Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2025. First Edition. Paperback. 91pp. Octavo [23cm]. Illustrated wraps. "In this brisk and riveting biography, Alex Beam takes readers on a journey through Wallace Stegner’s life and complicated legacy as one of the twentieth century’s best storytellers and chroniclers of the American West. In..... More
Lewiston, ID: Confluence Press, Inc., 1990. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 280pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Green cloth with gilt stamped title on backstrip. Index. Illustrated. There is a 3 1/2" bend in the top fore edge corner of the front cover, with a bit of the underlying boards exposed. A must..... More
Lewiston, ID: Confluence Press, Inc., 1990. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 280pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Green cloth with gilt stamped title on backstrip. Index. Illustrated. The spine and boards are very faintly edge worn. 6 x 4" publicity photograph of Stegner laid in. A must for the serious Stegner collector. Signed..... More
Lewiston, ID: Confluence Press, Inc., 1990. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED (INSCRIBED). 280pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Green cloth with gilt stamped title on backstrip. Index. Illustrated. The spine is faded, but the gilt title is still bright. A must for the serious Stegner collector. Inscribed by Wallace Stegner, Nancy Colberg, and..... More
1992. Limited Edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 47pp. Slim octavo [23 cm] Saddle-stitched brown pictorial wrappers. Signed by Stegner below tipped-in color photo of Maurice Dunbar and Wallace Stegner in the Stegner library. With the original mailing envelope. A catalogue by Diane Peterson ("Book Lady"), of Atherton, California, listing De Anza College..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. 224pp. Square folio [31.5 cm] Natural cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good, with subtle warping to the boards. The dust jacket is heavily discolored at the spine and surrounding areas of the panels. The..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 224pp. Small square folio [31 cm] Ivory paper covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Corners bumped. Front free endsheet absent. The price-clipped dust jacket is heavily discolored at the spine and the surrounding areas of the..... More
London: Hammond, Hammond & Company, 1957. First British edition. Hardcover. 189, [3] pp. Very good in good dustjacket. Not price clipped. Minor wear to edges of binding. Dustjacket shows some wear and edge tears; an approximately 1/2" loss to the upper left corner of the front panel. Internally fine. More
Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 205pp. Octavo. [21cm] Gray paper over boards with the title stamped in yellow on the spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Bevelled fore edge with minor toning to extremities of pages. Some toning to extremities of boards. Tail of spine very slightly bumped..... More
Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 205pp. Octavo. [21cm] Sea-green paper over boards with the title stamped in yellow on the spine. No dust jacket. Light bumping to extremities; subtle sunning to backstrip and edges of rear board; minor scrape to front board. "A sheaf of short..... More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 206pp. Octavo [21 cm] Light sea green paper covered boards and a yellow ink stamped title on the spine. The extremities are very gently bumped, rubbed and faded. The underlying boards are just barely peeking through at the foot of the..... More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 206pp. Octavo [21 cm] Light sea green paper covered boards and a yellow ink stamped title on the spine. Very good. The extremities are gently bumped, rubbed and faded. There is a short tear in the backstrip at the foot..... More
New York: Random House, 1987. Advance Proofs (Uncorrected). Paperback. 277pp. Octavo [22 cm] Yellow and black printed wraps. Publisher's "Advance Proof" notice taped to the front cover. Very good. The extremities are lightly soiled. Stegner's final novel. Stegner won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972. More
Beirut: Middle East Export Press, Inc., January, 1971. First edition. Paperback. 189pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Illustrated white wrappers. Minor rubbing to corners. Pages a bit toned. Signed by the author on the title page. This edition was privately printed for ARAMCO and was not for sale (giveaway). Abridged from the..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. 214pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title stamped in white ink on the backstrip. Very good minus. The extremities are just a bit rubbed and bumped. Minor dusting to the extremities, and there is a slight lean to..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 214pp. Octavo [22 cm] Blue cloth. Good/Very good. Jacket corners chipped with losses (more so at the head and foot of the spine) A few minor creases to head of jacket. Gentle rubbing to corners of boards. Signed by..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. 331pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Violet cloth with a silver stamped title on the spine, and small ornamental vignettes stamped in gilt, silver and lilac on the front cover. Illustrated endpapers. Spine ends bumped. Light foxing to top and fore-edge of text block. Brief..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. 331pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Violet cloth with a silver stamped title on the spine, and small ornamental vignettes stamped in gilt, silver and lilac on the front cover. Illustrated endpapers. Spine ends moderately bumped. In the dust jacket, with darkening to the spine..... More
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press/Bison Books, 1992. Later printing. Paperback. 331 pp. Octavo. Black wrappers with painting on front cover. When The Gathering of Zion was first published in 1964, Ray A. Billington wrote, "Wallace Stegner has written the best single volume to appear on the Mormon migration west-ward....... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1969. Third edition, first printing. Hardcover. 381pp. Octavo [21.5 cm]. 1/4 rust cloth with deep red cloth boards. Edges of boards mildly rubbed, and spine ends gently bumped. Head of textblock lightly foxed. Spine of dust jacket sunned. Jacket corner clipped, as issued..... More
Gutersloh: C. Bertelsmann Verlag, 1949. First German edition. Hardcover. 241pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] 1/4 mustard yellow cloth with pale blue paper over boards. With moderate bumping to the extremities, roughly a dozen very tiny, faint stains on the covers, and a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. The dust..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1940. First Edition, with publisher's complimentary slip. Hardcover. SIGNED. 230pp. Octavo [21 cm]; blue cloth over boards with a silver stamped title on the backstrip. Very Good. No dust jacket. There is a slight lean to the spine, and a touch of bumping at..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. 230pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Blue cloth over boards, with title stamped in silver on spine. The covers are cocked and the top edge of the text block is lightly foxed. In the dust jacket, with wear to the extremities, mostly..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1982. First edition. Hardcover. 177 pp. Near fine in very good+ dustjacket. Dustjacket shows some minor chipping at the corners and edges;slight toning to the rear panel with sunned spine. Internally fine. Signed by Wallace Stegner on the half-title page. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1982. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 177pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/4 black cloth with gray boards, with bruising at the spine ends. In a dust jacket with subtle toning, and light edge wear. Inscribed by the author on the half title page: "To_______, with..... More