New America

  • Hardcover
  • London: Hurst and Blackett, 1867
By Dixon, William Hepworth
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1867. Hardcover. Very good. Fifth edition, Revised. Two volumes. Illustrated with cuts based on photographs. Full contemporary tan calf. Spines in six compartments with raised bands, gilt, and black lettering labels, gilt. Marbled edges and endpapers in a non-pareil pattern. Some of the tissues guards for the illustrations are folded else this is a very good set with light wear, mostly at the edges ands hinges. Gift inscrption on the free endpaper signed W .H. B.


Flake reports that there is a large section on Utah and Mormonism, with emphasis on Mormon marriage customs and polygamy. Flake, 2847. Sabin 20373.

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Details

Title

New America

Author

Dixon, William Hepworth

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Very Good

Publisher

Hurst and Blackett: London

Date

1867


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