Collecting Abbey: A Checklist of the First Editions of Edward Abbey With Approximate Values and Commentary
Maxwell, Spencer SIGNED. Unpaginated. Thin duodecimo [18.5cm]. 1/2 red cloth over boards. Illustrated paper label on front board and spine. The hardcover edition of this title is limited to 26 lettered copies. This is the publisher's copy, so it is unlettered. Designed by Mina Yamashita and hand-bound by Mina Yamashita and Edwin Michael Wing.- $250
- $250
He Done Her Wrong
Gross, Milt SIGNED. [264pp] Square octavo [22 cm] Black cloth with titles stamped in red on the front board and backstrip. Publisher's red topstain. The covers are cocked. Regarded by many as Gross's finest work. This is an early American example of the wordless novel, a story told entirely through pen and ink drawings. This work is considered to be a light hearted spoof of Lynd Ward's Gods' Man, which was published the previous year. Inscribed by Milt Gross on the half title page: "To 'Hank' / Montgomery - / Here's one you / don't have to print / but its yours / just the same with / kindest regards / & affection / Sincerely / Milt / Gross"- $400
- $400
The Book of Ammon
Hennacy, Ammon INSCRIBED. 473 pp. Octavo. [23.5 cm]. Green paper over boards with gilt title stamped on front cover and spine. Scuffing to edges of boards, corners bent, spine rolled. Previous owner's name written in bold black ink on front free end paper. Missing the majority of the dust jacket, back of jacket with back flap (but no spine of jacket) is laid in. Ammon Hennacy's autobiography, detailing his work as a Christian anarchist in Utah. Inscription on front free end paper reads, "In memory of a good breakfast. -Ammon Hennacy"- $50
- $50
Children of God: An American Epic
Fisher, Vardis 769pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/4 yellow cloth with brown cloth over boards, gilt lettering on a black ink stamped panel on the backstrip, and the title stamped in gilt on the front cover. Deckled fore edges. Pictorial endpapers. The hinges are going, there is a previous owner's name on the verso of the half title, and there is a former owner's blind stamp on the rear flyleaf. In a dust jacket, with a number of small tears along the edges and folds that have been backed with tape. The 1939-40 Harper Prize Novel. From the jacket- "It is the story of the Mormons, their strange beginnings, rapid growth, persecution and heroism, their amazing mass migration across trackless Western Plains. And it is the story of human beings subject to all the pulls of anguish and triumph that human flesh can endure."- $75
- $75
Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi
Smith, Joseph 623pp. Quarto [25.5 cm] Black leather with gilt stamped titles and blind stamped decorative patterns on the spine and covers. Rebacked with a large portion of the original spine laid over. Floral endpapers. The hinges have been reinforced, and there are several small professional touch ups to the edges of the front free endpaper. The initials "P. W." have been faintly scratched twice into the front board, and there is a previous owner's address label on both pastedowns. The so-called "pulpit" edition of the Book of Mormon, the only large-sized edition of the Book of Mormon issued in the 19th century. Flake/Draper 625.- $1,000
- $1,000
Song Without Words: A Book of Engravings on Wood
Ward, Lynd SIGNED. Twenty-two woodcuts. Octavo [25 cm] 1/4 cream paper over gold foil boards with paper label on the backstrip. Title page printed in red and black. Deckled fore edges. The boards are scuffed, and the spine and the surrounding area of the boards are darkened. The endpapers are moderately browned along the hinges and edges. No slipcase. Dance 009. Printed in an edition of 1250 signed and numbered copies. This is a copy of 227. Signed by the author on the limitation page. A story told entirely through wood engravings. A masterpiece from one of the giants of twentieth century illustration.- $600
- $600
Butch Cassidy, My Brother
Betenson, Lula Parker (As told to Dora Flack) INSCRIBED. 261 pp. Octavo. [23.5 cm]. Brown cloth over boards with white stamped title on front board and spine. Extremities rubbed, corners bumped. Dust jacket is in very good - condition, price clipped, with several small tears and a small chip at front bottom right corner. Inscription by the author on the title page in black ink reads, "My best wishes - Sincerely - Lula Parker Betenson"- $75
- $75
Map of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island
Folding pocket map [20 x 15"] in brown leather gilt stamped boards. The front board is detached, but present. With occasional splits along the folds. The longest split measures just over 2 1/2". With a statistical table containing population information. A brightly hand-colored pocket map of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, with portions of Vermont and New Hampshire to the north, the Massachusetts Bay to the east, Long Island to the south, and a bit of New York to the east. The states are divided into counties. Depicts principal roads, existing canals, railroads, and proposed railroads. This map was originally engraved for Anthony Finley's "New American Atlas," published in 1825. An early railroad map of the region.- $250
- $250
Ceremony
SIGNED. 262pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 red cloth with black paper over boards. The boards are just a bit dulled along the top edge. In the second issue dust jacket, with sunning to the spine (title faded, but author's name still bold). The highly acclaimed novelist, poet, and essayist Leslie Marmon Silko grew up on the Laguna Pueblo reservation in New Mexico, and is widely referred to as the premier Native American writer of her generation. Her work often draws upon the stories she heard in childhood, as well as the dissonance between American Indian and white cultures. Warmly and emotionally inscribed by Silko, in the year of publication, to bookman and publisher Ernie Bulow on the front free endpaper: "For Ernie, / with very special feeling. / You shared with me / your knowledge, but most / important, your love for / storytelling. Without this, / I might never have written / this book. / Leslie Silko / 7 September 1977 / Albuquerque." The Power of Truth
151pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Red cloth over boards. Some light moisture stains on the front board. Corners bumped, head and tail of spine scuffed and rubbed. Signed by Heber J. Grant on a presentation slip, mounted to the front free endsheet. Heber J. Grant became Church President on November 23, 1918. He then went on to dedicate three new temples, develop the Welfare Program, and aid the Latter-day Saints with dealing with the tragedy of World War II. In addition, Grant's business experience helped him to modernize Church organizations and procedures, and his missionary efforts, including extensive speaking engagements and friendships with national business leaders, gave the Church greater recognition in the United States. The Salt Lake City Post Office [1849-1869]
202pp. Octavo [21 cm] Light orange and black printed wraps. From the Preface- "In summary, Mormon Church leaders and the Great Salt Lake Valley residents were both acquainted with and dependent upon a scheduled and reliable postal service. The Church's intentional isolation in the far western Rocky Mountains brought a momentary security and seclusion, but it also immediately magnified Mormon dependence upon a very long and difficult interchange of communications between their Zion and the rest of the world." Kingdom in the West, Volume 6 – Fort Limhi: The Mormon Adventure in Oregon Territory, 1855-1858; The Mormon Adventure in Oregon Territory 1855-1858
SIGNED. 372pp. Octavo [24cm]. Light blue cloth over boards with turquoise letterbox and silver lettering on spine and front board. No dust jacket, as issued. Signed by David L. Bigler on the title page. Volume six in the the Kingdom in the West Series published by Clark. Vagabond’s House
SIGNED. 114 pp. Octavo. [19.5 cm]. Blue cloth over boards with silver stamped title on spine, silver stamped illustration of beach scene on front board. Corners and head/tail of spine lightly bumped. Dust jacket is in very good condition, toned with a handful of small closed tears. Signed on the front free end paper by the author in blue ink. With full page reproduction ink illustrations by the author, who was often referred to as "the poet laureate of Hawaii" Killing the Hidden Waters
174 pp. Octavo. [23.5 cm]. Light blue cloth over boards. Dust jacket toned, with small losses at head and tail. Price clipped with one 1.5 cm triangular chip on back cover at top edge. The first work by Charles Bowden, exploring drought culture and what it means to be a people motivated by the need to mine for water. La Céramique en France de l’Exposition des Arts décoratifs aux années d’après-guerre: 1925-1947
195 pp. Quarto. [32 cm]. Burgundy cloth over boards with title stamped in white on front board and spine. Corners and head of spine are bumped. Small chip in cloth at foot of spine. Top board has a [3.5 in] bend along top fore edge. Dust jacket is in good condition only, with one [2 in] closed tear on front of jacket near head of spine. Closed tears throughout and one [4 cm] chip at bottom front edge. Dedicated to Monsieur Marc Le Bot, former chair of the Contemporary and Modern Art History Department at L'université Sorbonne (University of Paris). Chapman’s Encyclopedia: Thousands of Practical Recipes and Procedures on How to Be Self-Sufficient
607pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Brown leatherette over boards. Title stamped in gilt on spine and front board. Mild scuffing to extremities. Rear board lightly scratched. A compilation of recipes and formulas by Ori Edwin (1862-1943), featuring contributions from his descendants. Teaches the reader how to make wine, paper, cosmetics and enamel--among hundreds of other recipes and instructional guides. Also features information on how to cure ailments, work with various metals and chemicals, and even how to teach a parrot to speak or detect a counterfeit Bank of England note. Scarce. Trading Post Guidebook: Where to Find the Trading Posts, Galleries, Auctions, Artists, and Museums of the Four Corners Region
SIGNED. 241pp. Square octavo [21x23cm]. Black leatherette over boards; title stamped in gilt on spine. In a matching slipcase. Glossy, heavily illustrated pages. Both a guidebook and a history of Navajo Nation and the Four Corners region. Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
582pp. Large octavo [24 cm] 1/4 black cloth spine with black paper covered boards, and the title stamped in copper on the spine. Map endsheets. Remainder mark to foot of the text block. The rear board is a little warped and the edges of the boards are subtly faded. In the dust jacket, with rubbing to the surface, and two small tears to the edges, backed with tape. Reisner's seminal work on water use in the American West is even more relevant and compelling today, when the Colorado River no longer reaches the ocean, and crucial water supplies like groundwater are both dwindling and mostly unregulated. The Potter’s House (with publisher’s prospectus laid in)
75pp. Octavo [25 cm] Gray cloth with gilt stamped title on backstrip. With very minor toning to the boards at the extremities, along with subtle darkening to the pages. A very attractive copy. First and only printing. Stegner's third printed work. Limited to an edition of 490 copies, this has become one of Stegner's most difficult books to find. Stegner's influence on American writers is enormous. An uncommon title from the "Dean of Western Writers". Colberg A3. First edition. One in an edition limited to 490. Men of Affairs in The State of Utah: A Newspaper Reference Work
394pp. Narrow quarto [32 cm] Limp suede yapp binding with the title stamped in gilt on the front cover. Minor tears to the suede at the ends of the backstrip. Internally clean. Flake 5336. Short biographies with photographs of the leading men of the day. Flake/Draper 5336. Edward Abbey: An Interview at Pack Creek Ranch
Abbey, Edward; Lyman Hafen; Milo McCowan 37pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] 1/2 black cloth over boards. Front board is bound in illustrated paper, and there is a small paper label on spine. Head of front board is a touch yellowed. Included is the publisher's original packaging for this particular copy, which notes, "This is copy A. Publisher's copy. Never for sale." Spencer Maxwell, the publisher, has additionally handwritten "Editor's copy for Sally Armstrong, Editor. With thanks and love for a perfect job" on the limitation page. In an edition of 26 handbound, lettered copies. A long interview with Edward Abbey in 1986, during his time at Pack Creek Ranch, the home of Ken Sleight (the inspiration for Seldom Seen Smith).