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  (Book Club of California) Land, Barbara J. (editor) TWELVE TREASURES FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA.
(San Francisco) Book Club of California 1997 large 8vo. card stock folders inserted in a porftolio unpaginated, but (52) pages
Issued as the 1997 Keepsake for the members of The Book Club of California. Designed by James Wehlage and printed letterpress in Trajan and Palatino at the Tuscan Press, Novato CA. A selection of 12 unusual and interesting items from the Club's library. Comments on each item's uniqueness in the history of printing augment the descriptions. Each folder is illustrated, including a tipped-in color photograph of the Book Club's room and library.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 74651

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  (Book Club of California) Levinsohn, John L. FRANK MORRISON PIXLEY OF THE ARGONAUT.
San Francisco, CA The Book Club of California 1989 small 8vo. cloth, plain paper dust jacket. 84 pages.
Printed in a limited edition of 450 copies by the Feather Serpent Press (Susan Acker) for the Book Club of California. (Harlan no. 190). Study of The Argonaut founder and chief editor. As owner and editor of the newspaper, Pixley exerted substantial influence on San Francisco's literary scene at the turn of the century, and his commentaries reflect many of the beliefs of his era. Staff members included American author Ambrose Bierce, and Pixley was among the first to publish Gertrude Atherton. Illustrations throughout taken from the Argonaut and other contemporary sources. Eight plates throughout the text.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 76088

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  (Book Club of California) Lewis, Oscar1 ORIGIN OF THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY.
San Francisco The Book Club of California 1931 tall 8vo. cloth-backed boards. (iv), 27, (17) pages plus a tipped-in facsimile of the Sonora, California Herald of June 11, 1853.
First edition, limited to 250 copies. (Heller & Magee 151; Angelo bib. p.50). With line drawings and five line pictorial initials by Valenti Angelo. Many versions of this famous Mark Twain story. Light wear along edges.
Price: $ 135.00 other currencies Order nr. 21206

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  (Book Club of California) Lewis, Oscar. CALIFORNIA'S WAYSIDE INNS, RELICS OF STAGECOACH DAYS.
San Francisco Book Club of California 1988 approx. 8½ x 10 inches. self paper wrappers 13 4-page folders.
A keepsake series from the Book Club of California, describing the old wayside inns of the days before railroads and automobiles. Each folder features a contemporary illustration of one of the inns. Printed at the Hillside Press.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 49148

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  (Book Club of California) Lewis, Oscar. CALIFORNIA'S WAYSIDE INNS, RELICS OF STAGECOACH DAYS
San Francisco Book Club of California 1988 8½ x 10 inches. 13 4-page folders enclosed in publisher's protective slipcase with leather spine label
A keepsake series from the Book Club of California, describing the old wayside inns from before the days of railroads and automobiles. Each folder features a contemporary illustration of one of the inns. Printed at the Hillside Press.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 51812

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  (Book Club of California) Lewis, Oscar. THE FIRST 75 YEARS, THE STORY OF THE BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA 1912-1987.
San Francisco The Book Club of California 1987 slim 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, gilt decorated front and back covers, gilt lettering on spine, later marbled paper covered slipcase. (vi), 54, (2) pages.
Printed in an edition limited to 1200 copies, designed and printed at the Arion Press. A history of the organization, with a list of officers and checklist of the 185 books published from l914 to 1987. Illustrated with photographs and examples of menus, announcements, postcards, etc. produced by various clubmembers.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 44725

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  (Book Club of California) LITHOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF CALIFORNIA TOWNS, 1875-1889
San Francisco The Book Club of California 1985 4to. 10 4 page pamphlets, mailing envelope.
Printed by David Holman at the Wind River Press.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 18194

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  (Book Club of California) LITHOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF CALIFORNIA TOWNS, 1875-1889
San Francisco The Book Club of California 1985 4to. 10 4 page pamphlets enclosed in publisher's protective slipcase with leather spine label
Printed by David Holman at the Wind River Press.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 75999

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  (Book Club of California) London, Jack JACK LONDON (THE LETTERS OF WESTERN AUTHORS).
San Francisco Book Club of California 1935 8vo. stiff paper binder with letter and tipped-in envelope 4 page binder, 5-page letter written on one side
Annual Keepsake II, No. 12, (Magee, p.56) designed and printed for the Book Club of California in an edition of 500 copies by Gregg Anderson, with a facsimile made in Full-Tone Collotype by the Meriden Gravure Company. The last in the Club's 1935 monthly Letters of Western Authors series, with a descriptive text by Charmian Kittredge London. The letter, dated February 17, 1908, with a Tahitian return address, is written to Cloudesley Johns, a journalist and long-time friend. There is a tear about 2" long at the spine of the folder with two smaller closed tears at the upper edge.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 71867

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  (Book Club of California) Magee, David THE BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA, A CATALOGUE OF THE PUBLICATIONS KEEPSAKES & EPHEMERA OFFERED FOR SALE BY DAVID MAGEE.
San Francisco David Magee 1964 8vo. paper wrappers. (46) pages.
The last page contains "Ode on the Great Magee Move" by Herman W. Liebert. Covers somewhat age yellowed.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 7047

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One of 40 Copies

(Book Club of California) McClintock, Elizabeth CALIFORNIA FLORA
San Francisco Book Club of California 1995 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers which is loosely inserted in a pocket in the left side of the portfolio and with the separate suite of plates inserted in a paper wrapper portfolio which is in turn inserted in the right side of the cloth portfolio, paper spine l (34) pages
One of 40 copies inserted in this specially made portfolio and containing a separate suite of the 13 DePol plates which often have a penciled "D" under the image. The "floral portraits" were printed from John DePol's original wood engravings by the Feathered Serpent Press. In a fashion similar to earlier publications for the Book Club of California, this volume contains twelve sections. Each pair of facing pages contains text on the left describing the properties of the flower illustrated on the right. John DePol's illustrations are typical of his style and show off his ability to balance blackness with movement within each composition. Patterned endpapers. Cover printed in olive, orange and black.
Price: $ 300.00 other currencies Order nr. 93797

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  (Book Club of California) Muir, P.H. CATNACHERY
San Francisco The Book Club of California 1955 4to. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. (iv), 27, (2) pages and 5 foldout plates.
Limited to 325 copies. (MaGee no. 89). Printed at the Greenwood Press in black and orange. The text is Muir's excellent article on the history of the Catnach Press. The five foldout plates reproduce five rare Catnach broadsides. Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 26679

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  (Book Club of California) Nathan, M.C. THE PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANY: RSVP.
San Francisco Book Club of California 1968 8½ x 10 inches. 12 4-page folders in wrap-around folder enclosed in publisher's protective slipcase with leather spine label
Printed in an edition limited to 1000 copies. (Olmstead p.55.) A complete series of this Keepsake from the Book Club of California. Reproductions of 12 early California ball invitations from the extensive collection of M.C. Nathan, with text by Nathan. A fascinating glimpse of society life in California just after the Gold Rush. Edited by John A. Hussey; designed and printed by Arlen Philpott.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 76009

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  (Book Club of California) Newton, A. Edward MR. STRAHAN'S DINNER PARTY, A COMEDY IN ONE ACT WITH PROLOGUE AND EPILOGUE BY A. EDWARD NEWTON AND A NOTE BY EDWARD F. O'DAY.
San Francisco Printed for the Book Club of California by John Henry Nash 1930 folio cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. (vi), ix, 43 pages.
First edition, limited to 350 numbered and signed copies (Fleck A.26). Newton's play describes a mythical meeting between Dr. Franklin and Dr. Johnson at the printer Strahan's house. As might be imagined, the lines are fiery at times. In real life the two never met. One of the more spectacularly produced Nash books. With beautifully printed four page prospectus loosely inserted. Corner bumped.
Price: $ 145.00 other currencies Order nr. 13315

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  (Book Club of California) Newton, A. Edward MR. STRAHAN'S DINNER PARTY, A COMEDY IN ONE ACT WITH PROLOGUE AND EPILOGUE BY A. EDWARD NEWTON AND A NOTE BY EDWARD F. O'DAY.
San Francisco Printed for the Book Club of California by John Henry Nash 1930 folio cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. (vi), ix, 43 pages.
First edition, limited to 350 numbered and signed copies (Fleck A.26). Newton's play describes a mythical meeting between Dr. Franklin and Dr. Johnson at the printer Strahan's house. As might be imagined, the lines are fiery at times. In real life the two never met. One of the more spectacularly produced Nash books. Covers slightly rubbed with front corner bumped.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 40672

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  (Book Club of California) Nostrand, Jeanne Van EDWARD VISCHER'S DRAWINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA MISSIONS 1861-1878
San Francisco, CA Book Club of California 1982 oblong 8vo. cloth, gilt cover lettering variously paginated
With an introduction, and 44 color plates. Produced by Arion Press in San Francisco, limited to 600 copies.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 102343

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  (Book Club of California) Olmstead, Duncan H. (compiler) " CHECK LIST OF BOOK CLUB PUBLICATIONS 1914-1973."
2 volumes. (San Francisco The Book Club of California 1974) 8vo self paper wrappers pp. 49-72; 73-96
An article in Volume xxxix, Nos. 3 and 4 of Quarterly News-Letter of the Book Club of California. Back wrapper of second volume bent.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 107041

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  (Book Club of California) Olmsted, Duncan H. SEVENTY YEARS, A CHECKLIST OF BOOK CLUB PUBLICATIONS 1914-1983.
San Francisco The Book Club of California 1984 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 60, (2) pages.
Keepsake no.44 issued by this club.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 15794

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  (Book Club of California) Smith, Buckingham (translator) AN DISCOVERY OF FLORIDA BEING A TRUE RELATION OF THE VICISSITUDES THAT ATTENDED THE GOVERNOR OF DON HERNANDO DE SOTO AND SOME NOBLES OF PORTUGAL IN THE DISCOVERY OF FLORIDA.
(San Francisco) The Grabhorn Press (1946) folio decorated cloth, label on spine viii, 105, (3) pages
Magee 432 (p. 38). Limited to 280 copies. A 16th century account by Fernando da Silveria of DeSoto's role in the Spanish conquest of Florida. Published on handmade paper from France in Franciscan type set by Robert and Jane Grabhorn. Dresswork by Edwin Grabhorn and Sherwood Grover. Initials and decoration designed and cut by Mallette Dean. Table of contents. Introduction by George P. Hammond of the Bancroft Library, University of California. Boards lightly soiled. Previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 114822

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  (Book Club of California) WEST COAST EXPOSITIONS AND GALAS
San Francisco The Book Club of California 1970 small 4to. six 6 page and four 4 page folders, each with a colored reproduction of a postcard tipped to the cover.
Limited to 1350 copies printed by Adrian Wilson at the Press in Tuscany Alley. Keepsake Series no.36 issued by this club.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 18042

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  (Book Club of California) WEST COAST EXPOSITIONS AND GALAS
San Francisco The Book Club of California 1970 small 4to. six 6 page and four 4 page folders, each with a colored reproduction of a postcard tipped to the cover enclosed in publisher's protective slipcase with leather spine label
Limited to 1350 copies printed by Adrian Wilson at the Press in Tuscany Alley. Keepsake Series no.36 issued by this club. Spine label chipped away on outer box.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 76007

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REMARKABLE COLOR WOOD ENGRAVING BY ANGELO

THE BOOK OF JOB, ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORIZED VERSION OF MDCXI, FOLLOWING T HE ARRANGEMENT OF THE TEMPLE BIBLE.
San Francisco The Grabhorn Press 1926) folio quarter cloth, with paper-covered boards, paper spine label. (iv), xxix, (v) pages.
Printed in an edition limited to 210 numbered copies. (Heller and Magee no.87; Magee no.52). Printed in three colors: title in blue, selected text, the colophon, and page numbers printed in red. The title page also contains the beginning of the Book of Job, and is printed in a single column. The remaining text is printed in two columns. The frontispiece is a full-page multi-color wood engraving by Valenti Angelo, and signed by him. The double-page spread comprising the engraving and the title/first page form a beautiful, balanced image. Minor wear at tips.
Price: $ 600.00 other currencies Order nr. 46071

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  (Bookplates) Beck, Melissa THE TYPOGRAPHIC BOOKPLATES OF WARD RITCHIE.
With a Foreword by Ward Ritchie. Santa Monica, CA Kenneth Karmiole 1990 8vo. cloth-backed paper over boards. Not paginated.
First edition, limited to 300 copies. Contains an illustration and brief description of each of the 90 bookplates designed by this California printer. This copy has been signed by Ritchie on half-title.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 30432

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  (Bookplates) Jones, Louise Seymour HUMAN SIDE OF BOOKPLATES
N.P. The Ward Ritchie Press 1951 8vo. cloth-backed boards. xiii, 158 pages.
First edition, the second printing of 1952 (See Fleck G.137 for Newton). With an introduction by Lawrence Clark Powell. The story behind many collectors' bookplates. Includes four references to A. Edward Newton's bookplates.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 25189

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  (Bookplates) RICHARD S. WORMSER COLLECTION OF GRAPHIC SATIRE BOOKPLATE.
4 1/4" x 3 3/4" Single sheet
Finely printed bookplate for the Wormser Collection of Graphic Satire at Fairleigh Dickinson University Library, with comic engraving. Printed by John Anderson at his Pickering Press.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 48621

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