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The false alarm.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1770 Joh Af.364.1 (Franklin)
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 4399
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- [2],53,[1]p. ; 8°.
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for T. Cadell, 1770.
- Notes:
- Anonymous. By Samuel Johnson.
- With a half-title.
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Benjamin Franklin's copy.
- Modern half sheep over contemporary floral boards; bound with other items. MS table of contents on flyleaf in William Temple Franklin's hand; purchased from Dufief, 1801- 03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (95); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
- Cited in:
- W.B. Todd, "Concealed editions of Samuel Johnson", 'Book Collector', 2(1953)pp.59-60
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