BURTON, Richard Francis, Sir. The City of the Saints. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.
Sale 1241 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Nov 10, 2023
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BURTON, Richard Francis, Sir (1821-1890). The City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1862.
8vo (235 x 148 mm). 8 engraved plates, engraved folding map, engraved folding plan of Salt Lake City, numerous engraved illustrations. (Slight toning, some minor spotting, hinges just starting.) Publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine (some staining and wear to extremities with ¾-in. tear at front joint at head).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of Burton's travels in the American West. Burton was very interested in the Mormons and wrote about them sympathetically. Howes B-1033; Sabin 9497; Wagner-Camp 370:2.
Property from the Collection of Robert S. Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio
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