Joseph: Exploring the Life and Ministry of the Prophet
by [Smith, Joseph]. Susan Easton Black and Andrew C. Skinner (Editors). Milton V. Backman Jr., Alexander L. Baugh, Richard E. Bennet, Randy L. Bott, Donald Q. Cannon, Richard O. Cowan, et al., (Contributors)
Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book only, the companion DVD is not present. 448 pp. Octavo [23.5 cm]. With bibliography and index. Black paper-covered boards, silver stamped title on the spine. Volume is clean, tight, and unmarked. In the dust jacket which has some very light rubbing to its surfaces... Read More
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The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, Upon Plates taken from the Plates of Nephi
by Smith, Joseph, Jr.
Liverpool: Printed and Published by Albert Carrington, 1881. Second Electrotype edition. Leather Bound. Fair. 623pp. Duodecimo [16.5 cm] Full brown striated leather with All edges gilt. Spine and boards worn. Later gilt stamping to spine, including numerical notation in gilt at the foot. Front board completely detached but present. Front free endpaper adhered to a supplied piece of... Read More
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The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, Upon Plates taken from the Plates of Nephi
by Smith, Joseph
Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News Company, Printers and Publishers, 1888. Salt Lake City edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. xii; 623pp. Sextodecimo [16.5 cm] Black cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title and ornamental embellishments on the spine and decorative embossed designs on the boards. Red speckled text block edges. Very subtle sunning to the spine. Bookseller's label... Read More
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The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, Upon Plates taken from the Plates of Nephi
by Smith, Joseph Jr.
Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News Company, Printers and Publishers, 1885. Hardcover. Fair. xii; 623pp. Sextodecimo [17 cm] Black cloth over boards with faint embossing to the spine and boards. Binding heavily worn. Cloth at spine ends frayed. Front free endsheet absent. First gathering hanging on by a single thread. Pp. 621-623 and rear free endsheet completely detached,... Read More
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The Words of Joseph Smith: The contemporary accounts of the Nauvoo discourses of the Prophet Joseph
by Smith, Joseph; Andrew F. Ehat and Lyndon W. Cook
Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center / Brigham Young University, 1991. Second edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 447pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Charcoal-gray cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles. Spine slants back. In a dust jacket, with light soiling, a bit of minor staining to the rear panel, and periodic small closed tears and chips to the rubbed edges. The... Read More
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Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, Upon Plates taken from the Plates of Nephi
by [Smith, Joseph]
Liverpool: Printed and Published by Albert Carrington, 1881. Second Electrotype edition. Leather Bound. Good +. 623pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Full black leather with ornamental gilt stamping to boards and backstrip and a gilt tooled spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt (with some rubbing, more so to the foot of the text block). Gilt dentelles. Gilt title on backstrip.... Read More
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Improvement Era, Organ of Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations. Volume IV, Numbers 1-6
by Smith, Joseph F., Edward H. Anderson (eds.)
Salt Lake City: Published by the General Board, 1901. Original edition. Hardcover. 480pp. Octavo [22 cm] 3/4 dark red bonded leather with marbled paper covered boards. Marbled text block edges. Good. The edges of the covers and spine are heavily rubbed. There are a couple of small chips in the leather, and the underlying boards are peeking through at... Read More
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The Book of Mormon. Translated by Joseph Smith, Jr. Reprinted from the Third American edition, carefully revised by the translator
by Smith, Joseph
New York: Jas. O. Wright & Company, 1858. Fifth American printing. Hardcover. Good. xix; 380pp. Octavo [20 cm] Embossed brown cloth over boards. Title in faded gilt on the spine. Ex-library, with the usual markings, including library numbers on the spine, and stamps, pocket, and labels to the endpapers and preliminary pages, and a couple of blind stamps... Read More
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Improvement Era, Organ of Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations. Volume I, Parts 1 and 2 (2 volumes)
by Smith, Joseph F.; B. H. Roberts
Salt Lake City: Published by the General Board, 1898. Leather bound. 944pp. Octavo [22 cm] 3/4 black leather with pebbled black cloth covered boards, gilt stamped titles on the spines, and gilt stamped decorative borders on the covers. Decorative endsheets. Good only. The covers are rubbed and gently bumped. The edges of the covers are damp stained. The edges... Read More
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The Book of Mormon. Translated by Joseph Smith, Jun. (Plano Edition)
by Smith, Joseph
Plano, ILL: Published by the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1878. An early Plano RLDS edition. Leather bound. Very Good. 545pp. Sextodecimo [16 cm] Maroon leather. Rebacked, with much of the original spine overlaid. Original blind stamped decorative boards. Leather polished. Gilt title and gilt-ruled bands on the spine. Marbled text block edges and endpapers.... Read More
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Doctrine and Covenants, of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Containing the Revelations Given to Joseph Smith, Jun., The Prophet, for the Building Up of the Kingdom of God in the Last Days
by [Smith, Joseph]
Salt Lake City, UT: George Q. Cannon and Sons Co, Publishers, 1898. Salt Lake Edition. Leather bound. Good. 503pp. Sixteenmo [17 cm]; Full black leather with a gilt stamped title on the backstrip and embossed designs on the covers. Decorative endpapers. Top third of the backstrip torn, and with an additional 1/2 inch loss from the leather at... Read More
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The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, Upon Plates taken from the Plates of Nephi
by Smith, Joseph
Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News Company, Printers and Publishers, 1888. Salt Lake City edition. Leather Bound. Good +. xii; 623pp. Sextodecimo [16 cm] Full black leather, with the title and double gilt-ruled borders on the spine, and single gilt-ruled borders on the boards. Leather worn. Text block cracked at the front and rear, however still very sturdy.... Read More
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The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, Upon Plates taken from the Plates of Nephi
by Smith, Joseph
Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good. 568pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Blue cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title and gilt and blind ruled borders on the spine and boards. Blind stamped embellishments to the corners of the boards. Extremities moderately rubbed and bumped. Spine just a hair... Read More
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Lehren Joseph Smiths. Eine sachliche geordnete Sammlung aus den lehrhaften Predigten und Schriften des großen Profeten der letzten Tage. Aus der von der Kirche herausgegeben Geschichte der Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der letzten Tage. Zusammengestellt von Edwin F. Parry. (The Teachings of Joseph Smith)
by Smith, Joseph
Basel: Fred Tadje, 1924. First edition in German. Hardcover. Good +. 237pp. Sixteenmo [16 cm]. Brownish orange cloth over boards with black ink stamped titles on the spine and front cover, and a black ink stamped bust of Joseph Smith on the front cover. Spine ends bumped. Extremities rubbed. Binding a touch shaky. Ownership mark on front free... Read More
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Las Doctrinas y Convenios De La Iglesia De Jesucristo De Los Santos De Los Ultimos Dias / La Perla De Gran Precio. [Spanish Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price]
by Smith, Joseph
Salt Lake City, UT: E.U.A., 1948. First Spanish edition. Hardcover. 318, 64pp. Octavo [20 cm]. Dark blue pebbled cloth. Title gilt stamped on front board and backstrip. Fine. Name small in ink at head of front free endsheet. Very good. Translated by Antoine R. Ivins and Eduardo Balderas. This not only represents the first Spanish printing of these works,... Read More
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The Book of Mormon. Compared with the Original Manuscript and the Kirtland Edition of 1837, Which Was Carefully Re-Examined and Compared with the Original Manuscript by Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowedery
by Smith, Joseph
Independence, MO: Board of Publication of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Herald Publishing House, 1946. Authorized Edition. Hardcover. Good. x; 822pp. Duodecimo [17 cm] Red cloth over boards with the title in gilt on the spine and front board. Cloth binding worn and abraded- particularly the spine and rear board. Gift inscription on... Read More
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The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, Upon Plates taken from the Plates of Nephi
by Smith, Joseph
Liverpool: George Teasdale, 1889. Fifth Electrotype Edition. Hardcover. Good. xii; 623pp. Sextodecimo [17 cm] Greenish-blue pebbled cloth over boards with the title in gilt on the spine and double-ruled borders on the boards. Moisture staining to the upper fore-edge of the text block, with only barely perceptible bleeding into some of the margins. Hinges amateurishly reinforced. Front hinge... Read More
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Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and His Progenitors for many Generations
by Smith, Lucy [Mack]
Plano, IL: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1880. Second edition. Hardcover. 312pp. Sextodecimo [16 cm] Red cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the front cover and blind stamped decorative patterns on the covers. Fair condition only. The covers are rubbed. The spine is slightly rolled and faded. There are several very small... Read More
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The Indians Won
by Smith, Martin
New York: Belmont, 1970. First edition. Paperback. 224pp. Sextodecimo [17 cm] White printed wrappers. Near fine. Bookstore stamp on front free endsheet otherwise fine. Author's first published work.
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Nightwing
by Smith, Martin Cruz
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 255pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 brown cloth with blue paper covered boards. Very good. The extremities are very subtly bumped, rubbed and faded. Slight spine slant. Pages slightly yellowed. In a very good dust jacket, with mild overall rubbing. The edges are a bit chipped. The non-visible side... Read More
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Rose
by Smith, Martin Cruz
New York: Random House, 1996. First trade edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 364pp. Large octavo [24 cm] 1/4 black paper with dark brown paper covered boards. Very good. The extremities are gently bumped and rubbed. The spine is rolled. In a very good dust jacket. Rubbed and scratched. Signed by the author on the title page. Martin Cruz Smith is the... Read More
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Landscapes 1975-1979: Volume I & Volume II
by Smith, Michael A.
Revere, PA: Lodima Press, 1981. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. SIGNED. Unpaginated. Volume I is an oblong quarto [29cm x 33.5cm]. Volume II is a narrow folio [58.5cm x 29cm]. Black boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine and front board. Pictorial paper label featuring Smith's black-and-white photography on front board of each volume. Mild rubbing to... Read More
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Just Kids
by Smith, Patti
New York: Ecco Press, 2010. Later printing. Paperback. New. 288pp. [21 cm]. Black wraps with photo on cover, white text. From inside cover: "It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation. ... Read More
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by Smith, Theresa
New York & Miami: Expat Press, 2018. First edition. Paperback. New. 97pp. Octavo [20cm]; illustrated wraps. An archaeological conclave stumbles on a possible skeleton key to unlocking space and time. The Biblical crucifixion is gleefully reimagined as a carnival of mistaken identities and archetypes. A nodal literary figure is resurrected and interrogated on the salacious subtext of his... Read More
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In the Kangaroo Court of the State of Lumberlust: A One-Act Burlesque
by Smith, Walker C.
Seattle, WA: Seattle Prison Comfort Club, 1920. First edition. Paperback. Very Good -. 32pp. Duodecimo [18.5cm]. Saddle stitch, illustrated wraps. Milding soiling, particularly to front wrap. Spine is a bit rubbed. Small creases scattered across wraps. There are a few dog eared pages. A humorous, satirical play by Walker C. Smith exploring the attempts by the state and... Read More
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