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JOHNSON, Samuel. A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland . London: For W. Shrahan and T. Cadell, 1775. 8° (211 x 129mm.). Errata leaf at end, D8 and U4 cancels (title-page a little soiled, occasional light spotting). Contemporary tree calf, flat spine ruled in gilt, red lettering piece (very slightly rubbed). Provenance : George Chamberlain (pencilled signature dated 1861); Juliet Trimble Ford (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Courtney & Nichol Smith p. 122; Chapman & Hazen p.151; Rothschild 1256 -- PIOZZI, Hester Lynch, editor. Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson . London: For A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1788. 2 volumes. 8° (209 x 130mm.). Contemporary tree calf, flat spines gilt, red lettering pieces for the title and the volume number and another, in the bottom compartment of the spine, with a gilt tool of a water nymph. Provenance : Possibly the Masterman Sykes copy with late eighteenth/early nineteenth century inscription 'Cat.VI.P.367. C[?] S Sledmere'. FIRST EDITION. Courtney & Nichol Smith pp.168-69. (3)