Search Results: Titles starting with E from Tschanz Rare Books

[Salt Lake City]: [Sainsbury & Johnson], 1892. Cabinet card[10.5 cm x 15 cm] gelatin silver print on a dark gray mount [15 cm x 20 cm] with the title in the lower left corner of the image. Gentle rubbing to the corners of the mount with five discolorations near the extremities from tape removal. Image has nice contrasts. Image of Eagle Gate from the south looking up East Temple [State] Street with a Salt Lake Railroad street car and a man standing in the background. Shown is the second iteration of Eagle Gate with the widened base and the new piers labeled 'Eagle Gate.' This photo is not labeled C.E. Johnson, but we believe the title writing of this photograph is a match to other Sainsbury & Johnson images. Charles Ellis Johnson (1857-1926) was a Mormon photographer known for his work both in Utah and around the world. He grew up in St. George, Utah, and gained an interest in botany and theater. While operating a drug store in Salt Lake City, he started dabbling in photography and opened a photo… Read More

Chinook, MT, 1909. Real Photo Post Card [9 cm x 14 cm] Cancel and manuscript message on the reverse. Nice condition. Rare. At the very same time as Charlie Russell was word-painting his way from working cowboy to international fame, another Texas and Montana working cowboy, Charles E. Morris, began recording on photographic plates what Charlie was portraying on canvas. Both presented a way of life that was vanishing with the end of the open range. Charles M. Russell and Charles E. Morris worked the range in the same frontier country of northern Montana. Both rode the range, before capturing it: "Kid Russell" on canvas and in words; "Texas Kid" Morris with his scenes on glass plates and negatives. As the time of the World's Fair in 1904 approached, Charlie Russell urged his friend Charles Morris to travel to St. Louis. This was sound advice, since at the great Lewis and Clark's Centennial Exhibition there, Morris entered the winning photograph "Cowboy on a Bucking Bronco" enhancing his role as an… Read More

Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1997. First Edition. 313pp Octavo [23.5 cm] Dark green cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. A nice copy of this influential work, without the usual fading to the spine. This thoroughly researched examination into occult traditions surrounding Smith, his family, and other founding Mormons cannot be understated. Among the practices no longer a part of Mormonism is the use of divining rods for revelation, astrology to determine the best times to conceive children and plant crops, the study of skull contours to understand personality traits, magic formulae utilized to discover lost property, and the wearing of protective talismans. Ninety-four photographs and illustrations accompany the text.

Salt Lake City: C.R. Savage Photo, 1885. Boudoir cabinet card. Albumen photograph [12.5 cm x 20 cm] unmounted. Some minor wear to the head. Image of Salt Lake City from the Gardo House with State Street in the foreground. Includes the City Hall, St. Mark's School, and the Feramorz Little residence. Poplar trees and vegetation obstruct the view of most other buildings and residences. Charles Roscoe Savage (1832-1909) was an accomplished and prolific photographer who lived successfully within his Salt Lake City community and traveled widely throughout the West taking photographs and befriending other important photographers of his day such as Carleton Watkins, Edward Wilson, Timothy O'Sullivan, Alfred Hart and A.J. Russell. Savage took several of the West's most famous images at the celebration of the joining of the transcontinental railroads at Promontory Point, Utah in 1869. Savage also took the first photographs of what became Zion National Park.

Singapore: The Southeast Asia Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1972. 20pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Lavender stapled wrappers with title printed in gold on the front cover. Near fine. Minor rubbing to the extremities. Profusely illustrated (photos and illustrations) mission newsletter containing news of new and faith-promoting stories by the missionaries and the President of the Southeast Asia Mission. Echo Asia ran for three years (December, 1969 - September, 1972) and was issued monthly. Individual issues are rare.

Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1885. First Edition. 118pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Light blue printed wrappers with the title printed on the backstrip. Near fine. Ink smudge on cover with numbers in ink at foot and head. Covers and contents are bright. The Edmunds Act was part of a string of bills and laws passed by the federal government outlawing polygamy, that would reach an apex with the Edmund Tucker act that was passed in 1887. These laws led to the acceleration of polygamy raids and the incarceration of bigamists. Rare in any condition, likely unheard of in this condition. Flake/Draper 10120.

New York: Edward Eberstadt & Sons, 1954. Catalogs 125-135. 11 catalogs. Octavos [23 cm] Illustrated wrappers. All very good. The Eberstadt's were the most significant dealer in Americana through the mid-twentieth century. Between 1949 and 1953 the Eberstadt's hired Morgan to write descriptions for their catalogs. Since they were authored anonymously it cannot be stated certainly that Morgan was responsible for all the entries, but many longer ones bear his literary style. Saunders 108.

Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002. First Edition. 631pp. Octavo [24 cm] Dark gray cloth with the title stamped on the backstrip. Fine/Fine. Signed D. Michael Quinn / Signature Books bookplate laid in. In this impressive study of the "elder statesman," as reporters labeled Clark, Quinn considers what it meant for a Latter-day Saint to attain such national and international stature. J. Reuben Clark (1871-1961) was an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as well as a prominent attorney and dedicated civil servant (In 1930 Clark was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Mexico) He was a member of the First Presidency for nearly thirty years.

Provo: Grandin Book Company, 2003. First Edition, 1/225. 179pp. Octavo [23 cm] Green cloth with the title stamped in black on the front board and backstrip. Fine. This special edition was limited to 225 signed and numbered copies, this is number 50. Signed by the editor on the limitation page. The life of Eliza Maria Partridge, as expressed through her journal, coincides almost exactly with the restoration and establishment of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Born in 1820, she was ten years old, and the church was eight months old, when four Mormon missionaries called at her father's hat factory to preach their message to him. Her mother, Lydia, accepted the gospel almost immediately, but her father, Edward joined the church only after traveling from Ohio to New York on foot in rough winter weather to visit and be convinced by the Prophet Joseph Smith in person. Between 1830, when her family joined the church, and her death in 1886, she went through every difficulty and persecution… Read More

[Salt Lake City], 1902. Large format. Albumen photograph [15.5 cm x 20.5 cm] on a gray mount [20.5 cm x 25.5 cm] Gentle wear to mount with some minor discoloring to head. View shows faint sunning. View shows a group of nicely dressed men in top hats standing on Salt Lake City's Main Street (below Third South) with a parade float that features antlers and a banner for the 'Elks Eleven O'Clock Toast.' The men are standing in front of Ackerman Printing and a tavern whose signs advertises Salt Lake Brewing's Lager Beer. The Walker Mercantile building is prominent in the background. We believe this image was taken during the Salt Lake City Elks convention in August of 1902. "Yesterday, the opening day of the National convention of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, was great. The weather was delightful, not too warm, and there were clouds enough to temper the rays of the sun. The great parade was a feature that attracted thousands, and the excursus in the Tabernacle filled that immense… Read More

Los Angeles: Empress Theatre, 1914. Four-color poster [106 cm x 36 cm] / [42" x 14"] that has been linen backed [109 cm x 39 cm] / [43" x 15"] Poster is in nice condition and image is bright. Nice vaudeville poster for Sullivan & Considine's Empress Theatre. This show featured 'The Canoe Girls,' a dog pantomime company, Phasma, and other vaudeville acts. The Empress Theatre in Los Angeles was located downtown at 338 South Spring Street. "The headline feature of the new Sullivan and Considine bill opening at the Empress with the usual matinee Monday, will be Joe Maxwell's latest musical comedy, 'The Canoe Girls.' The offering requires the services of 12 people, including a sprightly chorus of eight. The cast is headed by Nina Collins and Bert Gardner. The second feature is Morian's Swiss Canine Pantomime company, which scored a sensation at the Berlin Winter Garden. This company of 40 canine actors offers a pantomime called 'The Spoiled Honeymoon.' Third among the new-comers will be Phasma, the… Read More

Pendleton, OR, 1889. Toned platinum photograph [16 cm x 20 cm] / [6" x 8"] with photographer's backstamp. Inscribed by Moorhouse on the reverse: "To my dearest friend Mrs. Stevens." Matted and housed in an attractive wooden frame [40.5 cm x 48.5 cm] / [16" x 19"]. Nice view of a lodgepole home on a pond. Thomas Leander 'Lee' Moorhouse (1850-1902) photographed the Nez Perce, Umatilla and Cayuse while he was the agent at the Umatilla Reservation in 1889. He was also the Mayor of Pendleton, Oregon and a Deputy Clerk of the Oregon Supreme Court. He was an engineer and clerk during the Bannock War.

[Brooklyn]: [Sackett & Wilhelms Lithographing & Printing Co], 1918. Poster. Two sheets [142 cm x 213.5 cm] / [56" x 84"] Tissue lined with a few small closed tear at the former folds at the left edge. Top half of this large poster. Drawing of Lady Victory holding a flag.

Chicago: Advertising Department Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific R.R., 1925. 52576. Silver gelatin photograph [19 cm x 24 cm] / [7.5" x 9.5"] with the photographer's mark at the lower left. Typed title on the reverse with RR stamp. Nice contrasts. Matted and in a wooden frame [32 cm x 37 cm] / [12.5" x 14.5"]. View of the rear of a roadster as it travels beneath the Gateway Arch at Gallatin. Asahel Curtis (1874-1941) was born in Minnesota in 1874 and migrated to the Puget Sound area in 1888, at age 13. Asahel joined his brother, Edward S. Curtis, in his studio, 1895, learning photography and photo engraving. Edward sent Asahel to the Klondike in 1897 to photograph the gold rush. A dispute with Edward over proper credits on Asahel's lead to a break between the brothers. He began the Asahel Curtis Photo Company in 1920, which he operated until his death. Curtis was an avid climber and outdoors man, whose images of the Pacific Northwest are renowned.

Ogden: Adams Brothers, Photographers, 1890. Boudoir cabinet card. Albumen photograph [18 cm x 11.5 cm] / [7 " x 4.5"] on a cream mount [20 cm x 13 cm] / [8" x 5"] Adams Brothers backstamp. Rubbing to corners of mount with minor age toning. Nice contrasts. Image shows the mouth of Ogden Canyon with a dirt road along the left with a wooden bridge near the center of the image. Adams Brothers' photographs are rare. Charles Jesse Adams (1858-1919) and his brother Willis Adelbert Adams (1854-1932) were raised in Elkhart County, Indiana. As young men then ventured to Nebraska and Colorado, before arriving in Ogden, in the summer of 1883. They operated photography studios in Park City and Ogden from 1885 to 1891. After their photography careers Charles became a successful farmer and fruit grower in Weber County, and Willis A. continued his art career and exhibited his oil paintings throughout the region. His home in Sugarhouse 'Lawnbroke' is now the site of Fairmont Park. "During Messrs. Adams brothers… Read More

Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1988. First Edition. 346pp. Octavo [24 cm] Brown cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Fine/Fine. In the late 1850s, United States president James Buchanan sent 2,000 troops to the desert territory to subdue the reportedly rebellious Mormons. Angry Utahns responded by waging guerrilla warfare and adopting a scorched-earth policy. After the military campaign, Mormon settlers continued to assert their independence in other ways—by refusing to associate with Gentile outsiders, by fixing wholesale and retail prices, and by capitalizing on the homogenous, regimented structure of their community to import half a million immigrants to the new Zion.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1949. First Edition, 1/390. 42pp. Quarto [34 cm] 1/2 gray cloth over salmon colored boards with a printed paper label on the backstrip and gilt stamped device on the front board. Very good. Crown and corners gently bumped and rubbed. Two (different) personal bookplates on the front board. This edition was printed by the Grabhorn Press in a limitation of 390 copies. Three original Estiennes plates tipped in with a biographical sketch by Mark Pattison. Leaf from 'Egregii Patris Ricardi de Superdivina Trinitate' Paris: Henri Estienne, 1910. Leaf from 'Eusebii Pamphili Evangelicae Demonstrationis' Paris: Robert Estienne, 1545. Leaf from 'Dionis Cassii Romanarum Historiarum' Geneva: Henri II Estienne, 1592.

Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1926. 269pp. Octavo [20 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Lower half of jacket's spine missing. Former owner name in ink on the rear free endsheet. Epic poem describing the Mormon Pioneer trek and their settling of the west. Inscribed in the month of publication on the front free endsheet: "Christmas 1926 - Compliments of the author - Alfred Osmond." The rare printed jacket is present. Includes ten full-page illustrations by C. Nelson White. Professor Alfred Osmond a weekly contributor to a Salt Lake newspaper of poems written in the style of Walt Mason, has recently published an epic of the pioneer conquering of the west by the Mormon people, which he calls 'The Exiles.' It is receiving enthusiastic commendation by critics." - The Salt Lake Telegram (2/20/1927). Rare inscribed and in jacket. Flake/Draper 6018.

Orem, UT: S.A. Publishers, 1989. First Edition. 437pp. Quarto [29 cm] Blue grained buckram with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Rare hardcover first edition. Work that attempts to locate the places of the Book of Mormon in Mesoamerica. Profusely illustrated throughout with dozens and dozens of maps.

San Francisco: Printed by John Henry Nash, 1935. First Edition, 1/650. [ii]-xx+[1]-20pp. Quarto [28 cm] 1/4 teal cloth over teal boards with a paper label on the backstrip. In blank teal dust jacket. Near fine/Near fine. Decorative header art by William F. Rauschnabel. This work was printed in a limitation of 650 unnumbered copies. John Henry Nash (1871-1947) was a renowned fine printer who spent the majority of his career in the San Francisco area, founding the Twentieth Century Press with Bruce Brough, which was renamed Tomoye Press when Paul Elder was made a partner. Later Nash founded his own eponymous printing venture, this is where he cemented legacy as one of the great American printers. Later in his life he would teach printing and typography at the University of Oregon.