LDS Books-Recent Acquisitions List
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Orrin Schwab Books
Last updated August 4, 2021
Recent Acquisitions
To order, call 800-823-9124 or e-mail orrin.schwab.books@gmail.com
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1. Beal, Merrill D. Henry Allen Beal and George Washington Bean: Pioneers on the Utah Frontier. Garland, Utah: V.W. Johns, Printing, 1971. 218 pages. Maroon hardback covers in very good condition. A very scarce Utah pioneer history. $95.00
2. 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
3. Draper, Delbert Morley. The Mormon Drapers. Salt Lake City: Delbert M. Draper, 1958. 377 pages. Green covers show shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The pages are clean and tightly text has a dozen or so pages with light underlining in ink, usually only a couple of words or a line. A scarce family history. $210.00
4. 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
5. 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
6. Joseph Smith Jr.. History of the Church. Complete set of 8 volumes. Deseret Book deluxe leatherbound collector set. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2008. Complete set of 8 volumes in fine condition. This is the deluxe leatherbound collector edition published by Deseret Book. Because of weight, international or priority shipping will require extra postage. $350.00
7. 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
8. McConkie, Bruce R.. The Mortal Messiah Series. Collector set in slipcase and nicely bound in imitation leather. Deseret Book, 2010. This is the collector set of 6 volumes bound in brown imitation leather and housed in the publisher's slipcase. Fine condition. Because of weight, international or priority shipping will require extra postage. $285.00
9. Thurston, Morris Ashcroft. Tora Thurston: The History of a Norwegian Pioneer. M. A. Thurston [Distributor], 1996. 421 pages. Blue hardback covers in very good condition. A clean and tight copy. This is a well-researched and well-written biography. Tora Thurston was one of the earliest emigrants from Norrway who joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He experienced the early periods of LDS church history in Nauvoo and crossed the plains in 1850 to Utah. He fathered 19 children,
Last updated August 4, 2021
Recent Acquisitions
To order, call 800-823-9124 or e-mail orrin.schwab.books@gmail.com
____________________________________________________________________________________
1. Beal, Merrill D. Henry Allen Beal and George Washington Bean: Pioneers on the Utah Frontier. Garland, Utah: V.W. Johns, Printing, 1971. 218 pages. Maroon hardback covers in very good condition. A very scarce Utah pioneer history. $95.00
2. 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
3. Draper, Delbert Morley. The Mormon Drapers. Salt Lake City: Delbert M. Draper, 1958. 377 pages. Green covers show shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The pages are clean and tightly text has a dozen or so pages with light underlining in ink, usually only a couple of words or a line. A scarce family history. $210.00
4. 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
5. 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
6. Joseph Smith Jr.. History of the Church. Complete set of 8 volumes. Deseret Book deluxe leatherbound collector set. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2008. Complete set of 8 volumes in fine condition. This is the deluxe leatherbound collector edition published by Deseret Book. Because of weight, international or priority shipping will require extra postage. $350.00
7. 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
8. McConkie, Bruce R.. The Mortal Messiah Series. Collector set in slipcase and nicely bound in imitation leather. Deseret Book, 2010. This is the collector set of 6 volumes bound in brown imitation leather and housed in the publisher's slipcase. Fine condition. Because of weight, international or priority shipping will require extra postage. $285.00
9. Thurston, Morris Ashcroft. Tora Thurston: The History of a Norwegian Pioneer. M. A. Thurston [Distributor], 1996. 421 pages. Blue hardback covers in very good condition. A clean and tight copy. This is a well-researched and well-written biography. Tora Thurston was one of the earliest emigrants from Norrway who joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He experienced the early periods of LDS church history in Nauvoo and crossed the plains in 1850 to Utah. He fathered 19 children,