The city that has fallen / by William Marion Reedy.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Reedy, William Marion, 1862-1920, author.
• Lewis, Oscar, 1893-1992, author of foreword.

Contributor:

• Paget-Fredericks, Joseph Rous, 1903-1963, illustrator.
• Johnck & Seeger, printer.
• Book Club of California, publisher.
• Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

• Publication (Book Club of California) ; no. 43.
• [Publication] ; [number 43]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• San Francisco Earthquake and Fire (California : 1906).
• San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906.
• San Francisco (Calif.) depicted.
• California.
• California--San Francisco.

Genre:

• Private press books (Printing)
• Printing in multiple colors (Printing)
• Limitation statements (Publishing)
• Deckled edges (Paper)
• Mould-made papers (Paper)
• Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Caslon.
• Case bindings (Binding)
• Decorated paper bindings (Binding)
• Dust jackets (Binding)
• Untrimmed edges (Binding)

Penn Provenance:

• Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
• Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[2], III, [1], 13, [1] pages ; 19 cm

Manufacture:

[Place of printing not identified] : Printed ... by Johnck & Seeger, May, 1933.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : The Society, 1933.

Summary:

Reedy briefly recounted the varied panorama of persons important to the history and vitality of the city, and one week after the destructive earthquake and fire, predicted that it would rise again.

Notes:

• "Of this edition 350 copies were printed in May, 1933, by Johnck & Seeger for members of the Book Club of California. Decorations by J. Paget-Fredericks."--Colophon.
• "Reprinted from Reedy's Mirror, April 26, 1906"--Title page.
• "Illustration on title, opening initial of text in terra-cotta by J. Paget-Fredericks.Type Caslon, handset. Paper mold made."--Book Club of California.
• Binding: Quarter light green silk cloth over orange and brown batik boards; title and author's name stamped in black on spine; deckled edges.
• Foreword by Oscar Lewis.

Local Notes:

• Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has manuscript note ("C652 AC") 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 glassine dust jacket; a few leaves unopened at head edge.

Cited in:

• Book Club of California. The hundredth book http://www.bccbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/BCCvol1-The-Hundredth-Book.pdf number 43
• Lewis, Oscar. First 75 years the story of the Book Club of California, 1912-1987, page 45

OCLC:

2930289