first edition
1929 · London & New York
by [Johnson, Samuel.]
London & New York: Oxford Univ. Press, printed for the author at Buffalo, N.Y., 1929. First edition limited to 500 copies, 3 volumes, 4to, spines of dust jackets toned, the back panel of the jacket on vol. I with small piece (3" x 2") torn away (no loss of any letterpress); else near fine set in original blue cloth lettered in gilt; original brown cloth slipcase. An important and beautifully printed catalogue, with numerous facsimiles, plates, portraits, etc. A fourth, supplemental volume consisting primarily of manuscript material was issued the following year.
(Inventory #: 53376)