El Escalante Letterhead

Tschanz Rare Books List 66

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Rare Russian Imprint of ‘Life in Utah’

1- Beadle, John Hanson. Zhizn' Mormonov v Uta; ili Tainstva i prestupleniia Mormonizma; izlozhenie tainikh obriadov i tseremonii sviatikh posldnikh dnei [Life in Utah; or, the mysteries and crimes of Mormonism]. Sanktpeterburg [Saint Petersburg, RUS]: Tip. M. Khana, 1872. First Edition in Russian. 415pp. Octavo [25 cm] Original 3/4 calf over blacked pebbled boards. Minor sporadic foxing throughout otherwise near fine. Title translates to: 'The life of the Mormons in Utah; or the Sacraments and Crimes of Mormonism.'

Rare Russian imprint of Beadle's screed against Mormonism. We locate two institutional copies (LoC - LDSCHL). This is one of only two books in Russian listed in Flake/Draper and the only dedicated solely to the LDS Church (the other title: 'Puteshestvie po Amerike V 1869–1870,' is a travel narrative that includes ten pages devoted to Salt Lake City and the LDS Church). So, few copies of this work have surfaced, we assume that the print run was small. That this title was translated into Russian (only two years after the American first), shows the fascination that Utah held to the outside world. Flaker/Draper 348d. Rare.

John Hanson Beadle(1840-1897), was a journalist and author who was born in Liberty township, Parke County, Indiana. As a youth of twenty-one he enlisted in the 31st Indiana infantry for the Civil War, serving as a private until 1862, when he was discharged for disability. He then entered the State University of Michigan, where he studied law in addition to his regular subjects, and was graduated in 1867. He was admitted to the bar, but after practicing in Evansville, Indiana for one year, abandoned that profession for the career of a journalist. His first newspaper work was done for the Cincinnati Commercial, following which he spent eight years in the far West, the first year as editor of the Salt Lake Reporter. His Life in Utah, Western Wilds and the Men Who Redeem Them, and The Undeveloped West are the results of his experiences in the western states. In the latter years of his life he wrote editorials and historical and political articles for the American Press Association. Subsequently he made an extended tour of Canada and Nova Scotia and in 1890, through Europe.

"John Hanson Beadle, though equally as serious as Kate [Field] on the Mormon question, was a clever and popular journalist. His caustic remarks about the pretensions of Western communities, his savage wit in describing Western personalities, his remorseless judgments of Western boosters remind one of the late H. L. Mencken. As with Mencken, Beadle's humor, at least on matters about which he felt keenly, was an instrument of ridicule and derision. He was a master of caricature - the deliberate exaggeration of defective qualities and characteristics in order to convey an image of absurdity and ludicrousness. Just as Mencken's "The Hills of Zion" and "The Sahara of the Bozart" were intended to produce profane laughter at the pretensions of the Bible Belt, Beadle's anti-Mormon columns and books were a veritable bastion of hyperbole, designed to quash any incipient admiration for Mormon industry, sobriety, and brotherly love." - Leonard Arrington.

$2,500 Only Located Copy

2- [LDS] [Mormon] [Cantonese]. The Hong Kong Missionary Encyclopedia. [Hong Kong]: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints, Hong Kong Mission, 1973. First Edition. 360pp. Octavo [23 cm] Black buckram with the title gilt on the front board and backstrip. Gentle bowing to the boards, otherwise better than very good.

This Hong Kong Mission produced work was intended as a guide for LDS Missionaries in Hong Kong and offers directions and instructions in Cantonese/English (Characters & Romanization). This comprehensive work is divided into eight sections: Priesthood Ordinances and Ceremonies; Conducting Church Meetings; Scripture; Church History & Church Officials; Chinese Surnames; [Chinese] Geography; [How to Write] A Chinese Letter; Miscellaneous Vocabulary.

"It is our hope that this first edition has laid the foundation and set the pattern for a substantial and helpful general guide to the Cantonese Language." - from the Preface.

We do not locate any copies of this 1973 printing (that is stated as a first edition). We do locate three copies of a 1969 edition (BYU, LoC, LDSCHL) which is also stated to be a first edition and has Illustrated section dividers in color, this copy has illustrated section dividers in black and white. Rare.

$125

Trent Harris’ Luna Mesa - 1/10 copies

3- Harris, Trent. Luna Mesa. [Salt Lake City]: 2019. First Edition, 4/10. [34]pp. Oblong octavo [21 cm x 28 cm] Purple boards with the title on the front board. Fine.

This edition was limited to ten numbered copies, this is copy #4. Signed and numbered by Harris on the title-page. A blu-ray of Luna Mesa is included (which is also signed). This work contains 53 color reproductions of Harris' illustrated notebook pages and illustrated postcards that became the basis for his experimental film, 'Luna Mesa.'

"Luna Mesa: Notebook pages created by Trent Harris in bars and hotel rooms in faraway lands. They were used as source material for Harris' abstract film, 'Luna Mesa.' Also included are postcards, ones Harris sent to himself." - Title-page.

Trent Harris has directed nine feature films and scores of documentaries and experimental pieces. To date he has been honored with retrospectives at: Raindance Film Festival (London), 92 Y Tribeca (New York), BUTT Film Festival (The Netherlands), Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (Salt Lake City), Mar del Plata International Film Festival (Argentina).

$275

General Authority’s Selling Techniques

4- Sill, Sterling W. 1957 Sales Bulletins. [Salt Lake City]: 1957. Quarto [28.5 cm] Blue buckram with the title gilt on the backstrip. Near fine. A handful of instances of marginalia and underlining by Sill throughout.

Privately printed and distributed sales guide that contains 52 short motivational pieces and salesman techniques. At the time, Sill, worked for New York Life, who in 1940, appointed him as inspector of agencies for New York Life's offices in seven Western states.

"Remember to impregnate these sales talks with yourself with a lot of positive, pleasant, enthusiastic emotions. We become what we feel and do and we need feelings of self-confidence, optimism, determination and faith. Practice seeing yourself as you want to be, and doing the things you want to do, and making the money you want to make." - p.[3]

Sterling W. Sill (1903-1904), was a popular speaker and prolific writer, he was also a prominent businessman and educator. Sill was named an emeritus General Authority of the L.D.S Church on Dec. 31, 1978. He was an insurance executive at the time of his calling as an Assistant to the Twelve, to which he was sustained on April 6, 1954. During his service, he was the speaker over KSL Radio's Sunday Evening on Temple Square for 17 years, and addressed many Church and civic gatherings. He authored 47 books on religious and social themes, including a popular series on leadership. He served for 11 years as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Utah, four as chairman of the board.

We locate no institutional copies of this work. Rare.

$125

Sales Guide from a General Authority

5- Sill, Sterling W. Laws of Great Salesmanship - Successful Salesmanship. [Salt Lake City]: [New York Life], (c.1959). [344] 172pp Quarto [28.5 cm] Blue buckram with the title gilt on the backstrip. Near fine. Mimeographed contents with text on rectos only.

Privately printed and distributed sales guide by Sill, who at the time worked for New York Life. Signed by Sill at the end of the introduction

"For over 26 years it has been my highly esteemed privilege to be engaged in the great business of selling life insurance. More than 21 of those years have been concerned primarily with success in others. If one spends that many years at a substantial number of hours per day trying to recognize, isolate and attract success, not only in himself but in others of varying backgrounds, different personalities and different ambitions, he may be able to make some helpful observations." - p.[2]

We locate one institutional copy (LDS CHL) of this work. Rare.

$125

Salt Lake City, Believe the Hype

6- [Salt Lake City, Chamber of Commerce]. Salt Lake City and Utah: The Center of Scenic American. Salt Lake City: Chamber of Commerce, 1927. 31pp Quarto [30.5 cm] Tan wrappers with the title gilt on the front panel. Better than very good. Gentle overall wear.

Profusely illustrated guide with dozens and dozens of captioned photographs of Salt Lake and Utah.

"There are several points of view from which to consider Salt Lake City. You might see it as a city of romance and interesting history. You might see it as a place of enchanting physical beauty. You might see it as the commercial center of a vast and rich territory. You might see it as the symbol of the New West - Pulsating with life and eager with hope - hospitable and open hearted - and sure of the success of its deliberately made plans. You might see it as the hub and headquarters of those startling regions which comprise Scenic America."

$75 Salt Lake Route Card

7- [San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad]. From Los Angeles to Salt Lake City via the Salt Lake Route. Los Angeles: Los Angeles Printing Co., (c.1905). Single sheet [9 cm x 28 cm] on heavy card stock with a vertical fold at the center (as issued) and printed in striking full-color. Very good. The tunnel is a die-cut window, on the reverse it is one of the arches next to the L.A. Depot.

Decorative post card for William Andrews Clark's 'San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad', popularly known as the 'Salt Lake Route' which ran from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles across a mostly uninhabited Mohave and through the then small outpost of Las Vegas in Clark County, which is named for W.A. Clark. San Pedro is listed on the shield, so this card was issued before San Pedro was removed from the name in 1915.

One side of the card shows the front of a train in a desert landscape as it approaches a tunnel. The reverse has an illustration of the Los Angeles Depot on one side and the Salt Lake Depot (next to the Tempe) on the other.

$75

D&RGW Menu

8- [Salt Lake Temple]. Denver & Rio Grande Western Menu. Denver: Denver & Rio Grande Western, [1940]. Single sheet menu [23.5 cm x 31.5 cm] folded in half and printed in color. Near fine.

Dinner menu for the Denver & Rio Grande Western Dining Car. Cover shows a color print of the Salt Lake Temple. Interior contains a breakfast menu. The rear cover contains a brief description of the Mormon migration from Nauvoo to the Salt Lake Valley.

"The desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. Travelers on the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad witness this prophecy as they approach Salt Lake City through a valley of incomparable beauty and majesty. The city, 'the vision come true,' stands as America's most unique metropolis: fascinating with historical sights amid glowing modernity, with the famed Temple rearing its lofty spires toward the blue. The city is the starting point for thrilling journeys to sixty-two National Parks and Monuments, truly the heart of the great Scenic Intermountain West." - from the rear cover, beneath the migration description.

$50 Early Hotel Utah Ephemera

9- Relf, George O. Hotel Utah, Salt Lake City - The Hotel Beautiful. [Salt Lake City]: (c.1914). Single sheet [15 cm x 27.5 cm] that folds to [15 cm x 9.5 cm] with two vertical folds as issued. Very good. Small ink stamp for a travel agent below the room rates.

One side contains an illustration of the Hotel Utah and list of room rates. The reverse features three captioned images, all under the heading 'Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.': 'Mormon Temple - Hotel Utah' / 'Hotel Utah, Salt Lake City' / 'Roof Garden, Hotel Utah'

"The new hotel will be, when completed, one of the most beautiful structures from an architectural standpoint of any building of its kind in the west, and from the endorsement of Mr. Relf from Kansas City and other places where he has operated hotels, the owners of the Hotel Utah have secured a hotel man of wide experience and of unusual executive ability in leasing the new structure to Mr. Relf." - 'Goodwin's Weekly' (12/17/1910).

Early ephemera from the Hotel Utah featuring three nice photos.

$40

Savage Temple Construction Image

10- Savage, Charles Roscoe. Mormon Temple. [Salt Lake City]: C.R. Savage, Art Bazar, (c.1890). Albumen cabinet card [10.5 cm x 15.5 cm] on a decorative gilt stamped mount [11.5 cm x 16.5 cm] with an 'Art Bazar' backstamp. Very good. Strong contrasts.

Striking Salt Lake Temple Construction photograph taken from the center of the Temple Block and shows the north west corner with scaffolding surrounding the mostly completed spires. New planted trees dot the grounds.

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 Carleton Watkins, 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 Zion National Park.

$675

Savage Temple Construction Image

11- Savage, Charles Roscoe. [Salt Lake Temple Construction]. [Salt Lake City]: C.R. Savage, Art Bazar, (c.1890). Albumen cabinet card [10.5 cm x 15.5 cm] on a decorative gilt stamped mount [11.5 cm x 16.5 cm] with an 'Art Bazar' backstamp. Very good. Strong contrasts.

Photograph of the Temple Block with the Temple under construction, taken from Arsenal Hill (200 north between State and Main) - just north of the Heber C. Kimball lot. There are five children kneeling and facing the camera in the foreground. A nice image of early Salt Lake City

$625

Fennemore Mining View

12- Fennemore, James H. Mining Scene. [Beaver, UT]: J. Fennemore, (c.1868). Albumen large format photograph [16 cm x 20.5 cm] on a Fennemore cream mount [20 cm x 25 cm] with decorative gilt borders. Rear of mount stained (glue?) and coming apart on the right side a few small stains to the mount.

Rare James Fennemore image of a mining operation with out-buildings, smoke stacks and two wagons. This image is very likely to be from the Beaver area (Lincoln MIne?).

James Fennemore (1849-1941) began his photography career in Beaver, Utah, before moving to Salt Lake City and working for C.R. Savage. He later replaced E.O. Beaman as the photographer of the Powell expedition (1871-72). Fennemore taught John K. Hillers, then a teamster on the expedition - who eventually replaced Fennemore, who quit due to illness. Fennemore was also the photographer at the John D. Lee execution.

"In the fall of 1871, [John Wesley] Powell walked into [Charles Roscoe] Savage's studio in Salt Lake, and asked James Fennemore, one of Savage's employees, to print 250 pictures taken by [E.O.] Beaman during his recent trip from Green River, Wyoming, to what is now Green River, Utah. Powell needed these pictures to help convince Washington congressman to fund further exploration. He was so pleased with the printing that he asked Fennemore to join the expedition the following year as photograher-in-chief." - p.64 'The Savage View.'

$850 Hayden Survey Uinta View by Jackson

13- Jackson, William Henry. 113 - Gilbert's Peak, Uinta Mountains. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co, [1870]. Stereoview. Albumen photograph [9.5 cm x 15.5 cm] on an orange 'Views of the Rocky Mountains - Dep't of Interior, U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories' mount [10 cm x 18 cm] Printed Anthony back stamp. Minor rubbing to extremities. Image has strong contrasts.

Nice image of the third highest peak in Utah, Gilbert Peak, with Gilbert Lake in the foreground. A man sits on a rock near the lake. This photograph was taken by Jackson as part of his duties as the official photographer of the Hayden survey.

"Our other experiences in the High Uintas were all interesting, but difficult at times. It was a long, hard expedition, lasting until long after dark. Most of the time we were at an altitude of eleven thousand to twelve thousand feet, but the splendid scenes of the lake and of the Uintas were ample compensation for the day's effort." - William H. Jackson.

In 1870 Dr. Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden invited Jackson to become the official photographer of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. Jackson remained with the Survey until 1878, working closely with the artist Thomas Moran and others. The official report of the Survey for 1875 stated of Jackson's photographs: "They have done very much, in the first place, to secure truthfulness in the representation of mountain and other scenery."

$150 Hayden Survey Uinta View

14- Jackson, William Henry. 111 - Uinta Mountains. Head of Smith's Fork. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co, [1870]. Stereoview. Albumen photograph [9.5 cm x 15.5 cm] on an orange 'Views of the Rocky Mountains - Dep't of Interior, U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories' mount [10 cm x 18 cm] Printed Anthony back stamp. Minor rubbing to extremities. Image has strong contrasts.

Image of Smiths Fork in the High Uintas with Red Castle in the background. This photograph was taken by Jackson as part of his duties as the official photographer of the Hayden survey.

"The following morning the party made an early start for high mountains, while I remained behind to put the finishing touches on my outfit and to photograph the old mill. then, following the others, I made my way up and over one of the long ridges coming down from the main Uinta Range. There are many beautiful vistas, including grassy meadows and little lakes, with glimpses of the distant snow-clad peaks." - William H. Jackson.

$150 Hayden Survey Independence Rock View by Jackson

15- Jackson, William Henry. 126. - Independence Rock. From east. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co, [1870]. Stereoview. Albumen photograph [9.5 cm x 15.5 cm] on an orange 'Views of the Rocky Mountains - Dep't of Interior, U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories' mount [10 cm x 18 cm] Printed Anthony back stamp. Minor rubbing to extremities. Image has strong contrasts.

"Camp had been made at Independence Rock, a well-known landmark on the old Overland Trail. the rock had been given this name, it is said, from the fact that an early pioneering party had camped there on the Fourth of July. It is an immense rounded mass of granite, rising above the level valley floor near the Sweetwater River. It is nearly two hundred feet high at one end and about fifteen hundred yards in circumference. On one side the slope is so gradual that we led Hypo to the top with my photographic outfit on his back." - William H. Jackson.

$125

Hileman Image of Glacier National Park

16- Hileman, Tomar Jacob. Mount Rockwell and Two Medicine Lake. Kalispell, MT: Glacier Park Photo Shop. Silver gelatin photograph [28 cm x 17 cm] with Hileman blind stamp in the lower right corner and Glacier Park Photo Shop backstamp. Title is manuscript in the blank space of the backstamp. Strong contrasts. Better than very good.

Nice image from T. J. Hileman (1882 - 1945), who for decades photographed in Montana (primarily Flathead Lake and Glacier National Park), originally for the Great Northern Railway. In 1926, Hileman opened photo studios in Glacier Park Lodge and for many years he produced and sold countless photographs of the area.

$200 44 Magic Lantern Slides by F.J. Haynes

17- Haynes, Frank Jay. Magic Lantern Slides. St. Paul, MN: Haynes Picture Shops, (c.1879-1887). 44 Magic Lantern Slides. Silver gelatin glass positives [8 cm x 10.5 cm] On Haynes slides. Printed and manuscript labels. Complete list and images available.

Nice early images from the renowned photographer. Besides the usual sampling of excellent images of Yellowstone, this collection also contains many uncommon Haynes portraits and views: two Native American portraits (Rain-in-the-Face and Curly); images of the Upper Missouri; railroad construction images; Billings; Fort Lincoln and the Badlands.

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."

$1,725 Twenty Edward Curtis Photogravure Cards

18- Curtis, Edward Sheriff. Native American Photogravure Postcards. [Seattle, WA]: 1904. 20 Photogravure Postcards [9 cm x 14 cm] All in nice condition.

Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) Edward Sheriff Curtis was a prolific photographer who took over 40,000 images over a three-decade span, that ranged from the Eskimo or Inuit people of the far north to the Hopi people of the Southwest. His importance as a western photographer and documenter of Native Americans cannot be overstated. This series of 20 Native Americans images was produced in the fall and winter of 1904, that he sold to help fund field work for the following year.

$3,775

Rare Images of Early Oklahoma

19- Dedrick, John Virgil. Taloga, Oklahoma RPPC Collection [Native Americans]. Taloga, OK: (c.1907- 1910). 109 Real Photo Postcards [9 cm x 14 cm] Most in nice condition. More than half contain manuscript notes and postmarks. Included is the Wichita Postcard Club publication: 'Numbered & Illustrated Checklist for Real Photograph Post Cards by John V. Dedrick - Taloga, Oklahoma.' Of the 123 numbered cards 106 are present, there are three Dedrick cards from the same time that are unnumbered. List available.

This is the largest collection of Dedrick cards that we aware of being offered for sale.

John Virgil Dedrick (1873-1960) began his career as a photographer in 1907 in Taloga, Oklahoma taking photographs of Native Americans, cowboys, sod houses and early ranch and western life, this numbered series dates from then. It is this early series that is most collected and very difficult to find. In 1910 he moved to Texas and evolved to other types of commercial photography. He eventually took his business to Tacoma, Washington.

"Around the time of Oklahoma Statehood (1907) John and his brothers, Charlie and Frank, moved to the Fort Sill area. John began taking pictures of Indians and other points of local interest such as sod houses, dugout houses, and the way of life at that time. They lived in Taloga, Oklahoma, for several years. Taloga is where this numbered series of Indians and Oklahoma postcards originated. The known series now numbers from one to one hundred and twenty-three. We still don't know all of the titles, but the search continues." - from the 'Comments' page of the Dedrick checklist.

$23,000 Touring the West in the 1930s

20- [Western Photo Album]. 'Photographs - Gray Mt. Ariz.'. (c.1940). [70pp] Oblong octavo [23 cm x 33 cm] String- bound tan limp leather covers with an original painting of a Native American man in profile with a full feathered headdress. 'Photographs' printed and 'Gray Mt. Ariz.' skillfully burned to the front panel. Rear cover missing.

323 black and white snapshots in corner mounts, attached to black leaves. The images are various sizes. Some images are missing from the mounts. There are forty small color pictorial tourist cards mounted near the center of the album. The photographs are a mix of purchased tourist shots and self-taken photographs.

Full photo album documenting someone's travels in the American West with stops at Mount Rushmore, Yellowstone, Glacier National Park, Oregon Coast, Las Vegas (including a nice shot of Fremont Street), Boulder Dam, The Grand Canyon, Albuquerque and points in between. The album concludes with a series of images of a wrecked truck.

$200

El Escalante Letterhead

21- [Utah Parks Company]. El Escalante Hotel - Cedar City, Utah: Gateway to Bryce Canyon National Park - Grand Canyon National Park - Zion National Park - Cedar Breaks - Kaibab National Forest. [Omaha, NE]: [Union Pacific Railroad], (c.1940). Illustrated letterhead [26.5 cm x 18.5 cm] unused. Fine.

Color illustration at the head of the El Escalante. A map of the Utah Parks Company Tour (printed lightly) covers the page. The El Escalante was the starting point for countless Utah Parks Company tours. The Utah Parks Company was a subsidiary of the Union Pacific and ran guided tours of the Parks and Monuments of Southern Utah and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.

$25

Utah Parks Company Map

22- Utah Parks Company. Hi-Way Map to Zion-Bryce Canyon - Grand Canyon National Parks. Chicago: Rand McNally, [1930]. Single sheet [46 cm x 41 cm] that folds up to [23 cm x 10 cm] pamphlet size. Printed in red, blue and black. Very good. Folds as issued. Gentle overall wear.

One side features a nice map [41 cm x 23.5 cm] that shows the Union Pacific Routes and roads through Utah and Northern Arizona. To the right are three smaller road maps [ea. 12.5 cm x 14.5 cm] of Zion, Bryce Canyon, each contains a brief blurb at the foot. The reverse features descriptions and images of the parks. Brief mention of the then (1929) recently completed Grand Canyon Bridge [Navajo Bridge].

"This folder, which contains maps showing the motor routes to and around Zion, Grand Canyon and Bryce Canyon National Parks, is presented to motorists by Union Pacific System, with the hope that it will be of assistance to people driving to these famous scenic regions."

Produced to promote trips from the Utah Parks Company, which was a subsidiary of U.P., that ran guided loop tours of the parks and monuments of southern Utah and northern Arizona.

$50 El Tovar & South Rim Chromolithograph

23- Akin, Louis. El Tovar, Grand Canyon Arizona on the Santa Fe. [Grand Canyon, AZ]: [American Lithograph Company], [1906]. Large chromolithograph [46.5 cm x 94 cm] in a contemporary wooden frame [61 cm x 108 cm] that has a gilt border and a brass plaque. Image and frame in very good condition. Image has a few small areas of subtle discoloration. This has not been examined out of the frame. There are two different sizes of this lovely work, this is the larger.

Charming image of Fred Harvey's legendary lodge on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, El Tovar. This is the unofficial companion piece to Thomas Moran's chromolithograph 'The Grand Canyon of Arizona from Hermit Rim Road,' that was also produced for the Santa Fe Railroad, and like this was produced, to hang in Santa Fe Railroad offices and also to sell to tourists.

This striking work that was originally painted a year after Fred Harvey opened the doors to the now legendary, El Tovar Hotel on the edge South Rim of the Grand Canyon. This opulent and faux rustic resort offered visitors an opportunity to view the natural wonder of the Grand Canyon while living in the lap of luxury. The artist of this work, Louis Akin (1868-1913), lived for a time in El Tovar and is now widely recognized for his landscapes of the Arizona wilderness and paintings of the Hopi. $2,250

Maynard Dixon’s Personal Ledger

24- Dixon, Maynard. Paintings by Maynard Dixon. [San Francisco]: [1912-1920]. 74 leaves [46 cm x 39 cm] of handmade paper. The majority of the leaves have three uniform holes at the left.

The portfolio contains 75 entries (28 are duplicates), as well as the title page, on handmade paper. All entries are in Dixon's distinctive hand, and include the title, size, date, and sometimes the location and disposition of the work. The cover is titled Paintings by Maynard Dixon, along with his distinctive Thunderbird symbol outlined in a circle.

The entries were accompanied by original photographs done by noted San Francisco photographer Gabriel Moulin. Most of the Moulin photographs have been removed but five still remain. These photographs [24 cm x 17 cm] contain either Edith Hamlin's stamp or Gabriel Moulin's (and in many cases some pencil annotations, probably by Hamlin). The photographed paintings are: 'The Trading Post' - 'Corral Dust' - 'Camp in the Mountains' - 'Home Pastures' - 'The Old Cow Town'.

Among the numerous entries are murals for Anita Baldwin's Indian Room and Jinks Room for her Arcadia home, The Old Trading Post, Corral Dust, Home Pastures, Pony Boy, Blackfeet Historians, Camp in the Mountains, The Navajos, The Story Tellers, From Range to Range, What an Indian Thinks, Cattle Country, Home of the Half-Breed, among others.

A number of works are from his legendary 1917 trip to Montana. Dixon probably intended the portfolio as a document he could show prospective clients and for museum and gallery exhibitions. Although most of the photographs have been removed by Dixon or his third wife, Edith Hamlin, there is information contained in the portfolio that cannot be found elsewhere. As such, the portfolio is an unmatched record of paintings by one of this country's greatest Western artists. From the library of noted Dixon scholar Donald Hagerty by way of Dixon's third wife, Edith Hamlin.

$3,750 Kolb Brothers Card

25- Kolb Brothers. The View Hunters at Work in the Canyon. Brooklyn: The Albertype Company, (c.1928). Post Card [9 cm x 13.5 cm] Divided back.

Advertising card for the Kolb Brothers. "Grand Canyon visitors are cordially invited to inspect the stock of views for sale at Kolb Bros. Studio, located on Bright Angel Trail and overlooking the Canyon. See the Canyon and trail parties through our powerful telescope."

The legendary Kolb Brothers, Emery & Ellsworth, opened their studio in 1904, perched on the rim of the Grand Canyon. The building is still standing, but is now operated as a museum and gallery. They took countless images of the Canyon and the Colorado River below.

$30 Fred Harvey Map of the Southwest

26- [Fred Harvey]. Illustrated Map of the Great Southwest. Including Points of interest in New Mexico and Arizona. [Kansas City, MO]: Fred Harvey, 1946. Map [30 cm x 53 cm] on a single sheet [36 cm x 56 cm] that folds to booklet size [18 cm x 14 cm] Printed in blue ink. Folds as issued. Nice condition

The reverse contains two panels of 'Indian Signs and Symbols' and a panel each for: 'Navajo Motifs: From Silverwork and Weavings' - Pueblo Motifs: From Pottery and Paintings' - 'Clouds and Rain Designs by Pueblo Indians' - 'Pueblo Bird Motifs.' Beneath the map is a list of 'Altitudes of Principal Points in the Southwest' and 'Altitudes of Various American Cities.' Inset of Grand Canyon National Park at the head.

Promotional pictorial map of the southwest from the Fred Harvey company, who was the concessionaire for the Santa Fe Railroad and who also ran a string of motels and restaurants from Chicago to southern California with a focus on the American southwest.

$50

Millroy & Hayes Mormon Route Map

27- Millroy & Hayes. Route of the Mormon Pioneers from Nauvoo to Great Salt Lake. Salt Lake City: New Wilson Hotel, [1903]. Fold-out pamphlet [21.5 cm x 10.5 cm] that contains a chromolithograph [21.5 cm x 75.5 cm] and descriptions of Salt Lake, Utah and the Mormons on the reverse. Folds as issued. Near fine. 'A' condition.

This is the smaller New Wilson Hotel version, of this lovely route map.

Captivating map of the Mormon Trail from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Great Salt Lake, which depicts the physical features of the countryside, the mountains, rivers, waterfalls, trees, etc. Also, wagons and trekkers on the trail, Indian encampments, buffalo, and more.

A truly marvelous depiction of one of the great episodes in American history, produced to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the journey. This detailed image was produced with the aid of Apostle Franklin D. Richards, the church historian, in 1899. Uncommon.

$975

Turn-of-the-Century Idaho Pocket Map

28- [Idaho]. Indexed County and Township Pocket Map and Shippers' Guide of Idaho. Chicago: Rand McNally, (c.1900). [28]pp. Duodecimo [17 cm] brown printed wrappers. Better than very good. A seventeen-page index begins this work, which is followed by eleven pages of advertisements. Fold- out color pocket map [48 cmx 31 cm] bound in at the rear.

Subtitle: 'Accompanied by a New and Original Compilation and Ready Reference Index, Showing in Detail the Entire Railroad System, The Express Company doing business over each Road, and accurately locating all the cities, towns, post offices, railroad stations, villages, counties, islands, lakes, rivers, etc.'

$125

Tahoe Promotional Work with Bird’s-Eye Map

29- Eddy, Gerald A. Lake Tahoe. Tahoe City, CA: Lake Tahoe-Sierra Association, (c.1955). Single sheet [46 cm x 39.5 cm] that folds to pamphlet size [23 cm x 10 cm] Very good. Folds as issued with gentle overall wear. One of the sides contains a bright and lovely color birds-eye map [21 cm x 37.5 cm]. Below are two maps: 'Fifty-One Historical Spots: Sutter's Fort. State Capitol, Crocker Art Gallery Etc.' [20 cm x 28 cm] and a California/Nevada mileage map showing the distances to Lake Tahoe [20 cm x 8 cm] Maps drawn by Gerald A. Eddy.

Charming birds-eye map produced by the Lake Tahoe- Sierra Association to entice tourists to Lake Tahoe, and the surrounding area. The reverse contains information on the Lake and other nearby points of interest.

"Lake Tahoe, the fairest picture the whole earth affords, reposes in the heart of the Tahoe Wonderland, supreme vacationland and playground empire of the West."

$150 Large Helena Montana Bird’s-eye

30- [Wellge, Henry]. Perspective Map of the City of Helena, Mont. Capitol of State, County Seat of Lewis and Clarke Co. Milwaukee, WI: American Publishing Company, 1890. Bird's-eye view. Lithograph [70 cm x 101 cm] mounted on board and in a simple wooden frame [106 cm x 74 cm] Image is sharp and in nice overall condition.

Uncommon bird's-eye view of Helena, that is usually printed with a Kessler's Brewery Advertisement beneath the title. Sixteen inset illustrations along the foot as a border, of prominent buildings and views. Some of the buildings are numbered/lettered, legend lists: Public buildings, Hotels, Railroads, Street Railways, Schools, Newspapers and Churches (52 in all).

"A Brewery in Helena appears as the sponsor of the large view of that city in 1890. Perhaps some copies of these views were published and sold in the normal way through subscriptions and sales in local shops, while other copies were overprinted with such advertising copy and made available to the sponsor at a previously agreed upon price." - p.29, 'Cities on Stone' (John W. Reps).

$1,175