8vo (216 x 145 mm). Original morocco gilt (lacking portion of spine panel, text block detached, a few leaves sprung, overall wear). Provenance: Samuel P. and Mary W. Snow (presentation inscription from Eliza Snow); pencil drawings on two leaves by a previous owner; by descent to present owner.

FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY ELIZA SNOW TO HER BROTHER: "To my beloved Brother & Sister, Samuel P. & Mary W. Snow, with affectionate regards. Eliza R. Snow. Salt Lake City May 14, 1879." With a clipping of reddish hair laid in (presumably Eliza Snow's?).

Eliza Roxcy Snow, one of the most celebrated Latter Day Saint women of the 19th-century, was married to Joseph Smith as a plural wife and was a plural wife of Brigham Young after Smith's death.  She was the second president of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which she re-established in Utah Territory in 1866.  Her brother, Lorenzo Snow, was the fifth president of the church.  Samuel Pearce Snow was the youngest brother of Lorenzo and Eliza Snow; Mary Blair (nee Wilmot) was his second wife. Eliza Snow was an accomplished poet, and several of her hymns were set to music and included in the Mormon hymnal. According to Sabin, Correspondence of Palestine Tourists was compiled and published by Eliza Snow, and her brother, Lorenzo Snow, likely collaborated with her on its preparation. Sabin 85504. A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY.