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Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956; With a Check-List, 1916-1940

Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956; With a Check-List, 1916-1940

by Magee, Dorothy and David; Adler, Elmer (Introduction)

San Francisco: Printed at The Grabhorn Press, 1957. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. One of 225 copies, folio size, 119 pp. A limited, fine letterpress edition of the second volume of the Grabhorn bibliography, printed by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn, Jane & Mary Grabhorn and Sherwood Grover, from the library of esteemed book collector Roger K. Larson, and the Richard A. Gleeson Library at the University of San Francisco (with lovely bookplates from both). Beautifully printed with specimens from... Read more about this item
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NZ$1,114.87
Another Commonplace Book

Another Commonplace Book

by [Grover, Sherwood and Katherine]

San Francisco: The Grace Hoper Press, 1956. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. One of 75 copies, folio size, [33] pp. Another iconic Commonplace Book from the Grovers, somewhat more elaborate than its predecessor. With excerpts, anecdotes and proverbs from many different sources, such as "Advertisements are of great use to the vulgar" -Addison. Sherwood and Katherine Grover were a husband and wife team; Sherwood was the pressman at the Grabhorn Press and that is where the early Grace Hoper... Read more about this item
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NZ$233.11
Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956; With a Check-List, 1916-1940

Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956; With a Check-List, 1916-1940

by Magee, Dorothy and David; Adler, Elmer (Introduction)

San Francisco: Printed at The Grabhorn Press, 1957. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. One of 225 copies, folio size, 119 pp., inscribed "from Bob and Jane Grabhorn" and dated May, 1957. A limited, fine letterpress edition of the second volume of the Grabhorn bibliography, printed by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn, Jane & Mary Grabhorn and Sherwood Grover, inscribed to the prior owner "For ----- / with deep affection, as always / from Bob and Jane Grabhorn / May, 1957" (we believe in Jane's hand).... Read more about this item
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NZ$1,672.31
MEMORIAL AND PROPOSALS OF SENOR DON JOSE MARTIN ON THE CALIFORNIAS. Mexico, MDCCCXXII.

MEMORIAL AND PROPOSALS OF SENOR DON JOSE MARTIN ON THE CALIFORNIAS. Mexico, MDCCCXXII.

by Martin, Senor Don Jose. Translated into English and with an Introduction by Henry Wagner

San Francisco: Grabhorn Press for the Zamorano Club, 1945. Limited to 250 copies. Hardcover. Fine in faded plain green paper jacket. Original green cloth and decorative boards, quarto (7.5 x 11.5 inches), 24pp. A critical document addressing problems in Mexico's administration of the Californias in light of its newly-acquired independence from Spain.
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NZ$168.92
A Christmas Grace for the Andiron Club of New York City

A Christmas Grace for the Andiron Club of New York City

by Wyck, William Van

[San Francisco]: [The Grabhorn Press], 1944. Limited Edition. No binding. Near fine. One of 100 copies printed, elephant folio size, broadside. Printed by the Grabhorn Press, this Christmas prayer was printed for the Andiron Club, an institution that promoted learning and friendship, and "Romantic Idealism over Naturalism and Realism"; these philosophies were reflected in the pieces published in The Colonnade from 1907 to 1922 (n. b., from the website of New York University Archives). This broadside... Read more about this item
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NZ$278.72
Tony's Christmas

Tony's Christmas

by Watson, Douglas S

[San Francisco]: Printed [by the Grabhorn Press] for Members of The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, 1932. Limited Edition. Wraps. Near fine. One of 100 copies, small quarto size, 15 pp. A charming story of a young boy's Christmas morning in San Francisco, and a promise he made to the Christ child in the church's creche - a promise which required a bit of explanation to the parish Priest... In "Chronology of Twenty-Five Years, The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, 1928-1953", Douglas S. Watson is... Read more about this item
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NZ$464.53
1602, The Voyage of Sebastian Vizcaino to the Coast of California, together with a map & Sebastian Vizcaino's letter written at Monterey, December 28, 1602

1602, The Voyage of Sebastian Vizcaino to the Coast of California, together with a map & Sebastian Vizcaino's letter written at Monterey, December 28, 1602

by Lewis, Oscar (Foreword); Parker, Arvilla (Illustrator)

San Francisco: The Book Club of California [Printed by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn], 1933. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/good. Parker, Arvilla. One of 240 copies, octavo size, 57 pp., with prospectus. Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548-1624) was a Spanish soldier, entrepreneur, explorer, and diplomat whose varied roles took him, among many other places, along the California coast and Japan. This edition of his voyage was printed by the Grabhorn Press, one of the most highly renowned private presses in... Read more about this item
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NZ$464.53
Alamos: A Philosophy in Living

Alamos: A Philosophy in Living

by Elkus, Richard J.; Conrad, Barnaby (Foreword)

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1965. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Elkus, Richard J.. No. 83 of 487 copies, elephant folio size, approximately [100] pp., signed by Richard Elkus, Robert and Edwin Grabhorn, with prospectus. The last major book of the Grabhorn Press, "Alamos" is a collection of photographs by Richard Elkus, capturing the poetry of the town of Alamos in Mexico; the photographs, a mix of landscapes and portraits, have a gritty serenity and a real sense of the character of the... Read more about this item
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NZ$371.62
Florence Nightingale's Pet Owl, Athena, A Sentimental History

Florence Nightingale's Pet Owl, Athena, A Sentimental History

by Verney, Frances Parthenope, Lady Verney; Magee, David (Foreword/Editor)

San Francisco: Grabhorn-Hoyem, 1970. Limited Edition. No binding. Fine. One of 300 copies, small quarto size, 36 pp. A charming story about Florence Nightingale's pet owl, written by her sister and published in a highly limited edition in about 1855 for private distribution. This second edition was edited by San Francisco bookseller David Magee and published on the 150th anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. Frances Parthenope Verney (1819-1890), born Frances Parthenope Nightingale, sister to... Read more about this item
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NZ$278.72
Shakespeare in Bohemia

Shakespeare in Bohemia

by Loyall McLaren, David Dodge, and David Magee; Tony Sotomayor (Illustrations)

San Francisco: Printed for Members of the Bohemian Club by the Grabhorn Press, 1961. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. One of 500 copies, quarto size, 68 pp. One of the Grove plays printed by the inimitable Grabhorn Press, included in the Exhibition of Western Books (Rounce & Coffin Club). ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in blue and white decorated paper over boards, natural linen shelfback, title in red on white spine label; Poliphilus and Janson handset types, Cloister monotype, quarto size (11 3/8" by 8... Read more about this item
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NZ$92.91
New Helvetia Diary: A Record of Events Kept by John A. Sutter and his Clerks at New Helvetia, California, from September 9, 1845, to May 25, 1848

New Helvetia Diary: A Record of Events Kept by John A. Sutter and his Clerks at New Helvetia, California, from September 9, 1845, to May 25, 1848

by Sutter, John A

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press in Arrangement with The Society of California Pioneers, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Grabhorn 310. 950 copies, signed on the limitation page by the brothers Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. Gift inscription from Helen Putnam Van Sicklen, who provides the introduction. Linen spine with patterned paper boards, printed label. Slight bumping to corners. xxvii, [3], 138, [viii]pp. 12.5 x 8
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NZ$182.43
THE FIRST PART OF HENRY THE FOURTH

THE FIRST PART OF HENRY THE FOURTH

by Shakespeare, William

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1961. Limited to 180 copies. Fine. Limited to 180 copies. Folio. 56p. Illustrated in color by Mary Grabhorn. Printed on handmade Millbourn paper, lettre batarde in double columns. Bound in gilt-titled tan woven cloth spine and printed fabric boards. Prospectus laid in.
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NZ$422.30
A Tribute to Edwin Grabhorn & The Grabhorn Press

A Tribute to Edwin Grabhorn & The Grabhorn Press

by Hart, James D

San Francisco: Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, 1969. First edition. Cloth. Fine. 12mo, 25 pp. Edition of 1000 copies printed by Andrew Hoyem & Robert Grabhorn. Fine in plain jacket, which is a bit sunned and dustsoiled.
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NZ$58.53
Twelve Wood-Block Prints of Kitagawa Utamaro Illustrating the Process of Silk Culture; Reproduced in Facsimile from the Originals in the Collection of Edwin & Irma Grabhorn

Twelve Wood-Block Prints of Kitagawa Utamaro Illustrating the Process of Silk Culture; Reproduced in Facsimile from the Originals in the Collection of Edwin & Irma Grabhorn

by Utamaro, Kitagawa; Hiller, Jack (Introduction)

San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed at the Grabhorn Press], 1965. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Utamaro, Kitagawa. One of 450 copies, folio size, [36] pp., with prospectus. The Book Club of California's publication for Christmas 1965. Presents the pictures of Kitagawa Utamaro (1783-1806), an eighteenth-century Japanese artist that dealt with the process of silk culture, and the handiwork of women who were responsible for all aspects of making silk. The images together form one... Read more about this item
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NZ$371.62
Pen-Knife Sketches, or, Chips of the Old Block; A Series of Original Illustrated Letters, Written by One of California's Pioneer Miners, and Dedicated to that Class of Her Citizens by the Author. Reprinted from the Only Edition (1853) with the Illustrations by Charles Nahl and a New Foreword by G. Ezra Dane

Pen-Knife Sketches, or, Chips of the Old Block; A Series of Original Illustrated Letters, Written by One of California's Pioneer Miners, and Dedicated to that Class of Her Citizens by the Author. Reprinted from the Only Edition (1853) with the Illustrations by Charles Nahl and a New Foreword by G. Ezra Dane

by Delano, Alonzo; Dane, G. Ezra (Foreword); Nahl, Charles (Illustrator)

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1934. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Nahl, Charles. Quarto size, 80 pp. Alonzo Delano (1806 - 1874), who went by the pen name "Old Block", was an American humorist, pioneer town city father, and a California Gold Rush Forty-niner; his sketches of gold rush camp life rivaled Bret Harte and Mark Twain in popularity (N. B. info from Wikipedia). This edition was published by the Grabhorn Press, one of the most highly renowned private presses in America in the... Read more about this item
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NZ$140.20
Designs on the Land, Diseños of California Ranchos

Designs on the Land, Diseños of California Ranchos

by Becker, Robert H

San Francisco: The Book Club of California (printed by Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem), 1969. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. One of 500 copies, oblong elephant folio size, [178] pp. The Book Club of California publication number 133, being a sequel to Robert Becker's earlier club publication of 1964 (no. 118). This time Becker focuses on the map makers rather than the land cases, some of whom were anonymous, others well-known, most notably John Bidwell, James Alexander Forbes and Abel... Read more about this item
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NZ$743.25
A Gest of Robin Hood; Revived as the Forty-ninth Grove Play of the Bohemian Club of San Francisco and Performed by its Members in the Bohemian Grove, Sonoma County, California, on the Thirty-first Night of July, Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-four, Under the Direction of Fred Orin Harris

A Gest of Robin Hood; Revived as the Forty-ninth Grove Play of the Bohemian Club of San Francisco and Performed by its Members in the Bohemian Grove, Sonoma County, California, on the Thirty-first Night of July, Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-four, Under the Direction of Fred Orin Harris

by Norris, Charles G.; Newell, Robert C. (Music); Harris, Fred Orin (Director)

San Francisco: (Printed by the Grabhorn Press), 1954. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Berman, Eugene. One of 1100 copies, octavo size, 102 pp. "A Gest of Robin Hood" is one of the oldest surviving tales of Robin Hood, printed between 1492 and 1534. This edition was printed by the Grabhorn Press for the Bohemian Club of San Francisco; the Grabhorn Press, run by brothers Edwin and Robert Grabhorn, was one of the most highly renowned private presses in America during the twentieth century.... Read more about this item
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NZ$92.91
For Whispers & Chants

For Whispers & Chants

by Zeitlin, Jake; Sandburg, Carl (Foreword); Angelo, Valenti (Frontispiece)

San Francisco: The Lantern Press [printed by the Grabhorn Press], 1927. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Angelo, Valenti. No. 203 of 500, quarto size, 29 pp. "For Whispers & Chants" is a collection of poems by influential Los Angeles bookseller and poet Jake Zeitlin (1902-1987), who worked as a rare books dealer for sixty years, co-founded the Rounce & Coffin Club, and started his own fine press, the Primavera Press. The poems whisper of the southwest, and indeed, the volume is dedicated "To... Read more about this item
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NZ$371.62
The Story of My Life, A Translation from the Original German of the Autobiography of Friedrich Schuenemann-Pott as Made by His Daughter, Ida Denicke

The Story of My Life, A Translation from the Original German of the Autobiography of Friedrich Schuenemann-Pott as Made by His Daughter, Ida Denicke

by Schuenemann-Pott, Friedrich; Denicke, Ida (Translator)

San Francisco: Privately Printed at the Grabhorn Press, 1937. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No. 95 of 100, quarto size, 140 pp., signed by Ida Denicke. Friedrich Schuenemann-Pott dedicated his life to the freedom of religious thought and the "fundamental right of the human mind". This translation from the original German published in 1873 was done by Schuenemann-Pott's daughter, Ida Denicke, while in her eighties (n. b., info from Denicke's Foreword). ___DESCRIPTION: Quarter blue leather with... Read more about this item
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NZ$140.20
Chronology of Twenty-Five Years, The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, 1928-1953

Chronology of Twenty-Five Years, The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, 1928-1953

by Dawson, George E. (Editor); Wheat, Carl I. and Sowers, Roy Vernon (Essays)

(San Francisco): (Printed by Roxburghers Edwin and Robert Grabhorn), 1954. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. One of 200 copies, elephant folio size, 83 pp. Limited edition of 200 copies "printed by Roxburghers Edwin and Robert Grabhorn" and sold only to members of the Club; included in the Exhibition of Western Books (Rounce & Coffin Club). Contains an essay on the Roxburghe Club by Carl I. Wheat, an essay on the Duke of Roxburghe by Roy Vernon Sowers, a Roster of Members and Officers for the 25... Read more about this item
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NZ$511.83
Sundry Ballades of Francois Villon

Sundry Ballades of Francois Villon

by Villon, Francois; Payne, John (Translator); Sinel, Joseph (Artist)

[San Francisco]: [The Grabhorn Press, 1922], 1922. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Sinel, Joseph. One of 210 copies, quarto size, [19] pp., inscribed by the printer Ed Grabhorn. Francois Villon (b. 1431, disappeared from view 1463), remains the best-known French poet of the late Middle Ages. Much of his life remains conjecture, but records show him involved in various forms of mayhem: murder, thievery, and other forms of criminal behavior. Many of the stories from these days have made their way... Read more about this item
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NZ$650.34
Important Printing Dates; Souvenir Commemorating the Centenary of Printing in California 1831-1931, Prepared by John Howell and Presented to...the American Bookseller's Association

Important Printing Dates; Souvenir Commemorating the Centenary of Printing in California 1831-1931, Prepared by John Howell and Presented to...the American Bookseller's Association

by [Grabhorn Press]

San Francisco: [Grabhorn Press], 1931. No binding. Near fine. One of 400 copies, folio size, [4] pp. A list of "Important Printing Dates" broken into the following headings: Gutenberg to Aitken 1455-1782; Western Printing 1822-1834; Mexican Press at Monterey 1831-1834, Boston Press at Monterey 1834-1845, and California Press 1845-1931. The piece could just as easily have been titled: "The History of Printing from Gutenberg to the Grabhorn Press", as the list opens with the Gutenberg Bible and closes... Read more about this item
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NZ$140.20
Oscar Weil Letters and Papers

Oscar Weil Letters and Papers

by Weil, Oscar; Arnstein, Flora J., Elkus, Albert I., and Young, Stewart W. (editors); Lange, Dorothea (frontispiece), Von Schmidt, H. (title page design)

San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed by The Grabhorn Press], 1923. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Lange, Dorothea; H. Von Schmidt. No. 136 of 400, quarto size, 140 pp. A tribute to Oscar Weil (1839-1921), born in New York and educated as a musician. When the Civil War started he enrolled in the Northern cause as a private and by the end of the war he was a Major; however, injuries received during the war meant he could no longer be a violinist. He therefore turned to... Read more about this item
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NZ$92.91
Farewell Speech of King Edward the Eighth Broadcast from Windsor Castle the Tenth Day of December, MCMXXXVI; With the Instrument of Abdication & A Note by William Saroyan

Farewell Speech of King Edward the Eighth Broadcast from Windsor Castle the Tenth Day of December, MCMXXXVI; With the Instrument of Abdication & A Note by William Saroyan

by Saroyan, William (Note / Afterword); Dean, Mallette (Artist)

San Francisco: Ransohoffs [Printed at the Grabhorn Press], 1938. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Dean, Mallette. Limited edition, one of 200 copies, folio size, unpaginated [28] pp. Edward VIII (1894-1972), Prince of Wales, then King Edward VIII, and then the Duke of Windsor, made history when he abdicated the British throne in order to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcée, whom the monarchy and Parliament considered unacceptable for a future king to wed. Viewed as a hero by some for... Read more about this item
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NZ$371.62
CALIFORNIA AS IT IS: A Reprint of the Edition of 1851, with Biographies of the Ancestors of John Hale, 1637-1800, and his Descendants, 1826-1952.

CALIFORNIA AS IT IS: A Reprint of the Edition of 1851, with Biographies of the Ancestors of John Hale, 1637-1800, and his Descendants, 1826-1952.

by Hale, John. Edited by Thomas B. Hunter and Richard L. Wellington

San Francisco: Privately Printed at the Grabhorn Press, 1954. Limited edition of 150 copes. Some wear to corners, spine label slightly darkened, else near fine. Original mustard cloth and marbled boards, quarto, xxviii, (49) pp., frontispiece coat-of-arms, 5 plates from photographs, folding map. Main text was self-published in Rochester in 1851. Subtitle to the original edition reads: "Being a Description of a Tour by the Overland Route and South Pass of the Rocky Mountains Across the Continent of... Read more about this item
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NZ$126.69