JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-1784) and Hill BOOTHBY (1708-1756). An Account of the Life of Dr. Samuel Johnson, from His Birth to His Eleventh year, Written by Himself ...to which are added original letters... by Miss Hill Boothby. London: Richard Phillips, 1805.  

8vo (172 x 103 mm). (A few small annotations, some soiling and spotting, marginal rust-hole on A4.) Original blue boards, uncut (modern rebacking and a few repairs, some minor soiling); cloth folding case. Provenance: Edward Sage? (early signature, 1873); Stoke Newington Public Libraries (stamps on a few leaves).  
FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. Johnson ordered all of his papers destroyed after his death, but this fragment was saved by his servant Francis Barber, and was subsequently sold by Barber 's widow to the publisher Richard Phillips. Rothschild 1272.

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