Monthly Archives: March 2012

Second Annual Book Collector’s Evening

28 Wednesday Mar 2012

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Book Collector Incite Postcard

March 28, 2012
6:00 PM
Alta Club
100 East South Temple

Join the University of Utah’s Friends of the J. Willard Marriott Library for an eventful evening of rare books, a silent auction, and speaker Michael Vinson’s “Following Charlie Everitt on the Overland Trail in Search of Wagner-Camps and Other Western Rarities.” Ken Sanders, Ken Sanders Rare Books, will comment on two Utah writers and Luise Poulton, Marriott Library Rare Book Curator, will talk about the rare books on display from Special Collections.

The Evening will also include the opportunity to share your book collecting adventures and favorite books with fellow aficionados.

To attend: please contact Judy Jarrow at 801-581-3421 or judy.jarrow@utah.edu

Reservations required. Friends/Members: $40 Non-members: $45

The Indiana Gazette- Edward Abbey

18 Sunday Mar 2012

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Retrospective celebrates county-born writer’s work

An article in the Indiana Gazette features the Brave Cowboy: An Edward Abbey Retrospective exhibition and the highlights the rare books collection of Edward Abbey material.

“Poulton said editions of Abbey books as a whole aren’t especially rare, but a set of signed, first editions in excellent shape are — especially the first edition of the 1954 novel “Jonathan Troy,” Abbey’s first. She said Abbey hated it, expressing a desire to destroy all 5,000 prints. Nonetheless, he signed a copy for Hvolboll.”

Friends of the Marriott Library Lecture- Edward Abbey

04 Sunday Mar 2012

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March 4, 2012 3:00 p.m. Sunday, Gould Auditorium, J. Willard Marriott Library

Friends of the Marriott Library presents:

“R. Crumb meets the Monkey Wrench Gang: Edward Abbey
and the Modern Environmental Movement”

Ken Sanders has been in the rare book business in Utah since the1970s. He founded Ken Sanders Rare Books in 1997 and Dream Garden Press in 1980. He has been engaged in buying, selling, appraising, and publishing for more than 30 years. Articles by Ken Sanders have appeared in publications such as OP and Firsts Magazine. Ken first appeared as an appraiser for the Antiques Roadshow on the Salt Lake City 2007 season shows. He has since traveled to San Antonio, Spokane, Dallas, El Paso, Billings, Denver, Phoenix and Hartford with the Roadshow. Ken is working on a project called Uconclasts about Utah literary mavericks, with artwork by local artist Trent Call.

Following Ken’s lecture, please join us in the Special Collections Gallery, level 4, for a reception opening the Rare Books Division exhibition: Brave Cowboy: An Edward Abbey Retrospective.

The event is FREE and open to the public.