7 volumes. Cloth and boards. Various limitations. A selection of book published by San Francisco's Book Club of California, including a copy of their second publication inscribed to T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, founder of Doves Press, by W.R.K. Young, founding member of the Book Club of California. Includes: Bierce, Ambrose. An Invocation. No. 125 of 300 copies. 1928. Chamisso, Adelbert von. A Sojourn at San Francisco Bay 1816 by Adelbert von Chamisso Scientist of the Russian Exploring Ship Rurik. Illustrated with seven color collotype plates after drawings, including frontispiece, first published in 1822, by the Rurik's artist Louis Choris (Folio) original cloth-backed boards. One of 250 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. 1936. Columbus, Christopher. The Letter of Christopher Columbus Concerning His First Voyage to the New World...with slipcase. One of 250 copies. 1924. Lewis, Oscar. The Origin of the Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. Folding facsimile of Sonora Herald bound in at rear. No. 33 of 250 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. 1931. BCC 39. Markham, Edwin. The Man with the Hoe. Frontispiece portrait & decorations by Ray Coyle. This copy from the library of T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, founder of Doves Press, with his bookplate on the front pastedown and a presentation inscription to him on the front free endpaper: "To T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, with the compliments and best wishes of W.R.K. Young, August, 1916." The tipped-in photograph is not present in this copy. No. 121 of 300 copies. 1916. Rowlandson, Thomas. The Beauties of Boswell. 10 loose color plates after Rowlandson. (Oblong 4to), original cloth-backed marbled boards portfolio, cover label. One of 250 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. 1942. Teiser, Ruth, ed. The Sudden Empire: California. Society of California Pioneers, 1950. Also includes: The Dominicans of San Rafael: First Chapters in the Story of the Dominican Congregation of the Holy Name of Jesus in California: A Tribute from Many Hands. Printed at the Grabhorn Press. San Rafael, Calif.: The Dominican Convent of San Rafael, 1941
7 volumes. Cloth and boards. Various limitations. A selection of book published by San Francisco's Book Club of California, including a copy of their second publication inscribed to T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, founder of Doves Press, by W.R.K. Young, founding member of the Book Club of California. Includes: Bierce, Ambrose. An Invocation. No. 125 of 300 copies. 1928. Chamisso, Adelbert von. A Sojourn at San Francisco Bay 1816 by Adelbert von Chamisso Scientist of the Russian Exploring Ship Rurik. Illustrated with seven color collotype plates after drawings, including frontispiece, first published in 1822, by the Rurik's artist Louis Choris (Folio) original cloth-backed boards. One of 250 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. 1936. Columbus, Christopher. The Letter of Christopher Columbus Concerning His First Voyage to the New World...with slipcase. One of 250 copies. 1924. Lewis, Oscar. The Origin of the Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. Folding facsimile of Sonora Herald bound in at rear. No. 33 of 250 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. 1931. BCC 39. Markham, Edwin. The Man with the Hoe. Frontispiece portrait & decorations by Ray Coyle. This copy from the library of T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, founder of Doves Press, with his bookplate on the front pastedown and a presentation inscription to him on the front free endpaper: "To T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, with the compliments and best wishes of W.R.K. Young, August, 1916." The tipped-in photograph is not present in this copy. No. 121 of 300 copies. 1916. Rowlandson, Thomas. The Beauties of Boswell. 10 loose color plates after Rowlandson. (Oblong 4to), original cloth-backed marbled boards portfolio, cover label. One of 250 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. 1942. Teiser, Ruth, ed. The Sudden Empire: California. Society of California Pioneers, 1950. Also includes: The Dominicans of San Rafael: First Chapters in the Story of the Dominican Congregation of the Holy Name of Jesus in California: A Tribute from Many Hands. Printed at the Grabhorn Press. San Rafael, Calif.: The Dominican Convent of San Rafael, 1941
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