Search Results: Titles starting with T from Tschanz Rare Books

[Salt Lake City], 2008. #10/125. 4 color screen print [41 cm x 23 cm] on a single sheet [44 cm x 29 cm] In near fine condition. This print was done in an edition of 125. Signed and numbered. Striking print from the Salt Lake City based graphic designer, whose work has appeared in numerous publications including 'The Art of Modern Rock' and who has produced gig posters for local, national and international acts. Bell's work has been exhibited across the United States and Europe.

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.

Denver, CO: George Beam, 1916. Silver print. [19 cm x 24 cm] / [7.5" x 9.5"] on a modern museum mount [35.5 cm x 43 cm] / [14" x 17] Strong contrasts. Nice view of the original San Geronimo Church and graveyard with the Taos Pueblo in the background by legendary Colorado photographer, George L. Beam. George Lytle Beam (1868-1935) is most noted for his photographs for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad (later Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad). This view is in the holdings of the Denver Public Library's Geoge Beam Collection. The Taos pueblo is one of the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the United States, and has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

[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.'.

Independence, MO: Board of Publications Church of Christ [Temple Lot], 1963. Third Edition. 20pp. Duodecimo [21.5 cm] Light gray printed grained wrappers. Near fine. Illustrated with a photograph of the stone marker and a diagram of ownership claims. Short work by the Temple Lot group laying out their argument for ownership of the Temple Lot. "Why this little tract. Because the question as to the real ownership of the property known as the Temple Lot, in Independence, Missouri, seems to be of so much importance to all believers in what is known as the Latter Day Saints Church, or the Mormon (the name given by the world to all believers of the Book of Mormon) this tract has been written." - p.4.

[Salt Lake City]: Temple Square Bureau of Information, 1940. 24pp. Duodecimo [21 cm] Color illustrated wrappers. Better than very good. Articles of faith on recto of rear cover. History and description of the Temple Block followed by a description of LDS tenets and the history of the Mormon People.

Philadelphia: The Universal Photo Art Co, 1900. Stereoview. Silver gelatin photograph [8 cm x 15.5 cm] on a tan curved mount [9 cm x 18 cm]. Mount and image in near fine condition. Image has strong contrasts. Image of the Temple and Tabernacle, from the southeast from this east coast outfit.

Spokane, WA: O.W. Watson Co., Publishers, 1900. Stereoview. Silver gelatin photograph [8 cm x 15.5 cm] on a gray curved mount [9 cm x 18 cm]. Mount and image in near fine condition. Image has strong contrasts. Manuscript note on the reverse: "Art Show Portland 12/16/82 100/200." Image of the Temple from the southeast by this northwest photographer, who was based in Spokane and traveled throughout the west beginning in 1900.

Milwaukee, WI: Goeldner Studio, 1910. Albumen photograph [13 cm x 17.5 cm] / [5" x 7"] unmounted. Manuscript title on the back in Matteson's hand with photographer stamps. A view of a team of horses pulling a large wagon with a second team and wagon behind in the distance. A former bicycle salesman, who picked up a camera, Sumner W. Matteson (1867-1920) spent the first decade of the twentieth century crisscrossing North America taking photographs. Primarily a photojournalist, Matteson charmed his way into other people's work places and social celebrations. He produced some of the earliest photographic essays on the changing American West.

London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1923. First Edition. 282pp. Octavo [23 cm] Light blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Very good. Name and date (year of publication) in ink at the head of the title page. Complete with all five tipped-in plates. After his studies at Cambridge, Townshend went to Colorado and tramped through the eastern Rockies and Upper Arkansas for five years before starting a cattle ranch near Colorado Springs in 1869. In these stories the author writes about the frontier culture of the Front Range in the 1860s and 1870s and some of the colorful characters he met. Later he sold his ranch and returned to England, where he settled at Wadham College. There he spent his days playing golf and tennis, practicing his shooting, and captivating his friends with his stories of the American west. Wilcox p.114. Herd 2321.

St. Paul, MN: Haynes Picture Shops, 1917. 17302. 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 located 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.

Independence, MO: Church of Christ [Temple Lot], 1967. Second Edition. [4]pp. Single sheet folded in half [22 cm x 28 cm] Near fine. Short illustrated work by the Temple Lot that discusses the temple lot in Independence. Illustrated with a map on the rear panel and photographs of two of the marker stones. "We look forward to the day when Latter Day Saints shall resolve their doctrinal differences and return to the primitive teachings of the Church as Restored on April 6, 1830, that they may assist in building the House of the Lord upon this consecrated Spot." - p.[3].

1970. Single sheet [28 cm x 98 cm] / [11" x 38 1/2"] printed on one side. Four vertical folds as issued. Very good. Map showing the (almost) daily progress of the vanguard company of the Mormon Pioneers, from their Midwest departure in February of 1846 to their arrival in the beautiful Salt Lake Valley in July of 1847. sketches of some of the points along the trail illustrate this map, including a view of Fort Bridger and Fort Laramie. Besides the Mormon Trail, this map also locates the Oregon Trail, the route of the Pony Express, the Handcart Trail, and the Overland Stage.

[Helena, MT], 1899. Broadside [25 cm x 15 cm] / [10" x 6"] printed in black ink on pink paper. Near fine. 'The Rivals, A Popular Comedy by Sheridan. Presented by the Senior Class of Helena High School. Monday Ev'ng, May 1. Electric Hall. Admission, 50 and 25 cts.' Broadside for a high school production of Sheridan's 'The Rivals.'.

[Salt Lake City]: Groundhog Records, 1977. 1/1000. 45 rpm 7" record. Mint. Black vinyl with brown printed label. In original plain paper sleeve that shows minor age toning. Country & Western single from the Will Bagley outfit, 'Thunder & Roses' - this is from the honky-tonk years that preceded his celebrated career as a historian. Will Bagley (1950-2021) wrote and edited more than twenty books on overland emigration, frontier violence, railroads, mining, and the Mormons. He lectured widely and had appeared in more than a dozen films, including the American Experience episode of the ‘The Mormons' on PBS. He was one of the finest historians of the postwar period and a legend. R.I.P.

American Views, 1910. Stereoview. Silver gelatin photograph [7 cm x 13 cm] on a light yellow 'American Views' mount [9 cm x 18 cm]. Mount and image in very good condition. Image of the Salt Lake Theater which was located on the northeast corner of 1st South and State and was completed in 1862.

Los Angeles: Weaver, 1939. Panorama silver gelatin photograph [25 cm x 106 cm] / [10" x 44"] Nice condition with strong contrasts. View of a large group at Barney Oldfield's Country Club in Sherman Oaks. Pencil note on the reverse: "Aug - 6 - 1939 Broadway Picnic

Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1990. First Edition. 274pp. Octavo [24 cm] Burgundy cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. A previously unpublished journal, Hammer's account is one of the few day-to-day narratives known for the 1844 emigration. He traveled with the first "northsider" train, moving up the Platte on a route which would later be used by one-third of all migrants, including the Mormons. Mattes' Platte River Road Narratives gives a very high rating to this diary for content and style. Rumer's editorial commentary is expansive and thorough. Clark & Brunet 128. Mattes 106.

[Omaha, NE]: [Union Pacific Railroad], 1930. Large [106 cm x 69.5 cm] color poster. Chipped at corners with loss. Closed tear to head. Rare variant that was printed for the Chicago and North Western Line by the Union Pacific. This is the first time that we have handled this variant. Rare in any condition. Large image that "pops," Rock formations are spectacularly displayed in oranges, reds, yellows and browns and speckled with spots of greenery, while put into perspective via three travelers on horseback. Produced to promote trips from the Utah Parks Company, which was a subsidiary of U.P., that ran guided loop tours of all three parks out of Cedar City. "See all three. Grand Canyon - Zion - Bryce Canyon National Parks, combined in one low-cost circle trip.

Salt Lake City: Sun Lithographic and Printing Co, 1947. 25, [4]pp. Duodecimo [20.5 cm] Color illustrated wrappers. Near fine. A brief illustrated history of Utah beginning with the mountain man era of the 1820s and continuing through the Mormon arrival and their contribution to the area by hard work. Also mentioned are Johnston's Army, the Donner Party, Blackhawk War and mining. Nice illustrated map of the Mormon Trail at the center.