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Lot 191
Sale 904 - Fine Press Books, Online Only
May 13, 2021
10:00AM CT
Online / Chicago
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[GRABHORN PRESS]. SANDBURG, Carl. (1878 - 1967). Bronze Wood. San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1941.
4to. Photogravure on title-page. Original orange boards, printed paper label on upper cover; glassine. Provenance: William Saroyan (1908-1981), American novelist and playwright (presentation inscription)
LIMITED EDITION, one of 195 unnumbered copies. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY EDWARD GRABHORN TO WILLIAM SAROYAN: “from the publisher to William ‘Wild Bill’ Sayoran, Sept. 1941.” Saroyan wrote about his beloved San Francisco, and published Hilltop Russians in San Francisco with the Grabhorn Press in 1941. A VERY FINE ASSOCIATION COPY. GB 358.
Property from the Collection of Jack Belcher