Rothschild, Loren R. — Johnson's Dictionary

Pacific Palisades, California, Rassalas Press, for the Book Collectors Club of Los Angeles, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Being an Account of Certain Facts Concerning its Author; Method of Preparation; Significance; and Continuing References to Various Interesting Definitions and an Attempt To relate Certainn Aspects of that Great Work to the Contemporary Philological Debate. Presented by Loren R. Rothschild at the October 31, 1993 meeting of The Book Collectors. SIGNED by the author, Loren R. Rothschild, at the Colophon, being inscribed warmly to his colleague, Mr. Robert Allen, as conveyed to me by his widow, Ms Priscilla (Brownie) Allen. "Bob" was a noted bookseller and appraiser and also editor of a number of volumes of the The Eighteenth Century: a current bibliography series in a project headed at the University of Southern California. In addition, he was a major bibliographer for the Samuel Johnson Society of Southern California. Original printed stiff card stock paper wrappers, printed cover, simple, unblemished. Several black-and-white facsimiles strewn throughout. 24 pp. plus a bibliography and a select bibliography.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Fine