Celebrating 50 Years Spotlight: Grabhorn Collection

While Edwin Grabhorn was still printing in Indiana under the press name The Studio Press, he began using a pressmark featuring a horn and dolphin which was designed by Mark Harvey Liddell. It wasn’t until 1924—several years after the move to San Francisco and after Robert had joined Edwin in the venture--that they began referring to themselves as The Grabhorn Press. The Grabhorn Press used many different pressmarks over the years and various versions of the horn and dolphin theme--this featured image is just one example. It is from The Discovery of Florida printed in 1946 for The Book Club of California with type set by Robert and Jane Grabhorn, press work by Edwin Grabhorn and Sherwood Grover, and initials and decorations by Malette Dean. This book is part of the Robert Grabhorn Collection on the History of Printing and the Development of the Book on the 6^th floor of the Main Library.