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Lot 460
Sale 4605 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Jun 20, 2019
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[Private Press] [Grabhorn Press] An Original Leaf From The Bible of the Revolution
San Francisco: Edwin & Robert Grabhorn for John Howell, 1930. First and limited edition, #199/515 numbered copies (from a total of 580) with an original printed leaf of the Old Testament from Robert Aitken's 1782 Bible. Essay by Robert R. Dearden, Jr. and Douglas S. Watson. 4to. Presentation copy from publisher Howell inscribed to Walter Hill on front free endpaper. Illustrated with plates and a facsimile letter. Original quarter red morocco over blue decorated boards; spine lettered in gilt; top edge trimmed, other edges untrimmed; in blue slipcase, paper at head of spine starting.