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Boswell, James
The life of Samuel Johnson
Oxford: William Pickering London; and Talboys and Wheeler 1827. First Pickering edition 4 volumes 8vo engraved portrait of Boswell after Joshua Reynolds Round Robin plate and a facsimile of Johnson's handwriting; contemporary full blindstamped calf gilt decorated spines a.e.g.; light wear to the spines but on the whole very good and sound. CBEL II 1214; Keynes p. 54; Kelly 1826.2; Pottle 90: "This edition in four volumes large octavo is the most beautiful that has yet appeared. The editor was Francis Pearson Walesby 1798-1858 Fellow of Lincoln College and afterwards 1829-34 Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford who in the previous year had edited the edition of Johnson's works in the Oxford English Classics with which this edition of the Life is uniform . This is the first edition of the Life to include a portrait of Boswell as a frontispiece. William Pickering, London; and Talboys and Wheeler unknown
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Boswell, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson Volume 3; Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
General Books LLC. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. This is a reproduction of an out of print title. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. that were either part of the original artifact or were introduced by the scanning process. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. General Books LLC unknown
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Boswell, James
The life of Samuel Johnson. LL.D. comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition never before published. The whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain.
London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. First edition the so-called second state with "give" reading on p. 135 in vol. I 2 volumes 4to pp. xii 16 516; 2 588; engraved portrait frontispiece by Heath after Joshua Reynolds and with the Round Robin plate and the plate showing facsimile signatures of Johnson; nice copy in contemporary full calf neatly and pleasingly rebacked sometime in the 20th century preserving the old red and black morocco labels on spine; all the standard cancels are present per Pottle. Regarding the "give" versus "gve" reading Pottle notes that the "booksellers have given this rather uninteresting 'point' more attention than it deserves." Celebrated for its intimacy and vividness Boswell's Life of Johnson "is one of the best books in the world. It is assuredly a great very great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of the heroic poets Shakespeare is not more decidedly the first of the dramatists Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of the orators than Boswell is the first of biographers" Macaulay. Grolier English 100 no. 65; Rothschild 463; Pottle 79. Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly unknown
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Boswell, James
The life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. comprehending an account of his studies
Boston: W. Andrews and L. Blake 1807. First American edition taken from the fifth Malone edition published in London earlier the same year 8vo 3 volumes frontispiece portrait folding "Round Robin" plate folding facsimile of Johnson's handwriting; title page in volume II partially loose and torn with loss to a word or two; uncut copy in later full muslin manuscript paper labels on spine; very good. Pottle 85. W. Andrews and L. Blake unknown
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BOSWELL, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson L.L.D.
Franklin Center: Franklin 1983. hardcover. fine. 3 volumes. Illustrated. Full ornately gilt blue leather all edges gilt. Franklin Center: Franklin Press 1983.<br/> <br/> Franklin unknown
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Boswell, James;
The Life of Samuel Johnson 3 vols complete
London: Limited Editions Club 1938. Limited edition. Hardcover. fair to very good. 1/1500. Quarto. Vol 1: lvix 466pp. Vol 2: 2 486pp. Vol 3: 2 473pp 1. Burgundy colored paper covered cardboard slipcase tan label with red lettering mounted on spine. Bindings with olive green buckram boards maroon labels with gilt lettering mounted on spines. Illustrated frontispiece in all 3 volumes. <br /> <br /> Limited edition #400/1500 "The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition never before published. the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great-Britain for near half a century during which he flourished." The famous biography by Boswell on the English poet essayist critic journalist lexicographer and conversationalist who is regarded as one of the most outstanding figures of 18th-century life and letters.<br /> <br /> Slipcase split along the edges of the bottom boards. with some additional rubbing and chipping to extremities. Bindings with sunning to spines some corners bumped shelf wear to covers. Ex-libris labels on interior front cover of all 3 volumes. Foxing to front and end papers and paper edges. Slipcase in fair bindings in very good- interior in very good condition overall. Limited Editions Club hardcover
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Boswell, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson. 3 volume set. 1926. Dent edition
London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd. G : in good condition without dust jackets. Covers rubbed. Slight foxing. 1926. Reprint. Grey hardback cloth covers. 200mm x 140mm 8" x 6". xl 458pp; viii 464pp; viii 466pp. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. . J M Dent & Sons Ltd hardcover
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Boswell, James
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D. 3 volume set complete
London: Bickers and Son 1874. Leather. Very Good . 1874 edition with some of the Author's notes from the third edition. 3 volume set complete. A Very Good set. 8vo. Vol.1 xx m 538; Vol.2 527; Vol.3 525 pp. illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece folding plates folding maps. Uniformly bound in half calf and marbled paper over boards; title and volume on red and black morocco labels on the spine. All edges marbled; marbled end papers. Spines slightly sunned/dulled. A handsome set Very Good . This work originally published in 1791 represents a landmark in the development of the modern genre of biography. It is notable for its extensive reports of Johnson's conversation. Many have claimed it as the greatest biography written in English. Bickers and Son unknown
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Boswell, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D . in Two Volumes
London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. First edition "gve" uncorrected at line 10 on p. 135 in vol. I and with the usual cancels Mm4 and Nn1 in vol. I E3 Oo4 Qq3 in vol. II. Engraved portrait by J. Heath after Joshua Reynolds 2 other engraved plates. xii 16 516; 2 588 i.e. 586 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Old calf a.e.g. Neatly rebacked with gilt spines in period style. Bookplates of Nicholas Frederic Brady. Near fine occasional light traces of foxing. First edition "gve" uncorrected at line 10 on p. 135 in vol. I and with the usual cancels Mm4 and Nn1 in vol. I E3 Oo4 Qq3 in vol. II. Engraved portrait by J. Heath after Joshua Reynolds 2 other engraved plates. xii 16 516; 2 588 i.e. 586 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Pottle 79; Rothschild 463; Grolier English 131 Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly unknown
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Boswell, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.in Two Volumes
London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. First Edition first state of S4r with "gve" for "give. Engraved portrait by J. Heath after Joshua Reynolds 2 other engraved plates in Volume II. xii 16 516; 2 588 i.e. 586 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Bound in contemporary brown mottled calf rebacked with original red and green labels on spine laid down. Bookplate of John Mountenay Lely 1839-1907 and Robert McKinlay. In open-faced blue cloth slipcsae. First Edition first state of S4r with "gve" for "give". Engraved portrait by J. Heath after Joshua Reynolds 2 other engraved plates in Volume II. xii 16 516; 2 588 i.e. 586 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Pottle 79; Rothschild 463; Grolier English 65 Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly unknown
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Boswell, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works In Chronological Order; A Series of his Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of his Composition . In Three Volumes. The Second Edition
London England: Henry Baldwin 1793. Second edition. Hardcover. Good. London: Printed by Henry Baldwin 1793. 3 volumes. 3/4 brown morocco with marbled boards and endpapers. Front board of volume 1 detached rear hinge reinforced at inner hinge. Light chipping at head of volumes light rubbing at heels and edges. Text is good with light foxing to frontis and title pages. Else the text is in good condition text block sound and straight. Uncut edges no former owner marks. Booksellers 'mark' "William J. Campbell Booksellr 1009 Walnut Street Philadelphia". Second Revised and Augmented Edition. With the frontis portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds foxed overall folding plate facsimile of Johnson's handwriting at rear of volume 3. The folding plate engraved "Round Robin" at p. 634 appears not to be present. The new material in rear of volume 1 includes: "Additions received after the Second Edition was printed" pp. i-xxii "A Chronological Catalogue of the Prose Works of Samuel Johnson LL.D" which is the first attempt at a Johnson bibliography pp. xxiii- xxxi. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis Minnesota. Due to the size/weight of this set extra charges may apply for international shipping. Not available for priority/expedited shipping. Henry Baldwin hardcover
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Boswell, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides; New Edition With Numerous Additions and Notes; To Which are Added Two Supplementary Volumes of Johnsoniana 10 Vols
London UK: Henry G. Bohn 1851. Hardcover. Near Fine. L 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Henry G. Bohn London UK 1851. 10 volumes complete. Blindstamped bluish turquoise cloth gold lettering on spine. Nice Firm Clean copy ! 2 frontispieces on each volume. Fifty engraved illustrations. Size: L 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. The Editor after preparing this volume for the press feels more than ever satisfied as to the arrangement ultimately adopted with respect to the scattered JOHNSONIANA of Boswell's friends and rivals. In the notes to the preceding volumes he has presented all those short passages of other writers which seemed to bear decidedly on the statements in Boswell's text: in the 9th and 10th volume the reader has presented to him a mass of miscellaneous Anecdotes and Sayings gathered from nearly a hundred different publications; which could not have been produced as notes to Boswell without overloading and perplexing his pages but which are essential to the completion of the intellectual portrait of Johnson. Johnsoniana by Hawkins Piozzi Murphy Tyers Reynolds Malone Nichols Steevens Cumberland and others. Biography History::Britain 6323 6323 Henry G. Bohn hardcover
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Boswell, James
The Life of Johnson.
London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly in The Poultry 1791. First edition first issue of both volumes of the most celebrated biography in the English language which was published on May 16 1791 in a print run of only 1750 copies. Quarto bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Frontispiece portrait of Samuel Johnson engraved by J. Heath after the Sir Joshua Reynolds 1756 painting. Volume one is the first state with the word “give†reading on page 135 line 10. First state of volume two with two engraved illustrations “The Round Robin†at p. 92 and the “facsimiles†of Dr. Johnson's handwriting on p. 588. In near fine condition with light toning an excellent example of this landmark work. “Boswell excelled in insight into human nature and in ability to dramatize a situation… It was a crucial part of Boswell’s magic to give significance and vitality to the apparently trivial; it is this trait together with his notable accuracy and unparalleled completeness of portraiture that made him… ‘the Shakespeare of biographers†Baugh et al. 1065-66. "One of Western literature's most germinal achievements: unprecedented in its time in its depth of research and its extensive use of private correspondence and recorded conversation." Gordon Turnbull Oxford DNB. Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in The Poultry hardcover
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Boswell, James; & Roger Ingpen (edited, with notes by)
The Life of Samuel Johnson Newly Edited with Notes by Roger Ingpen 3 volumes
Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Company 1925. 3 separate volumes complete. Near Very Good condition. Light cover soil. Previous owner's names on front endpaper. Internally Very Good to Fine. SEE OUR PHOTOS. Pages are clean and unmarked. NOT a library discard. 1925. Reissue of the 1907 edition with a substantial new preface by the editor giving much of interest on "recent results of the labours and researches of admirers of Johnson." This is an important edition as it contains 576 illustrations facsimiles and maps including 13 plates in photogravure. The London Times reviewer stated: "The raison d'etre of this edition is its illustrations. Of these there are portraits from authentic originals views from old prints autographs facsimile title-pages. a series of views of Johnson's old haunts. Mr. Ingpen's literary contribution consists of short notes to the pictures and his industry in collecting illustrative material." From another review: "The appearance of a new edition of the greatest biography in the English language is a literary event of some consequence. The idea. has been to annotate the work with illustrations each picture being supplied with a full descriptive note. The portraits are those of practically all the men and women of note in literature in Johnson's day and many of those who were famous in art drama and social life. Some of these it should be said are now reproduced for the first time." Uniformly bound in the original tan cloth stamped in bright gold over black spine labels. Oversize Hardcover. 7.75" wide by 10" tall by 3.25" thick. This heavy 3 volume set will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments. But for media mail you pay only our standard charge for 1 volume and we ship the other 2 volumes at no extra cost. . Oversize Hardcover. Near Very Good condition/No dust jackets. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 3 volumes: 1172pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Charles E. Lauriat Company Hardcover
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Boswell, James; & Roger Ingpen (edited, with notes by)
The Life of Samuel Johnson Newly Edited with Notes by Roger Ingpen 3 volumes
Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Company 1925. 3 separate volumes complete. SEE OUR PHOTOS. Very Good condition. Sharp corners. One small spot on the spine of Vol. 1. NO owner's name or bookplate. Internally Near Fine. Pages are crisp clean and unmarked. NOT a library discard. 1925. Reissue of the 1907 edition with a substantial new preface by the editor giving much of interest on "recent results of the labours and researches of admirers of Johnson." This is an important edition as it contains 576 illustrations facsimiles and maps including 13 plates in photogravure. The London Times reviewer stated: "The raison d'etre of this edition is its illustrations. Of these there are portraits from authentic originals views from old prints autographs facsimile title-pages. a series of views of Johnson's old haunts. Mr. Ingpen's literary contribution consists of short notes to the pictures and his industry in collecting illustrative material." From another review: "The appearance of a new edition of the greatest biography in the English language is a literary event of some consequence. The idea. has been to annotate the work with illustrations each picture being supplied with a full descriptive note. The portraits are those of practically all the men and women of note in literature in Johnson's day and many of those who were famous in art drama and social life. Some of these it should be said are now reproduced for the first time." Uniformly bound in the original tan cloth stamped in bright gold over black spine labels. Oversize Hardcover. 7.75" wide by 10" tall by 3.25" thick. This heavy 3 volume set will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments. But for media mail you pay only our standard charge for 1 volume and we ship the other 2 volumes at no extra cost. . Oversize Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jackets. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 3 volumes: 1172pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Charles E. Lauriat Company Hardcover
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Boswell, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson LLD. including A Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides; by James Boswell ESQ. to which are added Anecdotes by Hawkins Piozzi Murphy Tyers Reyolds Steevens &c. and notes by various hands
London: John Murray 1835. Hardcover Octavo. Hardcover. Very good. 10 volumes complete rebound in 1983 quarterbound white vellum spines with gilt lettering and lines blue-marbled papered boards blue endpapers top edges gilt profusely illustrated <br /> <br /> Standard shipping no tracking / Priority with tracking / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. John Murray hardcover
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Boswell, James; Croker, John Wilson
The Life Of Samuel Johnson: 5 Volume Set
John Murray. Used - Very Good. Five Volume Set. Includes A Journal Of A Tour To The Hebrides. New Edition with numerous additions and notes by John Wilson Croker. Half bound in light brown leather with blue and red marbled boards. Four raised bands with gilt design; blind stamped leather on sections of spine between raised bands. Yellow green and red marbled endpaper. Binding is tight. Pages are clean with only minor foxing on the edges of a few pages in each volume. John Murray hardcover
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Boswell, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson 3 volumes
Boston: Andrews and Blake 1807. First American edition. Very Good. 3 volumes original flame calf boards recent calf spines gilt ruled dark red morocco gilt spine labels contents VG age toning and foxing. With ownership signature and information in each volume indication the set's purchase from a John Francis and sold to a Thomas Hamilton in March of 1825. We cannot identify this particular Hamilton probably NOT the author of 'Men and Manners in America' of 1833 as we believe that Hamilton was in Italy in 1825. First American printing of what is generally considered one of the greatest biographies ever published. Andrews and Blake unknown
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Boswell, James
The life of Samuel Johnson comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order: A series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; various original pieces of his composition never before published. A new edition elucidated by copious notes and illustrated with numerous portraits views and characteristic designs engraved from authentic sources. Four volume set with Journal of a tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson; a new edition illustrated with introduction and notes by Robert Carruthers. Five volumes in all
London Office of the National Illustrated Library 1851. Hardcover. Original decorated and blind-stamped cloth. Backstrips sun-darkened; cover edges sun-faded; extremities bumped and worn; 5 volumes lack front free endpaper; front hinge of vol. 1 shaken; previous owner's name inside front cover of vols. 1-3; pages faintly toned; otherwise very good condition. Hebrides Journal in similar condition but has front free endpaper; pages slightly toned some with chipped margins. . 5 volumes separately paged. Illus. Preface dated 1851 in four-volume set. London, Office of the National Illustrated Library, [ hardcover
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Boswell, James
the life of Samuel Johnson
Modern. Good. 1940. Circa 1940s. Hard Cover. O146 1200 pages; unabridged; clean and tight pages; actually still has the original but worn and torn dust jacket which is now in protective mylar . Modern hardcover
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Boswell, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson L. L. D. In Three Volumes
George Allen & Unwin. Good/No Dust Wrapper. 1925. Three Volume Set. Hard Cover. O262 . George Allen & Unwin hardcover
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Boswell, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson 2 vol.
London: Folio Society 1993. Hardcover Folio in slipcase. Hardcover. Very good. brown leather and brown cloth gilt lettering to spine red strip to spine logo to brown slipcase 2 volumes 568 682 pp <br /> <br /> Standard shipping no tracking / Priority with tracking / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Folio Society hardcover
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Boswell, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.; Comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition never before published. The whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain for near half a century during which he flourished. In two volumes
London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. First Edition. 1869 ownership signatures in each volume; chip to one margin in Vol. I about the size of a thumb-joint not affecting any text; maringal annotation to another page in Vol. I; some pages with creased corners and occasional marks scattered foxing -- not too obtrusive -- and some faint dampstains in lower margins; covers heavily rubbed. Two vols. 4tos; 516 & 588pp; contemporay mottled calf recased with spine label; inner hinges reinforced. First state of the classic work that founded the modern notion of biography with "gve" on p. 135 all cancels the fronispiece portrait after Sir Joshua Reynolds in Vol. I and the "Round Robin" and facsmile plates in Vol. II. A serviceable set. Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly unknown
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Boswell, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson Ll. D. Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides: by James Bowell Esq. to Which Are Added Anecdotes by Hawkins Piozzi Murphy Tyers Reynolds Steevens & C and Notes by Various Hands
E-252: John Murray. Very Good. 1835. Leather. Leather. Small 8vo. John Murray London. 1835. 10 volumes. Xxiv 325 pgs; viii 344 pgs; ix 323 pgs; xii 343 pgs; viii 341 pgs; viii 342 pgs; viii 381 pgs; xi 431 pgs xv 335 pgs; xii 376 pgs. Illustrated with a hand-colored engraved frontispiece and an additional hand-colored vignette title all engraved by Edward Francis Finden 1791-1857. In addition there are nineteen hand-colored plates portraits and views a folding map of "The Tour through Scotland and the Hebrides. In 1773" volume IV a folding facsimile "Round Robin" volume VI and six folding facsimile letters. First Illustrated Edition Croker's Second Edition. Bound in tree calf leather with gilt double-rule border on covers spines decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments with red maroon labels with gilt lettering and gilt board edges and turn-ins all edges gilt with some uncut pages and marbled endpapers unsigned binding; looks like Bayntun. Full purple morocco covers elaborately tooled in gilt in a geometric pattern. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson one of the towering figures of English literature is revealed with unparalleled immediacy and originality in a biography to which we owe much of our knowledge of the man himself. Through a series of richly detailed anecdotes Johnson emerges as a sociable figure vigorously engaging and fencing with great contemporaries such as Garrick Goldsmith Burney and Burke and of course with Boswell himself. Yet anxieties and obsessions also darkened Johnson's private hours and Boswell's attentiveness to every facet of Johnson's character makes this biography as moving as it is entertaining. EB; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . John Murray hardcover
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BOSWELL, James
The Life of Johnson.in two volumes.
London: printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. First edition first state with ‘gve’ on p.135 of the first volume; Mm4 and Nn1 in Volume I and E3 Qq3 and Eee2 in Volume II are cancels. 4to 203 x 295 mm; untrimmed engraved portrait of Johnson by James Heath after Sir Joshua Reynolds browned 2 engraved plates of facsimiles by H. Shepherd. An extraordinary copy in contemporary half calf and the original publisher’s boards and with the edges of the paper all uncut to the extent that it is an exceptional tall copy almost a large paper copy morocco spine labels. Hinges cracked scattered foxing a few trifling stains boards somewhat worn and fragile preserved in a brown cloth chemise and half morocco slipcase. Booklabels of W. Strong 1p. ALS from J. Parsons to him laid in and ink signature of J. Robinson in Volume I. Accompanied by The London Chronicle No. 5414 for May 5 1791 which prints an advertisement for the book.W. Strong is addressed in the letter as Rev.d Archdeacon Strong – he has used the blank page of the letter to make notes on volume II of the book and has added some notes on the front pastedown and on another small sheet which is inserted loose.<br>‘Boswell's<em> </em>Life of Johnson is one of the best books in the world. It is assuredly a great very great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of Heroic Poets - Shakespeare is not more decidedly the first of Orators than Boswell is the first of Biographers. We are not sure that there is in the whole history of the human intellect so singular a phenomenon as this book. Many of the greatest men that ever lived have written biography; Boswell was one of the smallest men that ever lived and he has beaten them all’ Macaulay in the Edinburgh Review 1831 ap. Allibone.<br>W. Jackson Bate Johnson's best modern biographer assessed Boswell's achievement in this way: ‘It was to be a new kind of biography - a life in Scenes as though it were a kind of drama. And when this life in Scenes did appear nothing comparable to it had existed. Nor has anything comparable been written since because that special union of talents opportunities and subject matter has never been duplicated. If there were writers who had Boswell's opportunities of knowing their subject as well they have not had his unusual combination of talents. If they had his talents they have lacked his opportunities. The talents include his gift for empathy and dramatic imitation his ability to draw people out and get them to talk freely his astonishing memory for conversations his zest and gusto his generous capacity for admiration and his sheer industry as a reporter - qualities that are by no means often found together. Whatever its limitations the work remains unique among all writings by one human being about another in the drama fidelity and range of interests in the conversation of one of the most fascinating individuals in history Samuel Johnson’ N. Y.: Harcourt Brace 1977 pp. 365-366.<em><br></em>Adam 2:37. Courtney 172-173. Grolier English 65. Pottle 79. Rothschild 463-465. The greatest biography in the English language – a remarkable untrimmed copy in contemporary boards printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly hardcover
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Boswell, James, Esq
The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.; Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides; To which are Added Anecdotes by Hawkings Piozzi Murphy Tyers Reynolds Steevens &c.; And Notes by Various Hands
London: John Murray Albemarle Street 1835. Later edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 10 vol. Small 8vo. 5 vi-xxiv 2 3-325 3; 5 vi-viii 1 2-344 2; 5 vi-ix 2 2-323 3; 5 vi-xii 1 2-343 1; 5 vi-viii 1 2-341 3; 5 vi-viii 1 2-342 2; 5 vi-viii 1 2-381 3; 5 vi-xi 2 2-431 3; 5 vi-xv 2 2-335 3; 5 vi-xii 1 2-376 2 pp. Late nineteenth-century half polished sheep over pink cloth spines in six compartments spines unpolished lettered and tooled in gold; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Beautifully bound by Riviere & Son. Each volume illustrated with a frontispiece and vignette engraved title page volume three with a fold-out map of Scotland and the Hebrides. Volume six contains the fold-out Round Robin facsimile of Johnson's hand-writing to which there is a tiny hairline split not affecting the legibility of the fold-out plate. Oxford DNB Pat Rogers "Johnson Samuel 1709–1784". Pottle 92. The second Croker edition with little change to the text except for "the notes and Johnsoniana" Pottle 182. Pottle notes that the last two volumes in the set are extremely useful with some material never having been before published. Pottle also calls this "the first illustrated edition" Pottle 183. A stunning set of Boswell's magnum opus a monumental and early English biography. Samuel Johnson most famous for compiling the English dictionary that would replace the Bailey dictionary and would later become the dictionary that Noah Webster would consult is a legendary author and man of letters. Here his biographer and diarist James Boswell relates his life work and correspondences in the ten volumes. The final two volumes include the anecdotes about Johnson from his contemporaries. A principal work in English biographical literature housed in a lovely binding. A Near Fine set with a few hints of wear to the extremities overall bright and beautiful. John Murray, Albemarle Street hardcover
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BOSWELL, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson Ll.D. Edited with notes by Arnold Glover. With an introduction by Austin Dobson.
Hardback. 1925. Fully illustrated with about 100 drawings in pen and ink by Herbert Railton and many portraits in photogravure. 3 vols. xl 458 464 & 466pp J.M. Dent London 1925. A very good set. . hardcover
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Boswell, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson Three Volumes
London: J. M. Dent & Sons 1901. Hardcover. Near fine. Bound in half leather and cloth covered boards gilt ruled covers. Four raised bands on the spines. Spines are sunned stamped in gilt. Top edges gilt. Rubbed at the edges and extremities. Frontispieces and illustrations throughout. <br/><br/> J. M. Dent & Sons hardcover
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Boswell, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson four volumes
Henry G. Bohn 1868-01-01. Leather Bound. Very Good. 4 volume set. Contemporary moroccan leather over marbled baords. Gilt stamped. Hardcover. Top edge gilt. Good binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. Handsome set. Contemporary book plate. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Henry G. Bohn hardcover
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BOSWELL, James
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D. Preface by Clement K. Shorter
London: The Navarre Society 1924. New Limited edition. Hardcover. Good. 20 photogravures. 8vos; 433 479 577 pages blue cloth <br/><br/>Limited to 2000 copies. The text of the first edition reprinted verbatim with the corrections and additions. Includes a facsimile autograph letter. Boswell's JOHNSON was considered the paragon of biographies for nearly two centuries. 20 photogravures 50 half-tones. . Preface by Clement K. Shorter. The Navarre Society hardcover
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BOSWELL, James
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D. Preface by Clement K. Shorter
London: The Navarre Society 1924. New Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 20 photogravures. 8vos; 433 479 577 pages rebound by Birdsall of London in 3/4 red morocco raised bands extra-gilt spines head and tail bands. <br/><br/>Limited to 2000 copies. The text of the first editioin reprinted verbatim with the corrections and additions. Includes a facsimile autograph letter. Boswell's JOHNSON was considered the paragon of biographies for nearly two centuries. 20 photogravures 50 half-tones. . Preface by Clement K. Shorter. The Navarre Society hardcover
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Boswell, James
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON LL. D. COMPREHENDING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS STUDIES AND NUMEROUS WORKS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER; A SERIES OF HIS EPISTOLARY CORRESPONDENCE AND CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY EMINENT PERSONS; AND VARIOUS ORIGINAL PIECES OF HIS COMPOSITION
Bellows Falls VT: Charles Ewer and Timothy Bedlington. Very Good-. 1824. Leather. . NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED: THE WHOLE EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MEN IN GREAT BRITAIN FOR NEAR HALF A CENTURY DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED. A New Edition. Copious Notes and Biographical Illustrations By Malone. In Five Volumes; Printed By Blake Cutler and Co. for Charles Ewer and Timothy Bedlington. Bellows Falls VT. 1824. 5 volume set are hard-bound in 1/2 leather with marbled paper covered boards with gilt stamped numbers and gilt stamped red leather labels on the spines - scuffed and soiled with edge-wear and rubbing to the joints corners and spine-ends. Volume I front board barely attached - contents are bright and legible but with scattered foxing and toning throughout. Portrait frontispiece in Volume 1 and a folding plate in volumes 2 & 3. Volume I is a Vermont Imprint Published in Bellows Falls VT. 1824. with the rest of the volumes printed in Bellows Falls VT but have a Boston MA imprint. . Charles Ewer and Timothy Bedlington hardcover
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Boswell, James, 1740-1795
The Life of Samuel Johnson. With 576 Illustrations Facsimiles and Maps Including 13 Plates.
Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Co. 1925. Hard Cover. Three volumes: 1172 p. frontispieces illus. incl. maps plates portraits facsimiles; 26 cm. Paged continuously. Title continues: Newly Edited with Notes by Roger Ingpen. Reissue of Roger Ingpen's 1907 edition of the Boswell classic amply illustrated handsomely produced in an attractive copy. Stock#42793. Vg / no dj. Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Co., 1925 hardcover
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Boswell, James [Ryskamp, Charles; Pottle, Frederick A , Eds ]
The Life Of Samuel Johnson vols 2 3 And 4 Fine Binding
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1863. Hardcover. Vols 2-4 only of four. "The Life of Samuel Johnson LL D Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides". Finely bound in brown calf over marbled boards with matching end papers and text block edges. Spine is covered with ornate gilding. Contents firm and clean. . J. B. Lippincott & Co hardcover
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BOSWELL, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson
London: Printed for the Proprietors 1819. hardcover. near fine. 4 volumes. Extra illustrated with many portraits views and facsimiles some folding done in mezzotints copper engravings and some in sepia. Small 8vo 3/4 burgundy morocco ornately gilt spines top edges gilt cover on one volume faded. London: Printed for the Proprietors 1819. Near Fine.<br/> <br/> Printed for the Proprietors unknown
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Boswell, James; Edited by Clement Shorter [Samuel Johnson]
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON: BOSWELL'S LIFE OF DR JOHNSON AND JOURNAL OF A TOUR OF THE HEBRIDES IN TEN VOLUMES WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION BY CLEMENT SHORTER COMPLETE TEMPLE BAR EDITION IN 10 VOLUMES
Garden City NY: Printed for Gabriel Wells by Doubleday Page and Company 1922. Complete set in10 volumes. The Temple Bar Edition. "This Edition Is Limited To Seven Hundred And Eighty-Five Copies of Which Thirty-Five Are Not For Sale." Printed on watermarked Old Stratford paper. Vellum spines with brown paper covered boards. Paper spine labels printed in red and black. Top edges gold gilt. Title pages are printed in red and black with a small engraved vignette. Each volume with an engraved frontispiece and protective tissue-guard. Authors for the Introductory chapters include Aleyn Reade Augustine Birrell Professor Trent G. K. Chesterton A. Edward Newton John Drinkwater R. B. Adam Walter De La Mare Professor Tinker and Richard Ashe King. Some modest wear clean and bright internally. No name bookplate or other markings noted. See photos. . Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Printed for Gabriel Wells by Doubleday, Page and Company Hardcover
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Boswell, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson
Baldwin for Dilly 1791. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first issue with "gve" for "give" on page 135 line 10 in what may be the incredibly scarce original boards. Two volumes quarto. Very good. Some soiling to pages of the second volume. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. This copy has an extra full page frontispiece portrait of Boswell in the second volume not called for in the bibliographies. Baldwin, for Dilly hardcover
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Boswell, James [edited by Roger Ingpen]
THE LIFE of SAMUEL JOHNSON 3 Vol. Set
Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1925. Corners bumped spine ends worn and rubbed 3rd vol. Shaken spines toned but overall a very good clean set. ; All vols. Uniform gilt illustrated red cloth 4tos gilt lettering spines frontispieces. Vol. 1: 1709-November 10 1769 364pp. Vol. 2: 1770-April 8 1778 397pp. Vol. 3: 1778-December 13 1784 409pp chronology index. Pages uncut. Includes 576 illustrations facsimiles and maps including 13 plates in photogravure. . Charles E. Lauriat Company hardcover
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Boswell, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson 3 Vol. Set
New York: The Heritage Press. 1963. Vols. 1 & 2 are in fine condition vol. 3 in VG condition short dark mark fore-edge pages but otherwise a beautiful set in NF slipcases with just some some occasional rubbing here and there. Please contact us first before ordering as there may be extra shipping charges included due to the extra weight of this set. ; Three vols. Are uniform brown 8vos with gilt lettering on red paper labels attached to head of spines contain color frontispieces and each are housed in their own identical brown and cream slipcase. With marginal comments and markings from two copies annotated by Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi; prepared for publication with an Introduction by Edward G Fletcher. Vol. 1: 466pp. And includes four page Heritage Club Sandglass Special Publication: S28 pamphlet laid in. Vol. 2: 486pp. Vol. 3: 473pp. . The Heritage Press unknown
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BOSWELL, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order.
Westminster: Constable 1896. hardcover. fine. 6 volumes. Frontispiece protected with tissue guard in each volume. Titles in red and black. 12mos 3/4 black leather over marbled boards raised spine bands gilt stamped text and subtle decorations marbled endpapers. Westminster: Constable 1896. A fine set.<br/> <br/> Constable unknown
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Boswell, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. : comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence; and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition never before published: the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain for near half a century during which he flourished
Bellows Falls Vt.: Printed by Blake Cutler and Co. for Charles Ewer and Timothy Bedlington. 1824. Hardcover. Very Good-. Five Volume Set; 8vo; 5 vols pages; FIve volumes in full sheepskin covers in a decorative "tree" pattern flat spines paneled with pairs of gilt rules red and black leather labels lettered in gilt with the titles and volume numbers respectively in the second and fourth panels. Some wear and rubbing all covers soundly attached small pieces missing from the spines of volumes II and IV other volumes with just trifling losses at the head of the spines. Ink signatures in each volume by John H. Edmonds a leading Utica NY lawyer dated March 1849 -- on the front paste-down endpapers. An interesting early American edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson printed in Bellows Falls Vermont -- the site of the first bridge over the Connecticut River in 1785. A paper mill was one of the first commercial enterprises in the town. The firm of printers who produced these volumes was "Blake Cutler and Co." Blake was Bill Blake proprietor of the first newspaper to be published in the town of Rockingham -- 'The Vermont Intelligencer and Bellows Falls Advertiser' founded January 1 1817. This newspaper was established owned and published by Bill Blake & Company who occupied a building upon the corner of Westminster and Mill streets. They carried on an extensive printing and publishing business; also a book bindery and a wholesale and retail book store. In addition to these they owned a paper-mill where they manufactured both writing and printing paper. Blake's company became Blake Cutler & Company in which form the firm appears on these volumes and later James I. Cutler & Company. Sadly their paper-mill was burned on July 11 1846 and the printing office building on March 14 1860. Their handsome Boswell's Life of Johnson is the second Boston edition of this greatest of all biographies. The first had the imprint: "Boston: Published by W. Andrews and L. Blake. Greenough and Stebbins printers. 1807." That 1807 edition appeared in three volumes and the title page stated: "First American from the fifth London edition." This Bellows Falls edition can be counted as the second Boston edition for while the imprint of the first volume reads: "Bellows Falls Vt. : Printed by Blake Cutler and Co. for Charles Ewer and Timothy Bedlington. 1824" -- the imprint varies on the title pages of the rest of the set. Volumes 2-5 have title pages reading: "Boston: Published by Charles Ewer and Timothy Bedlington. 1824. Each of these final four volumes have the printer's slug of "Blake Cutler & Co. printers Bellows Falls Vt." on the versos of title pages. Assuming that Blake and Cutler used their own paper for these volumes the present condition speaks well for the quality of their product. The text sheets are clean crisp and almost entirely free from foxing. There are no vertical chain lines although there are faint closely-spaced horizontal lines from the screen on which the paper was made it is essentially "wove" paper rather than laid. The endpapers and binder's blanks are foxed. Half titles present in each volume. Volume I has an engraved portrait of Dr. Johnson as frontispiece -- signed: "Bowen prt." The frontispiece plate in volume II is a folding engraved "Fac Similies of Dr. Johnson"s Hand Writing." The frontispiece plate in volume III is a folding engraved "Round Robin Addressed to Samuel Johnson L.L.D." Gathered in sixes. Pagination: Vol. 1: xxxiii 1 302 p. 1 leaf of plates; v. 2: 4 318 p. 1 folded leaf of plates; v. 3: 4 316 p. 1 folded leaf of plates; v. 4: 4 348 p.; v. 5: 4 332 p.Errors in paging: v. 1 p. 221 misnumbered 218; v. 3 p. 69-71 misnumbered 79-81."Chronological catalogue of the prose works of Samuel Johnson LL.D."--v. 1 p. xxv-xxxiii.Includes index. OCLC: 3227954. There are two other OCLC Numbers: including 191251289 citing a single location only: the American Antiquarian Society Worcester Massachusetts whose copy lacks a lower cover for volume I. There is also a separate number for the National Library of Scotland set. Shoemaker 15528 . Printed by Blake, Cutler and Co. for Charles Ewer and Timothy Bedlington hardcover
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Boswell, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson: Two 2 Volumes
London: Robert Riviere & Son 1906. Unstated Edition. Hardcover. iconic biography of the renowned British writer two volumes in 3/4 blue leather over blue boards with gilt top edge; front board of volume one is completely detached both volumes have fairly heavy rubbing to the edges and joints volume one has owner inscription on frontispiece verso else they are both tight square unmarked copies; publishing date estimated not stated; photos on request Robert Riviere & Son hardcover
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Boswell, James Esq
The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Comprehending An Account of His Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order; A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons.etc. Volume the First Only
London: T. Cadell et.al. 1822. This is a Very Good Plus copy of Boswell's famous Life of Samuel Johnson. The Ninth Edition Revised and Augmented" First Edition Thus. This is Volume One ONLY of the original four. Full leather binding with decorative gilt ruling on both covers. Five raised bands can be discerned under a later spine repair that has covered them. The spine has a date of "1822" inked in white near the bottom. Clean text; xxxv fold-out samples of Johnson's handwriting and 444 pages. All edges are marbled. Published without a tissue guard the frontis portrait has mildly offset to the Title Page. The text is exceptionally bright and free of any foxing; mild rubbing around the margins; a very solid copy that is great for reading. . First Thus. Full-Leather. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. T. Cadell, et.al. Hardcover
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BOSWELL, JAMES
The Life of Samuel Johnson including a Journal his Tour to the Hebrides. A new Edition with numerous Additions and Notes by John Wilson Croker.also upwards of Fifty engraved Illustrations. 10 vols.
London Henry G. Bohn 1853. Small 8vo. Bound in 10 uniform fine contemp. hcalf with richly gilt spines. !0 engraved portraits as frontispiece and 10 engraved titlepages dated 1835. With many engraved plates views portraits a.facsimiles. Fine and clean. unknown
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Boswell, J
The Life of Samuel Johnson Volumes 2 to 6
London: George Bell and Son 1889. Volumes 2 to 6. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Half leather binding; marble covers and inside covers; torn spines; spines splitting; internally clean; raised bands; worn spines; detached covers; front cover of volume three missing. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item2800grams ISBN: George Bell and Son hardcover
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Boswell, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies in the Strand 1807. 4 vols. 8vo. Bound in full contemporary calf recently rebacked with gilt spines red and green title labels. 4 vols. 8vo. T. Cadell and W. Davies, in the Strand unknown
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Boswell, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides . New Edition with Numerous Additions and Notes by the Right Hon. John Wilson Croker M.P. to Which are Added Two Supplementary Volumes of Johnsoniana .
London: Henry G. Bohn 1848. Engraved frontispiece and title to each volume 25 engraved plates and facsimiles. 10 vols. 12mo. Near contemporary half calf maroon morocco spine labels. Slight rubbing to extremities an attractive set. Engraved frontispiece and title to each volume 25 engraved plates and facsimiles. 10 vols. 12mo. Henry G. Bohn unknown
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Boswell, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.:. Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works In Chronological Order; A Series of his Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of his Composition . In Three Volumes. The Second Edition Revised and Augmented
London: Printed by Henry Baldwin 1793. First Edition Thus Second Revised and Augmented Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Textblock Near Fine. No DJ as Issued. First Edition Thus Second Revised and Augmented Edition. Hardcover. Engraved portrait frontispiece after the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds by J. Baker. Includes the fold-out 'Round Robin' plate Vol. II and a fold-out plate containing facsimiles of Dr. Johnson's handwriting Vol. III. The last edition published in Boswell's lifetime it contains additional material including "Additions to Dr. Johnson's Life Recollected and Received after the Second Edition was Printed" pp. i-xxii; "A Chronological Catalogue of the Prose Works of Samuel Johnson LL.D" noted as the first attempt at a Johnson bibliography pp. xxiii-xxxi; and "Corrections" pp. xxxiii-xxxvi but not the leaf of Additional Corrections c3 in Volume I which has been tipped into some copies. It is worth noting that this tipped in leave may constitute a later issue of the edition. "The text of the second edition. deserves a close study. Although we believe that the third represents the form in which Boswell would ultimately have arranged the supplementary material we can never be sure of it for this edition was the last actually published in his lifetime. There were also many pleasant and characteristic sentences introduced in this edition which naturally dropped out when the text was shaken together by Malone" Pottle 81; see also Rothschild 468. Overall a very handsome set seldom found in as close to original state as is found here. Light shelf/edge wear even toning to spines and text block edges professionally rebacked circa mid-19th cent. minor sporadic foxing at preliminaries discrete owner notations at endpages else tight bright and unmarred. Full brown leather boards original sheep boards carefully matched to a calf spines burgundy leather labels gilt lettering and decorative elements frontispiece. 8vo. xviii xxxvii 603pp; 634pp; 711pp. Illus. b/w plates. Printed by Henry Baldwin hardcover
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Boswell, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson Complete in Three Volumes With Marginal Comments and Markings from Two Copies Annotated by Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi
London: The Limited Editions Club. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1938. Limited Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth with brown leather labels on spine gilt lettering on labels B&W portrait frontispieces. This is number 458 of a limited edition of 1500 copies which follow the text of the eighth edition published in 1816 which reproduces the notes made upon the margins of a copy of that editon and the fifth edtion by Hester Thrale-Piozzi. This edition has been edited by Edward G. Fletcher. . Spines are sunned leather label on Vol. I has a scratch a couple of small white scuffs to the cover light dust soiling to top edges else pristine unmarked tight square and clean. In a shabby slipcase POOR. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. lviii 466; 486; 473 pp . The Limited Editions Club hardcover
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Boswell, James(Francis Barber)
The Life of Samuel Johnson. Three volume set. Associate copy. 1793. Dilly edition
London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly. G : in good condition without dust jackets as issued. Minor rubbing and wear to boards - volume 2 with sm. area of loss to leather on front board. Previous owner's inscriptions to feps. Corner tear to pp17-18 vol 1 with no loss to text. Ink dedication laid-in to volume 1. 1793. Second Edition revised and augmented. Full leather covers. 200mm x 150mm 8" x 6". xxxvi 603pp 34pp 711pp. Engraved frontis plate of Samuel Johnson after Joshua Reynolds volume 1; folding plates volume 2 and to rear of volume 3. First octavo edition of Boswell's 'Life of Johnson'. Published April 3rd 1793. Second Edition second state: v.1 p.135 line 10 states 'give' as in corrected version. Front endpaper of volume 1 with pasted copperplate inscription relating to Francis Barber Dr. Johnson's manservant and heir: 'Francis Barber the faithful valued black son of Dr Samuel Johnson who died in the infirmary of Stafford February 13th 1801'. Previous owner's name John Darlington and date of 1853 to feps. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Henry Baldwin [for] Charles Dilly hardcover
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