Sep 17, 2015 - Sale 2391

Sale 2391 - Lot 234

Price Realized: $ 27,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
(MORMONS.) Smith, Joseph. The Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. [3]-448 as issued. 12mo, contemporary sheep, worn, lacking front board and front endpapers, rear board detached; minor wear to title page, minor dampstaining in rear of the volume. (MRS) Nauvoo, IL, 1846

Additional Details

Fourth American edition, and the last to appear before 1876. Byrd, Illinois Imprints 1117; Crawley 302; Flake 2864; Sabin 83156. None of the three Nauvoo printings of the Doctrine and Covenants have appeared at auction since Swann sold an 1845 edition, 18 June 1992, lot 390.