California printing : a selected list of books which are significant or representative of a California style of printing.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kirshenbaum, Sandra, editor.

Karmiole, Kenneth, editor.

Bliss, Carey S., editor.

Dawson, Muir, editor.

Johnson, Bruce L., editor.

Harlan, Robert D., editor.

Hager, Anna Marie, compiler.

Hager, Everett Gordon, compiler.

Book Club of California, publisher.

Patrick Reagh Printers, printer.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Keepsake series (Book Club of California) ; 1980, 1981, 1987.

Keepsake series ; 1980, 1981, 1987

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Printing.

California--Imprints--Bibliography.

California.

Printing--California.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Printed wrappers (Binding)

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Book Club of California 28 & 53))

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Book Club of California 28 & 53))

Brian, Ray (bookplate) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Book Club of California 53))

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Reference 378))

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Reference 378))

Physical Description:

3 volumes : illustrations ; 27 cm.

Manufacture:

Glendale : Printed by Patrick Reagh, printers.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : The Book Club of California, 1980-1987.

Contents:

Part 1. 1838-1890

part 2. 1890-1925

part 3. 1925-1975.

Notes:

Place of publication appears before publisher's name in imprint.

"Printed by Patrick Reagh, printers, Glendale"--Colophon of parts 1-3.

"This keepsake, the final part of a three-part series on California Printing, is The Book Club's 1982 keepsake and was edited by Sandra D. Kirshenbaum and Kenneth Karmiole. Part I, the 1980 keepsake, was edited by Carey S. Bliss and Muir Dawson. Part II, the 1981 keepsake, was edited by Bruce L. Johnson and Robert D. Harlan. The Index to the three parts was compiled by Anne Marie and Everett Hagar"--Verso of title leaf of part 3.

Each title leaf printed in two colors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copies Book Club of California 28 and Book Club of California 53 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2017.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Book Club of California 28): parts 1-3 each has manuscript note ("C1394 Ao") in pencil on front free endpaper.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Book Club of California 28): part 2 has typescript presentation note dated August 1984 on letterhead of The Book Club of California laid in.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Book Club of California 53): part 1 has bookplate ("Ray Brian") on page [2] of cover.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Book Club of California 53): part 2 has typescript presentation note dated August 1984 on letterhead of The Book Club of California laid in.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy (Reference) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Reference 378) imperfect; have part 2 only.

Other Format:

Online version: California printing.

OCLC:

8174529