San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. Softcover. Quarto size, [8] pp. The Grabhorn Press, a renowned fine press run by brothers Edwin and Robert Grabhorn in San Francisco, produced a remarkable number of books predominately on Western American and California history, always with an astute attention to detail and design;..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1934. Parker, Arvilla. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 550 copies, unnumbered, Second Series of Rare Americana, No. 4, quarto size, 60 pp. This collection of miscellany was carefully selected to give an honest and authentic viewpoint of the early mining days in California from the..... 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
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[San Francisco]: [Privately printed by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn], [1934]. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 50 copies privately printed, octavo size, 10 pp. This volume is a eulogy, given in Brookline, Massachusetts by Frank W. Cushwa of the Phillips Exeter Academy in 1933; it was privately printed by the Grabhorn..... More
(San Francisco): (Printed by Roxburghers Edwin and Robert Grabhorn), (1954). Limited Edition. Hardcover. 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..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. Parker, Arvilla. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 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..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1934. Nahl, Charles. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 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..... More
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1932. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies, quarto size, 53 pp., Number 4 in the Rare Americana Series. Philip Leget Edwards (1812-1869) was an educator, lawyer, and legislator, and was part of the Willamette Cattle Company. During his time there he wrote this diary documenting..... 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
[San Francisco]: [Grabhorn Press], [1943]. Limited Edition. No binding. One of 500 copies, unnumbered. The great tragedian of Athens, Euripides (ca. 480-406), wrote "The Bacchae", from which this excerpt is taken, towards the end of his life, and it premiered posthumously at the Theatre of Dionysus in Athens (n. b...... 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
San Francisco: The Grace Hoper Press, (1956). Limited First Edition. Hardcover. 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..... More
San Francisco: Privately Printed [The Grabhorn Press], 1939. Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 400 copies, quarto size, 39 pp. This catalogue comprises a selection of fine bookbindings that were shown at the Golden Gate International Exposition, a world's fair celebrating the completion of two bridges in San Francisco, the Golden..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1929. McKay, Donald. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete) in publisher's slipcase, octavo size, 122 pp. Two volumes with slipcase, each volume one of 300 copies printed. Alta California continued to be governed under this Reglamento, which embodied for the first time laws governing upper..... More
San Francisco: Printed for Members of the Bohemian Club by the Grabhorn Press, 1961. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 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..... More
San Francisco: Printed at The Grabhorn Press for Carroll T. Harris, 1961. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 200 copies, quarto size, 36 pp. This volume is the keepsake catalogue issued to accompany an exhibition of twentieth century fine press printing and binding from the San Francisco Bay Area, for the..... 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 the Grabhorn Press), 1954. Berman, Eugene. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 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..... More
![Item #21102905 [LEAF BOOK] An Original Issue of "The Spectator", Together with The Story of the...](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/21102905_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1636764064)
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed by The Grabhorn Press], 1939. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 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"..... More
San Francisco: Privately Printed [Jane and Robert Grabhorn], 1961. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 75 copies, large octavo size, 47 pp. The poems in this book were published posthumously, from a selection of over 200 poems written in the two years before the author's death of leukemia in 1960. Loosely..... 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