Zion in Paradise: Early Mormons in the South Seas (Twenty-First Faculty Honor Lecture)
by Ellsworth, S. George
Logan, UT: The Faculty Association, Utah State University, 1959. Original printing. Paperback. 36pp. Thin octavo [23 cm] Light blue and white printed wrappers. Very good, with light rubbing and soiling to the wraps, and a previous owner's name on the verso of the front wrapper. From the text- "Everyone knows something about the Mormon struggle for a place on... Read More
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Zion in Paradise: Early Mormons in the South Seas (Twenty-First Faculty Honor Lecture)
by Ellsworth, S. George
Logan, UT: The Faculty Association, Utah State University, 1959. Original printing. Paperback. 36pp. Thin octavo [23 cm] Light blue and white printed wrappers. Very good. From the text- "Everyone knows something about the Mormon struggle for a place on the American frontier, and the ultimate settlement in the mountain valleys of Utah in 1847. But on the underside of... Read More
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Kick Start: Memories of an Outlaw Biker
by Elrod, Ralph "Teach
Victoria, BC: Friesen Press, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. NEW/new. SIGNED. 283pp. Octavo [22cm]; grey cloth with gold stamped title on the spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Hardcover and paperback published simultaneously by Friesen Press, April 2013. Signed by the author on the title page. From back cover: "I've been a nomad member of the Barons MC since July 20,... Read More
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It Will Get Tough; Cops & Bikers
by Elrod, Ralph "Teach
Victoria: FriesenPress, 2017. First edition. Paperback. New. 237pp. Octavo [21.5]. Printed wraps. New. "[This book] exposes some of the police abuse and our ability to have fun anyway. We must stand and fight for our contitutionally guaranteed rights, and we are. The motorcycle club life style has been wild and woolly from the beginning. I've written about some... Read More
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Beneath the Chickenshit Mormon Sun
by Embree, Bruce
Boise, Idaho: Limberlost Press, 1995. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 24pp. Quarto [26.5cm]. Black cloth with yellow illustrated paper label on the front board. Letterpress printed in a proposed edition of 26 copies (only 12 exist). Handset type printed in black and red. Handsewn with custom endsheets. With letterpress printed spine label. The last 12 poems written by the... Read More
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (12 volumes)
by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside Press, 1904. Concord Edition. Leather Bound. Duodecimo [20 cm] 3/4 maroon leather with marbled paper over boards, and elaborate gilt-tooled spines. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. With printed tissue guards. The extremities are ever so lightly rubbed, and a couple of the spines are just a hair faded. Some... Read More
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The Conduct of Life (Sangorski & Sutcliffe binding)
by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1860. Author's edition. Leather bound. Very Good +. 287pp. Octavo [20 cm] Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in 3/4 blue leather with marbled paper over boards, a lavish gilt tooled spine, and two red leather spine labels. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. The spine is ever so slightly sunned (gilt remains incredibly bright).... Read More
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Elaine, What Happened
by Emerson, Zelda M.C.
Independently Published, 2023. Second edition. Paperback. New. 135pp. Octavo [23cm]. Illustrated wraps. Author's small ink notation on verso of front wrap. NEW. Zelda Emerson is a Downwinder. Her daughter, Elaine, was born without eyes, and not expected to live 24 hours. She lived 30 years. This is Elaine's story, and the story of others severely affected by... Read More
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The Death of Vivek Oji
by Emezi, Akwaeke
New York: Riverhead Books, 2020. Later printing. Hardcover. New/new. 248pp. Octavo [21.5cm]. 1/4 gray paper over purple board. Title stamped in purple on spine. "What does it mean for a family to lose a child they never really knew? One afternoon, in a town in southeastern Nigeria, a mother opens her front door to discover her... Read More
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Somadina
by Emezi, Akwaeke
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2025. First edition. Hardcover. New/New. 296pp. Octavo. [22 cm]. Illustrated dust jacket. Black paer over board with title stamped in pink foil on spine. National Bestseller from the National Book Award finalist and author of Pet comes a novel set in a magical West African world, about a teen girl who must save... Read More
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Geology and Ore Deposits of the Philipsburg Quadrangle Montana (Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 78)
by Emmons, William Harvey; Frank Cathcart Calkins
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 271pp. Quarto [29 cm] Greenish-blue cloth over boards. The extremities are lightly rubbed and the spine is subtly faded. Two maps in rear pocket. The Philipsburg quadrangle covers an area of 827 square miles lying immediately west of Anaconda, Montana.
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Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, In Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Parts of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers
by Emory, W. H.
Washington DC: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848. First edition. Three-quarter leather. Very good. 416pp. Octavo [23 cm]. Modern rebind in three-quarter brown calf over decorative boards, gilt-stamped spine titles, raised spine bands. Leather at rear lower corner pulling up just a bit at edge, else leather and boards unworn; foxing throughout lightly toned text. All 40 engraved plates... Read More
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Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Parts of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers. (30th Congress, 1st Session. Senate. Executive, No. 7)
by Emory, W. H. (William Hemsley)
Washington, D.C.: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, Printers, 1848. Second Senate Issue. Hardcover. Good +. 416pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Brown cloth over boards with a paper title label on the spine. Lacking the folding map. Ex-Historical Society copy, with a label on the front pastedown, and a couple of discreet stamps on the title page. Occasional cracks to the... Read More
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Kiki Smith: A Gathering, 1980-2005
by Engberg, Siri
Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. SIGNED. 295pp. Quarto [27 cm] Black and white illustrated paper over boards. Patterned endpapers. Hinges weak, but holding. Covers lightly rubbed at the edges. Kiki Smith is a West German born American artist whose work is imbued with themes of sex, birth, and regeneration. Her work has confronted... Read More
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I Cheerfully Refuse: A Novel
by Enger, Leif
New York: Grove Press, 2024. First edition. New/New. 330pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Blue boards, with title stamped in silver on spine. "Set in a not-too-distant America, 'I Cheerfully Refuse' is the tale of a bereaved and pursued musician embarking under sail on a sentient Lake Superior in search of his departed, deeply beloved, bookselling wife. Rainy, an endearing bear... Read More
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Old Orchard and Vicinity. Old Orchard Beach
by [New England]
Portland, Maine: L. H. Nelson Company, 1906. Paperback. Good. Slim oblong quarto [20 cm x 24 cm] Purple wraps stamped in gilt. The wraps are unevenly faded, and a couple of the pages are detached, but loosely tipped in. A scenic view book of the longest, widest, and most solid beach of New England.
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Queer Lasting: Ecologies of Care for a Dying World
by Ensor, Sarah
New York: NYU Press, 2025. First edition. Paperback. New. 288pp. Octavo. [22.7 cm]. Illustrated wraps. From the publisher: "What does it mean to live at the end of life, the end of a family line, the end of a species, or the end of the future itself? When faced with unfurling catastrophes, environmentalists often limit the conversation by... Read More
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Hotel Utah. Salt Lake City
by [Envelope]
Ephemera. Very Good. Printed mailing envelope measuring 15 cm long by 9 cm tall. In pen on the front of the envelope: "Nov. 23, 1914 S. Lake City." Short closed tear in top left corner of front. Seal flap a bit age-toned and creased. "For seventy-six years the Hotel Utah presided as 'the Grande Dame of Hotels' in... Read More
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Judy Dater: Twenty Years
by Enyeart, James L.
Arizona: The University of Arizona Press, 1986. Hardcover. As new. 128 pp. Quarto. [28 cm]. Blue cloth over boards with original dust jacket. Corners sharp, pages clean. In association with the De Saisset Museum, University of Santa Clara.
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![Account Book. Bro[ther] [John Carlson] In Account With Ouray Miners' Union No, 15, Initiated [Jan 30] 189[7]. Financial Secretary's Address: [A I Morton Ouray Colo]. (With a handwritten letter laid in.)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/284/844/1690844284.0.m.jpg)
Account Book. Bro[ther] [John Carlson] In Account With Ouray Miners' Union No, 15, Initiated [Jan 30] 189[7]. Financial Secretary's Address: [A I Morton Ouray Colo]. (With a handwritten letter laid in.)
by [Colorado] [Mining] [Brother John Carlson] [A. W. Dusenberry] [Labor Union] [Ephemera]
Denver, Colorado: Allied Printing Trades Council [Union Label], 1897. Ephemera. Very Good. Light lavender colored bifolded card [13 x 7.5 cm] printed on all sides with a folded handwritten letter [20 x 12.5 cm] laid in. Card is signed and neatly filled in with contemporary black ink. Some light fading to card. [Bracketed text in title is manuscript... Read More
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Notice Workers! Stay Away from Butte, Montana. Overcrowded Now!
by [Ephemera] [Butte, Montana] [American Labor] [Sticker] [Label]
[Butte, Montana]: Allied Printing Trades Council Union Label - Butte, Mont [bug, printed at bottom], 1900. Ephemera. Near Fine. Small yellow paper label [1.25" x 2.25"] with black printing. Gum/adhesive on the reverse. Unused, no flaws. Neat piece of ephemera from turn of the century era American industrial labor.
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New York Arbor
by Epstein, Mitch
Göttingen, Germany: Steidl, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Folio [37 cm] Light gray cloth over boards. In a black and white photographically illustrated dust jacket, which is extremely fresh and crisp. In the matching illustrated thin card slipcase, which is also remarkably well preserved. Mitch Epstein's striking images in black and white of the curious and... Read More
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The Great Conspiracy Trial: An Essay on Law, Liberty and the Constitution
by Epstein, Jason
New York: The Notable Trials Library, 1998. Reprint. Leather bound. Near fine. 433pp. Octavo [22 cm] in quarter gilt-stamped light brown leather over gilt-stamped brown cloth. Raised spine bands, all edges gilt, bound-in pagemarker ribbon. Inked-out name on provided bookplate on front pastedown.
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Prinsloo of Prinsloosdorp: A Tale of Transvaal Officialdom. Being Incidents in the Life of a Transvaal Official, As Told By His Son-In-Law, Sarel Erasmus
by Erasmus, Sarel (pseudonym of Douglas Blackburn)
London and South Africa: H. MacLeay, 1899. Early printing. Paperback. Good. 129pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Blue and black printed wraps. The spine is heavily darkened and the front wrap is nearly detached. Scarce. South African Series. An anti-Boer satirical sketch.
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Jacklight
by Erdrich, Louise
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984. First edition. Paperback. 85 pp. Octavo. Illustrated wraps. Very good. Light rubbing to extremities. First published work from the O. Henry award winner.
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