Great Basin Kingdom. An Economic History Of The Latter-Day Saints 1830-1900

LEONARD J. ARRINGTON

Publication: Harvard University Press, 1958, Cambridge

First Edition. 8vo. Two-tone quarter cloth and paper over boards, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, colored maps on front and rear endpapers, xviii [2], 534 pp., preface, illustrated, portraits, maps, bibliography, notes and references, index. Nicer than usually seen copy of this major work of scholarship (and by most accounts Arrington's most important work) by the celebrated and influential historian of the west and Mormon country, who's legacy cannot be understated, and who casts a long shadow. According to Saunders: "Though certainly not the first of its kind, in the realm of modern scholarly studies on Mormonism this work ranks unquestionably as the broadest and probably the single most important. Almost alone Arrington's book raised the study of Mormon culture out of the arena or polemics and apologetics into the world of serious study." Collectible Mormon Books 18. Very good clean copy in the elusive price-clipped dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends, corners and extremities.

Inventory Number: 52278