From: owner-lds-bookshelf-digest@lists.xmission.com (lds-bookshelf-digest) To: lds-bookshelf-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: lds-bookshelf-digest V1 #963 Reply-To: lds-bookshelf Sender: owner-lds-bookshelf-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-lds-bookshelf-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk lds-bookshelf-digest Monday, June 2 2003 Volume 01 : Number 963 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 17:39:00 -0700 From: "Albert Gardner" Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] Jakob Hamblin This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01C30C1A.B87E16E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My sister was passing through St. George and looking for a book to send = me as a present. Asking about Jackob Hamblin, she was told the best book = about him was one written by Corbett "Jacob Hamblin, Peacemaker". I find = that the only books on Jacob I have are the volume in the Faith = Promoting series and the Nibleys reprint of 'Jacob Hamblin" by Littel. = Is there any agreement on the "best" book about Jacob? Albert Gardner Yuma, AZ - ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01C30C1A.B87E16E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

My sister was passing through St. = George and=20 looking for a book to send me as a present. Asking about Jackob Hamblin, = she was=20 told the best book about him was one written by Corbett "Jacob Hamblin,=20 Peacemaker". I find that the only books on Jacob I have are the volume = in the=20 Faith Promoting series and the Nibleys reprint of 'Jacob Hamblin" by = Littel. Is=20 there any agreement on the "best" book about Jacob?

Albert Gardner

Yuma, AZ

- ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01C30C1A.B87E16E0-- - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 20:32:41 -0700 From: "Keith Irwin" Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] a record? This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C31020.D38BFAB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I think this is a record - THREE 1830 BoM's for sale on Ebay at the same time. - ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C31020.D38BFAB0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I think this is a record – THREE 1830 = BoM’s for sale on Ebay at the same time.

- ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C31020.D38BFAB0-- - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 06:52:41 -0500 From: "Steve Eccles" Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] a record? I am amazed at the change in the Mormon market on e-bay. The number of offerings seems to be much lower than a year ago and prices seem very soft. I notice that Ken has had some very nice items on e-bay recently. - --Steve >From: "Keith Irwin" >Reply-To: lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com >To: >Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] a record? >Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 20:32:41 -0700 > >I think this is a record - THREE 1830 BoM's for sale on Ebay at the same >time. > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 09:24:01 -0500 From: "Edlund, Mark J" Subject: RE: [LDS-Bookshelf] a record? My own take is that the softening of the market has been going on for at least a couple of years. Further, I don't really think that it is a surprise-how could it ever have maintained the strength that it had three or four years ago when the economy was so strong and the Dow was around 12,000 and the Nasdaq briefly reached 5,000? People had a lot more money then. Perhaps equally important, a few years back there was a mindset that Mormon books were a great investment. This meant a person could have his or her cake and eat it too-he or she could engage in an enjoyable hobby and make lots of money while doing it. I think that it will be interesting to see how long things stay soft, and how much prices will fall before some type of equilibrium is reached. Again this is my take, but it seems that a lot of people are offering books at prices that were established several years ago when the market was so strong, but people are just not willing to pay those prices now. BTW, I don't just mean people who you would normally think of as the sellers of books-bookdealers. I am sure that a lot of people come into booksellers' shops with wildly optimistic views on how much something is worth. Here is my vote for the book that will see the biggest price drop in the next year: Flake's bibliography. I am told that the new edition will be out in three months. Mark -----Original Message----- From: Steve Eccles [mailto:steve_eccles@msn.com] Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 6:53 AM To: lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] a record? I am amazed at the change in the Mormon market on e-bay. The number of offerings seems to be much lower than a year ago and prices seem very soft. I notice that Ken has had some very nice items on e-bay recently. - --Steve >From: "Keith Irwin" >Reply-To: lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com >To: >Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] a record? >Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 20:32:41 -0700 > >I think this is a record - THREE 1830 BoM's for sale on Ebay at the same >time. > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 19:15:39 -0700 From: "Keith Irwin" Subject: RE: [LDS-Bookshelf] a record? This makes sense. My take is that the lack of books on the market = reflects collectors and especially investor's sentiments that prices are less = than they paid so they're going to sit on the books until prices come back. = That could be a while. The sorry state is the investor who needs the dough = and now has to sell at a loss. I guess it's no different than people who invested in stocks, except, as you pointed out before, they're a bit = better off if they participated in the run-up. =20 I'll be at the Gold Rush Book Fair in a couple of weeks. It will be interesting to see how prices look in the broader antiquarian book = market. =20 Keith - -----Original Message----- From: owner-lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com [mailto:owner-lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Edlund, = Mark J Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 6:24 AM To: 'lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com' Subject: RE: [LDS-Bookshelf] a record? My own take is that the softening of the market has been going on for at least a couple of years. Further, I don't really think that it is a surprise-how could it ever have maintained the strength that it had = three or four years ago when the economy was so strong and the Dow was around = 12,000 and the Nasdaq briefly reached 5,000? People had a lot more money then. = =20 Perhaps equally important, a few years back there was a mindset that = Mormon books were a great investment. This meant a person could have his or = her cake and eat it too-he or she could engage in an enjoyable hobby and = make lots of money while doing it. =20 I think that it will be interesting to see how long things stay soft, = and how much prices will fall before some type of equilibrium is reached. = Again this is my take, but it seems that a lot of people are offering books at prices that were established several years ago when the market was so strong, but people are just not willing to pay those prices now. BTW, I don't just mean people who you would normally think of as the sellers of books-bookdealers. I am sure that a lot of people come into = booksellers' shops with wildly optimistic views on how much something is worth. Here is my vote for the book that will see the biggest price drop in the next year: Flake's bibliography. I am told that the new edition will = be out in three months. Mark -----Original Message----- From: Steve Eccles [mailto:steve_eccles@msn.com]=20 Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 6:53 AM To: lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] a record? I am amazed at the change in the Mormon market on e-bay. The number of=20 offerings seems to be much lower than a year ago and prices seem very = soft. I notice that Ken has had some very nice items on e-bay recently. - --Steve >From: "Keith Irwin" >Reply-To: lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com >To: >Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] a record? >Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 20:32:41 -0700 > >I think this is a record - THREE 1830 BoM's for sale on Ebay at the = same >time. > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* =20 http://join.msn.com/?page=3Dfeatures/virus - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 15:08:36 -0500 From: "Edlund, Mark J" Subject: RE: [LDS-Bookshelf] Jakob Hamblin This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. - ------_=_NextPart_001_01C314D4.711F6110 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Albert, Sorry I am replying late to this. I think the only consensus is that none of the books are very good. Fortunately, Todd Compton is working to fill this void, as he is writing a bio of Hamblin. My guess is that it is a few years away, as Todd has just now finished editing the diaries of Helen Mar Kimball (this is in the USU series). Mark - -----Original Message----- From: Albert Gardner [mailto:spudnut@worldnet.att.net] Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 7:39 PM To: lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] Jakob Hamblin My sister was passing through St. George and looking for a book to send me as a present. Asking about Jackob Hamblin, she was told the best book about him was one written by Corbett "Jacob Hamblin, Peacemaker". I find that the only books on Jacob I have are the volume in the Faith Promoting series and the Nibleys reprint of 'Jacob Hamblin" by Littel. Is there any agreement on the "best" book about Jacob? Albert Gardner Yuma, AZ - ------_=_NextPart_001_01C314D4.711F6110 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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From: Albert Gardner [mailto:spudnut@worldnet.att.net]
Sent: Saturday, April = 26, 2003 7:39 PM
To: lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com
Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] = Jakob Hamblin

My sister was passing through St. George and looking for a book to send me = as a present. Asking about Jackob Hamblin, she was told the best book about = him was one written by Corbett "Jacob Hamblin, Peacemaker". I find = that the only books on Jacob I have are the volume in the Faith Promoting series = and the Nibleys reprint of 'Jacob Hamblin" by Littel. Is there any = agreement on the "best" book about Jacob?=

Albert Gardner

Yuma, AZ=

- ------_=_NextPart_001_01C314D4.711F6110-- - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 15:35:38 -0600 From: "Curt Bench" Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] Dean May and Stan Kimball This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C314AE.4F76B2F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Tragic news for lovers of Mormon history. On May 2, noted historian and = author, Dean May suffered a massive heart attack, was in a coma for = several days, and then passed away. All this was totally unexpected as = he seemed to be in very good health. His funeral will be this Saturday = in the Sugarhouse Stake Center, 1700 So. 1100 E, SLC. A viewing will be = at Holbrook Mortuary, Fri. evening, 3251 S 2300 E, SLC. I don't know = the times. We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of this wonderful = historian and friend. Stan Kimball, another well-known and loved author and historian, has had = cancer for quite some time, but is now slipping badly and is not = expected to live more than a few weeks. We will miss Stan terribly when = he is gone. Curt Bench - ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C314AE.4F76B2F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Tragic news for lovers of Mormon = history. On=20 May 2, noted historian and author, Dean May suffered a massive heart = attack, was=20 in a coma for several days, and then passed away. All this was = totally=20 unexpected as he seemed to be in very good health. His funeral = will be=20 this Saturday in the Sugarhouse Stake Center, 1700 So. 1100 E, = SLC. =20 A viewing will be at Holbrook = Mortuary, Fri.=20 evening, 3251 S 2300 E, SLC. I don't know the times. We are = deeply=20 saddened by the tragic loss of this wonderful historian and = friend.

Stan Kimball, another well-known and = loved author=20 and historian, has had cancer for quite some time, but is now slipping = badly and=20 is not expected to live more than a few weeks. We will miss Stan = terribly when=20 he is gone.

Curt Bench

- ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C314AE.4F76B2F0-- - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 16:10:42 -0500 From: "Edlund, Mark J" Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] A good deal on Crawley's bibliography If anyone is interested, there is a good deal on the Crawley bibliography on the Deseret book auction-new copies are at $40. The seller has 15 copies. Mark Edlund - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 14:43:27 -0700 From: "Philip Bradford" Subject: RE: [LDS-Bookshelf] A good deal on Crawley's bibliography And after I spent $100 purchasing mine! Mark, are you going to MHA this month? =20 Phil If anyone is interested, there is a good deal on the Crawley = bibliography on the Deseret book auction-new copies are at $40. The seller has 15 = copies. Mark Edlund - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 17:25:19 -0500 From: "Edlund, Mark J" Subject: RE: [LDS-Bookshelf] A good deal on Crawley's bibliography I am going to MHA. Who else will be there? Mark -----Original Message----- From: Philip Bradford [mailto:pbradford@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 4:43 PM To: lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com Subject: RE: [LDS-Bookshelf] A good deal on Crawley's bibliography And after I spent $100 purchasing mine! Mark, are you going to MHA this month? Phil If anyone is interested, there is a good deal on the Crawley bibliography on the Deseret book auction-new copies are at $40. The seller has 15 copies. Mark Edlund - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 20:55:21 -0700 From: "Keith Irwin" Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] FW: Death of Bookseller Kent Walgren in Paris - -----Original Message----- From: Ken Sanders [mailto:ken@dreamgarden.com] Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 2:31 PM To: irwinkw@earthlink.net Subject: Death of Bookseller Kent Walgren in Paris Keith, I can't find the LDS Bookshelf address. Would you post this please? ken Dear LDS Bookshelfers, Many of you knew Kent Walgren, so I thought I would post this here. The details of his death are still unknown, but it appears as if he died in his sleep last Saturday evening at his apartment in Paris. Ken Sanders Dear Colleagues, I have just learned this morning of the death of one of my closest friends, the bookseller Kent Walgren, in Paris over the weekend. I first met Kent in the 1970s when I owned the Cosmic Aeroplane Bookstore here in Salt Lake City. He was a customer interested in books on Mormonism and freemasonry, among other things and we quickly became friends. We had somewhat lost track of one another over the ensuing years. Some six summers ago,unbeknownst to one another, i opened my current bookshop at the same time as Kent opened his. Some of you may have known Kent in his bookselling activities over the years, first as Scallywagania Books and later as Scallywag's Books. He had just attended the Paris book fair a week ago, where he mentioned to me that Lame Duck and or or two other ABAA members were present. Kent worked as a public utilities lawyer for the Attorney general's office and the law was killing his soul. Opening Scallywag Books was his attempt to escape all of that and find joy in his life. He and his wife Hanne sold their larger home in the avenues and moved into a smaller house near capitol hill. Kent sold his car and bought a bicycle. He joined a voluntary simplicity group and started taking French lessons in earnest. He became a vegetarian and redoubled his efforts to complete his lifelong quest to write his masonic bibliography. Almost every evening at 5:00 I would walk or drive the few blocks up third south that separated our stores, usually stopping on the way at the state wine store for a good bottle of red wine to assist in our philosophical discussions and arguments that were to follow. This went on for the entire 4 1/2 years that Scallywag Books existed. We became very close friends. But the bookstore wasn't enough for Kently as I had begun calling him by then; partially in retaliation for him nicknaming me Kenly. But it had become a term of endearment. Kent liked many aspects of the book trade, but others not so much. He was shocked and alrmed by the rising prices, especially in the Mormon end of the marketplace. he was very uncomfortable with the frenzied buying and the spiraling costs of high end Mormon books and ultimately disgusted with it. But I'm digressing. Kent was in his early fifties and felt that his life was slipping away from him. He wanted to accomplish something with whatever years he had remaining, something beyond what he had previously known. He had a desire for a great adventure, he had a passion for life and living, and whatever he was seeking, he went to Paris to find it. When he first told me the news of his wanting to close the bookshop and move to Paris, I didn't take it well. For entirely personal and selfish reasons, I wanted him to stay in Salt Lake, as an andidote for my despair. I did everything in my power to encourage him to stay, including becoming his best customer. I bought books from him almost daily. But Kent had made his mind up. The store would be sold, he would divorce his wife (whom he adored) and he was moving to Paris. Ultimately I would end up buying Kent's shop from him. First his incredible bibliogaphic reference library, ultimately the stock and the fixtures as well. Scallyway Books has been consumed whole by my bookshop and there are bits and pieces of Kent and his shop everywhere in mine. Once he had made the decision, everything in Kent's life centered around Paris. He moved to Paris last fall. He stayed long enough attend his daughter's wedding and to complete a massive bibliography on freemasonry, something that had precoccupied him for the past ten years. Entitled Freemasonry, Anti-Masonry and Illuminism in the United States, 1734-1850 A Bibliography by Kent Logan Walgren, it has just been published by the American Antiquarian Society. Kent had emailed me about it just last week, he was very excited to see this long labor of love at last in print. He was eagerly looking forward to seeing a copy. Unfortunately he died before any copies reached him at his Paris apartment. At 1136 pages, two quarto volumes weighing eight pounds, Kent's bibliography will endure and be one of his lasting legacies. It's a monumental project to have completed. There are too many thoughts and memories swirling around in my head right now to even attempt an accurate portrayal of a man whom I was privileged to call a friend. His daughter had flown to Paris and he was to have picked her up at the airport. He never made it. Goodbye Kently I'll miss you, Ken Sanders - -- Ken Sanders Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA 268 South 200 East Salt Lake City UT 84111 (801) 521-3819 Fax: (801) 521-2606 http://www.kensandersbooks.com ken@dreamgarden.com _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@abaa.org http://mailman.rockingstone.nl/mailman/listinfo/discuss - -- Ken Sanders Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA 268 South 200 East Salt Lake City UT 84111 (801) 521-3819 Fax: (801) 521-2606 http://www.kensandersbooks.com ken@dreamgarden.com - -- Ken Sanders Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA 268 South 200 East Salt Lake City UT 84111 (801) 521-3819 Fax: (801) 521-2606 http://www.kensandersbooks.com ken@dreamgarden.com - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 21:35:54 -0700 From: "Keith Irwin" Subject: RE: [LDS-Bookshelf] FW: Death of Bookseller Kent Walgren in Paris This is, indeed, sad news Ken. =20 I first met Kent when Hugh and I decided to reprint Bibliothica Scallawagiana. Kent used the name "Scallawagiana" Books before he = opened his shop, so I decided to call him and see what he could add to my = research on the catalog. He was at first a bit concerned but once he found that = we were serious and planned on creating a quality reprint, he was very encouraging and told me all he knew about Woodward and the catalogue. I = was grateful for his insights. Unbeknownst to me, when we hung up, he went = up to the Marriott library and spent the afternoon researching the origins = of the catalogue and the life of Charles Lowell Woodward. A package of = Xerox copies arrived a few days later. When Arthur H. Clark published the reprint, Kent placed by far the largest order. I was a bit puzzled at = the size and asked him if he was sure he wanted that many. He said he = wanted to make sure he had copies to sell for as long as he was in business. Kent packaged them with his great book list, "The Scallawagiana 100" which Bookshelfer Mark Edlund rightly called the best list around. =20 I bought my copy of The West of William Ashley in leather from Kent. It = was a presentation copy to Peter Decker and came with a very warm letter = from Dale Morgan to Decker. It was from Kent's personal library. He = frequently brought things from his library into his shop. Selling this book was something like selling one of his children. I could tell he was a bit reluctant to let it go. And he did ask me to give him first right of refusal if I ever decided to sell it. I gave him my promise. We talked = for a long time about Dale Morgan's great contributions as a historian and bibliographer. Kent was a great admirer of Morgan. It may sound silly = but I always thought of myself as the caretaker for Kent's book. =20 Each trip to Kent's store was a treasure. Not that I often found a lot = of things to buy, but that I could talk books and come away with new = insights and understanding about my avocation. Above all else I admired Kent's humility and passion for congruence and simplicity in his life. I'm grateful to have known him. Keith Dear LDS Bookshelfers, Many of you knew Kent Walgren, so I thought I would post this here. The details of his death are still unknown, but it appears as if he died in his sleep last Saturday evening at his apartment in Paris. Ken Sanders Dear Colleagues, I have just learned this morning of the death of one of my closest friends, the bookseller Kent Walgren, in Paris over the weekend. I first met Kent in the 1970s when I owned the Cosmic Aeroplane Bookstore here in Salt Lake City. He was a customer interested in books on Mormonism and freemasonry, among other things and we quickly became friends. We had somewhat lost track of one another over the ensuing years. Some six summers ago,unbeknownst to one another, i opened my current bookshop at the same time as Kent opened his. Some of you may have known Kent in his bookselling activities over the years, first as Scallywagania Books and later as Scallywag's Books. He had just attended the Paris book fair a week ago, where he mentioned to me that Lame Duck and or or two other ABAA members were present. Kent worked as a public utilities lawyer for the Attorney general's office and the law was killing his soul. Opening Scallywag Books was his attempt to escape all of that and find joy in his life. He and his wife Hanne sold their larger home in the avenues and moved into a smaller house near capitol hill. Kent sold his car and bought a bicycle. He joined a voluntary simplicity group and started taking French lessons in earnest. He became a vegetarian and redoubled his efforts to complete his lifelong quest to write his masonic = bibliography. Almost every evening at 5:00 I would walk or drive the few blocks up third south that separated our stores, usually stopping on the way at the state wine store for a good bottle of red wine to assist in our philosophical discussions and arguments that were to follow. This went on for the entire 4 1/2 years that Scallywag Books existed. We became very close friends. But the bookstore wasn't enough for Kently as I had begun calling him by then; partially in retaliation for him nicknaming me Kenly. But it had become a term of endearment. Kent liked many aspects of the book trade, but others not so much. He was shocked and alrmed by the rising prices, especially in the Mormon end of the marketplace. he was very uncomfortable with the frenzied buying and the spiraling costs of high end Mormon books and ultimately disgusted with it. But I'm digressing. Kent was in his early fifties and felt that his life was slipping away from him. He wanted to accomplish something with whatever years he had remaining, something beyond what he had previously known. He had a desire for a great adventure, he had a passion for life and living, and whatever he was seeking, he went to Paris to find it. When he first told me the news of his wanting to close the bookshop and move to Paris, I didn't take it well. For entirely personal and selfish reasons, I wanted him to stay in Salt Lake, as an andidote for my despair. I did everything in my power to encourage him to stay, including becoming his best customer. I bought books from him almost daily. But Kent had made his mind up. The store would be sold, he would divorce his wife (whom he adored) and he was moving to Paris. Ultimately I would end up buying Kent's shop from him. First his incredible bibliogaphic reference library, ultimately the stock and the fixtures as well. Scallyway Books has been consumed whole by my bookshop and there are bits and pieces of Kent and his shop everywhere in mine. Once he had made the decision, everything in Kent's life centered around Paris. He moved to Paris last fall. He stayed long enough attend his daughter's wedding and to complete a massive bibliography on freemasonry, something that had precoccupied him for the past ten years. Entitled Freemasonry, Anti-Masonry and Illuminism in the United States, 1734-1850 A Bibliography by Kent Logan Walgren, it has just been published by the American Antiquarian Society. Kent had emailed me about it just last week, he was very excited to see this long labor of love at last in print. He was eagerly looking forward to seeing a copy. Unfortunately he died before any copies reached him at his Paris apartment. At 1136 pages, two quarto volumes weighing eight pounds, Kent's bibliography will endure and be one of his lasting legacies. It's a monumental project to have completed. There are too many thoughts and memories swirling around in my head right now to even attempt an accurate portrayal of a man whom I was privileged to call a friend. His daughter had flown to Paris and he was to have picked her up at the airport. He never made it. Goodbye Kently I'll miss you, Ken Sanders - --=20 Ken Sanders Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA 268 South 200 East Salt Lake City UT 84111 (801) 521-3819 Fax: (801) 521-2606 http://www.kensandersbooks.com ken@dreamgarden.com _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@abaa.org http://mailman.rockingstone.nl/mailman/listinfo/discuss - --=20 Ken Sanders Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA 268 South 200 East Salt Lake City UT 84111 (801) 521-3819 Fax: (801) 521-2606 http://www.kensandersbooks.com ken@dreamgarden.com - --=20 Ken Sanders Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA 268 South 200 East Salt Lake City UT 84111 (801) 521-3819 Fax: (801) 521-2606 http://www.kensandersbooks.com ken@dreamgarden.com - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ End of lds-bookshelf-digest V1 #963 ***********************************