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(utah) . REGISTER OF THE PAPERS OF LOWRY NELSON
Salt Lake City 1977. University of Utah, Special Collections Department. 4to., 42p., frontis, index, velo bound. Nelson was a Mormon, and a prominet Rural Sociologist. Small owner label on front. VG. (a33347)
$35.00 Bemelmans, Ludwig . PROMENADE SUR MER THE ISLE OF YEU IS MINUS ICE, PLUS PETAIN
NY 1948. Folio. Article In Holiday magazine, Vol. 4, Number 3, September 1948 at pp.110-134, illustrations. Article on small island off the north east coast of France, where Marshall Petain was exiled. Whole issue has several articles on Mormon and Utah theme. Striking cover showing Brigham Young's first part arriving at Salt Lake City by Bernard Brussel-Smith. VG. (a31981c)
$45.00 Berrett, William Edwin . THE RESTORED CHURCH A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE GROWTH AND DOCTRINES OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS
Salt Lake City 1949. Hardcover. Octavo, 710pp., index, boards. Owner signed. VG, light wear. (a16193)
$29.00 Brown, Paula . THE MORMON GIRL
Lamon 1912 1st Herald. Fiction. Small octavo, 205p., illustrated with drawings, hardcover. Owner signed. VG. (a64375)
$35.00 Ertz, Susan . THE PROSELYTE
NY 1933 1st (stated) Appleton. Historical novel about Mormons. Hardcover. Octavo, 359pp., hardcover. Good plus, spine browned, minor cover wear and fading, no DJ. (a20555)
$25.00 Ertz, Susan . THE PROSELYTE
NY 1933 1st Appleton. Octavo, 359pp., hardcover. Owner bookplate. Near Fine in VG plus DJ. (a69968)
$27.00 Freece, Hans P. . THE LETTERS OF AN APOSTATE MORMON TO HIS SON
1908 1st Freece. Octavo, 73pp., illustrated by Verona P. Turini, frontis portrait of Freece, hardcover. Near Fine. (a69927)
$22.00 Green, Nelson Winch . FIFTEEN YEARS AMONG THE MORMONS: BEING THE NARRATIVE OF MRS. MARY ETTIE V. SMITH, LATE OF GREAT SALT LAKE CITY
NY 1858 (1857 1st) Scribners. Green is described as a sister of one of the Mormon High Priests, and as having been personally acquainted with most of the Mormon leaders and long in the confidence of the Prophet Brigham Young. Hardcover. Small octavo, 388pp., frontis, original boards with later paper spines. Good, occasional spots of light soiling in text, worn on edges. (a71277)
$65.00 Nelson, Nels L. . SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF MORMONISM OR RELIGION IN TERMS OF LIFE
NY 1904 1st Putnam. Octavo, 347pp., hardcover. Good, some cover wear. (a66919)
$27.00 Rich, Ben. E. . MR. DURANT OF SALT LAKE CITY, THAT MORMON
Liverpool 1899 Millennial Star. 12mo., 166pp., stiff wraps. Owner signed on end paper. Institution stamp. Good, some tears and folds. (a23408)
$27.00 Richards, Louisa L. Green (Lulu) . BRANCHES THAT RUN OVER THE WALL A BOOK OF MORMON POEM AND OTHER WRITINGS
Salt Lake City 1904 Magazine Printing. 8vo., 268pp.,dark green cloth with gilt leaves and lettering on cover. Good, minor spine end wear, light soiling on end papers. (a12013)
$50.00 Savage, C. R. . GREAT SALT LAKE CITY AND VIEWS IN UTAH
c. 1861? (latest date in text is 1860.) Oblong small octavo, 24pp of text, 7 colorplate illustrations from photographs by Savage, original green cloth hardcover with mounted color picture of Bear River Bridge and Malad Mountain Gap on front. Savage was one of very first Mormon photographers. Lacking first 4 pages and title page. Good. sold as is. (a70651)
$75.00 Schmidt, Louis B.; Van der Zee, Jacob . THE MILLER-THOMPSON ELECTION CONTEST; THE MORMON TRAILS IN IOWA
Iowa City 1913. Two articles (94pp., 14pp.) included in the Iowa Journal of History and Politics. Much on the Mromons in Iowa. This is part of the entire issue, which has several articles. VG. (a57716)
$65.00 Seixas, J. . A MANUAL HEBREW GRAMMAR FOR THE USE OF BEGINNERS
Andover 1834 second edition enlarged and improved. This is the book written by Seixas that he used to teach the Hebrew language to Joseph Smith. At p. 50 we find a Hebrew word transliterated into English as Nau-voo. 8vo., 119pp., original green papercovered boards with cloth spine and mounted printed yellow label on front. Faded owner inscription on front free blank. Good, a bit worn and stained, end papers foxed. A rare and important item in Mormon history. (a58295)
$2500.00 Stegner, Wallace . UTAH THE MORMONS' PROMISED LAND WAS BUILT TO A HEAVENLY BLUEPRINT - HOLIDAY MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 1948
NY 1948. In Holiday, Vol. 4, Number 3, September 1948 at pp.34-45, photo illustrations. Whole issue has several articles on Mormon and Utah theme. Striking cover showing Brigham Young's first party arriving at Salt Lake City by Bernard Brussel-Smith. VG. (a31981a)
$45.00 Taylor, Samuel W. . IN OUR LOVELY DESERET FAMILY LIFE OF ONE MAN, SIX WIVES, THIRTY SIX CHILDREN
NY 1948. Folio. Article In Holiday Magazine, Vol. 4, Number 3, September 1948 at pp.51-55, illustrations. Polygamy among the Mormons. Whole issue has several articles on Mormon and Utah theme. Striking cover showing Brigham Young's first part arriving at Salt Lake City by Bernard Brussel-Smith. VG. (a31981b)
$45.00 Westergren, Bruce (editor) . FROM HISTORIAN TO DISSIDENT: THE BOOK OF JOHN WHITMER
Salt Lake City 1995 1st Signature Books. John Whitmer wrote an early history of Mormonism. 8vo., 207pp., index, hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. (a20883)
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