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JOHNSON, GEORGE & LOUIS - POET & PAINTER - Spirit of Place
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$400 - $600
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$500
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167: Rare Books
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JOHNSON, GEORGE & LOUIS - POET & PAINTER
Spirit of Place
Melbourne: 1996 No 34 of 40 copies, signed and dated by George Johnson. The book was designed and edited by Jenny Zimmer. The frontis is an original painting in gouache [housed in a glassine wrapper] by his brother George, essays by Terry Sturm and Gary Catalano on this important NZ poet and painter. The poems being complemented by illustrations [28] by his brother. The second edition expanded from the first edition of 1994, with an additional painting added, 275mm, bound in grey cloth with red titles and in the original grey cloth slip case. Rare.
Spirit of Place
Melbourne: 1996 No 34 of 40 copies, signed and dated by George Johnson. The book was designed and edited by Jenny Zimmer. The frontis is an original painting in gouache [housed in a glassine wrapper] by his brother George, essays by Terry Sturm and Gary Catalano on this important NZ poet and painter. The poems being complemented by illustrations [28] by his brother. The second edition expanded from the first edition of 1994, with an additional painting added, 275mm, bound in grey cloth with red titles and in the original grey cloth slip case. Rare.
