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California Gold! Discovered by Signor d'Alvear's Goldometer, The Gold Seeker's Guide!; Or, Secret Art of Finding Mines of Gold, Silver, Iron, Lead, Copper, Coal, and other Mineral Riches by [Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs - Joint Meeting Keepsake] - 1958

by [Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs - Joint Meeting Keepsake]

California Gold!  Discovered by Signor d'Alvear's Goldometer, The Gold Seeker's Guide!; Or, Secret Art of Finding Mines of Gold, Silver, Iron, Lead, Copper, Coal, and other Mineral Riches by [Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs - Joint Meeting Keepsake] - 1958

California Gold! Discovered by Signor d'Alvear's Goldometer, The Gold Seeker's Guide!; Or, Secret Art of Finding Mines of Gold, Silver, Iron, Lead, Copper, Coal, and other Mineral Riches

by [Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs - Joint Meeting Keepsake]

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[San Francisco]: Grabhorn Press, 1958. No binding. Very good. Broadside, elephant folio size. Reprinted from the "Farmer's Monthly Visitor", Concord, N.H., Dec. 31, 1848, "for William P. Wreden and his friends in the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs."

In 1848 the discovery of California gold was on everyone's minds, and this article, originally published in New Hampshire in December of 1848, extolloing a "Goldometer", was the perfect choice for a keepsake to be printed by the Grabhorn Press for the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs.

Scarce in the marketplace, with no copies online as of this writing; no auction records; OCLC locates nine copies.

___DESCRIPTION: Broadside printed in yellow, red and black, text in two columns; elephant folio size (just under 23" by 12 15/16").

___CONDITION: Very good, the broadside is clean and without markings, one horizontal fold presumed to be original for distribution to the members; some overall toning and edgewear mostly at the top edge, including a few creases and one short (one-half inch) closed tear, additional creases at the fold with additional closed tears to such.

___CITATION: Grabhorn Press Bibliography, Miscellany 1957-1966, p. 49.

___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. Also, please note that due to the large dimensions of this broadside, it will be shipped rolled in a heavy cardboard tube; if flat shipping is desired, please contact us in advance for the shipping cost.

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  • Bookseller Swan's Fine Books US (US)
  • Format/Binding No binding
  • Book Condition Used - Very good
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Publisher Grabhorn Press
  • Place of Publication [San Francisco]
  • Date Published 1958
  • Keywords Fine Press, Grabhorn Press, Roxburghe, Zamorano, Joint Meeting, Keepsake, 1958, UNIQUE
Haywood H. Hunt: Who?, by Albert Sperisen
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Haywood H. Hunt: Who?, by Albert Sperisen

by [Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs - Joint Meeting Keepsake]

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Used - Fine
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Limited Edition
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n.p.: Printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy, 1976. Limited Edition. No binding. Fine. One of 150 copies, quarto size, [4] pp. This keepsake for the joint meeting of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs of California features a short biography of the San Francisco printer Haywood H. Hunt, who was vastly influential to the typography and fine press scene in San Francisco, even teaching type-setting to Robert Grabhorn, of the Grabhorn Press. The printers Lawton and Alfred Kennedy produced this booklet; Lawton Kennedy worked for notable printers such as John Henry Nash and Jane Grabhorn of the Colt Press and eventually began publishing books under his own imprint. ___DESCRIPTION: One sheet folded twice to make four pages, title in black with tipped-in photograph of Haywood Hunt on the front page, another black-and-white tipped-in photograph of Hunt on the third page; quarto size (11" by 8.5"), one of 150 copies, unnumbered. ___CONDITION: A fine copy, clean and without wear. ___POSTAGE:… Read More
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Lines Written in a Copy of the Plays of Shakespeare
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Lines Written in a Copy of the Plays of Shakespeare

by [Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs - Joint Meeting Keepsake] Beerbohm, Max; Ewing, Majl (Introduction)

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  • near fine
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Used - Near fine
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Walnut Creek, California, United States
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San Francisco: The Black Vine Press, 1964. No binding. Near fine. Elephant folio size, [4] pp. Printed for Joseph M. Bransten...for the joint meeting of the Roxburghe-Zamorano Clubs, 1964. A humorous take on some characters in Shakespeare's plays in the form of limericks; for example, the fourth stanza reads: "Hamlet, I'm sorry to find, / Was unable to make up his mind. / He shillied and shallied, / He dillied and dallied - / In fact, he was over-refined." With a facsimile on the inner left of hand-written notes made by Beerbohm which was sold as Lot 275 in 1960 at a Sotheby's auction; it is not known that these lines were ever published, although there were directions to the printer. A revised and augmented version was later published, and this revised version is printed on the inner right, along with the essay by Majl Ewing. ___DESCRIPTION: A single sheet folded to four pages, author's name as a facsimile signature on the front in red, title in black, holograph on the inner left, typed text… Read More
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