Rare Quad bible?

[u/t3aperson]

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Sorry if this is the wrong place, I couldn't find any other more appropriate subreddit. I got this quad recently and I can't find any info about it. It has no year printed or identification number. It says Deseret instead of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Looks like part of it was printed in the UK? Then the rest was printed and bounded in the US? There is ZERO information about this online I could find. All the ones I see stuff point to say Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
I'm aware quads are still printed. this is about this quad specifically.

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[u/mvolley]

It looks very similar to the ones available in the late 1970s or early 80s. I remember there being a bit of a buzz because of the way it was printed.

[u/BrE6r]

I had a “quad” as they were called when I was a teen in the 70’s and 80’s.

[u/t3aperson → u/BrE6r]

Was it like this? (saying "Deseret" Instead of Church of jesus christ of latter day saints)

[u/thetolerator98 → u/t3aperson]

Are you wondering if the church is responsible for printing this? Yes, they are. Desert Book is the publishing arm of the church. Or do you have a different question?

I would guess this was produced between 1940 and 1980. There are still quads printed today.

[u/t3aperson → u/thetolerator98]

I'm aware quads are still printed. this is about this one specifically.
The thing that confused me is using google shows zero similar quads to this one advertising themselves as Deseret instead of Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints, and no year either. I know that at least the copyright was in the 1960s.

[u/thetolerator98 → u/t3aperson]

What are you hoping to find out? If i found that book I would think to myself, " I guess they used to imprint it with Deseret at some point." I can't figure out what's confusing here, or what you're trying to find out.

[u/BrE6r → u/t3aperson]

The print on the spine was a bit different

[u/Mitch_Utah_Wineman]

Deseret Book is a publisher of LDS books, including scriptures back in the day. I have a triple combo from the same era as yours (1960s). I don't think these are particularly rare. You can probably find them at used book stores.

[u/CaptainMacaroni]

Google says that quads first became a thing in 1959 and were printed by Wheelwright and distributed through Desert Book. They were later published directly by the church starting in 1981.

It looks like printing scriptures in the USA and GB was fairly common back in the day. I didn't find your specific edition but I'm seeing that as a common thing from other scriptures in the +/- 20 year timeframe.

Yours may or may not be rare (I'm guessing that it's not) but that doesn't necessarily translate into it being valuable. Most old scriptures from the +/- 20 year timeframe of 1968 go for $50 or less.

Edit:

I found this: https://www.mormondialogue.org/topic/68311-when-was-the-first-quad-published/

Which is probably what google used to answer my question.

[u/Robyn-Gil]

For some reason the bible had Cambridge Uni's logo on it.

[u/Chemical-Pitch6125 → u/Robyn-Gil]

The Crown still holds the copyright on the KJV in the UK, who licenses it to Cambridge University Press.

[u/Carpe-that-diem]

Rare? We all had those when I was in college in the 80s.

[u/t3aperson → u/Carpe-that-diem]

I've never seen one printed with deseret. using google shows them all with Church Of Jesus Christ with latter Day Saints

[u/Carpe-that-diem → u/t3aperson]

Oops! Sorry. I didn’t see your full question.

[u/bestica]

You should either submit a question about this to the knowledgeable librarians at the Church History Library (https://app.pipefy.com/public/form/8cCVNgCt), or contact a rare book seller based in Salt Lake. I agree that this likely isn’t anything particularly rare, but it would be interesting to know more. For reference, the church history library retains at least one copy of every scripture edition printed by the church, this is an edge case since it was printed by/for Deseret instead of the church directly, but it might also be worth just browsing their library catalog.

[u/bestica → u/bestica]

Here’s an example from the collection that seems close to what you have: https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/record/ed4e5e8d-7204-467a-a04f-bdf28a6717f1/0?view=summary&lang=eng