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.