Johnson samuel edited by jack lynch (3 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Reprint. Small quarto. 646 [1] pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Over 3,100 entries.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Selections From the 1755 Work that Defined the English Language Samuel Johnson's massive two-volume, 2,300 page dictionary was first published on 15 April 1755, nine years after he began writing it. It marked a milestone in the English language: it was the first English dictionary to focus on everyday words, rather than the obscure ones that lexicographers had concocted, and was the first dictionary to enlist the works of Shakespeare and other great writers to illustrate a word's usage. It would be England's definitive dictionary for over 150 years. 646 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Reference::Dictionary; Reference; ISBN: 184354296X. ISBN/EAN: 9781843542964. Inventory No: 278728.…

First UK edition (published 2 years after the US Levenger Press one). Hardcover. A tiny bit of foxing on the top edge, otherwise fine in fine dustjacket (sterling price intact). A fine selection from Johnson's two-volume opus, including an informative 20 page introduction by Lynch, and including Johnson's original preface of about the same length. Word list is presented elegantly and clearly. This heavy book will cost more to send overseas, than any default postage rate noted.…