Samuel Johnson and His World by Lane, Margaret - 1975

Hardback. Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

London, England: Hamish Hamilton, 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Minus. Volume itself has brown covers with gold lettering on the spine that is sharp. 256 pages. Many color and black and white illustrations. Book is clean and binding is tight. Dust jacket is apparently price clipped and protected in an archival quality Brodart cover. There is an approximate 1" tear on the front cover near the spine and chipping at the top and bottom of the dj cover. Book looks very nice in its protective cover. A nice copy.

Penguin Books, Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Bedford, Virginia, U.S.A.: Hamilton, 1975. hardcover in very good condition with very good + dust jacket. dust jacket is price clipped.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very 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

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

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.