Dr. Johnson's Printer: The Life of William Strahan de Cochrane, J. A - 1964

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1964. First U.S. Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. FINE IN NEAR-FINE DUST JACKET WITH ORIGINAL $6.00 PRICE AND VERY MINIMAL WEAR.

London: Routledge, 1964. First. hardcover. very good(+)/very good. 225 pages, 8vo, fuchsia cloth, dust wrapper. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. First edition. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/>

Brill | Hes & De Graaf, 1964-01-01. Hardcover. Like New. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages.

Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, first edition, 1964. Cloth, 8vo,. xiv, 225 pp, plates. From the blurb: "William Strahan was one of the leading figures in the book trade of the eighteenth century. As King's Printer, a member of Parliament and the owner of the greatest printing house in London, he stood at the head of his craft: in addition to his long friendship and business connection with Johnson, he was the publisher of Gibbon, Adam Smith, Home and Robertson. His intimacy with Benjamin Franklin led him to extend to America his lively interest in politics as well as trade. Until now Strahan's career has for the most part been relegated to footnotes in the biographies of other men. This is the first full length survey of his life as a whole. The author, who has himself been both publisher and printer, has been able to draw upon much hitherto unpublished material in collections in this country and the United States. Strahan was an admirable letter writer, and his correspondence with… Leer más

Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, first edition, 1964. Cloth, 8vo,. xiv, 225 pp, plates. From the blurb: "William Strahan was one of the leading figures in the book trade of the eighteenth century. As King's Printer, a member of Parliament and the owner of the greatest printing house in London, he stood at the head of his craft: in addition to his long friendship and business connection with Johnson, he was the publisher of Gibbon, Adam Smith, Home and Robertson. His intimacy with Benjamin Franklin led him to extend to America his lively interest in politics as well as trade. Until now Strahan's career has for the most part been relegated to footnotes in the biographies of other men. This is the first full length survey of his life as a whole. The author, who has himself been both publisher and printer, has been able to draw upon much hitherto unpublished material in collections in this country and the United States. Strahan was an admirable letter writer, and his correspondence with… Leer más