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Individual Book Details: A0044

Record Date
05/01/2023
Collection Name
1830 Palmyra
Ownership Type
Special Collections
Owner
University of Illinois - Urbana
Location
Urbana, IL
Description
1830 Book of Mormon, University of Illinois
Provenance
Purchased by the University in March 1922 through private book dealer.
Unknown prior ownership.
Unique Features
Spine: Present and Intact. Noticeable wear on top and bottom ends. Vertical cracking. Noticeable piece missing upper right edge near title ribbon. Gold lines visible
Spine Lettering and Label: Black ribbon present. All text present. section missing on right edge
Cover: General wear on front. Upper and Lower Right corners bent worn in. Darker mark on back cover middle near spine.
Binding: Front end paper present. Partial separation between end paper and front pastedown. Front pastedown with bookplate library sticker “The University of Illinois Library x298 B64b 1830 Rare Book Room”. Front endpaper recto upper right corner in pencil: 6 mr22 “Stick Baker Express”
Title Page: Intact. No Marks. Triangular Cockling page bends on all four corners.
Text: Full text block
Inscription: None reported
Notes: General foxing throughout text pages. Pg 212 “122”, Preface “iv”. Pg 144 line 36 “about” Pg 487 “48” missing 7. Pg 521 8/9 “mur-derers” pg 582 line 41 “meekness”

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