The questions are:
Do you know who named the Tom Reilly collection as “San Francisco” and what was the reasoning for naming the Tom Reilly collection as San Francisco?
These questions are mainly directed towards Matt Nelson, but if anyone else has information please it for all of us to know!
I read there were many people involved in the purchase of these books and that Robert Beerbohm was responsible for most of the initial sales of the collection.
I just wanted to get an understanding of why a seemingly awesome collection could be named incorrectly.
Thanks!
Eric
Redbeard "named" the collection accidentally. He was impressed when he saw the books and knew they were in the bay area, so he would ask "Do you have any books from that San Francisco collection?"
Yeah, I think Beerbohm has objected to the "San Francisco" designation on the grounds that he was told that the Reilly family actually lived in Piedmont in the East Bay, rather than in San Francisco itself. Or so the story goes. After reading various threads about this collection, there seem to be many mysteries.
Mike Munyak would be a good person to ask if I run into him