RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABISSINIA BY SAMUEL JOHNSON 1898 FINE BINDING

RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABISSINIA BY SAMUEL JOHNSON 1898 FINE BINDING

£200.00

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[JOHNSON, Samuel]. Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. Birmingham: The Vincent Press, 1898.

First edition thus, leather-bound, octavo (22cm x 15cm x 2.5cm), pp. [3], 133, [1]; English text; bound in the publishers original cream limp vellum with yapp edges and ties, gilt lettered spine; initial half-title leaf, title and opposite leaf within wood-engraved border, chapter headings in red throughout, elaborately decorated initial capitals to each chapter. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure, minor spotting to lower cover, ties intact, interior fresh and clean, without previous ownership markings; a handsome copy.