Johnson, Samuel.

The Rambler. Numbers 1-208. for J. Payne, 1752, 12mo, first collected edition, six volumes, contemporary calf, spines gilt in compartments, morocco lettering pieces, [Courtney and Smith, p. 33], some browning, occasional splitting to joints; The Idler. Numbers 1-103. for J. Newbery, 1761, 12mo, first collected edition, two volumes, advertisement leaf in volume one, and 3 p. publishers' advertisements at end of volume two, contemporary calf, spines gilt in compartments, morocco lettering pieces, [Courtney and Smith, p. 83], some browning, slight splitting to head of hinges; The Idler... with additional essays. Numbers 1-103. for T. Davies, J. Newbery and T. Payne, 1767, 12mo, third edition, two volumes, contemporary calf, spines gilt in compartments, morocco lettering pieces, [Courtney and Smith, pp. 83-84], some spotting and browning (10)

Edward, Lord Suffield (bookplate) [The Rambler]; Frances Archer (ownership signature), T. Fairfax Best, Wiarton (bookplate) [The Idler (first collected edition)]

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, when appropriate.
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