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Individual Book Details: D0038

Record Date
03/16/2025
Collection Name
1841 Great Britain
Ownership Type
Private Collection
Owner
Private Owner
Location
UT
Description
1841 Book of Mormon, Wilmer Benson
Provenance
Once part of the Guy H Musser Library
Inside inscription listing Wilmer Benson, London 1844
Unique Features
Spine: Brown Leather, Four panel decorative design. Vertical crack through down the middle. Piece missing at left edge between title and 3rd panel down. Piece missing right edge bottom panel
Spine Lettering and Label: Gold block lettering embossed in 2nd panel down. Vertical crack between “book” and “of” and second M
Cover: Brown spiral decorative cover. Front cover worn around edges, gilded perimeter still visible. Various scratches. Back cover piece removed top right corner from backboard. identifiable scratches.
Binding: Broken at spine crack, front endpapers and first pages loose.
Title Page: Present. Small dark spot lower right corner. Paper blemish top edge through “book” and “written”
Text: Full text, unknown details
Inscription: front end paper, loose: “Wilmer Benson London In the Year of Grace 1844”

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