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[004222] . UTAH HISTORICAL QUARTERLY 1953-1958 12 Issues. ill. Photographs, Facsimiles. Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Historical Society, Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Paper Wraps. Utah. Very Good 1953: October issue-Mormonism in Idaho Politics 1880-1890; Miles Goodyear and Founding of Ogden; and Elias Smith: Journal of a Pioneer Editor. 1954: January issue-Pony Express; Report of Lieut. Col. P. St. George Cooke of His March from Santa Fe to San Diego; Letter of a Gold Rusher of 1850. 1955: October issue-Utah State Hospital-Care of Mentally Ill; Infamous Emma Mine. 1956 complete year with all four issues: January, April, July and October. Articles include: Taxable Income in Utah 1862-1872; History of Isaac Sorensen, Bernard A. DeVoto; Driving of the Golden Spike, Clarence King's Fortieth Parallel Survey; History of Utah State Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation; Bibliographers' Choice of Books on Utah and Mormons; Salt Lake City in 1880, Orson Pratt; Settlement of Cache Valley and John M. Bernhisel and the Territorial Library. 1957 complete year with all four issues: January, April, July and October. Articles include: Lee's Ferry at Lonely Dell, Mormon Crossing of the United States 1840-1870; Utah State Historical Society: Sixty Years of Organized History, Mormon Question Enters National Politics 1850-1856; Railroad Renaissance in the Rockies; Letters of A Proselyte, The Hascall-Pomeroy Correspondence and 1958 October issue-Mountain Men before the Mormons, Salt Lake City Beobachter and Early-day Trading with the Nevada Mining Camps. Slight fading to spines, otherwise covers are Very Good. Interiors are tight, clean and Very Good+. $75.00

[004221] . UTAH HISTORICAL QUARTERLY 1928-1933 8 Issues. ill. Photographs, Sketches, Maps, Facsimiles. Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Historical Society, Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Paper Wraps. Utah. Very Good April 1928: Vol. I No.2 on Utah Indians Past and Present. No covers otherwise Very Good. October 1929: Volume 2 No. 4 on Journal of John Boardman, Negro Slaves in Utah, and American Posts. July 1930: Vol.3 No. 3 on Hastings Cutoff, Reminiscences of John R. Young, Early Justice in Utah, Material Progress of Utah, and American Posts. 3 issues for 1932: January, April and July-Articles: Salmon River Mission, Reminiscences of Indian Habits and Character, Death of Captain May, Naming Silver Reef, Extracts from the Journal of Henry W. Bigler, American Posts,Replica of First Newspaper printed in Utah, after The Deseret News, and Early Printing in Utah outside of Salt Lake City. 2 issues from 1933: January and April-Articles include Extracts from the Journal of John Steele, American Posts, John Crook's Journal, Pahute Fire Legend, and Glossary of Indian Work. All issues except for 1928 have grey covers. All have a white sticker label at top left corner(ex-lib?). Otherwise covers are Very Good +. Interiors are tight, clean and Very Good+. $75.00

[004223] . UTAH HISTORICAL QUARTERLY 1960-1969 29 Issues. ill. Photographs, Facsimiles, Maps, Sketches. Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Historical Society, Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/2". Stiff Covers. Utah. Very Good Complete years for 1963-1968 with all four issues of Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. For 1960: October issue. For 1962: Winter issue and 1969 Spring,Summer, and Winter issue which includes John Wesley Powell and The Colorado River Centennial Edition (Spring 1969). Some of the articles include: Transcontinental Railroad and Development of the West; Contracting for the Union Pacific; Chinese Laborers and Construction fo the Central Pacific; Driving the Last Spike; Etienne Provost, Dr. John M. Bernhisel: Mormon Elder in Congress; Saltair, Great Salt Lake's Famous Resort; Failure of Hatchtown Dam 1914; An Anguished Odyssey: the Flight of the Utes, 1906-1908; Coming of the Union Pacific Railroad, Scots among the Mormons; Beginnings of the Catholic Church in Utah; The Episcopal Church in Utah; Mountain Meadows; Settlements on the Muddy 1865 to 1871; Desert Tortoise: The Mormon Tabernacle on Temple Square; Notes on Mormon Polygamy; Shoshoni-Bannock Marauders on the Oregon Trail 1859-1863; Camp Floyd, Utah 1858-1861; Ute Indians: Before and After White Contact; Bingham Canyon; Utah's Biggest Businees: Ogden Air Materiel Area at Hill Air Force Base 1938-1965; Cattle Industry of Utah 1850-1900; Utah Cattle Brand; Preston Nutter: Utah Cattleman 1886-1936; Utah Military Frontier 1872-1912; Abraham Lincoln as seen by the Mormons; Century of Mining 1863-1963; and Utah's Missiles Industry. Several laid in subscription advertisements for the Quarterly. Also a 6 page pamphet on "Utah Statehood Day". Pictorial covers. Occasional chips/tears at spines. Overall covers are Very Good to Very Good+. Interiors are tight, clean and Very Good +. $145.00

[004224] . UTAH HISTORICAL QUARTERLY 1970-1977 30 Issues. ill. Photographs, Facsimiles, Maps, Sketches. Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Historical Society, Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/2". Stiff Covers. Utah. Very Good Complete years for 1970-1972 and 1974-1976 with all four issues of Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. For 1973 and 1977: 3 issues for each year. Articles include: Mining; 1922 Coal Miner's Strike; Utah's Labor Movement; Brigham Young; Mormon Settlement; Sarah M. Kimball; Truman Leonard; Utah State Supreme Court; Mormon Folklore; Joseph L. Rawlins, Father of Utah Statehood; Immigrants and Mines; Architectural History; Education; Agriculture; Transportation, Politics; Mormon Battalion; Fort Bridger; Fort Rawlins; Utah Goes Dry; Mormon Culture in Eastern Arizona; Utah's Ethnic Minorities; History of the Southern Paiutes and Western Shoshonis; Southern Utes; Navajo Frontiers in Utah ; Gosiute Indians; Hopis and the Mormons 1858-1873; Utah Statehood 1896; Negro Slavery in Utah; Greek Immigrants in Utah; Colorado River Exploration and the Mormon War; Overland to California: Journal of Calvin Taylor; and Women in Utah. Pictorial covers. Occasional chips/tears at spines. Overall covers are Very Good to Very Good+. Interiors are tight, clean and Very Good +. $145.00

[004296] . DESERT MAGAZINE, December 1949. . ill. Photographs, Maps, Drawings,. William Knyvett, Magazine: Desert. Very Good- December 1949 issue with cover showing White Christmas on the Desert. Some articles include: Valley of the Cathedrals, by Charles Kelly; We found Ant Hills covered with Jewels, by Edith Rutenic McLeod; Panamint Pack Trip, by Randall Henderson; Pom Poms at Christmas, by Dorothy L. Pillsbury; and Adobe Maker of Scottsdale, by Christine B. MacKenzie. Cover has a small tear at front spine "joint" and date: Nov. 25 stamped in the "D" for DESERT on the front cover, otherwise the covers are VG. Interior is tight, clean and VG+ $7.00

[003706] Bowie, William. GEODESY. Primary Triangulation on the One Hundred and Fourth Meridian, and on the Thirty-Ninth Parallel in Colorado, Utah, and Nevada. ill. Foldout Maps, Photographs, Tables, . Washington: Government Printing Office, 1914. Size: Approx. 8 3/4" x 11". Soft Cover. U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Good to Good+ Special Publication 19."The primary object of this publication is to give the geographic positions, elevations, and descriptions of the main scheme, subsidiary and intersection stations determined by primary triangulation in the state of Colorado and northward, from the line Pikes Peak-Divide of the thirty-ninth parallel triangulation, approximately along the one hundred and fourth meridian to the Canadian Border, and also similar data for the various stations of the thiry-ninth parallel triangulation which lie in the States of Colorado, Utah, and Nevada." 163 pp. including Index to Positions, Descriptions,etc and a General Index. 17 illustrations of which 10 are maps/charts -some foldouts. tan wraps Mildly soiled. spine darkened with minor tears. front cover's top corner "tip" missing. ex-mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. Back cover's side edge, missing two pieces, 1/4"x2" and 1/8"x3/4". Overall Covers are Good to Good+. ex.mus. stamp on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. $50.00

[004712] BUREAU OF INFORMATION . UTAH G * A * R * :ITS PEOPLE, RESOURCES, ATTRACTIONS AND INSTITUTIONS . ill. Photographs. Temple Block, Salt Lake City: Bureau of Information, Size: Approx. 4 1/4"x 6 3/4". Soft Cover. Utah. Good no date. Early 1900s. Compiled from Authentic Information and the Latest Reports. "This handbook is not compiled to draw an ideal picture of the State of Utah, but to present in condensed form facts that will be of interest to home-seekers, investors and tourists." Contents include: GEOGRAPHY OF UTAH, HISTORY, TABERNACLE, TEMPLE, TABERNACLE CHOIR, GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, GREAT SALT LAKE, EDUCATION, TOURIST INFORMATION and more. 94 pp.Many photographs.Illustrated front cover, back cover advertisement for Bureau of Information. Mildly soiled. Overall covers are Good to Good+. Page ends mildly soiled. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $40.00

[001011] Creasey, John.. CROFUTT'S NEW OVERLAND TOURIST AND PACIFIC COAST GUIDE, Vol. 2 - 1879-80.. ill. Engravings, Foldout Illustrations, Maps. Chicago: The Overland Publishing Company, 1879. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 7 3/4". Blue Cloth. Early Travel Guide Book. Good Containing a condensed and authentic description of over 1200 cities, towns, villages, stations, government fort and camps, mountains, lakes, rivers, sulphur, soda and hot springs, scenery, watering places, and summer resorts: Where to look for and hunt the Buffalo, Antelope, Deer and other game; Trout fishing, etc, etc. In fact, to tell you what is worth seeing-where to see it- where to go-how to go-and whom to stop with while passing over the Union, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, Their branches and connections, by rail, water and stage. through Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, California and Arizona. Profusely illustrated with engravings, and foldout engravings. Endpapers advertisement pages for the railroads, and Crofutt's guide book. Covers are a deep blue with title and borders embossed in black. Spine has gilt lettering. Corners and spine edges bumped and rubbed. Front and back hinge starting. Missing piece 1/"x1/2" on free endpaper near hinge. 273 pp. Annex included. 13 Time Tables. A fascinating part of the history of this country. Maps-one showing the rail and stage route. Interior is Very Good. $200.00

[003056] Earle, W. Hubert.. CACTI OF THE SOUTHWEST . ill. Figures(photographs, map). Arizona: Arizona Cactus & Native Flora Society, 1963. Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 3/4". Brown Cloth. Botany. Very Good Science Bulletin No. 4. Covers Cacti of Arizona, Western New Mexico, Southern Colorado, Southern Utah, Southern Nevada, and Eastern California. 110 pp. including Index and several pages for Notes. Brown cloth with gilt letters on front cover. Slight rubbing to corner tips and spine ends, otherwise exterior is VG+. Interior is tight, clean and Near Fine. Text and photographs by author. $22.50

[004331] Fitzgerald, John D.. PAPA MARRIED A MORMON . ill. Photographs. Englewood Cliffs,NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1955. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Biography. Very Good+ / Good. This is a true story of the old Utah frontier when Mormons and miners were struggling to forge a new life. It's the story of a boom town with its bad men and some not so bad, of Evangelists, gamblers, gunmen and Indians. And it's the heart-warming story of the venturesome Fitzgerald family, where Catholic, Mormon and Methodist were lovingly united by the belief "that all religions are but windows of the same church." Book is Very Good+ to Near Fine. DJ price clipped? worn at corner tips with pieces missing. Protected by mylar-plastic protective jacket. Overall DJ is Good. $12.50

[003458] Flake, Chad J. (edited by). A MORMON BIBLIOGRAPHY 1830 - 1930. Books, Pamphlets, Periodicals, and Broadsides Relating to the First Century of Mormonism. . Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 1978. First Edition. Size: Approx. 8 1/2 " x 11". Blue Cloth. Mormons. Very Good Introduction by Dale L. Morgan. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, index, 825 pp. 3/4" light rubbing "line" on front cover. Remnant of shelf paint on bottom edges of covers, not on pages. Otherwise exterior is VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. A good clean copy of an important reference book. Laid in The Mormon Bibliographic Newsletter with a promotional letter from Orrin Schwab-Books. $300.00

[003599] Heikes, V. C.. GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, AND LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH IN 1922.. ill. Tables. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1924. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Mining. Very Good Mineral Resources of the United States, 1922-Part I (Pages 377-403). Department of the Interior. United States Geological Survey. Slight fading at spine.tiny "strip" at top edge torn, 1/2"x1/16 on front cover and first 5 pps, decreasing... overall Very Good . Interior tight, clean and VG+. Numerous Tables. I:22 $20.00

[004097] Hinderlider, M. C, G. L. Swendsen and Henry Thurtell. Report of Progress of Stream Measurments for the Calendar Year 1905. Part XII-The Great Basin Drainage. ill. Plate(foldout map), Tables . Washington: Government Printing Office, 1906. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Stiff Covers. Water Supply Paper. Good+ United States Geological Survey. Water-Supply and Irrigation Paper No. 176. Prepared Under the Direction of F. H. Newell. Foldout U. S. Map Showing Locations of Principal River Stations Maintained During 1905. States included in the Report: Utah, Idaho, Nevada, California and Oregon. 142 pp. including Index. Salmon paper covers. Tears to spine and missing thin strips at top/base. Covers intact and overall Good+. Mildly discolored? page ends. Interior is tight, clean and VG. $14.00

[004708] House of Representatives. PAPERS IN THE CASE OF BASKIN VS. CANNON As Delegate From Utah Territory. ill. Table. 1876. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Disbound. Utah. Very Good 44th Congress, 1st Session. House of Representatives. Mis. Doc. No. 166. Cannon's seat as a delegate for Utah is contested by Baskin mainly because he was a Mormon, practicing polygamy. PAPERS FOR CONTESTANT. " To George Q. Cannon, Claimant for a seat as Delegate from Utah Territory in the Forty-fourth Congress of the United States of America: You are hereby notified that I, Robert N. Baskin, will appear before the House of Representatives of the United States of America, upon the 4th day of March, A. D. 1875 ...and then and there contest your right to a seat as Delegate from said Territory..." Reasons: "First. That you were born of alien parentage, out of the jurisdiction of the United States of America". (Cannon was born in Liverpool, England) Second: "That you now are and have been, for twenty years or more...a member in full standing and fellowship of an organization...called the 'Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints...its founder, sanctioning or commanding the formation and practice of the relation of plural or celestial marriage..." Continues to list 4 wives Cannon is married to, despite the Act of Congress_"an act to punish and prevent the practice of polygamy in the Territories of the United States and other places...".Contents include: Exhibit- a Table with "canvass of votes cast in the Territory of Utah for Delegate.." Table shows votes for Cannon and those for Baskin; "Answer of contestee" , the counter "paper" from Cannon; Deposition in Salt Lake County with Questions and Answers.; Exhibit A. Sandwich Islands Mission; Exhibit A-"Certificate of citizenship of one who arrived in the United States before he was eighteen"and Index with Papers for Contestant and Papers for Contestee. 22 pp. Disbound. Some pages only attached with one string. Overall document is Very Good. Famous Americans in document: Robert N. Baskin; Geo. Q. Cannon; Albert Carrington, witness in Question and Answer section; John H. Beadle, the third witness called; and Alfred S. Gould, Clerk of the Supreme Court of Utah Territory; John Hanson Beadle was a journalist and author. Albert Carrington (1813-1889) spent most of his adult life as a prominent leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.George Quayle Cannon (January 11, 1827-April 21, 1901) was an early member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and served in the First Presidency under four successive presidents of the church: Brigham Young, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, and Lorenzo Snow. He was the church's chief political strategist, and was dubbed "the Mormon premier" and "the Mormon Richelieu" by the press. Scarce $125.00

[002746] Mentor Magazine (Blanchard, C.J. ). MENTOR MAGAZINE..RECLAIMING THE DESERT.. 1918. Stiff Wraps. Desert. Good+ to Very Good- Department of Science. Volume 6, Number 17, October 15, 1918. 12 pps. plus 6 loose gravure illustrations: "A Miracle of Irrigation, Uncompahgre Valley, Colorado", "High Line Canal, Utah Valley, Utah", "Gunnison Tunnel, Colorado", "Roosevelt Dam, Arizona", "Arrowrock Dam, Idaho..", "Suburb of Phoenix, Arizona--Reclaimed from Desert Land." Each of the plates has a descriptive essay on the reverse side. Have 2 copies of gravure #5: Arrowrock Dam, Idaho. Stiff decorative covers slightly soiled around edges. 1/2" tear at spine top, otherwise exterior and interior is Very Good. Gravures are Very Good. $17.00

[004702] Morgan, Dale L.. THE GREAT SALT LAKE. ill. Photographs, Maps. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1973. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4". Tan Cloth. Utah. Near Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 082630280-7. Introduction by Ray Allen Billington. "The only authoritative book ever published about Great Salt Lake...THE GREAT SALT LAKE combines a wealth of sound historical information with objectivity and fair-mindedness in its analysis of an emotion-charged phase of the American past." 432 pp. including Index. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Book is Near Fine to Fine. Dust Jacket price clipped, otherwise VG+. American historian Lowell Dale Morgan (18 December 1914 - 30 March 1971), generally cited as Dale Morgan or Dale L. Morgan, was an accomplished researcher, biographer, editor, and critic. He specialized in material on Utah history, Mormon history, the American fur trade, and overland trails. His work is known both for its comprehensive research and accuracy and for the fluid imagery of his prose. $24.00

[003908] Snyder, John Otterbein. THREE NEW WHITEFISHES FROM BEAR LAKE IDAHO AND UTAH. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1919. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 11". Paper Wraps. Ichthyology. Good+ ISBN: . From Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Volume XXXVI, 1917-18. Document No. 864. "Purpose of this paper is to direct attention to some little known but very important food fishes in Bear Lake, Idaho and Utah." Includes an illustration of each fish, plus important tables referring to the fish. 9 pp. ex.-mus. stamp on front cover. Covers mildly soiled. 2 vertical creases as if folded, otherwise covers are VG-. First page with ex.mus stamp and numbers-not near text. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. $26.50