76:, John Henry Nash, W. R. K. Young and James D. Blake approached Charles Moore, the president of the exposition, with the idea in 1912, to create an organization, which gathered 58 charter members by December 1912. The original purpose of the Book Club of California was "the study of letters and the promotion of the arts pertaining to the production of books." For unknown reasons, the proposed exhibition did not take place, but the club did succeed in launching a publication program under the leadership of
84:, which appeared in 1914 as a 350-page book, printed on handmade paper by Taylor, Nash and Taylor in an edition of 250. Among its earliest activities, in October 1917, was "A loan exhibition of incunabula held by the Book Club of California in the galleries of Hill Tolerton." It was accompanied by a descriptive catalogue printed by John Henry Nash. The sixty-six books printed before 1501 came from the collection of Charles W. Clark of San Mateo, California.
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