Author: (The Mermaid Press)
Title: The Wonder of Wonders / Being / a Strange and Wonderful Relation of a Mermaid, That Was Seen and Spoke with, on the Black Rock Nigh Liverpool, by John Robinson Mariner
Description: New York: Printed by Fridolf Johnson at The Mermaid Press, 1964. 1964. New York: Printed by Fridolf Johnson at The Mermaid Press, 1964. 1964. Fine. - Small octavo [6 inches high by 4 inches wide], softcover bound in decorative stiff paper wrappers with a paper label on the front wrap. Title & [5] pages plus colophon printed on blue stock. Illustrated with a hand colored frontispiece depicting a mermaid. There are 3 tiny drops of watercolor paint on the frontispiece, not affecting the image. Near fine.

Limited edition of 150 copies.

"Mermaid Lore: Chapbook No. 1. The text and frontispiece were taken from John Ashton's fascinating collection, 'Chapbooks of the Eighteenth Century' London, 1882."

Scarce. Fine .

Keywords: PRIVATE PRESSES; FINE PRESS; THE MERMAID PRESS; FRIDOLF JOHNSON; MERMAID LORE: CHAPBOOK NO. 1; THE WONDER OF WONDERS: Being A Strange and Wonderful Relation of a Mermaid, that was seen and spoke with, on the Black Rock nigh Liverpool, by John Robinson Mar

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