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The City of the Saints and Across the Rocky Mountains to California
de Burton, Richard F
- Usado
- good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- good
- Librería
-
Chehalis, Washington, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1862. First American Edition. Hardcover. good. 8vo, xii, [4], 574+ [2] ads. Illustrated with engravings; 3 maps on one folding sheet. Blue cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Spine darkened, fraying to spine ends, corners rubbed, front hinge partially cracked. Embossed library stamp on a few pages, bookplate on front pastedown; otherwise unmarked. Provenance: From the collection of Burton scholar and bibliographer James Casada. Written a few years after Burton's celebrated account of his journey to Mecca and Medina, this book describes the explorer's 1860 visit to Salt Lake City. Burton, who met Brigham Young on the trip, applied his characteristic ethnographic eye to Mormon ways, and his work offers a detailed and sympathetic portrait. The appendix contains a number of Mormon documents and a Mormon chronology. Wagner-Camp 370:2; Howes B1033; Flake 1029.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Walkabout Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 13758
- Título
- The City of the Saints and Across the Rocky Mountains to California
- Autor
- Burton, Richard F
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First American Edition
- Editorial
- Harper and Brothers
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1862
- Palabras clave
- Mormons Utah Mormonism, Visitors Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Californiana;
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Sobre el vendedor
Walkabout Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2011
Chehalis, Washington
Sobre Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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- Bookplate
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- Cracked
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Gilt
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- Spine
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