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Printed by Michael and Winifred Bixler. Illustrated by the great French-Polish artist Balthus. Rilke was a childhood friend of Balthus, who did these watercolors as a tribute to Rilke. Keiji Shinohara reproduced the illustrations as multi-colored woodcuts. One of an edition limited to 300 numbered copies, signed by the artist.
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San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2004. Forward by Andrew Hoyem. Text was printed by letterpress and the illustrations reproduced by offset lithography. Bound in quarter rusty orange fabric with yellow fabric covering the boards. The spine and covers with their decorations by Valenti Angelo are printed in brown. Generously illustrated with color photographs of the books and photographs of Jane Grabhorn with the Grabhorn brothers and with William Roth. One of 500 copies designed by Andrew Hoyem and printed at his Arion Press. Octavo. 214 pages. New in the original publisher's shipping carton.The author was Jane Grabhorn's partner in running the Colt Press and in addition found time for an illustrious career in government, academia, and business. A rich contribution to the history of printing in San Francisco.