Search Results: Titles starting with S from PIERIAN SPRING BOOKS

New York: Mormon Artists Group Press, 2002. Fine Press First Edition . Fine Press Cloth Bound. As New/Issued Without Dust Jacket. Stephen Moore. 158 pages. One of 50 copies. Contains four etchings by Stephen Moore. Hardcover hand bound in fine oatmeal book cloth with marbled endpapers. A wonderful collection of art, essays, and fiction by Mormon scholars and artists who are part of a Mormon artists' group in New York City. The book includes the following essays and art, among others: Richard L. Bushman, "Would Joseph Smith Attend the New York Stake Arts Festival?" (a thought-provoking and fun combination of history, thought, and humor); Kent S. Larsen, II, "Why Mormon News Matters;" Claudia L. Bushman, "Things My Mother Never Taught Me;" Raquel Cook, "Mile 13" (one of the most stirring accounts of 9/11 and personal loss, as recorded by a Mormon in her journal entriesa remarkable story that leaves you in tears, but thankful for the journey); James W. Lucas,… Read More

Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.: Signature Books, Incorporated, 1981. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/VG-. viii, 158 pages. Book has gray boards with gold foil stamping on front and spine in FINE CONDITION with no marking. DJ with some soiling and tears on the front and spine that have be repaired with tape.

Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.: Orion Books, 1982. First Edition, Second Printing . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Grondahl, Calvin (illustrator). Red and white wraps. Light wear along spine edge and wear at top of spine. Light crease at top of front and back foredge corners. In excellent condition for this paperback. This book was published the year BEFORE Card's book on Danny Ainge, both by Orion Books, an early imprint of Signature Books. In fact, THIS IS SIGNATURE BOOKS' FIRST BOOK! Before there was Robert Kirby and before Card became an acclaimed science fiction writer, Card was writing Mormon humor. This book defines hundreds of words that Mormon church members use everyday, but in a way to make all of us laugh, no matter how pious we pretend to be. A few samples will give you the flavor: ADAM: the first man to insist he was not responsible for what a woman enticed him to do. ADAM-GOD THEORY: A doctrine that was never taught in the Church, especially by Brigham Young. BURNING IN THE BOSOM:… Read More

Gordonsville, VA, U.S.A.: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. ADVANCE READING COPY of 2011 National Book Award for Fiction. Fine unread condition. Publishing and marketing information on back cover. From back cover: "This is an advance reading copy from uncorrected proofs.

Provo, Utah: Lynn Pulsipher, 1991. Limited/Numbered . Hardcover. Fine. ix, 518 pages. #376 of 500. Carefully wrapped 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, Utah, U.S.A.: Deseret Book Co, 1999. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. As New/No Jacket as Issued. 433 pages. STILL IN PUBLISHER'S SHRINK WRAP. OUT-OF-PRINT and surprisingly difficult to find Publisher's Synopsis Sheet that was placed loose on the back cover under the shrink wrap. THIS PUBLICITY SHEET is a must for any collector. All five volumes of this short-lived series quickly went out-of-print in hardcover. Carefully packed and shipped in a box.

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.

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.

New York: Random House, Vintage Books, 1995. First Softcover Edition . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. NO remainder marks, no creasing on covers or spine, NO bumping on corners, NEVER read. Carefully wrapped in BOTH plain white paper and bubble wrap and packaged to PREVENT shipping damage.

Urbana & Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Dust jacket in archival mylar cover. Carefully wrapped in both white plain paper and bubble wrap to PREVENT shipping damage.

Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.: Bookcraft, 1978. Fifth Printing . Hardcover. VG/G+. x, 438 pages. Brown hardcover cloth binding in clean condition. NO MARKING. DJ price clipped with some chips, rubbing and wear, but very presentable in archival dj protector. Still considered one of the best biographies ever written on a Mormon prophet.

Eugene, Oregon: Knight Library Press, 2000. Limited Numbered Edition . Fine Press Broadside. As New/--. Trifold broadside printed Letterpress on Twinrocker's handmade Simon's Green paper. One of limited signed and numbered edition of 125 copies. 19" x 11-1/2" tri-fold encased in a black cardstock chemise specially designed to contain the broadside.

Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.: University of New Mexico Press, 1998. Softcover Edition, First Printing . Trade Paperback. As New/None Issued. New copy still in shrink wrap. All books are carefully wrapped in BOTH white plain paper and bubble wrap and packaged to PREVENT shipping damage. Only $2 for Media Mail postage.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC, 1996. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. NF/Fine. Dust jacket in archival grade mylar Brodart. NO remainder marks, NOT price clipped, NEVER read. Light creasing at the top corner of a few pages. All books are carefully wrapped in BOTH white plain paper and bubble wrap and packaged to PREVENT shipping damage.