An Overland Journey, Horace Greeley, Mormons, 1860 1st Edition RARE First

Description: "An Overland Journey, from New York to San Francisco, in the Summer of 1859." By Horace Greeley. Published by C. M. Saxton, Barker & Co, New York, 1860. Original brown cloth stamped in blind on front and back cover, gilt lettering on the spine. Greeley composed this book as a series of letters published in the New York Tribune and issued as a book at the conclusion of his travels. Details his journey through Kansas, the Plains, the Rocky Mountains, Utah, the Sierra Nevada and California. Two of the letters narrate of his encounter with Brigham Young and Greeley's thoughts on Mormons and Mormonism. Damp mark on cover and endpaper. Chipping to cover spine (see photo). Content of book clean, solid and in good shape. Owner inscription to endpaper ("Geo. A. Downing"). See photos. Approximately 7-3/4" x 5-1/2"

Price: 295 USD

Location: Kelton, Pennsylvania

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Year Printed: 1860

Modified Item: No

Topic: Mormonism

Binding: Original Cloth

Author: Horace Greeley

Subject: Americana

Original/Facsimile: Original

Publisher: C. M. Saxton, Barker & Co.

Place of Publication: New York

Special Attributes: 1st Edition