Pageant in the Wilderness: The Story of the Escalante Expedition to the Interior Basin 1776 (Utah Historical Quarterly Volume 18, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4- January, April, July, October, 1950)
by Bolton, Herbert E.; Mortensen, A. R. (Editor)
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About This Item
Salt Lake City, UT: Utah State Historical Society, 1951. First paperback edition. Paperback. 265pp. Octavo [23 cm] Light orange and black printed wraps. Very good. The extremities are lightly rubbed, creased and soiled. There are a couple of faint erased pencil notations, along with a couple of small barely perceptible stains, on the front wrap. There are portions of an old price sticker on the rear wrap. The spine is just a little rolled back. Minor soiling and staining on the edges of the text block. The text block is fragile in a few places. Illustrated. With two maps in the rear pocket. Including the Diary and Itinerary of Father Escalante Translated and Annotated.
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- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32973
- Title
- Pageant in the Wilderness: The Story of the Escalante Expedition to the Interior Basin 1776 (Utah Historical Quarterly Volume 18, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4- January, April, July, October, 1950)
- Author
- Bolton, Herbert E.; Mortensen, A. R. (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First paperback edition
- Publisher
- Utah State Historical Society
- Place of Publication
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- Hopi; Virgin River; Santa Fe; Utah Historical Quarterly; Escalante
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Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Edges
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