Catalogue Five Hundred Examples Printing by Magee (22 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good in original wrappers with wear to the yapped edges.

PAPERBACK. Paper edition. 63pp, quarto. creasing and wear to cover edges, tight binding, clean throughout, Very Good-.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Beige paper wrapper with title and decoration on front cover. Toning and creasing to edges of cover and toning to spine. Text block is clean and binding is tight. A catalogue of some five hundred examples of the printing of Edwin and Robert Grabhorn from 1917-1960, accompanied by a biographical piece entitled "Two Gentlemen from Indiana" by David Magee and an index. Printed at the Grabhorn Press. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 63 pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Stiff wrappers, 4to, 63, (1) pages, printed by the Grabhorn Press. Note for the special edition laid in. Wrappers are lightly soiled, somewhat bruised at the spine, and the always damaged yapp edges have been neatly trimmed. A near very good copy of this delightful catalogue.

Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The wrappers extend some 1/2 inch beyond the contents, so there is wear to the extended portions. Perhaps it would have been wise to order a copy of the limited hard-cover version @ $15 as offered in a note laid in to the catalogue. Too late, I fear.

63 [1] pp. Folio, original printed wrappers. First edition. Light edgewear to wrappers.

Softcover. Condition: Good +. First Thus. Tan wrappers withblack titles on front cover show light wear and sunning to all edges, spine is lightly sunned with light wear to the head and tail, book body is clean.

Softcover. Condition: Good +. First Thus. Tan wrappers withblack titles on front cover show light wear and sunning to all edges, spine is lightly sunned with light wear to the head and tail, book body is clean.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. This is an oversized paperback book with cardstock covers and a string bound spine The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The covers have yapped edges, which, unfortunately, have some bumping, wear and small edge nicks. The text pages are clean and bright. The rear endpaper has a previous owner's inked notations about particular books. Laid in is a large single-fold brochure with a notice about David Magee's bookshop moving to FIllmore street. "The Grabhorn brothers, Robert and Edwin, began printing in their hometown of Indianapolis around 1912. Their Indiana efforts never attracted much notice, but in 1919 they moved to San Francisco and opened the Grabhorn Press, which at first focused on advertising and other job printing. Their handiwork attracted the interest of the Book Club of California, an organization devoted to artistic bookmaking. Through commissions for the Book Club, the Grabhorn brothers turned their attention to the printing of fine limited editions. The 1920s marked a period in American culture when there was growing interest in books as a luxury product and the Grabhorn Press became an integral part of the fine press movement." (from Connecticut College).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. 1st edition after ltd hardbound edition. 4to printed wraps. 63pp. Index. No illust. A lovely catalogue of the work of the Grabhorns, who published a lot of Americana. Printed note slip laid in. Cover edges overlap & have some short tears & a couple of chips. Vg+. ca 1960.

San Francisco: Offered for Sale at the Book Shop of David Magee [1961]. 4to, 63 pp. Printed paper wrappers. A little toning and edgewear to the wrappers, contents clean. A very good copy with the bound edition announcement slip laid in. ß Extensive catalogue of the Grabhorn Press, as compiled by legendary San Francisco bookseller, David Magee, itself printed at the Grabhorn Press.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st trade Ed. 29.5 x 23.0 cm. Pp.xvi, 64, paper covers darkened and slightly frayed.

Soft cover. Condition: Collectible-Fine. First Edition. xvi, 63 pages; index; tan paper wrapper (9 1/4 x 11 3/4 inch). Signed by David Magee on the colophon page. Along with the 493 items listed for sale is a introduction biography from Magee's article in the California Librarian "Two Gentlemen from Indiana'. Contains the largest collection of Grabhorn Press publications for sale up to this time. Fine clean copy signed by the famous San Francisco bookseller. Signed By Publisher.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stiff printed paper covers, 9 X 11 1/2 inches, 63 pages. Printed by the Grabhorn Press. Some small tears and light chipping to cover edge, Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. One of 250 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Original publisher's brown and beige patterned, paper-covered boards backed with beige cloth. Black lettering on beige paper spine label. No date, circa 1961. 9" x 11 3/4." Pages xv, 1-63, complete. A few black-and-white illustrations, complete. Index in back. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning, offsetting on front and back endpapers, and a small tape ghost on front free endpaper. Covers are virtually pristine and intact except for light rubbing and age toning, tiny mark on front, slight shelf wear to bottom edges, and bumping to top corner of fore-edge on back. A Fine copy. This is a beautiful catalogue that lists 493 printing examples made by brothers Edwin and Robert Grabhorn of the Grabhorn Press. Contains notes by David Magee on Grabhorn publications not found in his bibliography. Each listing in the catalog includes information such as the author's name (if applicable), title, and specifications such as type of binding and year of printing or publication. The catalogue is organized chronologically and lists Grabhorn item made from 1917-1960. "Ephemera" and "Grabhorn-ana" constitute the last of the catalogue's listings. The catalogue is preceded by a biographical account of Edwin and the Grabhorn Press. Magee briefly describes Edwin's beginnings in Indiana as a music typesetter who worked for his uncle, his move to Seattle to set off on his own in the printing industry, his return to Indiana after several business ventures and printing opportunities, settling in San Francisco to found the Grabhorn Press with his brother Robert, and their exceptional printing skills and commitment to high-quality printing that were instrumental in cementing the Grabhorn Press's reputation as one of the finest printing presses in the United States. Back colophon: "250 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press of which 225 are for sale.".

Condition: Very Good. Wrappers. Small folio, 64 pp. within oversized wrappers. Introduction , "Two Gentlemen from Indiana," by David Magee. Not illustrated. Printed by the Grabhorn Press. A very good copy. A limited illustrated version was issued in hardcover. Scarce in the present version and a Grabhorn production in its own right.

4to, pp. xvi, 63, [1]; catalogue of some 493 examples, priced, annotated, and indexed, preceded by a short biography; creme paper wrappers, fine in a buckram clamshell box. With a printed note laid in, as issued, noting that a hard-bound edition limited to 250 copies was also available.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Cloth-backed boards, spine label. Limited to 250 copies. Fine but for slight interior toning, points faintly bumped. ; quarto.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. The Grabhorn Press, 1962. Limited Edition of 250 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press of which 225 are for sale. 63pp., black and white photographs. 4to. Patterned paper covers over cloth spine with printed label on spine. With only minimal signs of rubbing on corner tips, attractive fine hardcover, lacking the oriignal plain paper jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. 4to. Frontispiece, 11 halftones from b/w photographs. 1 page introduction by David Magee. Original 1/2 brown cloth with printed paper spine label over patterned boards. Plain dust jacket (unclipped). Fine. 63 pages. No signatures or bookplates. One of 250 copies, printed at the Grabhorn Press.

Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 250 copies. Very scarce. Fine copy in fine (slot cut out to expose spine lettering) dust jacket. 63 pps.

Condition: Linen-backed boards. Fine. One of 250 copies. One of 250 copies. Illustrated with photos. 1 vols. 4to. Illustrated with photos. 1 vols. 4to.