Jesuit mission presses in the Pacific Northwest : a history and bibliography of imprints, 1876-1899 / by Wilfred P. Schoenberg, S.J.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schoenberg, Wilfred P., author.

Contributor:

Kennedy, Lawton, 1900-1980, printer.

Champoeg Press (Firm), active 1957, publisher.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesuits--Northwest, Pacific--History--19th century.

Jesuits.

Printing--Northwest, Pacific--History--19th century.

Printing.

Northwest, Pacific--Imprints.

Northwest, Pacific.

Pacific Northwest.

Genre:

Private press books.

Bibliographies.

History.

Private press books (Printing)

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

76 pages, [3] leaves of plates (2 mounted) : illustrations, portrait, facsimiles (1 color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Portland, Oregon : Published by the Champoeg Press, 1957.

Summary:

Much of this book is about the history and the production of the press at St. Ignatius Mission.

Contents:

Foreword

Bibliographical note

Part 1. St. Ignatius Mission

St. Ignatius bibliography [entries 1-66]

Notes

Part 2. Sacred Heart Mission

Sacred Heart bibliography [entries 67-71]

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

"804 copies. Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy"--Title page verso.

An undetermined portion of copies were distributed with an accompanying specimen of printing described in the bibliography. Brown University, 2 copies, each received with: Szmiméie-s Jesus Christ : a catechism of the Christian doctrine in the Flat-Head or Kalispél language. Part I. Montana : St. Ignatius Print, 1880 (1st part only of no. 7 in the bibliography). The University of California copy is accompanied by this same pamphlet, incompletely digitized along with the book (title leaf and pages [1]-7, 10, 13, [18 (blank)] and back cover only). Among bookseller postings in March 2016 was a copy with leaves from Joseph Giorda's Kalispel dictionary (no. 3 in the bibliography), as well as Szmiméie-s Jesus Christ; several copies were described without reference to sample leaves.

Printed on double leaves.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has: Szmiméie-s Jesus Christ : a catechism of the Christian doctrine in the Flat-Head or Kalispél language. Part I. Montana : St. Ignatius Print, 1880 (1st part only of no. 7 in the bibliography)

OCLC:

2396500