Johnson, Samuel

A Dictionary of the English Language

Samuel Johnson; H. J. Todd · 1818 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.12 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,357)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. Leather. A handsome complete four-volume copy of the first Todd edition of Johnson"s Dictionary of the English Language, sympathetically rebacked, illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece. of Johnson Ina contempora...

Johnson&Apos;S Dictionary of the English Language: Containing Many Additional Words Not to Be Met with in Former Pocket Editions. Accented According to Walker&Apos;S Approved System of Pronunciation. With a List of Abbrevitions of Titles and Directions for Addressing the Nobility, &C. , &C. A Collection of French and Latin Phrases Now in General Use, an Alphabetical Account of the Heathen Deities, a Succinct Notice of the Men of Genius and Learning, an Accuratse Table of the Imperial Weights and

Samuel Johnson · 1835 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Houlston and Son, 1835. Leather. A sound copy of this pocket-sized edition of Johnson's Dictionary, with numerous useful additions. A later, revised pocket-sized edition of Johnson's monumental dictionary, first published in 1755. In the original publisher&ap...

The Works of Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson · 1796 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London, T. Longman, B Law et al. 1796. Leather. A complete set of the works of esteemed man of letters, Samuel Johnson. New edition. Containing Philological Tracts, Political Essays, Miscellaneous Essays, A Dissertation Upon Greek Comedy, General Conclusion to Brumoy's Gr...

The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets with Critical Observations on Their Works

Samuel Johnson · 1781 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London, Printed for C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan et. al. 1781. First edition. Leather. The complete first authorised separate edition of Samuel Johnson's influential study of English poets. The first authorised and first separate London edition. Preceded by an una...

The Man of Feeling & the History of Rasselas

Henry Mackenzie; Samuel Johnson · 1815 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Whittingham and Arliss, 1815-1816. Leather. A smart copy of this sentimental novel from Scottish author Henry Mackenzie. Two volumes bound into one. This volume contains: The Man of Feeling, 1815. A sentimental novel published in 1771, which presents a series of moral ...

A Dictionary of the English Language

Samuel Johnson · 1830 · Rooke Books

£485.00 (€581.35 | $640.75 | ¥102,320)

London, Joseph Ogle Robinson, 1830. Leather. Samuel Johnson's important dictionary, complete in one volume, the magnum opus of the author. Samuel Johnson's monumental dictionary, complete here in one volume.'A Dictionary of the English Language' is one of t...

Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature: Samuel Halkett and John Laing

Samuel Halkett; John Laing; Dr James Kennedy; W. A. Smith; A. F. Johnson · 1926 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

Edinburgh; London, Oliver and Boyd, 1926-1934. Cloth. Seven volumes of the new and enlarged edition of the dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous English literature, with the original dust wrappers. Seven volumes of the new and enlarged edition of this work in the publisher&...

The Prince of Abissinia

[Samuel Johnson] · 1759 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)

London, R. and J. Dodsley; W. Johnston, 1759. Leather. The second edition of Samuel Johnson's popular novel, this edition published only a few weeks after the first edition. The second edition of this work, published only a few weeks after the first edition.Complete in tw...

The History of Rasselas

Samuel Johnson; R W Chapman · 1927 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1927. Fine Binding. A smartly bound facsimile of a first edition of 'The History of Rasselas' by Samuel Johnson. This copy has been edited by R W Chapman.Illustrated, with two folding plates.'The History of Rasselas' is an apolo...

The Idler

Samuel Johnson · 1767 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, T. Davies; J. Newbery; T. Payne, 1767. Leather. The third edition of Samuel Johnson's popular and influential essays published under 'The Idler', complete in two volumes. The third edition, complete in two volumes.  With additional essays.  In a contempo...

3 Vols Classic Tales: Serious and Lively

Leigh Hunt [Editor]; Samuel Johnson; Henry Mackenzie; Oliver Goldsmith; Henry Brooke; Jean-François Marmontel; Various · 1784 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, William Paterson & Co. c1895. Leather. A very scarce three-volume collection of tales collected by Leigh Hunt, featuring moral and entertaining stories with Hunt"s own critical essays introducing the authors. Rebound in half blue calf with marbled paper boards.This set...

The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere

William Shakespeare; Samuel Johnson; George Stevens · 1788 · Rooke Books

£3,995.00 (€4,788.64 | $5,277.95 | ¥842,821)

London, Printed for, and under the direction of, John Bell, 1788 . Leather. A beautiful and scarce 'Bell's Edition of Shakespeare', the vanishingly scarce large paper variant, illustrated with engraved plates. The very scarce complete twenty volume set. A large ...

The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray with the Life of the Author

Thomas Gray; Samuel Johnson · 1796 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, C. Cooke, [1796-7]. Leather. A two in one volume featuring the 'Cooke's edition' of the poetical works of the popular Thomas Gray and Samuel Johnson, bound in full calf with engravings. The 'Cooke's Edition&apos. Bound in full calf. Two volum...

Paradise Lost, to Which Are Prefixed the Life of the Author; and a Criticism on the Poem

John Milton; Samuel Johnson · 1817 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, F. C. and J. Rivington, 1817 . Leather. A smart early nineteenth century edition of Milton's epic, including a biographical account of the life of Milton by Samuel Johnson. With a life of Milton by Elijah Fenton, and with a critical analysis of the poem by Samuel ...

A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words Are Deduced from Their Originals and Illustrated in Their Different Significant by Examples from the Best Writers. To Which Are Prefixed a History of the Language and an English Grammar

Samuel Johnson · 1786 · Rooke Books

£3,250.00 (€3,895.64 | $4,293.70 | ¥685,649)

London, Harrison and Co, 1786. First edition. Leather. A beautiful edition of Johnson's dictionary, a striking copy of the first edition complete in one volume. The first edition to be published in one volume, published by Harrison & Co. This immense work has previously a...

A Selection from the Harleian Miscellany of Tracts, Which Principally Regard the English History; of Which Many Are Referred to by Hume

Samuel Johnson [ed.]; William Oldys [ed.] · 1793 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, C. and G. Kearsley, 1793 . First edition. Leather. The first abridged edition of this fascinating and scarce collection of religious and political tracts, edited by Dr Johnson and William Oldys. The scarce first abridged edition of this collection of the material taken...

The Rambler No. 74 (December 1, 1750) - No. 198 (February 8, 1752)

Samuel Johnson · 1753 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1753 [1750-1752]. Hardback. A scarce early collected folio of issues of Samuel Johnson's popular periodical, 'The Rambler', comprising Nos. 74-198. Incomplete, comprising issue nos. 74-104 of Volume the First (December 1, 1750-Ma...

The Works of Samuel Johnson. Volume XIV.

Samuel Johnson · 1788 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London, John Stockdale, 1788 . Leather. A handsomely bound volume of the collected works of Samuel Johnson, including examples of his poetry and his correspondences. Volume XIV only of a fourteen volume collected edition of the works of Samuel Johnson, published only shortly a...

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

Samuel Johnson · 1775 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.76 | ¥67,510)

London, W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1775 . First edition. Leather. The first edition, second issue of this popular travel work by Samuel Johnson, providing an account of his tour of the Hebrides with James Boswell. The first edition, second issue, with six line errata. With the...

The Rambler [and] Letters from a Persian in England, to His Friend at Ispahan, by George Lord Lyttleton

[Samuel Johnson]; George Lord Lyttleton · 1793 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Dublin, J Moore, 1793. Leather. A very scarce set of works from the late 18th century featuring Samuel Johnson's 'The Rambler' and George Lyttleton's 'Letters From A Persian In England, To His Friend&apos. Both of these works are part of the 'Moor...