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Book Club of California
312 Sutter Street, Fifth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108

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georgie@bccbooks.org
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San Francisco’s Jewel City: An Illustrated Talk & Book Signing with Laura Ackley

The Book Club of California
Sep 28, 05:00PM – 07:00PM

In 1912, a group of San Francisco bibliophiles proposed an exhibition of locally produced fine press books for the forthcoming Panama-Pacific International Exposition. When advised that their proposal would carry more weight if made by an official organization, they founded the Book Club of California. Though the envisioned exhibition was never realized, the Book Club—and its mission to promote the art of the book—still thrives. Join us for a talk by Laura Ackley, author of San Francisco’s Jewel City: The Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915, about the event so pivotal to the Club’s history

The Book Club of California is a non-profit, membership-based organization founded in 1912. The Club supports book making, fine printing, design, typography, illustration, literature, and scholarship through a dynamic series of publications, public programs, and exhibitions related to the history and literature of California and the West. Learn more at www.bccbooks.org

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