JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language ... the fifth edition, London: W. & A. Strahan for W. Strahan, J. F. & C. Rivington, L. Davis, T. Payne & Son, W. Owen [and 21 others in London], 1784, 2 volumes, 2°, titles in red and black (title and preliminaries to volume I cleanly but severely torn and repaired, title and advertisement leaf both laid down, final quire of vol. I also extensively repaired, F2 holed with loss, 8H1 and 18M2 with candle wax adhering to verso, final leaves of vol. II creased), later half roan by David Chivers, Bath. [Alston V 181] With one other dictionary in 2 folio volumes. (4)