Individual Book Details: A0038
Record Date |
04/13/2023 |
Collection Name |
1830 Palmyra |
Ownership Type |
Special Collections |
Owner |
Principia Collage |
Location |
Elsah, IL |
Description |
1830 Book of Mormon, Gould, Nicholson, Joseph Smith III |
Provenance |
Inscription on front end paper and Title Page listing John Gould Inscription on back end paper listing to Chas(SP) Nicholson, given by Joseph Smith (III), 1878 |
Unique Features |
Spine: Intact, vertical wear marks, gold lines present and visible Spine Lettering and Label: Intact, full gold lettering visible Cover: Intact. Leather marbling still visible. Slight wear on front cover upper right corner. Binding: cover and spine attached, one front end paper, one back end paper Title Page: Present. Inscription “John Gould’s Book” in blue ink under title line. triangular paper bend on upper corners and lower left corner. Brown Ink bleed through spots on lower part of page near ‘author and proprietor’ and ‘Palmyra’ lines Text: Missing pages 11-28, various pages with underlines in pencil Inscription: Back end paper: “Presented to Chas(Sp) Nicholson by Joesph Smith Plano Ill April 27th 1878” in blue ink. “And this Joseph Smith is the oldest son of Joseph the “Pseudo Prophet” in brown ink, different handwriting. Front end paper Recto “John Goulds Book” in blue ink. Title Page: “John Goulds Book” in blue ink, same handwriting as front end paper inscription Notes: Front pastedown has library book plate sticker, Front end paper Recto, brown ink at bottom of page: “B*** Foll* Purchased as a library curiosity May 29, 18*2 R****ford ***” hard to read and bleeding through next page. Front end paper Verso brown ink: “One of the first Editions of the Book of Mormon A ****** Edition of *** S Spalding’s Novel A bold i**** +(and) f**** B. *.” Hard to read and bleeding through prior page, recto. Brown Ink in same handwriting throughout. Back end paper recto contains list of book sections and page numbers in pencil. Text: Preface “IV”, pg #212 “122”, pg #487 “48”, pg 521 line 8/9 “mur-derers” pg 144 line 36 “about” |
