27 pages. Includes an essay, "The Publication of the 1830 Book of Mormon," by Peter Crawley, and a foreward by Curt Bench.
Limited edition, #181 of 290. Hardcover bound in flecked blue Japanese bookcloth, with a matching slipcase. Printed letterpress damp on handmade paper from Sicily. Also includes a wood cut engraving of the press used for the first Book of Mormon. Very good to fine condition. Spine and slipcase have darkened slightly, relative to the covers.
Contains an archival preserved original page from the first edition of the Book of Mormon.
The included leaf is page 311/312, Alma 31:10-35. The passage contains the account of Alma's mission to reclaim the apostate Zoramites. It describes their mode of worship, the prayer they recited on the "holy stand," Rameumptom, and tells of their materialism and pride.