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13 BCC books on CA history, printers, and the club
13 BCC books on CA history, printers, and the club
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Heading: (Book Club of California)
Author:
Title: Thirteen Book Club of California publications with related materials
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:Book Club of California
Date Published: Various dates
Description:


13 volumes and 7 pieces of ephemera. (8vo and 4to) all bound as issued.



A selection of Book Club of California titles and prospectuses. Subjects include California history, California printers, and BCC history in particular; also includes "Let's Play," a children's book rescued from obscurity by the Club and offered here in its original shrink wrap.


Lot includes:




  • Hammond, George, introducer. On the Ambitious Projects of Russia in Regard to North West America, with Particular Reference to New Albion & New California. 1955. Written anonymously by "An Englishman" and originally published in 1830.


  • A Catalogue of the Publications, Keepsakes & Ephemera offered for sale by David Magee Antiquarian Books. c.1960s.


  • Jackson, Helen Hunt. Introduction by Oscar Lewis. Ah-Wah-Ne Days: A Visit to the Yosemite Valley in 1872. 1971. With prospectus and keepsake "Hermits" by Kay Ryan printed especially for the Standing Order members of the Book Club of California.


  • California Printing. 1980-7. 3 volumes.


  • Alvarado, Bautista Juan. Trans. John H.R. Polt. Vignettes of Early California. 1982. Printed by Patrick Reagh, Printers.


  • Lewis, Oscar. The First 75 Years: The Story of the Book Club of California, 1912-1987. 1987.


  • Teiser, Ruth. Lawton Kennedy, Printer. 1988. BCC 188.


  • Davison, Richard Allan. Charles & Kathleen Norris: The Courtship Year. 1993.


  • Remembering Albert Sperisen. [1999].


  • Dillon, Richard H. Napa Valley Heyday. 2004. BCC 218. With prospectus.


  • The Gearharts. Let's Play. 2009. 1000 copies printed. With prospectus. In original shrink wrap.


  • Kurutz, Gary F. The Book Club of California at One Hundred. 2012.


  • Three prospectuses and one invitation to a BCC event.

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13 BCC books on CA history, printers, and the club

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