LIFE IN UTAH; OR, THE MYSTERIES AND CRIMES OF MORMONISM, BEING AN EXPOSE OF THE SECRET RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS, WITH A FULL AND AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF POLYGAMY AND THE MORMON SECT FROM ITS ORIGIN TO THE PRESENT TIME
by Beadle, J. H
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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CARLSBAD , California, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: National Publishing Company, 1874. Original geen pebbled cloth, gilt stamped decorative title on the front cover, gilt stamped title on the spine. Two engraved frontispieces (portraits of leading Mormons and the Temple then being constructed in Salt Lake City) and fold-out map in front, plus many engraved text illustrations. 608 pages plus two pages of ads. Title page states: "Issued by subscription only, and not for sale in the book stores." Contemporary owner name in neat script dated in year of publication on front flyleaf otherwise very good. Originally issued in 1870, this 1874 printing is unaccountably scarce. See pictures. . Hard Cover. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37818
- Title
- LIFE IN UTAH; OR, THE MYSTERIES AND CRIMES OF MORMONISM, BEING AN EXPOSE OF THE SECRET RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS, WITH A FULL AND AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF POLYGAMY AND THE MORMON SECT FROM ITS ORIGIN TO THE PRESENT TIME
- Author
- Beadle, J. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- National Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1874
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- Pebbled
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- Title Page
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- 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...