Whale Song: A Poet's Journey Into Cancer
by Brewer, Kenneth W.
Salt Lake City, UT: Dream Garden Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. [104pp.] Octavo [21.5 cm.] Maroon cloth backstrip and boards with silver lettering. Fine. This collection of poems was penned as the author was battling cancer in his Cache Valley home. A poet of the first order, and an incredible individual, Ken Brewer will be greatly missed by all... Read More
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Chiaroscuro: A Mystery
by Brewer, K. W.
Salt Lake City, UT: Elik Press, 2005. First edition. Paperback. As NEW. SIGNED BY AUTHOR - 35 pp. Number 23 of 150. A collection of poems by Utah's poet laurate Ken W. Brewer. Elik Poetry Series Number Six, First Edition, Special Printing. Signed on the title page by the author in black pen. Former Utah Poet Laureate. ... Read More
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X-Ray [Magazine] No. 9
by Brewton, Johnny (ed.)
San Francisco: X-Ray Book Company, 2003. Limited Edition. Collection of fine press broadsides, ephemera, postcards and photographs. Housed in publisher's box with wraparound paper label that ties on the reverse. Fine condition. This edition was limited to twenty-six lettered copies, this is copy 'U'. An interesting and elaborate literary journal. Contributors include Richard Brautigan, Charles Bukowski, Billy Childish, John... Read More
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Il Vittoriano: Monumentalita pubblica e politica a Roma (Istituto per la Storia del Risorgimento Italiano - Biblioteca Scientifica: Prospettive/ Perspectives, Vol. I)
by Brice, Catherine; Luisa Collodi (trans.)
Rome: Archivio Guido Izzi, 2005. Paperback. Fine/near fine. 472pp. Octavo [24 cm] in wraps with jacket. Faint shelfwear to jacket, else As New. Text in Italian. A "biography" of Rome's Altare della Patria.
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This is Your Time
by Bridges, Ruby
New York: Penguin Random House, 2020. Later printing. New/new. 55pp. Duodecimo [18.5cm]. Textured black paper over boards, with title stamped in silver on spine. "Inspired by the recent wave of activism led by young people fighting for racial justice, civil rights icon Ruby Bridges–who, at the age of six, was the first black child to integrate an all-white... Read More
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Deadly Sins / Measured Virtues: Alice Leora Briggs
by Briggs, Alice Leora; Essay by Charles Bowden and Foreword by Victoria Rowe
Logan, UT: Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art / Utah State University, 2006. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. Alice Leora Briggs. 32pp. Thin square quarto [23 cm] Stapled brown and black printed wraps. Tissue endsheets. With heavy rubbing and light staining to the wraps. Handsome companion book for exhibit of Alice Leora Briggs' artwork at the Nora Eccles... Read More
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The Life and Death of Little Jo: A Novel
by Bright, Robert
Garden City: The Country Life Press, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. [SIGNED]. 216pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Tan cloth over boards with gentle rubbing to the extremities. The covers are just a hair cocked. A strip of paper has been neatly mounted to the rear free endpaper, in order to create a pocket. In the illustrated dust... Read More
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Woman Skiing at Alpine Rose Lodge. Brighton, Utah
by [Brighton, UT] [Alpine Rose Lodge] [RPPC] [Real Photo Postcard]
1950. Postcard. Near Fine. Real photo postcard [3.5 x 5.5 inches] printed on Kodak Paper with divided back. Postally unused. Kodak stamp box. Corners lightly bumped and creased. Photograph of a woman skiing in the foreground and the large ski lodge and snowy mountain peaks in the backround. Stamped "Alpine Rose Lodge | Brighton, Utah" on the reverse,... Read More
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Mountain Lodge - Brighton, Utah. In Big Cottonwood Canyon
by [Brighton, UT] [Big Cottonwood Canyon] [RPPC] [Real Photo Postcard] [Andries Nielen]
[Cincinnati, Ohio]: [Andries Nielen], 1933. Nielen Cin. O. 260-33. Postcard. Near Fine. Real photo postcard [3.5 x 5.5 inches]. Postally unused, but with a short, typed poem on the reverse. Just a hint of edgewear. This Andries Nielen (Nielen Cin. O.) real photo postcard depicts a large mountain lodge in Brighton, UT with several vehicles parked in the... Read More
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Brighton, Utah General Store and Post Office
by [Brighton, UT] [Post Offices] [RPPC] [Real Photo Postcard]
N.p.: n.p., 1940. Postcard. Very Good. Real photo postcard [3.5 x 5.5 inches]. Postally used; addressed (to "New Cumberland, Penna") with an inscription in black ink, stamped ("win the war" - three cents), and cancelled (Salt Lake City, March 1946). Image is lightly faded and some minor surface and edge wear. Image shows deep snow at the Brighton,... Read More
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Brighton, Utah Post Office
by [Brighton, UT] [Post Offices] [RPPC] [Real Photo Postcard]
N.p.: [AZO], 1920. Postcard. Very Good +. Real photo postcard [3.5 x 5.5 inches] with divided back. Postally unused. Lightly bumped at edges and corners. Sparse/neat notations in pencil on the back. This post office in Brighton, UT was in operation from 1889 to 1953. AZO stamp box.
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An Archer with Columbus
by Brimblecom, Charles E.
Boston: Joseph Knight Company, 1894. Presumed first edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 183pp. Octavo [20 cm] Illustrated brick cloth with gold lettering. Slate endpapers. The spine and boards show light edgewear. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letterpress printer John Ruyle. With supernatural episodes. Ghost of monk appears until image of Saint Rabida is returned; saint... Read More
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Sugar House Review #5; Volume 3/Issue 2: Fall/Womter 2011
by Brimhall, Traci; Katharine Coles, Patricia Smith, Theodore Worozbyt, et al. [Contributors]
Salt Lake City: Sugar House Review, 2011. First edition. Paperback. NEW. 130 pp. Octavo [22 cm]. Fifth issue of new Salt Lake City-based literary journal. Issue features poems by: Anne Caston, Matthew Cooperman, Aby Kaupang, Jeffrey McDaniel, Greg Pape, Joshua Marie Wilkinson, and many more.
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Draft Resource Management Plan Environmental Impact Statement for the Dixie Resource Area
by Brine, David;
U. S. Government Printing Office, 1989. Paperback. 242pp. Quarto [28 cm] Orange and black wraps. Very good condition. Complete. All 5 maps are in the pockets. Prepared by Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, Cedar City District. This statement assesses the impacts of implementing three possible alternatives to be used in the future management of all natural... Read More
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Understanding Adam-God Teachings: A Comprehensive Resource of Adam-God Materials
by Briney, Drew. [LDS] [Mormon]
N.p.: Drew Briney, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Signed by the author in black ink on the title page. 658 pp. Large, thick octavo [24 cm]; pictorial matte covered boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Just a hint of shelf wear. A comprehensive compilation of all known statements concerning the controversial Adam-God teachings declared as both heresy... Read More
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Silencing Mormon Polygamy: Failed Persecutions, Divided Saints & the Rise of Mormon Fundamentalism. Volume 1
by Briney, Drew J.D.
Spanish Fork, UT: Hindsight Publications, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 377pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Brown cloth boards with an illustrated dust jacket. The jacket is moderately rubbed. From the dust jacket- "For decades, the U.S. government punished the Mormons for living the principle of plural marriage. Thousands were jailed, uncounted others slipped into hiding to avoid... Read More
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The Persistence of Polygamy: Joseph Smith and the Origins of Mormon Polygamy Volume 1
by Bringhurst, Newell G. (editor); Craig L. Foster
Independence, MI: John Whitmer Books, 2010. Second edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 306pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Navy cloth over boards with title stamped in gilt on backstrip. Newell G. Bringhurst and Craig L. Foster bring together some original testaments of Mormon polygamy in order to analyze its origins specifically in relation to Joseph Smith. Addressed by experts and... Read More
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Bernard De Voto: Historian of the West: A thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Utah in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, Department of History, University of Utah, June, 1966
by Briscoe, Raymond Gene
Hardcover. Very Good. 99pp. Quarto [28 cm] Simple red cloth with white lettering on the backstrip and front board. Minor wear to the extremities. This thesis takes a careful look at the man and the factors bearing on his life which may have influenced his historical process. Four or five areas are evaluated which the writer believes influenced... Read More
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The Industrial Unionist Number 2
by [Industrial Workers of the World / I.W.W. / IWW] [Britain]
Manchester: Moss Side Press, [197-?]. Magazine. Very Good. 15pp. Very slim quarto [29 cm] Saddle-stitched wraps, with uneven toning to the rear wrap, and several insignificant markings in the text. The official publication of the General Organizing Committee of the Industrial Workers of the World in Britain. Articles and letters for publication were accepted from any member of... Read More
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The Boys' Own Book of Adventures
by Britt, Albert
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1935. Later edition. Hardcover. 181pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with black ink stamped titles. Very good. The covers are gently rubbed and bumped. The edges of the text block are gently sullied. The endsheets are subtly darkened. The dust jacket is in very good condition. Slightly foxed and darkened. The edges... Read More
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Tintagel and the Arthurian Mythos
by Broadhurst, Paul; [Arthuriana]
Cornwall: Pendragon Press, 1992. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very Good. SIGNED. 203pp. Quarto [26 cm] Green vinyl cloth over boards with lettering and pictorial stamping in gilt on the backstrip and front board. Illustrated endpapers. Slight lean to the spine. Number 745 in an edition limited to 1000 copies. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Original maps... Read More
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Two broadsides relating to the Dedication of Central School House at Spanish Fork City, Utah, February 18th. 1897
by [Broadsides]
[Spanish Fork, UT?], 1897. 1 - [25.5 cm x 13 cm] Program with thirty-five lines of printed text. The master of ceremonies was Chairman Jacob Lehman Hales. 2 - [20.5 cm x 13 cm] Lyric sheet with thirty-seven lines of printed text for the song 'The New School-House' by John Moore. Underneath the title is printed "As sung... Read More
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Passion's Slave! by the Springville Dramatic Co. Under the Direction of Mr. Will Houtz, at the Spanish Fork Opera House, Thursday, May 28th
by [Broadside]
[Springville, UT]: [Deseret News Print], 1896. Playbill [23 cm x 12 cm] Very good. Three horizontal folds. Overall age toning. We are not able to find a review of this particular show, but we are able to locate a mention of the work by the same drama company. The Salt Lake Herald printed on April 15, 1896: "Passion's Slave,"... Read More
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Queena the Popular Society Drama, at the City Hall on Thursday and Friday Nights July 23 and 24. In which will appear Alice Conrad and Little Jessie Conrad, supported by the Springville Dramatic Company under the management of Will Houtz
by [Broadside]
[Springville, UT]: [Deseret News Print], 1896. Playbill [27.5 cm x 13.5 cm] Very good. Three horizontal folds and a vertical fold at the center. Overall age toning. "Will Houtz assisted Mrs. Conrad and little Jessie Conrad of Salt Lake, and local talent will present the play "Queena" here on Pioneer Day" - Salt Lake Tribune July 7, 1896. ... Read More
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The Sleepwalkers: A Trilogy
by Broch, Hermann; Translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1932. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 648pp. Octavo [22 cm] Black cloth over boards, stamped in silver and red ink on the spine. Publisher's dark red topstain. Extremities lightly rubbed and bumped. Text block just beginning to crack at p. 321 (still very sturdy). A novel in three parts, and a study... Read More
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