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A Monument More Durable Than Brass: The Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson
by John Overholt and Thomas A. Horrocks
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0981885829
- ISBN 13
- 9780981885827
- Seller
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: Houghton Library, Harvard University, 2009. cloth, hard cover in dust jacket., no flaws or wear. clean. no text or exterior markings. no bumps, tears, chips. tight binding. appears unused.; copy belonged to houghton librarian roger stoddard and has his initials on ffep, which also has an inscription from a text contributor to mr. stoddard. title page has inscriptions to mr. stoddard from john overholt and thomas horrocks. exhibition also appeared at the grolier club in nyc, and some ephemera pertaining to that is laid-in. 127pp., illustrated in color. two essays and detailed catalogue. one of 800 unnumbered copies printed. a unique copy.. Signed By Authors. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Exhibition Catalogue.
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- Bookseller
- art longwood books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20146
- Title
- A Monument More Durable Than Brass: The Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson
- Author
- John Overholt and Thomas A. Horrocks
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0981885829
- ISBN 13
- 9780981885827
- Publisher
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- Dr. Samuel Johnson.; Samuel Johnson.; Roger Stoddard.; Books on Books.; British Literary History.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books on Books; Literary Criticism, Biography;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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