Pratt, Orson. A SERIES OF PAMPHLETS.TO WHICH IS APPENDED A DISCUSSION HELD IN BOLTON.ALSO A DISCUSSION HELD IN FRANCE.. Published by Franklin D. Richards, Liverpool, 1851.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Description: iv,[2],49,[2],46,16,32,16,33-48,17- 32,16,24,16,16,8,8,8,16pp. plus folding plate of the Kinderhook Plates and frontispiece portrait. Bound in reverse order from the Contents page. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, neatly rebacked, original gilt morocco label preserved. Very good. Lacking three parts (48pp. total) in the Second Series. The omnibus issue of Pratt's tracts and debates, containing the variant (i.e. later) printing of the general title-leaf, with Richards listed as the publisher. An even later form of this title-leaf exists, with the imprint dated 1852. Flake distinguishes between the variant title imprints, but does not assign priority. Crawley and Whittaker assert categorically that the "R. James" imprint is primary. As President of the British Mission, Pratt wrote and published voluminously, and in this omnibus format, his pamphlets formed an extremely influential book, being among the chief means whereby the burgeoning numbers of British converts learned the tenets of their new religion. Copies were issued with one or more frontispiece portraits of Pratt, Taylor, and other elders of the Mormon church; this copy contains the portrait of John Taylor, as well as the separate titlepages for Gibson and Taylor's DISCUSSIONS which are often lacking. All of these texts were frequently reprinted, both collectively and individually, with one exception. In 1865, Brigham Young condemned one of the constituent tracts, GREAT FIRST CAUSE, as offensive and ordered the faithful to extract it from their copies. That pamphlet is here intact, though this copy lacks the last three numbers of the second series, subtitled "Evidences of the Book of Mormon and Bible Compared," "The Book of Mormon Confirmed by Miracles," and "Prophetic Evidence in Favour of the Book of Mormon.". FLAKE 6542. GRAFF 3346. CRAWLEY 552. CRAWLEY & WHITTAKER 32 (ref). SABIN 64962 (ref). MORMON FIFTY 35 (ref).

Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.

Pratt, Orson. A Series of Pamphlets. R. James 1851 (1849-1851), Liverpool, 1851.

Price: US$1800.00 + shipping

Description: Fair with bumped and rubbed binding, chipped edges, and cracked joints holding well by cords. Internally very clean with former owner's name in pencil on recto of frontispiece. Referential names are carefully written in inner margins in a few places. Folding Fac-Simile (sic) of the Brass Plates is in very good condition with one short tear

Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.

Pratt, Orson. A Series of Pamphlets. R. James, 1851.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Finely re-bound: quarter leather boards with hand marbled paper and leather end caps. Gilt lettering on the spine. Tremendous craftsmanship. Two previous owner's signatures to the second free end paper with interior foxing affecting the first few pages, though the interior of the text block is clean. Select pages mended within the text block. Minor tears on the top and bottom of the rear fold-out which has also been mended with tape. The last two gatherings are a bit loose, but overall the binding is holding up well. The modern binding is fine, and the text block, with the repairs, is very good. In all, a well-preserved, important, and scarce Mormon relic.

Seller: Bad Animal, Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A.

Pratt, Orson. A SERIES OF PAMPHLETS BY ORSON PRATT, ONE OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATER-DAY SAINTS, WITH PORTRAIT TO WHICH IS APPENDED A DISCUSSION HELD IN BOLTON, BETWEEN ELDER WILLIAM GIBSON, PRESIDENT OF THE SAINTS IN THE MANCHESTER CONFERENCE AND THE REVEREND MR. WOODMAN AND A DISCUSSION HELD IN FRANCE BETWEEN ELDER JOHN TAYLOR, ONE OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES, AND THREE REVEREND GENTLEMEN OF DIFFERENT ORDERS, CONTAINING A FACSIMILE OF WRITINGS ON SIX METALLIC PLATES, TAKEN OUT OF AN ANCIENT MOUND IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, IN THE YEAR 1843. R. James, 1851.

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Description: A SERIES OF PAMPHLETS BY ORSON PRATT, ONE OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATER-DAY SAINTS, WITH PORTRAIT TO WHICH IS APPENDED A DISCUSSION HELD IN BOLTON, BETWEEN ELDER WILLIAM GIBSON, PRESIDENT OF THE SAINTS IN THE MANCHESTER CONFERENCE AND THE REVEREND MR. WOODMAN AND A DISCUSSION HELD IN FRANCE BETWEEN ELDER JOHN TAYLOR, ONE OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES, AND THREE REVEREND GENTLEMEN OF DIFFERENT ORDERS, CONTAINING A FACSIMILE OF WRITINGS ON SIX METALLIC PLATES, TAKEN OUT OF AN ANCIENT MOUND IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, IN THE YEAR 1843, R. James, 1851, first edition complete with all parts and all fold-outs, some foxing to the frontispiece and a bit of off-setting to the title page, several lines underlined with green ink across 5 different pages, else a fine copy rebound in 20th century marbled boards with spine label and new end-papers.

Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.

Pratt, Orson, one of the twelve apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A series of pamphlets . with portrait. To which is appended a discussion held in Bolton, between Elder William Gibson, president of the Saints in the Manchester Conference, and the Rev. Mr. Woodman. Also a discussion held in France, between Elder John Taylor . and three reverend gentlemen of different orders.. printed by R. James, Liverpool, 1851.

Price: US$2187.50 + shipping

Description: First collected edition, 8vo, steel-engraved portrait frontispiece of Pratt, 2 preliminary leaves (title page and contents leaf), plus: Divine Authority, or the Question, Was Joseph Smith Sent from God [Parts 1-7, all published], each separately paginated; Divine Authenticity of the Book of Mormon [no. 1-6, all published], pp. 96 (continuous); Reply to a Pamphlet Printed at Glasgow . Entitled "Remarks on Mormonism" [drop title], pp. 16; Absurdities of Immaterialism, or a Reply to T. W. P. Tadyler's Pamphlet entitled "The Materialism of the Mormons or Latter-Day Saints, Examined and Exposed" [drop title], pp.32; Great First Cause, or the Self-Moving Forces of the Universe [drop title], pp. 16; Report of Three Nights' Public Discussion in Bolton between William Gibson . and Rev. Woodville Woodman . Reported by G. D. Watt, Liverpool: published by Franklin D. Richards, 1851, pp.46; Three Nights' Public Discussion between the Revds. C. W. Cleeve, James Robertson, and Philip Cater, and Elder John Taylor . at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France . Also a Reply to the Rev. K. Groves. Liverpool: published by John Taylor, 1850, pp. 49, [1]; Tipped in at the rear pastedown is the folding plate "Fac-simile of the Brass Plates Recently taken from a Mound in the Vicinity of Kinderhook, Pike County, Illinois." Together, 18 pamphlets in 20th-century half polished tan calf, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, red and green morocco labels in 2; the title page is in Crawley's state B (no priority) Crawley 551; Flake 6542: Originally published as separate pamphlets. A title page, table of contents, and a portrait of Orson Pratt were published, and the work bound in an official press binding of 3/4 embossed leather, stamped 'O. Pratts Works, &c.' The title page, table of contents and portrait were apparently also sold for individual binding."

Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.