LDS Books-Recent Acquisitions List
Last Updated March 18, 20234
Last Updated March 18, 20234
1. Barnum, Roberta Blake. St. George, Utah Original Pioneers: Histories & Pictures. B. F. Blake Organization, 1999. 702 pages. Large red hardback covers show slight wear to the edges and corners. With numerous photographs and biographies throughout. A rare publication. $250.00
2. Bradshaw, Jeffrey M. In God's Image and Likeness: Ancient and Modern Perspectives on the Book of Moses. Salt Lake City: Eborn Publishing LLC., 2009. 1102 pages. Slight shelf wear to the binding. The dust jacket has a small tear at the top of the spine, but is in otherwise very good condition. A beautiful and comprehensive book. $208.00
3. Brooks, Juanita. John Doyle Lee: Zealot, Pioneer Builder, Scapegoat. Glendale, California: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1961. 404 pages. This is the true first edition, published in 1961 and bound in light blue cloth boards. The edges and corners show some wear and there is darkening to the blue spine and at the board edges, as is common with this book because of the color of the boards. The pages are clean and tightly bound. This first edition was printed in a run of 209 copies. These were never for sale at bookstores, but were given to family and friends. This copy came from the estate of a prominent husband and wife in St. George, Utah. Their ownership inscripgion is dated "St. George, Utah 1962". The first edition has the final three paragraphs deleted from page 376. In the original manuscript the author included the historical fact that John D. Lee's membership blessings had been restored after his execution. These three paragraphs were included in the 1962 edition and subsequent editions of this book. A true rarity. $1200.00
4. Brooks, Juanita. The Life of George Brooks. [n.p.]: Self Published, 1965. 146 pages. Signed by the author to historian Maureen Ursenbach. Light wear to the binding. The dust jacket has some tears and chips to the edges and rubbing to the edges. $170.00
5. Cannon, John Quayle. George Cannon, the immigrant, Isle of Man, 1794-St. Louis, U.S.A., 1844. His ancestry, his life, his native land, his posterity, [The Desert news press], 1927. 211 pages. Red cloth covers show wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. A scarce LDS family history of this LDS apostle, his progenitors and posterity. $150.00
6. Cook, Thomas L. Palmyra and Vicinity. Palmyra, New York: Press of the Palmyra Courier-Journal, 1930. 310 pages. 1930 first edition. Original sturdy blue hardback covers show some shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. Includes interesting historical accounts of Joseph Smith and his family in the Palmyra area. Also a description of the Hill Cumorah, called "Mormon Hill" by the author, who was a long-time resident of Palmyra. Scarce in first edition. $250.00
7. Cornwall, Rebecca F. From Chicken Farm to History: the Life of Leonard Arrington, 1917-1977. . Red hardback covers. There is a repaired tear to the top of the spine. Slight wear to the spine edges and corners. The text is typescript and is clean. A scarce privately printed book. This details the life and work of former LDS Church historian Leonard J. Arrington. $450.00
8. Esshom, Frank. Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah. Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913. 1913 first edition. Original full black leather binding. There is wear and rubbing to the spine edges and the corners, with the corners lightly rubbed through. Small chip to the leather near the top of the front joint. The binding is tight and the pages are clean and complete. Overall a nice, solid copy of this massive LDS historical book. With hundreds of photographs and biographical sketches of Utah pioneers. $575.00
9. George Q. Cannon & Sons Company. World's Fair Ecclesiastical History of Utah. Compiled by Representatives of the Religious Denominations. Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon & Sons Company, 1893. 318 pages. Brown hardback covers. The edges of the spine and corners are rubbed and the corners are slightly bumped. The binding is tight. An interesting look at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and other denominations' exhibits at the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition. $125.00
10. Judson Harold Flower, Jr.. Mormon Colonization of the San Luis Valley, Colorado 1878-1900. H. H. Haynie, 1981. 188 pages. Large glossy yellow softbound covers. There is wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. A very scarce title. $54.00
11. Kelly, Charles-editor. Journals of John D. Lee, 1846-47 and 1859. Salt Lake City: Western Printing Company, 1938. 244 pages. This is the 1938 privately printed first edition. This is one of 250 copies and is also signed by Charles Kelly on the front blank endpage. Green hardback covers show some wear to the spine edges and corners. Slight discoloration to the covers. The bottom corners are slightly rubbed through. $450.00
12. Knecht, William K. & Peter L. Crawley. History of Brigham Young, 1847-1867. Masscal Associates, 1966. Ex-library ink marks on the spine and library ink stamps inside the covers and on the title page. This is the 1966 second printing. Very scarce. Blue hardback buckram covers show wear to the edges. The text is clean and the binding is tight. $275.00
13. Lambourne, Alfred. The Pioneer Trail. Illustrated by the author. Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1913. Slight wear & a some soiled spots to to spine & covers. The binding is tight. A scarce title. Illustrated by the author, who was an important and influential pioneer Utah artist. $95.00
14. Lundwall, N. B. -compiler. Wonders of the Universe: or a Compilation of the Astronomical Writings of Orson Pratt. Salt Lake City: Nels B. Lundwall, 1937. 339 pages. Slight shelf wear to the spine edges and the corners. Some fading to the gold title on the spine. A clean and tight copy. Orson Pratt was an accomplished scientist and wrote extensively on the topics of astronomy and phyics. $55.00
15. Lyman, Edward & Susan Ward Payne & S. George Ellsworth. No Place To Call Home: The 1807-1857 Life Writings of Caroline Barnes Crosby, Chronicler of Outlying Mormon Communities. Utah State University Press, 2005. 584 pages. Slight shelf wear, else VG in slightly worn dust jacket. $64.00
16. Minert, Roger P.. Under the Gun, West German and Austrian Saints during World War II. Deseret Book Company, 2011. 528 pages. Slight shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has some wear to the edges. $54.00
17. Montague, Terry Bohle. "...MINE ANGELS ROUND ABOUT": MORMON MISSIONARY EVACUATION FROM WESTERN GERMANY, 1939. Murray, UT: Roylance Publishing, 1984. 148 pages. Glossy softbound covers in very good condition. $54.00
18. Nielson, Roger. Roll Call at Old Camp Floyd, Utah Territory. Roger Nielson, 2006. Glossy softbound covers in very good condition. $95.00
19. Peter Maughan Family Organization. Peter Maughan Family History. Logan, Utah: Unique Printing Service, 1971. 202 pages. Slight shelf wear to the edges and corners. A very scarce Cache Valley history. Peter Maughan was the co-founder of the first settlement in Cache Valley in 1856 in present-day Mendon. $125.00
20. Ravsten, Bennie Joseph. History of Clarkston: The Granary of Cache Valley, 1864-1964. N.p.: Privately printed, 1966. 486 pages. Maroon hardback covers. Some shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. A rare, privately-printed Cache Valley town history. I've long considered this book to be the most difficult Cache Valley town history to locate. $200.00
21. Remy, Jules and Brenchley, Julius. A Journey to Great Salt Lake City. With a Sketch of the History, Religion, and Customs of the Mormons, and an Introduction on the Religious Movement in the United States. Complete set of two volumes. London: W. Jeffs, 1861. Complete set of two volumes. Rebound in brown buckram. There is wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners of the rebinding. Some light foxing to some of the pages. Some of the illustrated plates have abstaining at the edges, which looks to have been the condition they were in when the book was bound. This was a landmark publication of the time, chronicling the establishment and development of the Salt Lake Valley and with a detailed sociological and historical look at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. $250.00
22. Remy, Jules and Brenchley, Julius. A Journey to Great Salt Lake City. With a Sketch of the History, Religion, and Customs of the Mormons, and an Introduction on the Religious Movement in the United States. Complete set of two volumes. London: W. Jeffs, 1861. 1861 first edition in English after the French edition. Complete set of two volumes. Both volumes have been re-cased, with the original spine laid over. There is wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners, with the corners worn through. Volume 1 has discolored and faded spots on the front cover and the front cover is bowed outward a bit. The text blocks on both volumes are tight and the pages are clean and complete. The plates and map are present and in very good condition. A significant imprint in Mormon history. $300.00
23. Roberts, B.H. Succession in the Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Salt Lake: George Q. Cannon & Sons, 1900. 162 pages. Bound in full leather with gold title on front cover. Second edition. Some shelf wear to the spine and the corners. Spine edges slightly faded and rubbed. A few small scuffs to the binding. A clean and tight copy. Very scarce in leather. $75.00
24. Shipp, Ellis Reynolds. The Early Autobiography and Diary of Dr. Ellis R. Shipp. Desert News Press, 1962. 236 pages. Glossy softbound covers show quite a bit of wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Some creases to the edges of the covers. There is a small tear to the bottom of the front cover and joint. It's good history of this pioneering Utah woman doctor. A scarce publication. $75.00
25. Sloan, Robert W.. Utah Gazetteer and Directory for 1884. Logan,Ogden, Provo and Salt Lake Cities. Salt Lake City: Herald Printing and Publishing Company, 1884. 634 pages. Black cloth covers show heavy wear to the edges and corners. Most of the edges are rubbed through. The spine is faded and has an old library ink mark at the bottom of the spine. The text block is sound and the pages are complete and tightly bound. Slight browning to the edges of the pages. A scarce early Northern Utah directory $100.00
26. Sorenson, Emma Baker. Simon Baker and His Descendants. Provo, Utah: Privately Printed, 1964. 952 pages. Black cloth binding shows light wear to the edges. A few of the pages have slight wrinkling at the edges, but this is not a serious defect. Good LDS family history. $150.00
27. Virgina Hatch Romney & Richard O. Cowan. The Colonia Juarez Temple: A Prophet's Inspiration. Millennial Press, 2009. Very good condition, both book and dust jacket. $75.00
28. Welling, Gale. Fielding: The People and the Events That Affected Their Lives. Logan, Utah: Privately printed, 1992. 327 pages. Maroon hardback covers in very good condition. $95.00
29. Westover, Adele B. Unflinching Courage. (History of Joseph City, Arizona). [n.p.]: Privately Printed, ca. 1950's. Slight shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. A rare history of Joseph City, Arizona. Very scarce history of Joseph City, Arizona, a Mormon-settled region. Includes genealogies and family histories for many of the pioneer families of Joseph City. $225.00
30. Whittaker, Joyce Wittwer. History of Santa Clara, Utah: a Blossom in the Desert. Santa Clara, Utah: Santa Clara Historical Society, 2003. 572 pages. Signed by the author. Large green hardback covers in very good condition. $125.00
31. Williams, Frederick G.. The Life of Dr. Frederick G Williams: Counselor to the Prophet Joseph Smith. Provo, Utah: BYU Studies, 2012. 834 pages. Blue hardback covers in very good condition. A very scarce biography. $150.00
32. Woodward, Zelma Kunz. History of William Woodward, 1833-1908. 1970. Brown hardback covers in very good condition. An excellent history, privately printed. The author was an early Settler of Franklin, Idaho there is much on early Cache Valley history in the book. $75.00
33. Wyler, Wanda Ricks. Thomas E. Ricks, Colonizer and Founder. Sacramento, California: Privately Printed, 1989. 250 pages. Second edition. Light wear to the edges of the spine and corner, else very good condition. A very scarce privately printed history. The town of Rexburg, Idaho and Ricks College were names after Thomas E. Ricks. $98.00
2. Bradshaw, Jeffrey M. In God's Image and Likeness: Ancient and Modern Perspectives on the Book of Moses. Salt Lake City: Eborn Publishing LLC., 2009. 1102 pages. Slight shelf wear to the binding. The dust jacket has a small tear at the top of the spine, but is in otherwise very good condition. A beautiful and comprehensive book. $208.00
3. Brooks, Juanita. John Doyle Lee: Zealot, Pioneer Builder, Scapegoat. Glendale, California: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1961. 404 pages. This is the true first edition, published in 1961 and bound in light blue cloth boards. The edges and corners show some wear and there is darkening to the blue spine and at the board edges, as is common with this book because of the color of the boards. The pages are clean and tightly bound. This first edition was printed in a run of 209 copies. These were never for sale at bookstores, but were given to family and friends. This copy came from the estate of a prominent husband and wife in St. George, Utah. Their ownership inscripgion is dated "St. George, Utah 1962". The first edition has the final three paragraphs deleted from page 376. In the original manuscript the author included the historical fact that John D. Lee's membership blessings had been restored after his execution. These three paragraphs were included in the 1962 edition and subsequent editions of this book. A true rarity. $1200.00
4. Brooks, Juanita. The Life of George Brooks. [n.p.]: Self Published, 1965. 146 pages. Signed by the author to historian Maureen Ursenbach. Light wear to the binding. The dust jacket has some tears and chips to the edges and rubbing to the edges. $170.00
5. Cannon, John Quayle. George Cannon, the immigrant, Isle of Man, 1794-St. Louis, U.S.A., 1844. His ancestry, his life, his native land, his posterity, [The Desert news press], 1927. 211 pages. Red cloth covers show wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. A scarce LDS family history of this LDS apostle, his progenitors and posterity. $150.00
6. Cook, Thomas L. Palmyra and Vicinity. Palmyra, New York: Press of the Palmyra Courier-Journal, 1930. 310 pages. 1930 first edition. Original sturdy blue hardback covers show some shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. Includes interesting historical accounts of Joseph Smith and his family in the Palmyra area. Also a description of the Hill Cumorah, called "Mormon Hill" by the author, who was a long-time resident of Palmyra. Scarce in first edition. $250.00
7. Cornwall, Rebecca F. From Chicken Farm to History: the Life of Leonard Arrington, 1917-1977. . Red hardback covers. There is a repaired tear to the top of the spine. Slight wear to the spine edges and corners. The text is typescript and is clean. A scarce privately printed book. This details the life and work of former LDS Church historian Leonard J. Arrington. $450.00
8. Esshom, Frank. Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah. Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913. 1913 first edition. Original full black leather binding. There is wear and rubbing to the spine edges and the corners, with the corners lightly rubbed through. Small chip to the leather near the top of the front joint. The binding is tight and the pages are clean and complete. Overall a nice, solid copy of this massive LDS historical book. With hundreds of photographs and biographical sketches of Utah pioneers. $575.00
9. George Q. Cannon & Sons Company. World's Fair Ecclesiastical History of Utah. Compiled by Representatives of the Religious Denominations. Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon & Sons Company, 1893. 318 pages. Brown hardback covers. The edges of the spine and corners are rubbed and the corners are slightly bumped. The binding is tight. An interesting look at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and other denominations' exhibits at the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition. $125.00
10. Judson Harold Flower, Jr.. Mormon Colonization of the San Luis Valley, Colorado 1878-1900. H. H. Haynie, 1981. 188 pages. Large glossy yellow softbound covers. There is wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. A very scarce title. $54.00
11. Kelly, Charles-editor. Journals of John D. Lee, 1846-47 and 1859. Salt Lake City: Western Printing Company, 1938. 244 pages. This is the 1938 privately printed first edition. This is one of 250 copies and is also signed by Charles Kelly on the front blank endpage. Green hardback covers show some wear to the spine edges and corners. Slight discoloration to the covers. The bottom corners are slightly rubbed through. $450.00
12. Knecht, William K. & Peter L. Crawley. History of Brigham Young, 1847-1867. Masscal Associates, 1966. Ex-library ink marks on the spine and library ink stamps inside the covers and on the title page. This is the 1966 second printing. Very scarce. Blue hardback buckram covers show wear to the edges. The text is clean and the binding is tight. $275.00
13. Lambourne, Alfred. The Pioneer Trail. Illustrated by the author. Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1913. Slight wear & a some soiled spots to to spine & covers. The binding is tight. A scarce title. Illustrated by the author, who was an important and influential pioneer Utah artist. $95.00
14. Lundwall, N. B. -compiler. Wonders of the Universe: or a Compilation of the Astronomical Writings of Orson Pratt. Salt Lake City: Nels B. Lundwall, 1937. 339 pages. Slight shelf wear to the spine edges and the corners. Some fading to the gold title on the spine. A clean and tight copy. Orson Pratt was an accomplished scientist and wrote extensively on the topics of astronomy and phyics. $55.00
15. Lyman, Edward & Susan Ward Payne & S. George Ellsworth. No Place To Call Home: The 1807-1857 Life Writings of Caroline Barnes Crosby, Chronicler of Outlying Mormon Communities. Utah State University Press, 2005. 584 pages. Slight shelf wear, else VG in slightly worn dust jacket. $64.00
16. Minert, Roger P.. Under the Gun, West German and Austrian Saints during World War II. Deseret Book Company, 2011. 528 pages. Slight shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has some wear to the edges. $54.00
17. Montague, Terry Bohle. "...MINE ANGELS ROUND ABOUT": MORMON MISSIONARY EVACUATION FROM WESTERN GERMANY, 1939. Murray, UT: Roylance Publishing, 1984. 148 pages. Glossy softbound covers in very good condition. $54.00
18. Nielson, Roger. Roll Call at Old Camp Floyd, Utah Territory. Roger Nielson, 2006. Glossy softbound covers in very good condition. $95.00
19. Peter Maughan Family Organization. Peter Maughan Family History. Logan, Utah: Unique Printing Service, 1971. 202 pages. Slight shelf wear to the edges and corners. A very scarce Cache Valley history. Peter Maughan was the co-founder of the first settlement in Cache Valley in 1856 in present-day Mendon. $125.00
20. Ravsten, Bennie Joseph. History of Clarkston: The Granary of Cache Valley, 1864-1964. N.p.: Privately printed, 1966. 486 pages. Maroon hardback covers. Some shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. A rare, privately-printed Cache Valley town history. I've long considered this book to be the most difficult Cache Valley town history to locate. $200.00
21. Remy, Jules and Brenchley, Julius. A Journey to Great Salt Lake City. With a Sketch of the History, Religion, and Customs of the Mormons, and an Introduction on the Religious Movement in the United States. Complete set of two volumes. London: W. Jeffs, 1861. Complete set of two volumes. Rebound in brown buckram. There is wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners of the rebinding. Some light foxing to some of the pages. Some of the illustrated plates have abstaining at the edges, which looks to have been the condition they were in when the book was bound. This was a landmark publication of the time, chronicling the establishment and development of the Salt Lake Valley and with a detailed sociological and historical look at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. $250.00
22. Remy, Jules and Brenchley, Julius. A Journey to Great Salt Lake City. With a Sketch of the History, Religion, and Customs of the Mormons, and an Introduction on the Religious Movement in the United States. Complete set of two volumes. London: W. Jeffs, 1861. 1861 first edition in English after the French edition. Complete set of two volumes. Both volumes have been re-cased, with the original spine laid over. There is wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners, with the corners worn through. Volume 1 has discolored and faded spots on the front cover and the front cover is bowed outward a bit. The text blocks on both volumes are tight and the pages are clean and complete. The plates and map are present and in very good condition. A significant imprint in Mormon history. $300.00
23. Roberts, B.H. Succession in the Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Salt Lake: George Q. Cannon & Sons, 1900. 162 pages. Bound in full leather with gold title on front cover. Second edition. Some shelf wear to the spine and the corners. Spine edges slightly faded and rubbed. A few small scuffs to the binding. A clean and tight copy. Very scarce in leather. $75.00
24. Shipp, Ellis Reynolds. The Early Autobiography and Diary of Dr. Ellis R. Shipp. Desert News Press, 1962. 236 pages. Glossy softbound covers show quite a bit of wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Some creases to the edges of the covers. There is a small tear to the bottom of the front cover and joint. It's good history of this pioneering Utah woman doctor. A scarce publication. $75.00
25. Sloan, Robert W.. Utah Gazetteer and Directory for 1884. Logan,Ogden, Provo and Salt Lake Cities. Salt Lake City: Herald Printing and Publishing Company, 1884. 634 pages. Black cloth covers show heavy wear to the edges and corners. Most of the edges are rubbed through. The spine is faded and has an old library ink mark at the bottom of the spine. The text block is sound and the pages are complete and tightly bound. Slight browning to the edges of the pages. A scarce early Northern Utah directory $100.00
26. Sorenson, Emma Baker. Simon Baker and His Descendants. Provo, Utah: Privately Printed, 1964. 952 pages. Black cloth binding shows light wear to the edges. A few of the pages have slight wrinkling at the edges, but this is not a serious defect. Good LDS family history. $150.00
27. Virgina Hatch Romney & Richard O. Cowan. The Colonia Juarez Temple: A Prophet's Inspiration. Millennial Press, 2009. Very good condition, both book and dust jacket. $75.00
28. Welling, Gale. Fielding: The People and the Events That Affected Their Lives. Logan, Utah: Privately printed, 1992. 327 pages. Maroon hardback covers in very good condition. $95.00
29. Westover, Adele B. Unflinching Courage. (History of Joseph City, Arizona). [n.p.]: Privately Printed, ca. 1950's. Slight shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. A rare history of Joseph City, Arizona. Very scarce history of Joseph City, Arizona, a Mormon-settled region. Includes genealogies and family histories for many of the pioneer families of Joseph City. $225.00
30. Whittaker, Joyce Wittwer. History of Santa Clara, Utah: a Blossom in the Desert. Santa Clara, Utah: Santa Clara Historical Society, 2003. 572 pages. Signed by the author. Large green hardback covers in very good condition. $125.00
31. Williams, Frederick G.. The Life of Dr. Frederick G Williams: Counselor to the Prophet Joseph Smith. Provo, Utah: BYU Studies, 2012. 834 pages. Blue hardback covers in very good condition. A very scarce biography. $150.00
32. Woodward, Zelma Kunz. History of William Woodward, 1833-1908. 1970. Brown hardback covers in very good condition. An excellent history, privately printed. The author was an early Settler of Franklin, Idaho there is much on early Cache Valley history in the book. $75.00
33. Wyler, Wanda Ricks. Thomas E. Ricks, Colonizer and Founder. Sacramento, California: Privately Printed, 1989. 250 pages. Second edition. Light wear to the edges of the spine and corner, else very good condition. A very scarce privately printed history. The town of Rexburg, Idaho and Ricks College were names after Thomas E. Ricks. $98.00