Richard F. Burton The City of the Saints
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Author: Burton, Richard F
Title: The City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California
Place Published: London
Publisher:Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts
Date Published: 1861
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[iii]-x, [2], 707, [1] pp. With 8 wood-engraved plates including the frontispiece; 3 maps on 1 folding sheet; folding plan of Salt Lake City; woodcuts in the text. (8vo) 22x13.5 cm (8¾x5½"), original green cloth, bordered in blind, gilt bee hive device at center of front cover, spine lettered in gilt. Pages unopened throughout. First Edition.
A fine unopened copy with a presentation stamp from the publishers on the title page. Small Arthur H. Clark Company label inside front cover. The famous explorer of Africa and the Middle East investigates the American West. "Sir Richard departed from St. Joseph on August 7, 1860, and arrived in Salt Lake City on August 25, after a stay of about one month in Utah, he continued on to California, stopping briefly at Carson City and Virginia City on the way. Burton was very interested in the Mormons and wrote about them sympathetically..." Wagner-Camp. Howes B1033; Penzer pp. 68-69; Wagner-Camp 370:1.
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