Search Results: Authors starting with H from Tschanz Rare Books

Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1928. First Edition. 361pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Green cloth with the title and rules gilt stamped on the backstrip. Gilt top edge. Near fine. Fold-out map present. Prospectus laid in. This pioneering study by Hafen, the first book published by the Clark Company for the author, includes topics such as Ocean Mail to the Pacific Coast, Pioneer Monthly Mails to the Inter-Mountain Region, The Butterfield Overland Mail, The Pony Express, The Million Dollar Mail in Operation, etc. Clark & Brunet 124. Howes H11. Paher 751. Flake/Draper 3775.

Manchester, NH: Printed by the Clarke Press, 1947. Pictorial map [76 cm x 54 cm] / [30" x 21"] printed in three colors. Better than very good. A commemorative map funded by the Burlington & Quincey Railroad Company to celebrate the centennial of the Mormon settlement of Salt Lake City and the Great Basin. In addition to showing the route of the Mormon Trail, this map also marks the Mormon Battalion Trail, Pony Express, Santa Fe Trail, Oregon Trail, Lewis & Clark Trail, Old Spanish Trail, and the Mail Trail of Forty-niners. Opened and charted as a wagon road in 1846-47. From Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah by pioneer vanguard under Brigham Young. Followed by thousands of Mormon Pioneers to their new homeland in the ‘Valleys of the Mountains.' This trail - traced first by wild animals, used by Indians, by fur hunters, later blazed as a wagon way over the Wasatch Range by the Donner Party - became a highway for not only covered wagon pioneers, but also the Pony Express, the overland stage,… Read More

Sacramento, CA: State Office, James J. Ayers, 1886. First Editions. 2 volume set. 662, 672pp. Octavos [23 cm] Brown cloth with the titles gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Both volumes about very good. Crown of volume 1 is bumped with a short tear to the head of the front joint. Complete with four fold-out maps at the rear part 2. Part 1 - Irrigation Development: History, Customs, Laws, and Administrative Systems Relating to Irrigation, Water-Courses, and Waters in France, Italy, and Spain. Part 2 - Irrigation in California [Southern]: The Field, Water-Supply, and Works, Organization and Operation in San Diego, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles Counties. William H. Hall (1846-1934) was California's State Engineer when he authored these volumes. The first part concerns irrigation legislation in France, Italy, and Spain. The second part concerns the Southern California counties of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and San Diego. This is the earliest overall survey of California's hydrological… Read More

Orem, UT: Osmond Publishing Company, 1977. First Edition. 93pp. Quarto [26 cm] Orange grained boards with the title printed on the front board and again on the backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Gentle rubbing to the corners of the jacket, with one small chip to the head of the jacket's rear panel. Signed by both the author, Wayne Hamby, and the subject, Donny Osmond, on the front flyleaf. Osmond has also signed a white label that has also been attached to the front flyleaf. In this uncommon, self-published work the author with the help of singing and dancing sensation, Donny Osmond. Attempt to prove the veracity of the events of the Book of Mormon using archeology and the Mesoamerican historical record. "As you read this book, I hope you'll be able to understand my feelings about ancient America and the Book of Mormon." - Donny Osmond.

Concord, NH: Republican Press Association, 1897. First Edition. 180pp. Duodecimo [18.5 cm] Red cloth with the title gilt on the front board and backstrip. Top edge gilt. Very good. Gentle sunning to backstrip. Name in ink on the front pastedown. Memoir of a soldier in the west. Hamilton was part of the Utah Expedition. Flake/Draper 3807. Howes H128.

Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1990. First Edition. 274pp. Octavo [24 cm] Burgundy cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. A previously unpublished journal, Hammer's account is one of the few day-to-day narratives known for the 1844 emigration. He traveled with the first "northsider" train, moving up the Platte on a route which would later be used by one-third of all migrants, including the Mormons. Mattes' Platte River Road Narratives gives a very high rating to this diary for content and style. Rumer's editorial commentary is expansive and thorough. Clark & Brunet 128. Mattes 106.

Berkeley: Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1965. First edition. Keepsake number 13. 119pp. Octavo [25.5 cm] Rust colored cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Signed by Hammond beneath the frontispiece. Contains the Morgan essay GPH. George P. Hammond was director of the Bancroft Library from 1946 to 1965 and was responsible for directing much of the institution's growth, especially in its significant holdings. He was also an historian of California and the Southwest. The book includes essays on various aspects of his professional life and tenure at the Bancroft as well as an annotated bibliography of his published writings. Morgan's contribution was an expansion of his biographical article on Hammond in The Pacific Historian. Saunders 51.

Berkeley, CA: Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1966. First Edition. 118pp. Folio [36 cm] Full green cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. The discovery of gold on the American River, east of Sacramento, on January 24, 1848, caused Stockton to transform from a small settlement to a thriving commercial center, supplying miners heading up to the Sierra foothills. Stockton got its start when Captain Charles M. Weber, a German immigrant, decided to try his hand at gold mining in late 1848 but soon discovered serving the needs of gold-seekers was a more profitable opportunity. He then founded Stockton in 1849 when he purchased over 49,000 acres of land through a Spanish land grant. Saunders 53.

Philadelphia: The American Folklore Society, 1941. 132-164pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Side stapled wrappers. Near fine. From the 'Journal of American Folklore' (Vol.54). Association copy. Inscribed by the author for Dale Morgan. "With kind regards Wayland D. Hand.

[Salt Lake City]: The Deseret News Press, 1923. 32pp. Sextodecimo [18 cm] Gray printed wrappers. About very good. Damp staining to head of covers and textblock. Signed by Heber J. Grant at the foot of printed greeting on the verso of the front free endsheet. Memoir of a man who was maimed in a mining accident and how he overcame this tragedy to become an accomplished scholar and motivational speaker. Heber J. Grant (1856-1945) was the seventh prophet and president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and he held the position the second longest (26 years) behind only Brigham Young (30 years). He was known for guiding the Church through some of its toughest times including the Great Depression and World War II. Flake/Draper 3837.

Los Angeles: Jake Zeitlin: Primavera Press, 1932. Second Edition. 74pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Yellow boards with a paper label on the front board. Good. Minor age toning to boards front board bumped at the fore edge. Internally nice. Bibliography of California titles that contains short lists of important titles by Leslie Bliss, Robert E. Cowan, Henry R. Wagner, and Phil Townsend Hanna. "This pursuit of books, and more pointedly, books on California is, in truth, a consuming passion. It has opened vistas of new worlds, liberally sprinkled with deeds of courage, adventure, fortitude and heroism, to a growing company of readers." - Henry Wagner (p.64).

1970. Single sheet [28 cm x 98 cm] / [11" x 38 1/2"] printed on one side. Four vertical folds as issued. Very good. Map showing the (almost) daily progress of the vanguard company of the Mormon Pioneers, from their Midwest departure in February of 1846 to their arrival in the beautiful Salt Lake Valley in July of 1847. sketches of some of the points along the trail illustrate this map, including a view of Fort Bridger and Fort Laramie. Besides the Mormon Trail, this map also locates the Oregon Trail, the route of the Pony Express, the Handcart Trail, and the Overland Stage.

[Colorado Springs, CO]: A.A. Walling, 1902. Boudoir cabinet card. Albumen photograph [11.5 cm x 19 cm] on a tan mount [12.5 cm x 20 cm] Title in the negative. Walling backstamp with manuscript notation in pencil on reverse: 'Halfway house to pikespeake Colo. July 15, 1902. 3 went to this. Mrs. S.G. Morse'. View of Thomas Palsgrove's 'Half Way House' between Manitou Springs and the summit of Pikes Peak. It started as a cabin in the 1880s, but Palsgrove, kept adding rooms over the years until it became a twenty-two room hotel. Ruxton Park was developed as a town site by Palsgrove and his brothers.

New York: Printed Privately, 1901. First Edition. 88pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Green cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and 'Deseret' gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. Sarah Hollister Harris was the wife of Broughton D. Harris, the first secretary of Utah Territory in 1851. The family, and several other federal officials, fled Utah after disputes with the Mormon community. "The following true story of an experience in my life which pertains to a period when Millard Fillmore was President of the United States, would never have been written but for the urgent request of the younger members of my family, who are so deeply interested in the events which are here portrayed, that they plead with me to write this article, believing that the circumstances which occurred at that time, and which are a part of our country, will be interesting to others as they are to my family circle." - p.[3] Mintz 213. Howe H231. Flake/Draper 3867. Eberstadt 138: 260. Graff 2795. Rare.

Salt Lake City: Tower Theatre, 2017. Pictorial poster [43 cm x 28 cm] 'A' condition. Fine. Signed by Harris at the foot. Poster for the World premiere of the Trent Harris film 'Welcome to the Rubber Room' at Salt Lake's legendary Tower Theatre. "The Rubber Room is more than a hangout for mal­con­tents. It is a state of mind where one still believes that art is more pow­er­ful than money. This is a dan­ger­ous idea when our society is under attack by filthy rich screw bums who buy up everything and turn it into slop. Someone must stand up to these greedy buggers and Alexis Thrill, the world's worst writer, steps forward to lead the charge. - Trent Harris Trent Harris has directed nine feature films and scores of documentaries and experimental pieces. To date he has been honored with retrospectives at: Raindance Film Festival (London), 92 Y Tribeca (New York), BUTT Film Festival (The Netherlands), Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (Salt Lake City), Mar del Plata International Film Festival (Argentina).

[Salt Lake City], 2001. Movie poster [102 cm x 66 cm] 'A' condition. Fine. In a black frame [103 cm x 67 cm]. Movie poster for the theatrical release of the misunderstood masterpiece, The Beaver Trilogy. The Beaver Trilogy is a series of three pieces about the same subject, a young man from the small town of Beaver, Utah who is obsessed with Olivia Newton John. The first piece,"The Beaver Kid" is a documentary about Dick Griffiths (Groovin' Gary) and his Olivia fascination. The second piece, 'Beaver Kid 2' is a drama based on the documentary with Sean Penn playing the part of Dick Griffiths. The third piece,'The Orkly Kid' is yet another dramatic work based on the documentary, this time with Crispin Glover in the lead. Trent Harris has directed nine feature films and scores of documentaries and experimental pieces. To date he has been honored with retrospectives at: Raindance Film Festival (London), 92 Y Tribeca (New York), BUTT Film Festival (The Netherlands), Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (Salt… Read More

Salt Lake City: Tower Theatre, 1991. Pictorial poster [48 cm x 29 cm] 'A' condition. Fine. Signed by Harris at the foot. Poster for a benefit screening of the cinematic masterpiece, Rubin and Ed, at Salt Lake's legendary Tower Theatre in June of 1991. Rubin and Ed tells the story of a Mahler loving shut-in, Rubin Farr, who is forced to make a friend, or lose his records, and a multilevel marketing devotee, Ed Tuttle, looking for a mark. The join forces to bury Rubin's dead frozen cat, Simon, in the Utah desert. "My cat can eat a whole watermelon." Trent Harris has directed nine feature films and scores of documentaries and experimental pieces. To date he has been honored with retrospectives at: Raindance Film Festival (London), 92 Y Tribeca (New York), BUTT Film Festival (The Netherlands), Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (Salt Lake City), Mar del Plata International Film Festival (Argentina).

Brooklyn, NY: Spectacle Theater, 2017. Three-color poster [46 cm x 31 cm] 'A' condition. Fine. Signed by Harris at the foot. Poster for a run of showings of the cinematic masterpiece, Rubin and Ed, at Brooklyn's Spectacle Theater in January of 2017. Rubin and Ed tells the story of a Mahler loving shut-in, Rubin Farr, who is forced to make a friend, or lose his records, and a multilevel marketing devotee, Ed Tuttle, looking for a mark. They join forces to bury Rubin's dead frozen cat, Simon, in the Utah desert. "My cat can eat a whole watermelon." Trent Harris has directed nine feature films and scores of documentaries and experimental pieces. To date he has been honored with retrospectives at: Raindance Film Festival (London), 92 Y Tribeca (New York), BUTT Film Festival (The Netherlands), Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (Salt Lake City), Mar del Plata International Film Festival (Argentina).

[Timbuktu], 1998. Four yellow sheets [28 cm x 22 cm] / [11" x 8.5"] with three punched holes at left margin. Manuscript notes and drawings to rectos. A group of notes and doodles from the artist and director, Trent Harris, when he travelled through Timbuktu during January of 1998. "there is a club in Tmbuktu with Disco Ball + Walls of Blue It costs a buck to go inside you cannot dance - I know - I tried - you can sit down + buy a Coke Or-buy-a beer you best forget their dads will fill you with regret. For Muslimmen they all be mess with them they will see your ASS in Jail without a key heed my words, It Hapt to Me." Trent Harris has directed nine feature films and scores of documentaries and experimental pieces. To date he has been honored with retrospectives at: Raindance Film Festival (London), 92 Y Tribeca (New York), BUTT Film Festival (The Netherlands), Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (Salt Lake City), Mar del Plata International Film Festival (Argentina).

[Salt Lake City], 2019. First edition, 1/10. [34]pp. Oblong octavo [21 cm x 28 cm] Purple boards with the title on the front board. Fine. This edition was limited to ten numbered copies, this is copy #8. Signed and numbered by Harris on the title-page. A blu-ray of Luna Mesa is included (which is also signed). This work contains 53 color reproductions of Harris' illustrated notebook pages and illustrated postcards that became the basis for his experimental film, 'Luna Mesa.' "Luna Mesa: Notebook pages created by Trent Harris in bars and hotel rooms in faraway lands. They were used as source material for Harris' abstract film, 'Luna Mesa.' Also included are postcards, ones Harris sent to himself." - Title-page. Trent Harris has directed nine feature films and scores of documentaries and experimental pieces. To date he has been honored with retrospectives at: Raindance Film Festival (London), 92 Y Tribeca (New York), BUTT Film Festival (The Netherlands), Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (Salt Lake… Read More