Route from Liverpool to the Great Salt Lake Valley
Bedford, Massachusetts: Applewood Books, 1997. PIERCY, Frederick (illustrator). Hardcover. Handsome facsimile of one of the most celebrated illustrated works on the Mormon migration, first issued in parts in 1854–55. Piercy, a young English artist, was sent by the LDS Church to document the emigrant route from Liverpool to Utah for prospective British converts; his engravings remain among the most reproduced visual records of the overland Mormon trail, including views of the ruined Nauvoo Temple and Carthage Jail. Near Fine. Item #9717
Limited facsimile edition, number not filled in, from an edition of 1,000 copies. 13" x 10", 120 pp. Lacking the issue slipcase. Top corners gently bumped, minor rubbing to the leather spine and corners, else Fine. Text and plates clean and bright. All said, a handsome copy.
Price: $55.00