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John Hajicek: Yes, it is annotated. Unfortunately, some of them talk about what parts Cowdery thinks are "stolen" (his word, not mine) and from where. I am not kidding.

FiveFingerMnemonic wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 09, 2018 3:57 pm

Very interesting facebook post about a new rare BOM copy John Hajicek recently purchased. This was Oliver Cowdery's personal 1837 copy with annotations including parts that refer to "stolen material" apparently:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_ ... 1492972721

John Hajicek: Yes, it is annotated. Unfortunately, some of them talk about what parts Cowdery thinks are "stolen" (his word, not mine) and from where. I am not kidding.

oliver_denom wrote:

FiveFingerMnemonic wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 09, 2018 3:57 pm

Very interesting facebook post about a new rare BOM copy John Hajicek recently purchased. This was Oliver Cowdery's personal 1837 copy with annotations including parts that refer to "stolen material" apparently:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_ ... 1492972721

John Hajicek: Yes, it is annotated. Unfortunately, some of them talk about what parts Cowdery thinks are "stolen" (his word, not mine) and from where. I am not kidding.

That's one hell of a bombshell if it's shown that the handwriting is Cowdery's. Can't believe he had enough cash to outbid the LDS church.

moksha wrote:Just has to mention the words "stolen material" and its acquisition value to the LDS Church triples what Mr. Hajicek paid for this book.

Yes, in Madison, Wisconsin, early this year, I purchased a red morocco 1837 Kirtland edition of the Book of Mormon, which was bound personally by Oliver Cowdery for his own use, with his name gilded on the front board. The books has his handwritten annotations included some which say "stolen from" this or that book. The second edition from Kirtland is more rare than the first edition, and sells for the same price or even 50% more. It was more scarce when they first printed it (3,000 copies in 1837 compared to 5,000 copies in 1830). Copies did not survive because of persecution and apostasy at Kirtland. The typesetting was actually done by Oliver Cowdery who sat with Joseph, with the original manuscript and printer's manuscript between them, and an 1830 edition. Together, they made 3,000 corrections to the printer' manuscript and then Oliver Cowdery started to print. But on the fly, Oliver made another 1,000 corrections as he was setting the type. All of those corrections were incorporated into another edition in Nauvoo in 1840. The Nauvoo edition was a revision with less than 50 revisions. In 1842, Joseph himself reprinted the Nauvoo version as the 4th American edition with no more corrections or revisions. Then he died. Meanwhile in England, in 1841, the apostles reprinted the Kirtland edition with British refinements. From the English edition, subsequent Utah editions descend. The Utah editions did not incorporate the Nauvoo revisions until 1981. Anyway, this is the printer's own binding, of the printer's own copy, of the printer's changes, to the printer's manuscript, which was copied from his original manuscript, which was concocted by someone (not the usual suspects) whose name will appear in my forthcoming documentary.

Hagoth wrote:First of all, why is this in Miscellaneous (where I seldom look)?!

Second, why don't I know about this guy? He claims to have four copies of the Book of Commandments (most valuable books in mormondom) and 1000 first edition copies of the Book of Mormon. Wow.

Anybody know anything about this forthcoming documentary that he mentioned to Bill Reel?

FiveFingerMnemonic wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 12, 2018 10:27 am

His old school webpage is still up.
http://www.hajicek.com/

Hagoth wrote:

FiveFingerMnemonic wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 12, 2018 10:27 am

His old school webpage is still up.
http://www.hajicek.com/

Interesting statement: "I am not Mormon exactly, and not practically a member of any regularly organized church, but I believe that the Mormon experience of Joseph Smith was earnest and just."