A ladies' dozen and a gentleman
Subtitle: early California children's books, 1853-1913
Contributors: Vigus, Janine, 1953-; Book Club of California
Series: Keepsake series (Book Club of California) -- 2009.
Publisher: The Book Club of California
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [San Francisco, Calif.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 13
Subjects: Illustrated children's books; History; Bibliography; Imprints; Women authors; Bio-bibliography
Other titles: Early California children's books
Notes: Title from portfolio cover.

"The Book Club of California keepsake for 2009."

Essay by Victoria Dailey on first folded sheet; each of the remaining sheets features an illustrated children's book published between 1853 and 1913.

Designed by Janine Vigus.

Issued in two-part slipcase.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A ladies' dozen and a gentleman / by Victoria Dailey; title: Alice Bradley Haven. All's not gold that glitters (1853); title: May Wentworth. Fairy tales from gold lands (1867); title: Wentworth. The golden dawn and other storeis (1870); title: Carrie Carlton. Inglenook, a story for children (1868); title: Alice Kingsbury. Ho! for elf-land! (1877); title: Helen Hunt Jackson. The Hunter cats of Connorloa (1884); title: Henry Lathrop Turner. In the lovely land of Sunset, a souvenir of Santa Barbara (1886); title: Louise Carnahan. Polly's lion (1894); title: Alice Merritt Davidson. California plants in their homes (1898); title: Mary E. Bamford. Ti, a story of San Francisco's Chinatown (1899); title: Genevra Sisson Snedden. Docas, the Indian boy of Santa Clara (1899); title: Amelia Woodward Truesdell. La parra grande (1900); title: Mary Austin. The basket woman (1904); title: Ethel T. Foster. Little tales of the desert (1913).