Early theatres of California.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, Pattijune Prindle, 1935-2003, author.

Sarlós, Robert Károly, 1931- author.

Taylor, James W., Mrs, author.

Spelvin, George, author.

Wood, R. Coke (Richard Coke), author.

Shumate, Albert, author.

Dillon, Richard, author.

Lewis, Oscar, 1893-1992, author.

Hager, Anna Marie, author.

Contributor:

Stark, Samuel, editor, author.

Berliner, Harold, printer.

Beyer, John, book designer.

Book Club of California, publisher.

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

Series:

Keepsake series (Book Club of California) ; 1974.

Keepsake series ; 1974

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theaters--California--History.

Theaters.

History.

California.

Genre:

History.

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Perpetua.

Local histories.

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

1 unnumbered page, 10 folders : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Manufacture:

Nevada City, California : Printed by Harold Berliner.

Other Title:

Early California theaters PU

Place of Publication:

[San Francisco] : The Book Club of California, [1974]

Contents:

Introduction / Sam Stark, editor

Number One. Nevada Theatre, Nevada City / by Mrs. Leland S. Lewis

Number Two. Woodland Opera House, Woodland / by Robert K. Sarlos

Number Three. Eagle Theatre, Sacramento / by Mrs. James W. Taylor

Number Four. Stockton Theatre, Stockton / by George Spelvin

Number Five. Fallon House, Columbia / by R. Coke Wood

Number Six. American Theatre, San Francisco / by Albert Shumate M.D.

Number Seven. Maguire's Opera House, San Francisco / by Richard Dillon

Number Eight. Grand Opera House, San Francisco / by Oscar Lewis

Number Nine. First Theatre, Monterey / by Sam Stark

Number Ten. Merced Theatre, Los Angeles / by Anna Marie Hager.

Notes:

Title from running foot.

"This series of Keepsakes consists of eleven folders issued by The Book Club of California to its members during 1974. The series was under the general direction of Sam Stark. It was set in Perpetua types and printed by Harold Berliner at his press in Nevada City, California. Designed by John Beyer."--Colophon of each folder.

Local Notes:

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has manuscript note ("C1299 AT") in pencil on first page of Introduction folder.

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

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy 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, XXXVIII (page 57-58)

Contains:

Nevada Theatre, Nevada City. 1

Woodland Opera House, Woodland. 2

Eagle Theatre, Sacramento. 3

Stockton Theatre, Stockton. 4

Fallon House, Columbia. 5

American Theatre, San Francisco. 6

Maguire's Opera House, San Francisco. 7

Grand Opera House, San Francisco. 8

First Theatre, Monterey. 9

Merced Theatre, Los Angeles. 10

OCLC:

3053607