Cosgrave, George, edited by Roy Vernon Sowers. EARLY CALIFORNIA JUSTICE: THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. 1849-1944. Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1948.

Price: US$22.50 + shipping

Description: San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1948. First Edition, limited. 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches: pp. [18], 97. In original plain brown paper Graborn dust jacket. Red linen cloth with paper spine label. Notes, tables, index. Seven tipped-in document facsimiles. Limited to 400 copies. Corners lightly nudged, slight wear to bottom of spine. Spotting to spine and edgewear. Two small bookshop tickets to rear pastedown [New Begin's on Post Street, San Francisco]. Even, light tonng to pages. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. George Cosgrave [1879-1945] was a federal district judge for the Southern District of California, where he served from 1930 until his death in 1945. Very Good in Good Plus Dust Jacket

Seller: Blackwood Bookhouse; Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.

Cosgrave, George. Early California Justice The history of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, 1849-1944. Grabhorn Press, 1948.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: VG+/NF- in G DJ. Scarce: one of only 400 copies printed. Complete with 7 facsimile letter inserts. Shows only the lightest signs of general wear and use on board and spine edges and corners, age tanning to inside cover and ffep, else excellent copy. Appears very lightly read, binding tight and straight, interior clean and unmarked. Original plain brown jacket has several medium-sized missing pieces on spine, as well as some tears and chipping on spine, else unclipped, intact, and in great shape. Front and rear of jacket fully intact.

Seller: Nick of All Trades, Penn Valley, CA, U.S.A.

[Grabhorn Press] Farquhar, Francis P.. Nova Albion [Cover Title]. Printed for the Silverado Squatters [by the Grabhorn Press], [San Francisco], 1948.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Description: Somewhat elusive Grabhorn Press title by Farquhar, a short essay on the copper plate found in San Francisco in 1936 bearing a Francis Drake inscription. 28x21cm, [7]pp. Printed in two colors. Illustrations, facsimile. Folded sheets laid in gray/blue printed wrappers. Some edge toning and light wear. Very good

Seller: Peruse the Stacks, Gig Harbor, WA, U.S.A.

Cosgrave, George. [Grabhorn Press] EARLY CALIFORNIA JUSTICE, THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, 1849-1944. Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1948.

Price: US$33.00 + shipping

Description: Quarto. Limited Edition, one of 400 copies. Full bound in course red cloth with printed paper spine label; binding is a trifle rubbed at the extremities; contents clean; seven inserted facsimiles, all present. GB 466.

Seller: Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA, Conshohocken, PA, U.S.A.

. A Descriptive and Priced Catalogue of Books, Pamphlets, and Maps Relating Directly of Indirectly to the History, Literature, and Printing of California & the Far West. Formerly the Collection of Thomas Wayne Norris, Livermore, CA. The Holmes Book Co, Oakland, 1948.

Price: US$34.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Oversized cloth, spine label. Limited to 500 copies at the Grabhorn Press. Slight toning to upper boards, slight bumping. Contents fine. ; quarto; 217 pages

Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.

Cosgrave, George (Author). Early California Justice: The History of the United States District Court ofr the Southern District of California 1849-1944. The Grabhorn Press, 1948.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: This is an ex-library book and has all the expected markings and stampings. There is minor wear to the edges and corners with light rubbing to the covers. Remnants of some sort of label can be seen on the back cover. Aside from the items listed, this is a good, very sharp copy that remains well-bound with bright pages. Due to the item's size, overseas shipping may cost extra.

Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.

George Cosgrave (Author); Vernon Sowers (Editor). Early California Justice: The History Of The United States District Court For The Southern District Of California, 1849-1944. Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, Ca, 1948.

Price: US$48.95 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Limited edition of 400 copies. Red Cloth W/ Rubbing To Edges And Corners, But No Areas Are Worn Through. Spine Is Faded So That Title Plate Is Barely Legible. Binding Is Very Good. Interior Very Good W/Light Toning To End papers Near Bottom. No jacket. LG

Seller: Burke's Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.

Roy Vernon Sowers. Early California Justice: The History of the United States District Court for Southern District of California. The Grabhorn Press, 1948.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: The cover is worn and rubbed with the corner edges being bumped. The spine is sunned, but not affecting legibility.

Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Grabhorn Press; Mallette Dean.. This Edition of "The History Of Susanna, Set Apart from the Beginning of Daniel, Because it was not in the Hebrew: is Printed from the Holy Bible (King James Version) by the Grabhorn Press of San Francisco. It is Limited to Four Hundred Copies Printed from Rudolf Koch's Bibel Gotisch Type with Engravings by Mallette Dean.. San Francisco: Grabhorn Press., 1948.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: PROSPECTUS. 16mo. Printed Folded Page, Very Good+. Prospectus for this Grabhorn Press publication letterpress printed on fine light card stock.

Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Grabhorn Press; Mackenzie & Harris; Jimmy Garthwaite; Mallette Dean (illustr.).. The History of Type & Printing in easy Lessons. Embellished with effigies of some of the practitioners on this ancient Art. Imprinted for Mackenzie & Harris, Inc. One of 3,000.. San Francisco, CA: Grabhorn Press., 1948.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Folio. Letterpress on Wove. Folded Cover Page. Red and Black Ink. Portraits on six loose leaves. VG. Includes whimsical profiles of Aldus, Gutenberg, Caxton, Estienne, Jenson & Schoeffer.

Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

na. A Descriptive & Priced Catalogue of Books, Pamphlets, and Maps Relating Directly or Indirectly to the History, Literature, and Printing of California & the Far West, Formerly the Collection of Thomas Wayne Norris, Livermore, California. Holmes Book Co: Oakland, Ca., 1948.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Description: Near Fine. Hardcover, folio, one of 500 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, Ca. Clean, unmarked; binding solid. Fine Press.

Seller: Tsunami Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.

Grabhorn Press. The history of Susanna. Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1948.

Price: US$70.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 20 leaves : color illustrations. Quarter cloth over decorative paper covered boards. Binding sturdy, corners sharp, mild sunning to boards and spine; contents as new. One of an edition of 400; signed by Ed Grabhorn. A gift quality copy. 120 grams.

Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.

Cosgrave, George. Early California Justice: the History of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, 1849-1944. The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1948.

Price: US$74.99 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Red cloth, paper spine label. Limited to 400 copies. Cloth edge lightly rubbed, endpages slightly toned. Tight and square. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall

Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.

Bible. O.T. Apocrypha. The History of Susanna. Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1948.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: PROVENANCE: With the typographic & calligraphic bookplate of Theodor Jung (May 29, 1906 - February 19, 1996). Jung was an American photographer, best known for his work with the Farm Security Administration. Red cloth over patterned boards, paper label on spine (label browned with one nick; spine slightly faded; some darkening to boards; minor wear; bookseller catalogue clipping taped to endpaper). One of 400 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.

Mallette Dean, Robert Grabhorn. The History of Susanna. Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1948.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: [c.1948]. 12mo. LIMITED EDITION. One of 400 copies. This copy INSCRIBED by Robert Grabhorn. Slight bumping and rubbing to extremities of boards and spine. Gentle toning to printed paper boards. Light sunning to cloth-bound spine. Heavy toning to title card affixed to spine. Leaves moderately toned throughout. P.o. bookplate to front pastedown. VG.

Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

THE HOLMES BOOK COMPANY.. A Descriptive & Priced Catalogue: Books, Pamphlets, and Maps, Relating Directly or Indirectly To The History, Literature, and Printing of California & the Far West, Formerly The Collection of Thomas Wayne Norris, Livermore, Calif.. Oakland, The Holmes Book Company, ca. 1948., 1948.

Price: US$90.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. 4to (9 3/8" x 13 3/8"). 2 page introduction by Harold C. Holmes. Illustrations and facsimile title pages. Original 1/2 red linen over boards. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Text is clean. A still useful reference and bibliography. One of 500 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press.

Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.

Cosgrave, George. Early California Justice. The History of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California,1849-1944.; Edited by Roy Vernon Sowers. The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1948.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: Quarto, cloth, fine. One of 400 copies.

Seller: Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books (ABAA), CHESTER, CT, U.S.A.

Wheat, Carl I.. The Pioneer Press of California.. Biobooks, Oakland, California, 1948.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 450 copies printed by The Grabhorn Press of San Francisco. 32 pages; facsimiles; bound in marbled boards with red cloth spine, paper label. Fine clean copy with no marks. Deals with the Monterey Press, the Old Ames Press, and Sam Brannan's Press giving their history, use and production.

Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.

Norris, Thomas Wayne. A DESCRIPTIVE & PRICED CATALOGUE OF BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, AND MAPS RELATING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO THE HISTORY, LITERATURE, AND PRINTING OF CALIFORNIA & THE FAR WEST FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF THOMAS WAYNE NORRIS LIVERMORE, CALIF. Oakland, 1948.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: [12],217pp. plus facsimiles and in text illustrations. Tall folio. Original cloth backed decorative boards, paper spine label. Minor shelf wear. Near fine. An elaborate catalogue of Californiana put out by the Holmes Book Company and printed at the Grabhorn Press. Over 4000 entries, and still a very useful reference for the bookseller, collector, and librarian. GRABHORN BIBLIOGRAPHY 464.

Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.

Norris, Thomas Wayne. A descriptive & priced catalogue of books, pamphlets, and maps relating directly or indirectly to the history, literature, and printing of California & the far West. Formerly the collection of Thomas Wayne Norris, Livermore, Calif. The Homes Book Company, Oakland, California, 1948.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: Edition limited to 500 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press, 4to, pp. 217; illustrations and leaves of facsimiles throughout; bound in red cloth over red and white checkered paper boards, paper label on spine, some edgewear. A good copy of this wonderful and useful bookseller's catalogue.

Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.

. Catalogue of the Norris Collection of California & Western Americana: A Descriptive & Priced Catalogue of Books, Pamphlets, and Maps Relating Directly or indirectly to the History, Literature, and Printing of California & the Far West. The Holmes Book Company, Oakland, CA, 1948.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Limited edition of 500 copies by the Grabhorn Press. Shipped from the Calico Cat Bookshop, a brick and mortar bookshop established in 1975.

Seller: The Calico Cat Bookshop, Ventura, CA, U.S.A.

Wheat, Carl I.. The Pioneer Press of California. The Grabhorn Press for Biobooks, Oakland, 1948.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. One of 450 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Quarto. [4] 33pp. Woodcuts by Mallette Dean, 3 facsimiles. Red cloth back, marbled boards, paper spine label. Offsetting from facsimiles (as usual), else a very fine copy. Essays on the beginning of the printing press in California. Covers the first printing press in Monterey; the "Old Ames" press, brought to San Diego in 1850; and Sam Brannan's press, brought around the Horn with him in 1846. The facsimiles include a document printed in Monterey in 1834, an issue of The Illustrated San Diego Herald for 1853, and an issue of The California Star for 1847. [Grabhorn: 459].

Seller: Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

(Norris, Thomas Wayne). A DESCRIPTIVE AND PRICED CATALOGUE OF BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, AND MAPS RELATING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO THE HISTORY, LITERATURE, AND PRINTING OF CALIFORNIA AND THE FAR WEST. FORMERLY THE COLLECTION OF THOMAS WAYNE NORRIS, LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA. The Holmes Book Co., printed at the Grabhorn Press, Oakland, 1948.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: Original cloth and boards; quarto; (10), 217 pp. Frontispiece and several full-page illustrations. Printed "Terms of Sale" sheet laid in. Finely printed catalogue of an extraordinary collection of Western Americana. 4311 items described. Minor scuffing to covers, but very good.

Seller: Chanticleer Books, ABAA, Fort Bragg, CA, U.S.A.

Wheat, Carl I.. The Pioneer Press of California.. Biobooks, Oakland, 1948.

Price: US$162.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Woodcuts by M. Dean. One of 450 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. A bright, tight, clean copy.

Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.

(Holmes Book Company).. A Descriptive & Prices Catalogue of Books, Pamphlets, and Maps Relating Directly or Indirectly to the History, Literature, and Printing of California & the Far West. Formerly the Collection of Thomas Wayne Norris. Livermore, Calif.. The Holmes Book Company. The Grabhorn Press., Oakland. San Francisco., 1948.

Price: US$165.00 + shipping

Description: Illustrated. Important reference work. Illustrated. Limited edition of 500 copies. "Conditions of Sale" laid in. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

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

George Cosgrave (author); Vernon Sowers (editor). Early California Justice: The History of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, 1849-1944. Grabhorn Press, 1948.

Price: US$199.99 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 97 pp. some cover wear, no dust jacket, bookplate inside front cover 0.0

Seller: Masalai Press, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.

Wheat, Carl I.. Pioneer Press of California. , 1948.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 1948 Hardcover Fine/No Dust Jacket Biobooks, Pub, Oakland, CA, 1948, limited to 450 copies, printed at the Grabhorn Press; Woodcuts by M Dean; fine condition, bound in 1/2 cloth and marbled paper over hard boards, with paper label at spine; Carl I Wheat, California History

Seller: Transmutation Publishing, Corning, CA, U.S.A.

Page, James R.; Raymond B. Fosdick; Max Mason; Lee A. DuBridge; Vannevar Bush; Ira S. Bowen. Dedication of the Palomar Observatory and the Hale Telescope. June 3, 1948 [with] The Dedication of the Palomar Observatory [with] an Original Photograph of the Audience Seated Below the Telescope, and a Car Pass for the Event. California Institute of Technology / Grabhorn Press, Pasadena / San Francisco, 1948.

Price: US$360.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 35 Page Keepsake Hand Printed At The Grabhorn Press On Handmade Paper, Plain Blue Wrappers With Cover Label Printed In Black And Red "Palomar June 3, 1948" And The Caltech Emblem. This Publication Includes The Full Text Of The Speeches At The Event. Lightly Used, Slight Fading. Wear At Ends Of Spine With Minute Losses, Text Block Separated From Wrappers As Is Usually Found. [With] The Program For The Event, "Dedication Of The Palomar Observatory", With Background Information But Not Including The Speeches, This Copy With The Original Car Pass For The Event, A Plasticized Card "Card Pass / Palomar / June 3, 1948, With The Caltech Logo, All Printed In Blue On Glossy Card Stock. [With] An Original Photograph, 10 1/8" X 8", Showing The Hundreds In The Audience, Some Quite Distinguished, Seated On Folding Chairs Beneath The Great Telescope.

Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.