Johnson, Samuel

The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. A New Edition, in Twelve Volumes, with An Essay on his Life and Genius, By Arthur Murphy, Esq., 12 volumes complete

Johnson, Samuel · 1810 · San Francisco Book Company

€600.00 ($661.32 | £500.56 | ¥105,571)

London J. Nichols & Son Hardcover Octavo no dust jacket full calf, five raised bands, glt decoration and titles to spine, tooled clamshell borders with gilt borders to boards, marbled edges and endpapers, bookplate of Frederick Smith glue to front pastedown, portrait of Johnso...

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Samuel Johnson, LL.D. with Remarks by the Rev. Donald McNicol, A.M.

Johnson, Samuel & McNicol, Rev. Donald · 1817 · San Francisco Book Company

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥43,988)

Glasgow Stanhope Press for R. Chapman Hardcover Octavo no dust jacket half leather, black label, gilt lettering, marbled boards, 504 pp, very light foxing to endpapers, spine sun faded, inscription in pencil on front endpaper Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tr...

Journey to the Hebrides _ A Journey to the West Islands of Scotland _ The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson

Johnson, Samuel ; Boswell, James ; McGowan, Ian (intro) · 1998 · San Francisco Book Company

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,639)

Edinburgh Canongate Books Ltd Paperback Octavo wraps, 493 pp inscribed on half title page. Very good

Lives of the English Poets

Johnson, Samuel and Montagu, Robert (editor) · 1965 · Godley Books

£6.25 (€7.49 | $8.26 | ¥1,318)

Folio Society No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 420pp. Samuel jonson's account of the lives of eleven of the great English poets, written in the 18th century. Lo...

Samuel Johnson: Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard, 1751. (Limited Edition 1927 Reprint by Clarendon Press, Oxford)

Johnson, Samuel: Clarendon Press; Humphery Milford Publisher · 1927 · Wittenborn Art Books

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,569)

Oxford: Clarendon Press, Humphery Milford Publisher, Inc. 1927. 4to. Soft Cover [ca. 15 pp.] B&W Plates. Very Good with Abrasions, Creasing, Minor Tearing at Corners. 1927 Reprint Limited Edition of 550 copies. .

Samuel Johnson: The Vanity of Human Wishes, 1749. (Limited Edition 1927 Reprint by Clarendon Press, Oxford)

Johnson, Samuel: Clarendon Press; Humphery Milford Publisher · 1927 · Wittenborn Art Books

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,569)

Oxford: Clarendon Press, Humphery Milford Publisher, Inc. 1927. 4to. Soft Cover [ca. 20 pp.] B&W Plates. Very Good with Abrasions, Creasing, Minor Tearing at Corners. 1927 Reprint Limited Edition of 550 copies. Loosely Laid In: 1934 Receipt from Henry Southeran Ltd. Boosellers...

Samuel Johnson, LL. D. : 1709-1784 : An Exhibition of First Editions, Manuscripts, Letters and Portraits to Commemorate the 250 Th Anniversary of His Birth and the 200th Anniversary of the Publication of His Rasselas : New York, the Pierpont Morgan Library, September 22-November 28, 1959

Johnson, Samuel; Herbert Cahoon (fwd) · 1959 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

New York : Pierpont Morgan library, 1959. 4to. Soft Covers, String Bound, Mylar Jacket. [ca. 40 pp.] Facsimiles. Good with minor tears, some wear to DJ. B&W Plates. 125 items listed. Exhibition Catalogue. .

Invitation to Bicentenary Commemoration

Samuel Johnson Society of Southern California · 1984 · Wittenborn Art Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Los Angeles, CA: Samuel Johnson Society, 1984. Printed, folded pamphlet. 5" x 3". Very Good. Invitation and program for event on December 14 & 15, 1984. Envelope not present. Herb Yellin (1935-2014) was the highly respected publisher and founder of Lord John Press, considered ...

The Life of Samuel Johnson. Temple Bar Edition, Ten Volumes

Boswell, James; Samuel Johnson; Clement Shorter (ed.) · 1922 · Wittenborn Art Books

$450.00 (€408.27 | £340.61 | ¥71,836)

New York: Gabriel Wells & Doubleday, 1922. Ten Volumes. 8vo. Very Good, Faux Vellum on Brown Boards, Dust Jacket with some chipping, rubbing & edge wear; shelf-wear. Illustrated. .

The Conversations of Dr. Johnson: Extracted from the Life by James Boswell

Johnson, Samuel; James Boswell; Raymond Postgate (ed.) · 1970 · Wittenborn Art Books

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

New York: Taplinger Publishing, 1970. 8vo. 326 pp. Very Good, Blue Cloth, Dust Jacket with rubbing, edge wear & small tears; shelf wear. .

Samuel Johnson: Selected Latin Poems. Translated by Various Hands

Johnson, Samuel; Bob Barth (ed.) · 1995 · Wittenborn Art Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Edgewood, Ky.: Robert L. Barth, 1995. 8vo. 20 pp. Very Good, Paper Wraps with minor stains on cover. .

The Vulture. Reprinted from "the Idler," Number Twenty Two, in the Universal Chronicle, Saturday September Ninth, Seventeen Fifty Eight

Johnson, Samuel · 1970 · Wittenborn Art Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Boston: David R. Godine, 1970. 12mo. 10 pp. Very Good, Paper Wraps. One of three thousand copies printed in Monotype Van Dijck. Wood engraving made by Lancy Hidy. .

History of Rasselas: Prince of Abyssinia

Johnson, Samuel, & George Birkbeck Hill (editor) · 1898 · Wittenborn Art Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898. 8vo. 203 pp. Good, Blue Cloth, water damage warping boards and staining text on lower corner, rubbing, edge wear & minor tears along spine and cover, shelf-wear. .

Gray: Poetry & Prose, with Essays by Johnson, Goldsmith and Others

Gray, Thomas, Samuel Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith, John Ernest Victor Crofts · 1928 · Wittenborn Art Books

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928. 8vo. 176 pp. Very Good, Navy Cloth with Faux Gilding, edge wear, shelf-wear. Introductions & Notes by J. Crofts. .

Samuel Johnson: Sixteen Latin Poems. Translated by Various Hands

Johnson, Samuel · 1987 · Wittenborn Art Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Florence, Ky.: Robert L. Barth, 1987. 8vo. 12 pp. Very Good, Paper Wraps with minor stains on cover, edge-wear, shelf-wear. Mylar jacket. .

The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. A Tale

Johnson, Samuel · 1889 · Wittenborn Art Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New York: Pollard & Moss, 1889. 8vo. 206 pp. Very Good, Soft (Paper) Cover, pages browned from deacidification, covers stained with foxing, small tears and edge wear along spine and cover. #97 in The Echo Series. .

The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Johnson, Samuel · 1891 · Wittenborn Art Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New York: International Book Company, 1891. 8vo. 206 pp. Very Good, Soft (Paper) Cover, pages browned from deacidification, covers stained with foxing, small tears and edge wear along spine and cover. #12 in The Surprise Series. .

Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

Johnson, Samuel · 1936 · Wittenborn Art Books

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Toronto: Macmillan, 1936. 8vo. 435 pp. Very Good, Blue Cloth on Blue Boards, Dust Jackets with browning, minor losses, tears & edge wear, shelf wear, some light damage. Now First Published from the Recently Discovered Original Journal of 1773. .

The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L. D. : With the Life of the Author

Johnson, Samuel · 1805 · Wittenborn Art Books

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Philadelphia: Printed for Benjamin Johnson, Jacob Johnson, and Robert Johnson, 1805. 8vo. 81 pp. Fair, Marbled Boards, edge-wear, shelf wear, foxing, browning of text block, cover for spine missing though binding is fully intact, red rot evident on edges of boards, black libra...

Fakes and Forgeries

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Kathryn C. Johnson; Samuel Sachs · 1973 · Wittenborn Art Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1973. Sq. 8vo. printed wraps. 1st ed.; 1/5000. [~200] pp. Ill. black & white; 310 works. Exhib. 11 Jul - 29 Sep, 1973. Very Good, worn along spine, small tear at top center of cover and on first two pages of text. .