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W & R Chambers, London & Edinburgh - new edition, 1906. Hardcover, 11" x 7. Stain causing discolouration to 3 1/2" of spine cloth. A handsome volume with minor wear at spine ends. Packed book weighs 2.5 kilos (5.5lbs). Binding sound. Book in VERY GOOD condition. VOLUME TWO ONLY. Presentation copy by King's College, London (bookplate dated 1917) with college crest embossed in gold to front. Blue, blind-embossed boards with gold title to spine, brown endpapers, gilt top edges, sephia frontis portrait (Samuel Johnson) under tissue, two-colour title page, 80 facsimiles author portraits in text. Almost 500 authors, with samples of their work, from the Eighteenth Century, The Age of Queen Anne, The Scottish Vernacular Revival, The Reigns of the German-born Georges, George III and coming changes, Scottish Vernacular under George iii.