Correspondence between the Rev. W. Crowell. A. M. and O. Spencer. Patriarchal Order, or Plurality of Wives! Series of Pamphlets - partial set.
Liverpool: R. James, [1847]. First printing. Hardcover. Rebound in red cloth with new endsheets added to front and rear; small moisture stain on rear original endsheet; Spine title - Pratt & Spencers Works.
12, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 pp. Flake-Draper 8322, Crawley I:335.
12 original tracts disbound from larger volume. Later combined and published in book form under the title: Letters Exhibiting the Most Prominent Doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Also contains - Patriarchal order, or plurality of wives! By Elder Orson Spencer, 16 pp. (1853) F-D 8333, Crawley III:783 (scattered underlining in red pencil) and most of Orson Pratt's "A Series of Pamphlets." F-D 6542a, Crawley II:551
No. 1. Divine authenticity of the Book of Mormon, 16p.; No. 2. Divine authenticity of the Book of Mormon, 17–32p.; No. 3. Divine authenticity of the Book of Mormon, 33–48p.; No. 4. Divine authenticity of the Book of Mormon, [49]–64p.; No. 5. Divine authenticity of the Book of Mormon, [65]–80p.; No. 6. Divine authenticity of the Book of Mormon, [81]–96p.
No. 1. Divine Authority, or the question, was Joseph Smith sent of God? 16p.;
No. 2. The kingdom of God, Part I, 8p.; No. 3. The kingdom of God, Part II, 8p.; No. 4. The kingdom of god, Part III, 8p.; No. 5. The kingdom of God, Part IV, 16p.; No. 6. Remarkable visions, 16p.; No. 7. New Jerusalem or, the fulfilment of modern prophecy, 24p.; Reply to a pamphlet printed at Glasgow, with the "approbation of clergymen of different denomination," entitled "Remarks on Mormonism," 16p.;
Lacks - Absurdities of immaterialism, or, a reply to T. W. P. Taylder's pamphlet, "The materialism of the Mormons or Latter-day Saints, examined and exposed," 32p.; Great first cause, or the self-moving forces of the Universe, 16p.; To which is appended a discussion held in Bolton, between Elder William Gibson, president of the saints in the Manchester Conference, and the Rev. Mr. Woodman. Also a discussion held in France, between Elder John Taylor, one of the twelve apostles, and three reverend gentlemen of different orders, containing a facsimile of writings engraved on six metallic plates, taken out of an ancient mound in the state of Illinois, in the year 1843. Condition: Very good. Item #36658
Price: $4,000.00