Pictures of The Agricultural College of Utah: The Home of Practical Education (College Bulletins Vol. 9, No. 2, July, 1909)
Logan, UT: Agricultural College of Utah, 1909. Original edition. Paperback. 38pp. Very slim octavo [21.5 cm] Stapled yellow and black pamphlet wraps. Very good. The wraps are very lightly soiled, and they are a little abraded along the bottom edges. A photographic history of a Utah college offering degrees in Agriculture, Domestic Science, Commerce, and General Science. Includes illustrations... Read More
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Boise, Idaho
1907. Ephemera. [12 cm x 8 cm] Scenes printed on a sheet of paper folded accordion-style and mounted to printed green wraps. There is an advertisement for "Link's Modern Business College" printed on the verso of the front wrap. Light wear from wraps. With 6 pages of informative text. Views include: Longfellow School; O. R. & N. Depot; The... Read More
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Class A Pass. Fort Douglas, Utah
Ephemera. Pass printed on thin card stock, 10 cm x 6.5 cm. "Joe Bush" (in pen) (and father) of The Salt Lake Tribune and Telegram has permission to be a guest at Fort Douglas on Wednesday, December 16, 1942, in recognition of HIS EXEMPLARY RECORD as an agent of the United States treasury in the soliciting of War Bond... Read More
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Isleta, New Mexico. 3 Photographs
1930. Photograph. Three large format black and white photographs. Each approximately 14 x 8 1/2". Photographer unknown. "Indian Village of Isleta, N. Mex." written in pen on the reverse of the village photograph. A bit curled at the edges. Isleta is Spanish for "little island". Isleta lies in the Rio Grande Valley of the Albuquerque Basin on the west... Read More
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The Art of Breguet: An Important Collection of 204 Watches, Clocks and Wristwatches. The property of various owners to be offered for Sale by Auction at the Hotel des Bergues, Geneva on Sunday 14 April 1991 at 14:00 by Habsburg
Switzerland: Habsburg Fine Art Auctioneers, 1991. Hardcover. 479pp. Quarto [27.5 cm] Dark green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Good only. The spine is rolled. The bottom third of the front board is moisture stained. The covers are slightly concave. Small notation has been blacked out on the front free endsheet. The... Read More
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The Mirror Lake Multiple Use Highway. Kamas Ranger District, Wasatch National Forest
U. S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Intermountain Region, 1930. Map. Very good. Tall folding brochure with map of Uintas on back side [20" x 17"]. When folded, the front and rear of the brochure are just a little stained, and the front has two written phone numbers. Very pictorial.
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Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Review Intensive Inventory Proposal Report (Cover title- Wilderness Review. Arizona. Intensive Inventory of Public Lands Administered by Bureau of Land Management Proposal Report May 1980)
Phoenix: United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, 1980. Paperback. Quarto [28 cm] Stapled green, white and black printed wraps. Very good condition. This report describes the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) wilderness review and important policy, and tells of BLM's proposal for establishing wilderness study areas in Arizona.
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Small Archive Related to Ann Stanford: Offprint of "The Descent" inscribed by author to children's author Ruth L. Holberg. With ALS to Holberg and a copy of Poetry Society of America Bulletin, May 1969
by [1960s] [Women Poets] Stanford, Ann
Ephemera. Very Good. This lot includes: 1) Offprint of "The Descent." folded to make 4 pages. Reprinted from The Southern Review, Vol. V, N.S., Spring 1969, No. 2. Inscribed by author to Ruth L. Holberg. Massachusetts author Ruth Langland Holberg (1889-1984) wrote a number of children's books, two cookbooks, and several poems. 2) ALS on a sheet... Read More
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Utah Prarie Mountain Landscape
by Aagard, Douglas
2005. Painting. Douglas Aagard. Original oil painting in large ornate gold frame 48" x 24" [56" x 32" In frame] May require extra shipping due to weight. Douglas Aargard is a Utah landscape painter known for his use of color, texture and light.
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Who's in Rabbit's House: A Masai Tale
by Aardema, Verna (Retold by); Pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon
New York: The Dial Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Quarto [26 cm] Orange cloth over boards. In a price-clipped dust jacket with light soiling and rubbing. Another collaboration from the creators of the 1976 Caldecott Medal Winner "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears." From the dust jacket- "The illustrations show the story presented... Read More
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Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
by Abbey, Edward
Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith, 1981. First Peregrine Smith Edition. Hardcover. Very Good -/Very good. Edward Abbey. SIGNED. 269pp. Octavo [22 cm] Light orange boards with title stamped in black ink on spine and front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Spine a touch rolled; spine ends bumped. Light rubbing to edges of the boards. Dust jacket is bright, though the... Read More
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Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
by Abbey, Edward; Illustrated by Peter Parnall
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Peter Parnall. 269pp. Octavo [22 cm] Brown cloth over boards, with title stamped in white and beige on spine. The spine is a hair rolled, and there are a couple of small, light moisture stains along the bottom edge of the rear board. The larger moisture stain measures... Read More
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Beyond The Wall
by Abbey, Edward
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very good. SIGNED. 203pp. Octavo [21 cm] Printed wraps, with rubbing to the wraps, and light edgewear. Inscribed by Edward Abbey on the half title page: "To____- best of everything, Edward Abbey, La Jolla '84." A collection of essays selected personally by the author from his various... Read More
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Good News
by Abbey, Edward
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 242pp. Octavo [21.6cm]. 1/4 black cloth and beige paper over boards. Head and tail edge of boards slightly faded. Head and tail of spine very slightly rubbed. Pages age toned. Illustrated unclipped dust jacket with one small tear measuring 1.75cm long at the spine. Front tail... Read More
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Black Sun (Advance Uncorrected Proofs)
by Abbey, Edward
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971. Advance reading copy. Paperback. Good +. 100pp. Quarto [30.5 x 12.5cm]. Yellow wraps with black printed text on front cover. Internally fine. Covers detached and spine missing--unsurprising given that they were originally affixed with only the faintest hints of glue. One small tear and crease to top of front cover. True galley... Read More
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The Best of Edward Abbey
by Abbey, Edward (Editor); Doug Peacock (Foreword by)
Berkeley, California: Counterpoint Press, 2005. Second edition. Paperback. new. 433 pp. Octavo [21 cm]; illustrated wraps. "This is the only major collection of Abbey's writings compiled by the author himself: in his own words, "to present what I think is both the best and most representative of my writing--so far." It serves up a rich feast of fiction... Read More
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Vox Clamantis in Deserto: Some Notes from a Secret Journal
by Abbey, Edward
Santa Fe, NM: Rydal Press, 1989. Numbered edition in a slipcase. Hardcover. 96pp. Duodecimo [21 cm]1/4 green cloth with decorative tan paper covered boards and paper title label on backstrip. Fine in a very good slipcase with light soiling to the panels and several nicks to the opening at the head. Publisher's notes tucked in. #105 of 225 issued... Read More
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Beyond The Wall: Essays from the outside
by Abbey, Edward
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984. First edition (Review copy with the publisher's slip laid in). Hardcover. Very good/very good. SIGNED. 203 pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 mustard yellow cloth with bright orange paper over boards. The fore-edge of the rear board is just a little bit abraded and damp stained. In an attractive dust jacket with... Read More
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Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
by Abbey, Edward
Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith, 1981. First Peregrine Smith Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very good. Edward Abbey. SIGNED. 269pp. Octavo [22 cm] Orange paper over boards with black stamped title on front board and backstrip. Book shows very minor edge wear. In the dust jacket, which is sunned at the spine (title still bold), and has a 1" closed... Read More
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Good News
by Abbey, Edward
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very Good +. 242pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 black cloth and beige paper over boards. With light sunning to the edges of the boards. In the dust jacket, with only a couple of very minor traces of soiling. From Publisher: Good News asks us to look around and... Read More
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Slumgullion Stew: An Edward Abbey Reader
by Abbey, Edward
New York: E.P. Dutton, Inc, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good minus. SIGNED. 383pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 white cloth with black paper over boards. Title stamped in red on spine. Illustrated by the author. The edges of the text block are foxed and the bottom edge of the text block is lightly moisture stained (only bleeding a... Read More
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The Fool's Progress: An Honest Novel
by Abbey, Edward
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED. 485pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/4 navy cloth over yellow boards. Foot of spine lightly bumped. Textblock a bit toned; one soft scratch to edges. In a mildly toned, lightly rubbed dust jacket. Signed by Edward Abbey in blue ink on the front free endpaper.... Read More
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Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
by Abbey, Edward; Illustrated by Peter Parnall
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Peter Parnall. 269pp. Octavo [22 cm] Brown cloth. In the dust jacket, with light rubbing and chipping along the edges and folds. The author's fourth book and his first work of nonfiction. This collection of meditations by then park ranger Abbey in what was Arches National Monument... Read More
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Good News
by Abbey, Edward
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. SIGNED. 242pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 black cloth with tan paper covered boards. The boards are subtly faded at the edges. In a dust jacket with light toning, and a minor chip to the bottom edge of the rear panel. Signed by Edward Abbey on the front... Read More
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Jonathan Troy
by Abbey, Edward
Chosho Publishing, 2022. Reprint. Paperback. New. 360pp. Octavo [22.5]. Illustrated wraps. This is a print-on-demand title, but the text is clear and easy to read. The author never wished this title to be reprinted, and the author would not wish you to read it. Abbey himself described this early novel as "bad Thomas Wolfe"... Read More
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