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Dunciad Variorum,The Works of Alexander Pope, 1736. First Edition.

2012-01-04T18:13:00.000-08:00

By: Travis J Patten

The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq; Vol. IV, Containing the DUNCIAD with the Prolegomena of Scriblerus, and Notes Variorum. London, Printed for L. Gilliver and J. Clarke, at Homer’s Head against St. Dunstan’s Church in Fleetstreet, MDCCXXXVI.

The early 18^th century was a time of burgeoning literacy and the large market for the written word encouraged all sorts of people to turn their hand to writing. Many of these were Grubstreet hacks hired by booksellers to write whatever they thought would sell. The most famous of these, of course, was Samuel Johnson, who pulled himself out of Grubstreet by sheer genius; but most of these writers were insignificant and, today at least, unknown. But by a strange chance of fate, the names of some of these writers have been immortalized.

In 1726, Alexander Pope published an edition of Shakespeare entitled The Works of Shakespear. In six volumes. Collated and Corrected by the former editions, By Mr. Pope. (At this time he was already a successful well-established writer; in fact he is generally considered the first writer to support himself by writing alone, without the aid of a patron.) In 1727, Lewis Theobald published a book entitled Shakespeare Restored, or a Specimen of the many Errors as well Committed as Unamended by Mr Pope in his late edition of this poet; designed not only to correct the said Edition, but to restore the true Reading of Shakespeare in all the Editions ever published. Pope was understandably irritated by this and in order to vent his spleen he anonymously published in 1728 The Dunciad.

The Dunciad is a wonderful book. Written because Pope was ticked off, it is a complex parody of the Aeneid suffused with reverse Christological motifs satirizing the whole Grubstreet literary industry and most particularly Lewis Theobald – Tibbald, in the poem – who, as the protagonist, is the chief of the Dunces. The second book concerns the games for the Goddess and has a lot of scatological (potty) humor. Johnson has this to say about it: “The beauties of the poem are well known; its chief fault is the grossness of its images. Pope and Swift had an unnatural delight in ideas physically impure, such as every other tongue utters with unwillingness, and of which every ear shrinks from the mention. But even this fault, offensive as it is, may be forgiven for the excellence of other passages – such as the formation and dissolution of Moore, the account of the Traveller, the misfortune of the Florist, and the crowded thoughts and stately numbers which dignify the concluding paragraph.” One knows that if Samuel Johnson is willing to overlook its bathroom humor, then it must be good.

Pope earned a lot of enemies with this work and it is related that afterwards he would not walk about town unaccompanied by his pet dane, and without pistols in his pockets. (Although it should be recalled that London was a very dangerous town anyway. Most respectable people did not walk abroad at night unaccompanied, Samuel Johnson being a notable exception, and even he was attacked one night by four ruffians. He didn’t get mugged of course, but instead kept them occupied until the authorities arrived; but after that he didn’t leave home without his club-like walking stick.) Johnson records that “ the ‘Dunces’ …held weekly clubs to consult of hostilities against the author: one wrote a letter to a great minister assuring him Mr. Pope was the greatest enemy the Government had; and another brought his image in clay to execute him in effigy; with which sad sort of satisfaction the gentlemen were a little comforted.”

The book was so important to Pope that he spent the last decade of his life revising it, and, of course, ticking off even more people in the process. The Dunciad went through three principal editions: The first was in three books; the second – the one presently under consideration – was the Variorum edition; Variorum because it contained notes on the characters pilloried therein from various sources. These make this edition much more interesting because not only do the notes parody scholarly pedantry but they contain nasty comments made about the various persons in the poem culled from other critics. Pope later wrote a fourth book, published separately, and then revised the whole poem to integrate the four books. This third edition also had a different hero - the then current Poet Laureate, Colley Cibber.

Here are the justly famous closing lines:

‘Signs following signs lead on the Mighty Year;

See! the dull stars roll round and re-appear.

She comes! the Cloud-compelling Pow’r, behold!

With Night Primæval, and with Chaos old.

Lo! the great Anarch’s ancient reign restor’d,

Light dies before her uncreating word;

As one by one, at dread Medæa’s strain,

The sick’ning Stars fade off th’ æthereal plain;

As Argus’ eyes, by Hermes’ wand opprest,

Clos’d one by one to everlasting rest:

Thus at her felt approach, and secret might,

Art after Art goes out, and all is Night.

See sculking Truth in her old cavern lye,

Secur’d by mountains of heap’d casuistry:

Philosophy, that touch’d the Heavens before,

Shrinks to her hidden cause, and is no more:

See Physic beg the Stagyrite’s defence!

See Metaphysic call for aid on Sense!

See Mystery to Mathematicks fly!

In vain! they gaze, turn giddy, rave, and die.

Thy hand great Dulness! lets the curtain fall,

And universal Darkness covers all.

‘Enough! enough!’ the raptur’d Monarch cries;

And thro’ the Ivory Gate the Vision flies.

Rare LDS Book Arrival

2011-11-12T13:51:00.000-08:00

Pratt, Parley Parker. A Voice of Warning and Instruction to All People, Containing

a Declaration of the Faith and Doctrine of the Church of the Latter Day Saints,

Commonly called Mormons. By P.P. Pratt, Minister of the Gospel.

New-York: Printed by W. Sandford, 29 Ann-St. MBCCXXXVII

x[11]-216 pp. 15 cm. Crawley 38, Flake 6627, Mormon Fifty 7, Scallawagiana 13.

1st ed. Original binding of blue cloth; title embossed on backstrip.

Deemed by historian Peter Crawley to be "the most important of all noncanonical Mormon books," the 1837 landmark publication A Voice of Warning brought together for the first time under one cover the scriptural arguments for the Biblical validity of the Mormon movement that have become the standard for Latter-day Saint missionaries to date. Additionally, A Voice of Warning served to bring into being a consciousness of religious identity heretofore largely unknown to those outside the Latter-day Saint communities of Kirtland, Ohio and Far West, Missouri. Fleeing the upheaval brought about by the recent apostasies in Kirtland, Parley P. Pratt accepted a mission to New York, where he devoted himself to the putting together of a text that, for the first time, would clearly contrast the position of the Latter-day Saints from that of their religious contemporaries. In October, 1837, the 1st edition of A Voice of Warning came off the New York press in a limited print run of 3,000 copies. The powerfully written Mormon treatise immediately drew the ire of local ministers and clergy and sparked vigorous debate across the pages of neighboring newspapers. A classic was born. Republished in a second American edition in 1839, and a subsequent European edition in 1841, A Voice of Warning would see translation into 8 languages and over 30 printings before the close of the 19th century.

Another article about the book. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/10/prweb4693664.htm

PATRIARCHAL FAMILIES WITH THE LARGEST NUMBER OF Descendants

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Call the Store 801-356-2931 Ask for Richard @ pioneerbook.com PATRIARCHAL FAMILIES WITH THE LARGEST NUMBER OF Descendants
Name		Ancestral Family	Birth	No. of Child.	Aprx. 2003 Descend.
Jesse N. SMITH		Silas, Asael	1834	44	10,500
Anson CALL		Cyril	1811	24	30,000
Benjamin F. JOHNSON		Ezekiel	1818	45	27,000
Thomas E. RICKS		Joel	1828	43	12,000
Lorenzo Hill HATCH		Hezekiah, Jeremiah	1826	24	8,500
Miles P. ROMNEY		Miles	1842	30	8,000
Chauncey W. PORTER		Sanford	1812	32	20,000
Christopher LAYTON		Samuel	1821	65	20,000
Edwin WHITING		Elisha	1809	35	20,000
Lemuel H. REDD		John, Whitaker	1836	27	6,000
John W. HESS		Jacob	1824	63	10,000
Marriner W. MERRILL		Nathan	1832	46	8,000
Dudley LEAVITT		Jeremiah II	1830	48	8,000
Amasa M. LYMAN		Roswell	1813	37	12,000
Abraham HUNSAKER		Jacob	1813	50	17,000
William M. BLACK		John	1826	41	11,000
Joel Hills JOHNSON		Ezekiel	1808	30	33,000
Orin HATCH		Ira S.	1830	19	8,000
Jonathan HEATON		William, Jonathan	1856	25	4,000
Lorenzo W. ROUNDY		Shadrack	1818	25	12,000
William D. HENDRICKS		James, Abraham	1829	42	7,000
Edmund ELLSWORTH		Jonathan	1819	42	11,000
Philip HURST		William	1836	27	6,000
Archibald GARDNER		Robert	1814	48	12,000
Alma H. HALE		Jonathan	1836	24	5,000
George LEAVITT		Weir, Jeremiah I	1828	28	7,000
Morten P. MORTENSEN		Peder	1828	25	5,500
John BUSHMAN		Martin	1843	20	4,000
Abraham CHADWICK		Samuel	1821	21	10,000
Charles C. RICH		Joseph, Thomas	1808	51	13,000
Sanford BINGHAM		Erastus	1821	25	7,000
William H. WALKER		John	1820	29	8,000
Rosel HYDE		Heman	1816	21	9,000
Edward BUNKER		Silas	1822	28	10,000
Thomas S. TERRY		Thomas	1825	31	11,000
James DALLEY		William	1822	42	7,000
Charles SHUMWAY		Parley	1806	36	10,000
William D. KARTCHNER		John	1820	21	8,000
William H. MAUGHAN		Peter	1834	52	8,000
John ROWLEY		William	1841	35	5,600
Orville S. COX		Jonathan	1814	24	8,500
Perrigrine SESSIONS		David	1814	55	15,000
John D. LEE		Ralph	1814	61	25,000
John S. FULLMER		Peter	1807	30	10,500
Alfred RANDALL		Janson	1811	30	9,500
Milo ANDRUS		Ruluf	1811	57	13,000
Solomon J. DESPAIN		Solomon	1829	28	8,000
John BLOOMFIELD		John	1831	11	5,000
John STOCK		Robert	1820	20	8,000
Samuel SMITH		Daniel, William	1818	51	13,000
Orin N. WOODBURY		Jeremiah	1828	21	6,000
William Jordon FLAKE		John	1839	20	5,000
George Albert GOODRICH		Benjamin	1839	32	7,000
Henry LUNT		Randell	1824	27	9,000
Moses M. CLUFF		David	1828	29	5,000
Isaac TURLEY		Theodore	1837	24	8,000
John PACK		George	1809	43	13,000
Brigham YOUNG		John	1801	56-7	30,000
Edward PAYNE		Edward	1832	13	8,000
Harry M. PAYNE		John	1857	21	4,500
John KUNZ II		Johannes I	1823	1	15,000
Parley P. PRATT		Jared, Obadiah	1807	30	25,000
Gilbert BELNAP		Rosel	1821	19	9,000
William SNOW		Levi, Zerrubabbel	1806	28	10,500
John ESPLIN		Alexander	1828	13	5,500
Anson V. CALL		Anson, Cyril	1834	10	9,000
Thomas CHAMBERLAIN		Thomas	1855	55	6,500
William F. CARTER		John	1811	36	12,000
Lorenzo JOHNSON		Didymus	1813	22	11,000
William F. RIGBY		Joseph	1833	39	6,500
Judson TOLMAN		Nathan	1826	29	12,500
Ole A. JENSEN		Andreas	1838	27	4,000
Arthur Benjamin CLARK		Daniel	1854	29	6,000
Thomas R. LEAVITT		Phineas, Joseph	1821	28	5,000
Franklin D. RICHARDS		Phineas, Joseph	1821	28	8,000
John TAYLOR		James, John	1808	34	15,000
William W. BURTON		William	1833	26	6,000
Zemira PALMER		George	1831	20	8,000
Isaiah COX		Jehu	1839	29	3,500
John G. HAFEN		Johannes	1838	28	6,000
Noah T. GUYMON		Thomas	1819	24	8,000
Jacob HAMBLIN		Isaiah	1819	24	6,000
Erastus BINGHAM		Elisha	1798	12	65,000
Otis L. TERRY		Otis	1818	29	10,000
Elam CHENEY		Aaron	1825	39	11,000
Israel BARLOW		Jonathan	1806	16	15,000
Thomas GROVER		Thomas	1807	51	15,000
Edward Milo WEBB, Jr.		Edward, James	1847	31	3,000
Robert GARNER		Robert	1819	37	8,000
Pleasant Green TAYLOR		William	1827	33	9,000
Mosiah L. HANCOCK		Levi W., Thomas	1834	28	6,000
Alma PORTER		Chauncey, Sanford	1834	19	2,500
Charles H. ALLEN		Andrew Lee	1830	23	6,000
Philo F. FARNSWORTH		Reuben	1826	30	10,000
John HYMUS		William	1839	20	3,000
Hyrum Smith RICH		Charles C., Thomas	1846	12	4,500
Samuel KUNZ		John II, Johannes	1851	24	4,000
George M. HAWS		Gilberth, Jacob	1858	29	3,000
Silas SMITH		Asael	1779	8	28,500
Joseph Lee RONBINSON		Nathan	1811	28	15,000
Price William NELSON		Edmund, Thomas	1822	13	5,000
Franklin SCOTT		Andrew, Hunter	1851	21	4,000
William BINGHAM		Erastus	1830	31	7,000
Henry BAWDEN		William	1820	18	8,000
Willard RICHARDS		Joseph	1804	15	8,000
Jens N. SKOUSEN		Niels	1828	17	9,000
Joseph Smith BLACK		William	1836	38	8,000
James W. PALMER		Zemira, George	1860	22	3,000
Mads C. JENSEN		Jens, Kristensen	1822	32	6,000
William B. LINDSAY		William	1821	26	8,000
Heber Manasseh CLUFF		Moses, David	1863	21	4,000
Henry Martin HARMON		Alpheus, Marin	1832	25	4,500
Henry Weeks SANDERSON		James	1829	28 (33)	7,000
Gilbert HAWS		Jacob	1801	19	12,000
Jacob MICHAELSON		Ramus	1839	27	4,000
Hans JORGENSEN		Jorgen, Nielsen	1795	15	18,000
Aroet L. HALE		Jonathan	1828	21	6,000
William HURST		John	1813	8	7,000
Stephen C. PEERY		Asahel	1818	22	4,000
Andrew L. HYER		Christian	1860	27	2,500
Mons LARSEN		Christian	1823	17	6,000
Allen C. HUNSAKER		Abraham	1840	22	4,000
Ezra Thompson CLARK		Timothy	1823	21	8,000
Seth JOHNSON		Joel, Ezekiel	1839	25	4,000
Charles N. CARRELL		Patric	1817	18	7,500
William W. HAWS		Gilberth, Jacob	1835	29	4,000
Thomas LOWE		Thomas	1824	16	7,000
William G. SAUNDERS		Charles	1819	26	6,000
Elias GARDNER		William	1807	42	15,000
James BRINKERHOFF		George	1811	25	10,000
Oliver Lee ROBINSON		Joseph Lee, Nathan	1833	26	4,500
David CLUFF (CLOUGH)		William	1795	13	25,000
Edson WHIPPLE		John	1805	33	13,000
Thomas MOULTON		William	1810	12	8,000
Joseph F. SMITH		Hyrum, Joseph Sr., Asael	1838	43	10,000
Charles E. RICHARDSON		Edmund	1855	36	2,500
Jacob TOBLER		Christian	1833	21	4,000
David B. BYBEE		Byram	1833	32	7,000
Daniel HENRIE		William, Daniel	1825	27	7,000
Allen TAYLOR		William	1814	30	12,000
John HUNT		Jefferson	1833	25	5,000
Francis W. GUNNELL		Christopher	1831	33	6,000
William Derby JOHNSON		Ezekiel	1824	12	6,500
Edmund HEPWORTH		Joseph	1841	16	4,500
William ARCHIBALD		Thomas, James	1840	34	5,000
George JARVIS		Thomas	1823	11	7,000
Samuel R. PARKINSON		William	1831	32	8,000
George P. WARD		John	1828	27	5,500
William Moore ALLRED		Isaac	1819	13	8,000
Joseph S. ALLEN		Daniel	1805	25	12,000
John N. HINTON		Atkin	1839	11	3,000
John William DUTSON		John	1829	18	5,000
Richard ORR (HOAR)		Charles	1836	12	4,000
Elijah K. FULLER		Cornelius	1811	32	6,500
Thomas CALLISTER		John	1821	32	6,000
Jacob G. BIGLER		Mark, Jacob	1813	19	7,500
John SCOTT		Jacob	1811	37	10,000
Suel LAMB		Erastus	1833	11	4,000
Ormus E. BATES		Cyrus	1815	45	13,000
William R. STOWELL		Augustus	1822	23	5,500
Amos HUNT		John	1819	15	8,000
John Thomas WHETTON		John	1862	29	2,000
Daniel WOOD		Henry	1800	37	20,000
Ezekiel JOHNSON		Ezekiel	1773	16	85,000
Ira ALLEN		Simeon	1814	25	6,500
Albert S. FARNSWORTH		Stephen, Reuben	1844	37	4,000
Edwin R. WESTOVER		Alexander	1824	19	5,000
William N. GOODMAN		Thomas	1841	11	4,000
Stephen M. FARNSWORTH		Reuben	1810	21	10,000
George LOVELL		John	1835	12	3,000
William HEATON		Jonathan	1827	6	6,000
Henry TINGEY		James	1819	33	6,000
Samuel Dennis WHITE		John Griggs	1818	18	7,500
Robert PRICE		Simon	1835	28	6,000
Edmund RICHARDSON		Calvin	1816	4	7,000
Henry TALBOT		John Stuart	1813	22	6,000
Isaac MORLEY, Jr.		Isaac, Thomas	1829	24	4,000
Jeremiah LEAVITT II		Jeremiah I	1796	13	30,000
Erastus BINGHAM, Jr.		John	1823	28	6,000
William DRAPER		William, Thomas	1807	51	13,000
Reuben Josiah PERKINS		Reuben, Ute	1856	13	2,000
John BENNION		John	1820	28	8,500
John Lowe BUTLER		James	1808	16	10,000
Ariah C. BROWER		John J.	1817	29	6,500
Cyrus TOLMAN		Nathan	1820	21	6,500
David BUTTARS		Donald	1822	16	5,000
Henry CLEGG		Jonathan	1825	25	5,000
Melthiar HATCH		Ira Stearns	1825	19	6,000
Sixtus Ellis JOHNSON		Joel, Ezekiel	1829	35	5,000
Martin BUSHMAN		Jacob	1802	11	11,500
Edwin C. WOOLLEY		John	1807	26	8,000
Richard BALLANTYNE		David	1817	21	6,000
John BENNETT		Benjamin	1822	11	6,000
Myron CRANDALL		Stephen	1806	24	7,000
Aaron JOHNSON		Didymus	1806	52	10,000
Israel HOYT		James	1827	19	6,000
Simeon F. ALLEN		Ira	1839	15	2,750
George FINLINSON		Joshua	1835	8	3,500
Elisha JONES		Thomas	1813	28	7,000
John FENN		George	1854	24	3,000
Isaac Van Wagner CARLING		John	1831	19	4,500
John Willard LEE		John D.	1849	13	3,000
Samuel ROSKELLEY		Thomas	1837	30	4,000
Thomas LEISHMAN		John	1843	13	2,000
Joseph Lewis THOMPSON		Benjamin	1816	15	6,500
Lyman CURTIS		Nahum	1812	18	8,000
Sylvanus C. HULET		Charles, Sylvanus	1826	17	5,000
William C. McCLELLAN		James	1828	20	5,000
John Thomas COVINGTON		Robert	1840	30	5,000
Joseph HOWARD		William	1819	11	6,000
John H. WYATT		John Moses	1849	26	3,000
Joshua Alvin TOLMAN		Cyrus, Nathan	1858	13	2,000
Casper GUBLER		Hans	1835	11	5,000
Ephraim HANKS		Benjamin	1817	25	5,000
Alma PORTER		Chauncey, Sanford	1834	19	4,000
George S. SEVY		George	1832	30	4,000
David J. JENSEN		Jens, Johanison	1835	23	4,500
George W. TAGGART		Washington	1816	16	6,000
John WATKINS		Thomas	1834	32	5,000
Lorin FARR		Winslow	1820	37	7,000
Walter STEVENS		William	1830	17	3,000
James HENRIE		William, Daniel	1827	30	7,000
Thomas BROADBENT		James	1833	31	3,000
Isaac S. FOX		Robert	1818	19	5,000
Daniel WOOD		Henry	1800	37	13,000
Ammon GREEN		Hervey	1833	13	2,500
Joseph Henry JAMES		Joseph	1855	35	2,000
John H. BOTT		Phillip W.	1857	33	2,000
Simpson D. HUFFAKER		Jacob	1812	35	7,000
David BRINKERHOFF		George	1855	24	2,000
Warriner A. PORTER		Chauncey, Sanford	1848	(29) 30	2,000
John W. LEE		John D.	1849	11	2,500
William WRIGHT		William	1831	25	4,000
Jacob ZOLLINGER		Johannes	1845	13	2,000
Andrew Lee ALLEN		Elijah	1791	10	12,000
John WATKINS		Thomas	1834	32	5,000
Christian HYER		Lars	1817	16	6,000
John KUNZ II		John I	1844	28	5,000
Joseph HOLBROOK		Moses	1806	18	20,000
Joseph Lehi FOUTZ		Jacob	1837	31	3,000
James S. BOWLER		John	1845	10	2,500
Simeon A. DUNN		Simeon	1803	19	8,500
John Henry STANDIFIRD		Aquilla	1831	23	4,500
James PACE		James	1811	25	9,000
Andrew A. ANDERSEN			1836	11	4,000
Isaac HUNT		William	1829	21	5,000
Thomas Henry WHITE		George	1845	21	3,000
Jacob S. FERRIN		Samuel	1830	13	4,000
Christian H. MONSON			1837	30	4,000
Joseph HEPWORTH		Joseph	1816	12	9,000
Neuman BROWN		James Polly	1830	15	5,000
James M. KELLER		Jens	1827	42	5,000
John Marley BLACK		William Marley	1856	19	1,500
James BOND		John	1830	10	6,000
Jacob BASTIAN		Mads	1835	31	5,000
Peder MORTENSEN		Morten	1806	9	15,000
Erastus Nelson WELLS		Jonathan	1835	8	3,000
James Amasa LITTLE		William	1822	22	4,000
Joseph C. Kingsbury		Solomon	1812	19	7,000
William M. WALL		Isaac	1821	30	6,500
Henry LINES		John	1846	8	2,000
Job WELLING		John	1833	28	3,000
Samuel BRYSON		John	1816	20	6,000
Sanford PORTER, Jr.		Sanford	1848	23	25,000
Samuel SEAMONS		John	1845	19	3,000
Helaman PRATT		Parley, Jared	1846	20	3,500
David Henry CANNON		George	1838	31	5,500
Samuel LEWIS		Tarleton	1829	12	4,000
John White CURTIS		Enos	1820	16	4,000
Jarvis JOHNSON		Peter	1829	22	5,000
Harvey DIXON		William S.	1844	19	2,000
Shepherd P. HUTCHINGS		Eli	1818	33	5,000
Mads Peter RASMUSSEN		Rasmus Sorensen	1836	20	4,000
William WRIGHT		William	1831	25	3,000
John LOVELL		Edmund	1812	13	8,000
John McNEIL		William	1823	26	3,000
Alanson D. ALLEN		Albert, Gideon	1829	13	5,000
Easton KELSEY		Stephen	1813	23	6,000
Joseph Ira EARL		Sylvester	1852	20	2,000
John R. YOUNG		Lorenzo	1837	23	3,000
Frederick W. COX		Jonathan	1812	36	10,000
Anthony J. STRATTON		Calvin	1824	13	7,000
Ole HANSEN		Hans, Henricksen	1825	8	4,000
Ranson HATCH		Ira Stearns	1826	20	5,000
Gad MORRIS		James	1830	11	2,500
John Lee JONES		John P.	1841	24	3,500
Evan JENKINS		John	1817	12	8,000
John SCHMUTZ		Johannes	1818	10	4,000
Alexander KIDD			1814	13	2,000
John Casper LOOSLI		Andreas	1831	11	3,000
David EVANS		Israel	1804	42	8,000
Sidney B. KENT		Benajah	1828	27	5,500
Omer CALL		Anson, Cyril	1834	22	4,000
Hezekiah HATCH		Jeremiah	1798	7	14,000
Ira Stearns HATCH		Ira	1800	19	22,500
Williams Evans BAKER		Thomas	1834	13	3,000
Smith D. ROGERS		Sam'l, Chand, Philemen	1852	15	2,000
Robert DAINES (mother's		James Sillet	1829	22	4,000
	maiden name)
John Murray MURDOCK

Pioneer Book New Sign is up

2010-10-27T10:01:00.000-07:00

We have finally put up our new signs. Hope you will all find us and receive the great service that we have given since 1980. We were sad to leave Downtown Provo, but excited to be on State street in Orem. We have some great daily in store offers that will save you tons of money, so we invite you to see the new store.

Daily Deals!

2010-10-12T14:08:00.000-07:00

Pioneer Book has daily deals! That means great savings on top of our already great prices every day of the week!

We'll see you there!

Chapter Quality Used Books

2010-05-12T18:27:00.000-07:00

Hey All, Pioneer Book has moved to 858 S. State Street in Orem,
and our name is now Chapters Quality Used Books.

Come on by and say hi. Check out the bright new location.

2010-04-08T14:51:00.000-07:00

Progressive Moving Sale Starts Tomorrow!

Friday April 9.

Discounts will start at 20% off on all* books and progress in discounts as we get closer to May 25th

*except for new books, books in the vault, and some of the more rare LDS books (LDS1).

2010-04-08T14:39:00.001-07:00

This is the new home for Pioneer Book.

858 South State Street.

2 Blocks North of University Mall. South of the Scera Theater.

This is the same building Timp Book Store was in.
Plenty of parking right out front. 25+ spots. Easy Access.

2010-04-08T14:38:00.000-07:00

Due to the move, Pioneer Book is not taking in more books until June 1st.

Pioneer Book is in the process of moving to Orem, 858 South State Street, and to simplify the process, is not taking in any* more books until the process is complete.

* Extremely limited exceptions for particularly rare items.

2010-04-08T14:15:00.000-07:00

Pioneer Book is officially moving to Orem in May. New location is located at 858 South State Street. We will be having a progressive Moving Sale starting on Friday April 9. Discounts will start at 20% off on all books and progress in discounts as we get closer to May 25th, the day we close the Provo store. Thanks for the support and hope to see you soon for the Provo sale.

~Rick Horsley-Owner

2010-04-05T18:27:00.001-07:00

Politically Correct Guide to American History

2010-03-30T14:15:00.000-07:00

The Da Vinci Cod

2010-03-23T15:39:00.000-07:00

The Voyage of Jerle Shannara

2010-03-20T13:10:00.000-07:00

History of the Church - Joseph Smith

2010-03-18T17:58:00.000-07:00

Monet's Years at Giverny: Beyond Impresionism

wonderful christmas

2010-03-18T17:53:00.000-07:00

I'm one of those who believes in Christmas all year long,
but I've been getting the impression that I should move on.

So I'll start posting random pics of interesting books to keep things going.

Enjoy!

2009-12-24T12:59:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas

Audio Cassette Clearance Sale! $1 each!

2009-10-31T13:37:00.000-07:00

All cassette tapes must go now! After next week Pioneer Book will no longer be selling book on Cassette Tape. For one week we are selling them at $1 eaxh, after that they will be gone.

Come look through the fantastic selection!

Pink Delicious

2009-09-30T22:24:00.000-07:00

Cafe Trendz
is up and running with some absolutely delicious food. Come try it out!

2009-07-18T00:40:00.000-07:00

Trendz Cafe

Coming Soon

Pioneer Book

Remodelling Sale

2009-03-25T15:30:00.001-07:00

Pioneer Book is widening its doors to include a bookstore cafe! We are currently in the middle of our remodel extravaganza. The new cafe will allow for special events such as book signings and readings as well as a gathering place for neighborhood books clubs. The cafe is scheduled to be completed May 15! We do hope that you will join us then in celebration.

Because of our remodelling, we are offering some special sales!

3 for $5 Mass Market Paperback Novels

3 for $10 Oversized Paperback Novels

2 for $10 Hardcover Novels

Including some special prices on our Cafe Display items!!

We have many great titles to offer. Be sure to stop on by!