384 pages. Complete with engraved portrait of Doctor Samuel Johnson. The approximate date of publication was 1896, according to Welsh, but there was an extended print run over at least ten years. Original tin case with magnifier and loop at top. Worn and rubbed, as usual. 19 x 28 mm. Original red leather. 'English Dictionary' blocked in gilt on upper cover and spine. 'PEARS' blocked in gilt on lower cover. Bondy, 106. Garbett, 25. Pistner, B233:7. Spielmann, 464. Welsh, 2406. Thomas James Barratt (1841–1914) was an English businessman
who in 1865 became chairman of the soap manufacturer A&F Pears. Barratt must also have been satisfied with the technical standards of Bryce’s publishing process to have committed to ‘PEARS’ ’ being on hundreds of thousands of copies of the Smallest English Dictionary
in the World and Bryce’s Thumb Dictionary.