Individual Book Details: A0050
Record Date |
05/24/2023 |
Collection Name |
1830 Palmyra |
Ownership Type |
Special Collections |
Owner |
Occidental College |
Location |
Los Angeles, CA |
Description |
1830 Book of Mormon, Occidental College |
Provenance |
Edwin Pauley, class of 1923, and the Rockefeller Foundation provided funds to purchase in 1952 some 200 volumes of original, published narratives of the men who explored and settled the West from Charles B. Voorhis, a Pasadena Civic leader, who had collected the works over a period of 30 years. Subsequent to the purchase, Voorhis gave another 100 items to the collection. Along with rare editions of first-hand accounts, includes works by Bancroft, Land of Sunshine and Overland Weekly. The collection includes significant works related to the Mormon religion, including a very rare edition of the Book of Mormon. |
Unique Features |
Spine: In tact, horizontal wear present. section lines visible, but gold lines faded Spine Lettering and Label: Black title ribbon in place. Smaller font title, arching work in “MORMON” Cover: In tact. visible wear and scuff marks. Binding: Inside pastedown separating from spine. Front and back endpapers present. Title Page: Present. Triangular cockling folds on corners of pages. No visible writing or markings Text: Intact, no visible markings or writing. Triangular cockling folds present in text block Inscription: Back end paper verso in pencil bottom margin: “L*** Carpenter Brother(?) ***** book” difficult to decipher. Notes: Bookplate Sticker of Charles Voorhis on front pastedown. Several typed scrap paper notes pasted in front pastedown and front end papers. Pencil on copyright page (verso) “105767”. Preface page: “iv”. Library notes in pencil on Back ended paper: “* 289.3 B724 1830 106767”. |
