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Product Description: Notoriously and self-confessedly intemperate, Boswell shared with Johnson a huge appetite for life and threw equal energy into recording its every aspect in minute but telling detail. This irrepressible Scotsman was 'always studying human nature and making experiments', and the marvelously vivacious Journals he wrote daily furnished him with first-rate material when he came to write his biography...read more

Hardcover:

9780679417170, titled "The Life of Samuel Johnson" | Everymans Library, December 1, 1992, cover price $32.00
9780460000017 | J M Dent & Sons Ltd, June 1, 1976, cover price $17.95 | also contains Memories of a Small Town | About this edition: Boswell's classic biography of the eighteenth-century English lexicographer, critic, and conversationalist
9780394607023, titled "The Life of Samuel Johnson" | Random House Inc, June 1, 1952, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text.

Paperback:

9781495946844, titled "The Life of Samuel Johnson" | Createspace Independent Pub, February 16, 2014, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson is often called the greatest biography of all-time and may well be.
9781486150236, titled "The Life of Samuel Johnson" | Lightning Source Inc, June 20, 2012, cover price $9.94
9781419184505, titled "The Life of Samuel Johnson" | Kessinger Pub Co, June 30, 2005, cover price $48.95
9781417969852, titled "The Life of Samuel Johnson" | Kessinger Pub Co, March 30, 2005, cover price $43.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
9780140431162, titled "The Life of Samuel Johnson" | Reprint edition (Penguin Classics, August 1, 1979), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: The classic view of eighteenth-century life and thought in England through the conversations of the famous writer
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9780786113453, titled "The Life of Samuel Johnson" | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, March 1, 1998), cover price $49.95 | About this edition: [This is Part 3 of a 3-part Audiobook CASSETTE Library Edition.
9780786113439, titled "The Life of Samuel Johnson" | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, March 1, 1998), cover price $99.95 | About this edition: [This is Part 1 of a 3-part Audiobook CASSETTE Library Edition.
9780786113446, titled "The Life of Samuel Johnson" | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, March 1, 1998), cover price $89.95 | About this edition: [This is Part 2 of a 3-part Audiobook CASSETTE Library Edition.
9780786105007, titled "The Life of Samuel Johnson" | Blackstone Audio Inc, August 1, 1997, cover price $83.95
9780786105014, titled "The Life of Samuel Johnson" | Blackstone Audio Inc, August 1, 1997, cover price $83.95 | About this edition: This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work.

Prebinding:

9781439514191, titled "The Life of Samuel Johnson" | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, July 10, 2008), cover price $25.00

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Product Description: Once recalled only for The Whig Interpretation of History (1931) and Christianity and History (1949), Sir Herbert Butterfield's contribution to western culture has undergone an astonishing revaluation over the past twenty years. What has been left out of this reappraisal is the man himself...read more

Hardcover:

9781107003972 | Cambridge Univ Pr, June 30, 2011, cover price $125.00

Paperback:

9781107411425 | Cambridge Univ Pr, October 25, 2012, cover price $54.99 | About this edition: Once recalled only for The Whig Interpretation of History (1931) and Christianity and History (1949), Sir Herbert Butterfield's contribution to western culture has undergone an astonishing revaluation over the past twenty years.

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Product Description: Walter Bagehot (1826–1877) was a prominent English journalist, banker, and man of letters. For many years he was editor of The Economist, and to this day the magazine includes a weekly “Bagehot” column. His analyses of politics, economics, and public affairs were nothing short of brilliant...read more

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9780300195545 | Yale Univ Pr, September 24, 2013, cover price $38.00 | About this edition: Walter Bagehot (1826–1877) was a prominent English journalist, banker, and man of letters.

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Product Description: Awarded 2013 PROSE Honorable Mention in Media & Cultural Studies With the resurgent interest in his work today, this is a timely reevaluation of this foundational figure in Cultural Studies, a critical but friendly review of both Hoggart's work and reputation...read more

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9781405193023 | Blackwell Pub, January 3, 2012, cover price $97.95 | About this edition: Awarded 2013 PROSE Honorable Mention in Media & Cultural Studies With the resurgent interest in his work today, this is a timely reevaluation of this foundational figure in Cultural Studies, a critical but friendly review of both Hoggart's work and reputation.

Paperback:

9781405194945 | Blackwell Pub, January 3, 2012, cover price $42.95 | About this edition: Awarded 2013 PROSE Honorable Mention in Media & Cultural Studies With the resurgent interest in his work today, this is a timely reevaluation of this foundational figure in Cultural Studies, a critical but friendly review of both Hoggart's work and reputation.

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Product Description: “The most original historian of his generation”That is how the celebrated British academic Noel Annan described Herbert Butterfield (1900–1979), a profound and prolific writer who made important contributions as both a public and academic historian...read more

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9781935191544 | Isi Books, November 15, 2011, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: “The most original historian of his generation”That is how the celebrated British academic Noel Annan described Herbert Butterfield (1900–1979), a profound and prolific writer who made important contributions as both a public and academic historian.

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Product Description: It is well known that George Eliot's intelligence and her wide knowledge of literature, history, philosophy and religion shaped her fiction, but until now no study has followed the development of her thinking through her whole career...read more

Hardcover:

9780521117364 | 1 edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, March 31, 2010), cover price $99.99

Paperback:

9781107402669 | Reprint edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, August 23, 2011), cover price $44.99 | About this edition: It is well known that George Eliot's intelligence and her wide knowledge of literature, history, philosophy and religion shaped her fiction, but until now no study has followed the development of her thinking through her whole career.

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Product Description: A modern biography of Samuel Johnson that will serve as the definitive work on the legendary British man of lettersIn this groundbreaking portrait of Samuel Johnson, David Nokes positions the great thinker in his rightful place as an active force in the Enlightenment, not a mere recorder or performer, and demonstrates how his interaction with life impacted his work...read more

Hardcover:

9780805086515 | 1 edition (Henry Holt & Co, October 27, 2009), cover price $32.00 | About this edition: A modern biography of Samuel Johnson that will serve as the definitive work on the legendary British man of lettersIn this groundbreaking portrait of Samuel Johnson, David Nokes positions the great thinker in his rightful place as an active force in the Enlightenment, not a mere recorder or performer, and demonstrates how his interaction with life impacted his work.

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Product Description: Samuel Johnson is a writer of such significance that his era — the second half of the 18th century — is known as the Age of Johnson. Starting out as a Grub Street journalist, he made his mark on history as a poet, author, moralist, literary critic, political commentator, and lexiconographer...read more

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9781582435244 | Counterpoint, September 21, 2009, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Samuel Johnson is a writer of such significance that his era — the second half of the 18th century — is known as the Age of Johnson.

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Hardcover:

9780826487148 | Continuum Intl Pub Group, December 30, 2005, cover price $41.95

Paperback:

9780826482730 | Bloomsbury USA Academic, December 12, 2006, cover price $34.95

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Product Description: "The Wunderkammer of Lady Charlotte Guest" examines the life of a truly extraordinary Victorian woman, Lady Charlotte Guest Schreiber. Lady Charlotte learned Welsh in order to provide the first complete translation of the "Mabinogion"; ran her late husband's ironmongery until her eldest son attained his majority; then married a man fourteen years her junior and enjoyed a distinguished career as a collector of porcelain, playing cards, and fans...read more

Hardcover:

9780934223881 | Lehigh Univ Pr, January 31, 2007, cover price $47.50 | About this edition: "The Wunderkammer of Lady Charlotte Guest" examines the life of a truly extraordinary Victorian woman, Lady Charlotte Guest Schreiber.
9781611460414 | Lehigh Univ Pr, December 1, 2006, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: This book examines the life of Lady Charlotte Guest Schreiber, who provided the first complete translation of the Mabinogion and ran her late husband's ironmongery.

By Aileen Christianson (editor), Simon Grimble (editor), Sheila McIntosh (editor), Ralph Pite (editor) and Valerie Sanders (editor)

Hardcover:

9781851967803 | Pickering & Chatto Ltd, January 1, 2005, cover price $490.00

Hardcover:

9780765801463 | Transaction Pub, July 1, 2002, cover price $50.95
9781854106605 | Aurum Pr Ltd, March 1, 2000, cover price $19.95

Paperback:

9780765809391 | Transaction Pub, July 1, 2002, cover price $35.95
9781854107602, titled "First & Last Things" | London Bridge, May 1, 2001, cover price $14.95

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An intriguing study of the forgotten lives of Victorian women explores the world of American actress Charlotte Cushman, Jane Welsh Carlyle, a famed London literary hostess and wife of Thomas Carlyle, and others who led vibrant, independent, and meaningful lives despite the restrictions and conventions of the Victoria era. 15,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Hardcover:

9780679445999 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, October 1, 2000, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: A study of the forgotten lives of Victorian women explores the world of American actress Charlotte Cushman, famed London literary hostess Jane Welsh Carlyle, and others who led vibrant, independent, and meaningful lives despite the restrictions and conventions of the Victorian era.

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Product Description: Book by Elliott, Gregory (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Hardcover:

9780816629664 | Univ of Minnesota Pr, January 1, 1999, cover price $48.00 | About this edition: Book by Elliott, Gregory

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A biographical study of the eighteenth-century lexicographer and critic combines narrative with psychological insights (view table of contents)

Paperback:

9781887178761 | Counterpoint, June 1, 1998, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: A biographical study of the eighteenth-century lexicographer and critic combines narrative with psychological insights
9780156792592 | 1 edition (Harcourt, October 1, 1979), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Winner of the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize, Bate's biographical study of the eighteenth-century lexicographer and critic combines narrative with psychological insights

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Product Description: This is a biography of writer, architect, aesthete and editor Geoffrey Scott (1884-1929). His "Architecture of Humanism" was considered the most important statement about architecture since Ruskin, and was used as a basic text in architectural schools for many years...read more

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9780773484887 | Edwin Mellen Pr, June 1, 1998, cover price $149.95 | About this edition: This is a biography of writer, architect, aesthete and editor Geoffrey Scott (1884-1929).

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Product Description: This volume approaches the dialogue between faith and doubt in the Victorian era through a series of intellectual "portraits" that express and personalize the creative ferment and diversity of the period. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Hardcover:

9780773484238 | Edwin Mellen Pr, December 1, 1997, cover price $99.95 | About this edition: This volume approaches the dialogue between faith and doubt in the Victorian era through a series of intellectual "portraits" that express and personalize the creative ferment and diversity of the period.

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Product Description: This work is a study of the famous British man of letters, an astute observer of human nature, local custom, literature and history. It sets the seal on Walpole's place in history, evaluates his contribution to 18th-century society and literature, and provides a picture of two very different civilizations...read more

Hardcover:

9780773497375 | Subsequent edition (Edwin Mellen Pr, July 1, 1991), cover price $149.95 | About this edition: This work is a study of the famous British man of letters, an astute observer of human nature, local custom, literature and history.

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Product Description: Book by Dodd, Valerie A.

Hardcover:

9780312026943 | Palgrave Macmillan, April 1, 1990, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Book by Dodd, Valerie A.

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Portrays the lives of an elite group of English intellectuals who died fighting in World War I

Hardcover:

9780701128470 | Chatto & Windus, May 1, 1987, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Portrays the lives of an elite group of English intellectuals who died fighting in World War I

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Product Description: Book by Mosley, Diana

Hardcover:

9780283991554 | Sidgwick & Jackson, November 1, 1985, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Book by Mosley, Diana

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