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TELL IT ALL": THE STORY OF A LIFE'S EXPERIENCE IN MORMONISM. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
by Stenhouse, Mrs. T.B.H
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Plus
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Hartford, CT: A.D. Worthington & Co, 1875. Hardcover. Good Plus. Octavo, 8.8 in. x 6 in., pp. 623, [1] (advertising). Illustrated with tissue-guarded steelplate engravings of the author and Brigham Young, and twenty-seven other engravings by Chas. Spiegle. Full calf boards. Gilt title on black panels, and four raised bands, to spine. Rubbing and scuffing to boards and spine. Two corners showing. Preliminary pages partially disbound. Spotting to tissue-guards and light age-toning throughout. Fanny Warn Stenhouse (1829 - 1904) was an early Mormon pioneer who defected from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and was most famous for her 1872 publication Exposé of Polygamy in Utah: A Lady's Life among the Mormons, a record of personal experience as one of the wives of a Mormon elder during a period of more than twenty years in the mid-1800s.
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87456
- Title
- TELL IT ALL": THE STORY OF A LIFE'S EXPERIENCE IN MORMONISM. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Author
- Stenhouse, Mrs. T.B.H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- A.D. Worthington & Co
- Place of Publication
- Hartford, CT
- Date Published
- 1875
- Keywords
- feminism, Church of LAtter DAy Saints, Brigham Young, polygamy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana;
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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