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The California mining towns : a series of twelve rare early views of towns and camps of the gold rush / text by Oscar Lewis.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Book Club of California 140
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis, Oscar, 1893-1992, author.
- Series:
- Keepsake series (Book Club of California) ; 1933-34.
- [Keepsakes. The Book Club of California] ; [1933-1934]
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- California--Gold discoveries.
- California.
- California--Pictorial works.
- Gold mines and mining.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Private press books (Printing)
- Printing in multiple colors (Printing)
- Limitation statements (Publishing)
- Keepsakes.
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 13 parts : illustrations (some mounted, some color), mounted map ; 21 x 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Published for its members by The Book Club of California, 1933-34.
- Contents:
- Foreword
- number one. Sonora
- number two. Sutter's Mill
- number three. Downieville
- number four. Auburn
- number five. Shasta
- number six. Nevada
- number seven. Jackson
- number eight. Grass Valley
- number nine. Angel's Camp
- number ten. Placerville
- number eleven. Columbia
- number twelve. Scotts Bar.
- Notes:
- "The California mining towns is a series of contemporary views, in color, of famous towns and camps of the Gold Rush era, to be distributed in twelve monthly parts to members of The Book Club of California. Each unit will be designed and printed by a different Pacific Coast printer and will be limited to five hundred copies."--Colophon of folder number one.
- "The distribution of this series began in November 1933, when Part one was mailed by the club to members; other parts followed each month to, and including November 1934"--Foreword.
- "Five hundred copies of this folder [i.e Foreword] were designed and printed in November 1934, by the Eucalyptus Press, Mills College, California. The map of California in 1851 was printed by Hiram U. Bray from the original in the collection of the Society of California Pioneers, San Francisco."--Colophon of Foreword folder.
- "Number one of the Series is designed and printed by Johnck & Seeger, San Francisco."--Colophon of folder number one.
- "Number two is designed and printed by The Windsor Press of San Francisco."--Colophon of folder number two.
- "Number three is designed and printed by The Grabhorn Press of San Francisco."--Colophon of folder number three.
- "Number four has been produced in its entirety by the Schwabacher-Frey Company of San Francisco, in their lithograph department."--Colophon of number four.
- "Number five is designed and printed by Frank McCaffrey at his Dogwood Press in Seattle, Washington … The color plates were made (from a black and white photograph) by the photo-engravers of The Allied Arts Guild, Ltd., of Menlo Park, California."--Colophon of number five.
- "Number six has been designed and printed by the University of California Press, Berkeley, California … The color reproduction [of the view of Nevada], by the photogravure process, has been made by D.H. Murnik of the Oakland National Engraving and Gravure Company, Oakland, California."--Colophon of number six.
- "Number seven has been designed and printed by the Metropolitan Press, Portland, Oregon … The color plates were made (from a black and white photograph) by the Hicks-Chatten Engraving Company of Portland, Oregon."--Colophon of number seven.
- "Number eight is designed and printed by the Stanford University Press, Stanford University, California … The halftone was made by The Allied Arts Guild, Ltd., of Menlo Park, California, and colored by tintograph process by Stanford University Press."--Colophon of number eight.
- "Number nine has been designed & printed by The Ward Ritchie Press of Los Angeles, California … The reproduction [of the view of Angel’s Camp] has been made in Full-Tone collotype by The Meriden Gravure Company of Meriden, Conn."--Colophon of number nine.
- "Number ten has been designed and printed, under the direction of Mr. Thomas E. Williams, by the Department of Printing of the Santa Ana Junior College, Santa Ana, California.”--Colophon of number ten.Number ten has been designed and printed, under the direction of Mr. Thomas E. Williams, by the Department of Printing of the Santa Ana Junior College, Santa Ana, California."--Colophon of number ten.
- "Number eleven has been designed and printed by Schwartz & Co. of San Francisco … The color reproduction [of the view of Columbia] was made from a black and white photograph by the United Engraving Co., San Francisco."--Colophon of number eleven.
- "Number twelve has been designed and lithographed by the Knight Counihan Company, San Francisco, California, with decorations by Will Wilke … The reproduction [of the view of Scotts Bar] has been made by offset lithography."--Colophon of number twelve.
- Each illustration protected by a tissue guard.
- Local Notes:
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has manuscript note ("TO C1345") in pencil on first page of Foreword folder.
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2017.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has typescript letters from The Book Club of San Francisco signed "Oscar Lewis Secretary" laid into in folders 2, 3, 4, and 9 (letters dated 27 December 1933, 26 January 1934, 23 February 1934, and 24 July 1934, respectively).
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy housed in envelope with manuscript title ("CALIFORNIA Mining Towns") in pencil on one side and manuscript note ("C 1345 to") and title ("BOOK CLUB OF CALFORNIA THE CALIFORNIA MINING TOWNS") in pencil on envelope flap.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy: tissue guards of folders 7 and 12 wanting.
- Cited in:
- Heller & Magee. Bib. Grabhorn Press, 217
- Contains:
- Sonora. 1
- Sutter's Mill. 2
- Downieville. 3
- Auburn. 4
- Shasta. 5
- Nevada. 6
- Jackson. 7
- Grass Valley. 8
- Angel's Camp. 9
- Placerville-El Dorado metropolis. 10
- Columbia. 11
- Scotts Bar. 12
- OCLC:
- 5123374
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