The Beginnings of Printing in Utah, with a Bibliography of the Issues of the Utah Press, 1849-1860

McMurtrie, Douglas C.

Published by John Calhoun Club, Chicago, 1931

About this Item

91pp. Octavo [25 cm] 1/4 brown cloth over decorative paper boards with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Housed in a matching slipcase. Both book and slipcase near fine. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Uncommon bibliography that was produced in an edition of 160 copies and covers early printing in the Territory, with chapters on the first printings (white notes, First Epistle, Second Epistle); The Deseret News; A bibliography of 42 Territorial press items; a section of facsimile title pages and broadsides; a chapter on early periodicals. "In the record of the spread of printing throughout the United States, one of the conspicuous gaps has been the lack of adequate account of early printing in the State of Utah. While a fair amount of attention has been given to the history of the newspaper and commercial press in other western states, the work of the printers in the home of the Latter-day Saints has been quite overlooked, except for a brief article on the Deseret News and an occasional sentence or paragraph in a few histories of general character." - p.9. Seller Inventory # 7727

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Beginnings of Printing in Utah, with a ...

Publisher: John Calhoun Club, Chicago

Publication Date: 1931

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: First Edition.