Dr Samuel Johnson (150 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. signed copy with a note ***please read*** name inside cover with light pencil - no marks on text - has a light blue stain on the right edge - my shelf location - 27-d-25*. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Contemporary leather with gilt titling and elaborate decoration at spine, with heavy shelf-wear and edgewear, frayed corners. Hinges cracked, rendering the boards' connection to the pages delicate and exposing the thread binding; binding is tight through textblock. Staining to frontispiece, foxing throughout, text else unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Good Minus. GOOD MINUS: Good Minus Copy, published, we would guess, in the mid 1800's in Hartford. Paper is toned and binding has rubbing wear. Location: V23.

Hardcover. Condition: Used; Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

Hardcover. Condition: Used; Very Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. colored frontispiece of Dr. Johnson and 8 other Illustrations (illustrator). 1st. 1st edition; dj w/chipping, some taping, clipped price, in mylar; 120 clean, unmarked pages.

hardcover. Condition: Good. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Pamphlet, 44 pages. A reprint of the original 1771 edition. A very good or somewhat better copy in white printed & stapled wraps. No previous owner's markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Contemporary rust on staples pink blindstamped decorative cloth, stamped gilt lettering, 3 3/4 x 6 inches, 124 pp, pictorial title page (lyre and artist's pallet) , no other illustrations. Hardcover, very good. Light soil, drop marks and some fading on cloth, spine moderately faded. Internally, previous owner's signature (in pencil) , foxing on endpapers and a bit of foxing throughout, otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked and apparently never really read. Includes 2 pp life of Johnson. Literature; philosophical novel.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Lacks front board, rear is detached, missing spine strip; frp engraving of Shakespeare, importance of volume lies in its mid 17th c. perspective of The Bard. initial Preface and Dedication by John Heminge and Henry Condell who were actors for the original company and edited the first folio; followed by Preface of the Players (again mssrs H. and C.), then Mr Pope's Preface, Mr Theobald's Preface, Sir T. Hanmer's Preface, and Dr. Warburton's Preface; lastly Some account of the Life of Mr William Shakespear (sic) written by Mr Rowe; one of his legal documents; Shakspeare's Will and a farewell pronouncement by Ben. Johnson. The Tempest is only in part, 82pps and pages are missing from Scene V with no epilogue. Also missing are 4 other plays.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. no front board rear board detached. Book.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 15 pages, illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 16 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Later printing. 208pp. Duodecimo [17.5 cm] Decoratively embossed brown cloth over boards, with a 1/2" wide x 1/4" deep loss from the head of the backstrip, chipping to the cloth at the foot of the backstrip, and bumping to the corners of the covers. Sporadic foxing within. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letter press printer, John Ruyle, with his ex-libris plate on the front pastedown. A philosophical romance which explores the futility of the human search for happiness.

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. Covers are scuffed. Gift inscription. Dimensions 6" x 3.5".

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. *Fragile Book**Part 1 Only* The cover is taped. While the cover is falling off the binding, the interior is still tight. The text is clear. There is aging/ yellowing to the pages. There is writing on the inside of the cover in pencil.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Four volumes reissued as one. Sextdecimo, half green leather with marbled boards, some wear and title label missing from spine, binding firm, previous ownership on front free end paper, internally clean and bright, engraved title page and each volume has an engraved frontis piece, each volume paginated separately: 96, 84, ix plus 110, iv plus 69, further 2 pages of S.E.& C.'s list of New and Elegant Pocket Editions. [QP].

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. First edition thus. inscription "Harriet Hutton" Kyle 1818 on top of title page. Bound in marbled paper with paper spine which is very worn front cover missing. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1927; London; Limited edition, number 206/500; paper covered boards with edge wear and surface tears; pages are uncut; Interior is clean and unmarked; 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; 47 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. Volume 15 in the series The British Prose Writers. This 12mo. volume is bound in its original 1/2 leather binding with marbled boards; 2 volumes bound in one. All edges marbled. Condition: general minor shelf-wear & rubbing to binding; else very good condition internally. Illustrated with two engraved illustrated title pages. Pages: 155 & 162.

Leather. Condition: Good/NO DUSTJACKET. Portrait (Frontispiece) (illustrator). Philadelphia: J.J. Woodward. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1830. . Leather. Sm 4to., 484pp., Previous owner's inscription on each front free-end paper; shelf wear; small pieces of leather cover pealing off; foxing on edges primarily top edge. .

Full Leather. Condition: Good. 124pp.Brown leather with gilt spine title. Some cover soiling and edge-wear, front hinge cracking, with chipping at the head of the spine, front flyleaf missing, some foxing throughout. Binding sound and text very clear. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. BC.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Later printing. Bookplate of sir ernest cable inscription "Harriet Hutton" Kyle 1818 on top of title page. Bound in marbled paper with paper spine which is torn. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Later printing. Bookplate of sir ernest cable inscription "Harriet Hutton" Kyle 1818 on top of title page. Bound in marbled paper with paper spine which is torn. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First edition thus. Bookplate of sir ernest cable inscription "Harriet Hutton" Kyle 1818 on top of title page. Bound in marbled paper with paper spine which is very worn front cover detached. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First edition thus. "Harriet Hutton" Kyle 1817 on top of title page. Bound in marbled paper with paper spine which is very worn. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. New Edition. Half-leather with leading spine edge held together with bits of tape; light foxing to endpapers, but contents quite bright and unmarked. Square binding but for looseing to introductory pages. ; Vol. 26; 4.25 x 6.5"; 251 pages.

Small 8vo. [48pp.] Blind ownership stamp to title page and half title. Original grey marbled boards lettered in gilt, slightly rubbed to edges. Limited edition 133/500 copies. US$15.

Condition: New. pp. vii + 286 Illus.