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Lot 278
Sale 6286 - The Collected Library
Lots Open
Mar 5, 2025
Lots Close
Mar 18, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$200 -
300
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$704
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Lot Description
[JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-1784)]. A group of 3 titles, comprising:
1) Works...with an Essay on His Life and Genius by Arthur Murphy. London: Thomas Tegg, et al, 1824. 12 volumes, 8vo. Engraved portrait frontispiece in vol.1. Contemporary diced calf gilt (rebacked).
2) A Dictionary of the English Language. Rev. H.J. Todd, editor. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green..., 1827. 3 volumes, 4to. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Half modern calf antique. Second Todd edition.
3) BOSWELL, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson. Roger Ingpen, editor. Bath: George Bayntun, 1925. 2 volumes, tall 8vo. Half red morocco gilt stamp-signed by Bayntun.
Together, 3 works in 17 volumes, condition generally very good.