The White Queen resembles “an angel out of heaven” who exhibits “the nature of loving. The tale’s status as history is not merely signaled but accentuated when the narrative focus shifts to. Www.servantofmessiah.org R. Christopher Cagan Ph.D., M.Div., Ph.D.
Moon's Rare Books - Provo, Utah - Original Book Of Mormon. First edition BOOK OF MORMON for sale. The large book in front is a first edition King James Bible . Kimball, Ezra Taft Benson, Gordon B. Hinckley and Thomas S. University Ave., Provo, UT 8. Early Mormon books, rare Bibles and ephemera. I specialize in rare Mormon books. Penned on vellum, approximately 1. Pratt to his wife Mary. The Book of Mormon: an account written by the hand of Mormon upon plates taken from the plates of Nephi. First European, from the second American edition. Tompkins, Liverpool, England: for Brigham Young, heber C. Kimball, and Parley P. At the Conference in Preston, April 1. Twelve designated Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, and Parley P. Pratt to obtain the British copyright for the Book of Mormon. Just over 4,0. 00 copies were printed. Tolkien's Bible. The New Testament in the Westminster Version of the Sacred Scriptures, published by Sands & Company Ltd in 1. This copy of the New Testament was owned by J. R. R. Tolkien's first edition of THE HOBBIT came out in 1. They had often talked fondly about the time spent with them and used to say how they were very happy people who enjoyed the simple things in life like hearty conversation amongst friends. Lewis who later encouraged Tolkien to finish The Lord of the Rings. Stone, the man associated with this document has a very intriguing back story. His is a story of political intrigue and eventual redemption. A man named Charles P. Stone was chosen as Chief Engineer to build the stone base for the Statue of Liberty and to reassemble it. This was quite an honor for Charles P. Stone- -who twenty- five years earlier was the first volunteer to enter the Union Army and during the war served as a general officer. However, in 1. 86. Union defeat at the Battle of Ball's Bluff. He was arrested, sent to Ft Lafayette and put in solitary confinement. Army regulations, no charges were ever filed against Stone nor did he stand trial. In reaction to Stone's arrest, General Winfield Scott said, . Military historian Ezra J. Warner held that Stone's treatment is without parallel in the annals of American military and/or civil jurisprudence.. After his release, Stone returned home to Washington and awaited orders, and also continued to try to clear his name. Despite the arrest and confinement, Stone's services were still in demand. In September 1. 86. Maryland Campaign developed, Mc. Clellan asked the War Department to re- instate Stone, but Secretary of War Stanton declined. Gen Joseph Hooker took over command of the Army of the Potomac in early 1. Stone as his chief of staff, but again the Secretary of War denied this request. On February 2. 7, Stone was finally allowed to hear the testimony that caused him to be arrested, and with Mc. Clellan no longer his commander Stone could freely answer the accusations. He did this to the Committee's satisfaction, who soon afterwards published its revised findings, clearing Stone. With the facts now known, the New York Times editorialized: . I found it very interesting, that twenty years later, he was asked to be the Chief Engineer and oversee the reassembling of an American icon- -the Statue of Liberty. This document, on . He makes an inquiry into the cost of 8,0. Stone spent several years overseeing this project. The statue's completion was marked by New York's first ticker- tape parade. Stone was the Grand Marshall at the parade and a dedication ceremony was presided over by President Grover Cleveland (Oct. Stone died just a few weeks after the dedication of the Statue of Liberty. He was buried at West Point with full military honors. I just acquired several verses of the BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC written in the hand of JULIA WARD HOWE. In a book about her mother's poem, her daughter wrote the following about it in these excerpts. My mother had a long cherished love for her country, but it burned more intensely when the war came, bursting into sudden flame after that memorable day with the soldiers. The verses were printed on the first page, being thus given the place of honor. According to custom of that day, no name was signed to them. Fields was then editor of the magazine. My mother consulted him with regard to a name for the poem. The price paid for it was five dollars. But the true price of it was a very different thing, not to be computed in terms of money. It brought its author fame throughout the civilized world, in addition to the love and honor of her countrymen. This Bible has been the most influential of all English books upon the English language. Then something happened to change the course of history- -and that was the printing of Common Sense. To have an equivalent saturation, imagine all of the volumes of ! Paine wrote and reasoned in a style that common people understood. This pamphlet was one of the highlights at Glenn Beck's . After her return to Calcutta, she wrote a letter to her friend in New York- -the man who arranged the visit. The content of the letter is vintage Mother Teresa. I must tell you, I felt like a fish out of water in that crowd of businessmen and leaders. I never feel like that with the crowds much greater - but closer - of our kind - the lepers, the dying, the unwanted - the helpless - the unloved - the lonely. Thank you for inviting me. I have a better understanding of the rich - who day after day have to accept the roll of entertaining and being entertained - these gatherings need the presence of Jesus - very much. Happy and Holy Christmas and God's blessings on 1. Pray for me - as I do your you. She won the Nobel Peace Prize three years later in 1. Indeed, its appearance was a unique phenomenon in the history of publishing, by the scope of its success among the elite as well as the people, national as well as international, with general readers as well as critics. In addition, dozens of film version- from France, the United States, Italy, Egypt, India, Japan, and the Soviet Union- have perpetuated the legendary quality of the book.. Perhaps more than any other work of literature, Victor Hugo's novel has flourished as part of our international consciousness. Grossman, Hugo's Romantic Sublime). INQUISITION MANUSCRIPT. Facsimiles (one foldout). Besides Marie Antoinette, this book has belonged to several interesting people, including Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery and Prime Minister of England (with his bookplate), and Norma Shearer (1. MGM film, Marie Antoinette. Marie Antoinette assumed the title of Queen of France when her husband Louis XVI ascended to the throne upon the death of Louis XV in 1. Very few books of Marie Antoinette are in private hands. After the French Revolution and her death by guillotine, most of the books from her two libraries (the Tuileries and Chateau Trianon) were placed in the Bibliotheque Nationale. GRANT, GEORGE ALBERT SMITH, HOWARD W. KIMBALL & PARLEY P. PRATT.*( FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF REID MOON). Wilford Woodruff's 1. Doctrine and Covenants and Reading Glasses. I recently acquired several items that belonged to Wilford Woodruff and his wife Phebe- -including her 1. BOOK OF MORMON. From the Nauvoo Home of HEBER C. RARE**Possibly the earliest- known MORMON HANDICRAFTThis tapestry/hook rug was acquired from the collection of Dr. Le. Roy Kimball , president for many years of Nauvoo Restoration, Inc. Kimball, made this tapestry in commemoration of the first sermon preached in England by her husband in Vauxhall Chapel on July 2. Kimball, “Let my servant Heber go to England and proclaim my gospel, and open the door of salvation to that nation”. After much hardship, six weeks later, Heber C. Kimball and his companions arrived in Liverpool. Fielding announced that an Elder of the Latter- day Saints would preach at three o’clock in the afternoon” That afternoon, Elder Kimball declared that, “. Kimball, especially upon his arrival in Preston was recognized”. Gordon B. Hinckley said that, “Vauxhall Chapel was where the first LDS missionary sermon had been preached in 1. Kimball on a visit to Vauxhall Chapel. Grant also visited Vauxhall Chapel in July 1. Heber C. Kimball’s sermon which, “. Hinckley, Liahona, June 2. Taking the Gospel to Britain”, Gordon B. Hinckley, Ensign, July 1. Sesquicentennial)“Founding of Church in British Isles”, Jay M Todd, New Era, November 1. A CHAIR FROM CHARLES DICKENS' HOME AT GADS HILLA chair from CHARLES DICKENS' HOME at Gads Hill Place (England)- -where Dickens wrote Great Expectations, Our Mutual Friend, A Tale of Two Cities and the unfinished novel Edwin Drood. Charles Dickens first saw the mansion when he was 9 years old in 1. John Dickens told Charles that if he worked hard enough, one day he would own it or just such a house. As a boy, Charles Dickens would often walk from Chatham to Gads Hill Place as he wished to see it again and again as an image of his possible future. Other guests included Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,Charles Allston Collins, Wilkie Collins, Marcus Stone, H. F. Chorley, Percy Fitzgerald, John Leech, Alexander William Kinglake, William Powell Frith and Charles Fechter. FIRST EDITION DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS . Williams to select the content and publish the book. FIRST EDITION KING JAMES BIBLE . True First Folio edition, second impression, of the King James Bible, known as the Great . Double- columned; 5. The general title is mounted. All pages are original. The main distinguishing point between the first and second impression of the FIRST EDITION is at Ruth 3: 1. Ruth is referred to as . Letter from Lorenzo Snow (President of Salt Lake Temple) to his son- 1. Sept. 1. 2, 1. 89. My Dear Le. Roi: Munich, Bavaria, Germany I have it in my Patriarchal Blessinggiven by Father Smith, the Prophet Joseph's father, in the Kirtland Temple 6. Nov. Now, Le. Roi, the Lord has favored & blessed you much, has enlarged your un- derstanding, given you a kind and generous heart. Pius VII is the pope pictured in the famous painting by Jacque- Louis David in the Louvre showing the coronation of Napoleon and Josephine in Notre Dame de Paris in 1. The Latest on AXSBy clicking Next, you agree to the AXS. Terms and Conditions. You may opt out of these communications at any time via your online account or via the 'unsubscribe' instructions in any communications you receive.
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