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JOHNSON, B.S. (1933-1973) Travelling People. London: Constable, 1963. 8°. Original cloth, original dust-jacket (light spotting on the back panel). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY OF HIS FIRST NOVEL inscribed by the author: 'For Uncle Phil and Auntie Pat with best wishes from Bryan 20/3/63'. Inscribed copies of Johnson's books are distinctly uncommon. With another copy of the first edition in dust-jacket and the following works by Johnson:
Albert Angelo. London: Constable, 1964. 8°. Original cloth, original typographic dust-jacket (jacket lightly rubbed and soiled). FIRST EDITION. -- The Unfortunates. London: Panther Books and Secker & Warburg Ltd., 1969. Small 2°. 27 sections as issued, with the original wrap-around band and in the original printed clamshell box (light soiling on the first section). FIRST EDITION. -- Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry. London: Collins, 1973. 8°. Original cloth, original dust-jacket (light wear and light soiling on the jacket). FIRST EDITION.
Johnson was one of the most innovative post-war writers in English. Travelling People, with its black pages and inventive typography, makes a direct nod to Tristram Shandy; die-cuts in Albert Angelo give the reader a glimpse ahead of the dramatic denouement; and The Unfortunates, issued in sections, allows reading in any order. (5)
Albert Angelo. London: Constable, 1964. 8°. Original cloth, original typographic dust-jacket (jacket lightly rubbed and soiled). FIRST EDITION. -- The Unfortunates. London: Panther Books and Secker & Warburg Ltd., 1969. Small 2°. 27 sections as issued, with the original wrap-around band and in the original printed clamshell box (light soiling on the first section). FIRST EDITION. -- Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry. London: Collins, 1973. 8°. Original cloth, original dust-jacket (light wear and light soiling on the jacket). FIRST EDITION.
Johnson was one of the most innovative post-war writers in English. Travelling People, with its black pages and inventive typography, makes a direct nod to Tristram Shandy; die-cuts in Albert Angelo give the reader a glimpse ahead of the dramatic denouement; and The Unfortunates, issued in sections, allows reading in any order. (5)
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