Search Results: Titles starting with J from Tschanz Rare Books

Moran, WY: Grand Teton & Lodge Transportation Company, 1950. Single sheet [46 cm x 40 cm] printed on both sides and folding to pamphlet size [23 cm x 10 cm] folds as issued. Gentle overall wear, particularly at the folds. Short promotional work for this dude ranch that was located in Jenny Lake in the Teton National Forest. Includes descriptions of the Ranch and the activities offered, and black and white views of same by Harrison Crandall "It is impossible to exaggerate the scenic grandeur of the region in which the Ranch is centered.

St. Paul, MN: Haynes Picture Shops, 1917. Silver print photograph [7.5 cm x 23 cm] that has been hand-tinted on a gray mount [14.5 cm x 34 cm] with a gilt stamped border. Nice condition. Lovely hand-colored panorama of Jackson Lake, which is in Grand Teton National Park. Frank Jay Haynes (1853-1921) was employed by the Northern Pacific RR in 1875 to take pictures along their route from Minnesota to the West Coast for advertising and promotional purposes. From 1884 through 1915 Haynes operated a lucrative service industry in Yellowstone National Park making and selling souvenir photographs, taking pictures of tour parties, and publishing graphic souvenirs. F. Jay Haynes was known as the "Official Park Photographer.

[Casper, WY]: The Commercial Printing Company, 1955. Single sheet [23 cm x 39.5 cm] printed on both sides and folding to pamphlet size [23 cm x 10 cm]. About very good. with a few small discolorations. Promotional item for the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton national Park near Moran, Wyoming. The Lodge was designed by the noted architect, Gilbert Stanley Underwood, who also was the architect of the Old Faithful Lodge, Bryce Canyon Lodge, Zion Lodge, and The Ahwahnee (Yosemite). Illustrated with views by Harrison Crandall. "Jackson Lake Lodge - in the very heart of the famous Jackson Hole Country, the rendezvous of the early fur trader and trapper, and of the desperado of bygone days, rich in story of romance and adventure - thrills you with its setting as you look at the Mighty Tetons piercing the azure blue. Great herds of elk, monster moose, deer and other wild life are about you as you wind in and out through the trails. It is Jackson Hole, America's best and thrilling vacation land that call you.

Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1951. First Edition. 399pp. Octavo [24 cm] Tan cloth with gilt stamped leather labels on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. James Moyle (1858-1946) was a prominent Mormon on the national political scene working in both the Woodrow Wilson (Assistant Secretary to the Treasury) and Franklin D. Roosevelt (Commissioner of the U.S. Custom) administration. In addition he was the founder of the Utah Democratic Party and the President of the Eastern States Mission (1928-1933). This biography was written by the future LDS Prophet, Gordon B. Hinckley, based on the writings and research of John Henry Evans. "Like all good biographies, James Henry Moyle creates a personal relationship between reader and writer as tense and as closely mutual as that between friends. Gordon B. not only discloses Moyle's lovable qualities but also the strength by which he courageously mastered and used them. Gordon's graphic and discerning insight of the long and useful life has the… Read More

San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1954. First Edition. 86pp. Folio [44 cm] Red cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. Complete with all seven maps. The four page prospectus is laid in. This volume was the logical extension of Morgan's biography of Jedediah Smith. Morgan and Wheat examined the notes taken by Oregon pioneer George Gibbs from a now-lost map of the trapper's western travels drawn by Smith in 1831, before the latter's demise on the Santa Fe Trail. Also considered is a letter concerning western flora, rediscovered after publication of 'Opening of the West,' belatedly adding botany to the litany of Smith's contributions towards a factual understanding of the American West. Saunders 26.

New York: Press of the Pioneers, Inc, 1936. First Edition. 233pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Red cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. A very nice copy of this biography on the legendary mountain man, Jedediah Smith, who covered much of the terra incognito of the American west in the early 19th century, including some of the most inhospitable (Mojave, Salt Desert, etc.). While he was doing all of this, the closest American town is the fledgling western metropolis of St. Louis. "Smith was the discoverer of the central route from the Rockies to the Pacific; leader of the party which made effective discovery of the South Pass; the first white man to cross Nevada; the first to traverse Utah from North to South and from west to east; the first American to enter California by the overland route; the first white man to conquer the High Sierras and the first to explore the Pacific Slope from San Diego to Vancouver." - from the jacket.

St. Paul, MN: Great Northern Railway, 1940. Color print [30.5 cm x 23 cm] in nice, bright condition. Near fine. Winhold Reiss (1886-1953) was a painter, illustrator, and interior designer who emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1913, where he taught art for a time at the Art Students' League. In 1919 he traveled to Montana to paint portraits of members of the Blackfeet nation. Reiss depicted his subjects as they were, without the romanticization that many of his fellow artists at the time were using to depict Native Americans. During the summers from 1927 to 1948, Reiss spent in Glacier National Park studying and drawing members of the Blackfeet, these trips were sponsored by the Great Northern Railway, who acquired the majority of these works, and used them in promotional material.

Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1925. First Edition. 230pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Green cloth with title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Well written memoir by the early Oregon pioneer and Michigan promoter, who's travels also took him to Hawaii, Rio de Janeiro and around the Cape. "The autobiography was written by Mr. Ball in his eightieth year, 1874, being taken from scanty diaries kept on his trips; old letters, and from memory. It was written in a journal and the manuscript is more legible than the writing of many a younger man. It is not only of local historical value but of national interest, dealing with the early history of New England, where he was born, early Michigan and pioneer western history, Mr. Ball having been a member of the third expedition to cross the Rocky Mountains." - 'Grand Rapids Chronicle' May 29, 1925.

San Francisco: San Fracisco Bay Cities Club of Printing House Craftsmen, 1928. Quarto [29.5 cm] Purple marbled boards with a paper label on the front board. Good only. Rubbing and gentle sunning to extremities. Color tipped-in frontis present. John Henry Nash (1871-1947) was a renowned fine printer who spent the majority of his career in the San Francisco area, founding the Twentieth Century Press with Bruce Brough, which was renamed Tomoye Press when Paul Elder was made a partner. Later Nash founded his own eponymous printing venture, this is where he cemented legacy as one of the great American printers. Later in his life he would teach printing and typography at the University of Oregon.

Salt Lake City: Granite Publishing Company, 1958. First Edition. 371pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Brown cloth with the title printed in off-white on the front board and backstrip. Fine/Fine. "Joseph C. rich might well be called the versatile pioneer; for pioneer he was, and a man of many talents and accomplishments he was. With but a few months of formal schooling, he became proficient in the basic elements of three great branches of learning as we know them today: civil engineering; journalism; and law. In addition, as a mere youngster he filled a mission to Great Britain for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and upon his return was chosen as a member of the presidency of the Bear Lake Stake in which he served faithfully for years. At the age of twenty-three he was appointed county surveyor of Richland County, Utah, in an area now comprising two counties - one in Idaho, the other in Utah. During these early years, he proved himself a leader of men, capable of carrying out successfully… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First Edition. 740pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] 1/2 dark orange cloth over orange boards. Both the book and jacket are better than very good. Well received and celebrated biography of the founder of the Mormon faith. Winner of Mormon History Association's Best Book Award (2005). "I [am] a rough stone. The sound of hammer and chisel was never heard on me nor never will be. I desire the learning and wisdom of heaven alone." - Joseph Smith.

Monmouth, IL: S.B. McQuown, 1925. Real Photo Post Card [9 cm x 14 cm] Divided back. Unused and in fine condition. Nice view of the Smith home in Nauvoo. Nauvoo was founded in 1839 by about 5,000 Mormons who came to western Illinois not as ordinary settlers but as religious refugees fleeing for their lives from their former settlements in Missouri. Under Smith's leadership, the community grew from a sprawling refugee camp into a unique and large city.

Salt Lake City: Deseret News Company, 1891. 15pp. Octavo [22 cm] Previously bound with stab holes near the spine. Better than very good. Jenson's lecture on the Prophet Joseph Smith and the fulfillment of his prophecies. "Since the time Joseph had this vision the Elders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have traversed the globe, they have visited all the so called Christian nations of the earth; they have examined the creeds and organizations of the Christian sects of every land and every clime, and have learned beyond doubt that the true Church of Christ was not upon the earth at the time Joseph made his sweeping declaration, and that it does not exist outside of the Church organized under the direction and authority of their Redeemer Himself by Joseph Smith." - pg.3. Flake/Draper 4407.

Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1984. 244pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue cloth with the title silver stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Reprint of this work that was edited by the noted historian, Charles Kelly, contains a new introduction by Charles S. Peterson. Records events connected with the 1847 Mormon migration and the Mountain Meadows massacre, as well as other events. John D. Lee was the only person ever convicted of the atrocities at Mountain Meadows (nearly two decades after the event) and executed just a few months before the death of his adopted father, Brigham Young. "During his imprisonment Lee wrote the story of his life, confessing his participation in the Massacre. After having been sentenced to die, he intrusted the document to William W. Bishop, his attorney, together with all papers, letters and journals then remaining in his possession. All his journals were returned to the Lee family except No. 6 [this journal] which Bishop retained. Because of his possession of… Read More

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1977. First Edition. 242pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/2 black cloth over rust boards with the title stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Illustrations by Jim Stiles. Signed by Abbey on the front free endsheet. This Abbey's second major-work of nonfiction (after Deseret Solitaire), that offers reflections and observations that pursue his common themes of solitude and the remorse of the industrialization and destruction of wild places, particularly in the southwest. Edward Abbey (1927-1989) was a celebrated author, essayist, conservationist, noted pain-in-the-ass, and in many ways the father (or at the very least, uncle) of the modern environmental movements.

Salt Lake City: T.E. Hinshaw & C.L. Joy, Scenic Photographers, 1897. Stereoview [8 cm x 15 cm] on Hinshaw & Joy curved mount. Very good. Gentle overall sun fading. Nice view of the Jubilee Parade with stands of people in the background. In January 1896, just days after Utah was granted statehood, Utah Governor Heber M. Wells suggested that the new Legislature assign a committee to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the arrival of Brigham Young's wagon into the Salt Lake Valley, the Semi-Centennial Commission planned to host a spectacular four-day celebration to honor the surviving pioneers. Only one year after Utah's statehood, organizers wanted the Pioneer Jubilee to be "the biggest celebration in the country since the 1893 World's Fair" and the largest event yet to be seen west of the Mississippi. The Jubilee served the dual purpose of showing the great advancement of the area in 50 years as well as demonstrating 1847 as the significant founding date of Utah (rather than 1896 statehood). "Salt… Read More

[Salt Lake City], 1928. Broadside [29.5 cm x 23 cm] / [11.5" x 9"] printed in black ink. Tissue backed. Very good. General overall age-toning. Rare broadside for the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the South Cottonwood Ward that was held August 31st, 1928, at their ward house. A program of events is printed with a list of the booths and attractions. The South Cottonwood Ward was the first LDS ward in Utah outside of Salt Lake City. It was settled in 1848 by Church members largely from Mississippi under the direction of Amasa Lyman of the Quorum of the Twelve. This large ward covered most of the southern half of the Salt Lake Valley, from Big Cottonwood Creek (4800-ish South) to present-day Draper and Bluffdale and from the Wasatch foothills to the Jordan River. When the ward was organized in 1849, the first bishop was William Crosby from northeastern Mississippi. In 1851, he joined Lyman in a trek to California, where they founded San Bernardino. We locate no other examples of this broadside. Rare. Read More

St. Paul, MN: Great Northern Railway, 1940. Color print [30.5 cm x 23 cm] in nice, bright condition. Near fine. Winhold Reiss (1886-1953) was a painter, illustrator, and interior designer who emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1913, where he taught art for a time at the Art Students' League. In 1919 he traveled to Montana to paint portraits of members of the Blackfeet nation. Reiss depicted his subjects as they were, without the romanticization that many of his fellow artists at the time were using to depict Native Americans. During the summers from 1927 to 1948, Reiss spent in Glacier National Park studying and drawing members of the Blackfeet, these trips were sponsored by the Great Northern Railway, who acquired the majority of these works, and used them in promotional material.

St. Paul, MN: J.E. Haynes, 1930. Printed letter [25.5 cm x 15.5 cm] Near fine. Advertisement for Haynes Picture Shops: Pictures and Books "Having a Yellowstone Picture on Your wall! All American citizens own the park, and You as a stockholder, are no doubt Not a little interested in this, and Every other property that you own, whether Scenic, industrial or personal.