Tschanz Rare Books List 67

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Lorenzo Snow’s Howdy to the 20th Century

1- Snow, Lorenzo. Greeting to the World by President . Delivered at The Centennial Services, Latter-day Saints' Tabernacle, , January 1, 1901. [Salt Lake City]: [1901]. [4]pp. Single sheet [27 cm x 37 cm] folded in half. The fore edge is bumped and chipped, otherwise very good.

This brief work contains President Snow's New Year's greeting and his hopes for the 20th century.

"Let these sentiments, as the voice of the '' in the mountains of , go forth to the whole world, and let all people know that our wish and our mission are for the blessing and salvation of the entire human race. May the twentieth century prove the happiest as it will be the grandest of all the ages of time, and may God be glorified in the victory that is coming over sin and sorrow and misery and death." Flake/Draper 8205.

$100 Falls Temple

2- [Mormon] [LDS]. Idaho Falls Temple. [Idaho Falls]: (c.1950). Black and white photograph [25 cm x 20 cm] Pin hole near head, otherwise near fine with strong contrasts.

Nice view of the Idaho Falls Temple reflecting off the Snake River. The Idaho Falls Temple was the eighth built by the L.D.S. Church and is located on seven acres on the east bank of the Snake River. It was designed by John Fetzer and dedicated by George Albert Smith in 1945.

When the Temple was announced in 1937, many of the locals saw it as the fulfillment of a prophecy that made in the area in 1884: "Be not discouraged; be not disheartened, because God's blessing is upon this land. Yes, as I look into the future of this great valley, I can see temples - I can see beautiful temples erected to the name of the Living God where holy labors may be carried on in his name through generations to come."

$35 C.R. Savage View Book

3- Savage, Charles Roscoe. A Reflex of Salt Lake City. [Salt Lake City]: C.R. Savage, Art Bazar, (c.1890). [16 cm] Red cloth with decorative gilt and black stamping to the front board. Accordion style. A single sheet [15 cm x 205 cm] that folds into eighteen panels. Very good.

View book of Salt Lake City that contains a nice bird's-eye of the Salt Lake Valley over three panels. Images of the Tabernacle, the Temple, buildings of Salt Lake, Beck's Hot Springs, Native Americans and the first four Presidents of the L.D.S. Church.

Charles Roscoe Savage (1832-1909) was an accomplished and prolific photographer who lived successfully within his Salt Lake City community and traveled widely throughout the West taking photographs and befriending other important photographers of his day such as , Edward Wilson, Timothy O'Sullivan, Alfred Hart and A.J. Russell. Savage took several of the West's most famous images at the celebration of the joining of the transcontinental railroads at Promontory Point, Utah in 1869. Savage also took the first photographs of what became . Flake/Draper 7537.

$150

Rare Set of Rulon Jeffs Sermons

4- Jeffs, Rulon. Sermons of Rulon Jeffs. Hildale, UT: Twin City Courier Press, 2009. Second printings. Eight volume set. 545, 542, 540, 542, 546, 544, 546, 390pp. Octavos [23 cm] Publisher's black buckram with the titles gilt on the front board and backstrip and all edges gilt. All volumes near fine. The name 'Susie' is neatly gilt stamped at the foot of the front boards. Color portrait frontispiece of Jeffs in all volumes.

This set includes all of the recorded sermons of Rulon Jeffs from March, 1945 to September,1996. The latter 2/3 of volume 8 contains the sermons of John Y. Barlow from March, 1935 to July, 1949.

Rulon T. Jeffs (1909-2002) was the son of early Fundamentalist David W. Jeffs (1873-1953), who began following John Y. Barlow and Joseph Musser in 1938. When Rulon joined with the Fundamentalists, Musser told him that he was admitted on the strength of his LDS baptism, and no additional baptism was required. He married his first wife Zola Brown who was the daughter of future Apostle, Hugh B. Brown in 1939, and married a plural wife in 1941 (Zola divorced him soon after). In the following six decades he would marry 65 more, and father dozens of children. He was the Prophet of the FLDS Church from 1986 until his death.

Rare set that was never intended for the general public and never publicly distributed. This is only the third time I've handled this set in twenty years (and I am always looking). I can locate six institutional holdings (LDSCHL, USU, UU, Yale, Weber, ).

$1,250 Rare Set of Sermons from ‘Uncle Roy’

5- Johnson, Leroy Sunderland. L.S. Johnson Sermons. Hildale, UT: Twin City Courier Press, January, 1994. Sixth Edition. Eight volume set. 390, 391-792, 793-1220, 1221-1737, 442, 420, 497, 505pp. Quartos [28 cm] Publisher's black buckram with the titles gilt on the front board and backstrip. All volumes better than very good. The name 'Glade Jessop Jr.' is blacked out with a marker on the front pastedowns. Color portrait frontispiece of Johnson in all volumes.

This set includes all of the recorded sermons of Leroy S. Johnson from December, 1943 to September,1996. The front of volume 1 contains a handful of sermons from John Y. Barlow.

Leroy S. Johnson (1888-1986) spent much of his childhood in Big Horn County, Wyoming, among family and friends, some of whom questioned the validity of the First Manifesto (1890). He became acquainted with fundamentalist ideas in 1928 after his brother Price introduced him to John Woolley in Centerville, Utah. Soon thereafter, after a number of unsuccessful proposals, he quietly entered plural marriage. In the following five decades he would marry at least 15 more, and father dozens of children. He was the Prophet of the FLDS Church from 1954 until his death.

Rare set that was never intended for the general public and never publicly distributed. This is only the second time I've handled this set in twenty years (and I am always looking). I can locate one institutional holding for a complete set (UU) and one holding for a partial set (LDSCHL). Rare.

$1,250 Vest Pocket Third Nephi

6- Smith, Joseph. The Book of Third Nephi from the . [Salt Lake City]: The Church of Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1946. 179pp. 32mo [11 cm] Full dark limp sheep with the title gilt stamped on the front panel. Floral endsheets and pastedowns. Very good. Small chip to crown with faint crease to panels and name in ink on the front pastedown. A handful of passages highlighted with a pale orange pencil.

Rare vest pocket printing of the Book of Third Nephi from The Book of Mormon.

“The teachings of this book should be familiar to every member of the Church. It is with hope that many thousands will read and enjoy the glorious truths taught herein and thus be led to become familiar with all the books of that sacred record, The Book of Mormon, that this special edition of the Book of Third Nephi is published by the 's and Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."

$75

Rare in Jacket

7- Widtsoe, Leah. How to be Well: A Health Handbook and Cook-book Based on The New Knowledge of Nutrition. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1943. First Edition. 576pp. Octavo [23 cm] Green publisher's buckram with stamped titles on the front board. Near fine in a jacket that has a few small chips at the extremities and is neatly split at the folds.

Uncommon work by Leah Widtsoe (1874-1965) who was a prominent educator and served many callings for the L.D.S. Church. She and her husband, John Widtsoe, were two of the main proponents of the . Uncommon work that is rare in a jacket.

$85

Disaster in Eastern Utah

8- Dilley, J.W. History of the Scofield Mine Disaster: A Concise Account of the Incidents and Scenes that Took Place at Scofield, Utah, May 1, 1900. When Mine Number Four Exploded, Killing 200 Men. Profusely Illustrated by 70 Choice Engravings. Provo, UT: The Skelton Publishing Co., 1900. First Edition. 298pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Light blue cloth with the title and a three-color illustration of Scofield (pre-disaster) on the front board and backstrip. Very good. Age toning to the backstrip. Front flyleaf attached to front free endsheet near the gutter.

An unusually nice copy of this uncommon work that was released the same year as the mine disaster in Utah's coal country, that at the time, was the worst in terms of casualties, taking the lives of over 200 miners, the vast majority whom were recent immigrants.

"Don't you see that funeral train? Don't you see that funeral train? Rolling down that lonesome valley - It's the longest one I've seen - May the first was bright and clear - Nineteen hundred was the year - A great explosion rocked our town - While the men were underground." - Utah Phillips 'Scofield Mine Disaster.'

$275

Strangite Scripture

9- [Strang, James Jesse]. The Book of the Law of the Lord. Printed by Command of the King at the Royal Press, Saint James. [Saint James, MI] : [1856]. Second Edition. (17)- 336pp. Duodecimo [17 cm] Bound upside down in contemporary 3/4 calf over cloth with the title and bands gilt stamped on the backstrip. Without title page as issued.

This is the second edition of Strang's most important work, enlarged from the first edition, that was not completed during Strang's lifetime, and his followers later printed front matter (for the third edition) to bind with the sheets.

Strang, who was born in State in 1803, grew up a member of the Baptist Church, and among other things practiced law, served as postmaster, and owned and edited the 'Randolph Herald.' After his family had moved to Burlington, Wisconsin, in 1843, his brother-in-law, Moses Smith, and ardent Mormon, interested him in that sect. In February 1844 Strang made a trip to Nauvoo, Illinois, with Aaron Smith, and under the influence of Joseph and Hyrum Smith converted to .

On June 27, 1844, when was killed by a mob at Carthage, Illinois, Strang claimed the leadership of the Mormon Church and with a group of followers, set up a church and printing press in Voree, Wisconsin, near Burlington. In 1847 he moved his church and press to Big Beaver Island in northern Lake Michigan and founded the city of Saint James.

In 1850 Strang was crowned king of a 'kingdom' patterned on 'The Book of the Law of the Lord,' which he alleged was an ancient Mosaic document given him by divine power for translation. The publication of the present edition (expanded from the first edition of 1851, the principal difference being the elaboration of notes) was begun in Strang's paper, 'The Northern Islander,' in January 24, 1856 issue. The book was printed from the type of the installments in the newspaper, 320 copies being struck off.

The sheets were still unbound on June 16, 1856, when Strang was fatally shot, and were saved by his followers when a mob destroyed his printing office. The sheets were sent to Racine, where church apostle Benjamin Wright, a father-in-law of the polygamous Strang, took charge of them. Flake/Draper 8458. Morgan 31. Howes S1061. Sabin 92680. Streeter 2298. Michigan Rarities 88.

$6850

Utah Letterhead Sample Book

10- [Trade Catalogue] [Salt Lake City]. Engraved Stationary Catalogue. Salt Lake City: Jennings-Gottschall Engraving Company, (c.1925). [166pp.] Quarto [27.5 cm] Brown marbled wrappers with the title raised in gilt on the front panel. Near fine.

Sample book that contains 75 leaves of different letterhead styles that Jennings-Gottschall offered through their Salt Lake City representatives, Western Newspaper Union and Carpenter Paper Company. All of the letterheads are from real businesses in the interior west (with a handful of California businesses), and the majority (44) are Salt Lake City based and showcase a variety of organizations and businesses, including Bennett Glass Paint, College of St. Mary's of the Wasatch, Third District Court and Tracey Loan & Trust, to name a few. A handful of Bingham and Ogden groups are present. One of the final leaves shows five different business card samples.

"The successful letterhead today is more than a mere business card at the top of the letter page. It should express the kind of business or profession represented. This means that letterhead problems must be studied from an entirely new angle." - p.[3

$200

Rare View of Wylie Camp in Zion

11- [Zion National Park]. Wylie Camp, Zion Canyon [Real Photo Postcard]. Los Angeles: Putnam & Valentine, Photo, (c.1917). Real photo postcard [9 cm x 14 cm] with an undivided back. Very good.

Rare view of the short-lived Wylie Camp in Zion that consisted of a handful of tents against the cliffs in a shady grove of trees just south of today's Zion Lodge. In 1921 it was purchased by the for use as part of the Utah Parks Company tours.

$125

Here Come the Stars, Here Come the Stars

12- [Utah Stars]. Utah Stars vs. Denver Rockets [Program]. [Salt Lake City, UT]: 1970. "Exclusive First-Nighter Edition". 50pp. Quarto [28 cm] Color illustrated stapled covers. Slight wrinkling with some minor damp staining, otherwise very good.

Opening night program for the first Utah Stars basketball game ever on October 14, 1970 against the Denver Rockets. Lots of great period advertisements. The Utah Stars of the ABA played at the Salt Palace from 1970 to 1976 before dissolving. During their time in Salt Lake the Stars went to two ABA Finals, winning in their first appearance (1971) and losing its second appearance (1974). They went an impressive 269-183 (.608) during their time in Salt Lake and sent three players to the Basketball Hall of Fame: Zelmo Beaty, Roger Brown and Moses Malone (yes, that 'Moses Malone').

"This is great basketball country. Never have I been anywhere the people are as knowledgeable about the game as in Utah. Salt Lake City is an aggressive community with a good economic future and is logical as far as geographic balance for the league is concerned. The name of the game is its facility and the Salt Palace compares with the Forum in Los Angeles and Madison Square Garden in New York the Salt Palace is a first-class facility, which is a compliment to the people of Utah for having the foresight to build it." - Utah Stars owner Bill Daniels.

$50

Tithing Receipt Signed by Andrew Jensen

13- [Jensen, Andrew]. Tithing Receipt. [Salt Lake City]: [The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], 1930. Tithing receipt [7 cm x 12 cm] from a tear-away ledger book and printed on one side with blank spaces to be completed by hand. Two stains at the head and three evenly spaced vertical folds.

Filled out and signed by Andrew Jenson who was the Bishop of the Bonneville Ward, Utah Stake of Provo. The receipt is dated October 26, 1930 and made out to Cleora Bass in the amount of $3.50.

Andrew Jensen (1850-1941) was ordained a Seventy and served for a time as the assistant historian of the LDS Church, compiling the LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Church Chronology and the Historical Record. During his time in the Church Historian's office, Jenson was a prolific writer, presenting the history of the Latter-day Saints from an orthodox perspective. He was also a remarkable archivist of historical material and continued to collect records and diaries for the Church Historian's office.

$40

Dopey Racist Restaurant

14- Coon Chicken Inn. Chicago: Curteich, (c.1930). Color postcard [9 cm x 14 cm] with a divided back. Image is bright.

Image shows an illustration of the facade of Coon Chicken Inn restaurant in Sugarhouse that was located at 2950 Highland Drive. The upper corners feature the locations in Seattle and Portland, respectively. Postcard produced to promote the small chain of the restaurants that were designed to look like a smiling blackface caricature of an African-American porter. The smiling capped porter head also appeared on menus, dishes, and promotional items. By the late 1950s the obvious racism of the CCI shtick became offensive and tiresome for many consumers and the restaurant closed its doors.

"Nationally Famous - Coon Chicken Inn - serving 'Deliciously Different' Southern Fried 'Coon Chicken.' World's largest poultry user - operating its own bakeries and poultry farms. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah at 2950 Highland Drive. Other coon Chick Inns at Portland, Oregon and Seattle Washington. established since 1924.” – from the back.

$40

Inaugural Air Mail Flight

15- 15th Photo Section [Air Mail]. A.M. 92 Dedication of B-10 Army Air Mail S.L.C. San Francisco: Air Corps, U.S. Army, [1934]. Black and white photograph [18.5 cm x 23.5 cm] with an Air Corp - U.S. Army backstamp that identifies that photographer as '15th Photo Section - Crissy Field.' Strong contrasts.

Image of the B-10 'State of Utah' with Lieutenant M.J. Smith standing in the cockpit and "Mrs. Winston Ellerbeck" standing on the wing presenting a bouquet of flowers to Smith.

"Approximately 500 Salt Lakers thronged the airport Thursday afternoon when Governor Henry H. Blood christened the army's latest test mail plane 'State of Utah' and launched the ship on its inaugural mail flight to Cheyenne and New York City. 'It is fitting' said Governor Blood that this newest of army planes, the first of its type in use in the western airmail zone of Utah, should be named State of Utah." - Salt Lake Telegram 4/9/1934.

$35