-1869 Deseret Alphabet Book of Mormon*

1868 Deseret Alphabet introduced by Brigham Young

Notes

The Deseret Alphabet was introduced in 1854 and was created by Parley P. Pratt, Heber C. Kimball and George D. Watt. Made up of thirty-eight characters to correlate with basic sounds in the English language, the Deseret Alphabet was intended to be used to help simplify the principles of the English language.  Beginning books of the Book of Mormon.

Description

Blue binding with black spine, black lettering in Deseret Alphabet on front cover with Salt Lake Temple illustration on lower front cover, front cover torn on front right side, intact, good/fair condition.