Item #103879 A Ladies’ Dozen and a Gentleman: Early California Children’s Books 1853-1913. Book Club of California.

A Ladies’ Dozen and a Gentleman: Early California Children’s Books 1853-1913.

2009. [San Francisco]: The Book Club of California, 2009.

8.5”x10” portfolio, containing 1 introductory bifold, and 14 bifolds with facsimiles of illustrations in color as well as black & white, along with book descriptions. Three small stains to upper edge of top cover of portflio, else near fine.

§ First edition thus. An interesting and beautifully produced set, which looks at the development of the children’s book in California during one of the most important stages of our state’s development. Item #103879

Price: $20.00

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