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13 volumes produced at the Grabhorn Press. Formats and bindings vary. A collection of books printed by the Grabhorn Press, largely as keepsakes for the Roxburghe Club and the Book Club of California. This selection shows a wide array of the sensibilities of the press, from the timeless (Book of Ruth) to topical issues (the 1942 speech of Chinese Ambassador Hu Shih in Washington, D.C.). Includes: The Book of Ruth. 1927. No. 121 of 250 printed for the Book Club of California. Illumination by Valenti Angelo. Inscription on ffep. Bulkley, Mary E. Speaking at Seventy. San Francisco: Gelber, Lilienthal, Inc. 1931. No. 116 of 250 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. The Diary of Philip Leget Edwards: The Great Cattle Drive from California to Oregon in 1837. 1932. van Antwerp, Wm. C. A Collector's Comment on his First Editions of the Works of Sir Walter Scott San Francisco: Gelber, Lilienthal, Inc., 1932. One of 400 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Sutro, Oscar. Shakespeare and Some Commentators: An Address to the English Speaking Union at San Francisco, April 25, 1933. 1933. One of 125 copies. Inscription on ffep. Sutro, Alfred. The Batheaston Parnassus Fairs: A Manuscript Identified. 1936. Printed by the Grabhorn Press for distribution among the friends of Alfred Sutro. Wood, Charles Erskine Scott and Sara Bard Field. Selected Poems. 1937. One of 250 copies. Ambassador Hu Shih. China, Too, is Fighting to Defend a Way of Life: An Address by His Excellency, Dr. Hu Shih, Ambassador of the Republic of China to the United States of America, Delivered at Washington, D.C., March 23, 1942. 1942. One of 50 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press for the Roxburghe Club. Preliminary title page in Chinese after brush work by Dr. Hu Shih. Jacket somewhat tattered at bottom and top. Deutsch, Monroe E. Saint Albert of San Francisco. 1956. Republication of an article which first appeared in the Spring-Summer 1955 issue of the Menorah Journal. One of 125 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press as a keepsake for the Roxburghe Club. Catalogue of Some Five Hundred Examples of the Printing of Edwin and Robert Grabhorn 1917-1960: Two Gentlemen from Indiana now Resident in California. Offered for Sale at the Book Shop of David Magee. 1960. Inscription on front flyleaf. Magee, David. Two Gentlemen from Indiana: Now Resident in California. 1961. Republication of an article which first appeared in the October 1959 issue of the California Librarian. One of 250 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press for the Grolier Club to commemorate its first collective visit to San Francisco. In Memoriam: Edwin Grabhorn, 1889-1968. 1969. One of 150 copies printed by Robert Grabhorn & Andrew Hoyem for the Roxburghe Club. Wentz, Roby. The Grabhorn Press: A Biography. San Francisco: The Book Club of California. 1981. One of 750 copies printed at The Grace Hoper Press in Aptos, California. Additional shipping charges may apply