Books of the West

#36: Smoot Proceedings

2013-09-25T14:14:00.001-06:00

"Proceedings before the Committee on privileges and elections of the United States Senate in the matter of the protests against the right of Hon. Reed Smoot, a senator from the state of Utah, to hold his seat . Jan. 16, 1904-April 13, 1906"

Congressional hearings on whether the US Senate should seat elected senator and LDS apostle Reed Smoot.

According to historian Kathleen Flake:

"The four-year Senate proceeding created a 3,500-page record of testimony by 100 witnesses on every peculiarity of Mormonism, especially its polygamous family structure, ritual worship practices, "secret oaths," open canon, economic communalism, and theocratic politics.[10] The public participated actively in the proceedings. In the Capitol, spectators lined the halls, waiting for limited seats in the committee room, and filled the galleries to hear floor debates. For those who could not see for themselves, journalists and cartoonists depicted each day's admission and outrage. At the height of the hearing, some senators were receiving a thousand letters a day from angry constituents. What remains of these public petitions fills 11 feet of shelf space, the largest such collection in the National Archives."

4 vols. plus index

Complete, but volumes come from two sets.

$200, including US shipping.

#35: Messages of the First Presidency, 6 vols.

2013-09-25T13:57:00.002-06:00

James R. Clark, Messages of the First Presidency, 1966.

All 6 volumes, including the scarce vol. 6. Good condition in slightly chipped dj, with dust jacket covers.

$225, including US shipping.

#34: Irreantum, Mormon Literature Magazine

2011-12-19T21:24:00.002-07:00

Irreantum, a publication of the Association for Mormon Letters. Includes fiction, poetry, reviews.

27 Issues. Complete from vol 1 #1 (March 1999) through vol 8 #2 (2006), plus vol 9 #1 (2007).

$50, including US shipping.

SOLD #33: Journal of Mormon History, Complete run through 2007

2011-12-19T21:01:00.002-07:00

Journal of Mormon History, quarterly publication of the Mormon History Association. Complete run through 2007.

~~$100, including US shipping.~~ SOLD

SOLD #32: Ensign, Almost complete run through 2001

2011-12-19T20:59:00.000-07:00

Ensign, Complete run through 2001, except December '71 and November '72 issues. Most issues are in church-issued magazine binders. Remainder are in magazine shelf racks.

Also includes some very old issues of The Friend (Jan '31, Jan '38, Oct '56, Nov 57) and Improvement Era (Oct '64, June '68, Feb '69, July-Dec '70).

~~$100, including US shipping.~~ SOLD

#31: Sunstone Magazine, Almost complete run

2011-12-19T20:33:00.000-07:00

Sunstone Magazine, complete run through 2005, most issues through 2011. Includes book, "The Best of Mormonism" which was published as issue 156, Oct '09.

$300, including US shipping.

SOLD #30 Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, 40 years complete

2011-09-21T10:02:00.000-06:00

Dialogue is an independent quarterly journal of academically-oriented articles on Mormon culture, sociology, theology, and history; also fiction, poetry, and graphic arts.

Volumes 1-40 complete, Spring 1966 to Winter 2007 (includes duplicates of a few issues).

~~$300, including US shipping.~~ SOLD

#29: Hinckley, Discourses of President Gordon B. Hinckley, vol 2, Church Employee Gift Edition, PRICE REDUCED

2010-03-22T01:43:00.005-06:00

Gordon B. Hinckley, Discourses of President Gordon B. Hinckley, vol 2

2005 Church employee gift edition.

Navy blue leather with raised bands, gilt stamping, ribbon marker. Embossed cameo of Gordon B. Hinckley on front cover. Very good condition in clear dust jacket. Includes gift card, box, and First Presidency letter.

~~$50~~, NOW $40, including US shipping.

#28: Hinckley, Discourses of President Gordon B. Hinckley, vol 1, Church Employee Gift Edition, PRICE REDUCED

2010-03-22T01:30:00.006-06:00

Gordon B. Hinckley, Discourses of President Gordon B. Hinckley, vol 1

2004 Church employee gift edition.

~~$100~~, NOW $75, including US shipping.

SOLD #27: Benson, Sermons and Writings of Ezra Taft Benson, Church Employee Gift Edition

2010-03-22T01:22:00.004-06:00

Ezra Taft Benson, Sermons and Writings of Ezra Taft Benson

2003 Church employee gift edition.

Dark brown leather with raised bands, gilt stamping, ribbon marker. Illustrated cover. Very good condition in clear dust jacket. Includes gift card and First Presidency letter.

~~$20 including US shipping.~~ SOLD

SOLD #26: Hunter, Teachings of Howard W. Hunter, Church Employee Gift Edition

2010-03-22T01:16:00.003-06:00

Howard W. Hunter, Teachings of Howard W. Hunter

2002 Church employee gift edition.

Green leather with raised bands, gilt stamping, ribbon marker. Embossed cameo of Howard W. Hunter on front cover. As new condition in original shrink wrap. Includes gift card and box.

~~$25 including US shipping.~~ SOLD

SOLD #25: Mackintosh, Teachings of George Albert Smith, Church Employee Gift Edition

2010-03-22T01:08:00.003-06:00

Robert and Susan Mackintosh, ed., Teachings of George Albert Smith

2000 Church employee gift edition.

Dark blue leather with raised bands, gilt stamping, ribbon marker. Very good condition in clear dust jacket. Includes gift box and First Presidency letter.

~~$40 including US shipping.~~ SOLD

#24: Snow, Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow, Church Employee Gift Edition, PRICE REDUCED

2010-03-22T00:56:00.006-06:00

Eliza R. Snow, Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow

1999 Church employee gift edition.

Brown leather with gilt lettering and stamping, ribbon marker. As new in original shrink wrap. Includes gift box.

~~$40~~, NOW $30, including US shipping.

#23: Lee, Stand Ye in Holy Places, Church Employee Gift Edition, PRICE REDUCED

2010-03-22T00:41:00.008-06:00

Harold B. Lee, Stand Ye in Holy Places

1995 Church employee gift edition.

Blue leather with raised bands, silver stamping, ribbon marker. Very good condition in clear dust jacket. Includes gift box.

~~$50~~, NOW $40, including US shipping.

#22: McKay, Gospel Ideals, Church Employee Gift Edition, PRICE REDUCED

2010-03-22T00:02:00.007-06:00

David O. McKay, Gospel Ideals

1993 Church employee gift edition

Turquoise leather with raised bands, gilt stamping, ribbon marker. Embossed cameo of David O. McKay on front cover. Good condition in clear dust jacket. Some scratches in gilt edges. Ribbon marker is slightly frayed. Includes gift box.

~~$125~~, NOW $80, including US shipping.

#21: Widtsoe, Discourses of Brigham Young, Church Employee Gift Edition, PRICE REDUCED

2010-03-21T23:52:00.005-06:00

John A. Widtsoe, Discourses of Brigham Young

1992 Church employee gift edition.

Black leather with raised bands, gilt stamping, ribbon marker. Embossed cameo of Brigham Young on front cover. Very good condition in clear dust jacket. Cover has two small dents. Includes gift box.

~~$175~~, NOW $125, including US shipping.

#20: Smith, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Church Employee Gift Edition, PRICE REDUCED

2010-03-21T23:44:00.004-06:00

Joseph Fielding Smith, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith

1991 Church employee gift edition.

Gray leather with raised bands, gilt stamping on spine, ribbon marker. Embossed cameo of Joseph Smith on front cover. Fine condition in clear dust jacket. Includes gift box.

~~$175~~, NOW $125, including US shipping.

#19: Smith, Gospel Doctrine, Church Employee Gift Edition, PRICE REDUCED

2010-03-21T23:39:00.004-06:00

Joseph F. Smith, Gospel Doctrine

1990 Church employee gift edition.

Red leather with raised bands, gilt stamping, ribbon marker. Very good condition in clear dust jacket. Includes gift box.

~~$150~~, NOW $100, including US shipping.

#18: Cannon, Life of Joseph Smith the Prophet, Church Employee Gift Edition, PRICE REDUCED

2010-03-21T23:30:00.005-06:00

George Q. Cannon, Life of Joseph Smith the Prophet

1989 Church employee gift edition

Dark blue leather with raised bands, gilt stamping. Embossed cameo portrait of Joseph Smith on front cover. Very good condition in clear dust jacket, however ribbon marker is missing.

~~$400~~, NOW $300, including US shipping.

SOLD #17: Pocket Hymnal, Church Employee Gift Edition

2010-03-21T23:23:00.003-06:00

Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

1987 Church employee gift edition.

Pocket edition in soft brown leather with snap closure, ribbon marker. Very good condition. Includes gift box and First Presidency letter.

~~$125 including US shipping.~~ SOLD

#16: LDS Hymns, Church Employee Gift Edition, PRICE REDUCED

2010-03-21T23:12:00.005-06:00

Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

1985 Church employee gift edition.

Black leather with silver stamping, raised bands, ribbon marker. Very good condition in clear dust jacket. Includes original gift box, damaged.

~~$75~~, NOW $50, including US shipping.

SOLD #15: Talmage, Jesus the Christ, Church Employee Gift

2010-03-21T22:58:00.005-06:00

James E. Talmage, Jesus The Christ

1983 LDS Church Employee Gift Edition

Soft brown leather with raised bands, gilt lettering, ribbon marker. Very good condition in clear dust jacket. Leather is clean, gilt edges bright. Two pages have a few inconspicuous markings in orange highlighter (see photo below).

~~$100 including US shipping.~~ SOLD

#14: The First Mormon Book, PRICE REDUCED

2010-02-24T22:34:00.004-07:00

The First Mormon Book: A Celebration of the 1830 Book of Mormon with an Original Leaf, Benchmark Books in Association with Red Butte Press, Salt Lake City, 2000.

27 pages. Includes an essay, "The Publication of the 1830 Book of Mormon," by Peter Crawley, and a foreward by Curt Bench.

Limited edition, #181 of 290. Hardcover bound in flecked blue Japanese bookcloth, with a matching slipcase. Printed letterpress damp on handmade paper from Sicily. Also includes a wood cut engraving of the press used for the first Book of Mormon. Very good to fine condition. Spine and slipcase have darkened slightly, relative to the covers.

Contains an archival preserved original page from the first edition of the Book of Mormon.

The included leaf is page 311/312, Alma 31:10-35. The passage contains the account of Alma's mission to reclaim the apostate Zoramites. It describes their mode of worship, the prayer they recited on the "holy stand," Rameumptom, and tells of their materialism and pride.

~~$1100~~, NOW $900, including US shipping.

#13: Letters from Exile: The Correspondence of Martha Hughes and Angus M. Cannon, PRICE REDUCED

2010-02-24T00:24:00.004-07:00

Signature Books, 1989, edited by Constance L. Lieber and John Sillito.

Volume 3 in Signature's Significant Mormon Diaries Series, 286 pages, ISBN 0-941214-77-X.

Limited edition, #117 of 500. Fine condition in clear dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by editor Sillito.

~~$50~~, NOW $40, including US shipping.

SOLD #12: A Ministry of Meetings: The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson

2010-02-24T00:19:00.004-07:00

Signature Books, 1993, edited by Stan Larson.

Volume 6 in Signature's Significant Mormon Diaries series, 803 pages, ISBN 0-941214-96-6.

Limited edition, #263 of 500. Fine condition in clear dust jacket. Signed by editor Larson.

~~$100, including US shipping.~~ SOLD