Books by Stegner Wallace

Lincoln, NE University of Nebraska Press 1992 Paperback Later printing as NEW 331 pp. Octavo. Black wrappers with painting on front cover. When The Gathering of Zion was first published in 1964, Ray A. Billington wrote, "Wallace Stegner has written the best single volume to appear on the Mormon migration west-ward... His sensitivity to human beings and his ability to understand the spirit motivating the oft-persecuted Latter Day Saints allow him insights missed by earlier writers... [Stegner draws on] ... more information

New York McGraw-Hill 1964 Hardcover First edition 331pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Violet cloth with silver stamped title on backstrip. Illustrated. Index. Bibliography. Very good. The spine and top edge of the front cover are barely perceptibly sun faded. Minor spine slant. Pages yellowed. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with darkening. The edges are very slightly bumped and chipped. There are a couple of small stains on the rear panel. The larger stain is 2 inches long by 1/2 inch wide. History of the ... more information

New York: McGraw-Hill. (1964). First. First edition. A little sunning at the extremities, near fine in about very good dustwrapper with a slightly rubbed and toned spine, with a 2" tear on the rear panel near the crown. A non-fiction title in The American Trails Series. . ... more information

New York McGraw-Hill 1981 Hardcover Second edition 331pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Light gray cloth covered boards with a red ink stamped title on the spine and a red ink stamped vignette on the front cover. Illustrated. Index. Bibliography. Fine / Near fine. History of the Mormon trail from Nauvoo to Salt Lake City. This volume was originally published in 1964 as part of the 'American Trails Series' - Colberg #A17.1.a.... more information

First Edition, second state dust jacket by McGraw-Hill Book Co, New York: 1964. Fine in purple cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with only a hint of fading at the heel of the spine. (More often than not this title is found with fairly typical fading of the board's edges as the purple cloth is very prone to fading.) In a very good+ unclipped second state dust jacket with a slightly tanned spine area which is also lightly rubbed at its upper edge. The sixth volume in The Ameri... more information

hardcover. illus. 331pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (abrasion on d.w. eliminating a letter in the title, otherwise very good). N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, (1964). First Edition. Second Issue. The American Trail Series. ... more information

NY:: McGraw-Hill,. 1964.. Hardcover. First edition. First state. 331pp. Very good / slightly chipped and yellowed dust jacket. ... more information

New York McGraw-Hill 1964 Hardcover Fourth printing SIGNED. 331pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Purple cloth with silver stamped title on backstrip. Illustrated. Index. Bibliography. Near fine. The edges of the covers are mildly faded. Near fine. There is a short closed tear in the bottom edge. Price-clipped. History of the Mormon trail from Nauvoo to Salt Lake City. Volume in the 'American Trails Series'. Inscribed by Stegner on the front free endsheet.... more information