CRITICAL DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND BRITISH AND AMERICAN AUTHORS, LIVING AND DECEASED, FROM THE EARLIEST ACCOUNTS TO THE LATTER HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Containing Over Forty-six Thousand Articles (Authors), with Forty Indexes of Subjects

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1877. First Editions: [1874-1877]. From the library of Nathaniel E. Janney, one of the founders of the Friend's Historical Association in Philadelphia. With his personal bookplate in each volume. A five-volume edition was published in 1892. Thick quartos: black morocco leather & marbled boards; marbled endpapers; top edges gilt. Three Thick Volumes.. Very Good (little wear bindings; contents clean & tight). Set weighs almost 20 pounds so postage is extra!! (Inventory #: 58441)