Life of Joseph Smith the Prophet
Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1888. First edition. Cloth. 512 pp. Red cloth with gilt diamond in center of front cover (title and author in black) with blindstamped devices then solid black lines then four wavy lines and one sold line above and below with a second set of two lines at the top and bottom of the front panel; blindstamped design in black at head and fooot of spine, title and author in gilt; decorative endsheets and plain edges.
Covers are worn, soiled and have several tears including a large triangular piece of the spine that has been torn off; the book block is loose from the covers; scattered soiling to pages inside the covers and sporadically in the text; the portrait of Hyrum Smith is lacking as is the last page of text. Condition: Reading copy. Item #40361
Price: $60.00