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THEOPHILUS JOHNSON (1836-1919)
Songs for the Christian Heart. [Bound with:] -- Alban, the British protomarytyr. An address to children. [Dartford: privately printed,] 1888. 2 works in one vol., 8° (195 x 120mm). 158 unnumbered letterpress leaves, with a number of blanks. (3 leaves lightly creased, occasional faint spotting.) Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, red edges (rubbed, head- and tailcaps defective). Provenance: author's presentation inscription to his daughter: -- Connie Mabel Johnson (dated Dominion Day 1907). [With:] -- Addresses to all sorts and conditions of children. [Dartford: privately printed:] 1892. 8° (195 x 125mm). 132 unnumbered letterpress leaves, with a few blanks, a number of addresses printed on yellow paper, including the 'fourth reprint' of Alban, the British protomarytyr. Original blue cloth, stamped in gilt (extremities rubbed, lacking f.f.e.p.). [With:] -- William Wilson. A tale of village life. [Dartford: privately printed,] 1908. 8° (199 x 125mm). 308 unnumbered letterpress leaves. (Occasional faint soiling.) Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt (extremities rubbed, spine darkened). [With:] -- autograph letter signed by Johnson to Connie [Mabel Johnson], 13 October 1917, 4 pages, 8vo, reporting on the effects of the German Harvest Moon Zeppelin air raids. [And:] autograph letter signed by Frederick William Frohawk (1861-1946; zoological artist and lepidopterist) to Johnson, 30 April 1908, 3 pages, 8vo, thanking him for the receipt of his latest 'very pretty and artistic book.' This copy of the book appears to have been extra-illustrated by Johnson with an extra leaf of a drawing of Nymphalis antiopa (Camberwell Beauty), apropos of which Frohawk writes: 'Antiopa is a species which I greatly admire from various points of view'.
THREE UNRECORDED NON-NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BY JOHNSON. The first-named is a collection of Christian poems, while the second is a compilation of Sunday School addresses. William Wilson is a novel, but shows distinctive Johnson traits with a footnote on the verso of the 11th leaf mentioning butterflies, and the novel as a whole having a strong spiritual and religious theme.
Songs for the Christian Heart. [Bound with:] -- Alban, the British protomarytyr. An address to children. [Dartford: privately printed,] 1888. 2 works in one vol., 8° (195 x 120mm). 158 unnumbered letterpress leaves, with a number of blanks. (3 leaves lightly creased, occasional faint spotting.) Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, red edges (rubbed, head- and tailcaps defective). Provenance: author's presentation inscription to his daughter: -- Connie Mabel Johnson (dated Dominion Day 1907). [With:] -- Addresses to all sorts and conditions of children. [Dartford: privately printed:] 1892. 8° (195 x 125mm). 132 unnumbered letterpress leaves, with a few blanks, a number of addresses printed on yellow paper, including the 'fourth reprint' of Alban, the British protomarytyr. Original blue cloth, stamped in gilt (extremities rubbed, lacking f.f.e.p.). [With:] -- William Wilson. A tale of village life. [Dartford: privately printed,] 1908. 8° (199 x 125mm). 308 unnumbered letterpress leaves. (Occasional faint soiling.) Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt (extremities rubbed, spine darkened). [With:] -- autograph letter signed by Johnson to Connie [Mabel Johnson], 13 October 1917, 4 pages, 8vo, reporting on the effects of the German Harvest Moon Zeppelin air raids. [And:] autograph letter signed by Frederick William Frohawk (1861-1946; zoological artist and lepidopterist) to Johnson, 30 April 1908, 3 pages, 8vo, thanking him for the receipt of his latest 'very pretty and artistic book.' This copy of the book appears to have been extra-illustrated by Johnson with an extra leaf of a drawing of Nymphalis antiopa (Camberwell Beauty), apropos of which Frohawk writes: 'Antiopa is a species which I greatly admire from various points of view'.
THREE UNRECORDED NON-NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BY JOHNSON. The first-named is a collection of Christian poems, while the second is a compilation of Sunday School addresses. William Wilson is a novel, but shows distinctive Johnson traits with a footnote on the verso of the 11th leaf mentioning butterflies, and the novel as a whole having a strong spiritual and religious theme.
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