Early west coast lighthouses : eight drawings and paintings / by Major Hartman Bache (1855-1859).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bache, Hartman, 1797-1872, artist.

Holland, Francis A., Jr., author, writer of introduction.

Wilson, Neill C. (Neill Compton), 1889-1973, author.

Gilbert, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), author.

MacMullen, Jerry, author.

Gibbs, James A., author.

Maxfield, True H. (True Harvey), 1917-2005, author.

Contributor:

Hussey, John A., editor.

Philpott, Arlen, book designer, printer.

Book Club of California, publisher.

Tamal Land Press, book designer, printer.

George Waters Color Productions, other.

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

Series:

Keepsake series (Book Club of California) ; 1964.

Series of keepsakes ; [1964]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lighthouses--Pacific States.

Lighthouses.

Lighthouses--Pacific States--Pictorial works.

United States--Pacific States.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Slipcases (Binding)

Keepsakes.

Illustrated works.

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

9 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : The Book Club of California, 1964.

Summary:

Bache was the inspector of the lighthouses on the West Coast and made these drawings for reporting to the Lighthouse Board.

Contents:

Introduction / by Francis A. Holland, Jr.

Alcatraz Island Lighthouse / by Karl Kortum

Point Pinos Lighthouse / by John A. Hussey

Point Bonita Lighthouse / by Neill C. Wilson

Point Loma Lighthouse / by Francis R. Holland Jr.

Farallon Islands Lighthouse / by Benjamin Franklin Gilbert

Point Conception Lighthouse / by Jerry MacMullen

Cape Disappointment Lighthouse / by James A. Gibbs

Santa Barbara Lighthouse / by True H. Maxfield.

Notes:

In portfolio.

"This series of Keepsakes consists of nine folders, issued to its members during 1964 by The Book Club of California. Francis R. Holland, Jr. ... wrote the introduction ... The texts accompanying the drawings were written by authorities on the histories of the lighthouses depicted. The series is edited by John A. Hussey, and is [designed and] printed by Arlen H. Philpott at the Tamal Land Press, Fairfax, California. The drawings have been reproduced by George Waters Color Productions, Inc., San Francisco."--Colophon of "Introduction" folder.

Local Notes:

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has manuscript note ("C-1541 NC") in pencil on page [1] of "Introduction" folder.

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

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy without portfolio; housed in blue slip case with 2 gold-stamped black spine labels (1 with title and 1 with imprint)

Cited in:

Olmsted, Duncan H. Seventy years: a checklist of Book Club publications, 1914-1983, XXVIII (page 53)

OCLC:

4452632