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
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.
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Fair. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall All three volumes are calf bound with red calf title plates on spine. Vol I spine has top 1" missing and detached on one side. Vol II has similar piece missing from top of spine with split along one side. Vol III has split down one side of spine. All contents have light foxing through prelims. Contents are all clean and flat. Price is for the three volumes.
Publisher:
Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown
Published:
1818
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
14208941787
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Good Minus. 4to. 4 vols in early 20th century binding; black half-leather with gilt titles to spine, mottled paper covered boards, and marbled endpapers. Boards lightly rubbed and scratched with chipping to edges. Some rubbing to bottom of front board of vol 3. Unfortunately there is water staining and wrinkling to the bottom half of the pages throughout all four textblocks, visible on closed edges also, however, on many pages the staining is light, and barely noticeable on some pages, and the text remains clean and crisp. Hinges cracked but textblocks remain solid.
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Very Good. 1775. Hardback. First Dublin edition. First published in quarto. 2 volumes complete. Double-columned. Rebound in dark green leather with five banded spine, red leather label with title in gilt and with volume details and gilt floral decoration to spine. Small nick to spine volume I. Previous owner's bookplate on ffep. Red page edges. Title page on Volume I held together in sellotape, partial missing, else Volume I lightly toned and showing light wear, text is clear and crisp and remains fine. Volume II small water stain bottom title page, else lightly toned, text is clear and remains fine. Noting condition to title page Volume I and owner's bookplate, remains a fine set.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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None. Good. An early Dublin edition of this English writer and lexicographer's celebrated dictionary. 'The Fourth Edition, Revised by the Author'. With 'A History of the Language, and an English Grammar'. Complete in two volumes. Johnson's dictionary ran through five editions during his lifetime. Of these, the fourth stands out for having been extensively revised by Johnson. Rebacked in calf, with the original boards, and the original spine laid down. Volume I has modern endpapers. Externally, rubbed to extremities. Front board of Volume II detached but present. Rear joint of Volume II starting. Internally, firmly bound, with age toning prominent to page edges. Intermittent foxing, with the odd ink or handling mark. Volume I has occasional marginal tidemarks, not affecting text. The upper margins of both titlepages have been previously excised to remove ink inscriptions. Overall: generally GOOD but needing the front board of Volume II reattaching. Good.
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None. Very Good. 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 London folio edition of 1773, a conclusive edition which was the only one for which Johnson provided any additions or corrections. ESTC citation number T117233. Complete in two volumes.  List of subscribers to the front of Volume I.  Collated, complete. 'A Dictionary of the English Language' is one of the most influential dictionaries in the history of the English language, and was the pre-eminent English dictionary under the 'Oxford English Dictionary' was completed one-hundred and seventy-three years after Johnson's was published. Johnson took around seven years to complete this dictionary, and worked on it single-handedly. 'A History of the Language' and 'An English Grammar' are prefixed. Volume I includes A-K, Volume II includes L-Z. Samuel Johnson was a noted English author of the eighteenth century, well perceived in his friend James Boswell's 'The Life of Samuel Johnson', which is considered to be one of the most important biographies ever written. In a full calf binding, rebacked with the original boards restored. Externally, smart. Evidence of former loss to the joints prior to rebacking. Light bumping to the extremities. Some minor marks and a little rubbing to the boards. Gilt to the spines is rubbed. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with the occasional spot. Faint tide mark to the title page of Volume I, with a larger tide mark to the first few pages of Volume II. Very Good.
Publisher:
Printed for T. Longman, B. Law and Son and more
Published:
, 1794
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
16024574908
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, missing both boards, spine cracked and partially missing, textblock split into three sections, inscription in ink to upper free end paper, title page has marks in ink, light foxing throughout, poor condition. Hardback. Signatures a-c8, A-3O8, complete., octavo, 21cm x14cm.
Publisher:
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme
Published:
, 1805
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
13779106148
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, Hinges cracked but all holding, backstrips rubbed and crazed, a little loss of leather to covers along gutters, pages clean and firmly held, books in good+ condition. Hardback. 4 uniform volumes, A-D in vol I, D-K in vol II, L-R in vol III and S-Z in vol IV, volume I with black & white engraved frontispiece, double column text. Quarto.
Publisher:
Published by F.C. and J. Rivington et al
Published:
, 1816
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
14695730022
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, crudely rebacked with paper and new endpapers, original boards have heavily worn corners, first and last leaves of both volumes are worn and tatty, split and holes to boards of Volume I, frontispiece badly foxed, some lighter foxing to main body of... Hardback. Volume I, unpaginated with signatures from a-i2, B-6S4. Volume II, unpaginated with signatures from B-6O4, [2]. Title page, half title and portrait frontispiece to volume I., quarto, 28.5 cm x 22.5 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for J. F. & C. Rivington, L. Davis, T. Longman and others
Published:
1792
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
14406601658
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Near Fine. Thick octavo. Contemporary sheep, professionally rebacked with new spine. Very nice copy of the Tenth Edition. Signature of an Isaac Walker in penicl, dated 1879, at the front. Text is unusually clean throughout.
Publisher:
London: Printed for T. Longman, B. Law and Son, J. Dodsley, J. Robson, C...
Published:
1794
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
15269842041
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Good. 10th ed. Contemporary full calf binding. Hinges cracked. Boards starting. Early printed book plate of F. Cunliffe. Signature of H.B. Mitchell. Clean, unmarked pages.
