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Battalion of Saints
by Richard Wormser
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: David McKay Company, 1961 David McKay Company, New York. 1961. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O name on the FFFP. Book Condition: Very Good +; slight wear to head, tail, and tips. DJ: Very Good -; wear and missing small pieces at head, tail, and tips. Red grained boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine. Tinted textblock top. 249 pp 8vo. A historical novel about a battalion of Mormons, or Latter Day Saints, attached to the United States Army in 1846 to march to Santa Fe to join in the new war against Mexico. The book has love, loss, and stories of hardship on the route. True to history and true to life, this novel illuminates and enriches the reader's knowledge of the American past and as such becomes a deserved part of the American Heritage. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009178
- Title
- Battalion of Saints
- Author
- Richard Wormser
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- David McKay Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Mormon Battalion, Latter Day Saints, Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, Santa Fe New Mexico, Brigham Young, Mexican-American War, Historical Novel, Missouri Volunteers,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military Fiction;
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.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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