Johnson, Samuel

The LIFE Of SAMUEL JOHNSON, LLD. From the Oxford English Classic Series

[Johnson, Samuel. 1709 - 1784]. Boswell, James [1740 - 1795] · 1826 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$275.00 (€249.50 | £208.15 | ¥43,900)

Oxford: Published by William Pickering, London; and Talboys & Wheeler, Oxford, 1826. 1st edition thus (Kelly 1826.2; Keynes, p. 54; NCBEL II, 1214). 19th C. tan half-calf with deep maroon spine labels; marbled boards & edges. 4 volumes. Engraved portrait of Boswell (V1) & two ...

The Adventurer (Four Volumes, Complete)

HAWKESWORTH, JOHN (ED); SAMUEL JOHNSON; ET AL. · 1770 · Round Table Books, LLC

$500.00 (€453.64 | £378.46 | ¥79,818)

London: W. Strahan; J. and F. Rivington; W. Johnston; et al, 1770. New Edition. First Printing. Leather. Contemporary full calf, spines in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering on burgundy labels in one compartment, and volume numbers, gilt in one; gilt de...

The LIFE Of SAMUEL JOHNSON Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order... In Two Volumes. [bound with] The PRINCIPAL CORRECTIONS And ADDITIONS to the First Edition of Mr. Boswell's Life of DR. JOHNSON

[Johnson, Samuel. 1709 - 1784]. Boswell, James [1740 - 1795]. Bonar, James [1757 - 1821] - Former Owner (?) · 1791 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$6,600.00 (€5,988.03 | £4,995.66 | ¥1,053,600)

London: Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1791. 1st edition, 1st issue (Grolier 100 ENGLISH, #65; Pottle 79). Period full marbled calf bindings, with later respining to style. Marbled eps. Yellow edge stain. 2 volumes: xii, [16], 516, [2 (blank)]; [4...

The LIFE Of SAMUEL JOHNSON Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published. The Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great - Britain, for Nearly Half a Century, During Which He Flourished. In Two Volumes

[Johnson, Samuel. 1709 - 1784]. Boswell, James [1740 - 1795] · 1791 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$5,225.00 (€4,740.52 | £3,954.90 | ¥834,100)

London: Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1791. 1st edition, 1st issue (Grolier 100 ENGLISH, #65; Pottle 79). 20th C. speckled brown half-calf with tan paper boards. Maroon title labels in second compartment. 2 volumes: xii, [16], 516, [2 (blank)]; [...

The POETICAL WORKS Of SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. Now First Collected in One Volume

Johnson, Samuel [1709 - 1784] · 1785 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$247.50 (€224.55 | £187.34 | ¥39,510)

London: Printed for the Editor, and Sold by G. Kearsley, No. 46, Fleet Street, 1785. 1st edition, 1st issue (Fleeman 85.2PW/1). Period full brown calf binding. viii, 196, [4 (publisher adverts)] pp. Printer's ornament [ornate G. K.] to t.p. 8vo. 6-5/8" x 4". General wear to bi...

A SELECTION From The HARLEIAN MISCELLANY Of TRACTS, Which Principally Regard the English History; of Which Many are Referred to By Hume

[Johnson, Samuel (1709 - 1784) - Original Compiler/Editor] · 1793 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$412.50 (€374.25 | £312.23 | ¥65,850)

London: Printed for C. and G. Kearseley, 1793. 1st edition thus. Later red half-sheep with red cloth boards. TEG. Marbled eps. viii, 571, [1] pp. Text double column. Advert last page. 4to. 11-3//8" x 9". A VG copy (minor edge rubs/period pos/usual bit of light foxing). A decad...

SAMUEL JOHNSON.; No 47 in the 'Writers and Their Work' Series

Roberts, S. C. Johnson, Samuel - Subject · 1954 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

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London: Published for the British Council and the National Book League by Longmans Green & Co, 1954. 1st edition. Printed wrappers. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. 44 pp (including select bibliography). 8vo. General wear & age-toning, a VG copy.

The Courtship of Anne Hathaway: A Dramatic Poem

JOHNSON, SAMUEL W. · 1952 · Clausen Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Exposition Press. 1952, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, Age-toned end papers, several light pencil marks and underlining throughout, else textblock is clean and tight. All page edges are straight and sound. Green cloth binding, minimally shelf w...

Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, in Miniature. To Which Are Added, an Alphabetical Account of the Heathen Deities; a List of the Cities, Boroughs, and Market Towns, in England and Wales; and a Copious Chronology

Samuel Johnson; Joseph Hamilton · 1824 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.31 | ¥35,918)

London, Benjamin Bensley, for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Co. et al. 1824. Leather. 284p. A small hardcover book bound in full brown leather. The spine has been restored with newer leather, with most of the original spine laid over. Early owner's ink signature inside front...

Johnson's Dictionary of the English language with a portrait to which are added a list of the Cities, Boroughs, and Market Towns, in England and Wales The days on which markets are held and how far distant from London in measured miles.

Johnson, Dr Samuel · 1834 · Aucott & Thomas

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Shepherd and Sutton, 1834. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean small format (5½ x 3¾ inches) hardback bound in leather. Front board missing, remains of spine and title label, back board very worn and just about attached, name and date on front endpaper + name stamped on rear endpaper. 2...

Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language in Miniature

Johnson, Samuel · 1805 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,964)

London, Printed by C. Whittingham for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme et al., 1805. Nineteenth Edition. Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Stated Nineteenth Edition of Johnson's magnificent work of intellect and language, published a half-century after its first appearance in...

The Seasons, and Castle of Indolence; Together with a Life of the Author, by Samuel Johnson

Thomson, James; Samuel Johnson · 1825 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

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London, England et al., Baynes & Son et al., 1825. . Hardcover. Size: 64mo 3" - 4. A fine-looking exemplar and good opportunity to obtain a book rebound by a master. Handsomely rebound with brown marbled paper over boards, creamy calf leather-backed, both ruled sharply in gil...

The Gentleman's Magazine for January 1745, Volume XV, Proceedings and Debates in the Senate of Lilliput

Urban, Sylvanus [Cave, Edward] and Samuel Johnson etc. · 1745 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,578)

London, Edward Cave, 1745. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Particularly lovely exemplar of the First Edition of the January 1745 issue of The Gentleman's Magazine. Edited and published by Edward Cave, whose nom-de-plume was Sylvanus Urban, it functioned as a...

The LIFE And WRITINGS Of SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. In Two Volumes. Harper's Family Library No.CIX & CX.; Selected and Arranged by Rev. William P. Page

Johnson, Samuel [1709 - 1784] - Subject. Page, William P. - Edtior · 1840 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$165.00 (€149.70 | £124.89 | ¥26,340)

New York: Published by Harper & Brothers, No. 82 Cliff-street, 1840. 1st edition (Fleeman 87.3/S/1). Linen cloth bindings with printed black lettering. 322; 323 pp. Frontis portrait of Johnson in Vol. I. 12mo, bound in 6s. 6-5/16" x 4". Spines slightly sun-tanned. Modest wear....

Johnson Prose & Poetry with Boswell's Character Macaulay's Life and Raleigh's Essay Selections and Criticism.

Johnson, Samuel and Chapman, R W · 1949 · Hessay Books

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Oxford, 1949. Hard Cover, With an Introduction and Notes by R W Chapman. 195pp. Black cloth covered boards with silver title. Frontispiece portrait. Previous owner's name ot the inner board, a couple of light pencil notes to the margins, otherwise internally clean. Selections ...

The POETICAL WORKS Of WILLIAM COLLINS, Enriched with Elegant Engravings. To Which is Prefixed A Life of the Author, by Dr. Johnson

Collins, William [1721 - 1759]. Johnson, Samuel [1709 - 1784] - Contributor. Harding, E.; 1755-1840, ; (Edward),; engraver · 1800 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

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London: Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, for Vernor and Hood, Poultry; Harding, Pall-Mall; Wright, Piccadilly; Sael, Strand; and Lackington, Allen, and Co. Finsbury Square, 1800. 2nd edition. Modern dark brown quarter-calf binding, with raised bands & marbled p...

THE WORKS. A new edition in twelve volume. With an essay on his life and genius, by Arthur Murphy.

JOHNSON. SAMUEL. · 1810 · Paul Foster Books

£575.00 (€689.22 | $759.66 | ¥121,269)

J. Nichols & Son; F & C. Rivington, &c. London. 1810. TWELVE VOLUMES. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.4 inches). New edition. Portrait frontis after Sir Joshua Reynolds, engraved by James Fittler. Some minor foxing to some pf the pages but generally a very good clean set. Contemporary full tree...

The HISTORY Of RASSELAS, Prince of Abissinia.; With a Life of the Author, by F. W. Blagdon, Esq. To Which are Added, Johnson's Miscellaneous Poems

[Blagdon, Francis William 1778 - 1819]. Johnson, Samuel [1709 - 1784] · 1811 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$104.50 (€94.81 | £79.10 | ¥16,682)

Boston: Printed by J. Belcher, 1811. 1st edition thus (American Imprints 23122). Period tree calf full leather binding; flat back with horizontal gilt rules & maroon spine label. 234 pp. 12mo. Bound in 6s. 4 3/8" x 7 1/8". About VG (front joint held by cords/bpt shadow on eps).

The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

JOHNSON, SAMUEL · 1988 · Clausen Books

$7.95 (€7.21 | £6.02 | ¥1,269)

London, Penguin Books. 1988. (ISBN: 014043108X). Wraps, 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 " Tall. Paperback, Excellent working copy, with red ink underlining and marginalia throughout textblock; Pages lightly sunned around the edges; Covers lightly worn; 256p. Very Good.

Prayers and Meditations: Third New and Revised Edition with Additional Matter

JOHNSON, SAMUEL · 0 · Bookcase

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, H. R. Allenson, Limited. Hard, 24mo. Pages bright, occasional light foxing or spotting, inscriptions on front endpaper and half-title page, binding firm, light rubbing to edges of boards but overall neat. Good.