Marijuana: A Short History
Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2016. More
New Arrivals
Home Life With Cats
London: Grafton, 1992. Illustrations by Karin Van Heerdin. Early printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. Square octavo [ 22 cm] Illustrated paper over boards. The fore-edge corners of the covers are gently bumped. Illustrations by Karin Van Heerdin. Inscribed by Aldiss on the title page: "For Pat- Who also loves these little Blighters! Regards Brian." More
The Garbage Times/White Ibis: A Novella
New York: Soft Skull Press, 2018. First edition. Paperback. 252pp. Octavo [21cm]; illustrated wraps. From the freezing alleys of Chicago to the dew-blanketed bayou of Florida. From bouncing drunks and cleaning up puke to biking through the swamp laughing at peacocks. Freeze to thaw. Filth and broken glass and black... More
Wife No. 19, or the Story of a Life in Bondage, Being a Complete Expose of Mormonism, and Revealing the Sorrows, Sacrifices and Sufferings of Women in Polygamy.
Hartford, CT: Dustin, Gilman & Co. 1876. Second edition. Hardcover. 605pp. Octavo [22 cm]. Rebound with original gilt-stamped brown cloth overlaid, new endpapers. Edgewear to original cloth at backstrip, spine lightly rolled. Ink number in a contemporary hand on title page, else interior is unmarked. B&W illustrations throughout. Autobiography of... More
The Mathematics of the Breath and the Way: On Writers and Writing
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 2018. First edition. Paperback. 292pp. Duodecimo [17.5cm]; illustrated wraps. In The Mathematics of the Breath and the Way, Charles Bukowski considers the art of writing, and the art of living as a writer. Bringing together a variety of previously uncollected stories, columns, reviews, introductions, and... More
Beasts! A Pictorial Schedule of Traditional Hidden Creatures from the Interest of 90 Modern Artisans
Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics, 2006. Bell, Marc; Renee French; Corey Lunn; Souther Salazar; Esther Pearl Watson; et al. First edition. 193pp. Square octavo [22cm]. 1/4 black cloth with overlaid green paper. Gilt spine stamp and pictorial stamp on cover. All edges gilt. Small scratch on rear board. No dust jacket, as... More
All Aboard: National Parks: A Wildlife Primer
Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith, 2018. Haily Meyers. Later Printing. Board Book. 20pp. Duodecimo [17.5cm]; illustrated boards. From the creators of BabyLit®: Every area of the world can be mapped out for adventure, and brilliant babies love the sophistication of traveling by train. This new board book series written by the husband... More
Eliza R. Snow: The Complete Poetry
Provo and Salt Lake City, Utah: Brigham Young University Press; University of Utah Press, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. 1333pp. Thick octavo [24 cm] Black cloth over boards with copper stamping. There are a couple of small dings to the the top edges of the boards. In a dust jacket with... More
Expose of Polygamy in Utah. A Lady's Life Among the Mormons
Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2008. Reprint. Hardcover. 198pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Gray cloth over boards. In a dust jacket, with rubbing to the surface. Autobiography of a disaffected Mormon, and a member of the short lived Godbeites. Life Writings of Frontier Women Volume 10. More
Heila: A Personal History
Paperback. 208pp. Quarto [27 cm] Pale blue illustrated wraps. There is an 8" crease in the rear wrap. A personal history which begins in Pielisensuu, Ranta Mutala, Finland, winds through Germany, Denmark and Sweden, and culminates in Salt Lake City, Utah. More
La Catrina: Emotions - Emociones
Little Libros, 2017. Citlali Reyes. First edition. board book. 20pp. Square Duodecimo [17cm]; illustrated boards. Inspired by one of the most recognized symbols of Dia De Muertos or “Day of the Dead”, this book introduces little ones to emotional expressions and their first English and Spanish words—and teaches them to... More
Don Quixote: A Spanish Language Primer
Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith, 2015. Alison Oliver. Later printing. Board Book. 20pp. Square Duodecimo [17.5cm]; illustrated boards. Get to know the “Hombre de la Mancha” in Little Master Cervantes’ Don Quixote: A BabyLit® Spanish Language Primer. Learn everything a daring knight needs to know, in two languages. Man, armor, horse... More
Edgar and the Tree House of Usher: a BabyLit book
Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith, 2016. Ron Stucki. Later printing. Board Book. 20pp. Duodecimo [18cm]; illustrated boards. "It was a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year ... " when the mischievous raven Edgar heads to his friend Roderick's house to work on their tree house. Edgar... More
The Odyssey: A BabyLit Book
Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith, Octover 2017. Alison Oliver. Later printing. Board Book. 20pp. Square Duodecimo [17.5cm]; illustrated boards. Monsters don’t have to be scary; meet ten monsters from Odysseus’ epic journey home, illustrated in funny, friendly ways. Featuring moaning, groaning ghosts; a silly Cyclops; goofy lotus eaters; and two colorful... More
Leisure and Death: An Anthropological Tour of Risk, Death, and Dying
Louisville: University Press of Colorado, 2018. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. 313pp. Octavo [22.5cm]; illustrated wraps. This anthropological study examines the relationship between leisure and death, specifically how leisure practices are used to meditate upon—and mediate—life. Considering travelers who seek enjoyment but encounter death and dying, tourists who accidentally face their... More
Brigham Young Images Of A Mormon Prophet
Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center Brigham Young University, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. 320pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Pictorial boards. Profusely illustrated with 268 photographs and other images of Brigham Young. The most comprehensive visual history of Mormon leader Brigham Young ever undertaken. More
Brigham Young Images Of A Mormon Prophet
Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center Brigham Young University, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. 320pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Pictorial boards. Spine rolled slightly forward. Small scratches along backstrip. Dents at the bottom of the backboard from sitting in a bookstand. Profusely illustrated with 268 photographs and other images of Brigham Young. The... More
The Porcine Legacy
Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1978. Dana Wylder. First edition. Paperback. 41pp. Octavo [22.5cm]; illustrated wraps. Minor fading to top wrap. Small smudge on rear wrap. Limited edition 1 of 1,000. 50 copies were bound in cloth over boards and signed by the poet and the illustrator. This is... More
Wilderness Song
DBHQ records, 2012. AudioCD. Based on the writings of vanished explorer Everett Ruess. Track Listing: Wilderness Song, Navajo Rug, The Bears Don’t Find My Bacon, Burro, Budget, Flapjacks, The Sound of Rushing Water, Unbeliever, I Hope It Rains, Sandstorm, Tell Me Anything, Glorious World, Pledge to the Wind, Let Your Worries... More
Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel
New York: Penguin Press, 2017. Later printing. Hardcover. 338pp. Octavo [23.5cm]; blue and black paper covered boards with gilt stamped title on spine. From publisher: From the New York Times bestselling author of EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, a beautiful novel set in meticulously planned Shaker Heights, that traces the... More
The Gold Discovery Journal of Azariah Smith
Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. 159pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] in black cloth. Here published for the first time is the complete journal of Azariah Smith. Unaware of the momentous nature of the events he chronicles, Smith tells of marching west from Fort Leavenworth... More
Final Light: The Life and Art of V. Douglas Snow
Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by the editor, Frank McEntire, in ink on the title page. 105 pp. [29 cm]; full white cloth with black stamped title on the spine. Full color printed dust jacket featuring the subject's artwork. Featuring essays from... More
Lost Canyons of the Green River: The Story Before Flaming Gorge Dam
Salt Lake City, UT: The University of Utah Press, 2012. Paperback. 158pp. Quarto [25.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. From the Author Information- "Roy Webb is the multimedia archivist for Special Collections at the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah. He has been running rivers since 1976 and has... More
Diego Rivera: Great Illustrator (Biblioteca de Illustradores Mexicanos, number 8)
Mexico: Editorial RM, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. 298pp. Quarto [29.5cm]. 1/4 purple cloth cloth with overlaid printed, fuschia paper. Gilt spine stamp. No dust jacket, as issued. Bottom fore-edge of covers is very slightly bumped, else book is Near Fine. While Diego Rivera was best known for his epic murals... More
Casa Braccio in Two Volumes. Volume 1
New York and London: Macmillan and Co, 1895. Early printing. Hardcover. Volume 1 only. 334pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Green cloth over boards decoratively stamped in gilt. Heavy rolling to the spine. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letter press printer, John Ruyle. With illustrations by A. Castaigne. More