[Johnson, Samuel.]

Thoughts on the late transactions respecting Falkland's islands

London: T. Cadell, 1771. First edition, second impression, (with "second edition" on title), and published just a month after the first; 8vo, pp. [4], 75; complete, with half-title; 19th century morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered direct on spine; some rubbing but generally very good. "Strahan printed 1000 copies of this impression, charging almost twice as much as for the first" (Fleeman). Of the three copies at Yale, one belonged to Benjamin Franklin. Courtney & Smith, p. 116; Fleeman 71.3FI/3. Item #25982

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