LDS Books-Recent Acquisitions List
Last Updated August 23, 2022
Last Updated August 23, 2022
Orrin Schwab Books
Recent Acquisitions
To order, call 800-823-9124 or e-mail orrin.schwab.books@gmail.com
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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. 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
4. Busch, Moritz. Geschichte der Mormonen, Nebst Einer Darstellung Ihres Glaubens und Ihrer Gegenwartigen Socialen und Politischen Verhaltnisse. (History of the Mormons, together with an account of their faith and their present social and political conditions). Leipzig, Germany: Von Ambroius Abel, 1870. 444 pages. First edition. Brown three-quarter cloth o dark brown pebbled the boards. Title and bands are gilt-stamped on the backstrip. Minor fading to the backstrip and the board edges. Flake/Draper 1035. Title in English is "History of the Mormons, Together with an Account of Their Faith and Their Present Social and Political Conditions". A scarce commentary on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints by this Germany social scientist. $125.00
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. Charles Kelly-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
7. Evans, John Henry. Birth of Mormonism in Picture: Scenes and Incidents in Early Church History from Photographs by George E. Anderson. Salt Lake City: Deseret Sunday School Union, 1909. 64 pages. Oblong olive green covers. String-tied binding. There is some wear to the edges of covers, with a couple of small tears. Overall nicely preserved. An important photographic history. George E. Anderson captured many photographic views of significant LDS historical sites before they were permanently altered or disappeared altogether. The accompanying historical text makes this a very nice publication. $95.00
8. Hafner, Arabell Lee. 100 Years on the Muddy. Art City Publishing Co., 1967. Maroon cloth covers show light wear. A clean and tight copy. Scarce history of this Mormon settlement in Nevada. $135.00
9. Leavitt, Vincent L. Mesquite Flats: A History of Virgin Valley. Mesquite Nevada Stake, 1969. Slight shelf wear to the spine and corners. $95.00
10. 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. $250.00
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. Smith, Darrin. Logan Reflections: Photographs Then, Now and In Between. Herald Journal, 2009. Large glossy hardback covers in very good condition. A beautiful book, profusely illustrated with historical photographs of Logan, Utah and the surrounding area. $95.00
15. Smith, Lucy; Anderson, Lavina Fielding & Irene M. Bates. Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2001. 950 pages. Light wear to book and dust jacket. $135.00
16. Smoot, Reed & Harvard S. Heath. In the World: The Diaries of Reed Smoot. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1997. 794 pages. Light wear to the binding. Very good condition. Limited edition of 500 copies. $74.00
17. Talmage, James Edward. The House of the Lord: A Study of Holy Sanctuaries, Ancient and Modern, Including Forty-Six Plates Illustrative of Modern Temples. The Deseret News, 1912. 336 pages. 1912 first edition. The edges and corners show some wear, but overall this is very nicely preserved and near very good condition. A couple of small cracks to the text block, but the binding is tight. The pages are clean and tightly bound. All of the photographic plates are present. A nice first edition of this important doctrinal classic. $150.00
18. 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
Recent Acquisitions
To order, call 800-823-9124 or e-mail orrin.schwab.books@gmail.com
____________________________________________________________________________________
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. 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
4. Busch, Moritz. Geschichte der Mormonen, Nebst Einer Darstellung Ihres Glaubens und Ihrer Gegenwartigen Socialen und Politischen Verhaltnisse. (History of the Mormons, together with an account of their faith and their present social and political conditions). Leipzig, Germany: Von Ambroius Abel, 1870. 444 pages. First edition. Brown three-quarter cloth o dark brown pebbled the boards. Title and bands are gilt-stamped on the backstrip. Minor fading to the backstrip and the board edges. Flake/Draper 1035. Title in English is "History of the Mormons, Together with an Account of Their Faith and Their Present Social and Political Conditions". A scarce commentary on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints by this Germany social scientist. $125.00
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. Charles Kelly-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
7. Evans, John Henry. Birth of Mormonism in Picture: Scenes and Incidents in Early Church History from Photographs by George E. Anderson. Salt Lake City: Deseret Sunday School Union, 1909. 64 pages. Oblong olive green covers. String-tied binding. There is some wear to the edges of covers, with a couple of small tears. Overall nicely preserved. An important photographic history. George E. Anderson captured many photographic views of significant LDS historical sites before they were permanently altered or disappeared altogether. The accompanying historical text makes this a very nice publication. $95.00
8. Hafner, Arabell Lee. 100 Years on the Muddy. Art City Publishing Co., 1967. Maroon cloth covers show light wear. A clean and tight copy. Scarce history of this Mormon settlement in Nevada. $135.00
9. Leavitt, Vincent L. Mesquite Flats: A History of Virgin Valley. Mesquite Nevada Stake, 1969. Slight shelf wear to the spine and corners. $95.00
10. 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. $250.00
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. Smith, Darrin. Logan Reflections: Photographs Then, Now and In Between. Herald Journal, 2009. Large glossy hardback covers in very good condition. A beautiful book, profusely illustrated with historical photographs of Logan, Utah and the surrounding area. $95.00
15. Smith, Lucy; Anderson, Lavina Fielding & Irene M. Bates. Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2001. 950 pages. Light wear to book and dust jacket. $135.00
16. Smoot, Reed & Harvard S. Heath. In the World: The Diaries of Reed Smoot. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1997. 794 pages. Light wear to the binding. Very good condition. Limited edition of 500 copies. $74.00
17. Talmage, James Edward. The House of the Lord: A Study of Holy Sanctuaries, Ancient and Modern, Including Forty-Six Plates Illustrative of Modern Temples. The Deseret News, 1912. 336 pages. 1912 first edition. The edges and corners show some wear, but overall this is very nicely preserved and near very good condition. A couple of small cracks to the text block, but the binding is tight. The pages are clean and tightly bound. All of the photographic plates are present. A nice first edition of this important doctrinal classic. $150.00
18. 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