Johnson John Dent Hugh (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Reprint. Crisp, clean pages except for a prior owner's note on the front free endpaper; square, tight binding; full gray cloth cover has one very small, faint spot at the upper left rear and a little gentle attenuation of the gilt titles along the spine, otherwise excellent. 64pp.; 24mo.…

Duodecimo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hard Back. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This book was " Received at the DCC.Meeting on the Occasion of J J's Presidency Dec. 6th 1933 written in light-hand pencil to front end paper "- no other inscs. Fine throughout, a neat & tidy copy, fox tan to end papers, Bright gilt titles to dec. boards & top page edges. The Third Dent Memorial Lecture.Foreword. The Outlook of the Printer, The Printer and His Customers & The Printer and His Men. 150x90mm Small, slim vol. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale and pencil inscription.…

Board. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy of the first edition (3rd printing), in a very good dust jacket (for its age), of this lecture by John Johnson, Printer to the University of Oxford. Dust Jacket: cream coloured paper with green decorative border to front and green lettering to all faces; front, spine and edges all darkened; small erosion to top of spine; slight rubbing to other edges but overall in very good condition for its age; not price clipped (now protected). Cover: brown and cream, bargello pattern, paper covered boards, with gilt lettering to spine; very clean and bright; few if any signs of shelf wear; in remarkable condition for its age. Internally: clean and tightly bound; very small neat gift inscription, dated 1941 to front fly leaf; no other inscriptions or book plates; occasional underlining or margin markings throughout (previous owner was a printer himself and was gifted the book by the Head of Medway College of Printing); top edges decorated, slight darkening to other edges. A lovely little book. 64 pp.…