Dictionary English Language Compiled by Johnson (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. 6th edition. An unpaginated pocket edition (not quite miniature), measuring approx. 9x13.5cm, in full red straight-grain leather with gilt spine titles and gilt borders; blue marbled endpapers; AEG. Engraved frontis. of Dr. Johnson "form the statue in St. Paul's church". Binding rubbed with wear to extremities and very small loss to top of spine. Gilt textblock edges significantly dulled. Front hinge cracked but securely held. Internally generally very crisp and clean with the very occasional small mark; light age toning and light foxing. Name label to FEP. A fairly well-preserved copy of this early pocket-sized edition.…

Leather. Condition: Good. A new edition of this concise English dictionary with many additions. New edition. With a frontispiece and many in-text images. A concise dictionary of the English language with a comprehensive view of English grammar, as well as a list of all cities, boroughs, towns, and villages in England and Wales. Compiled from Samuel Johnson, an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. Bound in decorative leather. Externally, sound with rubbing to the extremities. Light loss to the board tips with loss to the head of the spine. A small crack to the rear joint with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot. Tide marks to the frontispiece and title page. Contemporary ink inscriptions to the front and rear endpapers dated 1846. Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: very good(-). Improved Pearl Edition. 12mo in half leather and marbled boards; 283p, advert. Scarce edition. No copies found in World Cat. Preface "To The Reader" by the Editor closes with year of 1829. Heavily rubbed and chafed exterior, exposing board beneath marbled paper in one .5 x.5.inch area of rear board; owner signature to front free endpaper; overall about very good(-) to good+. Binding tight, leaves clean.…

12mo. in eights. 3.75 x 5.25 inches. xxvii + unpaginated [260 pp.]. Text in double columns. Bound in original tree calf with gilt borders; spine in compartments, decorated gilt with contrasting maroon morocco title label, gilt. Marbled endpapers. A little wear to extremities and traces of foxing; otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by engraved portrait bust frontispiece. A pocket dictionary of English, claiming to be derived from Dr. Johnson's original dictionary, with various additions. We have not been able to trace any earlier additions of this particular version of the title, although there are several later ones published by Peacock; nevertheless an attractive little book. LANGUAGE DICTIONARIES DICTIONARIES ENGLISH 19TH CENTURY LANGUAGE. …