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A Tribute to Albert M. Bender

A Tribute to Albert M. Bender

by Barry, John

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1938. Limited Edition. Wraps. Near fine. One of 175 copies, quarto size, [6] pp. This volume is a tribute written during his lifetime to Albert M. Bender (1866-1941), an influential book collector and patron of the arts in San Francisco who supported artists such as Ansel Adams and Diego Rivera, printed by the inimitable Grabhorn Press. The text is reprinted from the San Francisco News of 11 January 1938, written by John Barry. Relatively scarce in the marketplace,... Read more about this item
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£35.77
Shakespeare and Some Commentators; An Address to the English Speaking Union at San Francisco, April 25, 1933, by Oscar Sutro

Shakespeare and Some Commentators; An Address to the English Speaking Union at San Francisco, April 25, 1933, by Oscar Sutro

by Sutro, Oscar

San Francisco: Privately Printed [by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn], 1933. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. One of 125 copies, octavo size, 28 pp., inscribed by Oscar Sutro. This edition, privately printed for prominant San Franciscan and member of the SF Roxburghe Club 1933-1935 Oscar Sutro (1874-1935), contains an address regarding William Shakespeare, who "of all men understands the English language" (n.b., quote from p. 1). Printed by the Grabhorn Press, one of the most highly renowned private... Read more about this item
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£67.47
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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£44.71
Words at Play

Words at Play

by Smart, Adam [Sutro, Alfred]

San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Davenport, W.R.. Illustrated punning verse from Alfred Sutro (under the pen name Adam Smart), lawyer, book collector, and long-time president of the Book Club of California. One of five hundred copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. The book is dedicated "To his own and all other grandchildren". This copy is inscribed "To Caroline with lover from her affectionate grandfather, Alfred Sutro (Adam Smart)". Caroline later added her own... Read more about this item
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£87.79
M. Fred Loewenstein: 1910-1933

M. Fred Loewenstein: 1910-1933

by CUSHWA, FRANK W

No place of publication [San Francisco]: privately printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn, 1934. First Edition. A eulogy delivered in Brookline, Massachusetts in 1933. Vellum spine a little soiled; near fine in a very good slipcase with some staining and soiling.
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£60.97
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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£536.51
BRONZE WOOD

BRONZE WOOD

by SANDBURG, Carl

San Francisco: (Grabhorn Press for Gelber, Lilienthal, Inc.), 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Photograph once tipped in is now loose but present. Slight wear to bottom corners. Near Fine. Henry Flannery. Thin quarto (8-3/4" x 11-1/2") in orange cloth-backed wood veneer boards with a printed paper spine label. With an original photograph frontispiece by Henry Flannery. Copy #9 of only 50 SIGNED by both the poet and the photographer. Though one frequently sees one of the edition of 195 unsigned copies... Read more about this item
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£457.26
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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£67.47
The Hundredth Book, A Bibliography of the Publications of The Book Club of California & A History of The Club

The Hundredth Book, A Bibliography of the Publications of The Book Club of California & A History of The Club

by Magee, David

San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed by The Grabhorn Press], 1958. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. One of 400 copies, folio size, 96 pp. This bibliography comprises ninety-nine titles published by The Book Club of California, from 1912 to 1958 with the bibliography itself being "the hundredth book"; with detailed descriptions of the content and physical appearance of each book, this reference serves as both a catalogue for the avid book collector and a document of the... Read more about this item
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£112.18
Words at Play

Words at Play

by Smart, Adam [Sutro, Alfred]

San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Davenport, W.R.. Illustrated punning verse from Alfred Sutro (under the pen name Adam Smart), lawyer, book collector, and long-time president of the Book Club of California. One of five hundred copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. The book is dedicated "To his own and all other grandchildren". This copy is inscribed "To Elizabeth with lover from her affectionate grandfather, Alfred Sutro (Adam Smart)". Grabhorn 308. Pink cloth... Read more about this item
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£87.79
What Michael Said to the Census-Taker

What Michael Said to the Census-Taker

by Rorty, James; Sinel, Joseph (Woodcut)

(San Francisco): (Printed by Edwin Grabhorn) [Privately for James Rorty], 1922. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Sinel, Joseph. One of 150 copies, ocatvo size, 12 pp. This long-form poem is by journalist, poet, and life-long social activist James Hancock Rorty (1890-1973); during WWI he served as a stretcher-bearer on the Argonne front, which (understandably) led to him becoming a pacifist. He afterwards moved to San Francisco, where he would have met Edwin Grabhorn when looking for a printer for... Read more about this item
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£134.13
[LEAF BOOK] An Original Issue of "The Spectator", Together with The Story of the Famous Periodical and of its Founders, Joseph Addison & Richard Steele

[LEAF BOOK] An Original Issue of "The Spectator", Together with The Story of the Famous Periodical and of its Founders, Joseph Addison & Richard Steele

by Partridge, Eric

San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed by The Grabhorn Press], 1939. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. One of 455 copies, folio size, 58 pp., with original leaf from "The Spectator" tipped in, with Ex-Libris of Alfred Sutro and postcard addressed to him written and signed by Eric Partridge. "The Spectator" was created in 1711 by Joseph Addison (1672-1719) and Richard Steele (1672-1729); published daily for the first two years, it served to inform people of subjects like literature and... Read more about this item
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£312.97
The Discovery of Florida, Being a True Relation of the Vicissitudes That Attended the Governor Don Hernando de Soto and Some Nobles of Portugal in the Discovery of Florida, Now Just Given by a Fidalgo of Elvas

The Discovery of Florida, Being a True Relation of the Vicissitudes That Attended the Governor Don Hernando de Soto and Some Nobles of Portugal in the Discovery of Florida, Now Just Given by a Fidalgo of Elvas

by Smith, Buckgingham (Translator); Hammond, George P. (Introduction); Dean, Mallette (Illustrations)

[San Francisco]: The Book Club of California [Printed by the Grabhorn Press], 1946. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Dean, Mallette. One of 280 copies, folio size, 107 pp., with prospectus. Hernando de Soto (1495-1542), the hero of this story, was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the first European expedition into Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and Arkansas, and was the first documented European to have crossed the Mississippi. After an adventurous life, he died in 1542; the actual... Read more about this item
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£201.60
Narrative of Nicholas "Cheyenne" Dawson (Overland to California in '41 & '49, and Texas in '51); Number Seven of the Rare Americana Series Printed & Published by The Grabhorn Press of San Francisco in May, 1933

Narrative of Nicholas "Cheyenne" Dawson (Overland to California in '41 & '49, and Texas in '51); Number Seven of the Rare Americana Series Printed & Published by The Grabhorn Press of San Francisco in May, 1933

by Dawson, Nicholas; Watson, Douglas S. (Editor); Camp, Charles L. (Introduction); Parker, Arvilla (Illustrator)

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Parker, Arvilla. One of 500 copies, quarto size, 107 pp. Nicholas Dawson (1819-1903), the partly self-educated schoolteacher infected with wanderlust, spent much of his life travelling on foot across America. His wanderings brought him through Missouri, Louisiana, and Arkansas to Mexico, then back to New Orleans; he returned to the West infected with Gold Fever, and then eventually settled in Texas. The original publication... Read more about this item
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£67.47
The Santa Fe Trail to California, 1849-1852; The Journal and Drawings of H.M.T. Powell

The Santa Fe Trail to California, 1849-1852; The Journal and Drawings of H.M.T. Powell

by H.M.T. Powell; Douglas S. Watson (Editor)

San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed by E. & R. Grabhorn (the Grabhorn Press)], 1931. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good +. One of 300 copies, folio size, 293 pp. From the description in the BCC bibliography: "The journal covers three years of travel from Greenville, Illinois, to St. Louis, to San Diego, then up the California cast to San Jose, the gold fields and San Francisco, and back to Greenville via the Isthmus. It is a vivid day-by-day account, supplemented by the... Read more about this item
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£1,341.28
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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£44.71
Diogenes in London

Diogenes in London

by Stevenson, Robert Louis

San Francisco: [Printed by] Edwin and Robert Grabhorn for John Howell, 1920. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good +. One of 100 copies, this copy out-of-series, quarto size, [14] pp. One of the first books printed by the Grabhorns after their move to San Francisco from Indianapolis, "Diogenes in London" is a satire by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), left unpublished during his lifetime and printed for the first time by the Grabhorn brothers; Stevenson criticises hypocrisy and cruelty through the... Read more about this item
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£223.55
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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£246.31
A Letter from Anthony Trollope Describing A Visit to California in 1875

A Letter from Anthony Trollope Describing A Visit to California in 1875

by Trollope, Anthony; Dean, Mallette (Artist)

San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1946. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Dean, Mallette. One of 500 copies, octavo size, 32 pp., inscribed by both Jane Grabhorn and by Mallette Dean. First edition with Mallette Dean illustrations, inscribed by Jane Grabhorn "with love to Sherwood" [Grover], July 1946, also inscribed by Mallette Dean, "I'll bear down on the fine lines here after Bill" - Mallette. Number five of the Colt Press Series of California Classics. The letter was first printed in the "Weekly... Read more about this item
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£357.68
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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£357.68
Bridles & Spurs

Bridles & Spurs

by Machen, Arthur; van Patten, Nathan

Cleveland: The Rowfant Club, [printed by the Grabhorn Press], 1951. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A collection of essays by Machen, published following Nathan van Patten's investigation into their convoluted publishing history. Limited edition of 178, of which this is marked "out of series". Fading to slipcase, fading of the gilt lettering on the leather label. Quarter linen, pale green paper boards. Previous owner's bookplate. xv, 70, [2]pp.
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£100.80
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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£178.84
Wild Animals

Wild Animals

by White, Stewart Edward

Burlingame, California: The Workers' Shop for the Unemployed [Grabhorn Press], 1932. Soft cover. Very Good. Joseph, Sydney. Limited edition of 350, with 50 signed by the author and artist, of which this is one. Grabhorn 174. Marbled paper wrappers, stitched, with printed yellow paper label. Fading to spine, with crease to front wrap under the paper label. 10 leaves, slight darkening throughout. 10.25 x 7". Seven pithy descriptions of animals ("The Bear", "The Giraffe", "The Zebra", etc.) by Stewart... Read more about this item
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£434.09
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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£804.77
The Origin of the Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

The Origin of the Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

by Lewis, Oscar

San Francisco: The Book Club of California [Grabhorn Press], 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. Two Hundred and Fifty Copies printed for The Book Club of California by the Grabhorn Press of San Francisco, in May, 1931. The Initials are by Valenti Angelo. This is Copy Number 5". With a facsimile of the "Sonora Herald". Slight fading to the gilt lettering to the spine, slightest wear to the corners.
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£131.69
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