robert voitle (8 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair/Good. Ex-library copy, with a stamp to the title page and stickers to the back endpapers, otherwise unmarked. No textual markings or annotations. Stramps to text block edges. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black titling to the spine (rubbed) and a black decoration to the front (lightly rubbed). Stickers to the spine bottom and the back top edge. The boards remain sound and secure, the pages tight. A serviceable reading or study copy, with a clean text throughout. xiv, 188pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. A Fine edition in a dust-jacket that is soiled with a minor rear tear, else Near Fine ; This book provides a biography and critical analysis of Samuel Johnson, one of the most famous and influential moralists in history. Voitle provides a concise and accessible introduction to Johnson's life and work, and then examines his views on morality and ethics in a chronological and topical order. The book concludes with a consideration of the legacy of Samuel Johnson and what his thought can teach us about the nature of morality and the good life.; 8vo; 188 pages.

Zustand: Good. USED. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. No Dustjacket. Owner's name on endpaper.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine*. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG. 1st ed. Dark red cloth covers, fine. * a production fault has affected bottom outer corners of half-title, frontispiece leaf and t.p., leaving corners appearing clipped but paper folding over onto rectos, f/piece image unaffected, otherwise pristine inside and out. f/piece+xiii+428; unclipped jacket clean but slight edge-rubbing drops it from Fine, will add protective sleeve when ordered. Includes Shaftesbury bibliography. Apparently very scarce especially in UK.

First edition, 8vo, pp. xii, [4], 188; renowned scholar Gwin Kolb's copy with name on front free endpaper and occasional annotations; near fine in original orange cloth, in a lightly soiled and worn dust jacket.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. Engaging nine-volume collection on influential 18th-century writer Samuel Johnson. A collection of works on the life and legacy of Samuel Johnson.In nine volumes, consisting of:Mr. Oddity by Charles Norman;Samuel Johnson the Moralist by Robert Voitle;Dr. Johnson: His Life in Letters by David Littlejohn;New light on Dr. Johnson by Frederick W. Hilles;The Religious Thought of Samuel Johnson by Chester F. Chapin;The Personal History of Samuel Johnson by Christopher Hibbert;Johnson as Critic by John Wain;Samuel Johnson and Poetic Style by William Edinger;Samuel Johnson: Political Writings by Donald J. Greene.Bound in publisher's original cloth with dust wrappers. Wraps to Samuel Johnson the Moralist, New light on Dr. Johnson, The Religious Thought of Samuel Johnson, The Personal History of Samuel Johnson and Samuel Johnson: Political Writings are all unclipped.All copies are first editions, except New light on Dr. Johnson, which is a reprint of the 1959 Yale University Press edition.Major English writer of the 18th century, Samuel Johnson produced a range of poems, essays, plays and more that are still read and studied today. In his life Johnson displayed signs of what many historians now believe to be Tourette syndrome. Bound in publisher's original cloth with dust wrappers. Wraps to Samuel Johnson the Moralist, New light on Dr. Johnson, The Religious Thought of Samuel Johnson, The Personal History of Samuel Johnson and Samuel Johnson: Political Writings are all unclipped. Externally, lovely condition with slight shelf wear and the occasional mark. Dust wrappers feature only light discolouration and marking but suffer more moderately from shelf wear. Mr. Oddity, Dr. Johnson: His Life in Letters, New light on Dr. Johnson and Samuel Johnson and Poetic Style exhibit visible closed tears and minor losses to wrap along spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean with only mild spotting to the front and rear of some titles. Near Fine. book.