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Joseph Smith
Rough Stone Rolling
By
Richard L Bushman
Limited to 26 lettered copies and 4 copies hors commerce
Rough Stone Rolling
By
Richard L Bushman
Limited to 26 lettered copies and 4 copies hors commerce
Restoration Press has received license from Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, New York to
produce a limited first edition of Richard L. Bushman’s highly praised and well-received
biography of Mormonism’s founding leader. The book has been sewn and hand-bound in
black leather by Phil Poehlein, of Book Crafts, Portland Oregon. The leather was obtained
from J. Hewit & Sons Ltd. Edinburgh, Scotland. The leathers originate mainly from
Scandinavia and are aniline dyed and dried on glass plates to enhance the natural smooth-
quality. The marbled endpapers were hand-made especially for this book by Iris Nevins
produce a limited first edition of Richard L. Bushman’s highly praised and well-
from J. Hewit & Sons Ltd. Edinburgh, Scotland. The leathers originate mainly from
Scandinavia and are aniline dyed and dried on glass plates to enhance the natural smooth-
quality. The marbled endpapers were hand-
of Hand Marbled Papers, Johnsonburg, New Jersey.
The image embossed on the front cover is a reproduction of artist Sutcliffe Maudsley’s 1844
painting of Joseph Smith, one of only a few produced during the prophet’s lifetime. Below
painting of Joseph Smith, one of only a few produced during the prophet’s lifetime. Below
the image is an embossed reproduction of Smith’s signature.
PRICE: $550.00 - Now out-of-print. See above for only available copy.
Shipping: $8.00
Utah Residents add 6.8% tax ($37.40)
You may reserve your copy now by phoning Hugh McKell at 801-201-7879
Several copies of the limited edition of
MORMON ENIGMA are still available at $600.00
Rough Stone Rolling is now out-of-print.
We have only one ‘set’ of ROUGH STONE ROLLING coupled
with MORMON ENIGMA for sale. (Pictured below).
Price for the set: SOLD
MORMON ENIGMA are still available at $600.00
Rough Stone Rolling is now out-
We have only one ‘set’ of ROUGH STONE ROLLING coupled
with MORMON ENIGMA for sale. (Pictured below).
Price for the set: SOLD
Joseph Smith, Rough Stone Rolling
It seems that this book cannot please anyone. Too frank and open for the faithful to bear. Too evasive,
noncommittal and brief for the more critical.
It is rather like an old tenacious farmer plowing the virgin Illinois prairie using a one bottom plow and
faithful ‘Old Nel.’ Where the soil is soft with little clay and thatch the farmer keeps the point level and
the going is steady. But where the sod is thick and deep or where the ground has been compacted hard
from the hoofs of a million buffalo, ‘Old Nel’ slows down and strains in the harness and only with great
effort and when the farmer resigns to lifting the point and not plowing as deep are they able to pull
through and proceed. But even then some of the thicker, heavier clods – those bound with roots of a
thousand years won’t turn and so fall back into the furrow only to have the farmer and those that come
with seed stumble and fall in their path.