Johnson, William Savage. An Account of a Summer's Pilgrimage: Being the Journal of William Savage Johnson On a Trip to England, Wales and Ireland. Bayberry Hill Press, 1972.

Price: US$85.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 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.

Seller: Structure, Verses, Agency Books, Spray, OR, U.S.A.

[BAYBERRY HILL PRESS]. JOHNSON, William Savage.. An Account of a Summer's Pilgrimage: Being the Journal of William Savage Johnnson On a Trip to England, Wales and Ireland.. Meriden, Connecticut, Bayberry Hill Press, 1972., 1972.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. Folio. Foreword by Ruth and Foster Johnson. Frontispiece facsimile and 9 b/w illustrations. Initials in red. Original 1/2 orange cloth over marbled boards, paper spine label (paper torn on back cover). Very good. 57 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Number 77 of "about" 80 copies, numbered and hand set in Janson. Printed 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 others.

Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.

(Bayberry Hill Press); William Savage Johnson. AN ACCOUNT OF A SUMMER'S PILGRIMAGE Being the Journal of William Savage Johnson on a Trip to England, Wales and Ireland in 1925. Bayberry Hill Press, Meriden, Ct., 1972.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Quarter orange cloth with marbled paper-covered boards and spine and cover labels, folio, (i),57, (2) pages, illustrated. About 80 numbered copies printed damp one page at a time and bound by Ruth and Foster Johnson from hand set Janson on Barcham Green Crown & Scepter handmade paper, on an ancient press once owned by Fred & Bertha Goudy. Miniscule bookplate of Harold Hugo designed by Will Carter, else a near fine copy with mild wear to the tips, in archival mylar.

Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.

JOHNSON William Savage. An Account of a Summer's Pilgrimage Being a Journal of William Savage Johnson on a Trip to England, Wales and Ireland in 1925. Bayberry Hill Press, Meriden, Connecticut U.S.A., 1972.

Price: US$160.33 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: At The Sign Of The Guzzling Ape. Limited first edition, in orange quarter cloth over marbled boards, printed paper title to upper board and spine. Internally, half title, frontis, rubricated title, [6], 57 pp, 9 lithographic illustrations (+ frontis), with a loose “Compliments” leaf from Ruth & Foster Johnson of the Bayberry Hill Press. An edition limited to about eighty copies, top edge cut, remainder not. (338*253 mm). Illustrations are in offset lithography by Miller, Johnson, inc. In near fine condition. Interesting in his impressions of de la Mare, Gibson, George Russell, Yeats, Abercrombie, Hardy & others all of whom entertained Johnson.

Seller: Madoc Books (ABA-ILAB), Llandudno, CONWY, United Kingdom