BENJAMIN C. TRUMAN. CALIFORNIA BOOSTER & BON VIVANT by KURUTZ, Gary F - 1984

The Book Club of California, 1984. hardback. very good condition in green cloth - no dust jacket

Pages 89 pp.8vo. Clothbound. Limited edition of 600 copies printed at The Grace Hoper Press. Illustrated. Fine in plain paper dust jacket with title written on spine in red ink.

Publications Committee The Book Club of California. Used - Good. Good condition. (California Book Club, Advertisement, Promotional literature) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1984. Limited Edition. Publishers Hardbound. Fine/Very Good Plus. Fine, publisher's green cloth with bright gilt title to spine, No previous writing or bookplate, Limited Edition 1/600, 89 pages plus checklist, BCC publication # 176 with publisher's white paper dustjacket.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1984. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. (vi) 89 (1) pp. SIGNED in ink by author Gary F. Kurutz on the title page. Prospectus laid in. Edition limited to 600 un-numbered copies. Printed at The Grace Hoper Press. Frontispiece portrait of Benjamin Truman and his family from a photograph in the Los Angeles Public Library. Truman writings checklist. Green cloth. Plain paper mailing jacket present with custom spine title label. 9 1/6" x 6 1/6". The first of The Book Club of California's Literary Profiles series. This book "...highlights the checkered career of one of California's most articulate and prolific promoters." Truman was the author of Semi-Tropical California and Homes and Happiness in the Golden State. Author Kurutz was the California State Library Special Collections Librarian and wrote The California Gold Rush descriptive bibliography. BCC 176. A Fine copy in a Near Fine (somewhat soiled) plain paper dust jacket, now in a clear mylar protective… Read More

San Francisco. : The Book Club of California. , 1984.. First edition. . Gilt decorated hard cover. . Fine copy. . Octavo. . Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 600 copies. Very scarce in this condition.

San Francisco. Book Club of California. 1984. Bound in gilt titled cloth over boards. 8vo. One of 600 copies. Printed at the Grace Hoper Press. Illustrated with monochrome photographs. A Very Fine copy in a Near Fine original wrapper.