12. BONANZA BANQUETS. Table D'Hôte Menu and Music Program for Blanco's November 7, 1907 - Commentary By Ruth Teiser.
Los Angeles. Anderson & Ritchie. 1950. Limited 850 copies. cf. Olmsted, Keepsakes, XIV and Ritchie 103. 4 pp. and one slip. 10" x 6-1/2". Self wrappers, deckled tail, letterpress printed in black, teal and touches of green. Slip is a reproduction of an old menu, printed on sage green card stock with black lettering. All now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG++ copy, some soiling to outer wrappers (especially upper), some rubbing to corners, slip crisp, internally clean and bright. Item #46299
This Keepsake Series was published for members of the The Book Club of California by Anderson & Ritchie in 1950. These folders were designed by Ward Ritchie
There were 12 in the series of which this is 12.
In this final keepsake, there is a brief list of thank yous and appreciation's printed on the lower wrapper. An extended thanks to Joseph Henry Jackson and all of the contributors, a special thanks to institutions for loaning material for reproduction including the Bancroft Library, the Argonaut Book Shop and the State Library at Sacramento. The last paragraph reading "Last, but on the least, thanks to Ward Ritchie for his valiant efforts to keep us on production time, for his fine interpretive designs, and for his remarkable facsimiles of the various menus."
Price: $25.00