The Gathering of Zion: The Story of the Mormon Trail

Great Britain: Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers) Ltd, 1966. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 331 pp. Octavo [23 cm]; brown cloth covered boards with the spine stamped in gilt and red. Illustrated front endsheet. Illustrated dust jacket. Map and illustrations in text. Some minor shelf wear to the book, and a small scuff mark on the bottom edge of the text block. Small bookseller's ticket affixed to the rear pastedown ("Rain Dog Books 404 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago"). The dust jacket is price-clipped, otherwise in very good condition, with only some minor edge wear, toning, and one very small closed tear at the top edge near the spine fold. Colberg A17.1.b. Part of the Eyre & Spottiswoode Frontier Library. Wallace Stegner's history of the Mormon trail from Nauvoo to Salt Lake City was the winner of the 1965 Award of Merit of the American Association for Utah's State and Local History.