Overland journey to Carson Valley & California / by Hozial H. Baker ; [introduction by Ferol Egan].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, Hozial H.

Contributor:

Egan, Ferol, writer of introduction.

Burke, Clifford, designer, printer.

Book Club of California, publisher.

Cranium Press, printer.

Mackenzie & Harris, compositor.

Cardoza-James Binding Company, binder.

Curtis Paper Company, papermaker.

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

Series:

Publication (Book Club of California) ; no. 143.

Publication number 143 of The Book Club of California

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Overland journeys to the Pacific.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Machine-made papers (Paper)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Caslon Old Style.

Dust jackets (Binding)

Travel literature.

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

[4], 91, [1] pages : portrait ; 23 cm

Manufacture:

San Francisco : [P]rinted by Clifford Burke at Cranium Press

Other Title:

Overland journey to Carson Valley and California

Place of Publication:

[San Francisco] : The Book Club of California, 1973.

Notes:

Cover title (facsimile of 1861 edition title leaf) reads: Overland journey to Carson Valley and California. By H.H. Baker. Seneca Falls, N.Y.: Published by F.M. Baker. 1861.

"Designed & printed by Clifford Burke at Cranium Press, San Francisco. Monotype Caslon set by Mackenzie and Harris. Paper from the Curtis Mill. Binding by Cardoza-James"--Colophon.

"Divisional titles, day numbers and endnote numbers in brown. Type Caslon Old Style (337) monotype. Paper machine made."--Book Club of California.

Binding: quarter yellow cloth over yellow boards; facsimile of 1861 title leaf printed on left board; white paper spine label ("Overland journey to Carson Valley & California") printed in brown.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-91).

Local Notes:

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has manuscript note ("C. 1588 CC Perata[?]") in pencil on front free endpaper.

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

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy in dust jacket.

Cited in:

Book Club of California. The two hundredth book http://www.bccbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/BCCvol2-The-Two-Hundredth-Book.pdf 143 (page 24)

Lewis, Oscar. First 75 years the story of the Book Club of California, 1912-1987, 143 (page 51)

Other Format:

Online version: Baker, Hozial H. Overland journey to Carson Valley & California.

OCLC:

763208