de Quincey, Thomas — Dr. Johnson and Lord Chesterfield

New York, Ben Abramson, publisher, 1945. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. 250 copies of this book have been printed in Garamond types by the Profile Press of New York in the Summer of 1945. The facsimile here is printed in the form of a collotype. Tall, skinny hardcover format, decorated endpaper over boards, brown cloth-backed, gilt-stamped lettering to spine, rubbed. Bright, clean, unmarked of interior. Scuffing to bottom tips to boards, lesser scuffing to upper tips. Foreword by the publisher, Dr. Johnson's letter, then de Quincey's essay, then a facsimile of the manuscript.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good