Title: Seventeen volumes of miscellaneous fine press books, including some by the Penumbra Press Author: Place: Publisher: Date: Various dates Description: Includes 17 volumes: Wentz, Roby: Eleven Western Presses: An account of how the first printing press came to each of the eleven western states. Cloth and pictorial boards. Los Angeles: Los Angeles Book Club of Printing House Craftsmen, 1956. Two editions. Journal Narrative Relative to Doctor Johnson's Last Illness Three Weeks before his Death kept by John Hoole. Cloth. Prospectus laid in. Iowa City: The WIndhover Press, 1972. Powell, Lawrence Clark: The Poet and the Professor. Cloth and pictorial boards. Privately Printed, 1981. Powell, Lawrence Clark: The Example of Miss Edith M. Goulter. Wrapper bound. Prospectus laid in. Sacramento: California Library Association, 1969. Hart, James D.: A Tribute to Edwin Grabhorn & The Grabhorn Press. Cloth, dust jacket. Prospectus laid in. San Francisco: The Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, 1969. Luttinger, Abigail: Good Evening and Other Poems. With Illustrations by Eleanor Simmons. Prospectus laid in. Iowa: The Penumbra Press, 1979. Anderson, Jon: Counting the Days. Pictorial Cloth. Iowa: The Penumbra Press, 1974. Everwine, Peter: Keeping the Night. Cloth, untrimmed edges. One of 225 copies printed. Prospectus laid in. Iowa: The Penumbra Press, [1977]. Orlen, Steven: Sleeping on Doors. Cloth. No. 36 of 200 copies. Iowa: The Penumbra Press, 1975. Dubie, Norman: The Prayers of the North American Martyrs. Pictorial cloth. Iowa: The Penumbra Press, [1975]. Pereira, Sam: Brittle Water. With illustrations by Louise Lafond. Cloth with mounted engraving. The Penumbra Press, 1987. Wheat, Carl I.: The Pioneer Press of California. Cloth and marbled boards. Oakland: Biobooks, 1948. Watchmen, What of the Night [1918 versus 1945] An Excerpt from a Broadcast by Raymond Gram Swing.Wrapper bound. San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1945. Parnethope, Lady Verney: Florence Nightingale's pet owl, Athena: A sentimental history. Silk floral binding. One of 300 copies printed. Prospectus laid in. San Francisco: Grabhorn-Hoyem, 1970. Sleeping on Doors and The Prayers of the North American Martyrs, signed by the authors. Lot Amendments Condition: Near fine. Item number: 253249
Title: Seventeen volumes of miscellaneous fine press books, including some by the Penumbra Press Author: Place: Publisher: Date: Various dates Description: Includes 17 volumes: Wentz, Roby: Eleven Western Presses: An account of how the first printing press came to each of the eleven western states. Cloth and pictorial boards. Los Angeles: Los Angeles Book Club of Printing House Craftsmen, 1956. Two editions. Journal Narrative Relative to Doctor Johnson's Last Illness Three Weeks before his Death kept by John Hoole. Cloth. Prospectus laid in. Iowa City: The WIndhover Press, 1972. Powell, Lawrence Clark: The Poet and the Professor. Cloth and pictorial boards. Privately Printed, 1981. Powell, Lawrence Clark: The Example of Miss Edith M. Goulter. Wrapper bound. Prospectus laid in. Sacramento: California Library Association, 1969. Hart, James D.: A Tribute to Edwin Grabhorn & The Grabhorn Press. Cloth, dust jacket. Prospectus laid in. San Francisco: The Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, 1969. Luttinger, Abigail: Good Evening and Other Poems. With Illustrations by Eleanor Simmons. Prospectus laid in. Iowa: The Penumbra Press, 1979. Anderson, Jon: Counting the Days. Pictorial Cloth. Iowa: The Penumbra Press, 1974. Everwine, Peter: Keeping the Night. Cloth, untrimmed edges. One of 225 copies printed. Prospectus laid in. Iowa: The Penumbra Press, [1977]. Orlen, Steven: Sleeping on Doors. Cloth. No. 36 of 200 copies. Iowa: The Penumbra Press, 1975. Dubie, Norman: The Prayers of the North American Martyrs. Pictorial cloth. Iowa: The Penumbra Press, [1975]. Pereira, Sam: Brittle Water. With illustrations by Louise Lafond. Cloth with mounted engraving. The Penumbra Press, 1987. Wheat, Carl I.: The Pioneer Press of California. Cloth and marbled boards. Oakland: Biobooks, 1948. Watchmen, What of the Night [1918 versus 1945] An Excerpt from a Broadcast by Raymond Gram Swing.Wrapper bound. San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1945. Parnethope, Lady Verney: Florence Nightingale's pet owl, Athena: A sentimental history. Silk floral binding. One of 300 copies printed. Prospectus laid in. San Francisco: Grabhorn-Hoyem, 1970. Sleeping on Doors and The Prayers of the North American Martyrs, signed by the authors. Lot Amendments Condition: Near fine. Item number: 253249
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