The Wonderlands of the Wild West, with Sketches of the Mormons
signed first edition hardcover
1891
by CARLETON, A. B.
Privately Printed, 1891. First. hardcover. good. Illustrated. 346, (2) pages. 8vo, original gilt-lettered blue cloth (cloth soiled; spine ends and edges of corners worn and with repairs; some plates dampstained in top margins, front paper hinge crudely strengthened). Np place: Privately Printed, 1891. First edition. A good only copy, signed by Katherine Clements Carlton. The author was the chairman of the United States Commission for Utah, under the anti-polygamy laws of Congress, and for nearly seven years a member of the Commission. Despite the title, this work is almost entirely on Utah and the Mormons. (Inventory #: 267894)