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Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We carry an ever-changing inventory of art, ephemera, maps, photography, and postcards in addition to a vast selection of used and rare books along with a few new books. We also purchase and appraise books. New arrivals and acquisitions are posted to the KSRB website first on Saturday mornings. The inventory will then be posted to the other sites we use abebooks.com, alibris.com, and biblio.com later in the following week.

We have a lot of our inventory online, but many of the items in our store never get catalogued, so be sure to visit our downtown shop (268 South 200 East, SLC, UT) or call us (801-521-3819) if you are searching for something in particular.

Our inventory is diverse, and our specialties include Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, B. Traven, Utah and the Mormons, Modern First Editions, Grand Canyon, Colorado River & Colorado Plateau, Western Americana, Native Americans, The Intermountain West, Southwest, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Wilderness & National Parks, Public Lands, the Environment, Explorations & Surveys, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and the Literary West.

Featured Events

“Daggers Drawn: 35 Years of Kal Cartoons in The Economist” with Cartoonist Kevin “Kal” Kallaugher

Date: Tuesday, June 25th at 7:00 PM
Location: Ken Sanders Rare Books (268 South 200 East - SLC, UT)

Ken Sanders Rare Books presents…

“Daggers Drawn: 35 Years of Kal Cartoons in The Economist” with Cartoonist Kevin “Kal” Kallaugher

Ken Sanders Rare Books is pleased to announce a book signing with Kevin “Kal” Kallaugher Tuesday, June 25th at 7:00 p.m. at our downtown bookstore (268 South 200 East, SLC). Salt Lake Tribune Cartoonist, Pat Bagley, will be introducing Kallaugher. This event is free and open to the public. Space is limited, so please show up early. Copies of “Daggers Drawn” (Chatsworth Press, $35.00 hardcover) will be available for signing and purchase on the night of the event.

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KEN SANDERS RARE BOOKS - CATALOGUE #46
Mormon Rarities: pamphlets, broadsides, handbills, and a newspaper
from the early days of the LDS church
DOWNLOAD CATALOGUE #46 HERE



We will be exhibiting at the following book fairs this Spring, hope to see you there!

April 11-14, 2013

The New York Antiquarian Book Fair

The Park Avenue Armory - 643 Park Avenue (at 67th Street), New York, NY 

http://www.sanfordsmith.com/default.aspx?pageId=13

 

April 12-13, 2013

The Manhattan Vintage Book & Ephemera Fair (The Shadow Show)

The Altman Building - 135 W. 18th Street, New York, NY

http://www.flamingoeventz.com/calendar.shtml


June 6-9, 2013

Mormon History Association Conference

Davis Conference Center - 1651 North 700 West, Layton, UT

http://www.mormonhistoryassociation.org/


June 14-15, 2013

Rose City Used Book Fair

Double Tree Hotel, Lloyd Center - 1000 NE Multnomah Street, Portland, OR

http://www.pauba.org/book-fair.php


June 23-26, 2013

RBMS (Rare Books and Manuscripts Section)

Minneapolis Marriott City Center - 30 South 7th Street, Minneapolis, MN

http://www.rbms.info/



The Collective Returns (The Collective Catalogue #2)

A cooperative effort by 6 ABAA booksellers, The Collective Returns features highlights of each firm's offerings at the coming February San Francisco International Antiquarian Bookfair. Contact us for print copy, or view a .pdf copy HERE.


Offerings from:

Ken Sanders Rare Books

Tavistock Books

The Book Shop LLC

B&B Rare Books

Book Hunter's Holiday

Lux Mentis, Booksellers











BIDDER 70 DVDs now available!


BIDDER 70 - Beth & George Gage (Co-Directors); Tim DeChristopher (Subject). Telluride, CO: Gage & Gage Productions, 2012. 73-minute feature film. Housed in a cardboard sleeve, with full color printed artwork and photographs on cover and disc face. DVD. NEW.

Bidder 70 follows Tim DeChristopher, The University of Utah student who foiled President Bush's fraudulent oil and gas auction in 2008. DeChristopher bidded $1,800,000 to save 22,000 pristine acres surrounding Utah's National Parks. He had no intention of paying for or drilling on the land. Bidder 70 tells Tim's story and follows the legal aftermath of his fresh and unique act of civil disobedience.






KSRB Catalogue 45

Catalogue 45
You can view and download a copy of Catalogue 45 here.

If you would like a physical copy of the catalogue mailed to you (free of charge, please contact us!







"The Sonosopher" now available!

The Sonosopher is an experiential voyage into the peculiar life and art of Alex Caldiero directed by Torben Bernhard and Travis Low.  The Sonosopher: Alex Caldiero in Life...in Sound is a 61-minute feature film, and comes with an exclusive booklet containing art, an unpublished essay by Alex Caldiero, and a critical essay by UVU Professor Scott Abbott.  The Sonosopher is now available on DVD for $19.99 (plus tax and/or shipping) at Ken Sanders Rare Books.

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