Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: B&W Illustrations; This is a one page advertising flier folded in half (making four pages) advertising a new Grabhorn book for 1959 - Nineteenth Century Type - which David Magee was featuring in his shop. The flier is in Very Good condition. There is some light wear to the spine ends and corners, and some light horizontal creasing to the item. There are a couple of spots of finger dirt to the covers. "In 1923 David Bickersteth Magee opened a bookshop in San Francisco, California. A successful book and manuscripts dealer, he served as president of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, and the Book Club of California. He was also a member of the Bohemian Club and the Grolier Club. Magee was the author of several books, including Jam Tomorrow (1941) , Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1915 - 1940 (1940) , Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940 - 1956 (1957) , Infinite Riches (1973) , and many articles in Bookman's Weekly. David Magee died on July 17, 1977. He was preceded in death by his wife Dorothy. "
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, hardcover with prospectus laid in, signed by the Grabhorn brothers and marked as no. 195/250 on the limitation page, the book has a shallow skew to the binding, bumps to the cover corners, small glue spots to the front fly leaf, and a touch of waving to the tail of the text block. Overall, a solid, tight and bright, Very Good copy, which lacks the plain dust jacket. The prospectus has a bit of creasing at the corners, and some rubbing to the covers.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: [48] pp., oblong (9 x 11 in.), illustrated, quarter black cloth, patterned paper sides, leather spine label with gilt title, uncut; plain cream dustjacket. Printed in several colors on English handmade paper at the Grabhorn Press. No. 176 of 300 copies; signed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. Fine copy in a very good dustjacket (light edgewear and a couple of stray marks). Grabhorn Press Bibliography 607.
Seller: George Ong Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$166.50 + shipping
Description: Signed by the Author. Oblong quarto, cloth-backed patterned boards, [48] pp. Fine in original plain-paper dust jacket. Books about Books, Printing, Publishing. zxsli
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA, Dade City, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Limited to 300 copies printed for David Magee by The Grabhorn Press. SIGNED by both Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. Oblong quarto. [48pp.]. Title in red, yellow and black. Text and decorations in several colors. Handset French Elzevir and Jenson type, as well as samples of nineteenth century type. Printed on English handmade paper. Black cloth-backed decorated boards, spine label printed in gilt. A very fine copy. Each of the 18 fonts displayed is identified; the captions provide the historical reference and date of the particular font's use. Each is printed in, decorated, or illustrated in color. [Grabhorn: 607].
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: One of 300 copies printed for David Magee. Illustrated. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo. Boards and cloth, slight chafing to upper joint, interior fine, in plain dust jaket Illustrated. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo One of 300 copies printed for David Magee.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.