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Price: US$530.00 + shipping
Description: Leather boards with red mounted title card with gilt lettering; x, [1], [13]-285 pp. First edition was printed in 1823. From Wikipedia: "View of the Hebrews is an 1823 book written by Ethan Smith, a Congregationalist minister in Vermont, who argued that Native Americans were descended from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, a relatively common view during the early nineteenth century." Good- (Boards are heavily edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; front cover is very loosely attached; title card is loose; spine strip is heavily worn; rear cover outer hinge is cracking; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged; interior is lightly toned and moderately foxed; textblock appears solid.)
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Ethan Smith. View of the Hebrews. Smith & Shute, 1825.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Second edition in original binding. Brown leather is scratched and rubbed, corners bumped, edges shelf worn, chip/tear at head of spine. Spine is rubbed with red label and gilt titling worn so still readable but not fully legible. Binding is intact but loosening at front hinge. Front free endpaper is partially attached. Interior is age-toned with some foxing throughout and a wormhole to bottom corner of 30 pages near the rear. Overall good condition, especially for age. This book is considered source material for the Book of Mormon, originally published in 1823, seven years prior to the publishing of the Book of Mormon in 1830. It outlines the view that Native Americans were descended from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, a widely held belief at the time but set down here by Ethan Smith.
Seller: Owl Pen Books, Greenwich, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: Full leather. 12mo. X, 285 pages. 19 cm Second edition, improved and enlarged (1st edition was 1823) . Singerman 0431. "Exhibiting Chap. I. The destruction of Jerusalem. Chap. II. The certain restoration of Judah and Israel. Chap. III. The present state of Judah and Israel. Chap. IV. An address of the Prophet Isaiah to the United States relative to their restoration. " An attempt to identify the lost tribes of Israel with the North American Indians. By Ethan Smith, Pastor of a church in Poultney (Vt. ) . Numerous scholars have identified the significant parallels between âView of the Hebrews' and the âBook of Mormon' (written in 1830) . Bound in original leather, plain design. Subjects: Indians - Origin. Lost tribes of Israel. Jews - Restoration. Light soiling to endpages, lightly foxed throughout, internal hinges previously reinforced with tape, overall very fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (KH-1-17).
Seller: Dan Wyman Books, LLC, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pencilled name and date on front free endpaper. Lightly toned throughout, but does not affect the legibility of the text. ; Book is in excellent condition. "Mormon General Authority B. H. Roberts concluded that this book, originally published in Poultney, Vermont in 1823 (7 years prior to the Book of Mormon) was available to Joseph Smith and contained enough parallel material to the Book of Mormon so as to furnish a virtual "ground-plan" for it." [institute for religious research] Scarce copy in this condition. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 285 pages
Seller: Bookshelf of Maine, Franklin, ME, U.S.A.