(MORMONS) Winchester Benjamin A History of the Priesthood

Sale 2391 - Lot 241

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(MORMONS.) Winchester, Benjamin. A History of the Priesthood . . . in Defence of the . . . Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 168 pages. 12mo, publisher's printed wrappers, worn and soiled, tape repairs to backstrip and front edges; moderate foxing and wear; original owner's inscription on front free endpaper, floral watercolor on rear free endpaper. (MRS) Philadelphia, 1843

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Winchester was a controversial member of the early church; he was excommunicated the following year, joined the Rigdonites, and left them a year later. Crawley calls this treatise "another step in the development of Mormon apologetics" and describes the wrappers as tan stiff paper; this copy is in blue. Crawley 183; Flake 9940; none known at auction since 1985. Provenance: original owner Alexander Jones; Park-Bernet's Dwight L. Smith sale, 16 January 1963, lot 294, to the consignor.