Windhover Press Hoole John (3 results)
JOURNAL NARRATIVE RELATIVE TO DOCTOR JOHNSON'S LAST ILLNESS THREE WEEKS BEFORE HIS DEATH
(Windhover Press); Hoole, John; Edited with a Preface By O. M. Brack, Jr.
Published by The Windhover Press, Iowa City, 1972
- Hardcover
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.Entropy Books
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
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Add to basketHardcover. 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, nea…r fine copy with very slight fading at the spine, in archival mylar.
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Published 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.
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Published by Windhover Press, Iowa City, 1972
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Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst, 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 d…usting to cloth, else a Fine copy. Signed.
