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On Oct. 11, 2007, PBA Galleries, San Francisco, featured a first edition Book of Mormon. The plain 588-page text sold for $103,500. Printed in 1830, only about 500 are estimated to survive today. The copy sold included the rare leaf of testimonials at the end and had a solid provenance.
Here are current values for other lots in the sale.
The Quadupeds of North America; John James Audubon and John Bachman; with 155 hand-colored lithographs; New York; circa 1865; $6,325.
A Journal of Ramblings in the Sierras of California by the University Excursion Party; Joseph LeConte; San Francisco; 1875; $8,050.
Common Sense; Addressed to the Inhabitants of America; Thomas Paine; first English edition; London; 1776; $10,350.
Map of Texas as Independent Republic; John Arrowsmith; Compiled from Surveys Recorded in the Land Office of Texas, and Other Official Surveys; London; 1841; $11,500.
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