Further Reading
Under the direction of Brian North Lee, the Fleece Press published two collections of her letters, the first Dearest Sydney (1991) in a limited edition of 220 copies, the second the two-volume Dearest Joana: A Selection of Joan Hassall's Lifetime Letters and Art (2000) in a limited edition of 300 copies.
The Private Library (Winter 1974) contains a long autobiographical account of her life and work. Rosemary Addison's account of her connections with Scotland is both scholarly and accurate. There is a useful account of her life at Malham by W.R. Mitchell in The Dalesman.
There are two collections of her wood engravings. The first, by Ruari McLean, was published in 1960; the second, a more definitive account by David Chambers, was published in 1985.
- Joan Hassall, 'Illustrating Jane Austen', in Folio (1975 Summer), p.3-9.
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