San Francisco: [Privately printed by the Grabhorn Press for Lessing J. Rosenwald in April, 1961], 1961. Limited Edition. Stiff boards. One of 500 copies, octavo size, 47 pp. This publication from the inimitable Grabhorn Press prints the eulogies read at the funeral service for Adele Rosenwald Levy, a philanthropist who... More about Adele Rosenwald Levy: July 19, 1892 - March 12, 1960
San Francisco: [Privately printed by the Grabhorn Press for the firm of Pillsbury, Madison, and Sutro], 1935. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 250 copies, octavo size, 76 pp. Oscar Sutro (1874-1935) was a prominent San Franciscan and member of the San Francisco Roxburghe Club from 1933-1935 and the California Historical... More about Memorial Tributes to Oscar Sutro
New York: Paul R. Johnson, 1808. Full leather. Volume four only [of a four-volume set], octavo size, 498 pp. What we would today likely have called a "biographical encyclopedia", this set presented short biographies of the "most eminent persons in every nation, but more particularly of Those who have signalized... More about The New Universal Biographical Dictionary and American Remembrancer of Departed Merit; Containing...
[San Francisco]: Privately Printed by Cecil and James Johnson, The Windsor Press, 1930. Adams, Ansel. Limited Edition. Leather. No. 57 of 60, quarto size, 27 pp., frontispiece signed by Ansel Adams. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) is best known for his works of fiction such as "Treasure Island", "Strange Case of... More about The Enchanted Galleon
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1982). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 429 pp., signed by Roger Angell. An engaging account of then-recent baseball seasons, "Late Innings" provides a celebration as well as information about a beloved American sport, written by Roger Angell (b. 1920), a prolific and acclaimed... More about Late Innings, A Baseball Companion
St. Louis: Published by the Author, 1892. 5th Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 458 pp. "The Life of a Book Agent" is the autobiography of the bookseller Annie Nelles, telling of her escapades and travels as she tries to make a living peddling books; although there is some dispute as to... More about The Life of a Book Agent
[Oakland, California]: The Eucalyptus Press, Mills College, 1937. Uhl, Kathryn. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies, quarto size, 54 pp. This publication by the Eucalyptus Press, based in Mills College, is a series of letters written by Mary Atkins, founder of the Young Ladies Seminary in 1852, which would... More about The Diary of Mary Atkins; A Sabbatical in the Eighteen Sixties
Oakland, California: Georgia Loring Bamford, 1931. Hardcover. Octavo size, 255 pp. The life and work of Jack London (1876-1916) have been the subjects of many critical writings, and here Georgia Loring Bamford (1873-1966), a personal friend of London's, reminisces about London's life, his prominence in the literary circle in San... More about The Mystery of Jack London
San Francisco: The Windsor Press, 1929. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 10 of 60 copies, sixteenmo size, [11] pp. Poet and playwright George Sterling (1869-1926) was much acclaimed on the Pacific coast; a prolific poet, Sterling was part of the group of writers and artists in the San Francisco Bay Area... More about George Sterling, The Man; A Tribute
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1989. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 125 copies in a special binding (total edition 2125), quarto size, 238 pp., signed by author. Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), American typographer and inventer of the "Centaur" typeface (based on the Renaissance-period printing of Nicolas Jenson), is considered by many to... More about Bruce Rogers, A Life in Letters, 1870-1957
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London: George Bell and Sons, 1884. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 46 of 104 large paper sets, 5 vols., quarto size, approx. 2,612 pp., signed by printer Charles Whittingham & Co. The quintessential writings, and authoritative texts on Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1709-1784), whom the OED describes as "arguably the most distinguished... More about The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. [together with] Johnsoniana; Together with the Journal of a Tour...
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed at the Allen Press], 1946. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 300 copies, octavo size, [68] pp. "The publication of the most famous of all documents relating to the Donner Party," published at the centennial of the author's original accounting of the tragic... More about The Diary of Patrick Breen; Recounting the Ordeal of the Donner Party Snowbound In the Sierra...
Edinburgh: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813. Hardcover. 4 volumes (complete), octavo size, 1775 total pp. A cultural icon in Scotland and among the Scottish diaspora around the world, Robert Burns (1759-1796) is widely regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic movement; his poetry is known for using the Scots... More about The Works of Robert Burns; With An Account of His Life and A Criticism on His Writings, Volumes I...
[n. p.]: The University of Chicago Press, 1981. Hardcover. Six volumes (complete), octavo size. The correspondence between Arthur Plantagent, 1st Viscount Lisle (ca. 1470-1542), his wife, Honor Plantagenet, and numerous servants, courtiers, and friends, are gathered in these six volumes; the letters provide an intimate look at life during the... More about The Lisle Letters
(New York): The Macmillan Company (1970), 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. First U.S. edition, octavo size, 221 pp., inscribed by Maurice Chevalier. Perhaps one of the best-known French actors of the first half of the twentieth century, Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972) was nominated for the Academy Award in 1930 for Best Actor... More about I Remember It Well (INSCRIBED TO MERV GRIFFIN
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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 about M. Fred Loewenstein, 1910-1933 [A Eulogy
New York: John Lane Company, 1918. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 133 pp. Although a reprint, we offer this book for the binding which is simple yet effective. Bound in brown cloth, the front board has a gilt rectangle with gilt lettering and a depiction of a gatling gun, also in gilt;... More about Carry On, Letters in Wartime
(New York): American Council for Emigres in the Professions, Inc. [Mallette Dean], (1966). Dean, Mallette. Hardcover. Quarto size, [12] pp. A memorial tribute to humanitarian Else Staudinger (1889-1966), who founded and lead The American Council for Emigrés in the Professions, Inc., and worked tirelessly to rescue liberal scholars from Nazi... More about A Tribute to Else Staudinger
San Francisco: Privately printed by the Grabhorn Press, (1941). Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 300 copies, quarto size, [7] pp. Albert Maurice Bender (1866-1941), was a noted San Francisco patron of the arts and bibliophile; in addition to being a prominent member of Bay Area book clubs such as the... More about Tribute to Albert Bender
Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1910. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 102 pp. Limited edition of 483 copies printed for members of the Bibliophile Society, plus a "limited number" printed for the editor. An illuminating correspondence between a young Charles Dickens and his friend, William Henry Kolle, who conducted notes back... More about The Dickens-Kolle Letters
[Kentfield, California]: Mallette Dean (laid out at The Allen Press), 1959. Dean, Mallette. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 200 copies., quarto size, [66] pp. The lively firsthand account of John Charles Duchow's voyage on the Clipper Staffordshire from Boston around Cape Horn, on his way to California. After the Allens... More about The Duchow Journal; A Voyage from Boston to California
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, ca. 1953. Hardcover. In scarce publisher's slipcase, five volumes (complete), octavo size, 2201 total pp. This five-set biography by Leon Edel (1907-1997) is a thorough look at one of the most prominent literary figures of the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, Henry James (1843-1916). James was... More about Henry James; The Untried Years, 1843-1870; The Conquest of London, 1870-1881; The Middle Years,...
Concord, California: Heron House, 2010. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 250 copies, quarto size, 161 pp. Valenti Angelo (1897-1982) was a well-known and highly regarded twentieth-century illustrator who did so many books for the Grabhorn Press, the early Limited Editions Club books, and many more over a career... More about Valenti Angelo, The Man and the Artist
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, designed by Jack Stauffacher of The Greenwood Press, 1991. Sawkins, James Gay. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. One of 400 copies, oblong quarto, [126] pp., with prospectus. James Gay Sawkins (1806-1878) was a virtually unknown English artist who spent several years painting Hawaiian landscapes;... More about A Pictorial Tour of Hawaii 1850-1852: Watercolors, Paintings & Drawings by James Gay Sawkins;...
(New York): Times Books (Random House), (1994). Hardcover. Octavo size, 368 pp., signed by Ernest Gallo. The state of California is famous for its myriad and successful wineries, and one such success story is that of E & J Gallo Wineries, founded in 1933 by brothers Ernest and Julio Gallo... More about Ernest and Julio: Our Story