Samuel Johnson rare books

The eighth edition; corrected and revised, 2 vols, 4to, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, red and black morocco labels, an excellent set.

The eighth edition; corrected and revised, 2 vols, 4to, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary diced russia, neatly rebacked preserving spines, an excellent set.

first work 4 vols, second 2 vols, 12 mo., contemporary calf gilt, spines richly gilt, red and green morocco labels, small flaw to one label, a fine set.

Large paper edition, number 101 or 150; 3 vols, 4to (240 x 175 mm), engraved frontispieces to each volume, further illustrations in text, title pages in red and black, spotting to preliminary and terminal pages, mostly to endpapers with only the the odd spot any further, corner crease to upper free endpapers of vol. ii, otherwise very good; mid-twentieth century half red morocco over cloth, one-line gilt panelled, top edge gilt, otherwise untrimmed, as published, small bookseller's label of H.V. Day to upper past-down of vol. i, slight dust-soiling to bindings, minor darkening of spines but all in all, very good indeed.