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Lot 81

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$400 - 600
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$1,408
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[LEAF BOOKS - BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA]. A group of 12 leaf books produced by the Grabhorn Press and others for the Book Club of California, including:


An Original Leaf from the Bible of the Revolution. San Francisco: Printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn for John Howell at the Sign of the Open Book, 1930. With an original leaf from the Aitken Bible printed in Philadelphia in 1782. 8vo. LIMITED EDITION, number 133 of 515 copies of "The Colonial Edition." -- Cato's Moral Distichs Reproduced from the Edition Printed in Philadelphia in 1735 by Benjamin Franklin. Carl van Doren, editor. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1939. With an original leaf from the Church of Scotland Prayer Book printed by Benjamin Franklin in 1745. LIMITED EDITION, one of 250 copies. -- The Estiennes... San Francisco: Grabhorn Press for The Book Club of California, 1949. With 3 original leaves from books printed by "the three greatest members of that distinguished family." LIMITED EDITION, one of 390 copies. -- The Book Called Holinshed's Chronicles. Stephen Booth, editor. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1968. With an original leaf from Holinshed's Chronicles printed in London in 1587 and relating to King Henry VIII. LIMITED EDITION, one of 500 copies. -- The Great Polyglot Bibles. Including a Leaf from the Compluensian of Acala, 1514-17. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1966. With an original polyglot text leaf from the Complutensian of Acala. LIMITED EDITION, one of 400 copies.

And 7 others. Together, 12 works in 12 volumes, all in original bindings, several in publisher's slipcases or folding cases, several with prospectuses, condition generally very fine. Complete available upon request.

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