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Six works from the Book Club of California
Six works from the Book Club of California
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Heading: (Book Club of California)
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Title: Six volumes from the Book Club of California
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:Book Club of California
Date Published: Various dates
Description:


6 Volumes. Cloth and boards, various limitations.



A collection of fine press volumes from the Book Club of California, including a number of works on San Francisco and the Golden State, as well as William Everson's volume on printing, produced in honor of the poet/printer's eightieth birthday. Most of the 400 copies produced were lost in the process of shipping and never received by the members of the Book Club of California, making this one of the scarcest BCC books.


Includes:




  • Coulter, Edith M. An Artist in El Dorado: The Drawings and Letters of Daniel Wadsworth Coit. Linen-backed papered boards, cover and spine labels. One of 375 copies. 1937.


  • Everson, William. On Printing. Red cloth with paper spine label, plain paper jacket. One of 400 copies. 1992.


  • Lewis, Oscar. The Wonderful City of Carrie Van Wie: Paintings of San Francisco at the Turn of the Century. Quarter cloth and decorative boards, plain paper jacket. Prospectus laid in. One of 525 copies. 1963.


  • Muller, J. California, Land of Gold, or Stay Home and Work Hard. Tan cloth, gilt spine. One of 450 copies. 1971.


  • Stevenson, Robert Louis. R. L. S. to J. M. Barrie: a Vailima Portrait. Quarter cloth and decorative boards, plain paper jacket. One of 475 copies. 1962.


  • Tripp, C. E. Ace High the 'Frisco Detective Or, the Girl Sport's Double Game. a Story of the Sierra & the Golden Gate City.; Reprinted From Beadle's Half-Dime Library, Number 814, February 28, 1893. Cloth-backed decorative boards, spine label. One of 500 copies. 1948.

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