Windhover Press Hoole John (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Black cloth gilt, 8vo., (35) pages, etching of Johnson's death mask by John Thein. One of 250 copies printed from Bembo types on Rives Heavy mouldmade paper by K. K. Merker and apprentices. Bound by Elizabeth Kner. Merker felt this was one of the most successful books from the press. A clean, near fine copy with very slight fading at the spine, in archival mylar.…

Frontispiece 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 copy. 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.…

First, Limited Edition. One of 250 copies. Inscribed, "For Bill, with warmest regards" and initialed, apparently by Shari Madsen who was one of the printers. Octavo. Black cloth hardcover; unpaginated; printed throughout in red and black; frontispiece engraving by John Thein, after a death mask made after Johnson's death. Mild dusting to cloth, else a Fine copy. Signed.…