Salt Desert Trails: A History of the Hastings Cutoff
by Kelly, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Salt Lake City, UT: Western Epics, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 182pp. Quarto [23.5] Red cloth over boards with title stamped in gilt on spine and front board. Illustrated map endpapers. Minor bumping to extremities. Dustjacket has multiple small tears, both open and closed. A comprehensive history of the various ways travelers have attempted to cross the Salt Desert, including the Donner Party.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65848
- Title
- Salt Desert Trails: A History of the Hastings Cutoff
- Author
- Kelly, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Western Epics
- Place of Publication
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Salt desert, Hastings cutoff, pioneers, travelers, donner party, emigration
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.