THE CITY OF THE SAINTS AND ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS TO CALIFORNIA
by BURTON, RICHARD F
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Very Good /No Jacket
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About This Item
1963: ALFRED A. KNOPF. THIS FIRST THUS EDITION PUBLISHED BY KNOFT (FIRST BORZOI EDITION) IS VG BOUND IN CLEAN BLUE CLOTH WITH BRIGHT GILT TITLES TO SPINE AND DECORATIVE RED ABSTRACT PATTERN TO LOWER SPINE AND BOTH BOARDS.EDITED BY FAWN M. BRODIE, WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES TO THE TEXT. SHE ASSERTS, IN HER INTRODUCTION, THAT THIS IS THE BEST BOOK ON THE MORMONS PUBLISHED IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. (A LABEL FROM PUBLISHED EYRE AND SPOTTISWOODE OF LONDON HAS BEEN STUCK OVER THE KNOPF LABEL ON TITLE PAGE. THE TITLE PAGE OF THE 1861 EDITION IS REPRODUCED.) XL1V/654pp WITH PREFACE, 13 CHAPTERS, 21 ILLUSTRATIONS, CONCLUSION, APPENDICES AND INDEX. A HANDSOME VOLUME! CONDITION VG. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus Edition. 1963.
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- Camillas Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002200796
- Title
- THE CITY OF THE SAINTS AND ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS TO CALIFORNIA
- Author
- BURTON, RICHARD F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus Edition
- Publisher
- ALFRED A. KNOPF
- Place of Publication
- 1963
- Date Published
- 1963
- Pages
- 654
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- "THE CITY OF THE SAINTS" BY RICHARD F. BURTON, 4to FIRST BORZOI EDITION BY ALFRED A. KNOPF, 1963 HARDCOVER VOLUME WITH 13 CHAPTERS, EXTENSIVE NOTES, MAP AND 21 ILLUSTRATIONS, FIVE APPENDICES AND INDEX. CONDITION VG
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Camillas Bookshop
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Eastbourne, East Sussex
About Camillas Bookshop
Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
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