Sale 2497 - Fine Illustrated Books & Graphics, January 29, 2019

6 c   GRABHORN PRESS / WALTWHITMAN. Leaves of Grass. Printed in red and black. Illustrated with 37 woodcuts by Valenti Angelo. Folio, Philippine mahogany boards with Random House printer’s device carved into lower front corner, red niger spine; custom gilt-lettered red buckram clamshell box. Printed at the Grabhorn Press for RandomHouse. Bariberi & Price, Ltd., Los Angeles booksellers ticket on rear endpaper. New York, 1930   [2,500/3,500] number 75 of 400 copies . from the collection of bibliophile irving robbins , jr ., specially signed by the printers , edwin and robert grabhorn , and the artist , valenti angelo . One of the most ambitious and time-consuming projects of the press. Grabhorn 138. In addition to his roles as supporter and benefactor of several major rare book libraries, for which he was given an honorary curatorship or rare books from Stanford University, Robbins Jr. was a photographer, car collector, and race car driver, competing in the Golden Gate Park and Pebble Beach road races. 7   c (GEBRÜDER KLINGPOOR / WALTER TIEMANN.) Nietsche, Friedrich. Eine Auswahl Sprüche aus Also Sprach Zarathustra . Printed in red and black in “Orpheus” type by Walter Tiemann. [4], 5-25, [1] pages. 4to, custom orange morocco gilt by ignatz wiemeler , some scattered light soiling, joints rubbed with slight loss; top edges trimmed and gilt, some soiling. Offenbach am Main, 1928   [2,000/3,000] number 16 of only 22 copies printed on japan - kozu paper . and printed on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Association of German Typefoundries, dedicated by Gebrüder Klingspor, Offenbach. In a handsome Wiemeler binding. 6 7