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Grabhorn, Jane Bissell : Original Broadside - "Fellow Hamburghers, I mean Roxburghers, the man to who is wish to introduce to you this evening is known to you all ...."

The Roxburghe Club, San Francisco, CA, 1983

Original broadside printed in black and red ink on white paper. 11" x 18." Broadside is very clean and intact except for slight wrinkling throughout and a tiny stain in the bottom margin on front. A Very Good, almost Near Fine copy. Printed by the Grace Hoper Press (the Grace Hopers). A broadside featuring Jane Bissell Grabhorn's introduction to a talk by Herbert Evans at one of the meetings of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco. Text authored by the Grace Hoper Press is printed over Grabhorn's speech and describes the context behind the speech: "While I was nervously waiting for the time to come for me to preside for the first time as the new Master of the Press--Jane, aware of my tension, smoothed th way by writing the following introduction to Dr. Herbert Evans' talk. Eight years later we print this act of kindness on her birthday. Now, fourteen years later, we do it again.--The Grace Hopers." Back colophon: "At the September 20, 1983 meeting of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, this keepsake was sponsored by: Paul Birkel, Steven Corey, Franklin Gilliam, Sherwood Grover, Wade Hughan, Jim Linden, Barney Rosenthal, Albert Sperisen, Christopher Stickel and Dorothy Whitnah.". Poster. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding

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