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How many editions of the Book of Mormon were published during Joseph Smith's lifetime?

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Four editions of the Book of Mormon were published during Joseph Smith's lifetime:

1830: 5,000 copies; published by E. B. Grandin in Palmyra, N.Y.

1837: Either 3,000 or 5,000 copies; published by Parley P. Pratt and John Goodson, Kirtland, Ohio.

1840: 2,000 copies; published for Ebenezer Robinson and Don Carlos Smith (by Shepard and Stearns, Cincinnati, Ohio), Nauvoo, Ill.

1841: 4,050 copies; published for Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball and Parley P. Pratt (by J. Tompkins, Liverpool, England).

Source: Scriptures of the Church, Selections from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism, pp. 145-146.

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