Rasselas : a tale / by Dr. Johnson. Dinarbas ; a tale : being a continuation of Rasselas
by Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)
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About This Item
London : printed for Walker and Edwards [and 16 others] by S. Hamilton, Weybridge, Surrey, 1817. 1st edition in this form. Hardcover. Good copy in the original full tree-aniline calf with gilt-borders and inner dentelles. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt with a dark morocco gilt-blocked title label. Hinges starting. Spine bands and panel edges rubbed and bumped as with age. Internally, bright and clean, Physical description; 266 pp. : ill. (frontis.) ; 14 cm. Subjects; Johnson, Samuel 1709-1784. Rasselas Philadelphia (Lydia). Bailey and Lang (1792).
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- Title
- Rasselas : a tale / by Dr. Johnson. Dinarbas ; a tale : being a continuation of Rasselas
- Author
- Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition in this form
- Publisher
- London : printed for Walker and Edwards [and 16 others] by S. Hamilton, Weybridge, Surrey
- Date Published
- 1817
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- Morocco
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