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ARNSTEIN, Flora.. A LEGACY OF HOURS.. Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1927. Private Press., 1927.
Price: US$33.69 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 61pp. A very good hardback copy. Gold-stamped calf spine has a small chip to it. Decorated papered boards are clean and bright. Complete in slightly faded and chipped blue card slipcase. Uncut pages. Printed on Bodleian Book. Limited edition of 250 copies, signed by author.
Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, Valenti Angelo. THE GOLDEN TOUCH. Grabhorn Press, (San Francisco), 1927.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First edition thus: limited edition with two hand-colored illustrations by Angelo and SIGNED by him. One of only 240 copies. 8vo parchment backed pale blue and gold decorated paper boards, gilt-lettered spine; pages uncut. A Grabhorn "Fifty Books of the Year" selection. Tiny chip in parchment at head of spine otherwise fine in fine, original glassine.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Original half vellum and brown boards, octavo, [7], 290 pp. 5 full-page colored maps, including frontispiece, one folded maps, 21 maps in-text. 5 headpieces, 5 tailpieces, and 5 decorative initials. Maps adapted from original sources by Valenti Angelo, who also designed the text ornaments. Slight discoloration to vellum spine, bit of foxing to first couple leaves, else very good in lightly worn slipcase. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper by printer Ed Grabhorn: "To L. B. McMurtry with the best wishes of E. Grabhorn, Oct. 7, 27." Chosen as 1 of the "50 Books of the Year" for 1927 by the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Cowan p. 536; Hill #1459; Heller & Magee 90.
Seller: Chanticleer Books, ABAA, Fort Bragg, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: #172 of 450 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press on Ingres paper, there were an additional 50 copies, #ed 1-50, printed on Van Gelder hand made paper and signed by the author. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"For Gary, Here's to the future Jake May 20, 1976" . Association Copy, from the collection of Gary Steigerwald, who at the time worked as a bookseller for Jake. Very Good, the paper at spine missing and torn, binding still holding nicely. Size: Tall 8vo
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.