crawley 285. British Imprints 25 (13678)
$2000.00
Reay, David M. Selected Manifestations; Being an Unofficial Collection of Temple
Dedicatory Prayers, Revelations, Visions, Dreams, Doctrinal Expositions, and
Other Inspired Declarations not Presently Included in The Official Canon of
Scriptures Known as the Four Standard Works of The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints. Oakland, CA: 1985. First edition. 413pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Original
white buckram with gilt stamped titles on front board and backstrip. Very good/Near fine.
Jacket has a few small discolorations, and tape “repairs" at the upper corners of the front
panel. Hardcover.
Inscribed by the author on the front free end sheet. Promotional materials laid in.
Promotional materiel includes: A press release, a 'thank you for ordering' letter, the
jacket blurb retyped and on a single page and a publisher's advertisement for the book.
The compiler and author was a retired Seminary teacher from California who saw a need
to compile "..nearly every known revelation, vision, dream, doctrinal exposition and
inspired declaration of the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve not presently
included in The Doctrine and Covenants." This self-published and self-distributed work
was recalled after the LDS church made its displeasure known. On the jacket's blurb the
author proclaims, "Selected Manifestations is a book that belongs alongside The Four
Standard Works." Most copies were destroyed. (25981)
$750.00
Roberts, Brigham Henry. Life of John Taylor: Third President of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City, UT: George Q. Cannon & Sons Co.,
Publishers, 1892. First edition. 468 pp. Octavo [24 cm] 3/4 leather with blue boards and
gilt stamped title on front board and backstrip. Illustrated. Near fine. Small discoloration
at foot of backstrip. Faint rubbing to corners. Subtle bumping to foot and head of
backstrip. Ex-libris James Wardle with his marks on the title page.
Biography of the third LDS President by Mormon intellectual and historian, B.H. Roberts.
"I would like to obey and place myself in subjection to every law of man. What then? Am
I to disobey the law of God? Has any man a right to control my conscience, or your
conscience? ...No man has a right to do it" - John Taylor. Flake/Draper 7331. (11308)
$750.00
Route of the Mormon Pioneers from Nauvoo to Great Salt Lake (Mormon Route
Map). Salt Lake City, UT: Millroy & Hayes, Map Publishers, [1903?]. Chromolithograph.
Pamphlet measures 31" by 8 1/2". Image measures 28 1/2" by 7 1/4". Printed by the
Denver Lithograph. Company. Near fine. Unusually bright with none of the usual splitting
at the folds. On the reverse of the map is a short history of the Mormons and a section
on places of interest in Salt Lake.
A striking panoramic depiction of the route west from Illinois to Utah, 1846-1847. This
map charts the Saints progress on a relief map, illustrated with four views of the wagon
train, and other scenes from the journey. This pocket map of the "Mormon Route West"
appears in three known editions, none of which are in the Flake/Draper Mormon
Bibliography or in Moffat's "Maps of Utah". This is the smaller pocket map version which
was issued by the New Wilson Hotel. Graff 3585. (26069)
$1500.00
The Saints' Harp: A Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs for Public and
Private Devotion. Lamoni, Iowa: Published by the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints, [1881?]. Early edition. 792pp. Sextodecimo [15 cm] Full black
leather with blind stamped patterns on the covers and gilt stamped title and bands on the
backstrip. Very good. The edges of the covers are very gently rubbed and bumped.
There is a tiny loss from the leather at the foot of the spine. There are also a couple of
very tiny chips in the leather at the spine ends. The front endsheet is subtly cracked
along the hinge. The front endsheet has a contemporary notation and a very tiny
numerical notation. The pages are browned, and occasionally very lightly creased. Very
attractive binding. Leather bound. Compiling Committee: Joseph Smith [III], Mark H.
Forscutt, David H. Smith, and Norman W. Smith.
Uncommon and early RLDS hymnal. Flake/Draper 7050. (25504)
$1000.00
Smith, George Albert. Correspondence of Palestine Tourists; Comprising a Series
of Letters by George A. Smith, Lorenzo Snow, Paul A. Schettler, and Eliza R.
Snow, of Utah. Mostly Written while Traveling in Europe, Asia and Africa, in the
Years 1872 and 1873. Salt Lake City, UT: Printed at the Deseret News Steam Printing
Establishment, 1875. First edition. 386pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Full dark brown calf with
decorative floral blind stamping. Title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. Minor
rubbing to corners.
An account of a trip by this early leader of the Mormon Church. Includes description of
trip to the holy land. Flake/Draper 7871. (25493)
$500.00
Smith, Joseph. Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon,
Upon Plates taken from the Plates of Nephi. Liverpool: Published for Orson Pratt by
S.W. Richards, 1854. Fourth European edition. 563pp. Sextodecimo [16 cm] Black
Russian diced calf with title gilt stamped on backstrip. Very good. Discreet professional
work done to spine ends and hinges. Contemporary bookseller bookplate on the front
pastedown. Former owner bookplate on the front pastedown. Bookplate from a
theological school on the front free endsheet. Light ink stamp from the same school on
the title page and the first page of text.
A clean and tight copy. Table of contents along with the testimonies of the three and the
eight witnesses at front. Uncommon in this condition. Flake/Draper 602 (25308)
$5000.00
Smith, Joseph [Deseret Alphabet]. Deseret Alphabet Set. The Book of Mormon,
Selections of the Book of Mormon, First Deseret Reader, Second Deseret Reader
(four volume set). New York: Published for the Deseret University by Russell Bros.,
1868 - 1869. First edition. Four volume set. All volumes are unusually clean with no
foxing and only minor fading to boards and light rubbing to the corners.
These four works were the only books published in the Deseret Alphabet. The print runs
for the Book of Mormon are usually cited as five hundred, making this one of the rarer
Book of Mormons. The two readers were based on the McGuffey manuals, and were
introduced in public schools of the Territory in 1868.
The Deseret Alphabet was introduced in 1854 and was created by Parley P. Pratt, Heber
C. Kimball and George D. Watt. Made up of thirty-eight characters (apparently it was
partially based on Pitman shorthand) to correlate with basic sounds in the English
language, the Deseret Alphabet was intended to be used to help simplify the principles
of the English language. The Deseret News announced in its issue of January 19, 1854,
"The Board [of Regents] have held frequent sittings this winter, with the sanguine hope
of simplifying the English Language, and especially its orthography. After many fruitless
attempts to render the common alphabet of the day subservient to their purpose, they
found it expedient to invent an entirely new and original set of characters."
Although only a written language, Brigham Young had high hopes for the new language,
firmly believing it would unite the many foreign converts that were streaming into Utah
from Europe. The creation of the language was one of the more unusual ideas of
Brigham Young, and never was fully embraced by the Mormons. The Deseret Alphabet
was abandoned shortly after Young's death. Flake/Draper 607, 608. Auerbach I: 1183.
Sabin 83050 (25859)
$10000.00
Smith, Joseph. Book of Mormon: An account written by the hand of Mormon upon
plates taken from the plates of Nephi. Salt Lake City, UT: The Deseret News, Printers
and Publishers, 1906. Pulpit edition. 623pp. Quarto [25.5 cm] Full leather with gilt
stamped titles and blind stamped patterns to front board and spine. Decorative
endsheets. Very good. The edges of the covers are rubbed. There are several tiny tears
in the leather of the spine. Contemporary owner's brief notation on the front flyleaf. There
are several cracks in the endsheets along the hinges. The longest crack measures 4
inches. The book is sturdy.
The so-called "pulpit" edition of the Book of Mormon. Flake/Draper 653. (20158)
$700.00
Smith, Joseph. The Book of Mormon. New York: Eastern States Mission / Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1908. Fourth Chicago Edition. 623pp. Sextodecimo
[17 cm] Black cloth with blind stamped borders to boards and title gilt stamped on
backstrip. Near fine. Name in ink (contemporary) on front free endsheet, otherwise this is
a very clean and nice copy.
Division into Chapters and Verses, With References, by Orson Pratt, Sen. Flake/Draper
668. (22836)
$400.00
Smith, Joseph. The Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints, Containing the Revelations Given to Joseph Smith, Jr. the
Prophet for the Building Up of the Kingdom of God in the Last Days. Salt Lake City:
Deseret News Company, Printers and Publishers, 1883. 503pp. Duodecimo [17.5 cm]
Black cloth with a gilt stamped title on the spine and decorative blind stamping to boards.
Near fine. Includes 'Lectures on Faith'. Flake/Draper 2874. (26000)
$400.00
Smith, Joseph Fielding. The Restoration of All Things: A Series of Radio Talks. Salt
Lake City, UT: Deseret News, [c.1944]. First edition. 334pp. Octavo [20 cm] Green cloth
with gilt title on front board and backstrip. Near fine.
Warmly inscribed by the author to his nephew. Inscription reads: "To My Beloved
Nephew / Edward J. / Uncle Joseph."(16599)
$300.00
Steinegger, Henry. Mountain Meadows Massacre Lithograph. San Francisco: Pacific
Art Company, [1877]. Large color lithograph. Image measures 48 cm by 66 cm (margins
included). Very Good condition. Some minor wear to the rear. Light sporadic
discoloring, more so in the margins.
Attractive lithograph depicting a wagon train passing peacefully through Mountain
Meadows, Utah Territory, with a small group of Paiute Indians (or Mormon militia men in
costume) hidden amidst the rocks and trees, presumably depicting the scene moments
before the mass slaughter of the Fancher-Baker emigrant wagon train on September 11,
1857, that would become known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Historian Will
Bagley (editor of the renowned Kingdom of the Saints series) used an inferior copy of
this image on his Mountain Meadows Massacre book, "Blood of the Prophets" because
they were unable to locate an original lithograph. Very few copies of this are known to
exist in institutions.
This lithograph was produced in the same year as the execution of John D. Lee, who
was the only person ever convicted of the atrocities that occurred at Mountain Meadows.
This image was most likely printed to exploit the public's continued fascination with the
Massacre that claimed the lives of more than 120 men, women and children. Uncommon
in any condition. (25293)
$15000.00
Strang, James Jesse. Book of the Law of the Lord: Consisting of an Inspired
Translation of some of the most Important Parts of the Law Given to Moses, and
very few Additional Commandments, with Notes and References. St. James, MI:
Printed by command of the King, at the Royal Press, Saint James, A.R.I., 1856. [17]336pp. Duodecimo [17 cm] Bound in a contemporary 3/4 leather over marbled boards.
Gilt bands and gilt title on backstrip. Very good. Volume has been rebacked with original
backstrip. Minor foxing to endsheets and pastedowns. This copy is presumed to be one
of the earlier bound volumes of this work. Lacking title page and front matter, this copy
begins on page [17].
After the murder of Joseph Smith, a group of saints led by James Strang headed north
and eventually settled at Beaver Island on Lake Michigan. James Strang ran the island
as a personal kingdom, even being dubbed "King James". This was his major work on
Mormon theology. This book was not bound during Strang's lifetime. Flake/Draper 8498.
Morgan II:31. Howes S1061. Sabin 92678. Graff 4004. (20642)
$7500.00
Taylor, Pleasant Green. Mammoth plate view of Pleasant Green Taylor's Family.
Ogden, UT: Thomas Studio, [c.1900]. Mammoth plate print (24" by 18"). Unframed on
photographer's matte (27" by 21"). Matte is clean with the exception of the lower left
corner, which is creased (does not affect the image). Image is very clean and has deep
rich sepia tones.
Photograph shows Taylor with all of his polygamous wives and children. Taylor's first
wife, Clarissa Lake (1828-1900), was deceased when this photograph was taken, but
she has been added to the photograph, sitting at Taylor's right side. Apparently, the
photographer and the family anticipated adding her ghostly image to the portrait in the
darkroom, as space has been saved immediately right of the patriarch to accommodate
adding the first wife.
This is an unusual image, not just because of its size, but that it shows a polygamous
family post-Manifesto (Wilford Woodruff's 1890 "Manifesto" was the beginning of the end
for officially sanctioned plural marriages in the LDS Church).
Taylor and his parents were early LDS converts (1832) joining the fledgling faith in
Monroe County, Missouri. The family faced many of the same tribulations of other
Mormons of the era. When Pleasant Green arrived in the Great Basin he settled in
Harrisville, Utah, a small community outside of Ogden, Utah, where he later became a
leading figure in the community and also the Bishop of the local LDS ward.
Extremely scarce image from uncommon Ogden Photographer. Not mentioned in 'Set In
Stone, Fixed in Glass' nor any other Utah or Western photographic reference. Mammoth
plate images of any kind from Utah territory are extremely uncommon, especially by
lesser known Utah photographers like Thomas. Few pioneer photographers had the
wherewithal to afford the significant expense of purchasing and maintaining large format
cameras and glass plate negatives. (18231)
$5000.00
Salt Lake Temple Dedication Services. Sunday, April 16th, 1893. Morning Session.
Ticket is printed on one side in black ink with the words: "Salt Lake Temple - Dedication
Services. - Admit One - Sunday, April 16th, 1893. - Morning Session. - W. Woodruff." In
the lower left corner is a vignette of the completed temple. Ticket measures 12 cm by 6.5
cm. Two short closed tears to head. The lower left corner has a short crease and is
chipped with a small loss. On the reverse the name 'Edith M. Foulger is stamped in black
ink.
After forty years of construction the Salt Lake Temple was finally dedicated on April 6,
1893 (the last day of Spring Conference). President Woodruff shared with the
congregation the following "I have a desire in my heart that every one of you, the night
before you go into the temple, before retiring to rest, will go by yourself, in secret prayer.
Offer up your prayers to the Lord, and pray that your sins may not only be forgiven, but
that you may all have the Spirit of God and the testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ; that
the Spirit of God may be with those who assemble in that temple." Over the next three
weeks almost 80,000 of the faithful would visit their beloved Temple. To accommodate
the large numbers tickets were issued with generally two sessions a day. (25927)
$600.00
[Underwood & Underwood]. Latter Day Saints through the Stereoscope. New York:
Underwood & Underwood. Eighteen of the 38 stereo views of the set. All are on gray
card stock and in nice condition, with the exception of card 22 (which is split at the
center of the image between the photographs). Housed in publisher's box. Missing
booklet. (20437)
$1000.00
Whitney, Orson Ferguson. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle; the Father and
Founder of the British Mission. Salt Lake City, UT: Published by the Kimball Family.
Printed at the Juvenile Instructor Office, 1888. First Edition. 520pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue
pebbled cloth with title gilt stamped on front board and backstrip. Very good. Hardcover.
Biography of the Mormon leader by his grandson. Flake/Draper 9772 (17206)
$450.00
Woodward, Charles Lowell. Bibliothica Scallawagiana. Catalogue of a matchless
collection of books, pamphlets, autographs, pictures &c., relating to Mormonism and the
Mormons. New York: Bangs & Company, 1880. First edition. 50pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] In
original printed wrappers. Gentle sunning to wrappers. Minor nicking to extremities of
wrappers. Closed tear at joint of front panel.
Auction catalog for the legendary Charles Woodward collection which contained almost
all of the early great Mormon rarities, including a Book of Commandments. This is also
widely recognized as the first bibliography of Mormon content. Uncommon. Flake/Draper
10,005. (16239)
$3000.00
Young, Ann Eliza. Wife No. 19, or the Story of a Life in Bondage, Being a Complete
Expose of Mormonism, and Revealing the Sorrows, Sacrifices and Sufferings of
Women in Polygamy. Hartford, CT: Dustin, Gilman & Co., 1875. First edition. 605pp.
Octavo [22 cm] Brown cloth with gilt stamped title on front board and decorative
stamping to boards. Frontis. Illustrated. Near fine. Foot of backstrip evenly chipped with
minor loss. Subtle overall rubbing to boards.
Autobiography of Brigham Young's wife, number 19 (or 27, or 52, depending on who is
doing the counting). Ann Eliza Webb Young was a Mormon dissident who would file for
divorce from Brother Brigham. "The case came to trial in 1875, and the court ordered
Brigham to pay $500 per month allowance and $3,000 court costs. When he refused, he
was fined $25 and sentenced to a day in prison for contempt of court"- Leonard
Arrington. Introductory notes by John B. Gough and Mary A. Livermore. This is the
scarce first edition. Flake 10,046. Scallawagiana 75. (9471)
$950.00
Young, Brigham. Utah Southern Railroad Company Check. September 2?, 1872.
$500 check made out to “John Sharp” and signed by LDS Church President Brigham
Young. Some splitting at the folds.
The Mormon Church got into the railroad business after the joining of rails on May 10th,
1869 and the end of isolationism in Mormon Country with the advent of the
transcontinental railroad. John Young, brother of Brigham Young, was a founder of the
Utah Central Railway, which had its depot in Ogden, Utah and ran north and south
throughout Deseret. Signed financial documents from The UCRR with the famed
Mormon leader's signature are scarce and sought after. (15209)
$6000.00
Western Americana & Indians
Dutton, Clarence Edward. Tertiary History of the Grand Canon with Atlas to
Accompany the Monograph on the Tertiary History of the Grand Canon District
(two volume set). Washington: [United States Government Printing Office] Julius Bien &
Co. Lith. New York, 1882. First edition.
Monograph. 264pp. Quarto [30.5 cm] Fine. Complete with all plates. Both the
monograph and atlas have been beautifully rebound in 3/4 black leather over tan canvas
boards. Green leather labels on both backstrips.
Atlas. Twenty-three sheets including title-page and table of contents (sheet 1), 12 color
maps, 10 color views. Folio [51.5 cm] This volume is complete. Scarce in any condition.
This atlas contains the three stunning panoramas, 'From Point Sublime in the Kaibab',
by William H. Holmes. These three panoramas offer a 270 degree view of the Grand
Canyon. This atlas also contains Thomas Moran's exquisite work, 'The Transept, Kaibab
Division, Grand Cañon An Amphitheater of the Second Order.' These four plates have
made this work one of the most sought after Western Americana titles, and are usually
missing from this monumental work.
In 1875, Clarence Edward Dutton (1841-1912) joined the United States Geological
Survey and is known for his extensive explorations of the Rocky Mountain region. His
greatest accomplishment is his Tertiary History of the Grand Canon District of 1882. It is
still considered the preeminent work on the Grand Canyon to date. The atlas is
beautifully illustrated with maps and views engraved by Julius Bien. Sheet XVIII of the
atlas, entitled "The Transept, Kaibab Division, Grand Canyon" is based on the
monumental painting of the same title by artist Thomas Moran (1837-1926). Moran,
more than any other artist is most closely associated with images of the Grand Canyon.
The field artist for the Dutton geological exploration was William Henry Holmes (18461933). Holmes was most noted for his sense of realism and accurate draftsmanship.
Holmes contributed many finely executed panoramic views of the Grand Canyon to the
Atlas that are quite stunning. He exhibited at the National Academy of Design, The Art
Institute of Chicago and The Brooklyn Art Club among others. Holmes later held
positions as Curator at the University of Chicago (1898-1906) and was a former Director
of the National Academy of Design (1920-1932). Farquhar states: "One of the greatest, if
not the very greatest of all Grand Canyon books...The atlas, containing the superb
panoramic views by William H. Holmes and a drawing by Thomas Moran, is a rich
portfolio of art as well as a collection of maps and an exposition of geology." Farquhar
73. (15547)
$10000.00
Fremont, John Charles. Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains
in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-44.
Washington: Blair and Rives, Printers, 1845. First edition, House Version. 583pp. Octavo
[23 cm] Congressional issued full calf with red leather label on the backstrip. Large foldout map by Preuss is present, and bound in at center. Sporadic foxing and light wear to
extremities of text block. Minor offsetting to extremities of pastedowns and endsheets.
Index bound in at front of volume.
Bound in with the Fremont report is the House of Representatives Appropriations bill for
1845. Also bound in is the David Dale Owen report: Geological Exploration of part of
Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois, made under Instructions from the Secretary of the
Treasury of the United States, In the Autumn of the Year 1839. Three of the fold out
plates, and the fold-out map are hand tinted.
John Fremont's expeditions of 1842 and 1843-44 were the most spectacular
reconnaissance of the American West since Lewis and Clark. Performed under the
auspices of the Army Bureau of Topographical Engineers, the expedition's published
reports and maps brought a factor of dependability and trustworthiness that would aid
American settlement of the West. Important work on the exploration of the west, with the
hard-to-find map. Fremont's report and the accompanying Preuss map were the most
detailed observations and maps of the western territories at the time. The country
covered by the report was previously terra incognito. Brigham Young is said to have
used both the report and the map as a guide in bringing the Mormon people West. Utah
was then part of Mexico and would first become Deseret and then Utah Territory. One of
the seminal works for any western or Utah collector. Howes F372. Wagner/Camp 115:1.
Sabin 25845. Scallawagiana 29. Wheat 497. (13080)
$3500.00
Haile, Berard. Emergence of Myth, According to the Hanelthnayhe or UpwardReaching Rite. Santa Fe: Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, 1949. First edition. 186pp.
Quarto [26 cm] Green cloth. Near fine/Near fine.
Volume three of the Navajo Religion Series. Rewritten by Mary C. Wheelwright, with 13
serigraph color plates by Louie Ewing after sand paintings. (5523)
$250.00
Ives, Joseph Christmas. Report Upon the Colorado River of the West, Explored in
1857 and 1858 by Lieutenant Joseph C. Ives, Corps of Topographical Engineers,
Under the Direction of the Office of Explorations and Surveys, A.A. Humphreys,
Captain Topographical Engineers, in Charge. By Order of the Secretary of War.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1861. 36th Congress, 1st Session.
131+14+154+30+[7]+31 pp. (in five parts with appendices). Quarto. Rebound in a tan
buckram with original leather labels laid over backstrip. New endsheets and pastedowns
have been added. Corners lightly bumped. Ownership inscription from year of
publication on front free endsheet. Gentle offsetting throughout. Both maps present at
front of volume. Map two has four inch closed tear.
This is the first book to deal with the Colorado River specifically. The Ives report is also
one of the first descriptions of the Grand Canyon (Big Canon of the Colorado), and of the
area's native inhabitants. The Ives expedition predated John Wesley Powell's expedition
by a decade. Complete with all plates, maps, wood cuts and panoramic views. Includes
seven colored plates of the Indians of the southwest. "...the report is one of the most
desirable books in the Colorado River field" - Francis P. Farquhar. Howes I94.
Wagner/Camp 375. Wheat 947-948. Farquhar 21 (10196)
$2000.00
McGlashan, Charles Fayette. History of The Donner Party A Tragedy of the Sierras.
Truckee, CA: Crowley & McGlashan, 1879. First edition. 193pp. Octavo [23 cm] Original
calf boards with new matching backstrip with black leather label. Original marbled
endsheets. Upper right corner of title page chipped with loss, otherwise internally clean.
Housed in a tan clamshell with leather label on spine.
This is the standard work on the most horrifying and fateful wagon train. Howes (final)
M103. Graff 2610. Zamorano Eighty 53 (22209)
$4000.00
Powell, John Wesley. Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its
Tributaries. Explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, Under the Direction of the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing
Office, 1875. First edition. 291pp. Quarto [30 cm.] Original calf with leather labels on
backstrip. Very good. Volume has been rebacked with original backstrip laid over. Light
overall rubbing to boards, more rubbing to extremities. Small map of Arizona attached to
the front pastedown. Previous owner's name handwritten on the title page. Both the
folding map and profile are present in binder's pocket at the rear of the volume. Contains
eighty black and white illustrations of Powell's epic adventure down the then unknown
Colorado and Green Rivers. Index. The maps are in excellent condition. An original first
edition Powell in original condition with no restoration.
Powell's 1869 exploration was the first documented expedition to successfully navigate
the perilous rapids of the Colorado River through the uncharted Grand Canyon. The
expedition set off in 1869 with ten men and four boats under the direction of one-armed
Civil War veteran John Wesley Powell. After three months and nearly 1,000 miles, only
five of the original party emerged from the depths of the canyon. Their historic journey
mapped the last wild, untamed river of the American West and named the last unknown
regions of American geography. The Henry Mountains and the Dirty Devil River were
until the Powell expedition the last nameless mountain range and river in the continental
U.S. Howes P525. Farquhar 42a. Wheat 1261. Graff 3336. Sabin 64751. (6126)
$3500.00
Preuss, Charles & John Charles Fremont. Map of Oregon and Upper California From
the Surveys of John Charles Fremont and Other Authorities. Washington:
Lithography by E.Weber & Company, 1848. Large folding map backed with linen. Map
folds out of a quarto sized green cloth volume. Leather label on backstrip. Map
measures 90 cm by 69 cm. Overall a nice clean copy of this uncommon map.
This map is one of the greatest cartographic achievements of the American West and
helped to fill in the great unknown of the Great Basin and points farther West and is the
only contemporary work to come out of Fremont's third expedition. According to Wheat
"they constitute the only detailed reports ever made by Fremont on his expedition of
1845-1846; his journals subsequently were burned and, by the time he came to write his
Memoirs, he had forgotten nearly everything he did not remember incorrectly."
The Preuss map was the first to show the Mormon Zion (albeit incorrectly - the map
shows the Mormon settlement at the northern shore of Utah Lake) and the first to use
the name 'Golden Gate' in reference to the San Francisco Bay. The map also lists the
various Native American tribes of the American west. Boundary lines hand colored in
green.
Fremont described the work as follows "The map has been constructed expressly to
exhibit the two countries of Oregon and the Alta California together. It is believed to be
the most correct that has appeared of either of them; and it is certainly the only one that
shows the structure and configuration of the interior of Upper California." With this great
map of 1848 John Charles Fremont passes from the Western cartographic scene.
Wheat 559. Moffat 17 (16715)
$2750.00
Reichard, Gladys Amanda. Navajo Medicine Man: Sandpaintings and Legends of
Miguelito. New York: J.J. Augustin Publisher, 1939. First edition, 1/500. 83pp. Folio [35
cm] 1/2 leather over brown boards embossed title on backstrip and gilt stamped figure
on front board. Very good. Light rubbing to extremities (more so at corners). Minor
sunning to boards. Internally fine.
Following the eighty-three pages of text are twenty-four stunning, full-page serigraphs.
All serigraph plates are present and bright. There are nine additional illustrations within
the text. This edition was limited to five hundred copies.
Dr. Reichard was a noted anthropologist who spent a great deal of time among the
Navajo over four decades. Reichard was considered to be one of the foremost
authorities on Navajo culture, which is showcased in this beautiful volume. (14447)
$1000.00
Roosevelt, Theodore. Ranch Life and the Hunting-Trail. New York: The Century Co.,
1888. First edition in second state binding. 186pp. Quarto [31 cm] Brown cloth covered
boards with elaborately decorative brown ink and gilt stamped titles and designs on the
spine and covers. Very good. The covers are very subtly stained. Tiny bookseller's label
on the bottom edge of the front free endsheet. The top edge of the front free endsheet
has a small, closed tear. The text block is cracked a couple of times, however it is still
quite sturdy.
Early illustrated work by Frederic Remington. Roosevelt abandoned his political work in
1884, due to his poor health. He invested part of the fortune he had inherited from his
father in a cattle ranch in the Badlands of Dakota Territory, thinking that he would remain
in the West for many years. He became a passionate hunter, especially of big game,
and a strong believer in the wild outdoor life which brought him health and strength. In
1886 Roosevelt returned to New York, remarried, and once more plunged into politics.
(25643)
$900.00
Russell, Charles Marion. Studies of Western Life. New York: The Albertype Company,
1890. First edition, second state. [48pp] Oblong duodecimo [18 cm by 24 cm] Blue
zagged cloth with three-punch silk tie. Gilt stamped title on front board. Very good. Small
white stain on front board. Gentle rubbing to corners of boards. A few minor
discolorations internally. A few small short closed tears to extremities.
First published work by the famed cowboy artist, Charlie Russell. This work contains
twelve illustrations. Each of the plates has a description on the facing page by Granville
Stuart. Howes (Final) R534. Yost 1 (21928)
$1500.00
Stansbury, Howard. Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of
Utah, Including a Reconnaissance of a New Route Through the Rocky Mountains.
Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1852. First edition. 487 pp. Octavo [23 cm]
Light blue cloth with title gilt stamped on backstrip and decorative blind stamping to
boards. Title gilt stamped on front board of map volume (which is also bound in blue
cloth). Near fine. Light rubbing to corners and a few minor discolorations to boards. Map
volume present and in nice clean condition. A few minor discolorations to boards of map
volume. Name in ink in the gutter of the map volume, between the two fold-out maps.
Overall a nice, complete set of Stansbury‟s Report and the accompanying maps. All
fifty-nine plates and both large maps present. This is one of the great US Government
exploration reports of the American West, and a must for any serious collector of
exploration or Western Americana. "Stansbury‟s Report along with Gunnison's book,
The Mormons, provided the outside world with an objective look at the Mormons of Utah
as well as with a scientific appraisal of the resources and fauna and flora of this section
of the Great Basin." - Brigham D. Madsen. Flake/Draper 8359. Howes S894.
Wagner/Camp 219:1. Scallawagiana 45. Wheat 764, 765. Fales/Flake 53. Auerbach
1255. Graff 3947. (25987)
$1500.00
Wheelwright, Mary C. The Myth and Prayers of the Great Star Chant and the Myth of
the Coyote Chant. Sante Fe: Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, 1956. First edition.
190pp. Quarto [26 cm] Green cloth. Near fine. Navajo Religion Series volume four.
One of the most desirable volumes in the Navajo Religion Series with 22 serigraph color
plates. (5521)
$200.00
Literature & Signed
Abbey, Edward. Black Sun. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1971. First Edition. 159pp.
Octavo [21 cm] Full black cloth with yellow stamped titles to backstrip. Near fine/Near
fine. Black smudge on top edge. Hardcover.
A significant association copy between two important Western wilderness defenders.
Inscribed to the environmentalist and 'Earth First!' cofounder, Ron Kezar, by the
author....."To Ron/from his friend/Ed Abbey/ Tucson '85" on the front free endsheet.
Ron Kezar was one of the founders of the environmental organization 'Earth First!', and
Edward Abbey's novel 'Monkey Wrench Gang' was said to be one of the inspirations for
the founding of the group. Cofounder Dave Foreman said of the group's founding "We
thought it would have been useful to have a group to take a tougher position than the
Sierra Club and the Wilderness Society." Abbey became a friend and a mentor to the
group (although he never claimed membership), who would later speak at their events
and rallies and help finance the group's work. In the group Abbey saw kindred souls and
became friends with the founders, including Ron Kezar.
A haunting love story based on the author's experiences losing his wife, Judy, to
leukemia in a New Jersey hospital, combined with the disappearance of a woman (Carol
Turner) who vanished into the Sonoran desert from a remote outpost at Organ Pipe
Cactus National Monument leaving only a cryptic note behind, while Abbey was a
seasonal park ranger there. Allegedly, the late author once told Utah author, Terry
Tempest Williams', grandmother that it was his own favorite of all the books he had
written. This is a fantastic association copy from two environmental legends.
Association copies such as this rarely turn up on the marketplace. (16911)
$1500.00
Bush, George W. Decision Points. New York: Crown Publishers, 2010. First edition.
497pp. Black paper covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Octavo [24 cm]
Fine/Fine.
Signed by George Bush on the title page. Receipt and wristband from signing laid in.
(25940)
$300.00
Hawkes, John Clendennin Burne. Fiasco Hall. Cambridge, MA: Privately printed at
Harvard University Printing Office, 1943. First edition. 14pp. Duodecimo [21 cm] Gray
printed wrappers. Near fine. Faint sunning to extremities of covers.
Author's scarce first work. One of 100 copies printed. (19159)
$1500.00
Hemingway, Ernest. Men Without Women. Cleveland: World Publishing Company,
1946. First edition thus. 164pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Red cloth. Good/Near fine. Jacket
chipped at corners with losses.
Warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endsheet. Inscription reads "To ___
____ / With Christmas greetings from Charles Sweeny / (and Ernest Hemingway)"
The Sweeny mentioned in this inscription is likely Col. Charles Sweeny. Sweeny, like
Hemingway, was an alpha male and a "man's man." The two first met in Constantinople
in 1923 when the former was sent by the Toronto Star to cover the war between Greece
and Turkey. The two became fast friends and took many hunting, fishing and other trips
together. The two remained friends until Hemingway's death, when Sweeny was an
honorary pallbearer. A very nice inscription from the literary heavyweight. Hanneman
A7e (23592)
$5000.00
Hillerman, Tony. AThief of Time. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988. First
edition. 209pp. Octavo [24 cm] Beige cloth covered boards with a red ink stamped title
on the spine. Housed in a custom slipcase. Fine/Fine.
Sixteen original, and unique, water colors by Ernest Franklin illustrate the text. The
original illustrations vary in size, but all sixteen are rich in color and subject. A beautiful,
one of a kind Leaphorn and Chee mystery. (23390)
$3000.00
King, Martin Luther, Jr. Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? New
York: Harper & Row, 1967. First edition. 209pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/2 black cloth over
yellow boards. Fine/Fine. The faintest of age toning to the head of the jacket's rear
panel, otherwise an exceptional copy.
Signed by the author on the front free endsheet. A very nice copy of this essay on Civil
Rights and nonviolence. (23559)
$9500.00
McCarthy, Cormac. Suttree. New York: Random House, 1979. First edition. SIGNED.
471pp. Octavo [21 cm] Half black cloth over tan boards. Fine/Near Fine. Faint remainder
mark on bottom edge of text block.
Signed by the reclusive author on the half-title in blue ink. Fourth published work from
the literary heavy, and the last of his Southern novels. (23132)
$6000.00
Miller, Henry. Black Spring. Paris: Obelisk Press, 1936. First edition. 267pp.
Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Tan and red illustrated wrappers. Very good. Age toning to
backstrip. Gentle bumping to extremities of covers. Housed in a custom chamois and
slipcase. Shifreen & Jackson A12a. (19471)
$1000.00
Miller, Henry. Tropic of Cancer. Paris: Obelisk Press, 1934. First edition. 323pp.
Duodecimo [18.5 cm] Cream illustrated wrappers. Very good. A few small professional
paper repairs to the extremities of covers and to the fold of the rear flap. Minor age
toning to covers. Internally clean. Paper wrap-around is not present. Housed in a custom
chamois and slipcase.
The print run for this first edition is usually cited as 1,000 copies. Due to confiscation and
overuse, first printings of this work have become uncommon. Shifreen/Jackson A9a.
(19444)
$10000.00
Salinger, J.D. Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. First
edition. 277pp. Octavo [21 cm] Black cloth. Very good/Very good. Folds of jacket have
been professionally restored. New end sheets and pastedowns. Front panel of jacket is
bright. Housed in red cloth clamshell. This is the first state of the dust jacket.
Overall a nice copy of this twentieth century classic. Starosciak A30a.(19425)
$4500.00
Seeger, Pete. Where Have All the Flowers Gone: A Singer’s Stories, Songs, Seeds,
Robberies. Bethlehem, PA: A Sing Out Publication, 1993. Illustrated. 287pp. Quarto [28
cm] Colorful illustrated wraps. Near fine. The edges of the covers are ever so slightly
bumped and rubbed. There is a previous owner's name in small pen on the verso of the
front cover.
Signed by Pete Seeger on the half title page. (25624)
$75.00
Snyder, Gary, Wendell Berry & Carole Koda. Three On Community. Boise: Limberlost
Press, 1996. First edition, 1/100. 66pp. Small octavo [19 cm] Hand-made „Japanese
style' sewn wrappers. Housed in a green cloth folding clamshell with paper labels on the
front board, and on the spine. Scarce.
Signed by all three contributors on the limitation page. An important collection of essays
by two of our finest living writers, Berry and Snyder, and Snyder's wife, Carole Koda.
This is one of the most difficult and desirable Limberlost titles to find. (2903)
$500.00
Stegner, Wallace. Clarence Edward Dutton: An Appraisal. Salt Lake City, UT:
University of Utah Press, 1935. First edition. 23pp. Octavo [25 cm] Gray printed
wrappers. Near fine. Faint age toning near spine, otherwise a bright and clean copy.
First work from the man who cast a long shadow over the literature and the mythology of
the West during the latter half of the twentieth century. Stegner wrote this when he was
an English instructor at the University of Utah, and desperate for a raise and a little
recognition. This little monograph and Clarence Dutton himself would have a profound
and lasting impact on the young western author's developing views of the West; both
historical and contemporary eventually leading him to John Wesley Power and the early
surveys of the American West, resulting in the publication of "Beyond the Hundredth
Meridian." Stegner's influence on American writers is enormous. This little monograph
was quietly published in a minuscule edition and rarely turns up in the marketplace
today. Colberg A1 (23604)
$12500.00
Stegner, Wallace. To a Young Writer. Salt Lake City, UT: Red Butte Press, 2009.
1/125. 21pp. Quarto [33.5 cm] 1/4 black leather under matching black cloth boards with
a wood inlay to the front board. Housed in maroon cloth clamshell that has a leather
label on the spine. Fine as new. Leather bound.
The book contains Stegner‟s vivid essay “To a Young Writer,” as well an original
dedication by Wendell Berry, a foreword by Lynn Stegner, and three original engravings
by renowned artist Barry Moser. The print run was limited to 125 copies, this is copy
twelve.
'To a Young Writer‟ was first published in 'The Atlantic' in 1959. It carries a message that
is no less vital today than it was then, and certainly, in view of the status of literature in
these times, even more relevant to the struggles of writers undertaking to write seriously
of the world they find.
"You are scheduled - doomed - to be a serious writer regarding life seriously and
reporting to a small audience," Stegner writes to the recipient of 'To a Young Writer.'
"Other kinds of writers are both possible and necessary, but this is the kind you are, and
it is a good kind." A beautiful handcrafted book from the Red Butte Press. (20167)
$800.00
Stegner, Wallace. Wilderness Letter. Salt Lake City: Red Butte Press, University of
Utah, 1995. First edition. [56pp.] Thin folio [40 cm] Beautifully bound in cottonwood
boards sewn in the Coptic style. Foreword by Page Stegner. Five original etchings by
Utah artist V. Douglas Snow. Housed in rust colored cloth clamshell with paper label
attached to spine. Edition of 75 copies, with 25 hors commerce. Signed on colophon
"V.D. Snow" and numbered 21 of 75.
A beautiful handcrafted book from the Red Butte Press. Fine in like clamshell. (16645)
$3000.00
Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1937. First
edition, first state. 186 pp. Octavo [19 cm] Tan cloth with printed titles on front board and
backstrip. Near fine/Very good. Spine and extremities of jacket lightly faded. Light
chipping to corners with tiny losses.
Print run of this first printing was a minuscule 2,500 copies. One of the great American
novels. "Clinging to each other in their loneliness and alienation, George and his simpleminded friend Lennie dream, as drifters will, of a place to call their own. But after they
come to work on a ranch in the Salinas Valley their hopes, like „the best laid schemes o'
mice an' men,‟ begin to go awry.” Hayashi 9. (11009)
$2000.00
Wallace, David Foster. Girl With Curious Hair. New York: W. W. Norton & Company,
1989. First edition. 373pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/2 black cloth with light bluish gray paper
covered boards, and a metallic blue ink stamped title border on the spine. Fine. The dust
jacket is in near fine condition. The rear panel is very lightly rubbed.
Signed by Wallace on the title page. The stories in this collection have been in Playboy,
Arrival, and the Paris Review. Little Expressionless Animals was awarded the 1988 John
Train Humor Prize. (18726)
$400.00
Photography, Art & Illustrated
Bateman, Edward. Autovelocipede. Salt Lake City, UT: Saltgrass Printmakers, 2010.
Limited edition print. 11" by 15". Signed by the artist. Part of digital artist Edward
Bateman's strange and wonderful automaton series.
This is one of thirty signed numbered copies. The image blends the background of a
vintage cabinet card with the artist's digitally created "automaton"--in this case a
prepossessing robotic gentleman whose lower half is a velocipede. Autovelocipede man
is ready to hit the road. (24734)
$300.00
Bateman, Edward. Cabinet Card. Salt Lake City, UT: Saltgrass Printmakers, 2010.
Limited edition print. 11" by 15". Signed by the artist. Part of digital artist Edward
Bateman's strange and wonderful automaton series.
This is one of thirty signed numbered copies. The image blends the background of a
vintage cabinet card with the artist's digitally created "automaton"--in this case a
delightful creature with a camera for a head, holding an abacus. (24740)
$300.00
Bateman, Edward. Mechanical Brides of the Uncanny Thirteen carte de visites.
Portland,Oregon: Nazraeli Press, 2009. First edition. [16pp] Duodecimo [19 cm] Maroon
boards. Fine.
A book of twelve reproductions and one original pigment print by digital wizard, Edward
Bateman. Artist's Proof copy. This is one of an unknown, but presumably small number
of artist's proof copies. Nazaraeli Press One Picture Book #58. The thirteenth plate is
laid in at the rear of the book and is signed by the artist on the reverse. From the
introduction..."Automatons became the next wonder of the age, and the camera turned
its ever hungry gaze on them as well. This was an unprecedented development.
Mankind has always looked at objects. For the first time in human history, objects were
looking back. Robots (although the name would not be coined for 80 years) made
excellent photographic subjects because of their ability to remain motionless for
extended periods of time. And indeed, they were widely documented, although few
examples remain today. Automatons became more than just sources of labor-they
became companions and, following legislation passed during the upheaval of the Civil
War, autonomous citizens." This copy signed by the creator on the title page. The edition
of Mechanical Brides was sold out prior to publication. (17408)
$200.00
Bateman, Edward. Mechanical Brides of the Uncanny: A Grand Collection of Carte
de Visites acquired from various & sundry locations documenting the brief period
of automatons & mechanical marvels from the collection of E. Bateman. Salt Lake
City: Mr. E. Bateman, 2009. First edition. A collection of 21 "automations" or "mechanical
brides" carte de visites by digital wizard E. Bateman. 11 cm by 8 cm. Each of the 21
CDVs are unique and contain unique backstamps as well.
The collection comes with a CDV sized title page and introduction by its creator. The
entire collection is housed in a custom made tin. The title page contains a colophon and
limitation page signed by Edward Bateman. This copy additionally signed by the creator
on the title page. (17433)
$300.00
Burton, Tim. Early manuscript treatment for 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'.
[c.1982]. Early film treatment for the Tim Burton movie, 'The Nightmare Before
Christmas'.
Written by Tim Burton. Treatment is seven pages (one side only) on a standard legal
pad. Originally conceived and pitched as a Christmas television special in the early
1980s, it was rejected by ABC and others. It would be nearly a decade before Burton
would have the commercial success to persuade a major studio to take a chance on the
director and his film. Burton wrote this earlier in his career while working as an animator
for Disney. (25073)
$15000.00
Burton, Tim. Friendly Invasion (original art). c.1983. Original drawing by Tim Burton.
This drawing measures 40 cm by 60 cm. Colored pastel pencil on matte black paper.
Image appears to be a mechanical fish with tentacle eyes. This work was done for the
unmade Burton film, "Friendly Invasion". A charming piece of original art form one of the
most distinctive filmmakers of the last two decades. (25678)
$15000.00
Burton, Tim. Unused sketch for "The Nightmare Before Christmas" Original drawing
by Tim Burton. 22.75 cm by 30.5 cm.
Colored pastel pencil on matte black paper. This is an original drawing by Tim Burton,
made as part of an Easter sequence for his "Nightmare Before Christmas." Features
ghost bunnies rising from a field of flowers. The Easter materials were preliminary, and
were not ultimately included in the finished movie. In fine condition. (25132)
$12000.00
Caldiero-Oertli, Sara. Snatch 'n' Sniff Vagina Poem and Picture Book. Salt Lake City,
UT: Published by the author, 2011. Limited Edition. 20pp. Square Octavo [22.5cm]
Board book with pink and white wraps.
Limited Edition of 79 copies. (25134)
$150.00
Crumb, R. The Book of Genesis. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2009. First
edition. Quarto [28 cm] Black hardcover with gilt stamped titles. Fine/Fine.
Originally thinking that he would do a takeoff of Adam and Eve, Crumb became so
fascinated by the Bible's language, 'a text so great and so strange that it lends itself
readily to graphic descriptions,' that he decided instead to do a literal interpretation
assembled primarily from the translations of Robert Alter and the King James Version.
(17131)
$100.00
Falconer, Ian. Olivia Saves the Circus. New York: An Anne Schwartz Book, Atheneum
Books for Young Readers, 2001. First Edition. [31pp.] Quarto [28.5 cm] Black illustrated
boards. Fine/Fine. Hardcover.
Signed by the author/illustrator in black marker on the title page. At school Olivia tells
about her summer vacation and how, when she went to the circus and all the performers
were out sick, she saved the day, becoming Olivia the Tattooed Lady, Olivia the Lion
Tamer, the Flying Olivia, and more. (14224)
$300.00
Dennis Hopper: 1712 North Crescent Heights Photographs 1962-1968. Los Angeles:
Greybull Press, 2001. First edition. Folio [35.5 cm] White cloth covered boards with bold
orange ink stamped titles. Illustrated endsheets. Fine/Near fine.
From the introduction- "Dennis was an inveterate collector of everything; he had then
and still has a great eye for the beautiful and unusual. What he didn't collect, he
photographed. For his 25th birthday, while we were still in New York City... I spent my
last $351.00 on a Nikon that was thereafter permanently slung around his neck. He
never left the house without it. It turned out that he was as natural a photographer as he
was an actor, constantly taking pictures of everything and everyone with whom he came
into contact." (22745)
$375.00
Levergneux, Louise. Ambivalance. South Jordan, Utah: Louise Levergneux, 2010.
Limited Edition. 48.25 cm by 18 cm. 48 double sheets (unpaginated). French door book
with spiral metal binding, housed in a French door style paper cover with paper
tombstone affixed to the front.
Artist's photo book documenting pet cemeteries in Ohio. Edition limited to eight copies.
Fine. Artist's statement: "Levergneux takes us on a tour, which at first glance is a
familiar one to many of us. On closer inspection, however, the scenes presented are
quite out of the ordinary, provoking a feeling of ambivalence in the viewer; the
tombstones, votive candles and religious statuary memorialize departed beloved pets,
not friends and relatives. Intellectually, we don't believe that animals possess an
immortal soul, but emotionally, those creatures that offer us unconditional love
necessitate remembrance in the form of this extended communal ritual." (26003)
$300.00
Levergneux, Louise. City Shields Vol US12: No 3 Utah. South Jordan, Utah: Louise
Levergneux, 2010. Limited Edition. 10.5 cm by 10.5 cm. Photo book comprised of
twenty-one die-cut manhole cover shaped images of manhole covers. This volume
features manhole covers from Utah. Housed in a jewel case cover. Edition limited to
twenty-five unnumbered and unsigned copies.
Includes a navigational tool for finding the location of each manhole cover. Fine. Artist's
statement: "A photographic documentation that takes the viewer on a walking journey
through the urban streets of various Canadian, Scottish and American cities." (25999)
$35.00
Levergneux, Louise. City Shields Vol US 13: No 1 Wyoming. South Jordan, Utah:
Louise Levergneux, 2010. Limited Edition. 10.5 cm by 10.5 cm. Photo book comprised
of twenty-one die-cut manhole cover shaped images of manhole covers. This volume
features manhole covers from Wyoming. Housed in a jewel case cover. Edition limited
to twenty-five unnumbered and unsigned copies.
Includes a navigational tool for finding the location of each manhole cover. Fine. Artist's
statement: "A photographic documentation that takes the viewer on a walking journey
through the urban streets of various Canadian, Scottish and American cities." (26001)
$35.00
Levergneux, Louise. Faux-pas. South Jordan, Utah: Louise Levergneux, 2011. Limited
Edition. 10.5 cm by 30 cm. Flag book structure with accordion fold spine.
Photographic artist's book documenting misuses of the American flag. Each instance is
photo-documented on one of the book's "flags," with the applicable section of the Flag
Code printed on the verso. This is the artist's proof, with additional text (in French and
English) that will not be included in the edition, which will be limited to 18 copies. Fine.
Artist's statement: "Faux-pas is a photographic documentation prompted by my curiosity
while living in the USA. This study investigats the use of the American flag as an act of
patriotism...The laws relating to the flag outline rules, customs and etiquette pertaining to
the respectful use of the Stars and Stripes. The obvious expressions of patriotism
featured in this book struck me as clear violations of the United States Code pertaining
to the flag. “(26002)
$400.00
Miller, Henry. Original Art [Two Masked Figures]. [c.1978]. Original Pen and Ink
drawing by the renowned writer. The work measures 18" by 24". The work was inspired
by the writings and artwork of Tommy Tantino. This work appears on page seventeen of
"An Open Letter to Stroker!".
The image is of two figures. Both figures appear to be wearing masks and both are
standing. Miller is known the world over for his literature and his artwork over the years
has quietly gained a large audience of admirers. "The artist is the opposite of the
politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer, the opposite of the idealist.
The artist does not tinker with the universe; he recreates it out of his own experience and
understanding of life." - Henry Miller (25523)
$3500.00
Miller, Henry. Original Art [Two Seated Figures]. [c.1978]. Original Pen and Ink
drawing by the renowned writer. The work measures 18" by 24". The work was inspired
by the writings and art work of Tommy Tantino. This work appears on the cover of "An
Open Letter to Stroker!", and again on page six of the same work.
The image is of two figures. One is larger and is wearing a crown (hat?) and is seated.
The other figure is smaller, perhaps a child, and is also seated. Miller is known the world
over for his literature and his artwork over the years has quietly gained a large audience
of admirers. "Art teaches nothing, except the significance of life" - Henry Miller (25522)
$3500.00
Mizner, Addison. Florida Architecture. New York: William Helpurn, 1928. First edition.
184pp. Folio [41.5 cm] Attractively rebound in 3/4 leather over marbled boards with
matching marbled endsheets. Near fine.
This is an Important work that contains 185 full page illustrations. Introduction by Ida M.
Tarbell.(25131)
$3000.00
Morton, Peter; Dave Hickey and Lisa Eisner. The Book on Vegas. Greybull Press,
2006. First edition. Folio [33.5 cm] Padded gold cloth covered boards with bold hot
metallic pink stamped titles. All edges gilt. Very good. Very subtle spine roll. There is a
small indentation in the top edge of the rear cover. The gilt edges are slightly scratched.
Very attractive.
Designed by Douglas Lloyd. Among many artist included are Bernard of Hollywood, R.
Crumb, Dennis Hopper, Jeanloup Sieff, and many more. (25106)
$60.00
Patri, Giacomo. White Collar: A Novel in Linocuts. [San Francisco, CA]: [c.1940].
Second printing. Quarto [27 cm] Black wrappers with title printed in white on backstrip,
and illustration printed in white on front panel. Discreet crease to rear panel. No jacket.
John L. Lewis after word. Introduction by Rockwell Kent. Paperback.
A classic from the Great Depression much in the style of early Ward or Masereel. First
published privately just prior to World War II, White Collar has remained a biting critique
of the powers that be, and at the same time championing the working class. This book is
uncommon in any edition.
"White Collar was to be my contribution to, what I believed then, an indispensable
understanding of the necessity of unity among all American workers and voters. I was
not a writer, so illustrations in sequence were I thought the answer.
I had a printing press and lots of linoleum to use for linoleum cuts, so I set to work the
idea of doing the entire job myself. I was young, naive and in a hurry, but I soon
discovered that a book, a story, an ideal, each is a slow process, even with some help
from the family. It took several years to engrave, print, bind and distribute a book that
was seen by a very few people who did not need convincing." - Giacomo Patri June,1975. (25955)
$1500.00
Schultz, Charles. Original Snoopy Drawing. Original Snoopy drawing in blue ink by the
famed illustrator, Charles Schulz. Image measures 33 cm by 25.5 cm. A smiling Snoopy
sitting is on the left side of the paper with 'Happy Birthday, Tom' at head with 'Charles
Schulz' beneath.
A charming illustration of Snoopy. The characters from Peanuts comics have become
cultural icons and are recognized around the globe. One only needs to say 'Snoopy' and
a white beagle with an oversized head comes immediately to mind. (17776)
$2000.00
1. Scieszka, Jon & Lane Smith. Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid
Tales. New York: Viking Press, 1992. First Edition. [52pp.] Quarto [28.5 cm].
Color illustrated boards. Fine/Fine.
Signed and dated by the author on the title page. A humorous and clever send up of
classic fairy tales. Winner of the New York Times Best Illustrated Book award. (10224)
$100.00
Sirius, R.U. High Frontiers, Issue Two. Berkeley: Sacred Cow Mutilators., 1985. [32pp]
Folio [43 cm] Pink illustrated wrappers. Near fine
Early cyberpunk zine. 'High Frontiers' published four issues in as many years, before
renaming itself 'Reality Hackers'. After a few issues it was renamed 'Mondo 2000.'
Includes articles/interviews by/with Ram Dass, Robert Anton Wilson, Terrance
McKenna, Paul Krassner, Nick Herbert and others. Illustrated throughout. Scarce.
(25405)
$400.00
Thomas, Peter & Donna. The Wandering Book Artists' Collaborative Broadsides.
Peter & Donna Thomas, 2011. Limited Edition. Broadside book. Limited edition of fifty
copies, 35 of which were for sale. 13.25 by 11 inches. The book is comprised of twelve
broadsides created during a 'wandering book artist‟ trip Peter and Donna took around
the United States in 2010, housed in a translucent folder, plus a booklet describing the
printing of each broadside. Housed in a vibrant blue cloth clamshell box.
"We created this series of broadsides in the spring and summer of 2010 while traveling
around the country as 'Wandering Book Artists' in our 'Gypsy Wagon Bookmobile.' Our
journey to becoming wandering book artists began in the 1970s, when, dressed like
Robin Hood and Maid Marion, we taught papermaking and bookbinding at the
Renaissance Pleasure Faires in California..." (Peter and Donna Thomas). (25890)
$875.00