Dr. Johnson and Noah Webster: two men and their dictionaries illustrated with a matched pair of original leaves from A Dictionary of the English language and An American dictionary of the English language
San Francisco: printed by Grabhorn-Hoyem for The Book Club of California, 1971. Hardcover. 84p., 10.25x12.75 inches, footnotes, page facsimiles, illustrated with two original leaves from the dictionaries, this copy Ear - Eas, untrimmed fore-edge, toned original leaves, very good first edition limited to 500 copies in blue boards with gilt decoration, quarter dark blue cloth backing, leather title label on spine and gilt. Publication no. 139.
Cat.No: 211673
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