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Published by Penguin Classics, 1982
ISBN 10: 014042296XISBN 13: 9780140422962
Seller: Jt,s junk box, Newcastle, STAFF, United Kingdom
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. good condition.
Published by Yale University Press, 1982
ISBN 10: 0300028261ISBN 13: 9780300028263
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
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Paperback. Condition: Good-. A nice reading/study copy. Shelfwear, creasing to cover and spine. A handful of pages with markings. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Published by Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1993
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
stiff paper wrappers. Johnson, Samuel (illustrator). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 34 pages. Reprinted from Studies in Bibliography. 68 books identified to which Johnson subscribed. Notes to entries discuss other subscribers, record published references to the book or to Johnson's connection with it, and report the copies on which the present record is based.
Published by St. Martin's Press, 1974
Seller: Armadillo Books, Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A very nice First Edition copy! Fine in original hardcover (clean, square, and unmarked) in a near fine dust jacket -- clean, bright, and tight -- which has not been price-clipped. (Jacket is protected in a Brodart cover.) Just a hint of a few nicks along the top edge. Stated First American edition. Suitable condition for adding to a library collection. Ships from NC. All hardbacks are sealed in recycled plastic, packaged securely, and shipped promptly with tracking information. (C-3.).
Published by Penguin Books Ltd., Middlesex, England, 1971
Seller: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Minor crease and dust spotting on cover and spine. Foxing on closed page edges and on the end papers.
Published by St. Martin's Press, NY, 1974
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st. First Amerian Edition; dj w/unclipped price, in mylar; correction sheet laid in; 260 clean, unmarked pages/index Size: 12 vo.
Published by Scolar Press, 1970
ISBN 10: 0854173870ISBN 13: 9780854173877
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Dust jacket chipped at edges, creased in corners/edges of both panels, a number of small splits and losses, torn from top right corner of rear panel, prior price label on front flap; Plain card cover creased in bottom right of front panel, lightly age-toned; Pages lightly age-toned, previous owner's dedication on ffep; Binding tight. This the the Scolar Press Facsimile of 'London' 1738 and 1748, as well as 'The Vanity of Human Wishes' 1749 and 1755 versions, with an introductory note by J.D. Fleeman. ; 9.25 x 13"; 92 pages.
Published by Gregg International, 1973
ISBN 10: 0576023019ISBN 13: 9780576023016
Seller: MB Books, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Condition : Good . Ex-university library copy with associated library stamps etc. Hard cover, no jacket. 522pp. No highlighting or annotations to text. A clean, tight copy.
Published by St. Martin's Press, 1974
ISBN 10: 0713905735ISBN 13: 9780713905731
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Good. Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers. 1.74.
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Published by Thoemmes Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 184371003XISBN 13: 9781843710035
Seller: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
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Condition: Used - Like New. Facsimilie. 2002. Hardcover. May have a remainder mark. Fine.
Published by Oxford University Press, 1974
ISBN 10: 0198127022ISBN 13: 9780198127024
Seller: moluna, Greven, Germany
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Einband - fest (Hardcover). Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. A scholarly edition of the poems of Samuel Johnson. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.
Published by Clarendon Press, 1985
ISBN 10: 0198127669ISBN 13: 9780198127666
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Published by London Printed by W. Strahan, For J. and P. Knapton; T. and T. Longman; C. Hitch and L. Hawes; A. Millar; and R. and J. Dodsley, (but, Longman Group UK0 1755, (but, 1990), 1990
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
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4 volumes, including two of the DICTIONARY as originally issued, another being the facsimile of the first edition of THE PLAN OF THE DICTIONARY. and a volume containing essays concerning The Genesis of the Johnson's Dictionary and The Lexicographic Achievement of Johnson. First Edition of the Facsimile of the Original First Edition of each title. Title-pages printed in red and black, woodcut tailpieces. Royal folio (410 x 260 mm.), expertly bound to style in full red Cabra leather, the spines with raised bands gilt ruled creating compartments which are paneled in gilt, one compartment with green lettering label gilt, three other compartments with gilt lettering, the covers with gilt fillet rules at the borders, original end-leaves, the Essays and PLAN in original wrappers, the volumes all housed in the original slipcase. Original Collation: Vol. I [A]2, B-K2, a-c2, d1,2B-2K, 2L-13A2, one leaf signed 13B-14Z; Vol. II [-]1, 15A-16Z2, one leaf signed 17A-17Z, 18A-22E2, one leaf signed 22F-22Z, 23A-27D2, one leaf signed 27E-28Z, 29A-31C2 . A very handsome copy beautifully preserved. The bindings are in excellent condition. The text-blocks both clean and unpressed. This is a fine, handsome and clean set of the volumes. Both the PLAN and the Essays volumes also in fine condition as well THE FINE LONGMAN FACSIMILE OF THE HIGHLY IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION OF SAMUEL JOHNSON S MASTERWORK AND THIS A HANDSOME AND CLEAN AND LARGE COPY. "The most amazing, enduring and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography (PMM). Begun in 1747 and printed over five years, Johnson's DICTIONARY set the standard for all subsequent lexicographical work. Its excellence was immediately recognized in all quarters and the first edition of two thousand copies sold quickly. What set Johnson's DICTIONARY apart from earlier efforts was his reliance on the examples of English literature rather than his own intuition or previous word lists or dictionaries, a method that has been the standard ever since, from Richardson and Webster to the Oxford English Dictionary. Johnson, in undertaking this vast work, set out to perform single-handed for the English language what the French Academy, a century before, had attempted for French. He hope to produce "a dictionary by which the pronunciation of our language may be fixed, and its attainment facilitated;" and though, of course, no language can be frozen in time, by aiming at fixing the language he succeeded in giving the standard of reputable use. As Noah Webster stated, his work "had, in philology, the effect which Newton's discoveries had in mathematics." Johnson presumed to finish the work for the Dictionary in three years by his own labor, but he underestimated the work required and it eventually took nine years to complete (though not all of his time was spent upon the Dictionary, as he was also the editor of The Rambler at this time) and required the assistance of six amanuenses--five of whom, to Boswell's satisfaction, were Scotsmen. "Johnson's achievement marked an epoch in the history of the language. The result of nine years labor, it did more than any other work before or since towards fixing the language. The preface ranks among Johnson's finest writings. The most amazing, enduring, and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography" (Printing and the Mind of Man). "The most important British cultural monument of the eighteenth century" (Hitchings); "the only dictionary [of the English language] compiled by a writer of the first rank " (Robert Burchfield) and first genuinely descriptive dictionary in any language. "Johnson's writings had, in philology, the effect which Newton's discoveries had in mathematics" (Webster). "It is the fate of those that toil at the lower employments of life, to be rather driven by the fear of evil, than attracted by the prospect of good; to be . punished for neglect, where success would have been without applause, and diligence without reward. Among these unhappy mortals is the writer of dictionaries . Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach" (Johnson, preface to the present work). Samuel Johnson's monumental work, which drew on all the best ideas and aspects of earlier dictionaries, was published on April 15, 1755 in an edition of 2000 copies. The price was a high one £4 10s, or £3 10s to the trade. The group of publishers whose names appear in the imprint were joint proprietors, having paid Johnson £1575 in installments for copy which took him eight years to complete, although in the final months publication was held back for the granting of his Oxford M.A. (Feb. 20, 1755). Some of Johnson's advance was used to rent the well-known house in 17 Gough Square, where the garret became his "dictionary work-shop." He called on the assistance of six amanuenses, five of whom, Boswell proudly records, were Scotsmen, and who were almost derelict when he hired them. "With no real library at hand, Johnson wrote the definitions of over 40,000 words.illustrating the senses in which these words could be used by including about 114,000 quotations drawn from English writing in every field of learning during the two centuries from the middle of the Elizabethan period down to his own time" (W. Jackson Bate, Samuel Johnson (New York, 1977), p.247. "It is the dictionary itself which justifies Noah Webster's statement that Johnson's writings had, in philology, the effect which Newton's discoveries had in mathematics. Johnson introduced into English lexicography principles which had already been accepted in Europe but were quite novel in mid-eighteenth-century England. He codified the spelling of English words; he gave full and lucid definitions of their meanings (often entertainingly colored by his High Church and Tory propensities); and he adduced extensive and apt illustrations from a wide range of authoritative writers.but despite the progress made during the past two centuries in historical and com.