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An Account of a Summer's Pilgrimage: Being the Journal of William Savage Johnson On a Trip to England, Wales and Ireland
by Johnson, William Savage
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
Meriden, Connecticut: Bayberry Hill Press, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Big, tall, Folio-sized hardcover format, with a fetching Foreword by Ruth and Foster Johnson, noting that it was "written by a favorite uncle of ours in 1925." Frontispiece facsimile of "Professor and Mrs. Johnson" and nine black-and-white illustrations. Initials in red. Bound handsomely in the publisher's original 1/4 orange cloth over marbled boards, paper spine label quite fine still. #27 of 40 copies reserved for members of The Columbiad Club, "of a total of about 80." 57 pp. Hand set in Janson, printed page by page on Barchum green paper on "an ancient press which once belonged to Fred and Bertha Goudy." Includes impressions of W.B. Yeats, Thomas Hardy and othersMember, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Bookseller
- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 351501
- Title
- An Account of a Summer's Pilgrimage: Being the Journal of William Savage Johnson On a Trip to England, Wales and Ireland
- Author
- Johnson, William Savage
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bayberry Hill Press
- Place of Publication
- Meriden, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- William Savage Johnson Ruth Johnson Foster Johnson
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian and Collectible;
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