Samuel Johnson Edited J D Fleeman (3 results)
Published by Penguin Books Ltd., Middlesex, England, 1971
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, United KingdomRyde Bookshop Ltd
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Minor crease and dust spotting on cover and spine. Foxing on closed page edges and on the end papers.
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Published by Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1982
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. First reprint of the first edition - published as a PBO in 1982. This edition was originally published in the Penguin English Poets series in 1971. ***Very good in glossy card covers. The covers are bright and clean, with no fading - just slight creasing…and rubbing at the extremities - mainly at the bottom of the front cover. Page block edges clean. No reading lean to the binding. No reading creases. Internally also very good, with a neat ownership inscription at the top of the first printed page. Pages clean with no internal foxing. No creases or tears. Spine tight. No dustwrapper (as issued). ***260 pages plus three pages of publisher's adverts at the back of the book. 197mm x 130mm. ***'This edition of Johnson's poems includes all his English poems, and a selection from his Latin poems and from "Irene", his single attempt at verse drama. Also included is the first draft of "The Vanity of Human Wishes", and a selection of contributions to poems by other authors. The editor describes the aim of the edition as "to provide a truly critical text in which the characteristics of Johnson's own practices in spelling, punctuation and capitalization are preserved, whilst at the same time his final authoritative revisions --- have been admitted. A feature of Dr Fleeman's extensive annotation is the use throughout of Johnson's own "Dictionary of the English Language" as a guide to the poet's precise meaning.' (Quote taken from the back cover) ***A second printing of the first edition of the "Penguin English Poets" edition of the Complete English Poems" of Samuel Johnson, in nice original condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
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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.
