Burnt Mallow

1936, a novel from Priscilla Johnston, daughter of calligrapher Edward Johnston

Author

Priscilla Johnston

Publisher

Duckworth & Co, London, 1936

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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