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 to Dr. Samuel Johnson, by Miss Hill Boothby: From the MSS. preserved by the Doctor; and now in Possession of Richard Wright .., Printed for Richard Phillips 1805, 36 pages publisher's catalogue at rear, occasional spotting and marks, hinges strengthened, bookplate of Richard Adams, contemporary calf, modern reback with red leather spine label, small 8vo Tinker 1388. The Preface explains that this fragment of Johnson's autobiography was taken by Francis Barber, his black servant, from the mass of papers which Johnson ordered to be burnt a few days before his death. (1)
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 to Dr. Samuel Johnson, by Miss Hill Boothby: From the MSS. preserved by the Doctor; and now in Possession of Richard Wright .., Printed for Richard Phillips 1805, 36 pages publisher's catalogue at rear, occasional spotting and marks, hinges strengthened, bookplate of Richard Adams, contemporary calf, modern reback with red leather spine label, small 8vo Tinker 1388. The Preface explains that this fragment of Johnson's autobiography was taken by Francis Barber, his black servant, from the mass of papers which Johnson ordered to be burnt a few days before his death. (1)
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