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Wallace Stegner ; Erskine Caldwell (editor). Mormon Country. Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1942.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Description: Inscribed and Signed by Wallace Stegner. 2nd Printing. Front hinge starting. Good condition. No dust jacket.
Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.
STEGNER, Wallace. Mormon Country. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce,, 1942.
Price: US$960.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: NF/VG+. Signed by Author. VG+/NF. 1/4" chip top of spine. 362 pp. First Edition.
Seller: Limestone Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. Mormon Country. Duell, Sloan & Pearce, New York, 1942.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated second printing. Inscribed by Stegner on the front free endpaper to "Barbara Gregg," dated 1946. Inscription partially overlaps with map design, but it is still legible. Light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering over black on spine. Light toning to spine and edges of boards; minor rubbing to edges; mild soiling and staining. Very light foxing to top edge of text block. Blue illustrated dust jacket with red and white lettering on cover and spine. Jacket is wrapped in mylar and corners of flaps are clipped, but original price is still visible. Moderate chipping to edges, which has been repaired with clear tape; slight fading to spine; mild soiling. Tight binding and clean interior. Part of the American Folkways series, edited by Erskine Caldwell. Wallace Stegner (1909-1993) , often referred to as "the Dean of Western Writers," was a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, historian, and environmentalist who taught writing for over 40 years at various institutions, most notably Stanford University. This is his first nonfiction book, which tells the story of a region and a culture that he knew well. According to the jacket, "The story of the Mormons is one of the labor and self-sacrifice that was spent in search of an ideal - always against the rugged, inhospitable, colorful background of the American West." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 362 pp; Signed by Author
Seller: Back of Beyond Books, Moab, UT, U.S.A.
Stegner Wallace. MORMON COUNTRY. New York Duell, Sloan, and Pearce 1942, 1942.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, Affectionately and very personally INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY STEGNER "For Jinny, who has already signed up as official historian on the post-war expedition to God's country. Wally". 8vo, publishers original maroon boards, the spine lettered in gilt, in the original dustjacket. 362pp. A very fine copy but for subtle fading to the spine edge and gentle wear to the jacket. A VERY HANDSOME COPY OF THIS VERY PERSONALLY AND AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION AND IMPORTANT STEGNER TITLE. The story of Mormon Country is indeed a fascinating one. It begins with the great westward trek under the leadership of Brigham Young and goes forward as the chronicle of tireless and superhuman achievements by a people of faith. The myths and legends of the Mormons, their folkways and great leaders, are relatively unknown to many Americans. But theirs is a colorful saga, and it is the saga of a people who built by group effort a region entirely different from the rest of the West in its institutions and habits of living.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.