Samuel Johnson
by Krutch, Joseph Wood
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
HB 8vo G/-- 1st Ed. Illustrated. Index. 599 pages. Stated 1st printing. Red cloth with black panels, gilt letters. Some scuffing to covers; rubbing at spine ends, light fraying; fore corners slightly bumped; split to super at feps & reps, hinges weakened; text block tight; acid stain from newspaper laid in at half title and 2 interior pp, o/w clean interior.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11854
- Title
- Samuel Johnson
- Author
- Krutch, Joseph Wood
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- F
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company. New York 1944
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHIES - GENERAL HISTORY LITERATURE JOHNSON BOSWELL LONDON ENGLAND DICTIONARY BIOGRAPHY Dictionaries, General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- O/W
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Rubbing
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....