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(Book Club of California). Dillon, Richard H.

NAPA VALLEY HEYDAY.

with Historical Photographs by Charles B. Turrill
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2004. thick 4to. cloth, paper label on spine, vignette in-set in front board, clear dust jacket. xii, 363, (3) pages. with Historical Photographs by Charles B. Turrill. Limited to an edition of 450, this is publication number 218 of the Book Club of California. Design, typography & scanning by the Artichoke Press. A history of the Napa Valley with many wonderful photographs. Selected bibliography and index. Reproduction of the..... READ MORE about NAPA VALLEY HEYDAY

Price: $110.00 Order nr. 93465

(Book Club of California).

EARLY CALIFORNIA STOCK CERTIFICATES.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, The, 1978. small 4to. ten 4 page folders enclosed in publisher's protective slipcase with leather spine label. Limited to 1200 copies and designed and printed at the Feathered Serpent Press. Keepsake no.41 printed by the club. READ MORE about EARLY CALIFORNIA STOCK CERTIFICATES

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 76001

(Book Club of California). Hanff, Peter E.

CYCLONE ON THE PRAIRIES: THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ AND ARTS & CRAFTS PUBLISHING IN CHICAGO, 1900.

San Francisco, CA: Book Club of California, The, 2011. 4to. quarter cloth, illustrated paper-covered boards, in cloth slipcase. 141, (3) pages. Book Club of California Publication Number 228. Acknowledgments, table of contents, introduction, two appendices. Includes an original leaf from the first edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Chicago, 1900). 77 color plates. Also includes a companion volume, Michael O. Riley, A Bookbinder's Analysis of the First Edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz..... READ MORE about CYCLONE ON THE PRAIRIES: THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ AND ARTS & CRAFTS PUBLISHING IN CHICAGO,...

Price: $300.00 Order nr. 132382

(Book Club of California). Hardy, Thomas.

THE VINEYARDS AND WINE CELLARS OF CALIFORNIA.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1994. tall 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper spine label, paper-covered stiff paper slipcase. iii-xxiii, (3), 64, (4) pages. Limited to 450 numbered copies. In 1885, the pioneer Australian winemaker Thomas Hardy published a work titled Notes on Vineyards in America and Europe. The American part of these notes emphasizes winemaking in California, which Hardy had visited in 1883, at a time of rapidly increasing winemaking activity there. This..... READ MORE about THE VINEYARDS AND WINE CELLARS OF CALIFORNIA

Price: $150.00 Order nr. 52230

(Book Club of California). Harlan, Robert D.

WILLIAM DOXEY'S SAN FRANCISCO PUBLISHING VENTURE, AT THE SIGN OF THE LARK.

With an Annotated Bibliography
San Francisco: Book Club of California, The, 1983. 8vo. cloth. 84, (4) pages. With an Annotated Bibliography. First edition, limited to 550 copies. Designed and printed by Harold Berliner. With a well-annotated 57-item bibliography of Doxey's publications. Illustrated. With errata slip. READ MORE about WILLIAM DOXEY'S SAN FRANCISCO PUBLISHING VENTURE, AT THE SIGN OF THE LARK

Price: $40.00 Order nr. 24732

(Book Club of California). Hull, David (editor).

UP THE RIVER: STEAM NAVIGATION ABOVE CARQUINEZ STRAIT.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, The, 2003. oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrapper. 58, (2) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 1000 copies. Typical of the Book Club of California, the volume consists of twelve essays. These focus on the development of industry with the introduction of steamboats into California. Well-illustrated with black-and-white plates and five color plates. Blue initial letters. Title page and cover printed in blue. READ MORE about UP THE RIVER: STEAM NAVIGATION ABOVE CARQUINEZ STRAIT

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 79261

(Book Club of California). Johnson, Bruce L.

JAMES WELD TOWNE: PIONEER SAN FRANCISCO PRINTER, PUBLISHER & PAPER PURVEYOR.

San Francisco, CA: Book Club of California, The, 2008. 4to. cloth. xiv, 214 pages. Limited to 275 copies. Book Club of California Publication 223. Table of contents, acknowledgments, list of illustrations, introduction, endnotes, two appendices, index. Black and white frontispiece, color and black and white illustrations throughout. A study of the life and career of an early San Francisco printer and publisher. Prospectus and order form laid in. READ MORE about JAMES WELD TOWNE: PIONEER SAN FRANCISCO PRINTER, PUBLISHER & PAPER PURVEYOR

Price: $60.00 Order nr. 132373

(Book Club of California). Johnson, Kenneth M.

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF EDWARD ROBESON TAYLOR: PHYSICIAN, LAWYER, POET, AND POLITICIAN.

San Francisco, CA: Book Club of California, 1968. small 8vo. cloth. (vii), v, 61, (3) pages. Published in limited edition of 400 copies. (Harlan no. 129). Biography of the first president of the Book Club of California. His two sons (Edward and Henry) would later operate Taylor & Taylor, the distinguised San Francisco printing firm that produced several of the Club's books. Four pages of reproductions, including two photographs. One broadside. Included in the Exhibition..... READ MORE about THE LIFE AND TIMES OF EDWARD ROBESON TAYLOR: PHYSICIAN, LAWYER, POET, AND POLITICIAN

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 76059

(Book Club of California). Kostura, William.

WILLIAM F. LEWIS, A SAN FRANCISCO HOUSE BUILDER.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, The, 1996. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 60, (3) pages. Keepsake for the Book Club of California 1993 (but printed in 1996). A story about how houses were built in San Francisco in the 1880's and 1890's. William F. Lewis was one of the hundreds of contractors who built and designed Victorian houses, which failed as did many other builders. Illustrated with photographs of some of the houses designed..... READ MORE about WILLIAM F. LEWIS, A SAN FRANCISCO HOUSE BUILDER

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 57225

(Book Club of California). Kurutz, Gary F.

BENJAMIN C. TRUMAN, CALIFORNIA BOOSTER AND BON VIVANT.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, The, 1984. 8vo. cloth, plain paper dust jacket. Frontispiece; (ii), vi, 3-89+(1). Limited to 600 copies (Book Club of California Publication no.176). The image of California as the everyman's paradise of health and the good life owes something to the efforts of B.C. Truman (1835-1916), an ex-Civil War journalist and confidential secretary of Andrew Johnson, who discovered southern California in the late 1860's and spent the rest of his..... READ MORE about BENJAMIN C. TRUMAN, CALIFORNIA BOOSTER AND BON VIVANT

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 51596

(Book Club of California). Kurutz, Gary F.

THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH. A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS COVERING THE YEARS 1848-1853.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1997. large 8to. blue cloth with title on spine and gold design on front cover, plain paper dust jacket. xxvii, 771 pages, with 33 additional pages of plates. Limited to 1,000 unnumbered copies. A descriptive bibliography of publications in book or pamphlet form of a) accounts by eyewitnesses of the Gold Rush in the years 1848-1853, for example, diaries (actual date of publication irrelevant), and b) "contemporary" publications from..... READ MORE about THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH. A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS COVERING THE YEARS...

Price: $165.00 Order nr. 49759

(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..... READ MORE about TWELVE TREASURES FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 74651

(Book Club of California). Levinsohn, John L.

FRANK MORRISON PIXLEY OF THE ARGONAUT.

San Francisco, CA: Book Club of California, The, 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..... READ MORE about FRANK MORRISON PIXLEY OF THE ARGONAUT

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 76088

(Book Club of California). Lewis, Oscar.

A WIDELY CAST NET.

Selections from the Work of a Veteran California Writer Chosen with Comments by their Author. Wayne Bonnett, Editor
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1996. small 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, plain paper dust jacket. (vii), 133, (2) pages. Selections from the Work of a Veteran California Writer Chosen with Comments by their Author. Wayne Bonnett, Editor. Limited to an edition of 400, this is publication number 205 of the Book Club of California. Printed by Feathered Serpent Press and Anchor & Acorn Press. READ MORE about A WIDELY CAST NET

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 93474

(Book Club of California).

LITHOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF CALIFORNIA TOWNS, 1875-1889.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, The, 1985. 4to. 10 4 page pamphlets, mailing envelope. Printed by David Holman at the Wind River Press. READ MORE about LITHOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF CALIFORNIA TOWNS, 1875-1889

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 18194

(Book Club of California). Nicolson, John and David K. Strate (editors).

BY HORSE, STAGE & PACKET, THE FAR WEST LETTERS OF JOSEPH PRATT ALLYN.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1988. 4to. cloth, paper spine label. plain paper jacket. xxiii, 192, (4) pages. Limited to 450 copies (Harlan 187). With an introduction, bibliography, and index. Contains 11 black-and-white photographic plates throughout, and letters 3-19, as well as a "Brief Biography of Joseph Pratt Allyn". Fine condition. READ MORE about BY HORSE, STAGE & PACKET, THE FAR WEST LETTERS OF JOSEPH PRATT ALLYN

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 101150

(Book Club of California). Olmstead, Duncan H. (compiler).

" CHECK LIST OF BOOK CLUB PUBLICATIONS 1914-1973."

2 volumes.
(San Francisco: Book Club of California, The, 1974). 8vo. self paper wrappers. pp. 49-72; 73-96. 2 volumes. 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. READ MORE about " CHECK LIST OF BOOK CLUB PUBLICATIONS 1914-1973."

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 107041

(Book Club of California). Olmsted, Duncan H.

SEVENTY YEARS, A CHECKLIST OF BOOK CLUB PUBLICATIONS 1914-1983.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, The, 1984. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 60, (2) pages. Keepsake no.44 issued by this club. READ MORE about SEVENTY YEARS, A CHECKLIST OF BOOK CLUB PUBLICATIONS 1914-1983

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 15794

(Book Club of California).

Publication Announcement by the Book Club of California.

(San Francisco, CA: Book Club of California), n.d. 4to. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Prospectus for John DePol: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Graphic Work 1935-1998. Written by James Howard Fraser. BCC publication 213. Illustrated. READ MORE about Publication Announcement by the Book Club of California

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133058

(Book Club of California). Roatcap, Adela Spindler.

RAYMOND DUNCAN.

Printer...Expatriate...Eccentric Artist
(San Francisco): Book Club of California, 1991. 8vo. cloth, paper label on spine and front. (vi), vi, (ii), 45+(1) pages. Printer...Expatriate...Eccentric Artist. Printed in an edition of 400 copies at Hillside Press. A fascinating short study of Raymond Duncan, older brother of Isadora, who chose to espouse the ideals of ancient Greece while living in 20th century Paris. Illustrated. Short bibliography. READ MORE about RAYMOND DUNCAN

Price: $40.00 Order nr. 93461

(Book Club of California). Sawkins, James Gay.

A PICTORIAL TOUR OF HAWAII 1850-1852.

Watercolors, Paintings, & Drawings. With an account of his life & travels by David W. Forbes. Foreword by Richard H. Dillon.
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1991. oblong 4to. cloth, plain paper dust jacket. (v),125,(2) pages. Watercolors, Paintings, & Drawings. With an account of his life & travels by David W. Forbes. Foreword by Richard H. Dillon. Limited to an edition of 400, this is publication number 197 of the Book Club of California. "The most complete and important extant pictorial record of the 19th century Hawaiian landscape survives in the work of James Gay..... READ MORE about A PICTORIAL TOUR OF HAWAII 1850-1852

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 93470

(Book Club of California). Sonnichsen, Deke (editor).

HISTORIC TREES OF CALIFORNIA.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, The, 2003. small 4to. leaves held within a paper portfolio. (56) pages. A keepsake in thirteen parts. Complete set of fourteen folios, each contains an essay by a different Californian scholar with a drawing by Rik Olson. Printed with green and black throughout. READ MORE about HISTORIC TREES OF CALIFORNIA

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 79459

(Book Club of California). Stauffacher, Jack W. (editor).

INSCRIPTIONS AT THE OLD PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SAN FRANCISCO.

San Francisco, CA: Book Club of California, The, 2003. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 79+(1) pages. Limited to 1000 copies. An illustrated narrative of the incriptions on the facades of the San Francisco Public Library. Preface by Andrea V. Grimes. Essays. List of contributors, bibliography, acknowledgments, index. Bookplate on inside front cover indicates that this was sent out with the compliments of APHA. Prospectus loosely inserted. Fine. READ MORE about INSCRIPTIONS AT THE OLD PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SAN FRANCISCO

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 119084

(Book Club of California). Stauffacher, Jack W.

A TYPOGRAPHIC JOURNEY: THE HISTORY OF THE GREENWOOD PRESS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1934-2000.

(San Francisco, CA): Book Club of California, The, 1999. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 323+(1) pages. Limited to 450 copies. Book Club of California Publication 210. Table of contents, list of illustrations, foreword by Robert D. Harlan, preface, chronology, short biographies, acknowledgments, select bibliography, index. Black and white frontispiece and illustrations througout text. Bibliography by Glenn Humphreys. Fine condition. Prospectus loosely inserted. READ MORE about A TYPOGRAPHIC JOURNEY: THE HISTORY OF THE GREENWOOD PRESS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1934-2000

Price: $100.00 Order nr. 131160

(Book Club of California). Wagener, Richard.

CALIFORNIA IN RELIEF.

San Francisco, CA: Book Club of California, The, 2009. 4to. quarter cloth, illustrated paper-covered boards, dust jacket, slipcase with paper spine label, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 300 numbered copies, signed by the author/illustrator on colophon. Illustrations by Wagener. Designed and produced by Peter Koch with the assistance of Jonathan Gerken and Shanna Mahan. Binding by Book Lab II with slipcases by Cloverleaf Studio. READ MORE about CALIFORNIA IN RELIEF

Price: $600.00 Order nr. 131213

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