Poems.

£440 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Spine just a little faded, otherwise a near fine copy, with an early reader’s pencil marginal emphases and neat pencil list of poems on the rear. The book is an understated masterpiece of book production, designed by the architect Herbert Horne: his woodcut on the title page of Bishop William Wykeham, who established both of Johnson’s places of education, reinforces Johnson’s demeanour of permanent youth.

• Year: 1895

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