- Seller Inventory #: kb006574
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
- Place: Boston
- Date published: 1942
- Keywords: n|n|FICTION::Religious|FICTION::Historical
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1942. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket . 637 pp. Green cloth over boards; corners bumped, some rubbing, edge wear, previous owner's bookplate on fep, some yellowing to pastedown. A novel of the struggles faced by the early Mormon Pioneers during their westward movement and persecution.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
pastedown : The paper glued to the inside cover of a hard cover book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.