Johnson, Samuel

The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson · 1792 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, C. and G. Kearsley, 1792. Leather. An eighth edition of this influential and popular collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson's philosophical maxims and observations, in a full tree calf binding. The eighth edition of this work, illustrated with an engraved frontispiece. ...

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

Samuel Johnson · 1781 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

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

Select Essays of Dr. Johnson

Samuel Johnson; George Birkbeck Hill [ed.] · 1889 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, J.M. Dent And Co. 1889 . First edition. Cloth. A limited edition illustrated two volume set of collected essays by English writer Samuel Johnson. A lovely two volume set of collected essays by Samuel Johnson.A limited edition set of works, with only 750 copies for Engl...

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

Samuel Johnson · 1775 · Rooke Books

£1,450.00 (€1,738.04 | $1,915.66 | ¥305,809)

London, W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1775. First edition. Leather. A handsome example of the first edition, first issue of this popular travel work by Samuel Johnson, providing an account of his tour of the Hebrides with James Boswell. The first edition, first issue: with errata ...

A History and Defence of Magna Charta. Shewing the Manner of Its Being Obtained from King John, with Its Preservation and Final Establishment in the Succeeding Reigns; with an Introductory Discourse, Containing a Short Account of the Rise and Progress of National Freedom, from the Invasion of Caesar to the Present Times.

Samuel Johnson · 1772 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)

London, J. Bell, 1772. Leather. The second edition of Samuel Johnson's scarce historical work on the Magna Carta, the medieval royal charter, bound in full contemporary calf. The second edition, first published in 1769. A scarce work from the renowned Samuel Johnson, defe...

A Dictionary of the English Language in Which the Words Are Deduced from Their Originals, and Illustrated in Their Different Significations by Examples from the Best Writers

Dr Samuel Johnson · 1785 · Rooke Books

£1,850.00 (€2,217.49 | $2,444.12 | ¥390,170)

London, J. F. and C. Rivington [et al.], 1785. Leather. A smart sixth edition of Johnson's dictionary of the English language, in contemporary leather binding. Complete in two volumes. Sixth edition. Originally published in 1755. With portrait frontispiece to volume one. ...

The Poetical Works of James Thomson

James Thomson; biographical notice by Samuel Johnson · 1700 · Rooke Books

£37.99 (€45.54 | $50.19 | ¥8,012)

Unknown, Unknown, c1880. Leather. The Poetical Works of James Thomson with a Biographical Notice by Samuel Johnson to front. Included are The Seasons, his last poem The Castle of Indolence, and other poems. Illustrated with an engraving to frontispiece, vignette to title and s...

A Bibliography of Samuel Johnson. With Johnsonian Bibliography. A Supplement to Courtney.

[Johnson, Samuel]. Courtney, W.P, Smith, D.N, Chapman, R.W. · 1984 · Fahrenheit 451

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,399)

New Castle, Oak Knoll/ Gerald M. Goldberg, 1984, reprint ed., (2),VIII,166 pag., num. ills. of title-pages, original cloth.

The Letters of Samuel Johnson: 1731 - 1772. Volume I

Johnson, Samuel; Redford, Bruce [ed.] · 1992 · Barter Books Ltd

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,593)

VG : in very good condition with dust jacket as issued New Jersey Princeton University Press First Edition thus 250mm x 170mm (10" x 7"). xxix, 431pp. B/w illustrations.

The Letters of Samuel Johnson: 1773 - 1776. Volume II

Johnson, Samuel; Redford, Bruce [ed.] · 1992 · Barter Books Ltd

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,593)

VG : in very good condition with dust jacket as issued New Jersey Princeton University Press Reprint 250mm x 170mm (10" x 7"). xvii, 385pp. B/w illustrations.

The Letters of Samuel Johnson: 1777 - 1781. Volume III

Johnson, Samuel; Redford, Bruce [ed.] · 1992 · Barter Books Ltd

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,593)

VG : in very good condition with dust jacket as issued New Jersey Princeton University Press Reprint 250mm x 170mm (10" x 7"). xvii, 399pp. B/w illustrations.

Samuel Johnson, étude sur sa vie et sur ses principaux ouvrages

(Samuel JOHNSON) - Hermile REYNALD · 1856 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€80.00 ($88.18 | £66.74 | ¥14,076)

Librairie A. Durand | Paris 1856 | 14 x 22.50 cm | broché | Edition originale. Déchirures marginales avec manques affectant les plats, quelques petites rousseurs. Rare. | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] First edition. Marginal tears with lacks affecting the covers, some light fo...

RASSELAS PRINCE OF ABISSINIA A Tale In Two Volumes

JOHNSON Samuel · 1790 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

T. Johnstone W. Taylor and J. Davies, 1790 New edn. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half calf on marbled paper-laid boards (spines partly perished and edges rubbed). Pp. vi + 168 [&] viii + 176 (inner hinges weakened; previous owner's neat 1813 inscriptions on title pages and front ...

DR JOHNSON Prose and Poetry (Reynard Library)

JOHNSON Samuel, WILSON Mona [Editor] · 1950 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1950 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red buckram cloth (page edges and endpapers lightly spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 961 (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper).

THE POEMS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON

JOHNSON Samuel, SMITH David Nicol, McADAM Edward L. [Editors] · 1951 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Clarendon Press Oxford University Press, 1951 1st edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (faint spotting on top edge and tape marks on endpapers - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. xxvi + 420 (previous owner's light pencil inscription on front free endpaper).

A DIARY OF A JOURNEY INTO NORTH WALES In the Year 1774

JOHNSON Samuel, DUPPA R. [Editor] · 1816 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Printed for Robert Jennings, 1816 1st edn. 8vo (7¼ x 5 ins). Contemporary half calf on marbled paper-laid boards, spine gilt ruled with contrasting gilt lettered label, marbled endpapers, blue sprinkled edges (VG). Pp. xvi + 226, with half title, errata slip tipped-in facing p...

THE LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS With Critical Observations of Their Works In Three Volumes

JOHNSON Samuel · 1806 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

Printed by J. Nichols for J. Johnson et al, 1806 New edn corrected. 3 vols. 8vo (8¾ x 5¼ ins). Contemporary polished calf, spines gilt tooled in six compartments with gilt lettered labels, board edges gilt tooled (corners rubbed and boards scratched and marked - otherwise a VG...

The Prince of Abissinia, A Tale in Two Volumes [Rasselas]

Johnson, Dr. Samuel [writing anonymously] · 1759 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$1,354.30 (€861.53 | $949.57 | £718.75 | ¥151,586)

London R. & J. Dodsley, W. Johnston Second edition 12mo. Both volumes have been freshly restored and re-bound in full calf with five raised bands to each spine, and gilt lettering and rules. Vol. II contains final blank leaf (M4). The contents are clean throughout with only th...

THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D.; With an Essay on his Life and Genius

[SAMUEL JOHNSON] MURPHY, Arthur · 1843 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$52.86 (€33.63 | $37.06 | £28.05 | ¥5,917)

New York City Alexander V. Blake pp. 570, 699. Tall 8vo. Two volume set, bound in contemporary calf. Engraved title page vignette of Johnson to volume I; engraved vignette scene from RASSELAS to title page of volume II. Both volumes in original binding. The front board of vol....

The Major Works

Johnson, Samuel; Donald Greene · 2008 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$14.45 (€9.19 | $10.13 | £7.67 | ¥1,617)

Oxford Oxford University Press pp. xxxii, 840. 8vo. Light shelfwear, minor discolouration to rear cover; very good.