Reader by Johnson Samuel, First Edition (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. STATED FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. HARDCOVER EDITION WITH DUSTJACKET .text unmarked.NOT EX-LIBRARY COPY.d.j. bumped and chipped with closed tear.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible - Acceptable. No Jacket. First Printing. No dust jacket. Name of previous owner on sticker inside cover. First printing, 1964. Some discoloration of pages from age. Red spot on back cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing; dj w/lte wear, unclipped price, in mylar; 464 clean, unmarked pages; #36 in series.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing stated. No wear to the binding. No distortion from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. Bookplate inside the front cover. No odor. No water damage. No soiling. The dust jacket priced at $6.50 (not clipped) shows very light wear, no sun fading. DJ in an archival protector.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Corner clipped from front flap. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Ptg. (1st ptg.) Slightly smaller, thicker book, brown cloth spine, marble-colored boards with embossed facsimile signature of Samuel Johnson in embossed box at top front, gilt very fine on spine, 464 pages. Includes lives of Savage and Milton, Rasselas, Preface to Dictionary, intro to Shakespeare, peoms, quotations and essays on war, slavery and more. DJ light peach background with ornate red-brown border on front and back. DJ has light crease at bottom front, very tiny tear at spine bottom edge with micronick as well. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Stated First printing. New York: Pantheon, 1964. Stated First Printing. Near Fine/Very Good+. "First Printing" stated on copyright page, in clean original unclipped jacket. Clean marbled beige boards with rust red cloth spine, bright gold lettering and decoration on spine. Tiny bump to one corner tip, no fraying, fading or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Very tasteful previous owner bookplate on front free endpaper; no other marks. 464 pp. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped (6.50 on front inside flap), unchipped, with a few tiny closed edge tears, small surface abrasion from sticker removal at top right corner of front panel which is not very noticeable. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. An anthology which offers a full picture of Johnson; his most famous works, including Raselas, the Preface to the Dictionary, the Preface to Shakespeare, and samples of Johnson's poetry, plus pieces on Johnson's thoughts and philosophy on war, slavery, politics and more.

JOHNSON, Samuel. A Johnson Reader. Edited by E. L. McAdam Jr. and George Milne. Original cloth-backed boards, non-priceclipped dust jacket. New York: Pantheon Books, [1964]. First edition. Very good or better.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. First edition/first printing in Near Fine condition with little shelfwear in Very Good, slightly browned, edgeworn dust-jacket with a few closed tears. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century, as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number; ; 8vo; FSA.

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 464; very fine copy in the jacket. Anthology covering a cross-section of all Johnson's writings, and "reprinting entirely from first editions" (dj blurb).