Windhover Press Hoole John Thein (1 results)
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More imagesPublished by Windhover Press, Iowa City, 1972
- Softcover
Seller: SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS, ABA, ILAB, LONDON, United KingdomSOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS, ABA, ILAB
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Add to basketFrontispiece engraving by John Thein; his model was a mask made at the time of Johnson's death. One of 250 copies. Edited and with a preface by O.M. Brack. Set in Bembo types and printed on Rives paper. 8vo., original slightly rubbed black cloth, lettering in gilt to spine, small bookseller label to rear pastedown, a very good c…opy. Hoole's journal was originally written in 1784 and is the fullest known account of Johnson's last days, from November 20 to his death on December 13.
