Samuel johnson et al (37 resultados)

Paperback. 194p., very good second printing trade paperback original in lavender pictorial wraps.

Paperback. 194p., very good first edition trade paperback original in pictorial wraps.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 232 pp. Glossy fold-out between pp. 30-31: "Photostat of the frontispiece to the NEW ENGLAND PSALM-SINGER (1770) (Engraved by Paul Revere)". Following a word "TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS", Contents divided as follows: [1] John Coolidge, "Low-Cost Housing in New England"; [2] Raymond Morin, "A Pioneer in American Music: Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914): "A Pragmatic Transcendentalist" (F.I. Carpenter); "His Metaphysics of Evolution" (Charles Hartshorne); [3] Wylie Sypher, "Irving Babbitt: A Reappraisal"; MEMORANDA AND DOCUMENTS [1] K.W. Porter, "The Oxford Cap War at Harvard"; [2] H.A. Davis, "From the Diaries of a Diplomat"; [3] R.R. Moody, " A Proposed Province of Georgia in New England"; [4] W.H. Bell, "A Captain in Captivity"; [5] T. H. Johnson, "An Edward Taylor Poem that Was Printed"; [6] C.J.Weber, "Miss Owen Corrects a Sonnet of Longfellow's"; BOOK REVIEWS [pp. 145-205, including:] "Charles Noyes Greenough: An Account of His Life as Teacher, Dean, Master & Scholar" By Ruth Hornblower Greenough" and "Collected Studies by Charles Noyes Greenough" (Louis I. Bredvold). . . "An Academic Courtship: Letters of Alice Freeman Palmer and George Herbert Palmer (1886-1887)" (M.A. DeWolfe Howe). . . Cotton Mather: A Bibliography of His Works" By Thomas J. Holmes (Thomas H. Johnson). . . "The Articles of Confederation: An Interpretation of the Social-Constitutional History of the American Revolution (1774-1781)" By Merrill Jensen (Daniel Aaron). . . ; SHORT NOTICES (pp. 206-211); A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NEW ENGLAND 1940 By Allyn B. Forbes ( pp. 212 229); Notes on Contributors, p. 230; Corrections for December, 1940 ( p. 231); Donors to New England Quarterly (p. 232). Green wrappers with full front cover with large Title lettering and Contents in smaller black letters; rough-cut lower edge. Top right cover corner and ensuing pages (diminishingly) with very small outward curls; book manufacture diagonal soft crease (from 2" down fore-edge at early pages to 1 1/4" down fore-edge at top rear (truly nugatory, but there you have it). Binding strong; Essentially NO rubbing wear, but for 1/32" thin line of rubbing across top spine; NO previous owner names. Clean text. Solid copy. The way to read a Classic Compendium of New England History/Americana more than 80 years old.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Unmarked, include two other articles, (B and C) and contains folded plate in rear pocket. ; Book Description; Spine has staples. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with wear as noted. Ships Safe and Fast.; U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin; Vol. 1787A-C; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 36 pages DW1. …

Softcover. Condición: Near Fine. First Edition. Near Fine paperback. 114 pages, unmarked. Edited by Barbara Y LaCost; ECR T1T; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 114 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. None. First Edition. A superb copy in uncut leaves. Thomas More, John Milton, Jonathan Swift, Samuel Johnson and many others are represented.

Condición: Fair. Acceptable condition. Reading copy only. Tear on p. 143-44. Must smell. Writing inside. (Vintage books, antique books, British literature, poetry collection, Thomas Parnell, Samuel Johnson, Thomas Gray, Tobias Smollett).

Trade Paperback. Condición: Mint. First Edition. This staple bound illustrated landscape publication is in mint unmarked condition. It was issued by the City Arts Trust Limited who mounted this exhibtion on the life and work of Samuel Johnson at the Royal Exchange from 6th July to 1st august 1964 as part of the Festival of the City of London. Ref TT4.…

Condición: Gut. Doppelseitiges Frontispiz, 1 Bl., komplexe Paginierung (etwa 300 Seiten), Mit der Erzählungen: Rasselas, Vicar of Wakefield, Exiles of Siberia, Paul and Virginia, Indian cottage, Gulliver's travels, Sterne's sentimental journey, Sorrows of Werther, Theodosius and Constantia, Castle of Otranto. - Gering berieben. Sonst sauberes und wohlerhaltenes Exemplar. Due to new EU packaging regulations, we are currently unable to ship to many EU countries. Shipping to Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Finland, and the Baltic states is possible. Deliveries to border-based parcel lockers or cross-border parcel forwarding services remain possible. Shipping to all countries outside the EU also remains possible. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 350 8°, Halblederband der Zeit, goldgeprägter Rücken.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. 203pp. 8 engraved plates. Full calf, rubbed. Raised bands, spine darkened obscuring title.No date. Lacks endpapers front and rear. First blank prelim. almost detached. Bears the name Johannis Henderson dated "January 26th 1806" w.a.f.

Full Calf. Condición: Very Good. Second Edition. (vii), 316pp. Spine compartments gilt lined with gilt lettered red morocco label. Title page vignette & two others as well as decorative head & tail-pieces throughout. No half title. A portion of the title page torn from head fore corner with loss to text; most of T & ION of COLLECTION & a part of R & most of Y of POETRY.18th century owner's name at head of advertisement leaf. Front hinge slightly tender but secure. Edges of boards a little rubbed & bumped.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Later Printing. Classic Tales. Originally published in 1852. 10 works each paginated separately.Printed in double columns. Full leather presentation binding from Spring Hill School; located in Southampton, Hampshire, England. Gilt to front cover matching prize label on the endpaper. Tightly bound, no marks in text. Authors, include: Samuel Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith, Jonathan Swift, Laurence Sterne, Horace Walpole, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Langhorne, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Madame Cottin, etc.…

Full-Leather. Condición: Very Good. 249pp, leather covered boards, worn to the edges of the spine. No title page but the engraved frontispiece illustration by A Scott is dated 1793. Previous names in pencil, the front gutter weak but holding, a couple of light spots of foxing to the preliminary pages, otherwise internally very clean. Vol II covers numbers 71 to 105. The Adventurer was the bi-weekly successor to The Rambler. The essays were written by Dr John Hawkesworth, with considerable assistance from his friends Dr Johnson and Joseph Warton.…

Hard Cover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Library binding, with several ink stamps inside, light 2 inch stain on spine, corners a bit rubbed, endpapers toned. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1914 Hard Cover. 960 pp. A collection of numerous articles on current political and social events, along with letters to the editor, music and drama reviews, books of the month and book review sections, etc. This volume for discussion of women's suffrage, anti-trust legislation, and the United States' relationship with Mexico during the Mexican Revolution.…

Later Marbled Hardback. Condición: Very Good - See Description. New Edition. 1793. New edition. [i], 250pp.; [i], iii, 238pp; [i], iii, 249pp.; [i], iii, 244pp. There is also a frontispiece illustration in volumes I-III but not in volume IV. 'The Adventurer' was an 18th century bi-weekly paper that was published between 1752 and 1754, and contributors included John Hawkesworth, Samuel Johnson and Joseph Warton. John Hawkesworth (c1715-1773) was an English writer and editor. In 1744 he succeeded Samuel Johnson as compiler of the parliamentary debates for the ''Gentleman's Magazine", andf from 1746 to 1749 he contributed poems signed Greville, of H Greville, to that journal. In company with Samule Johnson and others he started the periodocal called 'The Adventurer', which ran to 140 numbers, of which 70 were written by Hawkesowrth himself. The four volumes have been rebacked and recased in later marbled paper covered boards with gold titling on a leather label on the spine. This recasing is probably from the year 2000. The cases of the books are in very good condition. The contents are tight and clean apart from a few small marks and stains. The frontispieces and title pages have some foxing and soiling, mostly noticeable in volume 1. A name has been written on the top edge of the title page in all four volumes.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. Covers edgeworn, hinges cracked, spines faded and scuffed; Original full black leather binding, AEG, engraved illustrations. Collection of weekly essays which first appeared in the periodical Universal Chronicle, and were reprinted in Vols 23 & 24 of the British Classics; 16mo 6" - 7" tall. …

Leather Bound. Condición: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. Printed by Andrew Balfour, Edinburgh, UK 1815. 2nd Edition. 276 pages. Brown leather spine and board tips, marble paper boards. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Size: 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. 'Almost all the collections, however, that we have seen, are nearly altogether, if not wholly, composed of those effusions of genius which adorned an earlier period of the literary history of our country. It has, on this account, been the object of the Editors of the Constellation, almost exclusively; to confine this Selection to passages from more recent writers, and to give the young reader, for whose use it is chiefly intended, such specimens of eloquent or interesting extracts, as may be .calculated both to excite his attention, and to form, and improve his taste; while they exhibit our language in all the beauty and energy of which it is susceptible'. Not for children, this collection sports entries like 'Conclusion of Mr. Burke's Speech previous to the Election at Bristol in 1780' and 'Dr. Buchanan's visit to the inquisition at Goa'. Language/Reference::Quotations Education 7069.…

, ix, 262 pages, with various poems throughout Second Edition , covers rubbed at edges, slight loss to head and tail of spine, title label faded, previous owner's inscription on title page, front hinge cracked but board held, front free endpapers missing, piece torn out from final page with some loss of text at left side of final poem, tear to contents page, book in fair condition , contemporary calf with raised bands to spine Octavo Hardback ISBN.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First edition. 24mo. Contemporary full mottled calf, ruled in gilt. Lacking the original free endpapers (with a later front free endpaper only), wear to the joints and edges, about very good. A scarce first edition of this anthology of English prose. *OCLC* locates one copy of the second edition only.…

Leather. Condición: Good. First edition. Two volumes containing poetry from eighteenth-century British and Irish poets, with a preface and biographical details by Samuel Johnson. Bound in half calf with marbled boards. Comprised of Volume the First and Volume the Second of 'The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical by Samuel Johnson', dated 1793 and 1795 as called for. Originally published in eight volumes between 1793 and 1802.The first edition of the work in this form with the addition of Irish poets, following on from a prior publication of 'The Works of English Poets' (1779) by Johnson. This particular set containing both English and Irish poets was then published in England in 1800.Containing various poetical works from John Milton, Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, Oliver Goldsmith, and many more. Compiled, introduced and with biographical notes by English poet, essayist, literary critic and playwright, Samuel Johnson, who was best known for his extensive correspondence. Bound in a contemporary half calf with marbled boards. Externally, sound with slight rubbing to the extremities and boards. Joints are a little rubbed, with hinges slightly strained, but holding firm. Bookplate of John W. Stewart to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound, with bright, clean pages. Ink inscription of Richard Sinclair Brooke to the title page, dated 1830. Good. None (ilustrador). book.…

First Edition. [Letters] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.viii; 303; [1]. Contemporary brown half calf recently re-backed, with the original marbled boards and the original spine laid over. Gilt titles and decoration to spine. Light occasional spotting. Heavy wear to boards and original spine leather, corners rubbed and worn. Good. Containing, among others, many letters from Alexander Pope, and three from Dr. Johnson, being addressed to Francis Fowke, Joseph Fowke and Samuel Richardson.…

Hardcover. Nine volume set. Ex-Library copies with typical markings. Library label on the front board and spine tail of each volume. Else the bindings are quite clean, but for just a bit of very light bumping at the spine extremities. Gilt bright. Pages clean, but for library markings. No dustjackets. This is a large, heavy set; Priority and/or International may require shipping over and above standard costs. ; SCH19A.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very good. Limited Edition. Octavo, 11pp., plus 28pp. of facsimiles of the sale catalogue of Samuel Johnson's Library. Very good in the publisher's blue boards with applied labels to spine and front board. Some finger-soiling to boards, else a nice, crisp example. This is number 117 of 250 limited copies SIGNED by Newton at the end of his essay. A scarce and nicely produced volume, which reproduces the auction catalogue of Samuel Johnson's library, which was sold in London at Christie's in 1785. Unlike some of Newton's "books about books," this one seems to be scarce in the trade.…

Leather. Condición: Very Good. The scarce second edition of this wonderful collection of poetry from a variety of writers from the eighteenth century and earlier. The scarce second edition of this work, complete in two volumes.Retaining the original half titles.These volumes are likely edited by the publisher Alexander Donaldson, who in the 1774 case 'Donaldson v Beckett' overturned so called 'perpetual copyright', putting older literature into the public domain.Including poems from a wealth of writers, including Samuel Johnson, Lord Lyttleton, Lord Lovelace, Mr. Mason, Elizabeth Carter, Goldsmith, James Thomson and others.ESTC N21829.With the inscription of B Smith, 1832, to the front free endpaper of volume I, and the 1777 inscriptions of Will. Roberston to the verso of each front free endpaper. With a further inscription to each title page.A wonderful insight into the popular poetry of the eighteenth century. In full calf bindings. Light rubbing to head of volume II back strip, otherwise externally very smart. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Inscriptions to front free endpaper of each volume, and to each title page. Loss to head of volume I half title. Volume I lacking rear blank and free endpaper. Volume II lacking a rear blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned due to paper type, with the odd handling mark. Very Good. None (ilustrador). book.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condición: Fair. First Edition. Pages 418-528. Features: The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont - Part VI; How Mohammedans Pray - photo-illustrated article; The Pirate of "The Ghost" - a stowaway saves a blockade-runner; Where Beasts are Baptized - astonishing ceremonies in Brittany - photo-illustrated article; The Story of an Alpine Adventure - Miss A.E. Metcalfe and Miss M. Cartwright take a wrong turn in the Swiss mountains; A Race up Mont Blanc, by Samuel Turner (with is photo); Fascinated by a Snake - photo-illustrated tale from Australia; Congo Money - fascinating photo-illustrated article showing grass mats, cowrie shells, beads, etc.; Bob Mansell's Lion; Run Amok - Borneo tale by E.W. Barrant (with his photo); Floating Church on the Seine - article with nice photos; Strangest Horse Race on Earth - the 'Palio' of Sienna - article with great photos; Gun Robbers of Fyzabad - tale related by veteran Michael Lynch, with his photo; The Havoc Wrought by One Man - Chinaman Gong Ung Chung blows up powder magazine at the Western Fuse Works in Oakland, California - article with photos; The Wreck of the "General Grant" - a desert island experience; Illustrations of the curious "Knapp" roller-boat; Photo of William Laurens and the boat he lived in for years; Photo of a bag of 369 caribou in Newfoundland; and more. Front cover missing. Back cover loose but present. Above-average external wear and soiling. Few pencil markings. A worthy vintage copy. Pearse, Alfred; Hardy, Norman H.; Johnson, A.J.; Hardy, Norman H.; Staniland, C.J. (ilustrador).…

leather. Condición: Very Good. [2], 308; [3], 292; [3], 298, [2]; [2], 297, [2] pages. Complete in four volumes, with publisher's ads at rear of III and IV, and frontispiece in each. Contemporary tree calf, rubbed along extremities; bindings sound. Chip off sine label of I; IV spine more rubbed and lacking label. 7 x 4.4 inches.…

First Edition, Rare Large Paper Copy. Profusely illustrated throughout on full page plates with fine engravings, facsimiles of handwriting, view, portraits and scenes, two plates from the list not bound in. Quarto, Large Paper, publisher's original brown cloth, the upper cover blocked in blind and lettered in gilt, the rear cover blocked in blind, the spine panel with bands in blind and lettering in gilt. xxii, [2], 530, [2 ads.] pp. A very good copy, internally quite clean and very well preserved, the original early cloth binding with some rubbing at the edges, rehinged using the original spine panel. FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER COPY. Replete with anecdotes and sayings of Samuel Johnson and inclusions by many of the most important literary figures of the day. Samuel Johnson was responsible for a vast number of written works and the editorship or The Rambler which included even more. His Lives of the Poets, his Rasselas, his parliamentary writings and his edition of Shakespeare stand out, but it his great dictionary which has made his name famous in the language for all time. Of it, the following was written: "Johnson's achievement marked an epoch in the history of the language. The result of nine years labor, it did more than any other work before or since towards fixing the language. The preface ranks among Johnson's finest writings. The most amazing, enduring, and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography" (Printing and the Mind of Man).…

leather. Condición: Good. [5], 294; [3], 285, [3] pages. Contemporary calf. Both boards of II and upper of I detached; textblocks secure. Top right corner of front free endpaper excised from each; typical offsetting to edges of first few and final few leaves. Malo mori quam foedari bookplate to front pastedown of I. 6.6 x 4.2 inches.…

Leather. Condición: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. New Edition. First Printing. 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 decoration on edges. All 140 issues of the Adventurer published in a New edition (1770). Number 1 was first published in 1752 and Number 140 was published in 1754. "The Adventurer" (1752-1754) was a London bi-weekly newspaper. Contributors included, among many others, John Hawkesworth and Samuel Johnson. During the course of one year starting in March 1753, Dr. Johnson contributed 29 essays to Hawkesworth's periodical "The Adventurer," which was written in imitation of another popular periodical, "The Rambler." . Very lightly worn, and not appearantly read, the volumes are in excellent condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. The hinges are strong and the pages are supple. An attractive set. VERY GOOD+. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall.…

leather. Condición: Good. First Edition. The 140 issues, from 7 November 1752 through 9 March 1754; bound in two volumes. NB: Volume I lacks title page. Two blanks front and rear of each save for front of II: one only (first front and rear of I detached). Contemporary leather scuffed and all joints weak; foxing to pastedowns and blanks. Mid 19th century bookplate of Rev. Daniel Capper to front pastedown of each.…