Early California trade cards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Book Club of California, issuing body, publisher.

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

Lewis, Oscar, 1893-1992, author.

Shumate, Albert, author.

Merrill, Fred H., author.

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

Barlow, William P., Jr. (William Pusey), 1934-2021, author.

Contributor:

Doss, Margot Patterson, editor, author.

Hussey, John A., editor, author.

Livingston, Carl, Jr.

Bruckman, R. L., binder.

Grabhorn-Hoyem (Firm), 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) ; 1966.

Book Club of California1966 Keepsake series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

California--Commerce--History.

California.

California--Commerce.

Commerce.

Genre:

History.

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Slipcases (Binding)

Keepsakes.

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

9 folders : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Manufacture:

[Place of printing not identified] : Printed by Grabhorn-Hoyem.

Place of Publication:

[San Francisco] : The Book Club of California, [1966]

Contents:

1. Widow Finke's champagne / Margot Patterson Doss

2. A.C. Robinson & Company / John A. Hussey

3. The Riverside Land & Irrigating Co. / W.W. Robinson

4. California Silk Manufacturing Co. / Oscar Lewis

5. Bancroft's / Albert Shumate, M.D.

6. Fireman's Fund / Fred H. Merrill

7. Levi Strauss & Company / Edgar M. Kahn

8. Livingston Bros. / Carl Livingston, Jr.

9. The Hoffman / Wm. P. Barlow, Jr.

Notes:

Caption title.

"This series of Keepsakes consists of nine folders, issued to members of The Book Club of California during 1966. The series is edited by Margot Patterson Doss and John A. Hussey, and is printed by Grabhorn-Hoyem."--Colophon of each folder.

Local Notes:

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has manuscript note ("29361 (BOOK CLUB OF CAL.") in pencil on page 1 of folder 2.

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

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has order blank for slip case from The Book Club of California.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy housed in blue slip case with 2 gold-stamped black spine labels (1 with title and 1 with imprint); binder's label of R.L. Bruckman of Inverness, California.

Cited in:

Olmsted, Duncan H. Seventy years: a checklist of Book Club publications, 1914-1983, XXX (page 54)

OCLC:

1129528