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LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Book Club of California 134
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PN4897.C2 B6 1975
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Backus, Joseph M., author.
Dillon, Richard, author.
Lewis, Oscar, 1893-1992, author.
Thomas, Jeffrey (Tenor), author.
Ritchie, Ward, 1905-1996, author.
Kurutz, Gary F., author.
Carpenter, Edwin H., author.
Corey, D. Steven, author.
Herrick, S. G., author.
Contributor:
Gilliam, Franklin, 1925-1994, editor.
Kennedy, Lawton, 1900-1980, book designer, printer.
Kennedy, Alfred, book designer, printer.
Book Club of California, publisher.
Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)
Series:
Keepsake series (Book Club of California) ; 1975.
Keepsake ; 1975
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Little magazines--California--History.
Little magazines.
Little magazines--California--Facsimiles.
History.
California.
Genre:
Facsimiles.
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:
1 portfolio (3 items) : illustrations, facsimile ; 26 cm.
Manufacture:
[Place of printing not identified] : Printed by Lawton & Alfred Kennedy.
Other Title:
California magazines
Place of Publication:
San Francisco, California : The Book Club of California, [1975]
Contents:
[Le petit journal des refusées] / Joseph M. Backus
Hutchings' California magazine / Richard Dillon
The wasp / Oscar Lewis
Josh / Jeffrey Thomas
Land of sunshine & Out west / Ward Ritchie
The new San Francisco magazine / Gary F. Kurutz
The Death Valley Chuck-Walla / Edwin H. Carpenter
The Arroyo craftsman / Edwin H. Carpenter
Touring topics/Westways / Edwin H. Carpenter
The laughing horse / D. Steven Corey
The "dry" bombshell / S.G. Herrick.
Notes:
Caption title.
8 paged leaflet, facsimile (16 unnumbered pages), and card (22 x 10 cm) entitled: Biographical note for Book Club of California 1975 keepsake.
"This 1975 annual keepsake comprises a facsimile of the rare Gelett Burgess 'Le petit journal des refusées' and this folder commenting on ten unusual California magazines. Under the editorial direction of Franklin Gilliam, it has been written by various authorities and has been designed and printed by Lawton & Alfred Kennedy."--Colophon.
Issued in a slipcase with title, California magazines, in gilt on spine.
Local Notes:
Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has manuscript note ("C1129 NC") in pencil on first page of leaflet.
Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2017.
Vilain-Wieck Collection copy: slip case retained.
Cited in:
Olmsted, Duncan H. Seventy years: a checklist of Book Club publications, 1914-1983, XXXIX (page 58)
Contains:
Petit journal des refusées. no. 1, July 1st 1896.
Biographical note for Book Club of California 1975 keepsake.
Some unusual California magazines. 2
OCLC:
19941466

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