David Claypool Johnston Malcolm Johnson (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, limited to 1950 numbered copies signed by the author (this being #214). Slim 4to. 36pp. Quarter buckram with marbled paper sides and with a lettered label to the upper board. Some quite light wear to the corner tips. A very good copy. A reproduction of Johnson's caricature bank note, restruck from the original engraved copperplate, is laid-in, as called-for. Includes a biographical sketch of Johnston (an American cartoonist, printmaker, and painter, noted as being the first natively trained American to master all the various graphic arts processes of lithography, etching, metal plate engraving, and wood engraving), a short history of the events leading to the founding of the Sub-Treasury, and an explanation of the Bank Note. Signed by Author(s).…

Paperback. Condition: As New.