A Special afternoon at the Arizona State University Hayden Library, featuring "Boswell, Johnson, and their circle," an exhibition of books and manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence G. Blackmon
Publisher: Almond Tree Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Tempe, Ariz
Language: eng
Notes: "This keepsake, in a limited edition of 190, was printed from handset Palatino type by Gene Valentine at his Almond Tree Press in Tempe, Arizona"--Colophon.

"A facsimile of an autographed letter sent by James Boswell to the Rev. John Batteridge Pearson, who was Lucy Porter's principal heir and executor (Porter was Samuel Johnson's step-daughter). In this letter, Boswell seeks anecdotes about Johnson from his friends and acknowledges receipt of twelve letters between Johnson and Porter" -- p. [2]