Item #22505 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 by Samuel Johnson (1755) and An American Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster (1828). David Littlejohn.
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 by Samuel Johnson (1755) and An American Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster (1828)
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 by Samuel Johnson (1755) and An American Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster (1828)
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 by Samuel Johnson (1755) and An American Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster (1828)

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 by Samuel Johnson (1755) and An American Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster (1828)

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 84, [2] pp., original leaves tipped in at rear; quarto, dark blue leather spine with gilt .russet morocco lettering piece, pale bue boards. Faint fading to boards, else fine. Item #22505

Original leaves are from the letter "B" section of each dictionary. Moderate foxing to leaves. Edition of 500 copies printed by Grabhorn/Hoyem.

Price: $150.00

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