Burnt Mallow
1936, a novel from Priscilla Johnston, daughter of calligrapher Edward Johnston
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Printing Details
First edition, first printing. Hardback, bound in the original blue cloth with gilt titling to spine. 19 × 12.5cm, 411pp.
A novel of romance, affairs, lovers, marriages etc. The author was the daughter of master calligrapher Edward Johnston (he designed Johnston, a sans-serif typeface that was used throughout the London Underground). She married the graphic designer Macdonald Gill (to whom this novel is dedicated).
Condition
A good reading copy of a fairly scarce title. The blue cloth has some heavy fading at the head of the spine and some spotted foxing to the page edges, but remaining in strong readable condition.
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