Book of Mormon Census

Record Date	02/27/2025
Collection Name	1830 Palmyra
Ownership Type	Special Collections
Owner	Pacific Lutheran University
Location	Tacoma, WA
Description	1830 Book of Mormon, Pacific Lutheran University
Provenance	Bookplate sticker listing Pacific Lutheran University Names of Mrs. Fanny Price W**(illegible). Name of Elias W (illegible)
Unique Features	Spine: Ribbing visible, gilding faded. Library numbers “RS 289.3 B64B)in white on lower section. Spine Lettering and Label: Black title ribbon attached, gold letters faded. Missing pieces from bottom left and right corners. Cover: Light rubbing on cover. Rub marks on upper and bottom edge and upper outside corner. Binding: Cover/Spine hinge in tact. Front end papers missing. Front pastedown separated at gutter hinge. Pacific Lutheran bookplate sticker on front pastedown. Oval PLU ink stamp lower right corner of pastedown. Title Page: Present. Faint cockling at lower left corner. Ink stains on left side of first paragraph. Oval PLU library stamp on right edge of subtitle. Pencil inscription top edge Text: No markings recorded. Inscription: Title page: 22 S 1941 Mrs Fanny (Price W***) in pencil. Front pastedown: “Elias W (illegible) book the book of mormon” in Ink. Various pencil marks under bookplate sticker. Back endpaper faint pencil, illegible name “book baught(sic) in (illegible) Ohio June 7 1837”