Samuel Johnson. The Sayings of Chairman Johnson
Carr reported in his History of the QTP (1987) that he had published five editions of this small book of quotations from the writings and dictionary of Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) and five have been seen. The order of publication of the first three is based on the number of other titles listed; none are listed on the last two, so their order is guessed.
(Last updated on 22/2/2022)
SBX-JOH1: First edition
Title: The Sayings of Chairman Johnson
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: (March 1976)
ISBN: (0900847697)
Size: 129 x 94 mm
Pages: 16 pp
Staples: one
Binding: white glossy printed card covers
Paper: white
Arranged by: Edmund Kirby
Cover artist: (J.L. Carr)
Internal illustrations: none
Number in series: none given
Colophon: sun face, no address
Telephone number: none stated
Printing history: none stated
Number of other titles listed: 20
Printed by: Central Printing Works (Kettering) Ltd.
Content: Short history; Quotations from Walter Raleigh and Oliver Goldsmith; Pronouncements (27 entries); Yet hope not life from grief or danger free...; Dictionary Johnson (7 entries); Letter to the Earl of Chesterfield; A literary party (24 entries); You must take me as I am (21 entries).
Notes: The date is taken from the date the ISBN was registered.
Rear and front covers
Inside rear cover
SBX-JOH2: Second impression
Title: The Sayings of Chairman Johnson
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year:
ISBN: (0900847697)
Size: 129 x 93 mm
Pages: 16 pp
Staples: one
Binding: white matt printed card covers
Paper: white
Arranged by: Edmund Kirby
Cover artist: (J.L. Carr)
Internal illustrations: none
Number in series: none given
Colophon: house
Telephone number: none stated
Printing history: none stated
Number of other titles listed: 30
Printed by: Central Printing Works (Kettering) Ltd.
Content: Short history; Quotations from Walter Raleigh and Oliver Goldsmith; Pronouncements (27 entries); Yet hope not life from grief or danger free...; Dictionary Johnson (7 entries); Letter to the Earl of Chesterfield; A literary party (24 entries); You must take me as I am (21 entries).
Notes: The date is taken from the date the ISBN was registered.
Rear and front covers
Inside rear cover
SBX-JOH3: Third impression
Title: The Sayings of Chairman Johnson
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: 197?
ISBN: (0900847697)
Size: 128 x 94 mm
Pages: 16 pp
Staples: one
Binding: white matt printed card covers
Paper: white
Arranged by: Edmund Kirby
Cover artist: (J.L. Carr)
Internal illustrations: none
Number in series: none given
Colophon: house
Telephone number: none stated
Printing history: none stated
Number of other titles listed: 33
Printed by: Central Printing Works (Kettering) Ltd.
Content: Short history; Quotations from Walter Raleigh and Oliver Goldsmith; Pronouncements (27 entries); Yet hope not life from grief or danger free...; Dictionary Johnson (7 entries); Letter to the Earl of Chesterfield; A literary party (24 entries); You must take me as I am (21 entries).
Notes:
Rear and front covers
Inside rear cover
SBX-JOH4: Fourth impression
Title: The Sayings of Chairman Johnson
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: 198?
ISBN: None
Size: 125 x 92 mm
Pages: 16 pp
Staples: two
Binding: yellow matt card covers
Paper: white
Arranged by: Edmund Kirby
Cover artist: (J.L. Carr)
Internal illustrations: none
Number in series: 71
Colophon: none
Telephone number: none stated
Printing history: none stated
Number of other titles listed: none
Printed by: not stated
Content: Short history; Quotations from Walter Raleigh and Oliver Goldsmith; Pronouncements (27 entries); Yet hope not life from grief or danger free...; Dictionary Johnson (7 entries); Letter to the Earl of Chesterfield; A literary party (24 entries); You must take me as I am (21 entries); facsimile of signed letter; quotation from Boswell's Life of Johnson.
Rear and front covers
Inside rear cover
Notes: This is one of nine titles numbered 71. The other eight are: Bacon, Bewick, Chaucer, Donne, Frank, Hassall, Rosettis and the Little Book of Bookplates.
SBX-JOH5: Fifth impression
Title: The Sayings of Chairman Johnson
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: 198?
ISBN: None
Size: 125 x 92 mm
Pages: 16 pp
Staples: two
Binding: white glossy card covers
Paper: pale brown
Arranged by: Edmund Kirby
Cover artist: (J.L. Carr)
Internal illustrations: none
Number in series: 71
Colophon: none
Telephone number: none stated
Printing history: none stated
Number of other titles listed: none
Printed by: not stated
Content: Short history; Quotations from Walter Raleigh and Oliver Goldsmith; Pronouncements (27 entries); Yet hope not life from grief or danger free...; Dictionary Johnson (7 entries); Letter to the Earl of Chesterfield; A literary party (24 entries); You must take me as I am (21 entries); facsimile of signed letter; quotation from Boswell's Life of Johnson.
Rear and front covers
Inside rear cover
Notes: This is one of nine titles numbered 71. The other eight are: Bacon, Bewick, Chaucer, Donne, Frank, Hassall, Rosettis and the Little Book of Bookplates.