Dr Johnson and Noah Webster
David Littlejohn. Dr Johnson and Noah Webster: Two Men & Their Dictionaries. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1971. First edition, one of 500 unnumbered copies.
Quarto. 84pp + a matched pair of original leaves from two original leaves from Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language (1755) and Webster's An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Illustrated. Publisher's blue quarter cloth over blue hardcover paper boards, gilt-stamped title label to spine.
Boards lightly sunned, soiled, and worn; minor toning, else fine. Item #2052
Price: $250.00
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