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LYON, John. The Harp of Zion, A Collection of Poems. S. W. Richards, Liverpool, 1853.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Frontis. xi, 223pp. + errata slip. 12mo, original blue blind-stamped cloth, edges of corners very lightly worn. Liverpool: S. W. Richards, 1853. First Edition. Very good Author was a Scottish member of the Church of Latter-Day Saints, who emigrated to Utah in 1853. Flake 5067. Sabin 50740.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Small octavo. xi, 223pp., with the errata slip bound in following the final leaf. Illustrated with a steel-engraved frontispiece portrait of Lyon with tissue guard present. Publisher's forest green cloth with a decorative design and horizontal stripes stamped in blind on both covers and spine titled in gilt. Spine and edges toned, spine and textblock at the spine base spotted, modest wear at corners and spine ends, bottom edge with a faint stain affecting only a few leaves with a tiny marginal tidemark, very good and sound. Mormon poetry by a Scottish poet, with all benefits going to the LDS perpetual emigrating fund. Dedicated to apostle F.D. Richards, the book contains a poem about the author by apostle John Taylor, as well as poems titled "The Press," "The Prophet," "Reflections on a Bank Note," songs and hymns, and poems written to various Mormon notables. According to *Supporting Saints: Life Stories of Nineteenth-Century Mormons*, *The Harp of Zion* was first the complete edition of poetry published by the Mormon church, as well as their first venture into the realm of creative literature.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.