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The life of Samuel Johnson LL. D. comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works . a series of his epistolatory correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition never before published .
London: T. Cadell & W. Davis 1807. Third Malone edition 8vo 4 volumes frontispiece portrait folding "Round Robin" plate folding facsimile of Johnson's handwriting; full contemporary calf red morocco labels; ex-Heriot's Hospital with its name in gilt at the base of each spine and with early an 19th century ex-libris on the title-pp.; a good sound set. "Malone's new advertisement is dated 1 Jan. 1807. He states that some typographical errors have been corrected two more letters of Johnson inserted and several new notes added" Pottle. Pottle 84. <br/><br/> T. Cadell & W. Davis unknown books
Bookseller reference : 31200
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Boswell James
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON LL. D. THREE VOLUMES
New York: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1900. Hardcover. Octavos 3 volumes; VG; bound in 3/4 green leather marbled boards and endpapers paneled spines with red and orange labels with gilt lettering other panels tooled in gilt; top edge of text block gilt; Bound by Zaehnsdorf for A. C. McClurg with binders stamp; rubbing to hinges head and tail of spines with mild chipping to head and tail; rubbing to corners; small white paint stain to lower edge of rear board of volume 1; interiors clean; shelved above Nature. 1305676. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1305676
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Boswell James
The Life of Samuel Johnson LL. D. Together With the Journal of A Tour to the Hebrides. Edited with notes and appendices by Alexander Napier. With Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson LL. D. by Hester Piozzi Richard Cumberland Bishop Percy and Others Edited with preface and notes by Robina Napier
London: George Bell & Sons 1884. Napier's Edition. Number 87 of 104 copies each signed by the Printer "Charles Whittingham & Co. Extensively extra-illustrated with 50 plates of portraits views maps and facsimile autographs including 2 fold-outs and an inserted portrait of Johnson. Also includes an inserted issue of the Herald Tribune Weekly Book review November 19 1944 reviewing Joseph Wood Krutch's Samuel Johnson. 10 vols. 4to. Bound in three quarters green morocoo and marbled boards t.e.g. Very Good with some discoloration to Vol. 1 Part 1 from the inserted newspaper and some minor foxing from plates. Napier's Edition. Number 87 of 104 copies each signed by the Printer "Charles Whittingham & Co" Extensively extra-illustrated with 50 plates of portraits views maps and facsimile autographs including 2 fold-outs and an inserted portrait of Johnson. Also includes an inserted issue of the Herald Tribune Weekly Book review November 19 1944 reviewing Joseph Wood Krutch's Samuel Johnson. 10 vols. 4to. George Bell & Sons took over Charles Whittingham Co. after Whittingham's death in 1876. An attractive copy with many beautiful illustrations. R. B. Adams v.2 p. 41 George Bell & Sons unknown books
Bookseller reference : 247738
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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;. THREE VOLUMES
Boston MA: Andrews & Blake 1807. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo three volumes; G; full bindings of contemporary tree calf; spines burgundy labels and gilt lettering; mild shelf wear; joints starting; back joint of vol. 3 split; crowns of spines missing; all edges with decorative blue speckling; previous owner's name at front of all vols.; moderate even foxing throughout; pages else clean; shelved above Atheism. 1338142. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Andrews & Blake hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1338142
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Boswell James
The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D
London. Macmillan and Co. 1900 Bound in 3/4 gilt ruled morocco and marbled boards. Gilt ruled spine compartments with gilt tooled motifs. Gilt titles. Marbled endsheets. Thick 8vo. 5.75" x9.25". Some very light rubbing to spines. A Near Fine elegant set. Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 8612
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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 books
Bookseller reference : 303654
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Boswell James
The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D including A Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides; .with numerous additions and notes by The Right Hon. John Wilson Croker M.P to which are added two supplementart volumes of Johnsoniana
London: John Murray 1839. New Edition. Fifty Engraved Illustrations. 10 vols. Small 8vo. Bound in contemporary pebbled 3/4 green morocco over marbled paper gilt spines t.e.g. Near fine set with the bookplate of James Stracham. New Edition. Fifty Engraved Illustrations. 10 vols. Small 8vo. John Murray unknown books
Bookseller reference : 26457
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Boswell James
The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.
New York: The Heritage Press 1963 3 volumes. With marginal comments and markings from two copies annotated by Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi. Prepared for publication with an Introduction by Edward G. Fletcher. Frontis portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds George Willison and Robert Edge Pine. Brown cloth in marbled slipcases. Very slight darkening to foredges of slipcases else a very fine set. Sandglass pamphlet laid in. The Heritage Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 6932
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BOSWELL JAMES
The life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.
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; corner of 9/3 torn with minor loss to a few letters; mild and occasionally moderate foxing throughout else good and sound in recent 1/2 tan calf over blue linen sides. Pottle 85. <br/><br/> W. Andrews and L. Blake unknown books
Bookseller reference : 20232
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Boswell James
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D.
London: Printed for T. Cadell et al 1822. Four volumes. Octavo. Original paper boards printed spine labels. Portrait frontis in first volume. Facsimiles. Paper covering the spines of first and fourth volumes imperfect small chip at crown of second spine internally crisp and generally quite nice. The ninth edition edited by Alexander Chalmers with additional notes which Pottle describes as "not extensive but.solid and useful." This was the last edition printed by Baldwin who had also printed the first eight editions. POTTLE 89. Printed for T. Cadell [et al] hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT17785
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Boswell James
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D.
London: Limited Editions Club 1938. Three volumes. Large octavo. Cloth gilt spine labels. Portrait. Binding a trace rubbed spines sunned distinguished collector's tasteful bookplate on each pastedown but a very good set in worn and cracked slipcase. One of fifteen hundred numbered sets printed at the Curwen Press. Edited with an introduction by E.G. Fletcher. Mrs. Thrale's annotations from two different copies are printed here as marginal comments. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT42646
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Boswell James
The life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. . The second edition revised and augmented
London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1793. First London octavo third edition overall following the first of 1791 and the Dublin octavo of 1792; 3 volumes pp. 2 xviii i-xxxvi 2xvii-xxxix 1 603 1; 2 634; 2 711 1; frontispiece portrait folding "Round Robin" plate folding facsimile of Johnson's handwriting; contemporary calf-backed marbled boards 5red leather labels on spines black numbering pieces that on vol. II a little chipped; in all a good sound set or better unrestored; in a recent brown cloth slipcase. This copy has the extra leaf c3 in volume one with "additional corrections" and all the misprints identified by Rothschild with the exception that page 408 of volume three is printed incorrectly. Bookplates of Lord Rendelsham in each volume. "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. Rothschild 468. <br/><br/> Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 53381
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Boswell James
The life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. . The second edition revised and augmented
London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1793. First London octavo third edition overall following the first of 1791 and the Dublin octavo of 1792; 3 volumes pp. 2 xviii xvii-xxxix 1 i-xxxvi 2 603 1; 2 634; 2 711 1; frontispiece portrait folding "Round Robin" plate folding facsimile of Johnson's handwriting; full contemporary tree calf elaborately gilt-decorated spines red and b;lack morocco labels; rear joints on volumes I and II cracked front joint on volume III starting; the bindings remain firm and all in all this is a handsome unrestored set. This copy has the extra leaf c3 in volume one with "additional corrections" and all the misprints identified by Rothschild with the exception that page 408 of volume three is printed incorrectly. "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. Rothschild 468. <br/><br/> Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly unknown books
Bookseller reference : 23224
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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
London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1793. Hardcover. Very good. Second edition complete in three volumes. pp; 603 with frontis portrait complicated pagination of front matter/introductory materials provided on request; 634 with folding plate; 711 with folding plate. Volume I includes the inserted leaf of "additional corrections" C3. Contemporary calf boards nicely rebacked in the nineteenth century with new leather spines with red labels and decoration in gilt. Boards heavily worn at the corners bindings tight text quite clean. One page of early owner's notes in pencil bound in at the beginning of the first volume. The final edition printed in Boswell's lifetime "revised and augemented" from the first published in 1791. Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 20522
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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. <br/><br/> W. Andrews and L. Blake unknown books
Bookseller reference : 53374
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Boswell James
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D. COMPREHENDING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS STUDIES AND NUMEROUS WORKS.
London: Printed for Henry Baldwin 1791. xii16516;588i.e.5861pp. Two volumes. Quarto. Contemporary speckled calf rebacked and recornered at a later date to a semblance of style gilt labels. Portrait. Facsimile and plate. 19th century ink name "Walter Fletcher" on endsheets and effaced from margin of titles edges rubbed endsheets creased some soiling to verso of portrait clean tear in R4 vol. I with no loss some occasional pencil annotations. but a sound set. First edition uncorrected state of I:135:10 'gve' with the complement of cancels outlined by Pottle as usual. In volume two pages 78 92 275 and 352 are in their first uncorrected states. Frequently remarked upon as one of the triumphs of the art of biography in the English language. Each volume bears the bookplate of Jonathan Boucher 1737-1804 Anglican clergyman and for a period beginning in 1759 a prominent figure in the colonies and intimate of George Washington. However his staunch loyalist sympathies caused him to return to England in 1775 where he occupied himself with various matters including for fourteen years an unfinished "Glossary of Archaic and Provincial Words" intended to supplement Johnson's Dictionary. After his death a preliminary section was published but the remainder of his work was turned over to the proprietors of Webster's English Dictionary. ROTHSCHILD 463. POTTLE 79. GROLIER ENGLISH HUNDRED 65. ESTC T64481. Printed for Henry Baldwin unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT74048
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Boswell James
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D. COMPREHENDING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS STUDIES AND NUMEROUS WORKS.
London: Printed for Henry Baldwin 1791. xii16516;2588i.e.5862pp. Two volumes. Quarto. Handsomely bound in full speckled calf elaborately gilt extra a.e.g. for Brentano's. Portrait. Facsimile and plate. Isolated minor foxing a couple of thin scratches to one upper board S2-3 in first volume exhibit odd discoloration otherwise a bright set very good or slightly better. First edition but with the corrected state of I:135:10 'give' and with the complement of cancels outlined by Pottle as usual. In volume two pages 78 92 275 and 352 are in their first uncorrected states. Frequently remarked upon as one of the triumphs of the art of biography in the English language. ROTHSCHILD 463. POTTLE 79. GROLIER ENGLISH HUNDRED 65. ESTC T64481. Printed for Henry Baldwin unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT71587
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Boswell James
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D. COMPREHENDING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS STUDIES AND NUMEROUS WORKS.
London: Printed for Henry Baldwin 1791. xii16516;588i.e.5861pp. Two volumes. Quarto 29 x 23 cm. Portrait in first volume and two engraved plates in second. Full olive brown morocco raised bands gilt t.e.g. others largely untrimmed. Occasional light foxing and some dusting to a few edges early small marginal restoration around upper blank forecorners of frontis and first five leaves a few small nicks and rubs at binding extremities with two narrow surface scratches to boards but a very good set. First edition uncorrected state of I:135:10 'gve' with the complement of cancels outlined by Pottle as usual. In volume two pages 78 92 275 and 352 are in their first uncorrected states. Uncommon in untrimmed condition: the vertical dimension of this set matches that of the Rothschild set untrimmed in original boards. One of 1750 copies printed. Frequently remarked upon as one of the triumphs of the art of biography in the English language. With the gilt morocco bookplate in each volume "Omnia Pro Bono H.M." identified by some as an uncharacteristic bookplate for Harold Murdock. Laid in is a copy of A. Edward Newton's quarto leaflet reproducing the uncorrected II:302 inscribed with initials in 1933 to another collector a bit ragged at fore-edge and folded. ROTHSCHILD 463. POTTLE 79. GROLIER ENGLISH HUNDRED 65. ESTC T64481. Printed for Henry Baldwin hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT66919
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The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works in Chrononlogical Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons and Various Original Pieces of His Composition
London: J.F. Dove Printed for R. Baynes; J. Bain; W. Crawford Etc. 1824. Full Calf. Very Good Plus. 8vo. 4 volumes. Engraved portrait frontispiece in Volume 1; folding facsimile plate in Volume 2. Period diced full calf modern calf rebacking morocco spine labels. Some light wear to board edges; very good handsomely rebacked. <br /><br /> J.F. Dove, Printed for R. Baynes; J. Bain; W. Crawford, Etc. books
Bookseller reference : 000689
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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. The ninth edition revised and augmented. In four volumes
London: T. Cadell F.C. & J. Rivington et al. 1822. First Chambers edition; 4 volumes 8vo pp. 2 xxxv 1 444; 2 462; 2 446; 2 495; engraved frontispiece portrait after Reynolds folding engraved facsimile of Johnson's handwriting folding engraved Round Robin plate; later quarter polished black calf over marbled boards by R. Carswell Belfast with his ticket on front pastedown; red morocco labels on gilt-paneled spines; minor rubbing and cracking; generally very good sound set. "This edition was edited by Boswell's friend Alexander Chambers. In his Advertisement Chalmers says that at Malone's request he contributed a few notes and corrections to the sixth edition 'and has now added many more as well as some additional particulars.' . His additional notes to this edition are not extensive but are solid and useful" Pottle. Pottle 89. <br/><br/> T. Cadell, F.C. & J. Rivington [et al.] hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 29787
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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. The ninth edition revised and augmented. In four volumes
London: T. Cadell F.C. & J. Rivington et al. 1822. First Chambers edition; 4 volumes 8vo pp. 2 xxxv 1 444; 2 462; 2 446; 2 495; engraved frontispiece portrait after Reynolds folding engraved facsimile of Johnson's handwriting folding engraved Round Robin plate; contemporary brown cloth with printed paper labels on spines; short crack in cloth at the top of the front joint on vol. I; leaf 2F1 in vol. 1 torn in the gutter no loss of text almost detached and bound out of order; otherwise a good sound set. It would be tempting to call this binding original and perhaps it is although certainly a remainder binding if true. "This edition was edited by Boswell's friend Alexander Chambers. In his Advertisement Chalmers says that at Malone's request he contributed a few notes and corrections to the sixth edition 'and has now added many more as well as some additional particulars.' . His additional notes to this edition are not extensive but are solid and useful" Pottle. Pottle 89. <br/><br/> T. Cadell, F.C. & J. Rivington [et al.] hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 26274
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THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D. COMPREHENDING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS STUDIES AND NUMEROUS WORKS.
Dublin: Printed by John Chambers & John Exshaw & Robert Rhames for second and third volumes respectively for R. Cross et al. 1792. Three volumes. xxxiv536;2605;573pp. plus two folding plates. Contemporary speckled calf spines gilt extra gilt green morocco lettering pieces. Occasional minor soiling narrow crack at toe of lower joint of 2nd volume narrow short worm track largely marginal but touching a few letters in 2Q of 2nd volume but a very good crisp set in a handsome contemporary binding. First Dublin edition set up from the first London edition and incorporating corrections to some of the errata but introducing other errors. Though undertaken for the same group of booksellers the task of printing was doled out to three separate printers with consequent variations in the imprint. An unusually nice set of this edition noted by Pottle as "cheaply and rather poorly printed evidently to undersell the genuine edition which must however have been nearly if not quite exhausted when it appeared. It is now listed by the booksellers as 'very rare' which is perhaps justified as there is no copy in the British Museum the Bodleian or the National Library of Scotland" - Pottle. As this edition predated the second London edition by almost a year its appearance had no doubt a considerably greater effect on the sales of that edition than it had on the first. Pottle's collation places the "Round Robin" plate as a frontis to the first volume; in this set it appears in company with the manuscript facsimile at the end of the third perchance as issued. POTTLE 80. ESTC T64484. Printed by John Chambers [& John Exshaw, & Robert Rhames for second and third volumes respectively] for R. Cross, et al. unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT45377 ISBN : xxx5362605571 xxx5362605
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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.
Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. London: Routledge Warne & Routledge 1865. Two volumes complete. A sound ex-library set with clean contents usual markings from the library and tight repaired bindings. Best suited for reading. . Other hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 48495
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The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Edited by Arnold Glover with an Introduction by Austin Dobson
London: J.M. Dent 1901. Illus. with about 100 plates by Herbert Ralton and may portraits. 3 vols. Large 8vo. Bound in three quarter brown morocco and gilt spine t.e.g. by McDonald. Some rubbing. VG. Illus. with about 100 plates by Herbert Ralton and may portraits. 3 vols. Large 8vo. J.M. Dent unknown books
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Boswell James
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D. INCLUDING A JOURNAL OF HIS TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES 10 VOLUMES
London: John Murray 1935. Hardcover. Octavo 10 vols.; VG-; contemporary three-quarter bindings of brown leather boards in marbled paper; bound by Root & Son with their stamp at verso of second free end paper; spines with raised bands gilt lettering and design in spine panels; mild shelf wear and scuffing; wear at joints; wear to spine crowns of vols. 5 and 8; upper edges gilt; marbled end papers; portrait and frontispieces offset; vol. 6 contains fold out facsimile letter; pages clean; shelved above Case 9 3/4. 1338948. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. John Murray hardcover books
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The life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. including a journal of his tour to the Hebrides . A new edition. With numerous additions and notes by John Wilson Croker LL.D. F.R.S.
London: John Murray 1831. First Crocker edition 5 volumes 8vo each volume with engraved frontispiece plus the round-robin plate and a map of the Hebrides; contemporary half tan calf over marbled boards maroon and brown morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines; light wear to extremities upper joint of vol. 1 rubbed but firm lower corner of vol. 3 bumped a near fine copy. This edition still stands as a monument of Johnsonian scholarship; but it was badly edited and much famously condemned by Macaulay. Seeing the problem Murray hastily engaged Wright to do a make-over and republished it in 1835. Pottle 91: The publication of this remarkable edition opens an entirely new era in the history of Boswell's book." <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 53394
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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 books
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The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides
Good condition with light wear and rubbing. 3/4 leather with marbled covered boards. 10 volumes. John Murray hardcover books
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The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. including A Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides Croker Edition 10 volume set
London: John Murray 1844. Hardcover. Very Good. Croker edition complete in ten volumes. 12mo. Later marbled paper covered boards with leather spines and corners raised bands. Very Good overall. Marbled end papers. Contents are generally quite neat. From the personal collection of American author Osmond Tiffany with his bookplate on all front paste downs perforation to title pages small red stamps to verso; no other marks/wear as such. Leather worn at edges with some flaking especially at heads. All boards attached; some hinges are a bit tender. A solid mid-19th century set of Boswell's classic biography of Samuel Johnson with two volumes of Johnsoniana and "upwards of fifty engraved illustrations. John Murray hardcover books
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The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Including A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
London. John Murray. 1831. Very handsomely bound by Riviere and Sons in 3/4 gilt ruled crushed morocco and linen covered boards. Gilt ruled spine compartments with elaborate gilt tooled motifs. Gilt tooled raised bands. Marbled endsheets. t.e.g. 8vo. 5.5" x 8.5". A New Edition with numerous additions and notes by John Wilson Croaker. Illustrated with an engraved Frontis to each volume. This is the last Library Edition of Croaker's Boswell. Spines evenly attractively sunned. A Very Fine pristine set in a stupendous binding. John Murray. hardcover books
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The life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. including a journal of his tour to the Hebrides . A new edition. With numerous additions and notes by John Wilson Croker LL.D. F.R.S.
London: John Murray 1831. First Crocker edition 8vo each volume with engraved frontispiece plus the round-robin plate and a map of the Hebrides; contemporary half tan calf over marbled boards maroon morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines; vol. 1 rebacked with old spine laid down; joints cracked on vols. 2-5 cords holding and in the case of vol. 5 barely holding top of vol. 4 slightly chipped. This edition still stands as a monument of Johnsonian scholarship; but it was badly edited much and famously condemned by Macaulay. Seeing the problem Murray hastily engaged Wright to do a make-over and republished it in 1835. Pottle 91: The publication of this remarkable edition opens an entirely new era in the history of Boswell's book." <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
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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 & Notes by Various Hands
London John Murray 1835. 8vo. Engraved frontispieces and pictorial title page plus 28 plates. 3/4 tan calf over marbled boards; spines with raised bands with elaborate gilt ruling and green leather spine label stamped in gilt; marbled edges; marbled endpapers. Very good fresh set. Bookplates of Robert Brown and John Bridie Mavor on the front free pastedown and front free endpaper. 10 volumes complete. Hardcover. Very Good. London, John Murray, 1835. hardcover books
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The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Including A Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides; by James Boswell Esq. to which are added Anecdotes by Hawkins Piozzi Murphy Tyers Reynolds Steevens &c. and Notes by Various Hands. In Ten Volumes
London: John Murray 1835. First edition thus. Three quarter calf over marbled boards raised bands six gilt decorated compartmentswith red morocco title label and black morocco volume label top edge gilt marbled endpapers sewn-in red silk bookmark. Spines a bit darkened extremities rubbed some scuffing to spines volume labels chipped one nearly gone one title label heavily chipped bindings tight leaves crisp and clean overall still a very good set but for the chipped labels. Illus. with engraved 12 frontispieces and 12 extra title page vignettes drawn by C. Stanfield and engraved by E. Finden. 12mo. Originally to be 8 volumes changed to 10 with addition of new material and thus new title pages were issued. John Murray hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 24973
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The life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. New and complete edition carefully revised from the most authentic sources. Edited with notes etc. by William Wallace M.A.
Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo 1873. 8vo pp. xv 1 560 16 publisher's catalogue; text proper in double column; inserted engraved portrait frontispiece and title-p.; very good bright copy in original terracotta cloth elaborately stamped in gilt and black a.e.g. An edition apparently either unknown to or unrecognized by Pottle. <br/><br/> William P. Nimmo hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 25192
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BOSWELL JAMES
The life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. together with A journal of a tour to the Hebrides . a reprint of the first edition to which are added Mr. Boswell's corrections and additions issued in 1791; the variations of the second edition with some of the author's notes prepared for the third; the whole edited with new notes by Percy Fitzgerald . Second edition with a preface by the editor and a Boswell bibliography by H. R. Tedder librarian to the Athenaeum Club
London: Swan Sonnenschein Lowrey & Co 1888. 3 vols. 8vo frontispiece portrait facsimile of the 1791 title-p.; very good bright set in orig. blue cloth lettered in gilt on spines t.e.g. See Pottle 95: "This edition represents the first scholarly reaction against the tradition of the 'edited' Boswell . Fitzgerald maintained that . Boswell's work should not be regarded as miscellaneous encyclopaedia of Johnsoniana but as an artistic whole." <br/><br/> Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 25409
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BOSWELL JAMES
The life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. together with A journal of a tour to the Hebrides . New editions with notes and appendices by Alexander Napier
London: George Bell and Sons 1884. 5 vols. 8vo engraved frontispieces and half-titles in each volume 42 plates throughout some folding map and a plate of facsimile signatures; titles printed in red and black orig. pale blue cloth cream shelfbacks soiled lettered in gilt; a good sound set or better. The final volume constitutes Johnsoniana: anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson LL.D. by Mrs. Piozzi Richard Cumberland Bishop Percy and others together with the Diary of Dr. Campbell and extracts from that of Madame D'Arbley newly collected and edited by Robina Napier. Pottle 96: "The best edition of the Life before Hill's is essentially a revised Crocker . Mrs. Napier's Johnsoniana is not a reprint of Croker's though it contains much of the same material but a separate and highly useful compilation." <br/><br/> George Bell and Sons hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 25411
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Boswell James
The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.:
London: Printed by Henry Baldwin 1793. First Edition Thus Second Revised and Augmented Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Textblock Near Fine. No DJ as Issued. 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. <br/><br/>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. Printed by Henry Baldwin hardcover books
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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 books
Bookseller reference : 205744
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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 books
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Boswell James
The Life of Samuel Johnson LLD. 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
Andrews 1807. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Published by William Andrews and Lemuel Blake Greenough and Stebbins Printers Boston 1807. First American in Boards Uncut. From the fifth London edition. 3 vols. 8vo First American from the fifth London Edition 1807 edited by Edmund Malone. The First edition was published in 1791. All three volumes very good in contemporary or original boards. Andrews hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1503106
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Boswell James
The Life of Samuel Johnson LLD. 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
Boston: Published by William Andrews and Lemuel Blake Greenough and Stebbins Printers 1807. First American from the fifth London Edition 1807 edited by Edmund Malone. The First edition was published in 1791. Engraved portrait frontispiece by D. Edwin in first volume. Pp. 500; 512; 543. Two folding facsimile leaves vol. 2 following p. 342vol 3 following p.472. 3 vols. 8vo. Original cream paper-backed blue and cream marbled boards orange printed label ornamental decorations on spine uncut. First volume dampstained throughout some holes in title which is spotted some foxing binding of first volume damaged and lacking spine portion of spine with label laid in covers loosened volumes two and three with some rubbing of bindings and short tears of spines insect holes along bands some light spotting but generally the last two volumes very good with contemporary signature of John McVickar on endpapers. First American from the fifth London Edition 1807 edited by Edmund Malone. The First edition was published in 1791. Engraved portrait frontispiece by D. Edwin in first volume. Pp. 500; 512; 543. Two folding facsimile leaves vol. 2 following p. 342vol 3 following p.472. 3 vols. 8vo. First American in Boards Uncut. John McVickar is rest recalled as an economist. He was one of the earliest teachers of political economy in the U. S. taught while he was Professor of Moral Philosophy at Columbia which he held from 1817 until 1857. In 1857 when Columbia brought in Francis Leiber to teach political economy McVickar was transferred to the Chair of Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion a position he held until his retirement in 1864. From 1844 until 1864 he was also Army Chaplain at Fort Columbus in New York. He is also recalled as one of the founders of St. Stephen's College for Episcopal clergyman. He was the author of several works including the revised and greatly extended "Britannica" article by McCulloch "Outline of Political Economy "1825 "Hints on Banking"1827; and several others on finance and banking and a biography of Henry Hobart. Published by W[illiam] Andrews and L[emuel] Blake, Greenough and Stebbins, Printers unknown books
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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 books
Bookseller reference : 9023265
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Boswell James
The Life of Samuel Johnson.
London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd 1891. Octavo 6 volumes bound in three quarters red morocco gilt titles and tooling to the spine top edge gilt illustrated with portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds. In near fine condition. An attractively bound set. "Everyone with an interest in Johnson is very much in debt to Boswell not only for the years of devotion he invested in the study of Johnson's life but for the uncanny skill with which he conveyed the quality of Johnson's personality and his effect on the people about him. If there had been no Boswell Johnson would have been one of the most famous names in English literature; but that he has become a household name is due to the chance that brought Boswell into his company Boswell is the sniffing bloodhound who will follow the scent of individuality into whatever territory it leads him. The fascination of their dialogue that dialogue of mind heart and voice round which Boswell organized his great Life is that it is not merely between two very different men but between two epochs. In its pages Romantic Europe speaks to Renaissance Europe and is answered" Wain 229. George Routledge & Sons, Ltd unknown books
Bookseller reference : 2542
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Boswell James
The Life Of Samuel Johnson. Three Volumes.
London: Limited Editions Club 1938. Hardcover. Near fine. One of 1500 numbered copies designed by Oliver Simon and printed at the Curwen Press. Bound in the publisher's original cloth with the leather spine spine label stamped in gilt. Fading to spines otherwise in near fine condition. LEC Bibliography 103. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 705
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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. <br/><br/> Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly unknown books
Bookseller reference : 53375
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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 BritainÉ The third edition revised and augmented in four volumes
London: printed by H. Baldwin and Son for Charles Dilly 1799. First Malone edition 4 volumes 8vo pp. xxxi 1 452; 2 490; 2 475; 2 514; engraved frontispiece portrait by Baker after Reynolds folding engraved facsimile of Johnson's handwriting folding engraved Round Robin plate; labels gone on all but the last volume but generally a very good sound copy in contemporary full calf. The second edition was something of a botched effort by Boswell and the result was a book "painfully at variance with his own standards of ordered arrangement" although much new important material was added. It was left to Malone to "shake together" Boswell's second and the third "is now generally regarded as the definitive edition" Pottle. Pottle 82. <br/><br/> printed by H. Baldwin and Son for Charles Dilly unknown books
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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. The sixth edition revised and augmented. In four volumes
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1811. Last Malone edition 4 volumes 8vo pp. 4 xxxvii 1 464; 2 496; 2 482; 2 530; engraved frontispiece portrait by Baker after Reynolds folding engraved facsimile of Johnson's handwriting folding engraved Round Robin plate; contemporary full mottled calf gilt-decorated spines black morocco labels; front joint on vol. 1 cracked but generally a very good set. "This edition was the one most frequently reprinted in the 19th century and is often spoken of as 'the best of the pre-Crokerian editions'. The more general critical tendency now however seems to be to return to the text of the third as being more nearly that which the author himself approved" Pottle. Pottle 86. <br/><br/> T. Cadell and W. Davies unknown books
Bookseller reference : 25406
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Boswell James
The Life of Samuel Johnson. Newly Edited with Notes by Roger Ingpen. 2 volumes
Bath: George Bayntun 1925 Quarto 10x7½ inches. Pp. xl 576 xv 577-1172. Illustrated with 576 illustrations facsimiles and map including 13 plates in photogravure. Extensive notes bibliography chronology index. Bound in three-quarter crimson morocco red cloth sides spines ruled in gilt gilt lettering and pictorial devises within compartments between raised bands. Bookplate on front pastedowns slight fading to front cloth of volume II. A very fine crisp set in a handsome binding. This is a wonderfully illustrated and invaluable edition of Boswell's classic biography of Johnson with hundreds of portraits of all the major players views facsimiles of letters and other writings etc. Volume I covers 1709 to March 18 1776; volume II covers March 19 1776 to December 13 1784. "Includes a wealth of carefully annotated pictures of various kinds. we congratulate publisher and author on the excellent idea of illustrating the greatest of biographers on an ample scale" Atheæum. George Bayntun hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 8132
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Boswell James
The Life of Samuel Johnson. The second edition revised and augmented. 3 vols.
London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly in the Poultry 1798. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Three volumes. First octavo edition. First edition was 1791; Dublin octavo followed in 1792 so this is in essence the third edition overall. Contemporary brown calf professionally rebacked. Ex libris Anne Davies with her old book label. Smaller modern bookseller label of Henry Southern. <br/><br/> Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WB18306
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BOSWELL James
The Life of Samuel Johnson.; Including Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey into Wales
New York: Harper 1891. hardcover. very good. Edited by George Birkbeck Hill. Frontispiece portrait folding facsimiles and black and white illustrations throughout 6 volumes. Tall thick 8vos handsomely bound in 3/4 green morocco evenly faded to brown with marbled boards gilt-decorated spines; top edge gilt marbled end-papers. New York: Harper 1891. First American Edition. Very good .<br/><br/> Harper unknown books
Bookseller reference : 266435
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