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Children of God, an American Epic
by Fisher, Vardis
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1939. First Edition. Octavo. 769pp., (2) pp. describing The Harper Prize Novel Contest which the author had won. This contest was held every other year. This is the story of the Mormons, their strange beginnings, rapid growth, persecution and heroism, their amazing mass migration across trackless Western plains. It is written in terms of two dominating figures--Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. A near fine copy bound in 1/4 yellow cloth over brown cloth lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt over black, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust jacket with chipping and wear to corners and spine ends, and wear and small chips to edges.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023300
- Title
- Children of God, an American Epic
- Author
- Fisher, Vardis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Mormons Harper Prize Novel
Terms of Sale
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
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