BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA CLIPPER CARDS

1949. Item #77884

(BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA). CALIFORNIA CLIPPER CARDS. San Francisco, Grabhorn Press/Book Club of California, 1949. An incomplete set: Eight of twelve facsimile cards (numbered 1 to 8) with a note by Elizabeth Downs, secretary to the Book Club of California, dated September 22, 1949, stating that parts 9 to 12 were "in preparation and would be sent to members by the end of the year." The set of twelve was completed, even if this particular set was not. The cards announce the sailings of "clipper" ships to San Francisco and are facsimiles of originals in the Bohemian Club. 1/850 copies. "Cards" are tipped into single folded sheets with text explanations by various authors. Stored in a blue cloth- covered portfolio and housed in a matching blue cloth-covered slipcase with leather spine labels. The box is lightly sunned at spine and the labels are edge-clipped. Internally fine.

Price: $75.00