A Sense of Asher: a New Miscellany
Selected and Introduced by Ruth Holland
London: The Keynes Press for British Medical Association, 1983
First edition. Octavo (overall 22.2 x 14.5 cm, 8-1/2 x 5-3/4 in.). No.
11 of 300 numbered copies. Blue cloth covers, spine with black cloth gilt-lettered
title-piece, gilt decoration on front cover, all edges gilt. Collates [1
l.], 1 l. (half-title), 1 l. (title recto in red and black, publisher’s
information verso), pp. v-vi (contents), 1 l. (photographic illustration
of Richard Asher), pp. vii-xiv (introduction), xv (acknowledgements), 1-97,
[1 p.], 1 l. (colophon), [1 l.]. Fine. Engaging introductory portrait by
Ruth Holland, woodcut text illustrations of the solution to the Braintwister
puzzle of the Snark’s dinner time. Asher’s captivating clarity
spellbinds throughout this selection of essays and Asherisms.
Price: $75
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