Search Results: Authors starting with S from PIERIAN SPRING BOOKS

Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A.: Triquarterly Books, Northwestern University Press, 2004. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Finalist for the the 2004 National Book Award. Highly praised, but little-know first novel. Schutt's first book was a critically acclaimed book of stories. As with many university press books, this book reportedly had a very small first printing which is sold out. DJ is new except for on small quarter inch closed tear at the bottom near spine that is not noticeable through the archival mylar protector except upon the closest of inspections. NO remainder marks, NOT price clipped, NEVER read. Carefully wrapped in both white plain paper and bubble wrap to PREVENT shipping damage.

Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A.: Triquarterly Books, Northwestern University Press, 2004. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Finalist for the the 2004 National Book Award. Highly praised, but little-know first novel (reportedly only 150 copies were sold prior to nomination). Schutt's first book was a critically acclaimed book of stories. As with many university press books, this book reportedly had a very small first printing which is sold out. DJ in archival mylar Brodart protector. NO remainder marks, NOT price clipped, NO bumped corners, NEVER read. Carefully wrapped in both white plain paper and bubble wrap to PREVENT shipping damage.

Logan, UT, U.S.A.: Utah State University Press, 2001. First Edition, First Printing . Original Wraps. As New. vi, 34 pages. Illustrations, endnotes. Lecture 7 in this prestigious series on Mormon History. A wonderful account of Shipps' introduction to Mormonism. Includes an Appendix titled: "A Few Additional Cultural Signifiers," a 2-page list that describes such things as "Postum Tables" and conversations about "callings." NOTE: I have a few sets of the entire series available for sale. Two of the lectures are out-of-print and a third will be soon.

Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.: Signature Books, Incorporated, 2002. Leather Edition . Full-Leather. As New/None Issued. Burgundy full grained leather edition with raised bands and gold foil lettering on spine. Deluxe endpapers and headbands. ONE OF ONLY 17 BURGANDY LEATHER COPIES OF A TOTAL 50 FULL LEATHER HARDCOVER COPIES. This is the ONLY hardcover edition of this important collection of biographies on Mormon dissenters. Carefully wrapped in both white plain paper and bubble wrap to PREVENT shipping damage.

Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.: Signature Books, Incorporated, 2002. Leather Edition . Full-Leather. As New/None Issued. Dark brown full grained leather edition with raised bands and gold foil lettering on spine. Deluxe endpapers and headbands. ONE OF ONLY 50 HARDCOVER COPIES, 33 of which are in this dark brown leather. Because this is the only hardcover edition of this book, many of these copies were sold to libraries, making this edition scarce for the collector's market. Carefully wrapped in both white plain paper and bubble wrap to PREVENT shipping damage.

Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.: Signature Books, Incorporated, 1996. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. As New/As New. Still in publisher's shrink-wrap. OUT-OF-PRINT. Interesting history of the conflict between religious freedom and civil rights in Utah, the United States' most charged political environment.

Logan, UT, U.S.A.: Utah State University Press, 1997. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. Fine/Fine in archival Brodart protector. THIS VOLUME OF THE Life Writings of Frontier Women Series has SOLD OUT IN HARDCOVER and is becoming increasingly difficult to find. Winner of the prestigious 1997 Evans Handcart Prize for biography. Patty Session's 1847 Mormon Trail diary has been widely quoted and excerpted, but her complete diaries chronicling the first decades of Mormon settlement at Salt Lake City have never before been published. Carefully packaged to PREVENT shipping damage.

Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.: University of Utah Press, 1995. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. As New/As New. Oversized, This book is one of the most stunning full-color photography books ever published on Utah (or on any region of the United States), The book includes hundreds of full page photographs by award-winning BYU photography professor John Telford and fascinating commentary on Utah by respected publisher and writer Bill Smart. The cost of producing the book far exceeded the $45 retail cost. The first printing was financed by a grants from the Eccles Foundation and USWest that supplemented the university's cost. When it sold out, it appeared there would never be a second printing because of the cost. Fortunately, the 2002 Olympic games in Utah brought another 3rd party financing source to make another printing possible. THIS COPY IS FROM THE HARD TO FIND FIRST PRINTING. This is a new copy--NO remainder marks, NO bumped corners, NOT price clipped, NEVER read. Carefully wrapped in… Read More

Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.: Utah Geographic Series, Incorporated, 1988. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 136 pages. OUT-OF-PRINT amd difficult to find in hardcover. A beautiful oversized with dozens of full color pictures, numerous detailed maps and informative writing on the many pioneer trails in Utah that as the author notes truly made it the "crossroads of the west. Includes chapters on Jedediah Smith, the Escalante Expedition, the Mormon Trail, the Hastings Cutoff, the Hole-in-the-Rock Expedition, the Pony Express, the Old Spanish Trail and the Forty Niners. Carefully wrapped in both white plain paper and bubble wrap to prevent shipping damage.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Doubleday Publishing, 2004. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. As New/As New. DJ in ARCHIVAL MYLAR BRODART PROTECTOR, necessary for a collectible book! NO remainder marks, NO bumped corners, NOT price clipped, NEVER read, NOT a bookclub edition. A beautiful collector's copy! Carefully wrapped in both white plain paper and bubble wrap to PREVENT shipping damage.

London: Severn House, 1982. Exclusive Hardcover Edition . Hardcover. Good/VG. RARE hardcover edition of author's first book. Ex-lib from New Zealand, but dust jacket in near fine condition except for some tape residue near bottom around spine; now in an archival Brodart protector. Book with tape marks on front and back and library stamps on ffep last free endpaper, including "withdrawn" notice on ffep. Some slant to spine. Despite being an ex-lib copy, it is a very attractive copy of this scarce hardcover state.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 2003. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. As New/As New. 399 pages. Literate and honest memoir of growing up in polygamy, by a writer who now follows orthodox Mormonism. DJ in archival mylar Broadart protector. NO remainder marks, NOT clipped, never read. Carefully wrapped in both white plain paper and bubble wrap to PREVENT shipping damage. 20% DISCOUNT off of retail price.

Provo, UT, U.S.A.: Foundation for Ancient Research & Mormon Studies (FARMS), 1998. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. As New/As New. XLIV, 519 pages. 13 essays, chapter endnotes, bibliography, index. Essays include: Carefully wrapped in both white plain paper and bubble wrap to PREVENT shipping damage.

Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.: Signature Books, 2004. First Edition, Second Printing . Trade Paperback. As New. xvi, 270 pages. NEW condition. Softcover trade edition. The author lives in AUSTRALIA and after a short author tour in the US has no current plans to return. As a result, SIGNED copies of this book will be in short supply. A ground-breaking study on the relationship between the Book of Mormon and genetic studies of Native Americans. Carefully wrapped in BOTH plain white paper and bubble wrap and packaged to PREVENT shipping damage.

Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.: Signature Books, 2004. First Edition, First Printing . Trade Paperback. As New. xvi, 270 pages. NEW condition. Softcover trade edition. The author lives in AUSTRALIA and after a short author tour in the US has no current plans to return. As a result, SIGNED copies of this book will be in short supply. A ground-breaking study on the relationship between the Book of Mormon and genetic studies of Native Americans. Carefully wrapped and packaged to PREVENT shipping damage.

Provo, UT, U.S.A.: BYU Religious Studies Center, 1997. Only Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. xxxii, 125 pages. DJ in archival mylar Broadart protector. NO MARKINGS, not price clipped, never read. Volume 11 of the Religious Studies Center Religious Studies Specialized Monograph Series Once this book went out-of-print, it quickly became difficult to find. Carefully prepared and packaged to PREVENT shipping damage.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperTrade, 2003. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. As New/As New. Nominated for the 2003 National Book Award. Over the past decade, this may be the most difficult National Book Award Nominee for me to locate in a first printing. It was publisheid early in the year and immediately went into multiple printings. This is a BEAUTIFUL COLLECTOR'S COPY. NO remainder marks, NO bumped corners, NOT price clipped, NEVER read, NOT a book club edition. The dust jacket is in an archival grade Brodart protector. Carefully wrapped in both white plain paper and bubble wrap to prevent shipping damage.

Sag Harbor, NY, U.S.A.: Permanent Press, The, 1998. First Printing, First State . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 168 pages. Gold cloth boards and slate blue end papers. In As new condition, except for light crease on first free endpaper (this crease is a publishing error that affected the ENTIRE FIRST PRINT RUN). True first state copies of the book were in such demand that even the publisher raised the price to $60. Nominated for both the 1999 Edgar Award for Best Mystery and the 1999 Hammett Prize. All books are carefully wrapped in both white plain paper and bubble wrap to PREVENT shipping damage.

Boston, Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin, The Riverside Press, 1947. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. VG/VG-. [Colberg A9.1.a]. 8vo, green cloth, pp. [xvi], 240, illustrated (with a frontispiece map of the town of Westwick). A verg good copy in a tight binding. Dust jacket has substantial edgewear, some chipping around the spine, and a small jagged piece missing from the lower front. Price is intact on front fold down. Overall, a very good copy of this inexpensively produced war-era novel. All books are carefully wrapped in both white plain paper and bubble wrap to PREVENT shipping damage.

Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 304 p. 20 cm. First edition with 1938 on title page. Prepared under the direction of the Council of the Twelve for use as a Melchizedek Priesthood Quorum study guide for 1939. Gilt-stamped blue cloth binding in fine, bright condition. Some marking of contents (mostly in pencil but some pen) and several dog eared pages. Dust jacket in very good condition, not price clipped ($1.25 on front flap), with 1/4 inch loss at head of spine and less at foot, not affecting any printed material. Other small losses, scuffs, and soiling, with some creasing on front flap, but presents very well in archival Brodart protector.