[Rarebooks] FS: 1809 American Edition of Samuel Johnson's HISTORY OF RASSELAS

[Charles Agvent]

JOHNSON, Samuel. THE HISTORY OF RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA: A TALE. 
Bridgeport [CT]: S. Backus, and Co., 1809. Stated "Second American 
Edition." With a life of the author by F. W. Blagdon. Contemporary full 
tree calf leather with black morocco spine label; duodecimo (3-1/4" x 
5-3/4"). Shaw & Shoemaker 17838. Minor browning to text. Some rubbing to 
covers with slight split to front joint; spine label with small chip. 
Near Fine. (#011301) $85.00

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