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1957 Pioneer Days Rodeo Poster

1- [Utah] [Mormon

Pioneers]. Days of '47

World Championship

Rodeo "King of Them All.".

[Salt Lake City]: [1957]. Five

color poster [56 cm x 36

cm] Overall in near fine

condition. Colors are bright.

Nice illustrated poster for

the long running Days of '47

Rodeo.

"Two of the nation's biggest

stars in the western music

field Eddie Dean and Tex

Williams will head a troupe

of outstanding performers,

at the Days of '47 Rodeo,

scheduled for July 18

through 24 except Sunday

at the state fairgrounds,

according to Lee E. Nielsen,

rodeo chairman. Eddie

Dean and Tex Williams both

have starred in movies,

television, radio and

recordings. Also appearing

will be Louise Duncan,

motion picture and singing

star who has performed at

many of the top rodeos in

the nation, riding and

singing western songs." -

Southeast Independent.

$375

Vaudeville in Spanish Fork

2- [Spanish Fork]. Taylor's

Tent Theatre. [Spanish

Fork]: [1927]. Broadside [29

cm x 19 cm] on a salmon

colored leaf printed in black

ink. Near fine.

Vaudeville broadside for

'Taylor's Tent Theatre' and

featuring "That Funny

Comedian - 'Toby' Everett

Walker."

"Mr. B. Ferris Taylor has a

splendid company of 15

dramatic and vaudeville

artists, and a Tent Theatre

that will accommodate a

thousand" - American Fork

Citizen.

$75

Stegner on the Mormon Trail

3- Stegner, Wallace. The Gathering of Zion: The Story of the Mormon Trail. New York: McGraw-Hill

Book Company, 1964. First Edition. 331pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Purple cloth with silver stamped titles on

the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Minor age toning to spine of price clipped jacket.

Wallace Stegner's work on the great Mormon Trek from Nauvoo to the Great Basin in 1846-1847, and

the steady migration that followed it out of the Platte Valley and across the mountains for the next

quarter century. One of the better received volumes in the 'American Trail Series' Colberg A 17.1.a.

$35

Large Millroy & Hayes Route Map in Contemporary Frame

4- Millroy & Hayes. Route of the Mormon Pioneers from Nauvoo to Great Salt Lake. Salt Lake City:

Millroy & Hayes, 1899. Chromolithograph [35.5 cm x 105 cm] in period (original?) gilt frame [45 cm x 116

cm] with wood backing. Minor wear to the image with a short (3 cm) closed tear at the foot near the

center. Overall bright and nice. This has not been examined out of the frame.

This is the large Millroy & Hayes (not to be confused with the smaller New Wilson Hotel version) and is

uncommon. This is the rarer companion piece to John Hafen’s Pioneer Camp of the Saints’

Captivating map of the Mormon Trail from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Great Salt Lake, with depictions of the

physical features of the countryside, the mountains, rivers, waterfalls, trees, etc. Also, wagons and

trekkers on the trail, Indian encampments, buffalo, and more.

A truly marvelous depiction of one of the great episodes in American history, produced to commemorate

the 50th anniversary of the journey. This detailed image was produced with the aid of Apostle Franklin D.

Richards, the church historian, in 1899. Rare. Graff 3585.

$4,850

The Meeting of the Chiefs

5- Villa, Hernando G. Meeting of the Chiefs. [Chicago]: [Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway],

(c.1949). Color poster [42.5 cm 57.5 cm] in the issued gray wooden frame [52 cm x 67 cm] with brass

name plaque. Image shows some minor age toning. Gentle wear to extremities of the frame. Image has

a brushed clear coat (as issued?).

Evocative railroad poster by Hernando Gonzallo Villa (1881-1951) who painted and illustrated Santa Fe

Railway posters and advertisements beginning in 1929, this image, 'Meeting of the Chiefs' was his last

for the Santa Fe Railway and maybe his best known.

"Headed by the Super Chief and The Chief, the Santa fe great fleet of trains between Chicago and Texas,

it's the Texas Chief. For smooth-riding comfort, friendly hospitality, delicious Fred Harvey meals,

fascinating scenery, travel the Santa Fe - the Chief Way!"

$350

Fred Harvey Co. on the Peoples of the Southwest

6- H[uckel], J[ohn] F[rederick]. First Families of the Southwest. Kansas City, MO: Published by Fred

Harvey, [1913]. First Edition. [66pp] Quarto [29.5 cm] 1/4 brown cloth over light brown boards with a

color illustration on the front board. Gentle wear to the extremities.

Includes 32 lovely full-color, full-page plates. with text on the facing page. Charming work on the native

peoples of the southwest that was published by the Fred Harvey company, the concessionaire for the

Santa Fe Railroad who also ran a string of motels and restaurants from Chicago to southern California

with a focus on the American southwest.

$85

Nice Copy of Madsen’s First Work

7- Madsen, Brigham D. The Bannock of Idaho. Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1958. First Edition. 382pp.

Octavo [22 cm] Gray cloth with the title printed in red on the front board and backstrip. Fine/Fine.

A very nice copy of the renowned historian and academic's first book, with thirteen full-page illustrations

from Maynard Dixon Stewart (LeConte's son) and five full-page black and white illustrations. Nice map

endsheets and pastedowns.

"The story of the Bannack is a tragic tale of broken agreements, diminishing food supplies, and of a

proud and independent people who refused the blandishments of white civilization, preferring to cling to

their old ways." - Brig Madsen

$75

Nice Copy of This Classic Work

8- Gottfredson, Peter. History of Indian Depredations in Utah. Salt Lake City: Skelton Publishing Co.,

1919. First Edition. 352+16pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Blue cloth with titles in white and a shield in red, white

and blue stamped on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Gentle rubbing to corners. Name in ink on

the front free endsheet. The 16 page 'Supplement to History of Indian Depredations' bound in at the

rear. Complete with 34 plates.

Nicer than usually encountered copy of this major work on the Utah Indian Wars.

"A mine of material on the Indian campaigns and massacres. The author writes from a lifetime in the

Utah country, and from pioneer diaries and other original sources." - Eberstadt Flake/Draper 3649 and

3649a. Eberstadt 130: 575. Graff 1599.

$175

J. Rueben on the Constitution

9- Clark, J. Rueben. Stand Fast By Our Constitution. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1962. First

Edition. 214pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Green cloth with the title gilt on the front board and backstrip. '67-69-

105' small in ink on the jacket's front flap otherwise Fine/Fine.

Bright and nice copy of this posthumous political and religious work by the General Authority and former

Ambassador to Mexico.

"As a student of the history of the United States, its Constitution and Government, [Clark] had few, if any

peers. No recess of this vital area escaped his penetrating, exhaustive research. In this field he ranked

with the giants of the Constitutional Convention. His patriotism knew no bounds. He loved his country as

he loved his church." - Marion G. Romney

$40

Fine Copy of Pratt’s Writings

10- Pratt, Parley Parker [Parker Pratt Robison]. Writings of Parley Parker Pratt. One of the First

Missionaries and a Member of the First Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ

of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1952. First Edition. 385pp. Octavo [23.5 cm]

Black pebbled cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and the backstrip. Fine.

Edited and published by his grandson, Parker Pratt Robison. An exceptionally nice copy of this work of

the writings of Parley Pratt, who was hugely influential in early Mormonism with his extensive missionary

work and tracting, but also as a theologian who described in detail - tenets, ideas and dogma of the then

fledgling faith.

$50

Savage Stereo of Temple Drawings

11- Savage, Charles Roscoe. 'Mormon Tabernacle from architect's plan'. Salt Lake City: Pioneer Art

Gallery, (c.1870). Stereoview. Albumen photograph. [8.5 cm x 16 cm]] on a yellow mount [9 cm x 18 cm]

Gentle overall wear. Pioneer Art Gallery backstamp. Manuscript identification in the margin beneath the

image.

Image of an architect's drawing of a completed Salt Lake Temple that was offered for sale more than a

decade before the dedication.

The backstamp reads: “Photographic Scenes in Utah, Arizona, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming Territories,

Views of the Most Interesting Points on the Union Pacific, Central Pacific, and Utah Central Railroads,

Groups of Indians, and Portraits of the Representative Men of Utah, taken by C.R. Savage, Pioneer Art

Gallery, East Temple St. Salt Lake City, Utah."

$100

Rare 1910 Five-Foot Panorama of Salt Lake

12- [Utah Photography]. Salt

Lake City Panorama. Los

Angeles, Ca: West Coast Art

Company, 1910. Large albumen

panorama [23.5 cm x 148.5 cm]

(9" x 58") that has been

professionally washed, and

backed. Some chipping to the

extremities with some damage

and wear to image. Two tape

"repairs" are still present. Some

infilling and general overall wear.

Rare large image of Salt Lake City

showing a large part of the town

at the beginning of the 20th Century. Photograph likely taken from the roof of the Daft [Daynes] Building

and panning east, with the Temple Block at the right side of the image and the City & County Building at

the far left, and Anderson Tower, the original LDS Hospital and the University of Utah visible in the

background. An excellent view that we have not encountered previously.

$575

Unusual Fort Douglas View

13- [Young, J.]. Mormon

Settlement, Utah [Fort

Douglas]. [Denver, CO]:

[Denver & Rio Grande

Western], (c.1885). Cabinet

card [10 cm x 16] on a gray

mount [32 cm x 38 cm] with

the title decorative in red in the

lower right corner.

Image of a flagpole and parade

grounds at Fort Douglas with

the University of Utah's

President's Circle and Red Butte

and Emigration Canyons in the

background.

$300

19th Century View of Mt. Olympus and Cottonwood

14- [Young, J.]. South

Cottonwood Creek, Utah.

[Denver, CO]: [Denver & Rio

Grande Western], (c.1885).

Cabinet card [16 cm x 10]

on a gray mount [32 cm x

38 cm] with the title

decorative in red in the

lower right corner.

Image of a bridge spanning

Big Cottonwood Creek with

Mount Olympus in the

background.

$225

Liberty Cap and National by Haynes

15- [Haynes, Frank Jay]. Liberty

Cap and National Hotel

Yellowstone Park. [St. Paul, MN]:

(c.1885). Large format [16 cm x

21] albumen silver print on a gray

mount [32 cm x 38 cm] with the

title decorative in red in the lower

right corner, and a printed label

on the reverse of the mount at

the foot.

Rare image of the National Hotel

and Liberty Cap formation at

Mammoth Hot Springs.

$300

Early Touring Guide for Route 66

16- [Route 66] [Auto Touring]. Drive US 66: Shortest,

Fastest Year-'round Best Across the Scenic West.

Oklahoma City, OK: Southwestern Stationary and

Bank Supply, Inc. [12pp] Square quarto [23 cm]

Illustrated side stapled wrappers. Small blemish of

white paint at the head of the cover, otherwise

better than very good. Vertical fold at center (as

issued?)

Early promotional piece for Route 66 that is

illustrated with a running map from Santa Monica to

Chicago, that continues page after page and locates

the towns (with elevation for each noted) along the

route with black and white views at the head and

foot of each page showing the sites along the way.

Mileage chart on rear panel.

"U.S. Highway 66 is one of the best known highways

in the United States, certainly in the West. Movies

have been made along it, and books have been written about it." - rear panel.

$40

Racing on the Bonneville Salt Flats

17- [Bonneville Salt

Flats] [Great Salt

Lake]. Fifth Annual

Bonneville National

Speed Trials

(Program). [Tooele,

UT]: Southern

California Timing

Association / Hot

Rod Magazine, 1953.

[10pp] Quarto [28

cm] Side-stapled

mimeographed

wrappers. Good

only. Staining to

covers.

Rare program for the

National Speed trials

at the Bonneville Salt

Flats. The fifth

annual event, co-

sponsored by the

Southern California

Timing Association

(SCTA) and Hot Rod

Magazine. Contents

include a full-page

introduction for

participants and an

8pp. list of entries.

"Since August, 1949

the Bonneville

Nationals have become more and more representative of the nation's fast growing hot rod sport.

Originated for the purpose of providing the finest, safest facilities for speed trials competition, at the

lowest possible cost for the participants, the Bonneville Nationals have thus far proven highly successful."

- from the 'Credits and Contributors' page.

$85

Jack Sears Sketches and Ephemera

18- Sears, Jack. Original sketches and ephemera. [Salt Lake City]: (c. 1963-1964). Two original sketches

and four pieces of related Sears ephemera. Both sketches measure [10.5 cm x 15 cm] and are drawn

with a red pencil. The ephemera consists of: A 1964 Christmas Card [19 cm x 10 cm] printed in blue ink

and containing three nature drawings. An order form [16 cm x 17 cm] from Sears for 'Optimist picture

cards.' An illustrated Sears advertisement (calling sheet) [15.5 cm x 21.5 cm]. A mailing brochure [21 cm

x 27.5 cm] for a group art show that includes Sears (Mahonri Young is another of the included artists)

from the Lamp-post Gallery. All pieces are is nice condition.

Original sketches and ephemera from the beloved Utah artist, Jack Sears (1875-1969). Sears trained

under J.T. Harwood and was a colleague and friend of Mahonri Young, who was a cartoonist for the

Deseret News and S.L. Tribune and a longtime instructor in the University of Utah's art department. Sears

is probably best known for illustrating the classic (at least in Mormon Country) children's book 'Thunder

Cave.'

$165