 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MORMONS / LDS
[
]
McMurrin Copy — Mormon Provenance 
Church of Latter-day Saints. The book of Mormon: An account written by the hand of Mormon, upon plates taken from the plates of Nephi ... fifth electrotype edition. Liverpool: George Teasdale, 1889. 12mo (17.2 cm, 6.75"). xii, 623 pp.
Click the interior image above for an enlargement. 
• Crawley 688 (for 1852 stereotyped ed.); Flake & Draper 626; Sabin 83067. Publisher's textured blue cloth, framed in blind, spine with gilt-stamped title; binding unobtrusively rebacked, showing virtually no wear. Hinges (inside) reinforced. Front free endpaper with inscription as above. (20999)
The Mormon Smith Bros. — Murdered by a MobDaniels, William M. A correct account of the murder of Generals Joseph and Hyrum Smith at Carthage, on the 27th day of June 1844. By ... an eyewitness. [Independence, MO?]: [Daniel Macgregor], [ca. 1910–20]. 8vo (21.3cm, 8.5"). 26 pp., illus.
Click the images for enlargements.
the murder of Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church, and his brother Hyrum. Includes the full text and reproductions of the woodcut illustrations (a half-page profile of “Tom Sharp, editor of the Warsaw Signal,” anda full-page woodcut of the mob attack on the jail).
Searches of WorldCat and Flake locate only eight U.S. libraries (CSmH, CtY, MoInRC, UHi, UPB, USIC, MiU-C, NjP) reporting ownership of this reprint.
• Flake & Draper, Mormon Bibliography, 2659; McDade, Annals of Murder, 878 (for the 1845 first edition; this edition not in McDade). As issued: Stapled in original printed green wrappers, sun-faded along spine and edges of cover. Very good. (39215)
One of the Earliest Presbyterian Missionaries in OREGON
Early ACCURATE Map of Oregon's Interior Parker, Samuel. Journal of an exploring tour beyond the Rocky Mountains, under the direction of the A.B.C.F.M. in the years 1835, '36, and '37. Ithaca, NY: Mack, Andrus, & Woodruff., 1842. 12vo (20 cm, 7.9"). 408 pp.; 1 map, 1 plt.
Click the images for enlargements.a
brief mention of the Mormons in Missouri), the region's
natural history, and the degrees of interest in Christianity expressed by the
Native Americans his party encountered — which last was his primary focus.
The volume opens with an
oversized,
folding map, engraved by M.M. Peabody, which Graff describes
as “the earliest map of the Oregon interior with a pretense to accuracy”;
includes an account of Parker's
voyage
to Hawaii and Tahiti; and closes with avocabulary
of Indian languages (Nez Perce, Klicatat, Calapooa, and Chenook).
The plate depicts “Basaltic Formations on the Columbia River.”
• Flake & Draper, Mormon Bibliography, 6100; Graff 3193; Hill, Collection of Pacific Voyages, 1306; Howes P89; Pilling, Proof-sheets, 2907; Sabin 58729; Wagner-Camp, Plains & Rockies, 70:3. Publisher's charcoal-colored ribbed cloth, covers with blind-stamped arabesque frame, spine with gilt-stamped title; cloth chipped at spine extremities and front joint, corners rubbed. Mild to moderate foxing. Map with faint spotting, a pinpoint hole at one corner, and one very short tear from inner edge; foxing and soiling, never dark/nasty but present throughout. A comfortably solid copy. (29273)
Click here
for a database including 
keyword,
e.g. = MORMON . . .
OUR NEWEST ARRIVALS!
|
PRB&M/SessaBks |  |
