JOHNSON, Samuel. The Poetical Works, London: for the editor, and sold by G. Kearsley, 1785, small 8°, FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, with A2 cancellans, 4 pages of advertisements [Courtney & Smith p.157; Chapman & Hazen 162], bound with -- William COOKE. The Life of Samuel Johnson, London: for G. Kearsley, 1785, 12°, second edition, engraved portrait, folding facsimile plate, 3 pages of advertisements, contemporary half "tiger" calf over marbled boards, spine gilt (lettering rubbed). Provenance: John Sparrow (booklabel)

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JOHNSON, Samuel. The Poetical Works, London: for the editor, and sold by G. Kearsley, 1785, small 8°, FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, with A2 cancellans, 4 pages of advertisements [Courtney & Smith p.157; Chapman & Hazen 162], bound with -- William COOKE. The Life of Samuel Johnson, London: for G. Kearsley, 1785, 12°, second edition, engraved portrait, folding facsimile plate, 3 pages of advertisements, contemporary half "tiger" calf over marbled boards, spine gilt (lettering rubbed). Provenance: John Sparrow (booklabel)

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