Individual Book Details: C0035
Record Date |
02/16/2024 |
Collection Name |
1840 Nauvoo |
Ownership Type |
Special Collections |
Owner |
Utah Historical Society |
Location |
Salt Lake City UT |
Description |
1840 Book of Mormon, Stanley Ivins & Henry N Beach |
Provenance |
Bookplate sticker listing Utah State Historical Society, Gift of Stanley S Ivins Inscription listing Henry N Beach of Broadway, New York City |
Unique Features |
Spine: Rebound Canvas hardcover spine. New Title in upper section and “1840” in bottom edge in gold block. three lines gold ribbing. Library call numbers in white at lower section above date. Spine Lettering and Label: Rebound Spine listing Title and “Smith” upper section Cover: rebound Brown Canvas hard cover. Binding: Rebound cover spine and hinge. New brown and red marbled inside front and back pastedown and front endpapers. Front Inside pastedown has Historical Society bookplate sticker. second endpapers contain writing in pencil referencing this to the 1841 (or 1941) comparison with other various pencil marks. Second inside endpaper has clipped out page from a Western Memorabilia shop referencing the 1830 volume and a representative from England in search for one in vain. Title Page: First title page: present with a picture of Joseph Smith tipped in to text block. “C” in upper right corner. Second Title page: present with ink stamp of Historical Society on back of the page (verso) and picture of Joseph Smith III (listed as Joseph Smith Jr) afterwards. Text: Full text block with various annotations and notes in margins. Inscription: Second front endpaper behind clipping: Henry N Beach No (229?) Broadway NY City Notes: Back end paper has ink stamp listing State historical society and catalog numbers. |
