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Individual Book Details: A0061

Record Date
07/26/2023
Collection Name
1830 Palmyra
Ownership Type
Special Collections
Owner
British Library
Location
London, England
Description
1830 Book of Mormon, British Library
Provenance
Book recorded in 1892 Library catalog, but not in 1846 Library catalog. Library “type two” stamp on title page verso used between 1837-1929. Insertion of a letter dated 1900 by Alexander A Lesueur, Missouri Secretary of State, in answering an enquiry from J. R. Hindley who resided in Stoke Newington, London, and a handwritten note (from The Boston Weekly Messenger in 1834?), both on the death of Joseph Smith.
Unique Features
Spine: Rebound Spine and cover.
Spine Lettering and Label: title on upper third section in gold lettering
Cover: Rebound cover,
Binding: New binding, pastedown and end papers. Letter from Secretary of State of Missouri dated June 28 1900 attached into front endpapers.
Title Page: present and attached. Black ink spot in center of page at end paragraph.
Text: Full text block, various bleed through printed pages.
Inscription: None recorded
Notes: front end paper crossed out obsolete shelfmark (691.b.27) is pencilled under the item's current shelfmark (C.58.d.10). Small Type Three hand stamp of the period of 1929- 1973 is also found on the back pages and the two documents. preface page “iv”. Page 63, line 21 proper “himself”. Page 144, line 36 proper “about”. Page 161 line 1 “fiat”. Page 205 line 3 “Neph”. Proper page #212. Page 218, line 43, proper “those which”. Page 457 line 22, fading C on “destruction” Proper page #487. Page 521 line 8/9, proper “mur-derers”

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