BRIGHAM YOUNG'S UNITED ORDER: A Contextual Interpretation
Springville, Utah: Bonneville Books, 1992. Trade paperback. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. A crisp and clean copy. Near fine. More
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BLOOD ATONEMENT
Salt Lake City: Kraut's Pioneer Press, 1981. Trade paperback. Reprint. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. A very good copy. More
LINE UPON LINE: Essays on Mormon Doctrine
Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1989. First Edition. Trade paperback. Inscribed by Bergera on the title page. This collection of 15 essays includes contributions by Thomas G. Alexander, Linda P. Wilcox, Kent E. Robson, Boyd..... More
THE THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE MORMON RELIGION and THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MORMON THEOLOGY, with an Introductory Essay by L. Jackson Newell and a Glossary of Terms by Trudy McMurrin
Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2000. Trade paperback. Signature Mormon Classics. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. Some very light sun fading to the front panel; else near fine. More
SOJOURNER IN THE PROMISED LAND: Forty Years among the Mormons
Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Shipps on the title page. "Over the course of four decades, Jan Shipps has become the preeminent non-Mormon interpreter of Mormonism. This..... More
FAITHFUL HISTORY: Essays on Writing Mormon History
Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1992. First Edition. Trade paperback. Signed by Smith on the front flyleaf. This collection of 15 essays includes contributions by D. Michael Quinn, Martin E. Marty, Kent E. Robson, Louis..... More
THE LORD NEEDED A PROPHET
Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1996. Second Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Madsen on the title page. Tells the life stories of the presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 271 p...... More
THE MORMON LANDSCAPE: Existence, Creation and Perception of a Unique Image in the American West
New York: AMS Press Inc., 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Francaviglia on the title page. Combines geography, history, religion, art, and architecture to demonstrate his conviction that the City of Zion is very much..... More
RELIGIOUS SEEKERS AND THE ADVENT OF MORMONISM
Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1988. Trade paperback. "In this important new contribution to the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Dan Vogel introduces readers to groups and individuals who..... More
RADICAL ORIGINS: Early Mormon Converts and Their Colonial Ancestors
Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Rust on the front flyleaf. "...investigates whether the unconventional religious beliefs of their colonial ancestors predisposed early Mormon converts to embrace the..... More
HOMEWARD TO ZION: The Mormon Migration from Scandinavia
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Mulder on the front flyleaf. This authoritative work draws extensively from the personal narratives of these immigrants to relate their pioneering experience and role..... More
PEOPLE OF PARADOX: A History of Mormon Culture
Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and dated by Givens on the title page. "...traces the rise and development of Mormon culture from the days of Joseph Smith in..... More
HOLOGRAPHIC DIARY OF A YOUNG CALIFORNIA WOMAN WRITTEN IN 1914
A holographic diary and journal written in 1914 by a young California woman from Rio Bravo, California, a former settlement in Kern County, along the Santa Fe railroad near Bakersfield. The 50-page journal begins on..... More
CATALINA ISLAND TRAVEL PHOTO ALBUM, CIRCA 1890
An album containing thirty 4" x 4" black and white photographs of Catalina Island at the turn of the century. Four of the photographs are laid in; the rest are secured in the album with..... More
THE RADICAL THERAPIST
Minot, North Dakota; Hillsdale, New York; Somerville, Massachusetts: 1970-80. Wraps. An extensive run of the influential journal and its subsequent incarnations: Rough Times and State and Mind. This collection consists of 37 issues: Volume 1..... More
1001 WAYS TO LIVE WITHOUT WORKING
New York: The Birth Press, 1961. Wraps. Quarto. Ten leaves on paper of various colors, bound with staples in blue paper wrappers. Some light fading along the extremities. Before finding fame with the freak folk..... More
RESURGENCE: Issue #10
New York: Resurgence Youth Movement, November-December 1966. Wraps. 11 p. Mimeographed on paper of various colors, side stapled in magenta paper wrappers. Mild fading and wear along the extremities; otherwise very good. The tenth issue..... More
SAFE CONDUCT PASS
circa 1967. 5 1/2" x 6", printed in two colors on ruled pale green paper (watermarked Whale Arrowhead Safety Paper). Some toning and wear along the edges; otherwise very good. This scarce piece of counterculture..... More
HUE TO DANANG: A Perilous Boat Ride
New York: Bread and Puppet Theater, circa 1968. Wraps. 32 p. Bound with staples in mimeographed light blue paper wrappers. Some light wear; overall very good. Using the child-like illustrative style common to Bread and..... More
BREAD AND PUPPET NEWSPAPER: No. 2, 3, 4, 5, 7
New York: Bread and Puppet Theatre, 1968. Wraps. Five issues: No. 2 (January 1968), No. 3 (January 1968), No. 4 (no date), No. 5 (February 1968), and No. 7 (February 1968). Mimeographed and bound with..... More
"TYPEWRITER FIRM RINGS BELL WITH WOMEN'S LIB"
1972. A small archive of photographic negatives with contact sheets showing a protest in New York of the headquarters of the Olivetti typewriter headquarters in 1972. The protest was a response to an unfortunate advertising..... More
LAKE GREGORY DAM UNDER CONSTRUCTION
A small collection of photographs and other material associated with Lake Gregory Dam and nearby Crestline, California during the 1930s. Lake Gregory is a man-made lake in Crestline, an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County..... More
WORLD WAR II LETTERS OF A NEW YORK LIEUTENANT INJURED IN ACTION
A collection of approximately 80 handwritten letters from a Rochester, New York man injured in battle during World War II. The group also includes a few letters written by the mother of Lt. Herbert F...... More
A BEAUTIFULLY-RENDERED HERBARIUM
1902. A beautifully rendered herbarium created by Annie Overholtzer, who attended Oregon Normal School in Monmouth, a teaching college, and went on to become an elementary school teacher at Elgin in Western Oregon. The herbarium..... More