
FIRST EDITION. 1981 Pantheon Books jumbo trade paperback, Samuel Johnson (Samuel The Major Works). Sam Johnson's classic- and witty- dictionary, published in the 18th century, the first to contain everyday words.
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1709–1784
Samuel Johnson, was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and committed Tory, and has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".[1] He is also the subject of "the most famous single work of biographical art in the whole of literature": James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson.[2] ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson
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