JOHNSON, Samuel -- PIOZZI, Hester Lynch (1741-1821). Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson ... to which are added some poems never before printed . London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1788. 2 volumes, 8 o (231 x 145 mm). Vol. I with preliminary blank A1. Errata slip at end of vol. II. (Z7r of vol. II scored in purple crayon, manuscript note in the same crayon on L8v-M1r.) UNCUT IN ORIGINAL BLUE-GREY BOARDS (rebacked in cloth), cloth folding case. Provenance : Henry Green 1788 (first owner's inscription on front blank of volume I) -- Tho s . Green, Circulating Library, Waterham Kent (early 19th-century stamp on front pastedowns) -- G.B. Lewis (pencil signature on front pastedowns, with his note of purchase in volume II: "bought as waste paper for 1/- the 2 vols. in the little shop on Sawbridge Village Green in 1848," his note in purple crayon on pages 160-161 of volume II, and pencilled references on rear pastedowns) -- W.H. Brackenburn (booklabel) -- purchased from Hoffmann and Freeman, October 1971. FIRST EDITION. Courtney and Smith p. 168; Chapman and Hazen p. 165; Fleeman 88.3L/1; Rothschild 1270; Tinker 1383. [ With :] JOHNSON, Samuel. An Account of the Life of Dr. Samuel Johnson . London: Richard Phillips 1805. 12 o (168 x 101 mm). (Light spotting on title.) UNCUT IN ORIGINAL BLUE BOARDS with paper label on spine, brown half morocco box, spine gilt. Provenance : purchased from Dawsons, London, 23 August 1972. FIRST EDITION. A fragment of Johnson's autobiography, saved by his black servant, Francis Barber, from the mass of papers which he asked to be burned before his death. Courtney and Smith p. 173; Chapman and Hazen p. 166; Rothschild 1272; Tinker 1388. [ With :] Johnsoniana or Supplement to Boswell. London: John Murray 1838. 8 o (221 x 136 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait after T. Trotter, additional title and 43 plates. ORIGINAL GREY BOARDS (rebacked in parchment, original paper label preserved but worn, upper joints splitting), morocco-backed solander box. FIRST EDITION. Provenance : Horace J. Bridges (ownership inscription dated Chicago, Oct. 22, 1919, on front free endpaper). (4)
JOHNSON, Samuel -- PIOZZI, Hester Lynch (1741-1821). Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson ... to which are added some poems never before printed . London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1788. 2 volumes, 8 o (231 x 145 mm). Vol. I with preliminary blank A1. Errata slip at end of vol. II. (Z7r of vol. II scored in purple crayon, manuscript note in the same crayon on L8v-M1r.) UNCUT IN ORIGINAL BLUE-GREY BOARDS (rebacked in cloth), cloth folding case. Provenance : Henry Green 1788 (first owner's inscription on front blank of volume I) -- Tho s . Green, Circulating Library, Waterham Kent (early 19th-century stamp on front pastedowns) -- G.B. Lewis (pencil signature on front pastedowns, with his note of purchase in volume II: "bought as waste paper for 1/- the 2 vols. in the little shop on Sawbridge Village Green in 1848," his note in purple crayon on pages 160-161 of volume II, and pencilled references on rear pastedowns) -- W.H. Brackenburn (booklabel) -- purchased from Hoffmann and Freeman, October 1971. FIRST EDITION. Courtney and Smith p. 168; Chapman and Hazen p. 165; Fleeman 88.3L/1; Rothschild 1270; Tinker 1383. [ With :] JOHNSON, Samuel. An Account of the Life of Dr. Samuel Johnson . London: Richard Phillips 1805. 12 o (168 x 101 mm). (Light spotting on title.) UNCUT IN ORIGINAL BLUE BOARDS with paper label on spine, brown half morocco box, spine gilt. Provenance : purchased from Dawsons, London, 23 August 1972. FIRST EDITION. A fragment of Johnson's autobiography, saved by his black servant, Francis Barber, from the mass of papers which he asked to be burned before his death. Courtney and Smith p. 173; Chapman and Hazen p. 166; Rothschild 1272; Tinker 1388. [ With :] Johnsoniana or Supplement to Boswell. London: John Murray 1838. 8 o (221 x 136 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait after T. Trotter, additional title and 43 plates. ORIGINAL GREY BOARDS (rebacked in parchment, original paper label preserved but worn, upper joints splitting), morocco-backed solander box. FIRST EDITION. Provenance : Horace J. Bridges (ownership inscription dated Chicago, Oct. 22, 1919, on front free endpaper). (4)
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