A series of five new books to be printed by the Grabhorn Press of San Francisco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grabhorn Press, issuing body, publisher.

Contributor:

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grabhorn Press--Catalogs.

Grabhorn Press.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Facsimiles (Publishing)

Deckled edges (Paper)

Printed wrappers (Binding)

Untrimmed edges (Binding)

Illustrated works.

Publishers’ catalogs.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[8] pages : 1 color facsimile ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

[San Francisco, Calif.] : [Grabhorn Press], [1933]

Notes:

"The second series of Rare Americana to be issued by the Grabhorn Press from August to December MCMXXXIII. One. The journey of Francisco Vazquez Coronado from the city of Mexico to the Grand Cañon of the Colorado and the plains of Texas, Kansas, & Nebraska, 1540-1542. As told by himself and his followers ...Two. The Spanish occupation of California as revealed by the documents initiating the enterprise and the narrative of Costanso telling in detail the events of the expeditions which resulted in the settlement of San Diego and Monterey in 1769 & 1770 ... Three. The American occupation of California as told by "Farthest West" in four letters to "The Friend," a semi-monthly published in Honolulu, giving the writer's impression of the new regime ... Four. Pen knife sketches; or Chips of the old block by Alonzo Delano ... Five. La Pérouse and Vancouver in California: extracted from the official accounts of the first French and English voyagers to the Spanish settlements of San Francisco, Santa Clara and Monterey ..."--Pages [5]-[8].

Title and text printed in red and black.

Issued in brown printed paper wrappers; deckled edges, untrimmed.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

OCLC:

12005913