Search Results: Titles starting with L from Tschanz Rare Books

[Salt Lake City]: [The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], 1940. Single sheet [23.5 cm x 15 cm] printed in black ink. Near fine. Sheet with 25 individual portraits. The First Presidency: Heber J. Grant, David O. McKay, J. Reuben Clark. The Council of the Twelve: Rudger Clawson, Reed Smoot, George Albert Smith, George F. Richards, Joseph Fielding Smith, Stephen L. Richards, Richard R. Lyman, John A. Widtsoe, Joseph F. Merrill, Charles A. Callis, Albert E. Bowen, Sylvester Q. Cannon. The First Council of the Seventy: Rulon S. Wells, Levi Edgar Young, Antoine R. Ivins, Samuel O. Bennion, John H. Taylor, Rufus K. Hardy, Richard L. Evans. The Presiding Bishopric: Marvin O. Ashton, LeGrand Richards, Joseph L. Wirthlin.

Salt Lake City: Technical Quill, 1983. First Edition. [70]pp. Quarto [28 cm] Color illustrated wrappers. Better than very good. Internally unused. Coloring book featuring the Temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Work begins with the Kirtland Temple and continues chronologically to the then uncompleted Johannesburg Temple. Each Temple illustration includes the date of the site dedication, date of the Temple dedication, who dedicated the Temple, and the architect. With the Temple illustrations are maps of the country or state that the Temple is located with some flora, fauna, a map of the state or country that the Temple is located, and if it is located outside of the United States, a flag of the country. Rare survivor that wasn't colored.

[Salt Lake City]: [Bamberger Railroad], 1930. Broadside [28 cm x 21.5 cm] printed in red and green ink on an off-white sheet. Near fine. Promotional advertisement for the Intermountain West's longtime summer destination. "Lagoon - the fun spot of Utah - offers Amusement - clean, safe and wholesome, Gayety, but nothing to offend or demoralize Outdoor swimming in 'Water Fit To Drink' Obliging employees, who serve our guests, No one to leave without desiring to return.

[Salt Lake City, UT]: [Bamberger Railroad], 1930. Letterhead [28 cm x 21 cm] on white stock and printed in black ink at the head. Fine. Letterhead from the longtime amusement park in northern Utah.

[Salt Lake City]: C.R. Savage Photo, 1877. Boudoir cabinet card. Albumen photograph [11 cm x 19 cm] on a tan mount [13.5 cm x 21.5 cm] Nice contrasts. Gentle wear to the corners of the mount. Title in the negative. View of Big Cottonwood's Lake Blanche from the east (Sundial would be over your left shoulder) looking towards where the CCC dam is now, and a destination of countless hikers 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.

Salt Lake City: C.R. Savage Photo, 1877. Boudoir cabinet card. Albumen photograph [11 cm x 19 cm] on a tan mount [13.5 cm x 21.5 cm] Nice contrasts. Minor wear to extremities of the mount. View of Big Cottonwood's Lake Florence which is located near Lake Blanche and beneath Sundial Peak 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.

[Denver]: William H. Jackson & Company, 1882. Cabinet card. Albumen photograph [11 cm x 18 cm] / [4.5" x 7"] unmounted. Title in the negative. Nice contrasts. William Henry Jackson (1843-1942) was one of the most prolific (and maybe the most famous) of Western photographers. During his lengthy career, Jackson photographed numerous views of the West between Nebraska and California, from cliff dwellings to industrial urban centers.

[Salt Lake City]: [C.R. Savage Photo], 1877. Boudoir cabinet card. Albumen photograph [13 cm x 21 cm] on a tan mount [21 cm x 13 cm] Nice contrasts. This appears to be on a large format mount that has been cut in half as ghost lines appear in the image that are likely borders. View of Big Cottonwood's Lake Mary which lies above Brighton and next to Lake Martha and is a popular hiking destination. 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.

[Salt Lake City]: C.R. Savage Photo, 1869. Large format. Albumen photograph [15 cm x 20.5 cm] / [6" x 8"] on an archival mount [20 cm x 25 cm] / [8" x 10"]. Strong contrasts. Nice condition. View of Big Cottonwood's (former) Lake Phoebe that was merged with Lake Mary when they were dammed in 1915. Bishop John Shoup named the lakes. Phoebe and Mary are at the headwaters of Big Cottonwood Creek 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.

[Los Angeles]: Western Airlines International, 1975. Color poster [97 cm x 61 cm] / [38" x 24"] Nice condition with bright colors. Promotional poster from Western Airlines advertising their service to Las Vegas, that features an illustration of a showgirl, a pair of dice, and Eagle-Eye Tim sinking a putt from four feet. Before its merger with Delta Airlines, Western, was the oooonly way to fly. Western Airlines operated between 1926 and 1987 when it merged with Delta Airlines. They began operation as Western Air Express on April 17, 1926, flying between Salt Lake City, Utah, and Los Angeles, California, via Las Vegas, Nevada, as the first commercial air flight to carry United States mail. On May 23, 1926, Western Air Express started carrying passengers. In 1941, they changed their name to Western Airlines. Western Airlines and Delta Airlines merged on April 1, 1987.

Salt Lake City: Latter-day Saints University, 1903. Quarterly Bulletin, Volume 1 - Number 1. 90pp. Octavo [22 cm] Printed gray wrappers. Very good. Top right corner of cover chipped with the head of the wrappers showing mild discoloration. This work offers short descriptions of the University, the staff and the history of the institution and the course offerings for the 1903-1904 academic year.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition. 344pp. Octavo [21 cm] Black cloth with the titles in gilt relief panels on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Near fine. jacket is price-clipped. Signed by the author on the title page. Epic of the California Gold Rush and the author's first book. "This story is not necessarily to be thought of as a long poem, but as a novel to be read with emphasized cadence, preferably aloud." - from the Author's Note.

St. Paul, MN: Great Northern Railway, 1940. Color print [30.5 cm x 23 cm] in nice, bright condition. Near fine. Winhold Reiss (1886-1953) was a painter, illustrator, and interior designer who emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1913, where he taught art for a time at the Art Students' League. In 1919 he traveled to Montana to paint portraits of members of the Blackfeet nation. Reiss depicted his subjects as they were, without the romanticization that many of his fellow artists at the time were using to depict Native Americans. During the summers from 1927 to 1948, Reiss spent in Glacier National Park studying and drawing members of the Blackfeet, these trips were sponsored by the Great Northern Railway, who acquired the majority of these works, and used them in promotional material.

Denver, CO: Denver Litho Co, 1901. Color lithograph map [112 cm x 81] / [44" x 32"] Fine. 'A' condition. Colors are bright. Shows mining claims with survey numbers company groups, gulches, tunnels, range townships and a Leadville plat map. Some mines are colored and an index at the lower left corner lists the mine owners that is keyed to section numbers. Scale is 1200 feet to the inch. "Built on a dreary hill, surrounded by threatening mountains and buffeted by fierce snowstorms, Leadville is an ominous place, stark and cold. But hidden beneath the grime and bilious paint encrusted on the buildings like a patina are the remains of the wildest, gaudiest, most raucous mining camp in Colorado, the most glamorous, glittering silver town in the West. From the time silver was discovered in Leadville in 1875 until the collapse of the silver market in 1893, Leadville fascinated the world with its instant millionaires and villainous ways. It was known as both the wickedest city in the world and the most… Read More

Los Angeles: Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, 1981. First Edition. 30pp. Folio [39 cm] 1/4 vellum over decorative paper boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. Private bookplate on the front pastedown. This edition was limited to 300 numbered copies containing an original leaf on handmade paper from the Letters of St. Jerome, this is copy 29. Historical essay by Jeremy Duquesnay Adams, bibliographical essay by John L. Sharpe III, edited by Bennett Gilbert.

[New York]: Columbia Records, 1978. Single sheet [58.5 cm x 58 cm] white stock printed in color. Nice condition. Promotional poster from Columbia Records for Ramsey Lewis album 'Legacy.' Insets at the lower corners featuring the Lewis albums 'Tequila Mockingbird' & 'Love Notes.'.

Salt Lake City: Student Association of East High School, 1968. 112pp. Sextodecimo [15.5 cm] Spiral bound printed covers. A handful of manuscript notes and scribbles, lacks pages 105/106 and 107/108 otherwise very good. Handbook and directory printed for students that contains a brief history of the school (traditions, mascot, emblems, colors, etc.) which is followed by a directory. Presumed rare. "The Handbook is a key to the interesting phases of school life which give every student opportunity to express himself through service. It is invaluable aid to the new students since it gives information concerning all departments and activities of East High. Students should read this carefully." - p.19.

Salt Lake City: Student Association of East High School, 1966. 143pp. Sextodecimo [15.5 cm] White side-stapled wrappers. A handful of manuscript notes and scribbles, otherwise very good. Handbook and directory printed for students that contains a brief history of the school (traditions, mascot, emblems, colors, etc.) which is followed by a directory. Presumed rare. "You have started another year of high school to continue to establish a record by which you will be known. Your record will be a reliable indicator of what people can expect from your performance as you meet the challenges of living." - from the Principal's Welcome.

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1992. First Edition. 317pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Gray cloth with silver stamped titles on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Discreet remainder mark on the foot of the fore edge near the spine. A compelling autobiography of a Mormon woman is presented in this collection of more than 170 letters written between 1873 and 1971. A plural wife, mother, and colonist, Catharine Cottam Romney wrote from St. George, Utah, and from Mormon settlement in eastern Arizona and northern Mexico. Her letters touch on religion, law, politics, pioneering, economic struggle, birth, death, health, survival on the "underground," loneliness, sisterhood, and motherhood.

American Views, 1910. Stereoview. Silver gelatin photograph [7.5 cm x 13 cm] on a yellow 'American Views - Standard Series' mount [9 cm x 18 cm]. Strong contrasts. Upper left corner of mount show minor damage, otherwise in very good condition. Nice image of a line of nosed-in steamboats in the background and a small crowd with horse drawn carriages in the foreground.