Epilonian Books

Rare, out-of-print & unusual books · Since 1997

Catalog notes

Description

Lorrin L. Morrison and Carroll Spear Morrison, Volume V, Number 4, October, 1966. "A comprehensive, illustrated quarterly magazine devoted to Western History and Geography." Single issue journal, paper covers, xvi, pages 441 - 612.

Condition & notes

In good condition. Tan paper covers with brown lettering. Covers have a few small nicks and light creasing along the edges. Light overall scuffing, aging and soiling to covers as well. Glued binding is brittle and pages are starting to pull away but all pages are still intact and present. Pages lightly aged but otherwise unmarked with occasional light spotting. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Black and white illustrations The Journal of the West was founded in 1962 by historians Lorrin L. Morrison and Carol S. Morrison. Its purpose was to promote scholarship on the history, culture, and events of the American West. Contents of this issue: Origins of Political Science at the University of California by James E. Watson; Strike-Breaking in Colorado: Governor James H. Peabody and the Telluride Strike, 1903-1904 by George G. Suggs, Jr.; Grand Canyon National Park by Robert H. Mitchell; William A. Richardson, Founder and First Resident of Yerba Buena by John Bernard McGloin, SJ; A Survey of Federal Escorts of the Santa Fe Trade, 1829-1843 by Henry H. Goldman; The Fremont-Adams Contracts by Robert B. Murray; The Journal's Journal by Lorrin L. Morrison; Books of the Western Library : 30 recent Western History Books are given complete Analytical Reviews.