The Mormon Establishment
by Wallace Turner
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
£14.36£10.05
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About This Item
New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1966 Houghton Mifflin Company, New York. 1966. Hardcover. BCE. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner bookplate on FFFP. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; light bumping of jacket and head and tail. Black linen boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on spine. Deckle edges. 343 pp 8vo. The author gives a friendly, yet frank and critical examination of the Mormons as they stand today- one of the fastest growing religious groups in our country. The author presents a vivid up-to-date picture of a widespread empire in the West and in the nation with control over education, politics, and national affairs. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Seller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 005135
- Title
- The Mormon Establishment
- Author
- Wallace Turner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Mormons, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, LDS Church, Joseph Smith Jr., Latter Day Saints, polygamy, negroes, Salt lake City, George Romney, LDS politics,
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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