Hungry insects have snacked at the jacket, leaving minor damage on the spine, more serious damgae on the back, minor loss to the head of both flaps, and the worst of all , loss to the hinges of the flaps causing them to split. These have been repaired using magic tape by the previous owner, but a previous repair has tape stain on its verso. Internally the book is in excellent condition: clean, solid and unmarked. 459 pages, indexed. First British edition. ""Acclaimed author of biographical and historical fiction Irving Stone turns his magnificent talent to telling America's most colorful and exciting story-the opening of the Far West. Men to Match My Mountains is a true historical masterpiece, an unforgettable pageant of giants-men like John Sutter, whose dream of paradise was shattered by the California Gold Rush; Brigham Young and the Mormons, who tamed the desert with Bible texts; and the silver kings and the miners, who developed Nevada's Comstock Lode and settled the Rockies. America called for greatness-and got it. There is nothing in history to match the stories of these men who braved wilderness to bring a new nation to the shores of the Pacific." (Publisher's blurb)