RASSELAS IN THE NEW WORLD.

Octavo, brown paper covered boards with a gilt-lettered label on the spine. The covers are lightly bumped & the spine is lightly rubbed with a few chips out of the paper. 31 pages plus colophon. The beautifully engraved bookplate of Donald S. Tuttle is mounted on the front pastedown. Black-and-white frontispiece facsimile. The contents are bright and near fine. Limited edition of 75 numbered copies, of which 25 were for sale, printed by the Yale University Press under the direction of Carl Purington Rollins. This is number 21.Tinker recounts the meeting between a young American from Philadelphia, William White, and Dr. Samuel Johnson. White lets Johnson know that an American edition of "Rasselas" has been published in Philadelphia and, on his return to America, sends him a copy.

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Publisher: New Haven, CT: published by the author, 1925.

Year: 1925.

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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