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Tschanz Rare Books List Nine Usual terms (we’re a reasonable lot – what do you need?) Call: 801-641-2874 Or email: [email protected] to confirm availability. (it’s all the same to us) Domestic shipping: $10 International and overnight shipping billed at cost Large Joe Hill Linocut 1- Cortez, Carlos. Joe Hill. Chicago: Industrial Workers of the World, 1979. Original linocut [87 cm x 89 cm] Near fine. Original linocut print depicting Joe Hill (1879-1915), a Swedish born poet, cartoonist, union organizer and itinerant worker in the United States. He was executed in 1915 in Salt Lake City following a controversial murder trial. He is generally believed to have been innocent of the crime and punished as a scapegoat for being an itinerant worker and union agitator. His story is told in brief at the top of the poster, alongside the address of the IWW. He holds a paper reading 'If we workers take a notion, we can stop all speeding trains, every ship upon the ocean, we can tie with mighty chains, every wheel in the creation, every mine and every mill, fleets and armies of all nations well at our command stand still'. $1650 Danish & Swedish Language Utah Political Broadsides 2- Skandinavisk Politisk Mode vil finde Sted Tirsdag Aften, den 25de Oktober. [Salt Lake City: Scandinavian Republican Club, 1898] Broadside [29.5 cm 23 cm] Paper brittle with a few small chips and closed tears to extremities. Horizontal fold with some splitting at edges. Gentle overall age toning. Broadside in Danish to promote a meeting by the Scandinavian Republican Club in Salt Lake City. Andrew Jensen is listed as one of the speakers. Translation of the text: ‘Scandinavian Political Mode will take place Tuesday evening, the 25th of October, at 115 S. Main Street. Gifted speakers will truthfully explain the political situation that we encounter in this Election campaign. Everyone should be familiar with the Participants and Election Candidates skill. An Election campaign is a short apprenticeship in politics. Come and hear why Republican principles are best for all: Andrew Jenson, Martin Christophersen, J.C. Sandberg, P. P. Christensen and other great orators, will speak in this fashion. All Election Candidates on the Republican Election leaflet will be present. Song and Music. All Scandinavians invited please. THE SCANDINAVIAN Republican club’ Stort skandinaviskt politiskt mote eger rum tisdag afton kl. 7:30 (den 25 Oktober 1898) [Salt Lake City: Scandinavian Republican Club, 1898] Broadside [30 cm 18 cm] Near fine. Broadside in Swedish to promote a meeting by the Scandinavian Republican Club in Salt Lake City. Andrew Jensen is listed as one of the speakers. Translation of the text: ‘Large Scandinavian political meeting taking place Tuesday evening at. 7:30 (October 25, 1898) at 115 S. Main Street. Prominent speakers come to honestly and forthrightly explain the current election campaign. All and every one should acquire knowledge of party principles and candidates' suitability. A political campaign is a short course in political economy. Come and hear the basics Why Republican policy is best for everyone. Andrew Jenson, Martin Christopherson, J.C. Sandberg, P. P. Christensen and other prominent speakers coming to speak to the congregation. Republican candidates on the ballot come to be currently being addressed. Fine Music of good singers, Come, all Scandinavians! Motet afhalles under the leadership of the Scandinavian Republican Club.’ $445 for the pair Word of Wisdom in Spanish 3- Smith, Joseph. La Palabra de Sabiduria (Word of Wisdom). [El Paso?] (c.1930) [4pp] Single leaf [18 cm x 23 cm] Near fine. The Word of Wisdom translated into Spanish by Mahlan A. Simonson and revised by Eduardo Balderas. Because of Balderas’s involvement, this is likely one of the earlier translated works that is non-scripture. The Word of Wisdom is followed by statistics for Mormons and non-Mormons concerning health, education and marriage. No copies listed in OCLC. I am able to locate a single institutional holding (LDS CHL). Rare. $45 Final Year of the Times & Seasons 4- The Times and Seasons, Volume 6. Nauvoo: John Taylor, January 15, 1845- February 15, 1846. [768]-1135pp. Octavo [23 cm] Rebound in plain black buckram (1940). New endsheets and pastedowns. Very good. Lacks volume title page and index. Complete with all issues. Name and date in ink on the front free endsheet. Manuscript map and note on rear endsheet and pastedown. The rear pastedown contains a hand-drawn map of Nauvoo in red ink. This map is based on the map that appears in the WPA guide. The facing page contains a lengthy excerpt from the same WPA guide in the same hand, also in red ink. Sixth, and final volume of this important periodical that was the official newspaper of the LDS Church in Nauvoo. This volume covers all the news of the LDS Church in the Midwest and elsewhere, including the aftermath of the martyrdom of the Smith brothers and the eminent exile of the Saints from Illinois. Crawley 60. Flake/Draper 8955. Scallawagiana 16. Streeter 2271. Auerbach 1323,1324. Mormon Fifty 11. $1685 Nice Copy of House of the Lord 5- Talmage, James E. The House of the Lord: A Study of Holy Sanctuaries Ancient and Modern. Salt Lake City: The Deseret News, 1912. First edition. 333pp. Octavo [20 cm] Light green cloth with title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Borders and Salt lake Temple design stamped in light blue on the front board. Top edge gilt. Near fine. Former owner name in pencil on the front free endheet. Nice copy of this important work on LDS Temples, that was the product of a failed blackmail attempt of the LDS Church. Contains 46 photographs of LDS Temples including 31 interior shots of the Salt Lake Temple that were taken by C.R. Savage’s son, Ralph Savage. The first edition contains a photo of the Holy of Holies, which was omitted from later editions. Flake/Draper 8637. $275 WPA Guide of Provo 6- [Morgan, Dale& Grace Winkleman] Provo: Pioneer Mormon City. Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, 1942. First edition. 223pp. Octavo [20 cm] Gray pebbled cloth with title stamped in blue on the front board and backstrip. Good/Near fine. Extremities of jacket rubbed with some splitting at folds. Spine of jacket age toned. Map endsheets and pastedowns. The introduction to this work was Morgan’s last contribution to a WPA publication. The majority of this book was penned by Morgan’s successor as WP director, Grace Winkleman. “Like most of the WPA-produced guides this book focused on recounting the history of the area, gave geographic information, and described the town in fair detail at the date of publication” – Richard Saunders. Saunders 15. $65 Controversial Historical Work 7- Quinn, D. Michael. Same-Sex Dynamics among Nineteenth-Century Americans: A Mormon Example. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1996. First edition. 477pp. Octavo [24 cm] Dark blue cloth with gilt stamped title on the backstrip. Fine/Fine. Nice copy of this controversial work. $40 Fine Copy of Groundbreaking Work 8- Quinn, D. Michael. Early Mormonism and the World Magic View. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1998. Revised and enlarged edition. 646pp. Octavo [24 cm] Red leather with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Device blind stamped on the front board. Marbled endsheets and pastedowns. Fine. Celebrated and groundbreaking work on folk-magic and its influence on Joseph Smith, that many consider an important work that has helped to contribute to understanding early Mormon origins. $95 Relief Society Lecture with Henry Eyring and Russell M. Nelson 9- Teaching for the Joy of it – Yours and Theirs (Bookmark). [Salt Lake City]: Bonneville Stake Relief Society Board, [1983] Bookmark [20 cm x 6 cm] Tan card stock printed in black ink with a green string tassel. Fine. Bookmark promoting “A Seminar for ALL teachers and leaders including visiting teachers and class teachers in all departments with a special invitation to teachers of other auxillaries.” Speakers include the now Apostles, Henry Eyring and Russell M. Nelson. $25 Lorenzo Snow’s Address to the 20th Century 10- Snow, Lorenzo. Greeting to the world, by President Lorenzo Snow. Delivered at the centennial services, Latter-day Saints' Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, January 1, 1901. [Salt Lake City, 1901] [4pp] Single sheet [27 cm x 38 cm] Extremities show age toning, fore-edge has a few small chips and closed tears. In this address Snow marvels at the progress of mankind made in the 19th century and his belief that that the Mormon faith is paving the way for “the coming King of Kings.” Snow closes with a lengthy blessing for mankind: ”…I hope and look for grand events to occur in the twentieth century. At its auspicious dawn I lift my hands and invoke the blessing of heaven upon the inhabitants of earth. May the sunshine from above smile upon you. May the treasures of the ground and the fruits of the soil be brought forth freely for your good…” Surprisingly uncommon, I can locate five institutional holdings. Flake/Draper 8205. $135 Bishop’s Guide for the Aaronic Priesthood 11- Aaronic Priesthood: The Preparation, Ordination and Training of Young Men. Prepared and Issued Under the Direction of the General Authorities of the Church. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1922. 15pp. Sextodecimo [15.5 cm] Tan printed wrappers. Near fine. Small ink stamp at the head of the front cover: “PLEASE DELIVER TO YOUR WARD CLERK.” Otherwise fine. This small booklet was produced and distributed privately to LDS Bishops. This short work contains a program and outline of 38 items to help prepare young men for ordination.
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