Set in Stone Fixed in Glass: The Great Mormon Temple and Its Photographers
by Wadsworth, Nelson B
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good/very good +
- ISBN 10
- 1560850248
- ISBN 13
- 9781560850243
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good +. 388pp. Oblong quarto [22 cm] Light peach colored cloth with gilt stamped titles on the front board and backstrip. Includes an index. In a dust jacket. Dark spotting, possibly ink, on the bottom of front board and slight dark tinge to the lower right edge of pages. Fully illustrated with black & white photographs on nearly every page. Out of print and increasingly scarce, one of the principal references on Utah photography. Not only does the book cover the building of the Mormon Temple in detail, but Wadsworth has written an excellent overview of pioneer photography in Utah, including chapters on C.R. Savage, Marsena Cannon, James Crockwell, Edward Martin, C.W. Carter, George Edward Anderson, C.W. Symons, the Shiplers and more.
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- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51676
- Title
- Set in Stone Fixed in Glass: The Great Mormon Temple and Its Photographers
- Author
- Wadsworth, Nelson B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 1560850248
- ISBN 13
- 9781560850243
- Publisher
- Signature Books
- Place of Publication
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- LDS; Mormon; Temple; C.R. Savage; C.W. Carter; Brigham Young; Salt Lake ; Utah
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We carry an ever-changing inventory of art, ephemera, maps, photography, and postcards in addition to a vast selection of used and rare books along with a few new books. We actively purchase and appraise books in all fields.
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