A large group of Keepsake Publications from the Book Club of California through 2009, San Francisco, 1938-2009, comprising approximately 42 volumes with some duplicates, various 4to sizes. Illustrated. Most in fine or very good condition. With original envelopes (occasional tears, wear to edges) or in blue chemise and slipcase (minor wear to edges, occasional sunning).


Included are:  Coast and Valley Towns of Early California. 1939. -- SHUMATE, Albert, editor.  Resorts of California. 1957. -- SHUMATE, Albert, editor. Early California Firehouses and Equipment.  1961. (2 copies). -- MYRICK, David F., editor. Life and Times of the Central Pacific Railroad. 1969. – OLMSTED, Duncan H. Seventy Years: A Checklist of Book Club Publications 1914-1983. 1984. – With approximately 35 others, some with duplicates. Complete list available upon request

[With:] Quarterly News-letter. 45 issues (incomplete run). San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1970-2005. 8vo, 45 issues numbering: vol. 36 no. 1-4 (1970-1971), vol. 37 no. 1-4 (1971-1972), vol. 38 no. 1-4 (1973), vol. 39 no. 1-4 (1973-1974), vol. 40 no. 1-4 (1974-1975), vol. 41 no. 1-4 (1975-1976), vol. 46 no. 1-4 (1980), vol. 47 no. 1-4 (1981), vol. 48 1-4 (1982-1983), vol. 49 no. 1-4 (1983-1984), vol. 50 no. 1-2 (1984-1985), vol. 51 no. 3-4 (1986), vol. 72 no.2 (2006). – With additional Book Club of California ephemera including book announcements.