PIONEER IMPRINTS FROM FIFTY STATES BY ROGER J. TRIENENS _Descriptive Cataloging Division, Processing Department_ LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON 1973 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Trienens, Roger J. Pioneer imprints from fifty States. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Printing--History--United States. 2. United States. Library of Congress. 3. Bibliography--Early printed books. I. United States. Library of Congress. II. Title. Z208.T75 686.2'0973 72-10069 ISBN 0-84444-0038-6 COVER: _A standard tray (case) of type. Frequency of a letter's use determined the size and position of the letter compartment._ For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402.--Price $4.25 Stock Number 3000-0059 Preface _Pioneer Imprints From Fifty States_ will enable readers to view the Library of Congress collections from an unaccustomed angle. It takes for its subject the Library's earliest examples of printing from within present-day boundaries of each State in the Union, providing for each in turn 1) a brief statement about the origin of printing; 2) identification of the Library's earliest examples--among them broadsides, newspapers, individual laws, almanacs, primers, and longer works; and 3) information, if available, about the provenance of these rarities. Each of the 50 sections may be consulted independently. To those who read it through, however, _Pioneer Imprints_ will give some idea of the movement of printers and presses across the Nation, as well as insight into the nature and history of the Library's holdings.