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Tschanz Rare Books
List 50
Usual terms.
Items Subject to prior sale.
Call, text: 801-641-2874
Or email: [email protected]
to confirm availability.
Domestic shipping: $10
International and overnight shipping billed at cost.
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