About this title: Bate's magisterial biography provides a picture of Johnson as a genius and as a human being, a man whose brilliance was born out of the torment of his mind.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780151792603ISBN:0151792607
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. 646 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Dust Cover Missing. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. 0151792607 Condition: GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, dust jacket missing, cover wear, name written inside cover, considerable underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, binding loose, binding slants, pages tanning / curling, etc. Overall, the book is in decent shape. This is a blanket description. Please e us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week of ... read more
Description: Used-Acceptable. Has previous owner's inscription inside front cover. Spine shows wear. minor tears on cover and/or spine. Slight rubbing and bumping damage to corners and edges. Cover shows some scuffing. This book ships in padded mailer via USPS. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harcourt
Date Published: 1979-10
ISBN-13:9780156792592ISBN:0156792591
Description: Great Condition. SoftCover, Great Condition, clean/unmarked textblock, tight binding, minor edge/cover wear, from a private collection. read more
Description: First edition. 8vo., 646pp., blue cloth. Light soil and rubbing of boards, 1/2" gutter tear near spine bottom, occasional editing, otherwise a good copy in rubbed, edge worn jacket. read more
"Bate was a genius. I was fortunate enough to catch his course on "The Age of Samuel Johnson," where he walked us through most of this book day by day. I can still remember his lecture on Johnson's death--which is captured here. The definitive Johnson bio."
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