Oxford: Clarendon Press 1887 . First edition. Leather. Near Fine. 9" by 6.5". Not Stated. James Boswell's complete six volume biography of Samuel Johnson beautifully bound in half calf and illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work to be edited by George Birkbeck Hill. In beautiful signed half calf bindings from Frost & Co. of Bath this is an excellent and complete six volume set of James Boswell's biography of English writer Dr. Samuel Johnson. The first edition thus being the first edition edited by George Birkbeck Hill and including both Boswell's 'Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides' and Johnson's 'Diary of a Journey into North Wales'.Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait to four volumes two further engraved plates and six folding plates. Collated complete.A landmark work in the development of the modern biography in English many have claimed it as the greatest biography ever written. Nevertheless this biography takes many critical liberties with Johnson's life with Boswell making various changes to Johnson's quotations and even censoring his comments. In signed half calf bindings with gilt detailing to back strips and cloth covered boards. Light fading to back strips otherwise externally lovely. Binder's stamps to verso of front free endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine Clarendon Press hardcover
Oxford : At the Clarendon Press 1934-50. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 9" by 6" . Not Stated . The acclaimed biography of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell complete with six bright volumes in five. A collection complete in three volumes of this work by Scottish biographer James Boswell often described as one of the greatest English biographies of all time. Edited by George Birkbeck Hill a revised and enlarged edition by L. F. Powell first thus. Complete six volumes in five the last volume contains Johnson's The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and volume VI of the Index with its supplement a table of anonymous persons with its own index a bibliography and a list of errata. Together with Johnson's Diary of a Journey into North Wales. With seventeen full page plates of which four folding. Lacking 'Bust of Johnson' to volume IV. Samuel Johnson was an English author well-known in the literary world for his many lasting contributions to various areas of humanist art including poetry essay-writing biography and more. He is described by the 'Oxford Dictionary of National Biographies' as the most distinguished man of letters in English history. This biography is notable for its extensive reports of Johnson's conversation compiled through Boswell's acquaintance of Johnson since 1763. Originally published in 1791. This edition is reprinted from the third edition revised and augmented of 1799. Original facsimile title pages included. In the original publisher's full cloth uniform bindings. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Library shelf numbers inked to the spine Stoke Newington public library bookplate to the front pastedown discreet library stamp to imprint page. Library gilt blind stamp to front boards. Dust wrappers price-clipped with shelf wear chipped to the head and tail of the spine spine sunned library shelf number inked to spine light soiling to wraps. Internally firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. With seventeen full page plates of which four folding. Lacking 'Bust of Johnson' to volume IV. Very Good Indeed At the Clarendon Press hardcover
New York: Croscup and Sterling 1898. Lichfield Edition. Hardcover. Clean pages tight binding as ra. Boswell's Life of Johnson complete 6 volume set Lichfield Edition limited number 73 of 500 printed.Clean pages tight binding as rarely opened gray cloth boards clean paste down titles all present with some fade and light foxing Croscup and Sterling hardcover
London: Macmillan and Co. 1914. Leather. Near Fine. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. A Globe Edition of Boswell's biography of Samuel Johnson in a very smart half calf binding with the gilt crest of Marlborough College to the front board. The sixth reprint of the Globe Edition of this work in a half calf binding with the gilt crest of Marlborough College to the front board and decorative gilt to the spine. Marbled end papers and edges. James Boswell 1740-1795 was best known for this biography of his friend Samuel Johnson commonly said to be the greatest biography written in the English language. It gives an account of his personality his studies and works as well as his correspondence and some previously unpublished work. Samuel Johnson had an influential and lasting effect on the development of English literature particularly due to his dictionary literary criticism and biographical works. This edition contains a facsimile of the title page from the original quarto edition and an advertisement to the first edition along with an introduction by Mowbray Morris. In a half calf binding. Externally very smart with light rubbing to the extremities and joints. Colour and gilt remain bright to the boards and spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine Macmillan and Co. hardcover
London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1951. The Yale edition of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Bound in full leather by The Studley Press Ewell Surrey.In full black morocco. Gilt lettering on the spine and decorations.Silk page marker ribbon.Top edge giltStudley Press endpapers.The original London street maps from the front and rear endpapersare here bound in as a four page foldout map. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Boswell by Joshua Reynolds and three facsimile reproductions of pages from the original manuscript. xiii 370 pages.6.5 X 9.5 inches.There is some offsetting to the endpapers and a few spots to be found at the page edges.Overall a near fine copy. Reprint. Full Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. William Heinemann Ltd. Hardcover
New York: McGraw Hill Book Company 1950. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Light shelfwear on spine. Light foxing on top text block edge. McGraw Hill Book Company hardcover
New York : Harper & Brothers 1889-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 6 volume set. 27 cm. This edition is limited to three hundred copies. No. 157. Leather spine green boards. Solid binding and cover. Some chipping wear to spine leather. Clean unmarked pages. Ships daily.V. 1-4. Life. --v. 5. Tour to the Hebrides 1773 and Journey into North Wales 1774. --v. 6. Addenda index Dicta philosophi &c. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. New York : Harper & Brothers hardcover
London: Heinemann 1982. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Near Fine dust jacket.; The Yale Editions Of The Private Papers Of James Boswell; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches. Heinemann hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 165350 ISBN : 0434439452 9780434439454
Hardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This volume tenth in the Yale Boswell Editions Research Series of correspondence collects the letters exchanged between James Boswell 1740–1795 and Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo 1739–1806 eminent banker civic improver phil hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ria9781474461528_inp ISBN : 1474461522 9781474461528
C. H. Beck 1985. 1985. Das Leben Samuel Johnsons und Das Tagebuch einer Reise nach den Hebriden <br/><br/>Das Leben Samuel Johnsons und Das Tagebuch einer Reise nach den Hebriden James Boswell C. H. Beck unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : BN133959 ISBN : 3406088600 9783406088605
Published by George Bell and Sons in 1930 illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. Leather bound raised bands on spine gilt stamping front spine and back cover. Cover is rubbed and slightly scuffed see photo with this listing. Gilt edges head and tail bands. Binding firm text appears unmarked. Double page map at end of the volume after the index. A lovely copy. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi O-D3 George Bell and Sons, Limited hardcover
Edinburgh University Press / Yale University Press 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 4 volume set. Minor shelf wear to books and dust jackets. Otherwise these are tight unmarked books. Index. xli 518 xviii 303 xx 486 xx 434 pp. __ Vol 1 published 1994 / Vol 2 published 1998 / Vol 3 published 2012 / Vol 4 published 2019. Edinburgh University Press / Yale University Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 065993 ISBN : 0300060602 9780300060607
Hardback. New. This volume follows the young Boswell in his eventful travels from the end of his legal studies in Holland until the time of his departure for Italy and Corsica. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : A9780748618064 ISBN : 0748618066 9780748618064
Hardback. New. The third and penultimate volume in the Yale Research Edition's genetic transcription of the manuscript of Boswell's biographical masterwork. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : A9780748606047 ISBN : 0748606041 9780748606047
Hardback. New. In this edition of Boswell's "Life of Johnson" Marshall Waingrow offers a fresh reading of Boswell's work. He charts the changes made during composition and at the proof stage and corrects and explains the printer's misreadings and author's errors which crept into the final edition. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : A9780748606054 ISBN : 074860605x 9780748606054
Hardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Many of the earliest books particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pomona Press are republishing these classic works in affordable high quality modern editions usi hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ria9781443733717_inp ISBN : 1443733717 9781443733717
London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies Strand 1813. Hardcover. Good. 220 x 135 mm. BOSWELL James. The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson with Samuel Johnson LL. D. Sixth Edition Revised and Corrected. London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies Strand 1813.220 x 135 mm pp. 460. Full calf binding. Marbled endpapers and marbled edges. Frontispiece. Historic repair to hinge. Corners bumped.The publishers Cadell & Davies were a short-lived publishing company in London established in 1793. Thomas passed the bookselling and publishing business to his son Thomas and his apprentice William Davies creating Cadell and Davies which was in operation until 1819 with the death of Davies signalling the death of the venture. Cadell continued publishing until his death in 1836. Cadell and Davies were responsible for the 4th to 8th editions of James Boswell's Life of Johnson and for early editions of the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides represented here. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand hardcover
London : Sidgwick & Jackson 1908 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 5". Not Stated. A smart first edition copy of the correspondence of biographer James Boswell to W. J. Temple. A first edition copy.James Boswell was a Scottish biographer diarist and lawyer who is best known for his biography of his friend Samuel Johnson. This volume contains the letters from Boswell to Rev W. J. Temple. William Johnson Temple was an English cleric and essayist who is best remembered as a correspondent of James Boswell. With an introduction by Thomas Seccombe. The frontispiece is detached but present. Collated complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally lovely with light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally the frontispiece is detached but otherwise firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed Sidgwick & Jackson hardcover
London: Richard Bentley 1857. First edition. Leather. Near Fine. 9" by 6". None. A smart first edition of this collection of letters written by James Boswell to the Reverend William Johnson Temple. First edition. Published from the original manuscripts. A collection of letters from James Boswell a Scottish biographer diarist and lawyer written to William Johnson Temple an English cleric and essayist. Both figures are now remembered as correspondents of one another. With letters from 1758 to Boswell's death in 1795. Bound in half brown calf with marbled boards. Externally very smart with light fading to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Near Fine Richard Bentley hardcover
Paperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Reproduction of the original: Life of Johnson by James Boswell paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ria9783734093500_inp ISBN : 3734093503 9783734093500
Hardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Reproduction of the original: Life of Johnson by James Boswell hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ria9783734093517_inp ISBN : 3734093511 9783734093517
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