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Dawson, Nicholas; Watson, Douglas S. (Editor); Camp, Charles L. (Introduction); Parker, Arvilla (Illustrator). Narrative of Nicholas "Cheyenne" Dawson (Overland to California in '41 & '49, and Texas in '51); Number Seven of the Rare Americana Series Printed & Published by The Grabhorn Press of San Francisco in May, 1933. The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1933.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 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, then back to New Orleans; he returned to the West infected with Gold Fever, and then eventually settled in Texas. The original publication of his memoirs is incredibly scarce; this edition was published by the Grabhorn Press, one of the most highly renowned private presses in America during the twentieth century, run by brothers Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. ___DESCRIPTION: Quarter natural linen with brown paper boards, coloured vignette illustration on the front board, black lettering running vertically on the front and back boards, brown paper spine label with black lettering, title page and caption titles printed in red and black, nine coloured illustrations by Arvilla Parker; hand-set in Goudy Modern on Van Gelder rough-cut paper; quarto size (10" by 6.75"), pagination: [i-iv] 1-100 [101-107], one of 500 copies, unnumbered. One of the Fifty Books of the Year, 1933, First Series of Rare Americana, No. 7. ___CONDITION: Volume is near fine, with clean boards, straight corners, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; a hint of rubbing to the top front corner, very light foxing to the top of the text block, some light marks on the spine, and age-toning to the free endpapers, else fine. ___CITATION: Grabhorn Press bibliography, no. 184. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

Seller: Swan's Fine Books, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.

Sutro, Oscar. Shakespeare and Some Commentators; An Address to the English Speaking Union at San Francisco, April 25, 1933, by Oscar Sutro. Privately Printed [by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn], San Francisco, 1933.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 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, who "of all men understands the English language" (n.b., quote from p. 1). Printed by the Grabhorn Press, one of the most highly renowned private presses in America in the twentieth century, run by brothers Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. ___DESCRIPTION: Quarter cream parchment spine with blue paper boards, gilt lettering on the spine, title page illustration and tailpiece reproduced from an early edition of Shakespeare; Poliphilus handset type on Unbleached Arnold paper, octavo size (9 3/8" by 6 3/8"), pagination: [i-ii] 1-26, one of 125 copies, unnumbered, privately printed for Oscar Sutro, with his inscription in the year and month of publication on the front free endpaper: "To my loyal friend / Christine Ramsey (?) / with high regard / Oscar Sutro / May 1933". ___CONDITION: Fine, with clean boards, perfectly straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and free of prior owner markings; light off-setting on the free endpapers (from the glue used on the pastedown endpapers), else a fine copy. ___CITATION: Grabhorn Press Bibliography, no. 183. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

Seller: Swan's Fine Books, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.

Dawson, Nicholas "Cheyenne" & Charles Camp.. Narrative of Nicholas "Cheyenne" Dawson (Overland to California in '41 & '49, and Texas in '51). Signed by Grabhorn.. Grabhorn Press., San Francisco., 1933.

Price: US$220.00 + shipping

Description: Rare Americana, number Seven. Illustrated in black, white and color by Arvilla Parker. Important reference work. Signed "Edwin Grabhorn". Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Seller: BookMine, Fair Oaks, CA, U.S.A.

Lewis, Oscar (Foreword); Parker, Arvilla (Illustrator). 1602, The Voyage of Sebastian Vizcaino to the Coast of California, together with a map & Sebastian Vizcaino's letter written at Monterey, December 28, 1602. The Book Club of California [Printed by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn], San Francisco, 1933.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: One of 240 copies, octavo size, 57 pp., with prospectus. Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548-1624) was a Spanish soldier, entrepreneur, explorer, and diplomat whose varied roles took him, among many other places, along the California coast and Japan. This edition of his voyage was printed by the Grabhorn Press, one of the most highly renowned private presses in America during the twentieth century, run by brothers Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. Interestingly, the Grabhorns had F.W. Goudy design a type face for them called Franciscan; this book is the first use of that type for a complete text. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in light blue paper boards with printer's device on the front and back boards, tan cloth spine, white paper spine label with black lettering, tasteful Ex-Libris on the front paste-down, first word of foreword, first two words of Vizcaino's letter, three headpieces, and title page illustration printed in orange; title page illustration repeated above the colophon in black, illustrations by Arvilla Parker, folded map of California inserted after foreword; hand-set in Franciscan type on Van Gelder paper, pagination: [i-vi], folded map inserted, 1-50, [1, colophon], one of 240 copies printed for the Book Club of California. With the original plain paper wrapper, originally light blue in colour. Loosely laid in is the Book Club's prospectus, a single sheet folded once to four pages, a half-page illustration on the first page, prospectus information on the lower half of the first page and the second page, third page with a short paragraph announcing this to be the Book Club's Christmas publication for 1933, fourth page blank. ___CONDITION: Overall in near fine condition with clean boards, square corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and other than the Ex-Libris mentioned above entirely free of prior owner markings; there is some light sunning to the boards (mostly near the top edge), the label on the spine is slightly worn, some offsetting to the endpapers; the folding map near fine, there is a very small tear (less than a quarter-inch) at the bottom edge where it is inserted, and some creasing to the outer edge (from the book being closed without the map being flat). The wrapper good only as the prior owner cut out the top half of the spine (allowing the book's spine label to show), and with overall sunning. The prospectus fine overall, clean and without wear, with light foxing on the fourth (blank) page. ___CITATION: Grabhorn Press Bibliograpy no. 196, BCC First 100 Books no. 45. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

Seller: Swan's Fine Books, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.