Johnson, Samuel

The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. A Tale. / the Vision of Theodore. / the Fountains. A Fairy Tale

Samuel Johnson · 1850 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

Philadelphia, Hogan and Thompson, 1850. Hardcover. 230p. A hardcover book bound in its original gilt-decorated red cloth with gilt edges. Good condition overall. Corners worn and lightly bumped; head and foot of spine worn as well. Previous owners' bookplate and signature on f...

Johnson: Prose and Poetry

Johnson, Samuel · 1969 · Philip Emery

£14.50 (€17.38 | $19.16 | ¥3,058)

Rupert Hart-Davis 7th impression of the 1957 2nd edition, 959 pages, selected by Mona Wilson, jacket design by R. Stone, chronological table, index to first line of poems, previous owner birthday message on front endpaper, price clipped dust jacket with fading to spine, (The R...

The Prince of Abissinia. A Tale.

JOHNSON (Samuel): · 1759 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.97 | $1,981.72 | ¥316,354)

London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley...and W. Johnston..., 1759. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes. Small 8vo, 156 x 94 mms., pp. [iii] iv - viii, 159 - 160 blank; [iii] iv - viii, 165 [166 blank], with leaf a2 in volume 2 reading \"CONTENTS,\" and on page 161 of volume 2 in the se...

The Prince of Abissinia. A Tale.

JOHNSON (Samuel): · 1759 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£2,750.00 (€3,296.28 | $3,633.15 | ¥579,983)

London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley...and W. Johnston..., 1759. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes. Small 8vo, 150 x 94 mms., pp. [iii] iv - viii, 159 - 160 blank; [iii] iv - viii, 165 [166 blank], with leaf a2 in volume 2 reading \"CONTENTS/ OF THE/ SECOND VOLUME,\" and on page 16...

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland.

JOHNSON (Samuel): · 1775 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£300.00 (€359.59 | $396.34 | ¥63,271)

Dublin: Printed for A. Leathley, J. Exshaw, M. Saunders...[inter alia], 1775. 2 volumes in 1. 12mo, 162 x 97 mms., pp. [ii], 192; [3] 26 - 120, 289 -384, contemporary calf, rebacked, with old label laid, but with hinges rather crudely taped, with an autograph \"S West head\" ...

Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. During the last Twenty Years of His Life. The Second Edition.

JOHNSON (Samuel). PIOZZI (Hester Lynch): · 1786 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London: Printed for T. Cadell..., 1786. 8vo, 184 x 109 mms., pp. [v] - viii, 306 [307 Postscript, 308 mounted Errata slip], including half-title, contemporary half straight-grain morocco, yellow boards, floral ornaments in blind on spine, title in gilt; covers a bit soiled, f...

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. A New Edition.

JOHNSON (Samuel): · 1811 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Edinburgh: Printed for J. Ogle; M. Ogle, Glasgow; R. Ogle, and T. Hamilton, London; and J. Johnston, Dublin, By Thomas Turnbull, 1811. 12mo, 176 x 98 mms., pp. 186 [187 - 188 adverts], contemporary half calf, marbled boards (rubbed), gilt spine (rubbed); joints cracked, corner...

Rasselas. A Tale.

JOHNSON (Samuel): · 1812 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,090)

Edinburgh: Printed by Walker and Greig, For John Greig..., 1812. 12mo, 167 x 93 mms., pp. xii, 187 [188 blank, 189 adverts, 190 blank], including half-title, engraved frontispiece (by Tegg; no artist given), contemporary calf, gilt spine (rubbed); lacks label, binding a little...

The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. A Tale. By Dr. Johnson Two Volumes in One.

JOHNSON (Samuel): · 1795 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

Dublin: Printed by T. Henshall..., n. d. [1795-6]. FIRST HENSHALL EDITION. 2 volumes in 1. 12mo (in 6s), 168 x 88 mms., pp. 71 [72 blank]; [ii], 72, additional engraved title, two engraved plates, contemporary lightly mottled calf, gilt spine; several annotations in pencil,...

The Lives of the most eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on their Works.

JOHNSON (Samuel): · 1818 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Edinburgh: Printed for James Sawers [by R. Chapman, Glasgow]..., 1818. 4 volumes. 12mo, `158 x 90 mms., pp. [iv], xxiv, 311 [312 blank]; [iv], 310; [iv], 336; [iv], 314, engraved portrait of Johnson (by E. Mitchell after Reynolds), dated 1818 as frontispiece in volume 1, co...

Rasselas, Prince d'Abyssinie, Conte. Traduite de l'Anglais par Alexandre Notré.

JOHNSON (Samuel): · 1823 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

Londres: Chez G. et W. B. Whittaker..., 1823. FIRST EDITION of this translation. 12mo, 182 x 110 mms., pp. [ii], iv, 230, including half-title, contemporary straight grain olive morocco, gilt spine, all edges gilt; text a bit foxed, top of spine chipped, but a very good copy ...

The Prince of Abissinia. A Tale. The Fourth Edition.

JOHNSON (Samuel): · 1766 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London: Printed for W. Strahan, W. Johnston, and J. Dodsley, 1766 2 volumes. Small 8vo, pp. viii, 157 [158 blank]; viii, 164 [165], contemporary calf; lacks labels, most of gilt gone from spine, tops and bases of spines chipped, joints slightly cracked. Fleeman 59.4R/5.

The Prince of Abissinia. A Tale. The Third Edition.

JOHNSON (Samuel): · 1760 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley...and W. Johnston..., 1760. 2 volumes. Small 8vo, pp. viii, 159 [160 blank]; viii, 165 [166 - 168 blank], contemporary calf; margins of title-page volume 1 browned, page numbers vii-viii in volume 2 holed from press, M1 in volume 2 detac...

The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous: To which are now added, Biographical Anecdotes of the Doctor, selected from The Works of Mrs. Piozzi, His Life by Mr. Boswell, and other authentic Testimonies, also his will, and the sermon he wrote for the late Doctor Dodd. A New Edition.

JOHNSON (Samuel): · 1828 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,090)

London: Printed and Published by J. Kay..., 1828. 12mo, 170 x 100 mms., pp. xii, 292, including half-title, engraved portrait of Johnson as frontispiece, original boards, entirely uncut, paper label on spine; book label on recto of frontispiece front joint shaky, top and base...

Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D., to which are added, Some Poems Never Before Printed. Published from the Original MSS. in Her Possession. By Hester Lynch Piozzi. In Two Volumes

PIOZZI (Hester Lynch), editor. JOHNSON (Samuel), author: · 1788 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.86 | ¥158,177)

Dublin: Printed for Messrs. R. Moncrieffe, L. White, P. Byrne, P. Wogan, W. Porter, H. Colbert, J. Moore, J. Jones. M.DCC.LXXXVIII, 1788. FIRST IRISH EDITION. 2 volumes in 1. 8vo, 205 x 120 mms., pp. [v] vi - xvi, 279 [280 nlamk]; [iii] iv - ix [x blank], 306, contemporary sh...

Johnson's Dictionary: A Modern Selection

Samuel Johnson and E. L. McAdam and George Milne · 1995 · Book Haven

NZ$13.50 (€6.77 | $7.46 | £5.65 | ¥1,191)

Cassell 1995 Paperback, 464pp. "Browse through 5,000 of Samuel Johnson's extraordinary contributions to the English language. You know you're not looking up ordinary definitions when you read that a lexicographer is "a writer of dictionaries: a harmless drudge". Many of the wo...

Transactions of the Samuel Johnson Society of the Northwest, 4

(Johnson, Samuel) Carnie, R.H., editor · 1972 · Clayton Fine Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Near Fine First Edition Transactions of the Samuel Johnson Society of the Northwest Calgary 0 Near fine with light wear to wrappers.

Doctor Johnson and Mr. Boswell

(Johnson, Samuel) Salpeter, Harry · 1929 · Clayton Fine Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Fine Good First Edition Coward-McCann New York 0 Near fine with some rubbing along the rear hinge and a bit dusty on the top edge in dust jacket with wear on the back panel and spine sunning.

Dr. Johnson's Style in Macmillan's (January, 1888)

(Johnson, Samuel) Hill, Birbeck · 1888 · Clayton Fine Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Near Fine First Edition Macmillan London 0 Near fine with minor wear to this copy. Wrappers tape-repaired. Uncommon.

The Rambler. By Samuel Johnson. In four volumes. Embellished with elegant frontispieces.

JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784) - · 1800 · Chilton Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Montrose : Printed by D. Buchanan, Sold by him, & by W. Creech, P. Hill, J. Fairbairn, & A. Constable, Edinburgh; & by Ja. & A. Duncan, Glasgow M,DCCC. [1800] . 0. A very good four volume set in matching full leather bindings. 12mo. 5.7" x 3.6" x 0.9". Brown speckled calf with...