13 BCC books on CA history, printers, and the club
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Title: Thirteen Book Club of California publications with related materials
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:Book Club of California
Date Published: Various dates
Description:
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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Some with minor rubbing or sunning; all very good or better.
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13 BCC books on CA history, printers, and the club
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