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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1963. Fifth Printing. 460pp. Duodecimo [21 cm] Light orange cloth. Very good/Very good. Short closed tear to head of jacket's front panel. Gentle age toning to spine of jacket. Inscribed by the auhor on the front free endsheet: "To Ernest and Nannette Bulow Don C Tala-yes-va Author of the Sun Chief book Oct 17, 1971." Rare Signed. Don C. Talayesva (1890-1985) was born and raised in the Hopi village of Old Oraibi until the age of ten. He then spent nearly ten years training at white government schools. At the age of twenty, Talayesva returned to Hopiland and readopted Hopi tribal customs. Leo W. Simmons was a Yale anthropologist who recorded Talayesva's autobiography. Ernie Bulow (1943-2021) was a sometime bookman whose interests and experiences extended to journalism, photography, Indian trading, writing, silversmithing, and teaching. After taking a degree in English in the early sixties he worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, living in Gallup and teaching… Read More

Tucson: Westernlore Press, 1992. First Edition. 124pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Dark blue buckram boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Signed by the author on the title page. Illustrated guide to the Mormon Battalion/Butterfield Trail through southern Arizona. There are few major events in the history of the Far West from 1846 to 1849 that did not involve the Mormon Battalion. Recruits for the Mexican War from migrating Mormons in Iowa, the Battalion helped make that migration to Utah possible, opened four major western trails to wagons (including principal overland routes of the forty-niners), showed the importance of the Gadsden Purchase corridor, participated in the United States conquest of California and in the discovery of gold there, escorted John Fremont to his court martial, and carried the news of the gold east to an eager American public.

Salt Lake City: The Deseret News, 1911. First Edition. 190pp. Duodecimo {18 cm] Black cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Decorative blind stamping to boards. Floral endsheets and pastedowns. Near fine. Biography of the Mormon pioneer and the leader of the Forest Dale Second Ward in the Sugarhouse area. Forest Dale was originally Brigham Young's Forest Farm. "It was the intention originally to summarize briefly the leading events in the life of James Jensen. Contrary to all expectations, the subject matter of this small volume grew beyond the limitations put upon it. The writer, believing that many of the events connected with this biography and belonging to the history of Forest Dale would be a source of interest to the people generally of the Ward, therefore obtained the consent of the Bishop to the publication of his biography in book form." - from the Foreword. Flake/Draper 8780.

New York: Harper's Weekly, 1875. Single trimmed news sheet [26.5 cm x 36 cm] with wood engraving. Very good. Unrelated text to reverse. "As interest in Utah, California, and other parts of the West mounted, Harper's commissioned two French artists, Paul Frenzeny and Jules Tavernier, to make detailed sketches of a transcontinental expedition beginning in 1873. Their woodcuts can be found sprinkled throughout the pages of Harper's from 1873-75, long after the completion of their assignment. Resembling Joseph Becker's earlier work for their competitor in terms of neutrality of tone, the illustrations were not nearly as callous as the accompanying text." - pp. 41-42 'The Mormon Graphic Image, 1834-1914.'.

Hotevilla, AZ, 1990. Ink and pastel illustration on a heavy stock [32.5 cm x 25.5 cm] Nice condition. Illustration of the Hopi Hon Kachina [Bear Kachina] by a member of the Roadrunner clan. Signed with an address (Second Mesa) and phone numbers on the reverse. "There are a number of Bear Kachinas. Some are distinguished only by color such as the Blue, White, Yellow, or Black Bear Kachinas. There are others such as Ursisimu, who have become extinct, and Ketowa Bisena, who is the personage that belongs to the Bear Clan at Tewa. There are Bears fancifully dressed and Bears that are not. All Bear Kachinas are believed to be very powerful and capable of curing bad illnesses. They are great warriors. Bear Kachinas appear most often in the Soyohim or Mixed Dances of springtime or occasionally as side dancers for the Chakwaina Kachinas." -p.102 'Hopi Kachinas' by Barton Wright.

Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1968. First Edition. 250pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Brown cloth with title gilt on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Map endsheets and pastedowns. Western Lands and Water Series VIII (8). "In this work Terrell, award-winning author of numerous works, sought to lay his ruler on the history of the west by defining six major incidents which shaped Western development." - Clark & Brunet 47.

Salt Lake City: Brigham H. Young, Printer, 1852. 258pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] 3/4 brown leather over marbled boards. Title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Marbled endsheets and pastedowns. Better than very good. Bookplate on the front pastedown. This is the first printed volume of Utah territorial laws. With Brigham Young as governor and the Legislative Assembly totally Mormon, the laws passed were in accordance to church values. Probate courts were very important. "The Laws of the first Legislative Assembly of Utah can be had by the civil officers of Great Salt Lake County, by calling at the Secretary's office. Members and officers of the Assembly will be further notified as fast as the books are bound." - Deseret News (9/4/1852). Flake/Draper 9384c. Crawley 714. McMurtrie 15.

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1950. Color map [48.5 cm x 80 cm] on a single sheet [51 cm x 81 cm] Light overall wear. Very good. Map shows the routes of The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System. The reverse is blank. The Kolob section of Zion NP is listed as a National Monument, it was incorporated into the park in 1956.

[Salt Lake City]: Deseret News Press, 1937. 40pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Brown printed wrappers. About very good. Manuscript notations throughout. The Trail Builders were a scouting-like organization for LDS boys 9 to 11 years of age, under the guidance of the General Primary Board. This group was a precursor to the Cub Scouts for Mormon youth (not necessarily a competing organization as the Cub Scouts were just getting started in the United States) and would eventually be phased out for the Cub Scouts.

Salt Lake City: General Boards Mutual Improvement Associations, 1927. 64pp. Sextodecimo [15 cm] Drab green printed wrappers. General overall wear to covers, otherwise very good. Contains the lyrics to 125 different songs, most are faith-promoting. Rear cover contains a Daynes - Beebe Music Co. advertisement. "To make community singing successful as a cultural form of recreation we need four things: A leader who is competent, an accompanist who strengthens the leader, suitable material, and a sympathetic group of singers. Community singing is recreative relaxation. It is cultural education - a get together for pleasure and enjoyment. It is not a song practice." - p.2 'Community Singing.' Flake/Draper 2053. We locate two institutional holdings (BYU - LDSCHL). Uncommon.

Chicago: The Foster-Munger Co, 1907. 44pp. Oblong octavo [19 cm x 27 cm] Tan printed wrappers. Better than very good. Illustrated trade catalogue featuring cottage doors and windows and stock store doors and fronts and stock stair work. "To the Trade: We show on the following pages our new line of Cottage Front Doors. Will be much pleased to get an introductory order, and at the special prices offered hope it will be so you can favor us.

[New York]: Arista Records, 1977. Single sheet [25 cm x 76 cm] white stock printed in color. Small smudge at right edge with a few minor creases. Promotional poster from Arista Records for The Kink's 'Sleepwalker.'.

[London]: London Records, 1994. Single sheet [61 cm x 61 cm] white stock printed in color. Nice condition. Promotional poster from London Records for The Meices album 'Tastes Like Chicken.'.

Salt Lake City: Souvenir Novelty Co. Inc, 1911. [40pp] Oblong duodecimo [16 cm x 3 cm] Tan string tied wrappers. Good only. Complete with some of the leaves loose from the string binding and laid in. 39 views of Salt Lake City and the surrounding area including views of Mormon buildings with brief descriptions and past and present leaders of the Mormon Church. The vast majority of the images are from the firm of C.R. Savage. Flake/Draper 7608d.

Santa Cruz, CA: The Good Book Press, 1980. First Edition, 1/40. Miniature Book. [20pp.] Trigesimo-secundo (32mo) [7 cm] Green marbled boards. Sage colored endsheets and pastedowns. Fine. Forty numbered copies of this short work were made by Peter & Donna Thomas at the Great West Fair in Logan, Utah in 1980. This is copy number eight. Early fine press item from the noted papermakers, artists, and bookmakers. Rare. Peter and Donna Thomas are book artists from Santa Cruz, CA. For the last forty-plus years they have worked both collaboratively and individually; letterpress printing, hand-lettering and illustrating texts, making paper, and hand binding both fine press and artists' books.

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1946. First Edition. 365pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Gray cloth with the title in black on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Gentle age toning to spine of jacket. Anthology of stories about Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, with contributions by Frank J. Dobie, D.H. Lawrence, Oliver LaFarge, Stanley Vestal, Paul Horgan, and others.

Denver: Barkalow Bros, 1892. Cabinet card [20.5 cm x 13 cm] Tan blank mount with ‘Barkalow Bros. - Denver Colo.' stamped in ink by hand on the reverse. Subtle rubbing and bumping to corners of the mount. Strong contrasts. Image of the ‘Madam McGinty' rock formation in Clear Creek Canyon.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1864. 2 volume set. 393, 379pp. Duodecimos [20 cm] Brown pebbled cloth with the titles gilt stamped on the backstrips. Both volumes better than very good. Gentle rubbing to corners. Clipped newspaper article on front and rear free endsheets of volume 1. Fold-out Colton map 'Map of the United States of America, Showing the Rail Roads' [70 cm x 56 cm] is present and hand-tinted in volume 1. Thornton was one of the real pioneers of Oregon and California, arriving in Oregon in 1846. He has always been considered a good authority and this work is among the best. Volume 1 covers his overland trek from Westport in a party led by Col. W.H. Russell. Volume 2 is the first printed account of the sufferings and horrors of the Donner Party, who left Westport shortly after Thornton's group, and even passed them on the trail. Kurutz 632c Howes T224. Zamorano Eighty: 74. Wheat Gold Rush 208. Wagner/Camp 174:3. Cowan p.230.

Boise, ID: Department of Public Works, 1931. Single sheet [61 cm x 41 cm] / [24" x 16"] that folds to pamphlet size [20.5 cm x 11 cm] Better than very good. This map locates the major roads and highways, towns, airports and landing fields. County boundaries are shown. The upper right prints a list of 'Points of Interest and Historical Interest to be Found Near Idaho Highways. This places on this 54 item list are located on the map. Reverse prints a table of distances between points in Idaho and adjoining states; rules of the road; and a map of the Western United States with a descriptive list of the major highways in the area shown. We locate two institutional holdings. Rare.

[Boise, ID]: [Bureau of Highways], 1938. Single sheet [78 cm x 53 cm] / [31" x 21"] that folds to small quarto size [27 cm x 13 cm] Better than very good. This color map locates the major roads and highways, towns, National Forests, State and National Parks, 'Indian Reservations.' County boundaries are shown. The upper right prints 'Mileage of Main U.S. Routes.' through the state (US 30 - US 91 - US 93 - US 95 - US 10 - US 191). Reverse prints rules of the road, a relief map [37 cm x 25 cm] / [14 1/2" x 10"] of the state locating points of interest, and a lengthy description of Craters of the Moon National Monument.