The time has come to sell my highly coveted First Edition Book of Mormon. I’ve been collecting rare LDS books for over 20 years and this is the prize of my collection. I had it treated for preservation and a custom clam shell leather display box made for it. This Book of Mormon belonged to James Emmett, a colorful figure in early Mormon history. He was a member of the Council of Fifty, the secretive organization the formed the political Kingdom of God on earth. He was commissioned, like Lyman White, to find a suitable place for the saints to move to. After Joseph’s death, James Emmett led away 100 saints to South Dakota for a short time and returned under chastisement from Brigham Young. He was eventually cut off from the church.
B. H. Roberts notes of James Emmett that he "was quite active in the affairs of the church in Missouri; but just a bit uncertain in his conduct. . . . He was always a restless, impatient man and ambitious of leadership which led him into great trouble and final separation from the church." (HC, 7:270 fn.)
I’ll get some photo’s and a better description posted in the near future.
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