San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1939. Stapled. Quarto size, [4] pp. This publication by the renowned San Francisco-based Grabhorn Press is a keepsake from the annual meeting of The American Institute of Accountants in 1939, and contains brief, humorous descriptions of some attractions in San Francisco and California's Pacific Slope..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1938. Limited Edition. Wraps. 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..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California (printed by Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem), 1969. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 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..... More
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, [1924]. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 190 copies, folio size, [5] leaves. "The Sermon on the Mount" is among the most widely quoted texts of the Canonical Gospels, most notably the Beatitudes, which exemplify the quintessential elements of mercy and compassion as taught by Jesus Christ..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. Parker, Arvilla. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies, quarto size, 107 pp., with note to Subscribers and original mailing label. 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..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1965. Elkus, Richard J. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 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..... More
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[San Francisco]: [Grabhorn Press], [1941]. Limited Edition. Folio in a case. One of 200 copies, folio size, with fifteen original leaves. The inimitable Grabhorn Press, a San-Francisco based print shop run by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn that produced a plethora of fine press editions, often about California history, produced this..... More
San Francisco: [Grabhorn Press], 1931. No binding. 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..... More
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[San Francisco]: [Robert Grabhorn & Andrew Hoyem for the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, 1969], 1969. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 150 copies, elephant folio size, 22 pp. A tribute to the incomparable Edwin Grabhorn, who, with his brother Robert, created some of the loveliest of American private press books..... More
Stanford University: James Ladd Delkin [Printed at the Grabhorn Press], 1941. Hardcover. One of 250 copies, quarto size, [73] pp. An essay by Albert Leon Guerard (1880-1959) on Vichy France, the nominal government of German-occupied France during WWII. He begins: "The France of to-morrow! What do we know of the..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed by E. & R. Grabhorn (the Grabhorn Press)], (1931). First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. 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..... More
[San Francisco]: [The Grabhorn Press], [1927]. Angelo, Valenti. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 200 copies, quarto size, 12 pp. These selections from the volume of Homeric Hymns were translated into English prose by John Edgar and first published in Edinburgh in 1891 by James Thin. Published by the Grabhorn Press..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1935. Limited Edition. No binding. One of 200 copies, folio size broadside. Printed by the inimitable Grabhorn Press, this broadside features an excerpt from Robin Lampson's (1900-1978) "Laughter Out of the Ground", a narrative poem about the California Gold Rush. The grandson of a Forty-Niner..... More
San Francisco: Printed at The Grabhorn Press, 1957. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 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..... More
San Francisco: Printed at The Grabhorn Press, 1957. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 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 &..... More
(San Francisco): (Printed by Edwin Grabhorn) [Privately for James Rorty], (1922). Sinel, Joseph. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 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..... More
San Francisco: Ransohoffs [Printed at the Grabhorn Press], 1938. Dean, Mallette. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 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..... More
(San Francisco): (The Grabhorn Press), (1939). Davenport, W. R. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies, Alfred Sutro (1869-1945), a lawyer residing in San Francisco, was an avid book lover and collector, and was president of the Book Club of California in San Francisco; "Words at Play" was published under..... More
[San Francisco]: The Book Club of California [Printed by the Grabhorn Press], [1946]. Dean, Mallette. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 280 copies, folio size, 115 pp. 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..... More
San Francisco: [Printed by] Edwin and Robert Grabhorn for John Howell, 1920. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 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..... More
San Francisco: Privately Printed [by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn], 1933. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 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..... More
[San Francisco]: [The Grabhorn Press, 1922], 1922. Sinel, Joseph. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 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..... More
[San Francisco]: Printed [by the Grabhorn Press] for Members of The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, 1932. Limited Edition. Wraps. 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..... More
[San Francisco]: [The Grabhorn Press], [1944]. Limited Edition. No binding. 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..... More
San Francisco: The Lantern Press [printed by the Grabhorn Press], 1927. Angelo, Valenti. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 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..... More