The Book of Mormon
Subtitle: an account written by the hand of Mormon, upon plates taken from the plates of Nephi
By: translated by Joseph Smith, Jr
Contributors: Cannon, Abram Hoagland, 1899-1992, donor; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; University of Deseret
Publisher: Published for the Deseret University by Russell Bros.
Published: 1869
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 116
Subjects: Texts; Deseret alphabet; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Work titles: Book of Mormon. English (Deseret alphabet)
Notes: Title and text printed in the Deseret alphabet. Cf. Bancroft, H.H. History of Utah, 1889, pages 712-714.

In original publisher's binding: blue paper over boards illustrated with a border that incorporates images of the temple and a beehive.

LC copy is accompanied by The Deseret alphabet: an unusual accomplishment by a remarkable people, by Sam Weller and Ken Reid, a copy of a three-page article from True West, September-October 1958.

LC copy is from the library of Abram Hoagland Cannon.