Kingdom of the Saints: The Story of Brigham Young and the Mormons
by West, Ray B., Jr
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good ++
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1957. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. 8vo. xxii, 389 (6) pp. First Edition, 1957. Price clipped. 1/2" triangle chip along top edge rear panel near spine dj with 3 additional smaller chips, and a 3/4" closed tear to same. Faintly foxed bottom and fore- text block, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6" x 8.7". Brown cloth with blind stamped lettering to front board, gilt bordered and gilt lettering to spine. Orange top text block, and map on end papers. Illustrated dj in acetate protector..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9558
- Title
- Kingdom of the Saints: The Story of Brigham Young and the Mormons
- Author
- West, Ray B., Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good ++
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- U.S. HISTORY AMERICANA RELIGIOUS SECTS MORMONS 19TH-CENTURY FRONTIER AMERICA HISTORY AND CRITICISM
- Bookseller catalogs
- U. S. HISTORY;
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- 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....
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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