A Catalogue of Books by or relating to Dr. Johnson and Members of his Circle
( Samuel JOHNSON ) ELKIN MATHEWS, Ltd.
With an Introduction by John Drinkwater. Catalogue No. 5.
'A MILESTONE IN THE HISTORY OF BOOKSELLING': NEAR FINE COPY IN BOARDS
Published: Elkin Mathews, 1925
Stock code: 44238
Price: £78.00
8vo., First Edition; modern boards, backstrip with printed paper label, ORIGINAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED, a near fine copy.
Listing 619 entries, this outwardly humble catalogue boasts a bibliophilic importance far beyound its printed wrappers. 'The effective beginning of what was to become within five years one of the widest and deepest movements of taste in the whole history of bibliophily' (John Carter, 'Taste and Technique'). 'This catalogue is a milestone in the history of bookselling, for in it appeared books priced from ten shillings to two guineas which had never appeared in any West End catalogue before' (W.S. Lewis). VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.