Linforth james editor (3 Ergebnisse)
Weitere BilderVerlag: Applewood Books, Bedford, Massachusetts, 1997
- Hardcover
Anbieter: Black Paw Books, Marshfield Hills, MA, USABlack Paw Books
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EUR 48,48
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Handsome facsimile of one of the most celebrated illustrated works on the Mormon migration, first issued in parts in 1854-55. Piercy, a young English artist, was sent by the LDS Church to document the emigrant route from Liverpool to Utah for prospective British converts; his engravings remain amon…g the most reproduced visual records of the overland Mormon trail, including views of the ruined Nauvoo Temple and Carthage Jail. Limited facsimile edition, number not filled in, from an edition of 1,000 copies. 13" x 10", 120 pp. Lacking the issue slipcase. Top corners gently bumped, minor rubbing to the leather spine and corners, else Fine. Text and plates clean and bright. All said, a handsome copy. PIERCY, Frederick (illustrator) (illustrator).
Weitere BilderVerlag: Franklin D. Richards; London: Latter-Day Saints Book Depot, Liverpool, 1855
- Hardcover
- Signiert
Anbieter: Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA), New York, NY, USADonald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA)
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EUR 12.781,28
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In den Warenkorb4to. (12 x 9 1/2 inches). viii, 120 pp. Folding map, thirty engraved plates, and woodcuts in text illustrations after Frederick H. Piercy. Contemporary half calf and tan cloth covered boards, rebacked. Housed in a red morocco backed box. A landmark depiction of the West with superb plates, and one of the most important publicati…ons devoted to the Mormon emigration: with provenance to Brigham Young's daughter. "This elaborately prepared and illustrated book was published as a monument to the Mormon emigration to Utah, and as a means of attracting further emigrants. Piercy made a special trip to America [in 1853] to make sketches for the plates, which are some of the best western views of the period" (Streeter). The outstanding views show New Orleans, Natchez, Vicksburg, Nauvoo, Council Bluffs, Laramie, Fort Bridger, and Scott's Bluff. ".One of the most elaborately and beautifully illustrated of western books" (Howes). ".One of the basic sources of illustrated Western Americana of the period" (Taft). "One of the most illuminating maps of the West to appear during 1855.it shows Utah in all its glory. This is not only an important map in the history of Mormons, but is in every sense an important map in the history of the West, giving as it does a carefully drawn picture of that entire area" (Wheat). This copy inscribed by Brigham Young's daughter Maria Young Dougall (1849-1935) to her niece Leah Dunford Widstoe and her husband, John A. Widstoe (1872-1952), a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. It is additionally signed by prominent LDS Elder (and Maria Dougall's husband) William Bernard Dougall (1843-1909). Howes L359, "b;" Wagner-Camp 259; Graff 2501; Flake 6381; Sabin 41325; Streeter Sale 2296; Taft, Artists & Illustrators of the Old West, p.285; Wheat Transmississippi IV, pp.40-41; Crawley & Flake, A Mormon Fifty 46.
Weitere BilderVerlag: Liverpool. 1855., 1855
Anbieter: William Reese Company, New York, NY, USAWilliam Reese Company
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EUR 15.425,68
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In den WarenkorbOne of the most important publications devoted to the Mormon emigration, and a landmark in the artistic depiction of western scenes. The plates are after illustrations by Frederick Piercy. "This elaborately prepared and illustrated book was published as a monument to the Mormon emigration to Utah, and as a means of attracting fu…rther emigrants. Piercy made a special trip to America [in 1853] to make sketches for the plates, which are some of the best western views of the period" - Streeter. The outstanding views show New Orleans, Natchez, Vicksburg, Nauvoo, Council Bluffs, Laramie, Fort Bridger, and Scott's Bluff. ".One of the most elaborately and beautifully illustrated of western books" - Howes. ".One of the basic sources of illustrated Western Americana of the period" - Taft. "One of the most illuminating maps of the West to appear during 1855.it shows Utah in all its glory. This is not only an important map in the history of Mormons, but is in every sense an important map in the history of the West, giving as it does a carefully drawn picture of that entire area" - Wheat. HOWES L359, "b." WAGNER-CAMP 259. GRAFF 2501. FLAKE 6381. SABIN 41325. STREETER SALE 2296. Taft, ARTISTS & ILLUSTRATORS OF THE OLD WEST, p.285. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI IV, pp.40-41. CRAWLEY & FLAKE, A MORMON FIFTY 46. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 135. Large quarto. Modern three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, gilt leather label. Map slightly trimmed, costing the top borderline in the map. Portraits of Willard Richards and John Taylor neatly excised from their old plate and mounted onto new paper. Very faint tideline barely visible on lower edge of final forty pages and final fifteen plates. The images themselves are generally clean and unblemished. Very good.
