A Dictionary Of the English Language
by Johnson, Samuel
Surprising, colorful, and long-forgotten entries from the most famous dictionary in the history of the English language Samuel Johnson's best-known work, A Dictionary of the English Language (1755), is the most influential and idiosyncratic lexicon ever written and was used by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, the Brontës and the Brownings, Thomas Hardy and Oscar Wilde. This anthology includes 4,000 of the most representative, entertaining, and historically fascinating entries, covering subjects from fashion to food, science to sex, and given in full with original spelling and examples of usage from Shakespeare to Milton.
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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. To Which are Prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar
by Samuel Johnson
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Dublin: Thomas Ewing, 1775. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 10.5" by 8.5". None. A striking and important edition of Samuel Johnson's dictionary of the English language, the first complete edition to be printed in Ireland. The first edition thus, being the first quarto edition and first complete edition printed in Ireland. This printing is based on the fourth… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Dictionary of the English Language: in Which the Words Are Deduced from Their Originals ... Abstracted from the Folio Edition by the Author, Samuel Johnson ... to Which Are Prefixed a Grammar of the English Language ... and the Preface to the Folio Edition
by Johnson, Samuel
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Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson & Co.. Very Good-. 1805. First American Edition. Leather. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1805 Jacob Johnson & Co. Philadelphia. 1st American edition of Johnson's seminal dictionary, with the Preface to the Folio edition and Johnson's "Grammar" included. Xl; aprrox 900 pp. Full marbled calf with original green morocco label title lettered in… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Dictionary of the English Language.
by JOHNSON, Samuel.
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London: printed by W. Strahan, for A. Millar, T. Longman, J. Dodsley, W. Strahan, J. Rivington, [& 15 others in London],, 1765. The third edition, in contemporary reversed calf Third edition of the most famous of all dictionaries, following the first edition of 1755, in the same imposing double-folio format as its predecessor. The creation of the dictionary was… Read more about this item Item Price
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DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
by Johnson, Samuel
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London: Strahan, Rivinton, Davis, et al., 1784. Fifth edition. Hardcover. Very good+/No dust jacket. London: Strahan, Rivinton, Davis, et al., 1784. 2 vols. Fifth edition. Unpaginated. Hardcover. Thick, large folio. Rebound in period, full calf, with contrasting red morocco title labels. A beautiful set, and the last edition printed during the… Read more about this item Item Price
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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. To Which are Prefixed, A History of the Language, and An English Grammar. In Two Volumes. The Fourth Edition, Revised by The Author [2 volumes]
by Johnson, Samuel
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W. Strahan, et al., 1773. First Thus. Leather Binding. Very Good. The Fourth edition, last to be revised by Samuel Johnson himself. A solid set. A very good copy of this huge folio set in 19th-century 3/4 brown calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands and red morocco labels (some wear to leather, corners bumped; some dampstaining,… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Dictionary of the English Language : In Which the Words are Deduced from their Originals, Explained in their Different Meanings, and Authorized by the Names of the Writers in Whose Works they are Found. Two volumes in one.
by Johnson, Samuel
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London: Clarke, and Collins ; R. Horsfield; W. Johnston... R. Baldwin 1770. 8vo. Two volumes bound in one, Volume I: A - K. Volume II: L - Z. Unpaginated. The second edition, corrected. Rebound in tan, quarter calf and marbled boards, with raised bands to spines and title labels. New endpapers. Binding bright. Light scattered spotting to the leaves and… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Dictionary of the English Language
by Johnson Samuel
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London: . & J. Offor, W. Allason et al, London , 1820. Hardcover. Good. London: . & J. Offor, W. Allason et al, London , 1820. Good. 'In Which The Words are Deduced from Their Originals and Illustrated in Their Different Significations by Examples From the Best Writers. To Which are Prefixed A History of… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words are Deduced From Their Originals, Explained in Their Different Meanings, and Authroized by the Names of the Writers in Whose Works They Are FOund
by Samuel Johnson
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Dublin: W. G. Jones; Thomas Ewing, 1768. Leather. Good. 8" by 5.5". None. The third Dublin edition of Johnson's influential dictionary, his work complete here in one volume. The third Dublin edition, abstracted from the Folio Edition.Complete in one volume.ESTC citation number T147637. Collated, complete.'A Dictionary of the English Language' is one of the most influential dictionaries in the… Read more about this item Item Price
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A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals ... abstracted from the folio edition by the author ... to which are prefixed a grammar of the English language, and the preface to the folio edition
by Johnson, Samuel
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Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson & Co, 1805. First American edition of Johnson's dictionary, here printed in abridged form, and based on the London octavos; thick 8vo, pp. xl, [2], unpaginated lexicon in double column; full contemporary calf, red morocco label on spine; spine vertically creased causing looseness to one or two internal leaves, otherwise very good and sound. Contains the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dictionary of the English Language, A.
by JOHNSON, Samuel
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London: Printed by W. Strahan, for J. and P. Knapton..., 1755. The Most Amazing, Enduring and Endearing One-Man Feat
in the Field of Lexicography"
JOHNSON, Samuel. 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. To which are prefixed, a… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Dictionary of the English Language:
by JOHNSON, Samuel
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FIRST EDITION WITH PRONUNCIATION - HANDSOME COPY IN A VELLUM BINDING
first edition thus, with pronunciation 2 vols. 4to. (27.6 x 22 cms.) [68 (title, subscribers, preface, etc)], [1029], [3 (blank)]; [2 (title)], [1080]pp., fine engraved portrait plate of Johnson (engraved by S. Clayton from the Joshua Reynolds painting),… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Dictionary of the English Language [Sixth Edition]
by Johnson, Samuel
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London: J.F. And C. Rivington [et al.], 1785. Two volumes, complete. Half calf over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles and ruling. Sixth Edition. Full title:"A Dictionary of the English Language in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples by the best writers. To which are prefixed, A… Read more about this item Item Price
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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. To Which Are Prefixed, A History of the Language, and an English Grammar
by JOHNSON, Samuel
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London: J. F. and C. Rivington, et al., 1785. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Armorial bookplate and stamped family coat of arms of Alexander Peckover Doyle Penrose on the front pastedown of each volume along with the bookplate of defunct Upsala College which closed in 1995. The only other library marking is a small, unobtrusive ink stamp on the verso of… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Dictionary of the English Language; in which the Words Are Deduced from Their Originals, Explained in Their Different Meanings, and Authorized by the Names of the Writers in Whose Works They Are Found. Abstracted from the Folio Edition, by the Author... to which is Prefixed A Grammar of the English Language. The Twelfth Edition, Corrected and Revised; with Considerable Additions from the Eighth Edition of the Original
by Johnson, Samuel
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Montrose: D. Buchanan, 1802. Twelfth Edition. Full-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. Twelfth edition. Crudely rebacked, original boards preserved. Boards heavily rubbed with all edges exposed, large paint splotch on rear board, hinges loose with first gathering loose but included, ink name on front endpaper. A good candidate for restoration or rebinding, as the text is complete and the pages well… Read more about this item Item Price
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A dictionary of the English language : in which the words are deduced from their originals, explained in their different meanings, and Authorized by the Names of the Writers in whose Works they are found. Abstracted from the folio edition, by the author, Samuel Johnson, LL. D. To which is prefixed, A grammar of the English language
by Samuel Johnson
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London : Printed for T. Longman, B. Law and Son, J. Dodsley, J. Robson, C. Dilly, G.G. and J. Robinson, T. Cadel, W. Richardson, R. Baldwin, W. Goldsmith, W. Lowndes, S. Hayes, Scatcherd and Whitaker, W. Bent, G. and T. Wilkie, F. Wingrave, and H. Murray, MDCCXCIV, 1794. Hardcover. Good. 10th ed. Contemporary full calf binding. Hinges… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Dictionary of the English Language
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The last edition to be edited by Johnson himself, presented is Sixth Edition of Samuel Johnson's "most amazing, enduring and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography… The preface ranks among Johnson's finest writings… It is the dictionary itself which justifies Noah Webster's statement that 'Johnson's writings had, in philology, the effect which Newton's discoveries had in mathematics" (PMM… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dictionary of the English Language
by JOHNSON, Samuel
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1818. JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words Are Deduced from Their Originals, Illustrated in Their Different Significations by Examples from the Best Writers. To Which Are Prefixed a History of the Language, and an English Grammar. Phila.: Moses Thomas, 1818. 4to. 2 Vols. 1st American ed. Portrait frontis. Rebound in period style full… Read more about this item Item Price
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A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals ... abstracted from the folio edition ... to which is prefixed a grammar of the English language
by Johnson, Samuel
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London: J. Knapton [et al.], 1756. First octavo and first abridged edition, the title pages in this set exhibiting the two variants: in vol. I "by the author" is omitted; and in vol. II "by the author" is present (see Fleeman, p. 487, Notes); 2 vols., pp. [574]; [546]; text in double column; later full mottled calf, gilt-lettered direct… Read more about this item Item Price
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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. To Which is Prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar
by Johnson, Samuel
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London: W. Strahan et al, 1773. Two volumes complete - Volume One, [A]2, B-C2, [c], D-K2, a-c2, d1, B-6D2, 6E1, 6F-10T2, *10T2, 10U-12Z2, 13A-14Z1; [580]p and Volume Two, pi1, 15A-17Z2, 18A-18Z1, 19A-22G2, 22H-22Z1, 23A-27F2, 27G-28Z1, 29A-31D2, 31E1; [592]p. Modern half calf and boards, raised bands with spines in six panels, leather title label to second panel, volume numbers lettered direct… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Dictionary of the English Language
by JOHNSON, Samuel.
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London: for W. Strahan, J. F. & C. Rivington, L. Davis, T. Payne & Son, W. Owen, T. Longman, B. Law [& 19 others],, 1784. The final lifetime edition First published in 1755, this is the last lifetime edition (Johnson died later that year) of one of the most famous books in the English language, the last of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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