Johnson Samuel " A Dictionary of the English Language; in w...

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Johnson Samuel
" A Dictionary of the English Language; in which the words are deduced from their origins...." printed W & A Strahan 1784, 5th edition, advertisement for 4th edition after the preface , there are two volumes , the first elephant folio, rebacked, contemporary leather laid down, vol II 5th edition 1773 , 8vo, full contemporary calf
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Clarke, Francis L 
"The Life of the Most Notable Arthur Marquis and Earl of Wellington ..., copious details and delineations, historical political and military ...", printed by and for J & J Cundee (1812, 1813), folding map to vol 1 and 2, engraved frontis and half-title to vols 1 and 3, frontis missing from vol 2, plates, headers, vol 1 has had repairs with sellotape to frontis and half-title, sellotape has since been removed, all three copies rebound and rebacked, contemporary boards and half leather, pastedown with gilt titles to the three backstrips, all speckled edges (3)

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26th Sep 23 at 10am BST

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