Avon Connecticut: The Cardavon Press 1974. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1974 Limited Edition #319 of 2000 copies. Hardcover w/ Slipcase. Very Good. Slipcase good with some edgewear- see photos. Interior clean & unmarked. 327p. The Cardavon Press hardcover
GB: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1807. LACKS frontispiece. Text commences witha title page a trifle spotted followed by a folding map of Skye dated June 1780. . 460 pages. Clean tight text has been fitted with new endpapers and rebound in pale grey paper covered boards with small modern paper tilte label. Covers a little worn. Book is in near very good condition with minor but just noticeable signs of wear and/or age. Hardback. nrVG/No DW. T. Cadell and W. Davies Hardcover
Hardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Reproduction of the original: The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson by James Boswell hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ria9783734088698_inp ISBN : 3734088690 9783734088698
The Heritage Press 1993. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Pages clean and bright Binding firm Light wear to edges Inside Slipcase Illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson. The Heritage Press hardcover
The Limited Editions Club 1974. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Limited edition. Minor shelf and handling wear overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Number 9. Boards show slight signs of wear. All pages are intact binding is sound. Clean and unmarked. Book protected by Glassine paper. Slipcase included. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. The Limited Editions Club hardcover
New York: Inskeep and Bradford. 1810. Hardcover. Poor. Lacking both boards and backstrip deteriorated. Two detached end sheets laid-in. Binding is still solid except for the attached end sheets that are also loose. Pages are toned with heavier foxing to front and rear matter but light and primarily only in the margins of the text. Overall contents in very good condition very readable and a good candidate for rebinding. . Inskeep and Bradford hardcover
T. Cadell 1812. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. Half leather with marbled boards. 10mo. Bookplate inside front cover and autograph on first blank page of architect Marshall Sissons. Shelfworn with minor foxing. T. Cadell hardcover
Limited Editions Club 1974. limited edition. Hard Cover. fine/near fine. Thomas Rowlandson. Quarto. Bound in half red leather with marble boards. Limited to 2000 copies of which this is number 307. The illustrations have been reproduced from the original engravings made by Thomas Rowlandson. Monthly letter of the LEC laid in.A beautiful copy in original glassine dust jacket and slipcase. Limited Editions Club unknown
London: Charles Dilly 1785. Half brown leather & brown cloth over boards gilt spine title & decoration & raised bands; Freshly rebound by Jon Buller; A fine binding over a just very good text block with glue shadow to mostly margins of title page; 534 pages 1 leaf of publisher advertisement. 5"x8". Charles Dilly hardcover
New York: Limited Editions Club 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Illustrations by Thomas Rowlandson.; Number 579 of 2000 limited edition copies. Limited Editions Club hardcover
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies. 6th edition xv 460pp hardback full brown panelled calf gilt rubbed al edges gilt short tear to top of spine frontispiece portrait and half-title good heraldic bookplate of Sir John S. Harmood-Banner Bt to front paste-down pictures on request . Good. Hardcover. 5th or later Edition. 1813. T. Cadell and W. Davies hardcover
London: T. Cadell 1813. Cloth. Good. 9" by 5.5". None. The sixth revised and corrected edition of this tour of the Hebrides. Sixth edition. Revised and enlarged. With portrait frontispiece. Includes some poetical pieces by Dr. Samuel Johnson never before published; a series of conversations literary anecdotes and opinions on men and books; with an authentic account of the distresses and escape of the grandson of King James II in 1746. Written by James Boswell a Scottish biographer diarist and lawyer best known for his biography of his friend Samuel Johnson which has been said to be the greatest biography written in the English language. With notes from Samuel Johnson an English writer poet playwright essayist moralist critic biographer editor and lexicographer. "Arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history" - The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. In the original quarter red cloth with green paper covered boards. Externally smart with bumping to the extremities and the odd mark to the board. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd spot. Title page is loosely inserted. Good T. Cadell hardcover
GB: T. Cadell & W. Davies 1807. Clean but worn text with frontispiece and halftitle has been fitted with new endpapers and rebound in marbled boards and cloth spine lettered in gold. Just a good working copy. . Hardback. Good/No DW. T. Cadell & W. Davies Hardcover
Henry Baldwin 1785. Book. Near Fine. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Full Leather First Edition 1785 Well Preserved Copy Rare In This Condition Excellent Fresh Copy. Henry Baldwin Hardcover
Yale University Press. First Edition First Printing. Stated first published with a full number line starting with 1. Unclipped DJ in archival cover chips and tiny tears edge wear. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1992. Yale University Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 010595 ISBN : 0300056524 9780300056525
London: J M Dent 1925. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Three volumes in blue cloth bindings.Gilt monogram to front boards and gilt lettering to spines. Gilding is faded. Some minor fraying to spine bottoms. Edges are bumped. Edited with notes by Arnold Glover and an introduction by Austin Dobson. Fully illustrated with charming drawings by Herbert Railton and portraits in photogravure. Pages are age tanned but clean. Binding is tight. 8vo. No dust jackets. ; 1925 J M Dent hardcover
London: John Murray 1839. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". Various. An illustrated set of James Boswell's acclaimed biography of Samuel Johnson. James Boswell's renowned biography of eighteenth century poet playwright critic moralist and lexicographer Samuel Johnson. Frequently regarded as the foremost literary critic of the eighteenth century Samuel Johnson is perhaps best known for his influential 'A Dictionary of the English Language' which had a far-reaching effect on the Modern English language and remained the standard for one-hundred and fifty years after its publication. James Boswell the author of the present biography met Johnson in 1763 when Johnson was fifty-four years old and the formed a friendship that lasted until Johnson's death in 1784. Although there are now many biographies of Samuel Johnson Boswell's account is often considered the best due to its inclusion of more personal details. With six plates to volume I including two folding plates collated and complete. With five plates to volume II including two folding plates collated and complete. With two plates to volume III including a folding plate collated and complete. With two plates to volume IV collated and complete. With two plates to volume V collated and complete. With two plates to volume VI including a folding plate collated and complete. With three plates to volume VII collated and complete. With two plates to volume VIII collated and complete. With two plates to volume IX including a folding plate collated and complete. With two plates to volume X collated and complete. In a maroon cloth binding. Externally generally smart. There are some light marks to the front board of volumes III and IV but otherwise volumes lightly rubbed to the boards and the spines which is are little discoloured. A little bumped to the the head and tail of all volumes with a small closed tear to the head of the spine of volume I. There is a tiny chip in the cloth to the head of volume IV and a larger chip to the spine of volume IX. The front hinge is starting but firm to volumes I and III and both hinges are starting to volumes VI and IX. Internally generally firmly bound with bright and clean pages throughout. Very Good John Murray hardcover
London: John Murray 1835. Vellum. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4". Various. A striking vellum bound set of Boswell's famous biography of Samuel Johnson featuring illustrations and valuable additions. Complete in ten volumes. Celebrated work of Scottish biographer James Boswell often described as one of the greatest English biographies of all time. With engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title page to each volume as well as one double page full page etching a folding map and folding facsimile. Collation seems to vary in various copies seen in commerce. Complete with half titles.Including 'A Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides.' With additions of anecdotes by Hawkins Piozzi Murphym Tyers Reynolds Steevens &c. and notes by various hands. Second Croker edition featuring related material first introduced in 1831. Also featuring the original texts augmented by the additional writings of the biographer and his subject. 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. Rebound in uniform quarter vellum over cloth covered boards with titles in gilt to morocco spine labels renewed endpapers. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only. Internally firmly bound. Light minor spotting to first and last few leaves affecting particularly leaves of plates. Pages otherwise generally very clean throughout. Very Good Indeed John Murray hardcover
London: Henry G Bohn 1859. Cloth. Good. 6.5" by 4". Not Stated . James Boswell's famous biography of Samuel Johnson in ten volumes featuring illustrations and valuable additions. Complete in ten volumes. Celebrated work of Scottish biographer James Boswell often described as one of the greatest English biographies of all time. With engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title page to each volume as well as twenty-eight further plates including views portraits facsimiles &c. Some folding. Complete with half titles.Including 'A Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides Tour in Wales Correspondence with Mrs Thrale &c.' With additions and notes by the Right Hon J Wilson Croker revised and enlarged under his direction by John Wright. 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. In the original publisher's uniform full cloth binding with decorative embossing to boards and spine gilt lettering to spine. Externally with light bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities back strip faded damp marking to boards. Bookseller embossed stamp to front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Odd light spotting to occasional leaf pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Good Henry G Bohn hardcover
London: Charles Tilt 1831. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4". None. A bright copy of this uncommon edition of James Boswell's famous biography of Dr Johnson in striking signed binding. A new edition of Scottish biographer James Boswell's celebrated biography of Samuel Johnson often described as one of the greatest English biographies of all time. Edited by John Wilson Croker.In charming full crushed morocco binding signed 'WPE'.Vignette illustration to title page. Complete with half title. Decorations to tissue guard to face title page.With copious notes and biographical illustrations by Edmond Malone. 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. In full morocco binding with five raised bands gilt lettering to spine gilt to edges. Externally very smart with light fading to spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally very clean throughout. Very Good Indeed Charles Tilt hardcover
London: John Murray 1831. Leather. Good Only. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated . A new edition of Boswell's celebrated biography of Samuel Johnson in five uniform volumes edited by John Wilson Croker. A new edition of Scottish biographer James Boswell's celebrated biography of Samuel Johnson often described as one of the greatest English biographies of all time. Edited by John Wilson Croker. Complete in five volumes. Also featuring Johnson's The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait to each volume. Collated complete. 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. Featuring facsimile of the original title page.Bookplate to front pastedowns from 'MacDonnell.' In uniform full straight up grain morocco with decorative embossing to boards gilt to edges five raised bands titles in gilt to spine. Externally a trifle rubbed with chipping and rubbing to extremities occasional minor loss to head and tail of spine. Rear board vol. I and front board vol. IV loose but present. Joints rubbed starting to vol. III. Back strip vol I lifting. Text block firmly bound. Light offsetting to title page from frontispiece otherwise pages generally bright and clean. Good Only John Murray hardcover
London : J. M. Dent 1934. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. A three volume set detailing the interesting life of Samuel Johnson with illustrations. A complete three volume set. James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson is an interesting biography of the English writer. Samuel Johnson made lasting contributions as a poet playwright essayist moralist and literary critic. He is considered the one truly great critic of English literature. With an introduction by Austin Dobson. Volume one has six plates and a frontispiece volume two has a frontispiece and five plates and volume three has a frontispiece and six plates. With in-text illustrations throughout al three volumes.Collated complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart with some fading to the spines. Rear hinge is starting to volume i and is generally firm. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good J. M. Dent hardcover
London: Henry G. Bohn 1859 . Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4.5". Not Stated. A lovely ten volume edition of Boswell's life of Johnson in half morocco bindings and illustrated throughout. An attractively bound ten volume edition of this work by James Boswell featuring additions from J. Wilson Croker and John Wright.Illustrated with an engraved title page and frontispiece to all volumes aside from volume IX which has a frontispiece only and with five plates to volume I two of which are folding; four to volume II two of which are folding; two to volume III one of which is folding; two to volume IV; two to volume V; two to volume VI one of which is folding; four to volume VII two of which are folding; three to volume VIII one of which is folding; two plates to volume IX one of which is folding and two folding plates to volume X.Collated lacking only an engraved title page to volume IX.Whilst Boswell's personal acquaintance with his subject began in 1763 when Johnson was fifty four years old Boswell covered the entirety of Johnson's life by means of additional research. The most admired and best remembered portions of the book are Boswell's first-hand accounts of Johnson from the last twenty-one years of the subject's life. A landmark work in the development of the modern biography in English many have claimed this to be 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.With the inscription of G. Bell to the front free endpaper of each volume. In half calf bindings with marbled paper covered boards. Gilt detailing to back strip. Externally very smart with rubbing to centre of front board of volume X. Inscription to head of front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean with only the odd spot. Very Good Indeed Henry G. Bohn hardcover
London: J Richardson and Co et al 1823. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo. Four volumes bound in tan calf with gilt tooled lines front and back and elaborate pattern to spines with raised bands and title labels. Spines are damaged particularly Vols I and III which have loss and split shoulders. Water damage to Vol I. Plain cream pastedowns. All volumes are in fair condition only. Vol 2 has a pull out of Johnson's handwriting. Multi volumes will incur extra postal charges.8vo. 1823 J Richardson and Co et al hardcover
The Franklin Library 0000-00-00. First Edition. hardcover. Like New. 0x0x0. VOL 3 ONLY Light shelfwear. Seemingly unused copy. The Franklin Library hardcover
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