DANITES OF THE SIERRAS
by Miller, Joaquin
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Wear to spine ends, small skinned spot at upper corner of front fixed endpaper, else very good
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About This Item
Chicago: Janson, McClurg & Co., 1881. First edition thus. Hardcover. Wear to spine ends, small skinned spot at upper corner of front fixed endpaper, else very good. Original dark green cloth with gilt title, small octavo, 258 pp. + 4 pp ads at rear
Originally published under the title "First Fam'lies of the Sierras" in 1875. This 1881 edition adds a preface and some revision of what the author calls in the preface "some of [the work's] realstic features." The Danites were a Mormon fraternal organization and vigilante group. BAL 13779.
Originally published under the title "First Fam'lies of the Sierras" in 1875. This 1881 edition adds a preface and some revision of what the author calls in the preface "some of [the work's] realstic features." The Danites were a Mormon fraternal organization and vigilante group. BAL 13779.
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- Chanticleer Books (US)
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- 23494
- Title
- DANITES OF THE SIERRAS
- Author
- Miller, Joaquin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Wear to spine ends, small skinned spot at upper corner of front fixed endpaper, else very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Publisher
- Janson, McClurg & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1881
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