DR. SAM: JOHNSON, DETECTOR : BEING A LIGHT-HEARTED COLLECTION OF RECENTLY REVEAL'D EPISODES IN THE CAREER OF THE GREAT LEXICOGRAPHER NARRATED AS FROM THE PEN OF JAMES BOSWELL
by De La Torre, Lillian, 1902-1993
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First edition. Loose folio. Octavo; First edition; G+/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, tan with black print on white banner; DJ in mylar, light edgewear, crease to rear bottom edge; Boards in tan cloth, light wear to spine caps, else clean and strong; Text block has tan-tinted top edge, small owner stamp on rear flyleaf, else clean and tight; xi, 257 pages, frontispiece. 1326971. FP New Rockville Stock.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1326971
- Title
- DR. SAM: JOHNSON, DETECTOR : BEING A LIGHT-HEARTED COLLECTION OF RECENTLY REVEAL'D EPISODES IN THE CAREER OF THE GREAT LEXICOGRAPHER NARRATED AS FROM THE PEN OF JAMES BOSWELL
- Author
- De La Torre, Lillian, 1902-1993
- Format/Binding
- Loose folio
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
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