Description: Description: Burton, Richard Francis, The City of the Saints & Across the Rocky Mountains to California. 1861 First Edition/Printing published by Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts in London. Featuring three maps on one folding sheet, folding plan, 8 plates, over twenty tissue guarded illustrations, frontis and nine text illustrations. Condition: 8vo. 707 Pages. Contemporary calf-backed boards, spine gilt in 6 compartments; front cover re-attached, scattered foxing, hinge cracked at front blank preliminary pages. Generally, sound otherwise with Ex-Libris labels to front decorated endpapers. (Flake 1027; Graff 512; Howes B1033, Penzer , Pages 68-69; Sabin 9497; Wagner-Camp 370:1.) The Book: "Sir Richard departed from St. Joseph, Mo. on August 7, 1860. Travelling through Sioux territory he arrived in Salt Lake City on August 25. This was to be Burton's last new name to the list of "Holy Cities" to visit. In 'The City of the Saints' the famous explorer of Africa and the Middle East investigates the American West. Burton was very interested in the Mormons. He had two interviews with Brigham Young and wrote about the Mormons sympathetically.
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 60 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Place of Publication: London
Signed: No
Publisher: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts
Modified Item: No
Subject: Exploration & Travel
Year Printed: 1861
Original/Facsimile: Original
Unit Type: lb
Language: English
Illustrator: n/a
Special Attributes: First Edition, Illustrated
Region: Europe
Author: Richard F. Burton
Personalized: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Topic: Historical
Unit Quantity: 1
Character Family: n/a
