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Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 508pp. Octavo [26 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine and and blind stamped decorative borders on the covers. Rebacked with portions of the original spine overlaid. The covers are rubbed, and the underlying boards are exposed along the edges. The front pastedown has a bookseller's ink stamp, and there is a contemporary owner's name on the title page. The map has a 2" closed tear along one of the folds. Volume 1 only. With the fold out map at the front and 5 illustrated plates (several plates found at places other than the pages listed on the contents pages). Early description of the Mormons and the Salt Lake Valley originally published in French. This is the first English language edition. Flake/Draper 6867. Howes R204. Wagner/Camp 364:2. Scallawagiana 59.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Volume II only. 605pp. Octavo [26 cm], rebound with original maroon spine and covers overlaid. 5 steel engravings. Light spotting and wear to boards; pencil name on title page, else interior is unmarked. Early description of the Mormons and the Salt Lake Valley originally published in French. This is the first English language edition. Flake/Draper 6867. Howes R204. Wagner/Camp 364:2. Scallawagiana 59.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Volume I only. 605pp. Octavo [26 cm] Rebacked with gilt-stamped red leather. New marbled endpapers. 5 steel engravings. ***Lacking the map. Light wear to boards, rear board lower corner bumped; tide marks along the edges of the plates; else, interior is unmarked. Early description of the Mormons and the Salt Lake Valley originally published in French. This is the first English language edition. Flake/Draper 6867. Howes R204. Wagner/Camp 364:2. Scallawagiana 59.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Complete set of two volumes. Rebound in brown buckram. There is wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners of the rebinding. Some light foxing to some of the pages. Some of the illustrated plates have abstaining at the edges, which looks to have been the condition they were in when the book was bound. This was a landmark publication of the time, chronicling the establishment and development of the Salt Lake Valley and with a detailed sociological and historical look at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Seller: Orrin Schwab Books, Providence, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1861 first edition in English after the French edition. Complete set of two volumes. Both volumes have been re-cased, with the original spine laid over. There is wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners, with the corners worn through. Volume 1 has discolored and faded spots on the front cover and the front cover is bowed outward a bit. The text blocks on both volumes are tight and the pages are clean and complete. The plates and map are present and in very good condition. A significant imprint in Mormon history.
Seller: Orrin Schwab Books, Providence, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Two volume set. 605 & 508pp. Octavos [26 cm] Original violet cloth with titles gilt stamped on backstrips and Salt Lake Temple gilt stamped on front boards. Very good. Minor overall fading to boards. Head of boards and backstrip of volume one shows light staining and discoloring. Corners bumped. Internally clean. Bookplate on front pastedown of the second volume. All ten illustrations and the fold-out map are present. Early description of the Mormons and the Salt Lake Valley originally published in French. This is the first English language edition. Flake/Draper 6867. Howes R204. Wagner/Camp 364:2. Scallawagiana 59.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 508; 605pp. Octavo [24 cm] Rebound with dark green gilt-stamped cloth over boards. Hinges reinforced. Brown floral endpapers. Folding map and 10 steel engraved plates. Light foxing to the preliminary pages. Verso of map slightly darkened. Else, interior is unmarked. Early description of the Mormons and the Salt Lake Valley originally published in French. This is the first English language edition. Flake/Draper 6867. Howes R204. Wagner/Camp 364:2. Scallawagiana 59.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Two volume set. 508 & 605pp. Octavos [26 cm] in decorative blind-embossed maroon cloth with gilt spine titles. Spines chipped at top to a depth of 1", extremities rubbed, corners lightly exposed, short slit to rear hinge of each volume; inner hinges cracked (but holding), dampstain to lower corners of textblock of Vol. II, else interiors are unmarked. All ten engravings and the fold-out map are present. Early description of the Mormons and the Salt Lake Valley originally published in French. This is the first English language edition. Flake/Draper 6867. Howes R204. Wagner/Camp 364:2. Scallawagiana 59.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$506.66 + shipping
Description: FIRST ENGLISH EDITION 1861, 2 volumes, complete set, large 8vos, approximately 250 x 160 mm, 10 x 6½ inches, 10 steel engravings including frontispieces plus a folding map in rear of Volume I, pages: cxxxi, [1], [1]-508; vii, [1], [1]-605 including index, bound in the original publisher's purple zigzag grained cloth, blind stamped decoration to covers, gilt vignette of Great Salt Lake City Temple to centre of upper covers, gilt lettering to spines with small gilt ornamental band at head and tail, edges untrimmed, original brown endpapers, binder's tiny label on rear pastedown of Volume 1 (bound by Westley's London). EX LIBRARY COPIES, spines slightly faded and slightly worn at head and tail, corners slightly bumped, patch of damp staining to both lower covers (see attached images), library labels removed from endpapers, leaving a small hole in front endpaper of Volume II, repaired, no library stamps, inner paper hinges cracked, bindings tight and firm, modern presentation bookplate on rear pastedowns, pale foxing to 2 pages, pale damp stains to the margins of the frontispiece in Volume II, prelim pages in Volume II slightly rippled near top edge, small closed tear to 1 lower margin, 45 mm (2") closed tear to upper margin of page 279 Volume II, both neatly repaired. Apart from the pastedowns and endpapers and the frontispiece to Volume 2, all text, plates and map clean, a good clean sturdy set complete with all plates and the map. Translated from the French, Jules Remy (18261893) was a French naturalist and traveller. Julius Brenchley (1816 1873), was an English explorer, naturalist and author. The authors give an account of their perilous journey from California to Utah followed by a history of Mormonism and a description of the governance, practices and customs of the members of that sect. Sabin, Dictionary of Books Relating to America, No. 69594; Raymond John Howgego, Encyclopedia of Exploration 1850-1940, page 506, R6. These books are heavy and will require extra shipping costs. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Seller: Roger Middleton P.B.F.A., Oxford, United Kingdom
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Quartos, 10.3 in. x 6.5 in. Volume I: pp. cxxxi, 508. Volume II: pp. 605. Illustrated with ten steel engravings and fold-out map (10 in. x 19.5 in.) Maroon cloth-covered boards, with elaborate blind-stamped design to fronts and backs. Gilt title to rebacked spines. Original cloth from spines re-attached. Rubbing to extremities. Corners lightly nudged. Gilt on spines is faded, but legible. Light-colored 2 in. x 1 in. patch to each spine - from a now-removed sticker? Hinges reinforced at endpapers. Dates and crossouts in crayon to top of front pastedowns. Creases and 1 in. closed tear to map. Mylar cover for protection. Ézéchiel Jules Rémy (1826-1893) was a French naturalist and traveller. Rémy made collections of botanical and geological specimens, shells, and published works on his journeys and observations, including an early record of a visit to the island of Moloka, and this report on the Mormon people of Utah published in French in 1860. "The truth, so often perverted, will be vindicated in this work. Of those who have written on the Mormons, by far the greater number have derived their information from sources little to be relied on. The historians and travellers who have been their guides, have either never inspected the facts on the spot, or have looked at them from the point of view of their own foregone opinions, and too often of their passions. I have had the advantage of seeing with my own eyes, and my readers, I hope, will be sensible of it. Free, moreover, as far as I am aware, from all prejudice, I am able to affirm that I have contemplated the moral side of the picture with the same eye and the same impartialiltly as I have the physical side. The good and the bad have been exhibited; but if I correct erroneous opinions, I am far from offering myself as an apologist. It is the consciousness of this sincerity and impartiality which has inspired me with some confidence, and imparted to me the desire of presenting myself before the public. With serious and earnest men, truth is always the first of considerations, and it is for such I write." - from the preface.
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: Good. Edges rubbed and both ends of spine lightly bumped on both volumes. Both hinges cracked but holding in volume one. Volume two's binding tight. Former owner's stamp on the front free end sheet on both volumes. Book plate of a former owner on the front paste down of volume one. Volume one has an oily stain on back cover and bleeding on to the last pages of the book along outer margin barely touching the text but on the fold out map. Back hinge on volume one cracked. An interesting set despite the flaws of volume one, volume two being in very good condition
Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Edition : First English language edition. , Publisher?s contemporary maroon cloth with blind tooling, border fillets, designs at centre and corners. Spine with gilt title. , This Mormon history includes a description of the authors' travels, including California and Nevada. Plates portray Joseph and Hyrum Smith, the Salt Lake Temple and Fillmore. This is the translation of its earlier original French publication describing the Mormons and the Salt Lake Valley. , Size : 4to. (254x260mm), Folding map (in vol.1) plus 10 steel engravings. , Volume : 4 in 2, References : Wagner/Camp 364:2, Howes R210, Flake / Draper 6687, First English langua, . PP. Vol. 1: Half-title, blank (2), frontis, title, printer?s advertisement, Preface iii-vi, contents (2), blank (2), folding map, introduction ix-cxxxi, blank, book 1: 1-222, book 2: 223-406, section 2: 407-501, blank, chronology 503-508. Vol 2: Half-title, blank (2), frontis, title, printer?s advertisement, contents (3), blank, book 3 1-275, blank, book 4 277-495, blank, notes 497-560, Mormon bibliography 561-569, blank, index 571-605, printer?s advertisement. Mispagination in vol.1: p.56 of intro as 6; 61 as 60; 62 as 72; 64 as 14. Spine slightly worn; plates, map and texts are generally clean. Overall a very good copy.
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: 2 volumes. 8vo., (10 ¼ x 6 ¾ inches). Half titles (occasional spotting). Fine folding "Map designed to accompany the Journey to Mormon Land," frontispiece in each volume, 8 engraved plates (one or two marginal stains, occasional slight toning). Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in blind, the smooth spine lettered in gilt (rebacked, extremities worn with loss). First edition in English, first published in France the previous year. With the beautifully engraved map in volume I. "Remy and his companion Julius Lucius Brenchley traveled from San Francisco to Salt Lake City in the summer of 1855. After a month's stay they left for Los Angeles, which they reached on November 29, and then returned to San Francisco. The Frenchmen were fascinated by the Mormons, and much of this book is devoted to the new American religion" (Wagner-Camp 364:2). "In addition to producing one of the first travel narratives about the Mormons originally published in a non-English language, Remy and his companion were also somewhat unusual in approaching Utah from the West, traveling from San Francisco to Salt Lake City. They arrived on 25 September 1855 and stayed a full month, observing, as they put it, 'a religion at the very moment of its birth.' Their book was first published in France in 1860, then was translated into English and published the next year as 'A Journey to Great-Salt-Lake City' (London: W. Jeffs, 1861)" (Smith, p. 160). Craig S. Smith, "The Curious Meet the Mormons: Images from Travel Narratives, 1850s and 1860s" in Journal of Mormon History, vol. 24, no. 2 (Fall 1998). Wagner-Camp 364:2. Flake 6867. Howes R-210. Sabin 69594. Scallawagiana 59.
Seller: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition in English (first published in Paris, 1860), 2 volumes, large 8vo, pp. [2], cxxxi, [1], 508; vii, [1], 605, [1]; 10 steel engravings (i.e. 5 plates, 3 portraits, and 2 facsimiles), and a folding map; original purple cloth, spines slightly faded, tops of both spines cracked and with small chips out, bottom on both spines cracked; these defects notwithstanding, a very good, bright and sound copy, largely unopened set, with no cracking of the hinges. Flake 6867; Howes R-210; Monaghan 1220; Pilling, Proof-sheets, 3219; Sabin 64594; Wagner-Camp (Becker), 364:2: "Remy and . Brenchley traveled from San Francisco to Salt Lake City in the summer of 1855. After a month's stay they left for Los Angeles, which they reached on November 29, and then returned to San Francisco . The Frenchmen were fascinated by the Mormons, and much of this book is devoted to the new American religion."
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$1650.00 + shipping
Description: 2 volumes, large 8vo, original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, illustrated with 10 steel engravings, [2], cxxxi, 508; vii, 605 pp. Spines faded, spine ends frayed, edges and corners rubbed, a few spots of soiling to covers, a couple of tears on the top of spines, joints just a bit tender, normal aging, Salt Lake Temple donation bookplate on front endpapers; otherwise very good. This is an important first hand account of a journey across America from west to east. Wagner-Camp indicates that âÂÂRemy and his companion Julius Brenchley traveled from San Francisco to Salt Lake City in the summer of 1855⦠The Frenchman were fascinated by the Mormons, and much of this book is devoted to the new American religion.â However, unlike contemporary American accounts of the Mormons, Remy (1826-1893), and fellow European explorer Richard Burton, were far more objective in their commentary.
Seller: Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books, ABAA, Florham Park, NJ, U.S.A.
REMY, Jules and BRENCHLEY, Julius. A Journey to Great-Salt-Lake City. W. Jeffs, London, 1861.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: With a Sketch of the History, Religion, and Customs of the Mormons, and an Introduction on the Religious Movement in the United States. By Jules Remy. Complete with 10 plates and folding map of the United States. 2 Vols. Thick 4to, original purple cloth with gilt decoration, light foxing to margins of frontispieces in both volumes, corners bumped on both volumes, few small bumps to edges of covers of both volumes, otherwise very good. London: W. Jeffs, 1861. First Edition in English. "Remy and his companion Julius Lucius Brenchley traveled from San Francisco to Salt Lake City in the summer of 1855. After a month's stay they left for Los Angeles, which they reached on November 29, and then returned to San Francisco.The Frenchmen were fascinated by the Mormons, and much of this book is devoted to the new American religion. Wagner-Camp 364:2. Flake 6867. Howes R-210. Sabin 69594. Internally, a tight bright set.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1850.00 + shipping
Description: Two volumes. [2],cxxxi,[1],508; vii,[1],605,[1]pp., plus ten plates and folding map. Original blindstamped purple cloth, spines gilt. Spine extremities expertly repaired. Quite clean internally. Very good overall. First English translation, after the French language first edition of the previous year. Recounts the authors' trip from San Francisco to Salt Lake City in 1855, where they stayed for one month. Frenchmen, they "were fascinated by the Mormons, and much of this book is devoted to the new American religion" (Wagner-Camp). They also went to Hawaii. The folding map traces the authors' route. Contains some notes on the vocabulary of the native Indian tribes. A key Mormon item. HOWES R210. MINTZ 389. PILLING, PROOF-SHEETS 3219. SABIN 64594. WAGNER-CAMP 364:2. MONAGHAN 1220. FLAKE 6867. FORBES 2447. BIBLIOTHECA SCALLAWAGIANA 59. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 144 (note).
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$2200.00 + shipping
Description: REMY, Jules, and BRENCHLEY, Julius. A Journey to Great-Salt-Lake City with a Sketch of the History, Religion and Customs of the Mormons, and an Introduction of the Religious Movement in the United States. London: W. Jeffs, 1861. 2 Vols. [2],cxxxi,[1],508; vii,[1],605,[1]pp., plus 10 plates and folding map. Half titles. Original blindstamped purple cloth, spines gilt, front boards stamped with a gilt illustration of the Mormon Tabernacle. Cloth a bit sunned, minor wear to extremities. Hinges expertly strengthened, binding cracked in a couple spots. Very occasional light foxing. Very good. Almost entirely unopened. HOWES R-210. Mintz 389. Pilling, Proof-Sheets 3219. Sabin 64594. Wagner-Camp 364:2. Monaghan 1220. Flake 6867. Forbes 2447. Bibliotheca Scallawagiana 59. Reese, Best of the West 144 (note). First English translation, after the French language first edition of the previous year. Recounts the authors' trip from San Francisco to Salt Lake City in 1855, where they stayed for one month. Frenchmen, they "were fascinated by the Mormons, and much of this book is devoted to the new American religion" (Wagner-Camp). They also went to Hawaii. The folding map traces the authors' route. Contains some notes on the vocabulary of the native Indian tribes. A key Mormon item.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3850.00 + shipping
Description: REMY, Jules, and BRENCHLEY, Jules. A Journey to Great-Salt-Lake City.With A Sketch of the History, Religion, and Customs of the Mormons. London: W. Jeffs, 1861. Two volumes. cxxxi,508; vii,605pp. plus plates and folding map. Half title and frontispiece portrait in each volume. Quarto. Original blue cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, spines gilt. Fine. HOWES R210, "aa." MINTZ 389. PILLING, PROOF-SHEETS 3219. SABIN 64594. WAGNER-CAMP 364:2. MONAGHAN 1220. FLAKE 6867. FORBES HAWAII 2447. First English translation, after the French language first edition of the previous year. Recounts the authors' trip from San Francisco to Salt Lake City in 1855, where they stayed for one month. Frenchmen, they "were fascinated by the Mormons, and much of this book is devoted to the new American religion" (Wagner-Camp). The folding map traces the authors' route. Contains some notes on the vocabulary of the native Indian tribes. A key Mormon item.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.