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J. H. Beadle. Life in Utah: Or the Mysteries and Crimes of Mormonism. National Publishing Co., 1870.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: BEING AN EXPOSE OF THE SECRET RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS WITH A FULL AND AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF POLYGAMY AND THE MORMON SECTY FROM ITS ORIGIN TO THE PRESENT TIME. In poor condition with heavy edgewear to the cover. Is illustrated.
Seller: Loyal Oak Books, Norton, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: Being an Expose of the Secret Rites and Ceremonies of the Latter-Day Saints with a Full and Authentic History of Polygamy and the Mormon Sect from Its Origin to the Present Time. Front and rear hinges very tender, leather chipping at top and bottom of spine, covers rubbed--a reference copy. Map intact. Covers loose. 540 pages plus ads; 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 "
Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$32.89 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: later printing w. engraving in text but no frontis and map. 8vo/HB. Tome on early history of the Mormons, sold only by subscription to the publisher. Author was the editor of the Salt Lake reporter and Utah correspondent for the Cincinnati Commercial. half leather, marbled boards, front board detached but present, ow in Good condition for age. Inscriptions by an to former owner. 540 pp.
Seller: Pali, Roma, RM, Italy
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: Fair; the covers are lightly spotted, and the spine is faded. The text block is cracked at the copyright page, and is beginning to come away from the backstrip. There is a contemporary notation on the front flyleaf
Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardback book (540 pages) illustrated with engravings and folded map after title page. Rebound in contemporary boards and new endpapers with gilt lettering on spine Moderate foxing throughout - a few pages including map has tape repairs on edge. Bookseller since 1995 ULG1-Bottom) rareviewbooks
Seller: rareviewbooks, Kensington, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 540pp. Plus 4 pages of ads. Probable First Edition. Green stamped hard cover with gilt titles. Frontis, title page, and map missing. Book is bumped and cloth chipped at the corners, some cover rubbing, minor soiling to some pages, rear endpaper is soilied with a 1/2 inch tear at the head of the hinge. Binding is sound and the book is square. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall E4
Seller: Voyageur Book Shop, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, 540 pages; contemporary full embossed sheep, rebacked in brown cloth, with original spine label, lacks front free endpaper, title-leaf and portrait frontispiece, and map; botanicals laid in. Offered "as is", with all faults. [ Flake/Draper 344]. Beadle left Indiana and lived for years in the West, especially as editor of the Salt Lake Reporter. Both a lawyer and a journalist, Beadle's anti-Mormon columns and books were a vertitable bastinado of hyperbole, designed to quash any incipient admiration for Mormon industry, sobriety, and brotherly love - Leonard Arrington." Plates.
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Thick 8vo, original gilt stamped green cloth, two frontispieces, 540pp., two terminal publisher's ad leaves. Folding map inserted. Text illustrations. FLAKE 344. Nearly a Very Good copy.
Seller: Steve Finer - Rare Books, Greenfield, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Contemp. Calf Tooled. Poor. 8vo. pp 540 (iv ads), Sp. worn, bds. detached, title sig. & p 15 loose, else contents good or better.
Seller: Muse Book Shop, DeLand, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Calf binding with elaborate embossed design, black spine label with gilt titles, frontispiece with tissue guard, folding map tipped-in at front. Leather worn through at two corners, front external hinge starting but holding, rubbed at edges, some scattered foxing in text, offsetting to endpapers, but still an attractive copy.
Seller: The Book Shelf, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Not first. Illustrated. 1 vols. Thick 8vo.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$84.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Hardbound without dust jacket in original binding from 1879. Front cover has nearly separated from the spine cover. Considerable wear to cover; binding fragile. No text markings noted. Endpapers darkening.
Seller: Alplaus Books, Alplaus, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This volume has been rebound. Title page and copyright page are missing, text starts with foldout map, just preceding preface (which is page 5). Text is clean with some foxing. Several light stains to text edge. Very nice rebinding job done by well-known California book binder. ; B&W Illustrations; 540 pages
Seller: Dan Glaeser Books, Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Pagination: 540, [4]p. Publishers original green pebble cloth and gilt stamp to cover and spine very minor shelf wear binding excellent. Very few finger soiling marks to outer corners no affect. P13 with short clean tear to top outer margin no affect. Overall an excellent copy. Illustrations: With frontispiece, folding map, and numerous text illustrations and plates. John Hanson Beadle (1840-1897) journalist and author, editor Salt Lake Reporter. His book ?Life in Utah? has become one of the most prominent anti-Mormon books from the 19th century.
Seller: Dark Parks Books & Collectibles, Fallon, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: "Being an expose of the secret rites and ceremonies of the latter-day saints, with a full and authentic histtory of polygamy and the Mormon sect from its origin to the present time". Portrait frontispieces of leading Mormons and the Mormon Temple. Folding map of Utah after the title-page, intact but with several small tears, no paper loss. Spine extremities are frayed. Gilt lettering is dulled but easily readable. 540pp. See Flake 344. Size: Thick Octavo
Seller: Glenn Books, ABAA, ILAB, Prairie Village, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$119.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: WITH ATTACHED MAP, FOUR AD PAGES, PENCILLED OWNER'S NAME. PROBLEM FREE COPY.
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.
Beadle, J. H.. LIFE IN UTAH MYSTERIES AND CRIMES OF MORMONISM. Nat'l Pub Co, Atlanta, GA, 1870.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: 540 This South Dakota author writes on the Mormon religion.
Seller: Antiques & Art, Piedmont, SD, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Being an Expose of the Secret Rites and Ceremonies of the Latter-Day Saints, with a Full and Authentic History of Polygamy and the Mormon Sect from Its Origin to the Present Time. Folding map of Utah, 37 Illus. 540pp. + 4pp. of publisher's ads. 8vo, contemporary full tan sheep, black leather spine label, covers blind-stamped, bottom of spine and edges of corners worn, sheep lightly soiled, inner hinges strengthened, blank preliminary and blank page at end are dampstained, scattered light foxing to margins. Philadelphia: National Publishing Company, 1870. First Edition Author was editor of the Salt Lake City Reporter. The folding map has some very light foxing and is dampstained on the right margin. Flake 344. Internally, a tight bright copy.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 540 pp Clean text with very minor foxing on some pages.Tipped in map of Utah. Illustration of Mormon Temple under construction as well as portraits of leading Mormons. Owner label inside front cover: Christmas 1870 and 1877. Foxing and yellowing on rear end papers. Front cover loose but attached.
Seller: Doodletown Farm Books, Ancram, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$144.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bound in publisher's original green cloth with cover stamped in gilt and blind stamped design on back. Salesman's sample with two variants of spine cloth on front paste doen end paper. Nice map of Utah following title page. Some wear and chipping at ends of spine and extremities. 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches. 496 pages followed by advertising and sales subscription log at end of book. Text bloc is tight.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 540 pages: 6.5 x 8.75 in.: 2.6: KB#012474: Rest of Subtitle: "Being an Expose' of the Secret Rites and Ceremonies of the Latter-Day Saints, With a Full and Authentic History of Polygamy and the Mormon sect From Its Origin to the Present Time." Includes fold-out map at front as well as 27 Illustrations. Pages are lightly foxed/spotted and edge/tops of Green Boards, with embossed title on front and spine, are worn, plus front flyleaf page has been removed. Content Chapters include: Historical * History From the Founding of Nauvoo Till 1843 * Mormon Difficulties and Death of the Prophet * Two Years of Strife - Exodus From Illinois * From the Nauvoo Exodus to the Mormon War in Utah * The Bloody Period * Gentiles in Utah * First Views in Utah * Two Weeks in Salt Lake City * Trip to Bear River and Return * The Conference and Its Results * Analysis of Mormon Society * Analysis of Mormon Theology * Geographical Features * Material Resources of Utah * Mormon Mysteries - Their Origin * Present Condition and Prospects * Redeeming Agencies.
Seller: Keener Books (Member IOBA), Menomonee Falls, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$148.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Minute tears to spine ends. Stamps on front endpaper, blindstamp and stamp on first blank page. A handsome and tight copy. ; Fold-out map of Utah at front with one closed tear ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 540 pages
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Life in Utah; or, the Mysteries and Crimes of Mormonism. Being an Expose of the Secret Rites and Ceremonies of the Latter-Day Saints, with a Full and Authentic History of Polygamy and the Mormon Sect from its Origin to the Present Time. By J.H. Beadle and printed in Philadelphia by the National Publishing Company. 1870, 540 pp, 9 x 6.25, 8vo, hardcover red cloth. In fair condition, with rubbing and wear to boards and spine, primarily along edges and corners. Cracking to front and rear hinges. Text block remains bound well with minimal wear. Periodic black-and-white illustrations throughout, along with a foldout map following the title page. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A scarce anti-Mormon work, including their early religious practices and their confrontations with other White settlers in Utah. COLU1870CDFC-0124-aj0827
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$157.33 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A few cloth chips at foreedge, but stil a tight, bright, clean copy of a very scarce anti-Mormon work. Illustrated with foldout map and engravings. Binding is cloth.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$174.00 + shipping
Description: LIFE IN UTAH; OR, THE MYSTERIES AND CRIMES OF MORMONISM, BEING AN EXPOSE OF THE SECRET RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS, WITH A FULL AND AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF POLYGAMY AND THE MORMON SECT FROM ITS ORIGIN TO THE PRESENT TIME, National Publishing Company, 1870, first edition, some light scattered foxing, else a tight vg+ copy in the publishers original gold-gilt stamped cloth with triple rule blank stamping to the front and rear covers as well. Illustrated.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$245.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green cloth cover, Very Good condition, spine faded, Inscriptions by an to former owner, fold-out maps toward the front, 540 pp.
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.