Complete hand-written copy of the Printer’s Manuscript, copied by Oliver Cowdery, and delivered to John Gilbert to typeset.
“First Edition,” printed by E.B. Grandin in Palmyra, New York. Based on Printer’s Manuscript copied from Original Manuscript.
“Second Edition,” printed in Kirtland, Ohio. Revision of first edition, using the Printer’s Manuscript with emendations and grammatical corrections. Printed by Oliver Cowdery and Company for Parley P. Pratt and John Goodson.
“Third Edition,” printed in Nauvoo. Revised by Joseph Smith in comparison to the Original Manuscript. Printed by Shepard and Stearns in Cincinnati, Ohio for Ebenezer Robinson and Don Carlos Smith.
“First European Edition.” Reprint of the Second Armerican Edition (1837) with British spellings. Printed by J. Thomkins in Liverpool England, for Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, and Parley P. Pratt. By Order of the Translator. Future editions descended from this, not the 1840 edition.
“Second European Edition,” published in Liverpool, England, by Orson Pratt
“Third European Edition,” published in Liverpool, England, by Franklin D. Richards, Sold at the L. D. Saints’ Book Depot. Introduced primitive verses (numbered paragraphs).
“Fourth European Edition,” published in Liverpool, England, for Orson Pratt by S.W. Richards
Reprinting of 1840 edition. Used by the early RLDS Church in 1860s. Reprinted from the Third American Edition, Carefully Revised by the Translator. James O. Wright & Company, 377 Broadway, New York.
Published in Salt Lake City by George Q. Cannon. Sold at Deseret News Office and the Church Book Depot.
First RLDS edition. 1840 text with verses. Reprinted From the Third American Edition in Lamoni, Iowa. Published by the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Published in Salt Lake City by David O. Calder. Sold at Deseret News Office and the Church Book Depot.
For sale at Deseret News Office, the Church Book Depot. Published by Cannon & Young.
Deseret News Printing and Publishing Establishment.
Electrotype Edition, published in Liverpool, England, for Orson Pratt, by William Budge.
“Second Electrotype Edition,” published in Liverpool, England, by Albert Carrington.
“Third Electrotype Edition,” published in Liverpool, England, for Orson Pratt, by John Henry Smith.
Deseret News Company, Printers and Publishers.
“Sixth Electrotype Edition,” published in Liverpool, England, by Rulon S. Wells.
Published by the Church of Christ in Kansas City, Mo. “Printed from the Palmyra edition, which edition was printed from the original manuscript.”
“Twenty-third Edition,” published in Lamoni, Iowa, by the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Reprinted from the Third American edition.
Fourth Electrotype Edition, published by the Soutwestern States Mission in Kansas City, MO.
Printed in Deseret News, Printers and Publishers.
Printed in Salt Lake City by the Bureau of Information of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Printed in Salt Lake City by the Bureau of Information of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Published by the LDS Northern States Mission in Chicago, IL.
“Fifth Chicago Edition,” Published by the LDS Northern States Mission at Cor. W. Wrightwood end N. Sawyer Avenues, Chicago, IL.
“Sixth Chicago Edition,” Published by the LDS Northern States Mission at 110 S. Paulina St., Chicago, IL.
Published by the Board of Publication of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Deseret News
Edited by James E. Talmage. Added introductions, double columns, chapter summaries, new footnotes, pronunciation guide.
Reprint of the 1920 Edition
Official version edited by commitee lead by Bruce R. McConkie. This edition contains corrections that seemed appropriate to bring the material into conformity with prepublication manuscripts and early editions edited by the Prophet Joseph Smith.
Official Current Version based on the format and pagination of the 1981 edition. Includes ammendments to chapter headings, introductions, and some punctiation, spelling, and capitalization.