Jesuit Mission Presses in the Pacific Northwest by Schoenberg, Wilfred. P., S.J - 1957

The Champoeg Press, MCMLVII.One of a Limited Edition of 804. Octavo, red illustrated cloth (hardcover), uncut, gilt letters, 78 pp. Fine. Contents: Foreword; Bibliographical Notes; The St. Ignatius Mission; Notes to Part I; The Sacred Heart Mission; Sacred Heart Bibliography; Notes to Part II; Index. From Foreword: The first printing press in the Pacific Northwest was the Lapwai press at Henry Harmon Spalding’s mission on the Clearwrater. It was brought from the Sandwich islands to Lapwai, arriving May 13, 1839 and was set up three days later. On May 24, four hundred copies of its first imprint were run off, an eight-page booklet in Nez Perce for children and beginners-at-reading. This was the first book printed in the Oregon country...

The Champoeg Press, MCMLVII.One of a Limited Edition of 804. Octavo, red illustrated cloth (hardcover), uncut, gilt letters, 78 pp. Fine. Contents: Foreword; Bibliographical Notes; The St. Ignatius Mission; Notes to Part I; The Sacred Heart Mission; Sacred Heart Bibliography; Notes to Part II; Index. From Foreword: The first printing press in the Pacific Northwest was the Lapwai press at Henry Harmon Spalding’s mission on the Clearwrater. It was brought from the Sandwich islands to Lapwai, arriving May 13, 1839 and was set up three days later. On May 24, four hundred copies of its first imprint were run off, an eight-page booklet in Nez Perce for children and beginners-at-reading. This was the first book printed in the Oregon country...

Portland, Oregon: Champoeg Press, 1957. Hardcover. Fine. 76pp w/index; tipped frontispiece portrait of Father Joseph Giorda, S.J., rubricated title-page and chapter titles, one plate from a photograph, several other illustrations. Bound in pictorial red cloth, gilt spine title. 10" x 6.5" One of only 804 copies, designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy.