Search Results: samuel johnson and his world by lane margaret

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1975. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9. Harper & Row Publishers, 1975. First US Edition. Hardcover Quarto in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket in Archival Protective Cover. Illustrated with 16 colour and over a 100 monochrome illustrations. A literary giant of the 18th century, Samuel Johnson, 1740-1795, was very influential in 18th century London, in some circles. M, Lane brings us this history of this "-- odd, lovable, impossible, gigantically influential character".She provides an account of his main traits, actions and accomplishments and colleagues in the world in which he struggled to survive and came to dominate. Brown cloth with bright and sharp gilt titles to spine, very clean and unmarked with lower edges rubbed. Sewn binding tight and solid. Pages faintly toned, quite clean, no markings of any kind. Endpapers with details from Rocques "Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of… Read More

NY: Harper & Row, 1975. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First US Edition. Small 4to. 256 pp. Select bibliography, index, numerous illustrations, few color plates, map end papers, brown cloth. Margins pages lightly tanning, very good; dust jacket taped tear edges, light wear, curling, good..

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. 256 pages, index, bibliography, references, 16 colour and over 100 monochrome illustrations. Illustrated end page maps, colour illustrated dust jacket. This book, without descending into details appropriate to an exhaustive study, not only provides a full account of Johnsons's main traits and actions and accomplishments, but places him in the world in which he struggled to survive and which eventually he came triumphantly to dominate. Margaret Lane's accounts includes much that has hardly been touched upon by earlier biographers. The dust jacket is rubbed and chipped along both top and bottom edges, with a 0.5, and a 1.0 inch tear on the top edge of the front panel, and the protective laminate has started to bubble on the right-hand margin of the front panel. Nevertheless a good copy. Size: Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped… Read More

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 256 pages, index, bibliography, references, 16 colour and over 100 monochrome illustrations. Illustrated end page maps, colour illustrated dust jacket. This book, without descending into details appropriate to an exhaustive study, not only provides a full account of Johnsons's main traits and actions and accomplishments, but places him in the world in which he struggled to survive and which eventually he came triumphantly to dominate. Margaret Lane's accounts includes much that has hardly been touched upon by earlier biographers. Rubbing to the top edge of the dustjacket with small split at the top of the rear fold over crease, price clipping by the publisher with a new price sticker now in place, creasing of the front fold over flap. Now protected. No other damage to describe. Size: Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2… Read More

Hamish Hamilton, 1975-10-27. Hardcover. Very Good. 2.3858 cent in x 24.7716 cent in x 18.7817 cent in. First Edition with dust jacket ex libris with usual markings - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975. hardcover, met stofomslag, 26 x 20 cm, 256 pp. Ills.: b/w and color illustrations. Cond.: goed / good. ISBN: 0241892708. .

London, Hamish Hamilton. 1975. Original publisher's cloth hardback, gilt title spine and frontcover, pictorial dustjacket, large 8vo: map & plan on endpapers, frontispiece portrait, 256pp. very richly illustrated, bibliography, references & notes, index.

New York, N.Y. : Harper [and] Row, 1975. Hardback edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 256 p. : retrs., fot. (algunas color) ; 26 cm. Subjects; Johnson, Samuel; biography. Johnson, Samuel; studies. Johnson, Samuel; letters. Writings. Historical figures; analysis.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975. First edition. Hardback. G/G. Damp stain at top of pages up to page 33. DW price-clipped and inscribed on inside of front end-paper with crease on back inside flap and some signs of ageing. Otherwise in good condition. 256 pages and lavish illustrations in b/w and colour. .