Homes of California authors / [edited by Dr. Albert Shumate and Oscar Lewis].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, Franklin, 1900-1978, author.

Bray, A. Frank, author.

Kahn, Edgar M. (Edgar Myron), 1904-1970, author.

Browne, Lina Fergusson, author.

Husey, John A., author.

Hart, James D. (James David), 1911-1990, author.

Issler, Anne Roller, 1892-1975, author.

Lilienthal, Theodore M. (Theodore Max), 1893-1972, author.

Ringler, Donald P., author.

Robinson, W. W. (William Wilcox), 1891-1972, author.

MacMullen, Jerry, author.

Contributor:

Shumate, Albert, editor.

Lewis, Oscar, 1893-1992, editor.

Stauffacher, Jack W. (Jack Werner), 1920-2017, book designer.

Book Club of California, publisher.

Peters Typesetting, typographer.

East Wind Printers, lithographer.

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

Series:

Keepsake series (Book Club of California) ; 1967.

Series of keepsakes ; 1967

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, American--Homes and haunts--California.

Authors, American.

Literary landmarks--California.

Literary landmarks.

Historic buildings--California.

Historic buildings.

Authors, American--Homes and haunts.

California.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Walbaum.

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Baskerville.

Keepsakes.

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

1 portfolio (12 folders) : illustrations ; 22 x 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

[San Francisco] : The Society, [1967]

Contents:

1. Jack London's Wolf House, Valley of the Moon / Franklin Walker

2. The John Muir Home, Martinez / Justice A. Frank Bray

3. The Bret Harte Home, Oakland / Edgar M. Kahn

4. Pagoda Hill : the J. Ross Browne Home, Oakland / Lina F. Browne

5. The Abbey : the Joaquin Miller Home, Oakland / John A. Husey

6. The Frank Norris Home, San Francisco / James D. Hart

7. The Gertrude Atherton Home, Atherton / Oscar Lewis

8. The Robert Louis Stevenson House, Monterey / Anne Roller Issler

9. Tor House : Robinson Jeffers' home, Carmel / Theodore M. Lilienthal

10. The Mary Austin Home, Independence / Donald P. Ringler

11. El Alisal : home of Charles F. Lummis, Los Angeles / W.W. Robinson

12. The George Herby House, San Diego / Jerry MacMullen.

Credits:

Designer, Jack Werner Stauffacher.

Notes:

Title from portfolio.

"This series of Keepsakes consists of twelve folders, issued to members of The Book Club of California during 1967. The series is edited by Dr. Albert Shumate and Oscar Lewis, and is designed by Jack Werner Stauffacher of the Greenwood Press, San Francisco. Set in Walbaum and Monotype Baskerville types; monotype set by Peters Typesetting; lithography by East Wind Printers."--Colophon of each folder.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2017.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has order blank (with manuscript note in pencil: "C1355 NO") of The Book Club of California for slip cases for this series laid in.

Cited in:

Olmsted, Duncan H. Seventy years: a checklist of Book Club publications, 1914-1983, XXXI (page 55)

Contains:

Jack London's Wolf House, Valley of the Moon. 1

The John Muir Home, Martinez. 2

The Bret Harte Home, Oakland. 3

Pagoda Hill: The J. Ross Browne Home, Oakland. 4

The Abbey: The Joaquin Miller Home, Oakland. 5

The Frank Norris Home, San Francisco. 6

The Gertrude Atherton Home, Atherton. 7

The Robert Louis Stevenson House, Monterey. 8

Tor House: Robinson Jeffers' Home, Carmel. 9

The Mary Austin Home, Independence. 10

El Alisal: Home of Charles F. Lummis, Los Angeles. 11

The George Derby House, San Diego. 12

OCLC:

434150