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FRAGMENT OF AN ORIGINAL LEAF from an 1830 FIRST - EDITION BOOK OF MORMON. Palmyra, New York: Egbert B. Grandin, 1830.
Approximately two-fifths of one leaf: the inner portion of pages 547-8. Moderate foxing and light creasing.
postpaid, **SOLD**$90
Who would have thought, twenty years ago, that the day would come when a single leaf of a first-edition Book of Mormon would be worth hundreds of dollars! This is undeniably the case today, seen in various sales.
Authenticity guaranteed. The fragment offered
here includes portions of what is now Ether 4:12 - 6:6. I will include
a photocopy of complete pages 546-9 from a facsimile of the first edition
Book of Mormon, to provide context and wording of the portion missing from
the original fragment now at hand.
Detail (greatly enlarged)