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Six Early British Mission Tracts
1- Pratt, Parley Parker & John Taylor. [Mormon Sammelband] Duodecimo [18 cm] Bound in a contemporary 3/4 sheep over yellow marbled boards. Gilt bands on the backstrip. Better than very good. Foot margin of p.8 of 'An Answer to Some False Statements' clipped.
Six early and rare tracts from the British Mission that show the early outreach and international aspirations of Joseph Smith. These works were the beginnings of a very successful European Mission system, and an announcement and defense of the then fledgling faith.
- ‘A Letter to the Queen, Touching the Signs of the Times, and the Political Destiny of the World.' Manchester: P.P Pratt, 1841. 12pp. Crawley 108. Flake/Draper 6597. Mormon Imprints 14.
- 'A Reply to Mr. Thomas Taylor's 'Complete Failure,' &c., and Mr. Richard Livesey's 'Mormonism Exposed.' Reply to Mr. Thomas Taylor's.’ Manchester: W.R. Thomas, 1840. 12pp. Crawley 89. Flake/Draper 6621.
- ‘Plain Facts, Showing the Falsehood and Folly of The Rev. C.S. Bush, (A Church Minister of the Parish of Power,) being a Reply to His Tract Against the Latter-day Saints.' Manchester: W.R. Thomas, 1840. 16pp. Crawley 80. Flake/Draper 6615. Mormon Imprints 7.
- ‘An Answer to some False Statements and Misrepresentations Made by the Rev. Robert Heys, Wesleyan Minister, In an Address to His Society in Douglas and its Vicinity, on the Subject of Mormonism.' Douglas: Penrice and Wallace, Museum, 1840. 11pp. Crawley 84. Flake/Draper 8810.
- ‘Calumny Refuted and the Truth Defended; being a Reply to the Second Address of the Rev. Robert Heys.' Liverpool: J. Tompkins, 1840. 12pp. Crawley 86. Flake/Draper 8814. Sabin 94505a.
- ‘Truth Defended and Methodism Weighed in the Balance and Found Waiting.’ Liverpool: J. Tompkins, 1840. 12pp. Crawley 87. Flake/Draper 8851.
$37,500
Woodruff Funeral Dirge
2- Daynes, Joseph John. President Woodruff's Funeral March, As Performed on the Great Tabernacle Organ by the Author During the Services. Salt Lake City: Daynes & Coalter, 1898. 5pp. Quarto [35 cm] Two sheets: Cover [54 cm x 35 cm] folded in half and internal leaf [35 cm x 27 cm] Good only. Edges show bumping, nicking with some minor discoloring and age toning.
The composer, Joseph J. Daynes (1851-1920) was the first organist for the Salt Lake Tabernacle a position he held for more than three decades.
"The musical programme was agreed on first. It will consist of a funeral march especially composed for the occasion by Prof. Joseph J. Daynes to be played by him on the great organ just before the services begin. A hymn by the Tabernacle Choir, 'God Moves in Mysterious Way His Wonders to Perform' will follow. Then there will be a prayer and addresses will be made by one or more of the apostles." - Salt Lake Tribune (9/6/1898)
Funeral dirge for fourth Prophet of the LDS Church, Wilford Woodruff [1807-1898]. A photograph by Charles Ellis Johnson illustrates the cover. Not in Flake/Draper. Not in OCLC. We locate a single institutional copy (LDSCHL) which appears to be a variant of this as there are no advertisements on the rear cover of this copy. Rare.
$125 Pioneer Park Fantasy
3- Morgan, Nicholas G. Restoration of the Old Pioneer Fort in Pioneer Park at Third South & Second West. Salt Lake City: Edward O. Anderson & Ray R. Schofield Architects, [1967]. [12pp.] Oblong quarto [28 cm x 35.5 cm] Illustrated printed wrappers. Near fine.
Illustrated proposal to restore Pioneer Park after it had fallen on hard times, this effort was spearheaded by Nicholas G. Morgan Sr. with the help of architects Edward O. Anderson & Ray R. Schofield and the artist Paul D. Forester.
"It was not a battle scarred fortress... Not a single shot was ever fired in its defense. It was not the center of bloodshed and tragedy: on the contrary, it was the center of gladness, of hope, of work, and worship, of good cheer, of culture and kindness and orderly living, the nucleus of a great empire." - Bryant S. Hinckley
We locate two institutional holdings (Princeton - LDSCHL)
$40
The Prominent of the Pacific Southwest
4- Davis, Ellis A. Davis' Commercial Encyclopedia of the Pacific Southwest: California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona. Berkeley, CA: Ellis A. Davis, 1914. 395pp. Folio [38 cm] Dark brown pebbled leather with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Better than very good.
Complete with all maps, all are near fine and many are by George F. Cram.
Full page maps: Los Angeles - Sacramento - San Diego - Four statistical maps of California (Manufacturing - Agricultural - Weather - Congressional Districts) United States.
Double page maps: San Francisco - Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda - Nevada.
Fold-out maps: Northern California - Southern California - Utah - Arizona.
An invaluable compilation of biographical and commercial information. Most of this work is devoted to California (particularly Northern), but there are illustrated sections on Nevada (pp. 75-87); Utah (pp. 88-101); Arizona (pp. 102-108). Nicer than usually seen copy of this work, which is the second of three volumes published by Davis and the rarest. Cowan, p.841. Variant of Flake/Draper 2684.
$325
Nice SLC View Book
5- [Salt Lake City]. Scenic Gems of Salt Lake City and Vicinity. Salt Lake City: Souvenir Novelty Co. Inc., (c.1920). [16pp] Octavo [21.5 cm] Light green illustrated wrappers. Near fine.
Brief introduction followed by 30 different tinted reproduction of landmarks around Salt Lake City, with titles at the foot. Work closes with 'Salt Lake and Utah in a Nutshell ' which offers a list of facts, statistics and data.
"Whatever other cities have, Salt Lake has in some degree, and Salt Lake has many things possessed by no other place in the world." - p.[1] Flake/Draper 8291.
$65
Days of ’47 Program
6- [Utah Cowboys]. Days of '47 presents Gene Autry World Champion Rodeo. Official Program. Salt Lake City: Allied Printing, 1949. 24pp Large octavo [28.5 cm] Orange printed wrappers. Very good.
Illustrated program for the rodeo and other festivities surrounding Pioneer Day (July 24th), loads of great advertising.
"The year 1849 was a year of accomplishment for the Pioneers. Though they were tried by dangers and fears still they toiled and worked to build up their city by the Great Salt Lake. They had achieved much in the two short years they had been in the valley - two years they had been in the valley - two years fraught with hardship and discouragement. It is to their eternal credit that in the face of all their obstacles they continued to 'beat down the desert' which was not to bloom, according to some outsiders. Yes, one hundred years ago this year was indeed a year of accomplishment for these hardy men, women and children. The Days of '47 celebration, under the direction of its capable officers, board and advisors, recalls once again the works and achievements of our early Pioneers."
$50 Through the Scenic West on the Burlington
7- Northern Pacific - Burlington Route. Vacations without a Care: Burlington Escorted Tours. Glacier, Yellowstone, Rocky Mountain National Parks - Colorado, California, Black Hills, Pacific Northwest and Alaska, 1929. [St. Paul, MN]: Northern Pacific Railway Company, [1929]. 64pp. Octavo [23 cm] Brown printed wrappers. Near fine.
Guide produced by the Northern Pacific for the prospective tourist for National Parks and other scenic wonders of the west served by the Burlington Route with descriptions of 21 different tours. Illustrated with colored reproductions from F. Jay Haynes and T.J. Hileman and twenty maps, four are full page. Rate sheet for the 1929 season laid in.
"You will enjoy yourself - have a good time - on one of these tours. They represent a sound, sensible travel plan that is not an experiment in any sense. Experienced railroad officials have arranged the details with the co-operation of the Pullman Company, hotel and major interests, and the National Park Service. The 'escorted tour' idea deserves your consideration in connection with any vacation plan, and especially in case you go alone, these traveling house-parties are ideal, assuring many congenial acquaintances with much in common. You travel without any responsibilities, you see the most, in the best way and with no waste of time." - p. 5
$65 Large Format Temple Block
8- [Johnson, Charles Ellis]. Temple and Tabernacle Salt Lake. [Salt Lake City]: [Sainsbury & Johnson], (c.1890). Large format [15.5 cm x 20 cm] gelatin silver print on a gray mount [23.5 cm x 28 cm] with the title in the lower left corner of the image.
Nice image of the Temple Block from the southeast side showing the newly completed Salt Lake Temple with the area just to the south of the Temple empty.
This photo is not labeled C.E. Johnson, but we believe the title writing of this photograph is a match to other Sainsbury & Johnson images.
"Johnson was one of the most prolific and enterprising photographers on the Mormon scene. He photographed thousands of people in his modern state-of-the-art studio in Salt Lake City." - Nelson Wadsworth 'Set in Stone Fixed in Glass' (pg. 274).
$475 Cabin Times
9- [Women in the West]. 'Shields cabin and swing at Shenstone'. [Estes Park, CO?]: (c.1900). Large format gelatin silver photograph [17 cm x 12 cm] on a plain gray mount [25 cm x 20 cm] Very good.
Image of two women and a boy sitting and standing on a chair swing with a cabin and buggy in the background.
Manuscript note on the reverse "Shields cabin and swing at Shenstone 19 Auntie (Florence Stewart), Bertha McLeod, Keith McLeod."
$40 Fort Lewis Panorama
10- Hulbert, Robert W. [World War I]. Battery B. 38th Field Artillery. Artillery Brigade. (Camp Lewis. Wash. Nov. 1918.). Tacoma, WA: Robert W. Hulbert Souvenir Pocket Service, 1918. Panorama [18 cm x 48] black and white photograph with photographer's pencil note and stamp on the reverse. A few minor nicks at the extremities with gentle wear, otherwise better than very good.
Panorama photograph of members of the 38th Field Artillery that was organized just three months earlier (August 17, 1918) at Camp Lewis (now Fort Lewis), Washington.
$50
Sailing the Great Salt Lake
11- Johnson, Charles Ellis. 324k. The Cambria. Capt. D.J. Davis, Aug 29 - 1898. Salt Lake City: The Johnson Co., 1898. Stereoview. Albumen photograph [7.5 cm x 15.5 cm] on a tan 'The Johnson Co. Stereoscopic View' mount [9 cm x 17.5 cm] View has been hand-tinted. General overall wear to mount with a handful of faint moisture marks. The right image has a 4 cm scratch.
Nice tinted view of a sailboat on the Great Salt Lake by the renowned territorial photographer, Charles Ellis Johnson.
$100
Walker Opera House
12- [Salt Lake City]. Walker Opera House, Salt Lake City, Utah. Popular Series, (c.1910). Stereoview. Silver gelatin photograph [7 cm x 13 cm] on a light yellow 'Popular Series' mount [9 cm x 18 cm]. Mount and image in near fine condition. Strong contrasts.
Nice image of the Walker Opera House, which was located between Main and West Temple on 2nd South. It burned to the ground in 1891.
$85
Deadwood at the Beginning of the Boom
13- [Mitchell, Daniel Sedgley]. [Deadwood Gulch Looking up, General View]. [Omaha, NE]: [Great Western Photograph Publishing Co.], [1876]. Stereoview. Albumen photograph [8.5 cm x 16.5 cm] on a plain green mount [8.5 cm x 17 cm] 'Deadwood Creek Black Hills' faint by hand on the reverse.
Image of Deadwood Gulch by Mitchell likely taken in the summer of 1876, the height of the placer boom. This is not labeled as a Mitchell image but we have located this image with a Mitchell backstamp. Rare.
$275
RPPC of the Logan Temple
14- Cook, Lloyd Lewis. Front View of Mormon Temple Logan, Utah. Milwaukee: L.L. Cook Co., (c.1930). Real photo postcard [9 cm x 14 cm] Better than very good.
Image of the facade of the Logan Temple
The L.L. Cook Company was founded in 1921 and was one of the two largest postcard publishing companies in Milwaukee, Wisconsin up to the 1960s, producing thousands of postcards with scenes from different cities and states across the country.
$20 Ute Children by Nast
15- Nast, Charles [William Henry Jackson]. Ute Children. 5251. Detroit: Detroit Photographic Company, 1899. Color postcard [9 cm x 14 cm] Very good. Manuscript note in French to right side and reverse. Canceled stamp and postmark on reverse.
This image is likely by Denver photographer, Charles Nast, who was a partner of Alexander Martin. The famed pioneer western photographer, William Henry Jackson, was a partner in the Detroit Photographic Company, the publisher of this image.
$25
Large Bromoil Print
16- Kirkland, Ray. Margarita. [Bountiful, UT]: 1956. Bromoil transfer print [33 cm x 22 cm] nicely matted [46 cm x 35 cm] and in a dark wooden frame [49 cm x 38 cm] Print and frame in fine condition. Titled, dated and signed by Kirkland in the lower margin.
Nice image of a smiling 'Margarita,' who is holding a large pot on her left shoulder with a mountainous and rugged backdrop.
Raymond O. Kirkland's (1901-1998) photographic skill was long recognized throughout the world of amateur photography, he won numerous awards and was an active member of many photography groups and organizations while serving in leadership for many of same, including the Photographic Society of America, the Salt Lake City Photochrome Club, Rainbow Club of Utah, Photo Nature Club, Photographic Print Society, and the Utah Chapter of PSA.
$325
Mosaic Salt Lake
17- Granizo, [Guillermo] William Wagner. Salt Lake City: A Ceramic Tile Mural by William Granizo. (c.1983). Color poster [71.5 cm x 46 cm] on a single sheet in near fine condition.
Image of a tile mural by Granizo that features various Salt Lake (and Salt Lake Valley) landmarks, including: The Salt Lake Temple, State Capitol, Seagull Monument, Walker Building, Snowbird tram, Eagle Gate, Hogle Zoo, Salt Palace and This is the Place Monument. Possibly produced in conjunction with one of his shows at the Kimball Art Center in Park City (1979, 1983, 1986)
Guillermo Wagner Granizo (1923-1995), was one of the premier ceramic-tile muralists, his use of bright colors, geometric shapes, heavy lines, and varying textures gives his creations a vibrant and festive feeling. Granizo's murals are found in public and private collections the world over.
$40
Railroading in Lehi
18- [Railroad Poster]. Front Runner: Provo to Salt Lake - December 10, 2012. Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Transit Authority, 2012. Color poster [72 cm x 55 cm] on a single sheet in very good condition.
This poster was produced to commemorate the opening of a commuter train from Salt Lake City to Provo. This charming train poster shows a frontrunner train crossing the Jordan River with Mount Timpanogos in the background, in style and color, this is clearly an homage to railroad posters from the mid twentieth century.
$40
Manuscript Poem
19- Stevenson, Ezra T. [Manuscript Poem]. Salt Lake City: June 15, 1886. Single lined leaf [13.5 cm x 15 cm] with 'Salt Lake City, Utah,______188_' printed at the head.
Nine manuscript lines and signed at the foot: "To W.C. Morris, With kind wishes we come, Considering well, Mid friendship alone, Our pleasure to dwell, Right welcome you've made us, Remember, we Will In future to join you Such parlors to fill. Ezra T. Stevenson."
$65