A Taste of California.
Los Angeles: Printed and Designed by Graham Mackintosh for Friends of the UCLA Library, 1977. One of two hundred and fifty signed and numbered copies. 13 x 19 in light burgundy cloth portfolio with paste-on paper cover label. Contains 8 12 x 19 in letterpress broadsides held inside inner recto pocket. Broadsides printed in color and black & white, illustrated with woodcuts, engravings, and various decorative typographical devices. Thick, deckle-edged paper. Light sunning to outer edge of front board. Very mild dampstaining also present (no mold / mildew). Very light shelf wear to tips and spine of portfolio. Top left corner of first broadside bent inwards. Slight discoloration to bottom third of first broadside (matching the inner pocket). Otherwise, broadsides are bright and fine. a very good or better copy. Item #17997
An introductory broadside informs us that this project derives from the UCLA Library Department of Special Collections’ California Cookbooks Collection. The subsequent seven broadsides include recipes from various periods of California history, as drawn from contemporary sources. These periods include: the Indian period (Tortillas de Mais); Goldrush Days (Hangtown Fry); Pastoral California (Carne Tatemada); Railroad Empire (Eggs Boiled with Tea Leaves); Gilded Age (Celery Victor); Arts & Crafts Movement (Alligator Pear Soup) and the Age of the Flapper (Penouchee).
Graham Mackintosh (1935-2015) began his printing career in 1960s San Francisco. After moving to Los Angeles, he became a mentee of famed printer Saul Marks. For some time, he and his wife’s Westside apartment was a gathering place for Los Angeles writers and artists. In addition to printing, his interests included Chaucer, Busby Berkeley, Samuel Johnson, Sanskrit, automobile design, motorcycle-sidecar racing, alpha feedback, beer making, banjo and model airplanes. (See the obituary in the Santa Barbara Independent.
Price: $450.00