LDS Books-Recent Acquisitions List
Last Updated March 1, 2023
Last Updated March 1, 2023
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. Bean, George Washington & Flora Diana Bean Horne2. Autobiography of George Washington Bean: A Utah Pioneer of 1847 and His Family Records. Utah Printing Co., 1945. 378 pages. 1945 first edition. Near very good condition. Green hardback covers show light wear to the spine edges and corners. Scarce in first edition. An excellent Utah pioneer history. $115.00
3. 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
4. Brittan, Rollin J. Early Days on the Grand River and the Mormon War. Columbia, Missouri: State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, 1920. 111 pages. Signed by the author. Red cloth covers show shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. A clean and tight copy. Good+ condition. This is the scarce 1920 first edition. $75.00
5. 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
6. 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
7. Bushman, John. John Bushman: Utah-Arizona Pioneer, 1843-1926. Provo, Utah: John Bushman Family Association, 1975. 313 pages. Green cloth covers. Some wear to the spine edges and corners. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. A very scarce privately printed history. $150.00
8. Cannon Q, John. LIFE OF CHRISTOPHER LAYTON. Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News Press, 1911. 317 pages. Scarce 1911 first edition. Ex-Library stickers and markings to the book. Maroon hardback covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine and corners. Pencil marks and notations to around 15 text pages. $75.00
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. Gilgen, Grace Emily Lay. Lay-Kenner Family History: William Robert Lay & Emily Phydelia Kenner & Descendants. Privately Printed, 1999. Large glossy blue hardback covers in very good condition. A privately printed Mormon family history. Contains quite a bit of early family history from the Manti and central Utah area. $55.00
14. Godfrey, Kenneth W. Charles Shumway, a Pioneer's Life. Provo, Utah: Privately Printed, 1974. 188 pages. Printed in 1974. Blue cloth covers in very good condition. A scarce pioneer history, which includes early reminiscences of pioneering in Arizona in the 19th-century. $125.00
15. Gove, Jesse (Otis G. Hammond editor). The Utah Expedition, 1857-1858. Letters of Capt. Jesse A. Gove, 10th Inf., USA, of Concord, N.H. to Mrs. Gove, and Special Correspondent of the New York Herald. Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1928. 442 pages. This is one of 50 copies of this book printed on large paper. It is beautifully-preserved, with light wear only to the spine edges and corners. A clean and tight copy. Obviously very scarce in this extremely limited edition. The trade edition was published in smaller scale. $350.00
16. Gunnison, J.W. The Mormons, or, Latter-Day Saints, in The Valley of the Great Salt Lake. A History of Their Rise and Progress. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Company, 1852. 168 pages. 1852 first edition. Dark blue cloth covers show shelf wear to the spine edges, with a few small chips to the cloth at the edges of the spine. The corners are bumped and rubbed, with the top front corner slightly rubbed through. The hinges are sound and the text block is square, with the pages tightly bound. There is scattered foxing throughout the text. Scarce in first edition. $375.00
17. Hafen, Arthur K. Dixie Folklore and Pioneer Memoirs. St. George, Utah: Privately Printed, 1961. 41 pages. 1961 first edition. Signed by the author, with an inscription to a friend. Small softbound covers show some wear and a few rubbed spots. One small stain on the front cover. The pages are clean. $25.00
18. 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
19. Johnson, Annie R.. Heartbeats of Colonia Diaz. Published By the Author, 1972. Some wear and some rubbing to the binding. A clean and tight copy. $215.00
20. 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
21. Leavitt, Vincent L. Mesquite Flats: A History of Virgin Valley. Mesquite Nevada Stake, 1969. Slight shelf wear to the spine and corners. $95.00
22. Marble, Max B. The Marble Family History. Privately Printed, 1991. 261 pages. Black hardback covers show some wear to the spine edges and corners. A couple of dozen pages near the end of the book have some waviness at the top of the paper from water contact. A scarce, privately printed Utah family history. Contains some good information on 19th-century Ogden, Utah and surrounding area. $35.00
23. Nichols, Murray L. History of the Japan Mission of the LDS Church, 1901-1924. [n.p.]: Privately printed, 1957. 148 pages. The original softbound covers have been bound within a library binding of black buckram. The binding has a library label on the spine. Light wear to the covers. A very scarce, privately printed history. Includes a dozen or so pages of photographs. $125.00
24. Nimer, Linda R. If These Walls Could Talk: The Ira Hinckley and Cove Fort Story. Clovis, California: Privately Printed, 2014. 238 pages. Maroon hardback covers in very good condition. A scarce privately printed book on the history of Cove Fort in South Central Utah. $75.00
25. 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
26. 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
27. 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
28. 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
29. 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
30. 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
31. 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
32. 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
2. Bean, George Washington & Flora Diana Bean Horne2. Autobiography of George Washington Bean: A Utah Pioneer of 1847 and His Family Records. Utah Printing Co., 1945. 378 pages. 1945 first edition. Near very good condition. Green hardback covers show light wear to the spine edges and corners. Scarce in first edition. An excellent Utah pioneer history. $115.00
3. 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
4. Brittan, Rollin J. Early Days on the Grand River and the Mormon War. Columbia, Missouri: State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, 1920. 111 pages. Signed by the author. Red cloth covers show shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. A clean and tight copy. Good+ condition. This is the scarce 1920 first edition. $75.00
5. 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
6. 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
7. Bushman, John. John Bushman: Utah-Arizona Pioneer, 1843-1926. Provo, Utah: John Bushman Family Association, 1975. 313 pages. Green cloth covers. Some wear to the spine edges and corners. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. A very scarce privately printed history. $150.00
8. Cannon Q, John. LIFE OF CHRISTOPHER LAYTON. Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News Press, 1911. 317 pages. Scarce 1911 first edition. Ex-Library stickers and markings to the book. Maroon hardback covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine and corners. Pencil marks and notations to around 15 text pages. $75.00
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. Gilgen, Grace Emily Lay. Lay-Kenner Family History: William Robert Lay & Emily Phydelia Kenner & Descendants. Privately Printed, 1999. Large glossy blue hardback covers in very good condition. A privately printed Mormon family history. Contains quite a bit of early family history from the Manti and central Utah area. $55.00
14. Godfrey, Kenneth W. Charles Shumway, a Pioneer's Life. Provo, Utah: Privately Printed, 1974. 188 pages. Printed in 1974. Blue cloth covers in very good condition. A scarce pioneer history, which includes early reminiscences of pioneering in Arizona in the 19th-century. $125.00
15. Gove, Jesse (Otis G. Hammond editor). The Utah Expedition, 1857-1858. Letters of Capt. Jesse A. Gove, 10th Inf., USA, of Concord, N.H. to Mrs. Gove, and Special Correspondent of the New York Herald. Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1928. 442 pages. This is one of 50 copies of this book printed on large paper. It is beautifully-preserved, with light wear only to the spine edges and corners. A clean and tight copy. Obviously very scarce in this extremely limited edition. The trade edition was published in smaller scale. $350.00
16. Gunnison, J.W. The Mormons, or, Latter-Day Saints, in The Valley of the Great Salt Lake. A History of Their Rise and Progress. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Company, 1852. 168 pages. 1852 first edition. Dark blue cloth covers show shelf wear to the spine edges, with a few small chips to the cloth at the edges of the spine. The corners are bumped and rubbed, with the top front corner slightly rubbed through. The hinges are sound and the text block is square, with the pages tightly bound. There is scattered foxing throughout the text. Scarce in first edition. $375.00
17. Hafen, Arthur K. Dixie Folklore and Pioneer Memoirs. St. George, Utah: Privately Printed, 1961. 41 pages. 1961 first edition. Signed by the author, with an inscription to a friend. Small softbound covers show some wear and a few rubbed spots. One small stain on the front cover. The pages are clean. $25.00
18. 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
19. Johnson, Annie R.. Heartbeats of Colonia Diaz. Published By the Author, 1972. Some wear and some rubbing to the binding. A clean and tight copy. $215.00
20. 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
21. Leavitt, Vincent L. Mesquite Flats: A History of Virgin Valley. Mesquite Nevada Stake, 1969. Slight shelf wear to the spine and corners. $95.00
22. Marble, Max B. The Marble Family History. Privately Printed, 1991. 261 pages. Black hardback covers show some wear to the spine edges and corners. A couple of dozen pages near the end of the book have some waviness at the top of the paper from water contact. A scarce, privately printed Utah family history. Contains some good information on 19th-century Ogden, Utah and surrounding area. $35.00
23. Nichols, Murray L. History of the Japan Mission of the LDS Church, 1901-1924. [n.p.]: Privately printed, 1957. 148 pages. The original softbound covers have been bound within a library binding of black buckram. The binding has a library label on the spine. Light wear to the covers. A very scarce, privately printed history. Includes a dozen or so pages of photographs. $125.00
24. Nimer, Linda R. If These Walls Could Talk: The Ira Hinckley and Cove Fort Story. Clovis, California: Privately Printed, 2014. 238 pages. Maroon hardback covers in very good condition. A scarce privately printed book on the history of Cove Fort in South Central Utah. $75.00
25. 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
26. 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
27. 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
28. 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
29. 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
30. 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
31. 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
32. 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