The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, Upon Plates taken from the Plates of Nephi
Salt Lake City, UT: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1888. First Pulpit Edition. Hardcover. 623pp. Quarto [25.5 cm] Black cloth over boards with gilt stamped titles and gilt and blind stamped decorative patterns on the spine and covers. Red speckled edges. Cloth at spine ends a bit frayed. Underlying boards exposed occasionally along the edges. Endpapers cracked along the hinges, however book still very structurally sound. Half title page has been tipped in. Just over a dozen small ink stains on the copyright and title page. Private library ink stamp from a previous owner at head of half title page and the Testimony of the Three/Eight Witnesses page. Insignificant marks in pencil on a half a dozen pages. Else, the pages are clean and bright. Collated and complete. Very Good. Item #70338
The "pulpit" edition of the Book of Mormon, the only large-sized edition of the Book of Mormon issued in the 19th century. Flake/Draper 625.
Price: $3,000.00