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Treasures of the Book Club Library. Part three / [written by Barbara Jane Land].
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Book Club of California 47
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barbara Jane Land, author.
- Land, Barbara J. (Barbara Jane), author.
- Series:
- Keepsake series (Book Club of California) ; 2004.
- The Book Club of California Keepsake ; 2004
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Book Club of California. Library.
- Book Club of California.
- Fine books--History.
- Fine books.
- Printing--History.
- Printing.
- History.
- Illustration of books--History.
- Illustration of books.
- Bookbinding--History.
- Bookbinding.
- Genre:
- History.
- Private press books (Printing)
- Portfolios.
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 portfolio (14 bifolia) : illustrations (some color), facsimiles ; 26 cm.
- Manufacture:
- Mountain View, California : The Artichoke Press.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, California : The Book Club of California, [2005]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Tangible typography (London, 1853)
- Iliad & Odyssey (Munich, 1923-1924)
- The color printer (Cincinnati, 1892)
- Psalmau Dafydd (Newtown, Wales 1929)
- Antiquities of Westminster (London, 1807)
- The mirrorstone (New York, 1986)
- Champ fleury (New York, 1927
- De Aetna liber & On Etna (Verona, 1969)
- Jean Charlot: picture book (New York, 1933)
- The Doves Bible (Hammersmith, 1903-1905)
- Principia typographica (London, 1858)
- Death's bright dart (New York, 1970)
- Taos Pueblo (San Francisco, 1930).
- Notes:
- Title from portfolio.
- "This keepsake for the year 2004 featuring thirteen treasures of The Book Club of California Library was written by Barbara Jane Land, who also prepared the first two parts, issued in 1997 and 2000. Designed and produced for members of the Club by Jonathan Clark at The Artichoke Press in Mountain View, California"--Page [4] first bifolium.
- "Photography & scanning: Jonathan Clark. Lithography: Shoreline Printing, Mountain View."--Portfolio verso.
- Local Notes:
- RBC copy housed in a slip case.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has manuscript note ("C 1314 O") on contents flap of portfolio.
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2017.
- OCLC:
- 61232261
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