The City of the Saints and Across the Rocky Mountains to California
by Burton, Richard F
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862. Second edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo [22 cm] Rebacked in sturdy green cloth with the original backstrip laid over and 3/4 of the original boards showing. Hinges reinforced. Lacking pp. 705-7 of the index. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. With the map at the front, and the Plan of Great Salt Lake City. All illustrations present. Flake 1029. Wright Howes B-1028. Second British edition. After traveling through the Holy Land, Burton turned his eyes to the Great Basin. The book tells of the noted adventurer's travels through Indian country to visit Salt Lake City and study the polygamous practices of the Mormons there.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65923
- Title
- The City of the Saints and Across the Rocky Mountains to California
- Author
- Burton, Richard F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1862
- Keywords
- Richard F. Burton; leather; second edition; early edition; Utah; Deseret Alphabet
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...