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170. JOHNSON, Samuel. A dictionary of the english language: in which the Words are deduced from their originals ... to which are prefixed, a history of the language, and an english grammar ... Printed by W.& A. Strahan, for W. Strahan [et al.]. 1784.
£4,000
folio. 2 vols. rebacked preserving original calf boards, gilt spine divided in seven compartments with slightly raised bands, red morocco labels to second compartments, green morocco labels to fourth compartments; unpaginated; titles printed in red and black; occasional spotting and marginal browning throughout with light dampstaining to some bottom edges, chipping to corners of final leaves of vol ii, pencil notes to title page of vol ii, otherwise very good.
fifth edition. the last edition to be published within Johnson’s lifetime.
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171. JONES, David, PEPLER, Hilary. libellus lapidum. the first part of a collection of verses and wood-engravings made by h.p. and d.J. who having no windows left in their own dwellings take a mean advantage of their neighbours. Ditchling. Printed and Published by the Author. 1924.
£650
8vo., original wrappers with a wood engraving by Jones printed in green on upper cover with lettering printed in red. With 15 wood engravings by Jones and one other unidentified wood engraving (probably also by Jones). A near fine copy.
first edition, first printing(?). there are a number of variant issues of this booklet. this copy has a manuscript leaf by a former owner, stanley scott, tipped in stating this is the first printing: “in this copy page 3 the penultimate line ends: ‘but thought’ in later copies this is printed: ‘but…’ and the last line begins ‘we thought’”
pepler’s verse satirises various well known people including, gbs, hilaire belloc, h.g. Wells, John drinkwater, sidney & beatrice Webb, ronald knox, Jacob epstein and also hampstead garden suburb.
172. JOYCE, James. finnegans Wake. Faber and Faber. 1939.
£2,500
8vo. original reddish-brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket; light foxing to endpapers, the jacket has a few edge tears (no portions missing) and two internal tape repairs but is clean and bright, the best copy we have had for a long time.
first edition. A letter from faber and faber (June, 1948) states: “the ordinary edition consisted of 3400 copies of which 2255 were sold to the public, 950 in the form of sheets being destroyed. the balance were gratis, etc.”
Slocum and Cahoon 47.
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173. KELMSCOTT PRESS. of the friendship of Amis and Amile. [done out of the ancient french into english by William morris]. [Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press]. 1894.
£995
16mo. original holland-backed boards, lettered in black on the upper cover, edges untrimmed; pp. [iv] + 67; decorative woodcut title-page and border to first page of text, woodcut initials, text printed in black and red in chaucer type; engraved bookplate on front paste-down; a very nice copy.
500 copies were printed, plus 15 on vellum.
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