Life of Joseph Smith the Prophet
Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1888. First edition. Leather. 512 pp. Flake-Draper 1161. Full black leather with blindstamped quadruple rule borders and decorations inside the corners on the front and rear covers; title and author in gilt on front cover; title and author in gilt on spine with four false raised bands; a.e.g.. Plates of Joseph and Hyrum are intact.
Spine has been re-backed with the original leather laid back down; new endsheets have been added as well; leather is rubbed and worn along the edges with the corners rubbed through; moisture staining (approx. 4" wide and 1.25" deep) is evident along the top edge with dark staining visible on the plates and moisture rippling to first 50 pages or so; there is minor chipping to edges of last page of text and a name in ink on the verso of the Joseph Smith plate. Condition: Near very good. Item #40212
Price: $450.00