Book Club of California

San Francisco, CA. Established in 1912, this club of book lovers is limited to 1000 members. Its first publication was issued in 1914. Since then it has issued over 200 books.

  1. A Bibliography of the History of California and the Pacific West 1510-1906. Robert Ernest Cowan. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1914. #180 of 250
  2. The Man with the Hoe. Edwin Markham. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1916. #246 of 300
  3. Bret Harte. The Luck of Roaring Camp, The Outcasts of Poker Flat, Tennessee's Partner. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1916. #76 of 260
  4. Thirty-Five Sonnets by George Sterling. Book Club of California. 1917. #10 of 300
  5. The Vision of Mirzah. By Joseph Addison. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1917. #103 of 300
  6. Nationalism. Sir Rabindranath Tagore. San Francisco. The Booik Club of California. 1917. #88 of 250
  7. California. Ina Coolbrith. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1918. 500 copies
  8. Odes and Sonnets. Clark Ashton Smith. The Book Club of Califonria. San Francisco. 1918. #105 of 300
  9. The Kasidah (Couplets) of Haji Abdu el-Yezdi: A Lay of the Higher Law. Translated and annotated by his friend and pupil F.B. (Sir Richard F. Burton). San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1919, #337 of 500
  10. Ambrose Bierce. A Horseman in the Sky, A Watcher by the Dead, The Man and the Snake. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1920. #36 of 400
  11. The Vintage Festival. Sara Bard Field. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1920. #11 of 500
  12. Lilith A Dramatic Poem. George Sterling. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1920. 350 copies
  13. A Gracious Visitation. Emma Frances Dawson. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1921. #161 of 300
  14. Prayer. Charles Kellogg Field. The Book Club of California. 1921. #88 of 330
  15. The Sermon on the Mount. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1921. #122 of 300.
  16. The City of the Golden Gate.. Samuel Williams. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1921. #197 of 350
  17. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce. Edited by Bertha Clark Pope. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1922. #113 of 415
  18. The Song of Songs. Being Love Lyrics from Ancient Palestine. Translated by Morris Jastrow. 1922. The Book Club of California. Printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. Decoration by Harold von Schnidt and initials by Joseph Sinel. #89 of 310
  19. Oscar Weil Letters & Papers. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1923. #13 of 400. Printed by Grabhorn Press. Title Page designed by H. Von Schmidt
  20. Dickens in Camp. Printed by John Henry Nash as a Gift to the Book Club of California from the Manuscript Now in the Bender Collection at Mills College. 1923
  21. The Letter of Christopher Columbus Concerning His First Voyage to the New World Done Into English & Provided With a Foreword by Donald B. Clark. Book Club of California. 1924 Printed by Edwin Grabhorn. #203 of 250
  22. Aldus Pius Manutius. With an essay by Theodore Low De Vinne together with a leaf from the Aldine Hypnerotomachia Poliphili printed at Venice in 1499. San Francisco: The Book Club of California. 1924. Grabhorn Press. #31 of 250
  23. Old French Title Pages, being a chapter from Books and Bookmen by Andrew Lang. Printed at San Francisco 1924 for members of the Book Club of California. Grabhorn Press
  24. Continent's End. An Anthology of Contemporary California Poets. Edited by George Sterling. Printed for the Book Club of California by John Nash. 1925. 600 copies
  25. Philobiblon of Richard De Bury, Bishop of Durham. The Book Club of California. Printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. 1925. #71 of 250. [Oversized]
  26. Letter of Amerigo Vespucci describing his four voyages to the New World 1497-1504. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1926. Printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. Drawings by Valenti Angelo. #14 of 250
  27. The Gentle Cynic. Being a translation of the Book of Koheleth Known as Ecclesiastes. Morris Jastrow, Jr. Printed by Grabhorn Press for the Book Club of California. 1927. #116 of 250. Illustrations by Valenti Angelo
  28. The Book of Ruth. Printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn for the Book Club of California. 1927. Illustrations by Valenti Angelo. #132 of 250
  29. The Testimony of the Suns. George Sterling. San Francisco: Printed for The Book Club of California by John Henry Nash. 1927. #170 of 300
  30. Around the Horn in 1847. The Journal of the Hartford Union Mining and Trading Company. Introduction by Oscar Lewis. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1928. Grabhorn Press. #134 of 250
  31. Poems. By Robinson Jeffers. Introduction by B. H. Lehman. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1928. Grabhorn Press. #68 of 310
  32. An Invocation. by Ambrose Bierce. Introduction by George Sterling. Printed for the Book Club of California by John Henry Nash of San Francisco. 1928.#88 of 300
  33. The Final Stanza by Lewis Browne. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1929. #27 of 400. Signed by Lewis Browne
  34. The Persistence of Poetry. By Witter Bynner. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1929. Printed by The Brothers Johnson at the Windsor Press
  35. Memorial Address on the Life and Character of Abraham Lincoln. George Bancroft in 1866. Introduction by John Drinkwater. Printed for the Book Club of California by John Henry Nash. San Francisco. 1929. #278 of 350. Signed by John Drinkwater. With ephemera
  36. The Book of Thel. By William Blake. The Book Club of California. 1930. Printed by Cecil and James Johnson of the Windsor Press. Decorations by Julian A. Links. #108 of 300
  37. Mr. Strahan's Dinner Party. A Comedy in One Act with prologue and Epilogue by A. Edward Newton. San Francisco: Printed for the Book Club of California by John Henry Nash. 1930
  38. The Nuremberg Chronicle. With a leaf from the first latin edition. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. Printed by John Henry Nash. 1930. #271 of 300. [Oversized]
  39. The Origin of the Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. By Oscar Lewis. 1931. San Francisco: The Book Club of California. Grabhorn Press. #136 of 250. Initials by Valenti Angelo
  40. A Briefe and Accurate Treatise of Tobacco. By To. Venner. San Francisco: The Book Club of California. 1931. Printed by James and Cecil Johnson at the Windsor Press. 200 copies
  41. The Santa Fe Trail to California 1849-1852. The Journal and Drawings of H.M.T. Powell. Edited by Douglas S. Watson. San Francisco: The Book Club of California. Printed by E. & R. Grabhorn. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 300 copies. 1931
  42. Sir Walter Scott: 1832-1932. A Centenary Address by John Buchan. A Forgotten Antiquary by William C. Van Antwerp. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1932. Printed by Johnck & Seeger
  43. The City That Has Fallen. William Marion Reedy. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1933. printed by Johnck & Seeger. 350 copies. Decorations by J. Paget-Fredericks. With ephemera
  44. Charles Warren Stoddard's Diary of a visit to Molokai in 1884. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1933. Grabhorn Press. 250 copies
  45. The Voyage of Sebastian Vizcaino. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1933. Printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. The decorations are by Arvilla Parker. 240 copies
  46. Bierce and the Poe Hoax. By Carroll D. Hall. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1934. The Windsor Press. #23 of 250
  47. The Heathen Chinee. Plain Language from Truthful James. By Bret Harte. Illustrated by Phil Little. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1934. Imprinted by John Henry Nash. #103 of 500. [Oversized]
  48. Prentice Mulford's California Sketches. Edited by Franklin Walker. Printed for the Book Club of California by John Henry Nash. 1935. 350 copies
  49. A Printer's Garland. A Typographic Miscellany. Introductory text by James Johnson. Designed and printed by the Windsor Press. Book Club of California. 1935. 300 copies
  50. A Sojourn at San Francisco Bay 1816. By Adelbert von Chamisso, scientist of the Russian Exploring ship Rurik. Illustrations by Louis Choris. Preface by Oscar Lewis. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1936. Grabhorn Press. 250 copies
  51. A Leaf from the 1611 King James Bible. Printed for the Book Club of California by the Grabhorn Press, San Francisco. 1937. 300 copies
  52. An Artist in El Dorado 1848-1851. The Drawings and Letters of Daniel Wadsworth Coit. Edited by Edith M. Coulter. Printed for the Book Club of California by the Grabhorn Press. 1937. 325 copies
  53. Mark Twain's Letter to William Bowen. Book Club of California. The Grabhorn Press. 1938. 400 copies
  54. An Original Leaf from the Polycronicon Printed by William Caxton at Westminster in the year 1482. The Book Club of California. The Grabhorn Press. 1938. 297 copies
  55. The Helmet of Mambrino. Clarence King. The Book Club of California. University of California Press. 1938. 350 copies
  56. An Original Issue of "The Spectator" Together with the Story of the Famous English Periodical and of its Founders, Joseph Addison & Richard Steele. By Eric Partridge. The Book Club of California. 1939
  57. Catos' Moral Distichs. By Benjamin Franklin. Foreword by Carl Van Doren. The Book Club of California. 1939. Ward Ritchie Press. 250 copies
  58. Erie and Other Poems. By D.H. Lawrence. Foreword by Robinson Jeffers. Printed at the Grabhorn Press by the Book Club of California. 1940. 300 copies
  59. Ballads of Eldorado. Introduction by Earle V. Weller. Decorations by Barse Miller. The Book Club of California. 1940. Ward Ritchie Press. 300 copies
  60. Account of a Visit to California 1826-27. Introduction by Edith M. Coulter. Printed at the Grabhorn Press for the Book Club of California. MCMXLI (1941). 350 copies
  61. The Beauties of Boswell, Being a Series of Drawings Satirizing Dr. Samuel Johnson's Visit with James Boswell. By Thomas Rowlandson. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1942. Grabhorn Press. 250 copies. [Oversized]
  62. Heraldry of New Helvetia. Foreword by Carroll D. Hall. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1945. L-D Allen Press. 250 copies
  63. A Sojourn in California by The King's Orphan. Travels and Sketches of G.M. Waseurtz. Introduction by Helen Putnam Van Sicklen. Printed at the Grabhorn Press for the Book Club of California. 1945. 300 copies
  64. The Diary of Patrick Breen. Introduction by George R. Stewart. The Book Club of California. 1946. L-D Allen Press. Decorations by Mallette Dean. 300 copies
  65. The Discovery of Florida Being a True Relation of the Vicissitudes that Attended the Governor Don Hernando De Soto. Translated by Buckingham Smith. Introduction by George Hammond. Book Club of California. 1946. Grabhorn Press. 280 copies
  66. California Adventure. Vicente Perez Rosales. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1947. Printed by Taylor & Taylor of San Francisco. 250 copies. Decorations by Albert J. Camille. With ephemera
  67. Donner Miscellany. 41 Diaries and Documents edited by Carroll D. Hall. The Book Club of California. 1947. L-D Allen Press. 350 copies. With ephemera
  68. 13 California Towns from the Original Drawings. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1947. Grabhorn Press. 300 copies. [Oversized]
  69. Ace High The Frisco Detective or The Girl Sport's Double Game. A Story of the Sierra & the Golden Gate City by C.E. Tripp. San Francisco: The Book Club of California. 1948. Grabhorn Press. 500 copies. Engravings bv Mallette Dean
  70. The Miners' Own Book: California Mining Illustrated and Described. Published by Hutchings & Rosenfield. Book Club of California. 1949. 500 copies. Printed by the Greenwood Press
  71. A Short Account of the Life and Work of Caxton's Successor Wynkyn De Worde. San Francisco: The Book Club of California. MCMXLIX (1949). Grabhorn Press. 375 copies
  72. Gregory's Guide for California Travelers Via the Isthmus of Panama. Joseph W. Gregory. San Francisco. Book Club of California. 1949. Printed by Harold Seeger and Albert Sperisen at the Black Vine Press. 300 copies
  73. The Estiennes. A Biographical Essay by Mark Pattison. Illustrated with original leaves from the books printed by the three greatest members of that distinguished family. San Francisco: The Book Club of California. 1949. Grabhorn Press. 390 copies. With ephemera
  74. Mother of Felipe and Other Early Stories. By Mary Austin. Edited by Franklin Walker. The Book Club of California. 1950. Printed by Anderson & Ritchie: The Ward Ritchie Press. Los Angeles. 400 copies
  75. George Clymer and the Columbian Press. Jacob Kainen. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1950. Printed by Taylor & Taylor of San Francisco. 350 copies
  76. Muleback to the Convention. Letters of J. Ross Browne. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1950. The Black Vine Press. 400 copies
  77. The Maps of San Francisco Bay From the Spanish Discovery in 1769 to the American Occupation. Neal Harlow. The Book Club of California. 1950. Grabhorn Press. 375 copies
  78. San Francisco in 1866: Being Letters to the Springfield Republic. By Bret Harte. Edited by George R. Stewart and Edwin S. Fussell. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1951. Grabhorn Press. 400 copies
  79. Sketches of Scenery and Notes of Personal Adventure in California & Mexico by William M'ilvaine, Jr. Foreword by Robert G. Cleland. Printed at the Grabhorn Press for the Book Club of California. 1951. 400 copies
  80. The Coppa Murals by Warren Unna. Introduction by Joseph Henry Jackson. Book Club of California. 1952. Printed by Adrian Wilson at the Sign of the Interplayers, San Francisco. 350 copies
  81. La Porte De Maletroit. Robert Louis Stevenson. Book Club of California. The L-D Allen Press at Cagnes-Sur--Mer, France. 1952. 300 copies. Decorations by Ray Bethers
  82. Kelmscott, Doves, and Ashendene. 300 copies printed for the Book Club of California by the Ward Ritchie Press
  83. Account of a Tour of the California Missions 1865 The Journal & Drawings of Henry Miller. The Book Club of California. 1952. Grabhorn Press. 375 copies
  84. Pioneers of the Sacramento. A Group of Letters by and about Johann Augustus Sutter, James W. Marshall, & John Bidwell. Introduction by Jane Grabhorn. San Francisco: The Book Club of California. 1953. Printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn for the Colt Press, San Francisco. 400 copies
  85. Physiologus. The Very Ancient Book of Beast Plants and Stones..Translated by Francis J. Carmody. Book Club of California. 1953. Printed by Vivien & Mallette Dean at Fairfax, CA. 325 copies
  86. A Facsimile Edition of California's First Book Reglamento Provicional. Translated by Ramon Ruiz & Theresa Vigil. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1954. Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. 400 copies
  87. Bayside Bohemia. Gelett Burgess. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1954. Printed at the Black Vine Press. 375 copies
  88. Robert Louis Stevenson's Silverado Journal. John E. Jordan. San Francisco: The Book Club of California. 1954. Grabhorn Press. 400 copies
  89. Catnachery. By P.H. Muir. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1955. Greenwood Press. 325 copies
  90. On the Ambitious Projects of Russia. By an Englishman. Introduction by George P. Hammond. The Book Club of California. 1955. Allen Press, Kentfield, CA. 350 copies
  91. Journal of a Cruise to California and the Sandwich Islands in the United States Sloop-Of-War Cyane. By William H. Meyers, Gunner, U.S.N. 1841-1844. Edited by John Haskell Kemble. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1955. Produced by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. 400 copies
  92. The Letters of Frank Norris. Edited by Franklin Walker. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1956. Printed by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn for the Colt Press. 350 copies
  93. Themes in My Poems. Robinson Jeffers. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1956. Printed and decorated by Mallette Dean. 350 copies
  94. Early Printing in California. From its beginning in the Mexican territory to statehood. By Herbert Fahey. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1956. Grabhorn Press. 400 copies
  95. Mark Twain: San Francisco Correspondent. Selections from his letters to the Territorial Enterprise: 1865-1866. Edited by Henry Nash Smith and Frederick Anderson. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1957. Allen Press. 400 copies
  96. The Garden of Health. An Account of Two Herbals. By Ellen Shaffer. Book Club of California. Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. 300 copies. Contains an original leaf from the hortus sanitatis, 1499
  97. The Drawings of John Woodhouse Audubon. Introduction by Carl Schaefer Dentzel. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1957 Grabhorn Press. 400 copies
  98. Noticias De California. First report of the occupation by the Portola Expedition, 1770. Narrative by George Peter Hammond. The Book Club of California. 1958. 400 copies
  99. The Voyage of the Racoon. A 'Secret' Journal of a Visit to Oregon, California and Hawaii, 1813-1814. Edited by John A. Hussey. Drawings by Henry Rusk. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1958. Printed by Taylor & Taylor, San Francisco
  100. The Hundredth Book. A Bibliography of the Publications of the Book Club of California & a History of the Club. By David Magee. Printed at the Grabhorn Press for the Book Club of California. 1958. 400 copies
  101. Typographic Design in Relation To Photographic Composition. Stanley Morison. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1959. Printed at Black Vine Press. 400 copies
  102. Concerning Cats. Two Tales By Mark Twain. Introduction by Frederick Anderson. The Book Club of California. Printed at Grabhorn Press for the Colt Press. 1959. 450 copies
  103. Figure Prints of Old Japan. Prints in the collection of Majorie & Edwin Grabhorn. Book Club of California. 1959. Grabhorn Press. 400 copies
  104. A Year of American Travel. Jessie Benton Fremont. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1960. Printed by Saul and Lillian Marks at the Plantin Press. Los Angeles. 450 copies
  105. A Trip to the Gold Mines of California in 1848. John Swan. Edited by John A. Hussey. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1960. Printed by Taylor & Taylor. 400 copies
  106. Landscape Prints of Old Japan. From the Collection of Majories & Edwin Grabhorn. Text by Jack Hiller. Book Club of California. 1960. Grabhorn Press. 450 copies
  107. Oregon and California Drawings 1841 and 1847. Charles F.B. Guillou. The Book Club of California. 1961. Printed by Lawton Kennedy. San Francisco. 450 copies
  108. My First Publication. Edited by James D. Hart. Drawings by David Stone Martin. The Book Club of California. 1961. Printed by Adrian Wilson at his Press in Tuscany Alley, San Francisco. 475 copies
  109. "Ah Sin" A Dramatic Work by Mark Twain and Bret Harte. Edited by Frederick Anderson. The Book Club of California. 1961. Designed, decorated and printed by Vivien and Mallette Dean at Fairfax, CA. 450 copies
  110. R.L.S. to J.M. Barrie. Introduction by Bradfort A. Booth. The Book Club of California. 1962. Grabhorn Press. 475 copies
  111. A Vacation Among the Sierras. Yosemite in 1860. Thomas Starr King. Edited by John A. Hussey. Book Club of California. 1962. 400 copies printed at Ward Ritchie Press.
  112. Ukiyo-e "The Floating World" Illustrated by twenty-eight rare examples of Japanese woodblock prints. The Book Club of California. 1962. Grabhorn Press. 400 copies.
  113. The Book of Geoffrey Chaucer. An account of the publications of Geoffrey Chaucer's works. By Charles Muscatine. The Book Club of California. 1963. Printed by Lawton Kennedy. 450 copies.
  114. San Francisco. A Modern Cosmopolis. By Robert Louis Stevenson. Introduction by James D. Hart. The Book Club of California. 1963. Printed by Adrian Wilson at his Press in Tuscany Alley, San Francisco. 450 copies.
  115. The Wonderful City of Carrie Van Wie. Paintings of San Francisco at the Turn of the Century. Text by Oscar Lewis. The Book Club of California. 1963. Grabhorn Press. 525 copies.
  116. Geographical Memoir upon Upper California in Illustration of his Map of Oregon and California. John Charles Fremont. Introduction by Allan Nevins and Dale L. Morgan. The Book Club of California. 1964. Printed at the Stanford University Press. 425 copies.
  117. Yo Semite 1878 Adventures of N & C. Journal and drawings by Carrie E. LeConte. Introduction by Susanna B. Dakin. The Book Club of California. 1964. Printed by Mallette Dean 450 copies.
  118. Disenos of California Ranchos Maps of Thirty-seven Land Grants (1822-1846). Robert H. Becker. The Book Club of California. 1964. Grabhorn Press.
  119. Second Reading. Selections From the Quarterly Newsletter 1933-1963. Compiled, with a foreward by Oscar Lewis. The Book Club of California. 1965. Printed at Plantin Press, Los Angeles. 425 copies.
  120. The Young Miner; or, Tom Nelson In California. By Horatio Alger, Jr. The Book Club of California. 1965. Printed by Adrian Wilson. 450 copies.
  121. Twelve Wood-Block Prints of Kitagawa Utamaro. Introductory essay by Jack Hiller. From the collection of Edwin and Irma Grabhorn. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1965. Grabhorn Press. 450 copies.
  122. The Seacoast of Bohemia. An Account of Early Carmel. By Franklin Walker. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1966. Greenwood Press. San Francisco. 500 copies.
  123. The Private Press Ventures of Samuel Lloyd Osbourne and F.L.F. By James D. Hart. The Book Club of California. 1966. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. 500 copies.
  124. The Great Polyglot Bibles. Including a Leaf from the First: The Complutensian of Acala, 1514-17. By Basil Hall. Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1966. Produced by Lewis & Dorothy Allen at the Allen Press, Kentfield, CA. 400 copies. [Oversized]
  125. Upper California. By Heinrich Kunzel. Translated by Anthony and Max Knight. Introduction by Carroll D. Hall. The Book Club of California. 1967. Printed by Mallette Dean and James E. Beard. 450 copies.
  126. Mr. Eric Gill. Recollections of David Kindersley. The Book Club of California. 1967. Ward Ritchie Press. 400 copies.
  127. The Sting of the Wasp. Political & Satricial Cartoons . Introduction by Kenneth M. Johnson. San Francisco: The Book Club of California. 1967. Printed by Paul and Lillian Marks at the Plantin Press. 450 copies.
  128. Gelett Burgess Behind the Scenes. Glimpese of Fin de Siecle San Francisco. By Gelett Burgess. Commentaries by Joseph M. Backus. Printed by Grabhorn-Hoyem for the Book Club of California. 1968. Woodcut decorations by Shirley Barker. 400 copies.
  129. The Life and Times of Edward Robeson Taylor. Physician, Lawyer, Poet, and Politician. By Kenneth M. Johnson. The Book Club of California. 1968. Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy.
  130. The Book Called Holinshed's Chronicles. An account of its inception, purpose, contributors, contents, publication, revision and influence on William Shakespeare. By Stephen Booth. With a leaf from the 1587 edition. The Book Club of California. 1968. Printed by Adrian Wilson. 500 copies.
  131. Archy Lee. A California Fugitive Slave Case. By Rudolph M. Lapp. The Book Club of California. 1969. Designed and printed by Mallette Dean and James E. Beard. 500 copies.
  132. H.M.S. Sulphur at California 1837 and 1839. Being the accounts of Midshipman Francis Guillemard Simpkinson and Captain Edward Belcher. Edited by Richard A. Pierce & John H. Winslow. The Book Club of California. 1969. Printed by Grant Dahlstrom at his Castle Press in Pasadena. 450 copies.
  133. Designs on the Land Disenos of California Ranchos and their Makers. Text by Robert H. Becker. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1969. Printed by Robert Grabhorn & Andrew Hoyem. 500 copies. [Oversized]
  134. Printing as a Performing Art. Edited by Ruth Teiser & Catherine Harroun. The Book Club of California. 1970. Printed by Arlen & Clare Philpott at their press in Fairfax, CA.
  135. Journals of a Journey Across the Plains in 1859. By James Berry Brown. Edited by George R. Stewart. The Book Club of California. 1970. Greenwood Press. San Francisco. 450 copies.
  136. Sketches of California and Hawaii by William H. Meyers, Gunner, U.S.N. Aboard the United States Sloop-Of-War Cyane. 1842-1843. Introduction by John Haskell Kemble. The Book Club of California. 1970. Printed by Grabhorn-Hoyem. 450 copies.
  137. Ah-Wah-Ne-Days. A Visit to the Yosemite Valley in 1872 by H.H. (Helen Hunt Jackson). Introduction by Oscar Lewis. The Book Club of California. 1971. Printed by Mallette Dean. 450 copies.
  138. California, Land of Gold or Stay at Home and Work Hard. By J. Muller. The Book Club of California. 1971. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy.
  139. Dr. Johnson and Noah Webster. Two Men & Their Dictionaries. Containing original leaves from 1755 and 1828 dictionaries. By David Littlejohn. The Book Club of California. 1971. 500 copies printed by Grabhorn-Hoyem.
  140. Rezanov Reconnoiters California, 1806. Edited by Richard A. Pierce. The Book Club of California. 1972. Printed by Greenwood Press. 450 copies.
  141. California as an Island. An Illustrated Essay by John Leighly. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1972. 450 copies printed by Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem.
  142. Oscar Wilde Irish Poets and Poetry of the Nineteenth Century. Robert D. Pepper. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1972. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy.
  143. Overland Journey to Carson Valley and California. Hozial H. Baker. The Book Club of California. 1973. Designed and printed by Clifford Burke at Cranium Press, San Francisco.
  144. A Naval Campaign in the Californias - 1846-1849. A Journal of Lieutenant Tunis Augustus Macdonough Craven. Edited by John Haskell Kemble. The Book Club of California. 1973. Ward Ritchie Press. 400 copies.
  145. A Leaf from the First Edition of the First Complete Bible in English. The Coberdale Bible 1535. Introduction by Allen P. Wikgren. The Book Club of California. 1974. Printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. 425 copies.
  146. Aurifodina or Adventures in the Gold Region. Cantell A. Bigly {G.W. Peck]. Preface by James D. Hart. Illustrations by Bruce Conner. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1974. Printed by Andrew Hoyem. 400 copies.
  147. Four Lectures by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson. Edited by John Dreyfus. The Book Club of California. 1974. Plantin Press. Los Angeles. 450 copies.
  148. The Gold Digger's Songbook. Composed by M. Taylor. Introduction by Sister Mary Dominic Ray, O.P. The Book Club of California. 1975. Printed by Cranium Press, San Francisco. 450 copies.
  149. Spanish Approaches to the Island of California 1628-1632. Translated and edited by W. Michael Mathes. The Book Club of California. 1975.
  150. San Francisco, 1806-1906. In Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors. By Jeanne Van Nostrand. The Book Club of California. 1975. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. 500 copies.
  151. Growing New Roots. An Essay with Fourteen Wood Engravings. Clare Leighton, N.A. The Book Club of California. 1976. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. #446 of 500. Signed by the author.
  152. William Caxton and his Quincentenary. John Dreyfus. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1976. Printed by the Press of A. Colish. 1100 copies. Signed by the author.
  153. Images of Chinatown. Richard Dillon. Louis J. Stellman's Chinatown Photographs. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1976. Designed and produced by Adrian Wilson at The Press in Tuscany Alley, San Francisco. 450 copies.
  154. Valenti Angelo Author Illustrator Printer. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1976. Printed by Andrew Hoyem. 400 copies.
  155. El Triunfo De La Cruz. A description of the building by Father Juan Ugarte of the first ship made in California. An essay by Theodore H. Hittell. Decorations by Valenti Angelo. The Book Club of California. 1977. Printed at the press of Arlen & Clara Philpott, Fairfax, CA. 400 copies. Signed by Valenti Angelo.
  156. A Leaf from the 1583 Rembert Dodoens Herbal printed by Christopher Plantin. Short essay by Carey S. Bliss. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1977. Printed by Grant Dahlstrom. 385 copies.
  157. Letters to Elizabeth. A Selection of Letters from John Steinbeck to Elizabeth Otis. Edited by Florian J. Shasky and Susan F. Riggs. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1978. Plantin Press, Los Angeles. 500 copies.
  158. Frederic Goudy, Joseph Foster and the Press at Scripps College. By Ward Ritchie. The Book Club of California. 1978. Printed by Richard Hoffman. 550 copies.
  159. Wine-Making in California. Arpad Haraszthy. The Book Club of California. 1978. Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. 600 copies.
  160. Themes in Aquatint. Colin Franklin. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1978. Printed at Cambridge University Press. 500 copies.
  161. A Matter of Taste. Willis Polk's Writing on Architecture in The Wave. Edited by Richard W. Longstreth. The Book Club of California. 1979. Printed by Adrian Wilson at The Press in Tuscany Alley, San Francisco. 450 copies.
  162. From Kapuvar to California 1893. Travel Letters of Baron Gustav von Berg. Translated and edited by Henry Miller Madden. San Francisco: The Book Club of California. 1979. Designed and printed by Don Greame Kelly & Susan Acker at the Feathered Serpent Press, San Anselmo, CA. 500 copies.
  163. A Western Journey with Mr. Emerson. James Bradley Thayer. Foreword by Shirley Sargent. The Book Club of California. 1980. Printed by Richard J. Hoffman, Van Nuys, CA. 600 copies.
  164. Fond of Printing. Gordon Graig as Typographer & Illustrator. Colin Franklin. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1980.
  165. Dan De Quille of the Big Bonanza. Edited by James J. Rawls. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1980. Printed by Arlen & Clara L. Philpott, Fairfax, CA. 650 copies.
  166. BR A Panel Discussion at the Bruce Rogers Centenary held at Purdue University. By Harry Duncan, K.K. Merker & Ward Ritchie. The Book Club of California. 1981. 650 copies.
  167. A Trumpet of Our Own. Yellow Bird's Essays on the North American Indian. Selections from the writings of the noted Cherokee author John Rollin Ridge. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1981. Designed and printed by Peter Koch at Black Stone Press, San Francisco. 650 copies.
  168. The Grabhorn Press. A Biography. By Roby Wentz. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1981. Grace Hoper Press, Aptos, CA. 750 copies.
  169. Paul Landacre. By Ward Ritchie. The Book Club of California. 1982. Printed by Castle Press. 650 copies.
  170. Chapter Nine The Vulgate Bible & Other Unfinished Projects of John Henry Nash. By Robert D. Harlan. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1982. 1000 copies.
  171. Vignettes of Early California: Childhood Reminiscences of Juan Bautista Alvarado. Translated by John H. R. Polt. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1982. Designed and printed by Patrick Reagh, Printers, Glendale, CA. 650 copies.
  172. Edward Vischer's Drawings of the California Missions 1861-1878. With a biography of the artist by Jeanne Van Nostrand. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1982. Arion Press. 600 copies. [Oversized]
  173. William Doxey's San Francisco Publishing Venture At the Sign of the Lark. By Robert D. Harlan. The Book Club of California. 1983. Designed and printed by Harold Berliner. 550 copies.
  174. Redwood and Lumbering in California Forests. Peter E. Palmquist. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1983. Yolla Bolly Press, Covelo CA. 600 copies. [Oversized]
  175. Thomas Bewick & the Fables of Aesop. Biographical Sketch by John W. Borden. History of Fables by Janet S. Krueger. With an original leaf from the first edition (1818) of the Fables of Aesop and a new impression from one of Bewick's original wood engravings. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1983. 518 copies.
  176. Benjamin C. Truman. California Booster & Bon Vivant. By Gary F. Kurutz. The Book Club of California. 1984. Printed at Grace Hoper Press. 600 copies.
  177. Baptism in Oil. Stephen F. Peckham in Southern California 1865-66. By Gerald T. White. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1984. Printed by Castle Press of Pasadena. 500 copies.
  178. Mexico on Stone. Lithography in Mexico, 1826-1900. By W. Michael Mathes. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1984. Designed and printed by Jonathan Clark at Artichoke Press, Mountain View, CA. 550 copies.
  179. Romualdo Pacheco. A Californio in Two Eras. By Ronald Genini & Richard Hitchman. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1985. Printed by Patrick Reagh, Printers. 500 copies.
  180. The Allen Press Bibliography. A Facsimile with Original Leaves and Additons to Date including a Checklist of Ephemera. The Book Club of California. 1985. 750 copies.
  181. The Engraved Bookplates of Eric Gill 1908-1940. Compiled by Christopher Skelton. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1986. Printed by the September press, Wellingborough, England. 1000 copies.
  182. Collected Letters. By Frank Norris. Compiled by Jesse S. Crisler. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1986. Printed by Will Henry Powers and Wesley B. Tanner in Berkeley. 500 copies.
  183. The Log of Apollo. Joseph Perkins Beach's Journal of the Voyage of the Ship Apollo from New York to San Francisco 1849. Edited by James P. Delgado. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1986. Arion Press. 550 copies.
  184. Art Deco. The Books of Francois-Louis Schmied Artist/Engraver/Printer with Recollections and Descriptive Commentaries on the Books By Ward Ritchie. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1987. [Oversized]
  185. The First 75 Years. The Story of the Book Club of California 1912-1987. By Oscar Lewis. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1987. Arion Press. 1200 copies.
  186. Texas Argonauts. Isaac H. Duval and the California Gold Rush. By Richard H. Dillion. Illustrated by Charles Shaw. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1987. Printed at Wind River Press, Austin. 450 copies.
  187. By Horse, Stage & Packet. The Far West Letters of Joseph Pratt Allyn. John Nicolson & David K. State, Editors. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1988. Printed by Patrick Reagh, Printers. 450 copies.
  188. Lawton Kennedy, Printer. Ruth Teiser. The Book Club of California. 1988. Designed and printed by Jonathan Clark at the Artichoke Press, Mountain View, CA. 450 copies.
  189. Isadora Duncan & Gordon Craig. The Prose & Poetry of Action. By Cynthia Splatt. San Francisco: The Book Club of California. 1988. 450 copies.
  190. Frank Morrison Pixley of The Argonaut. By John L. Levinsohn. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1989. Designed and printed by Susan Acker at the Feathered Serpent Press. 450 copies.
  191. A Book of Gaelic Airs for Una's Melodeon. Collected by Una Jeffers. Illustrated by Robinson Jeffers. Introduction by Dave Oliphant. The Book Club of California. San Francisco, CA. 1989. Designed by Ward Ritchie. Printed by the Premier Printing Corporation of Brea. 500 copies. [Oversized]
  192. An Artist Records the California Missions. Henry Chapman Ford. Edited by Norman Neuerburg. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1989. Designed and printed by Patrick Reagh, Printer. 450 copies. [Oversized]
  193. The Rhemes New Testament. Being a full and particular account of the origins of printing. Decherd Turner. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1990. Printed by W. Thomsas Taylor, Austin. 395 copies. Contains a leaf from the Rhemes New Testament of 1582.
  194. A Typographical Masterpiece. An account by john Dreyfus of Eric Gill's collaboration with Robert Gibbings in producing the Golden Cockerel Press edition of 'The Four Gospels' in 1931. San Francisco: The Book Club of California. 1990. 450 copies.
  195. Controversial James. An essay on the life and work of George Wharton James. By Roger Keith Larson. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1991. Printed at the Yolla Bolly Press, Covelo, CA. 400 copies. Signed by the author.
  196. Raymond Duncan. Printer...Expatriate...Eccentric Artist. By Adela Spindler Roatcap. The Book Club of California. 1991. Designed and printed at Hillside Press, San Francisco. 400 copies.
  197. A Pictorial Tour of Hawaii 1850-1852. Watercolors, Paintings, & Drawings by James Gay Sawkins. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1991. Designed by Jack W. Stauffacher of the Greenwood Press, San Francisco. 400 copies. [Oversized]
  198. Six Years Experience as a Book Agent in California. By Mrs. J. W. Likins. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1992. Printed at West Print Center. 400 copies.
  199. On Printing. William Everson. Edited by Peter Rutledge Koch. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1992. Printed by the editor. 400 copies.
  200. The Two Hundredth Book. A Bibliography of the Books Published by the Book Club of California 1958-1993. By Robert D. Harlan. The Book Club of California. 1993. Printed by Mastercraft Press. 500 copies.
  201. An Essay by Gary F. Kurutz on A Bibliography of California and the Pacific West, 1510-1906 by Robert E. Cowan. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1993. Printed by Anchor & Acorn Press. 390 copies.
  202. Charles & Kathleen Norris The Courtship Year. By Richard Allan Davison. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1993. Printed by W. Thomas Taylor in Austin, TX. 400 copies.
  203. Porter Garnett. Philosophical Writings on the Ideal Book. Compiled by Jack W. Stauffacher. The Book Club of California. 1994. 450 copies.
  204. Thomas Hardy. the Vineyards and Wine Cellars of California. The Book Club of California. 1994. Printed by the Yolla Bolly Press, Covelo, CA. 450 copies.
  205. A Widely Cast Net. Selections from the work of a veteran California Writer chosen with comments by their author: Oscar Lewis. Edited by Wayne Bonnett. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1996. Designed and printed by Susan Acker at the Feathered Serpent Press and Anchor & Acorn Press. 400 copies.
  206. The California Gold Rush. A Descriptive Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets Covering the Years 1848-1853. By Gary F. Kurutz. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1997. Printed by W. Thomas Taylor of Barksdale, TX. 1000 copies.
  207. A Voyage to California, the Sandwich Islands, & Around the World in the Years 1826-1829. By August Duhaut-Cilly. Translated & edited by August Fruge and Neal Harlow. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 1997. Printed by Patrick Reagh. 350 copies.
  208. Artful Deeds In the Life of the Felon, Governor Layton ... A Tale of the California Gold Rush. Introduction by Richard H. Dillion. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1998. Designed and printed by Peter Koch. 350 copies.
  209. Another Book That Never Was. William Morris, Charles Gere, The House of the Wolfings. By Peter Stansky. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 1998. Printed at the Yolla Bolly Press, Covelo, CA. 350 copies.
  210. A Typographic Journey. The History of the Greenwood Press and Bibliography, 1934-2000. By Jack Werner Stauffcher. The Book Club of California. 1999. Printed by the Greenwood Press. 450 copies.
  211. Exploring Japanese Books and Scrolls. Colin Franklin. The Book Club of California. 1999. 450 copies.
  212. Splendide Californie! Impressions of the Golden State by French Artists, 1786 to 1900. Claudine Chalmers. The Book Club of California. San Francisco. 2001. 450 copies.
  213. John DePol. A Catalogue Raisonne of his Graphic Work 1935-1998. Compiled and edited by James Howard Fraser and Eleanor Friedl. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 2001. Designed and printed by James Wehlage at the Tuscan Press in Novato, CA. 400 copies.
  214. Jasper O'Farrell: Surveyor, Farmer, & Politician. By Geoffrey P. Mawn. San Francisco. The Book Club of California. 2001. Printed by Patrick Reagh. 350 copies.
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