Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, Including A Reconnoissance of a New Route Through the Rocky Mountains (Senate Special Session, March, 1851, Executive No. 3)
by Stansbury, Howard
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Washington: Robert Armstrong, Public Printer, 1853. Early edition. Hardcover. Good. Lacking the map volume. 495pp. Octavo [23 cm] Rebound in plain bright orange cloth. New endpapers. Ex-library, with the usual markings, including a rubbed-out library mark to the spine. Sporadic foxing throughout. "Gunnison's Island- Eastern Shore" plate is duplicated. Missing the following plates: "Limestone Cliff," "View from Strong's Knob," and Insect plate IX. Flake 8360. This is one of the great US Government exploration reports of the American West, and a must for any serious collector of exploration or Western Americana. "Stansbury's Report along with Gunnison's book, The Mormons, provided the outside world with an objective look at the Mormons of Utah as well as with a scientific appraisal of the resources and fauna and flora of this section of the Great Basin." - Brigham D. Madsen.
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- Seller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 66175
- Title
- Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, Including A Reconnoissance of a New Route Through the Rocky Mountains (Senate Special Session, March, 1851, Executive No. 3)
- Author
- Stansbury, Howard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early edition
- Publisher
- Robert Armstrong, Public Printer
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1853
- Keywords
- Brigham D. Madsen; Great Salt Lake; Stansbury
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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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