Sketches of Beautiful Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, Inc., 1938. First edition. Softcover. Oblong quarto. Unpaginated. Original tan envelope with printed black lettering on the flap, as issued. Tan illustrated cord-tied heavy cardstock wrappers, with black lettering on the front cover. Light blue tassels on the cord. The work is a visual survey of the natural and architectural sights of Salt Lake City, featuring 20 plates of lithographs (+ one additional on the cover) after b/w sketches by artist N.I. Gornick. Printed on handmade paper. An initial page at the front provides short descriptions of each of the sketches, and states that "the pages of the book are tied and not attached together so that they may be used individually for framing if desired." Envelope with some closed tears, staining and smudges. Binding with some light smudges to covers. Interior with some minor smudges to the top edge of the title page. Envelope in good-, binding in very good, interior in near fine condition overall. The binding and envelope are protected by modern mylar. g- to near fine. Item #42739
Price: $175.00