National Geographic: Polygamy in America - One Man, Five Wives, 46 Children
by Anderson, Scott; Stephanie Sinclair (Photographer)
New York: National Geographic Society, 2010. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 150pp. Quarto [25.5cm]. Pictorial wraps. Light creasing and rubbing to wraps, with 7cm x 2cm loss to rear cover. Heavily illustrated feature on the FLDS church, following the 2008 raid of Yearning for Zion Ranch in Eldorado, Texas. Approximately 700 FLDS members relocated from the Short Creek... Read More
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The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History
by Anderson. Devery S. and Cary James Bergera. editors
Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2005. Later printing. Hardcover. New/new. 688pp. Octavo [24 cm x 16 cm]; burgundy paper boards with gold gilt on spine and blind stamping on cover; illustrated dust jacket. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. From back of jacket: "For the two months the Nauvoo temple was in operation (December 1845-February 1846), scribes carefully documented... Read More
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In Memory of Brigham Young, 1893. Large Format Albumen Photograph
by Anderson, George Edward and Lucian D. Crandall. [Latter-day Saints] [LDS] [Mormon] [Utah]
Springville, UT: Anderson and Crandall (Photography Studio), 1893. Photograph. Near Fine. Large format albumen photograph [approximately 40 cm x 25 cm] in a nice period ornamental wooden frame. An attractive image with nice contrasts. This has not been examined outside of the frame. A photo collage depicting a view of the Salt Lake City Temple above a picture... Read More
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The Magic Circus
by Anderson, Wayne; Story told by Christopher Logue
New York: A Studio Book; The Viking Press, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. SIGNED. Slim quarto [27 cm] Pictorial paper over boards. The covers are heavily rubbed. Signed, with the notation "17 v 1980" by Christopher Logue on the title page.
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Slope Move
by Andrews, Hanna
Coconut Books, 2012. First edition. Paperback. New. 74pp. Slim octavo [23 cm] Orange, white and black pictorial wraps. Hanna Andrews is co-founder of the feminist poetry press Switchback Books.
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The Angelic Avengers
by Andrezel, Pierre
New York: Random House, 1947. First US Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 402pp. Octavo. Teal cloth over boards with decorative piece stamped in gilt on front board. Previous bookstore stamp on front free ensheet. 1/4" open tear in head of spine of dust jacket. The only book written under a pen name by Isak Dinesen.
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Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou
by Angelou, Maya
New York: Random House, 2014. Later printing. Hardcover. New/new. 112pp. Octavo [21cm]. 1/4 white paper over tan boards. Title stamped in gilt on spine, and author's signature blind stamped on front board. In a dust jacket with embossed lettering. "Rainbow in the Cloud" offers resonant and rewarding quotes on such topics as creativity and culture, family and community,... Read More
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Tales of a Big Game Guide
by Annabel, Russell
Lyon, MS: The Derrydale Press, 1992. Limited edition. Leather bound. 197pp. Octavo [24 cm] Red leatherette with a gilt stamped title on the spine, and gilt stamped borders and a circular illustrated paper label on the front cover. All edges gilt. Marbled endsheets. Near fine. The covers are very slightly concave. One of 2500 in a limited edition. Illustrated... Read More
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Our 2,500 Miles in Utah and Idaho During 1905. Containing the Annual Reports of The Utah Gospel Mission Annecdotes, Etc., Etc. Office at 1854 81st St., Cleveland, Ohio
by [Anti-Mormon]
Ephemera. Very Good. 24pp. Very slim sextodecimo [16.5 cm] Printed wraps. List of officers printed on the rear wrap. Binding resewn. Thin loss to the foot of the front wrap near the spine. Not in Flake. The Utah Gospel Mission was an inter-denominational organization incorporated in January 1900 with the stated goal of running a national crusade against... Read More
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Confidential Volume 17, Number 2 [Supporting Cover Line: Mormon Money and Power Will Make You a Slave]
by [Anti-Mormon]
Los Angeles: Newsline Publications, 1968. Very good. 82pp. Slim quarto [27.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. With the 12-page article, "The Mormon Money Monster" by Emily Allen.
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Crusade Against Mormonism. National Reform Association (Incorporated)
by [Postcard] [Anti-Polygamy]
Pittsburgh, PA. Ephemera. Good. Postcard soliciting a pledge applied as payment for the Christian Statesman in support of the National Reform Association to secure the passage of an Anti-Polygamy Amendment to the United States Constitution. The top half of the reverse is sullied and has a patch of adhered paper and several small abrasions (a bit of the... Read More
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The Magic Finger
by [Anti-hunting] [Fantasy] Dahl, Roald; Illustrated by William Pène du Bois
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970. Early printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. William Pène du Bois. 40pp. Slim square octavo [23.5 cm] 1/4 black cloth with olive green paper over boards. Illustrated endpapers. With very light edgewear to the spine and boards, and a faint thin 1 1/2 inch mark to the front board. In a... Read More
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Manti, Utah 1849-1994: High, Dry, and Offside
by Antrei, Albert
Manti City Council, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 364pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/4 light green paper with light gray paper covered boards. Fine / Near fine. This was published in celebration of the State Centennial 1896-1996.
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The Galaz Ruin: A Prehistoric Mimbres Village in Southwestern New Mexico
by Anyon, Roger; Steven A. LeBlanc
Albuquerque, NM: Maxwell Museum of Anthropology and the University of New Mexico Press, 1984. First edition. Paperback. Very good. 612pp. Quarto [28 cm] Illustrated wraps, with moderate creasing and rubbing to the wraps, and very light soiling and several minor stains to the text block edges. Internally clean and bright. Maxwell Museum of Anthropology Publication Series. ... Read More
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V Zajetí Slov
by apek, Karel
Prague: Svoboda, 1969. Later Czech edition. Hardcover. Very good -. 209 pp. Octavo. [20.5 cm]. Blue cloth over boards with stamped illustration of eyeglasses, a pipe, and a pen on front cover. Publisher's pink top stain. Original dust jacket is in very good- condition, intact but foxed, toned, and mildly torn at edges and corners. Water damage to... Read More
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Diane Arbus: Untitled
by Arbus, Diane
New York: Aperture, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Folio [36.5 cm] Photographically illustrated boards. Several minor indentations along the bottom edge of the covers. In the matching dust jacket, with the plastic veneer starting to peel away along the bottom edge of the rear panel. May require extra postage due to size and weight. The... Read More
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Das Gemeinsame
by Arcos, René; Translated by Friderike Maria Zweig
Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1920. German edition from "Le Bien commun. Hardcover. Very good. 177pp. Sextodecimo [16.5 cm] Natural beige cloth over boards with black ink lettering and pictorial stamping. The cloth covers are foxed, and there is a previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Slight musty smell. Ritter C a) Nr. 10. I. Mit 27 Holzschnitten von Frans Masereel.... Read More
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Pays du Soir. Avec un Bois Frontispice par Frans Masereel
by Arcos, René; Frans Masereel
Genève [Geneva]: Éditions du Sablier, 1920. Regular edition, not numbered. 68pp. Sextodecimo [16.5 cm] Gray printed wraps, with the publisher's glassine wrapper in wonderful condition. Darkened pages, else near fine. Ritter C b) No. 18. With a woodcut frontispiece by the renowned illustrator Frans Masereel.
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Kudla and His Polar Bear
by [Arctic] MacMillan, Miriam
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cleveland Woodward. SIGNED. 96pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue cloth over boards with a white ink stamped title on the spine. The extremities are gently bumped, rubbed, and sunned. There is a contemporary gift inscription at the head of the front free endpaper. In a price-clipped... Read More
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The Limberlost Review: A Literary Journal of the Mountain West
by Edited by Rick and Rosemary Ardinger
Boise, ID: Limberlost Press, 2025. First edition. Paperback. New. 477pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. Featuring an interview with Annick Smith and an interview with Judith Freeman. With new work by Wendell Berry, Gary Snyder, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Gary Soto, Sherman Alexie, and many more.
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The Limberlost Review: A Literary Journal of the Mountain West
by Ardinger, Rick & Rosemary (Editors); Mary Clearman Blew; Jim Dodge; Sherman Alexie; Nancy Stringfellow
Boise, ID: Limberlost Press, 2021. 2021 Edition. Paperback. New. Royden Card. 359pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. "The 2021 Edition features work by Robert Wrigley, Gino Sky, Nancy Takacs, David Lee, Bethany Schultz Hurst, E. Ethelbert Miller, Alex Kuo, Sherman Alexie, Judith Root, Jim Heynen, Gary Gildner, Rachel Tennelach, Hank Nuwer, Ron McFarland, Richard Etulain, Ron Hatzenbuehler, Mary Clearman... Read More
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The Limberlost Review: A Literary Journal of the Mountain West (2024 Edition)
by Ardinger, Rick & Rosemary (Editors)
Boise, ID: Limberlost Press, 2024. 2024 Edition. Paperback. New. 412pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. "Limberlost Press has released the 2024 edition of The Limberlost Review: A Literary Journal of the Mountain West, edited by Rick and Rosemary Ardinger. The 400-page literary annual features interviews, poetry, fiction, essays, artwork, and “re-readings” of favorite books by some of the best... Read More
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The Limberlost Review: A Literary Journal of the Mountain West
by Ardinger, Rick & Rosemary (Editors); Gino Sky; Sherman Alexie; David Lee; Vardis Fisher; Mary Clearman Blew; Judith Freeman; et al.
Boise, ID: Limberlost Press, 2020. 2020 Edition. Paperback. New. Royden Card. 346pp. Illustrated wraps. "The 2020 edition of the revived 'Review' features contributions by nearly 50 writers and artists, including an interview with western novelist/poet Gino Sky; a recently discovered, unpublished essay about the West by Idaho novelish Vardis Fisher (1895-1968); poems by National Book Award winner Sherman... Read More
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Report from More's Creek
by Ardinger, Rick
Story, WY: Dooryard Press, 1986. Limited Edition. Very slim duodecimo [21 cm] Gray wraps, printed in red and black on the front wrap, with a red string-tie binding. Near fine, with light bumping to the edges of the wraps. One of 145 copies letterpressed at the conclusion of the author's apprenticeship with Barbara and Tom Rea, and sewn by... Read More
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![Trenzas Gauchas: Seguido de El Cuarto de la Sogas y Al Tranco [Gaucho Braids]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/587/797/1667797587.0.m.jpg)
Trenzas Gauchas: Seguido de El Cuarto de la Sogas y Al Tranco [Gaucho Braids]
by [Argentina] [Braids] [Knots] Osornio, Maria A. Lopez
Buenos Aires: Edición del autor, 1950. Fourth Spanish edition. Hardcover. Good +/Very Good Minus. 365pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Orange paper over boards. Rubbing to the extremities, more so the lower extremities. Areas of heavy darkening to the endpapers. Old price label on the front free endpaper. Text block beginning to crack at the half title. Pages tanned. In... Read More
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