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Sports in California.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Book Club of California 135
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection GV584 .C2 1986
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blesse, Robert E., author.
- Dillon, Richard H., author.
- Johnson, Bruce Leon, author.
- Jutzi, Alan H., 1945- author.
- Mathes, W. Michael, author.
- Myrick, David F., author.
- Tolford, Hugh C., author.
- Lewis, Oscar, 1893-1992, author.
- Series:
- Keepsake series (Book Club of California) ; 1986.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--California--History.
- Sports.
- Amusements.
- History.
- California.
- 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:
- 12 parts : illustrations ; 22 x 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : The Book Club of California, 1986.
- Berkeley, California : Printed by Wesley B. Tanner and Don Gray at the Arif Press.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction.
- 2. The birth of ski racing in the California gold rush.
- 3. Early California baseball.
- 4. Boxing: The Benicia Boy.
- 5. Football: The Big Game.
- 6. Tug-of-war contest, 1894, San Francisco.
- 7. Ben Hur revisited: Chariot Races at the Tournament of Roses, 1904-1915.
- 8. The ethereal sport of ballooning.
- 9. The jumping frog contest.
- 10. Bull versus bear: Sport and Diversion in early Nineteenth Century California.
- 11. Polo in southern California.
- 12. Wild cheers broke loose: the great Los Angeles-Phoenix road race, 1908-1914.
- Notes:
- "This is ... a series of twelve keepsakes prepared for the members of The Book Club of California during 1986. The series, edited by Gary F. Kurutz, was designed by Don Gray and Wesley B. Tanner at the Twowindows Press and was printed by Wesley B. Tanner and Don Gray at the Arif Press, both in Berkeley, California. The type was set by Mackenzie-Harris Corp. of San Francisco, California. Litho by Phelps/Schaefer, Brisbane."--Colophon.
- In slipcase.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has manuscript note ("C1301 AN") in pencil on first page of number 1.
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2017.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy: slip case retained.
- Contains:
- Johnson, Bruce Leon, author.
- Mathes, W. Michael, author.
- Myrick, David F., author.
- Tolford, Hugh C., author.
- Kurutz, Gary F., editor, author.
- II: The birth of ski racing in the California gold rush. 2
- III: Early California baseball. 3
- IV: Boxing: the Benicia boy. 4
- V: Football: the big game. 5
- VI: Tug-of-war contest, 1894, San Francisco. 6
- VII: Ben Hur revisited: Chariot races at the tournament of roses, 1904-1915. 7
- VIII: The ethereal sport of ballooning. 8
- IX: The jumping frog contest. 9
- X: Bull versus bear: sport and diversion in early nineteenth century California. 10
- XI: Polo in southern California. 11
- XII: Wild cheers broke loose: the great Los Angeles-Phoenix road race, 1908-1914. 12
- OCLC:
- 17981458
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