Book of Mormon Census

Record Date	04/24/2024
Collection Name	1830 Palmyra
Ownership Type	Special Collections
Owner	University of Utah
Location	Salt Lake City, UT
Description	1830 Book of Mormon, B.H. Roberts
Provenance	Inscription listing B.H. Roberts Initially held at the University under the B.H. Roberts papers, moved to Rare Books in 2018 Listed as University Library copy number 5
Unique Features	Spine: gold lines faded. noticeable wear on top edge. Spine Lettering and Label: black ribbon present. Wear mark on right edge. Gold lettering fading. Cover: darker varnish on cover, noticeable scratches. Noticeable wear on lower right corner. Pitted scratch mark middle section closer to spine. Back cover sear on edged and dark spot lower left corner with small horizontal scratch mid-section near spine. Binding: noticeable wear at spine/cover hinges. Single front and single back endpaper. Title Page: Intact. annotations in blue and red ink lower right corner. Signs of residual sticker pealed off on lower section over printing date. Text: Heavily annotated. Various markings and underlines in pencil throughout text block. Inscription: Front endpaper recto listing “B H Roberts book” underlined in pen. Various markings in pencil on inside cover and front endpaper. Notes: Preface “iv”. Page 144, line 36 proper “about”. Proper page number 212. Proper page number 487. Page 521 line 8/9, “mur-derers”. Three Witness Page line 10, “seeen”