Search Results: children of god an american epic by fisher vardis

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1939. first edition. hardcover. Good: foxing to edges of text block, ex library copy with stamps, hinge cracked at title page./no DJ. 8vo 769pp. stated first edition. a fictionalized telling of the history of the Mormon Church from Joseph Smith's early days to the departure of the leaders from Salt Lake City in 1890. #01130.

Harper & Brothers, 1939 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Unmarked, clean and solid copy. Brown covers with gold lettering and yellow spine.

Stated First Edition; 1939 Harper hardcover; no dust jacket; light cover soiling/cover/corner wear; pages clean/tight; good condition

Harper 1939 CONDITION: g.

Vanguard Press, 1939. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Boise ID: Opal Laurel Holmes. Fine in Fine dust jacket. N.D.. Second Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Boisie, no date. Fine hardback in Fine dust jacket. DJ price intact. 769 pages, unmarked. Introduction by Joseph M. Flora. ; F Fic. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 769 pages .

Boise, ID: Opal Laurel Holmes. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1939. reprint. hardcover. 8vo, 769 pp., Introduction by Joseph M. Flora. .

New York, NY: Harper and Brothers. Good condition: inside hinge cracked./No Dustjacket. (1939). 8vo., 769 pp. .

Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1939. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1939. First Edition. 769 pages. No dust jacket. Orange pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth. Rough cut pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.

New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1939., 1939. First edition (so stated). 8vo. Original 1/2 yellow cloth over brown cloth stamped in gilt and black; map endpapers. No dust jacket. Very good. Ink signature on the half title page of Gladys H. Cook.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

Harper & Brothers, 1939-01-01. Seventeenth Edition. Hardcover. Good. Sturdy unmarked copy. Pages lightly tanned with age. No dust jacket. LS

Harper & Brothers,, 1939.. hardcover. Used, very good. Almost like new book in Good dust jacket. Original 1939 edition, 18th printing. Brown and yellow cover, Harper & Brothers, 769pp, illustrated endpapers. Book as new except page edges not quite pritine. Dust jacket rather worn, missing a few 1/2" chips from edges, back cover (which is white) shows surface soiling from handling. Dust jacket now in clear archival mylar sleeve. **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA. ** Purchasing this book supports our town's public library. 

New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good+. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine sunned. Hinges weakening; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 769 pages .

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1939. 769+pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ yellow cloth spine. Title in gilt. Binding very bright and clean. Faint dampstain to top edge of text block. DJ moderately soiled and rubbed w/ wear to edges. Approx. 1" closed tear to top edge of rear panel and 1" closed tear to top corner of rear panel. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1939 First trade edition. [8], 769pp. Two-tone yellow and brown cloth, gilt. Very slight soiling to spine. A fine, clean copy. Story of the Mormons, their beginnings, rapid growth, persecution, amazing mass migration across the plains, etc..

Vanguard Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1939. Reprint. Hardcover. Inscribed and signed by author on endpaper: "For Lucien C Atherton With all good wishes Vardis Fisher Hagerman, Ida June 4, 1950" . Stains to the joints. Spine tips ragged. Top rear edge bumped. Pages tanned. ; Thick 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 769 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1939. First Edition. Octavo. 769pp., (2) pp. describing The Harper Prize Novel Contest which the author had won. This contest was held every other year. This is the story of the Mormons, their strange beginnings, rapid growth, persecution and heroism, their amazing mass migration across trackless Western plains. It is written in terms of two dominating figures--Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. A near fine copy bound in 1/4 yellow cloth over brown cloth lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt over black, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust jacket with chipping and wear to corners and spine ends, and wear and small chips to edges.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1939. First Edition. Decorated with illustrated end-leaves. 8vo, publisher's original brown cloth, backed in original off-white cloth, black lettering label gilt to the spine panel, the upper cover lettered and decorated in gilt and black, in the original pictorial dustjacket. [viii], 769, [1], [2] pp. A fine copy with very little evidence of age or use. FIRST EDITION IN VERY PLEASING CONDITION OF THIS FINE WORK WHICH WON THE HARPER PRIZE FOR 1939-1940. The author has given us a story that is one of the least known in American history. CHILDREN OF GOD, relates the history of the Mormons, of their beginnings and the rapid growth of the society and culture. The book relates the persecution and heroism and the mass migration that took them across the country and the trackless Western plains offering suffering anguish, prejudice, life-threatening dangers and intense persecution. The author's approach is written mainly in terms of the two dominating… Read More

Caldwell: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1939., 1939. First edition. Limited Edition (DeLuxe Edition). Signed by Vardis Fisher on the limitation page. The DeLuxe edition of Children of God is limited to one hundred signed and numbered copies, of which this is Number 90. 8 1/4" x 5 1/2" in full black morocco with gilt stamped titles between double gilt ruled lines on the spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. 769pp. Children of God tells the story of the Mormon movement under Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. In 1939 the work won the Harper Novel Prize. Fisher draws on his own experience growing up among the Mormons of Eastern Idaho. "Frederick M. Smith, president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, strongly repudiated the book in the Kansas City Times. Mormon literary critic Michael Austin called Children of God 'one of the most influential novels about Mormonism ever published.'" Previous owners name neatly written at top edge of ffep. Light rubbing… Read More