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1835réf. 322875London: John Murray 1835. Leather. Very Good. 10 vols. SIGNED FINE BINDING BY S. KAUFMANN. A complete set of ten small hardcover books handsomely bound in full golden-brown leather with gilt-decorated spines gilt top edges gilt dentelles marbled endpapers and five raised spine bands each. Very good condition overall. A crack is just starting to form from the top down on the front edge of volume 1's spine; board remains securely attached. Edges and spine bands lightly rubbed due to normal handling; heads of a few spines are mildly chipped barely affecting the overall silhouette of the spine. Horizontal slit across the front board of volume 5. However the exteriors remain quite nice for shelf display and the gilt detailing is still distinct. Scattered foxing mostly on the plates but pages are predominantly clean and text is unmarked by previous owners. Binding is tight across the set. Sturdy and attractive copy of this classic work! Due to a binder's error volume 6 is mistakenly labeled as volume 5 thus there are two volumes labeled as volume 5. Each volume measures approx. 6.75" x 4.5" and is illustrated with several black and white plates. This copy contains the bookplate of Massachusetts congressman John E. Russell 1834-1903. John Murray unknown
1831réf. SET13-B-5London: John Murray 1831. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. A bright set of The Life of Samuel Johnson by Boswell edited by John Wilson Croker. 5 Volumes complete. With a Hedges & Smith bookseller's label on the front board of volume 1. On Croker"s edition of Boswell"s Life of Johnson it is commented that "In 1831 Croker published a new edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson including the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides which was vindictively attacked by Macaulay in the Edinburgh Review but which remained the best edition until.the work of George Birkbeck Hill" and that his research has been invaluable to later historians. DNB Dr Samuel Johnson 1709 1784 was an English author. Beginning as a Grub Street journalist he made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet essayist moralist novelist literary critic biographer editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and political conservative. Samuel Johnson is probably most famous for his dictionary. James Boswell 1740 1795 was a lawyer diarist and author born in Edinburgh Scotland; he is best known for his biography of Samuel Johnson. His name has passed into the English language as a term Boswell Boswellian Boswellism for a constant companion and observer. John Wilson Croker 1780 1857 was a British statesman and author. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin where he graduated in 1800. Immediately afterwards he entered Lincoln's Inn and in 1802 he was called to the Irish bar. His interest in the French Revolution led him to collect a large number of valuable documents on the subject now in the British Museum. In 1809 Croker was appointed as secretary to the Admiralty. Many of his political speeches were published in pamphlet form. He was for many years one of the leading contributors on literary and historical subjects to the Quarterly Review with which he had been associated from its foundation. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography comments that "He had a wide appreciation of all varieties of literature and art which made him a valuable intermediary between the politicians and the public and he was an able writer lucid fluent and always well informed." In the original publisher's cloth binding. There is wear to the extremities including bumping and discolouration to the boards. The spine labels have some small sections missing as shown above. The inner hinges of volumes 1 4 and 5 are strained. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with occasional spotting. There are institutional labels on the front pastedown with institutional ink stamps to the verso of the title page and the final page of text in each volume. Very Good John Murray hardcover
1785réf. C98051London: Printed By Henry Baldwin For Charles Dilly 1785. Second Edition. Hardback. Revised And Corrected. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Second Edition. Hardback. Revised And Corrected 8vo. 20 cms by 13 pp xx 2 534 2. With half title at front and publishers advertisement at end for Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson. Bound in full brown leather lettered gilt at the spine on a red leather label with five gilt bands and gilt lining on spine and covers. An early binding at some point recased at spine with neat leather repair at foot. Some minor wear and rubbing else very good sound copy with very clean text. Neat name on first blank - 'Romaine Trinity' very likely to be William Govett Romaine CB 1815 -1893 an English barrister civil servant and colonial administrator. He became a deputy judge-advocate in the army during the Crimean War. He was educated at Trinity College CambridgeSee DNB Printed By Henry Baldwin, For Charles Dilly, hardcover
réf. 62731Oxford: At the Clarendon Press 1934-1950. FIRST EDITION THUS. 6 vols. 8vo. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Publisher's original dark red cloth spines lettered in gilt in the drab price-clipped dust-jackets printed in red. Frontispiece to each volume folding plates. B. H. Blackwell's label to front pastedowns. Jackets rather worn but cloth remains in excellent condition slight lean to some volumes generally a very good set. Comprised of the Life 4 vols. Tour to the Hebrides 1 vol. and Index 1 vol. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1934-1950. hardcover
1930réf. 77592London: G. Bell and Sons Limited. 1930. 8vo.Limited Edition. Signed limited edition. 609 pp. Brown publisher's buckram in large paper format with gilt lettered spine and a device to the front board in a dustjacket. With numerous tissue-guarded plates by E. H. Shepard No. 214 if 350 limited edition copies signed by Shepard on the limitation page. Jacket toned at the spine with chipping at the spine ends and some loss to the foot of the front cover. Minor bumping to spine ends toning to endpapers and foxing to the edges. A very good copy of this beautifully illustrated edition of the popular abridged version Boswell's Life of Johnson. Scarce in it's jacket. . Very Good. Buckram. Limited Edition. 1930. G. Bell and Sons, Limited. 1930 hardcover
2000réf. 1-0395978904Houghton Mifflin School 2000. Hardcover. New. teacher edition. 981 pages. 10.00x9.75x1.75 inches. Houghton Mifflin School hardcover
1810réf. 24722Philadelphia: John F. Watson 1810. First American edition 8vo pp. xvi 2 412; contemporary marbled boards rebacked and retipped new red morocco label on spine; title a bit browned else a very good sound copy. Another edition was published in Boston later the same year. "Though the Life is a vaster and richer piece of work no one will maintain that it displays Boswell's unique gift for biography better than the Tour. Indeed most lovers of Boswell will agree that the Tour as a whole is more consistently good than the Life; that is that nowhere in the Life could one find so many consecutive first-class pages as those that compose this book" Pottle. The book published is almost the same as the actual journal that was kept in 1773. When Johnson's death made it possible for Boswell to publish the manuscript he only added an introduction and a conclusion before giving it to the printer. Pottle 63. John F. Watson unknown
1810réf. 24722Philadelphia: John F. Watson 1810. First American edition 8vo pp. xvi 2 412; contemporary marbled boards rebacked and retipped new red morocco label on spine; title a bit browned else a very good sound copy. Another edition was published in Boston later the same year. "Though the Life is a vaster and richer piece of work no one will maintain that it displays Boswell's unique gift for biography better than the Tour. Indeed most lovers of Boswell will agree that the Tour as a whole is more consistently good than the Life; that is that nowhere in the Life could one find so many consecutive first-class pages as those that compose this book" Pottle. The book published is almost the same as the actual journal that was kept in 1773. When Johnson's death made it possible for Boswell to publish the manuscript he only added an introduction and a conclusion before giving it to the printer. Pottle 63. John F. Watson unknown books
1934réf. mon0000970937Clarendon Press 1934/1975. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Pages clean and bright no markings. Vol 5-6 have dust jacket. Clarendon Press hardcover
réf. 50256719-nnew. unknown
1973réf. mon0000148206Brockhampton Press 1973T. paperback. Good. in x in x in. Fast Despatch Soft Covers Signature or name - will send out 2nd class tracked post within 12 hours of receipt of order Brockhampton Press paperback
1994réf. 065993Edinburgh University Press / Yale University Press 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 4 volume set. Minor shelf wear to books and dust jackets. Otherwise these are tight unmarked books. Index. xli 518 xviii 303 xx 486 xx 434 pp. __ Vol 1 published 1994 / Vol 2 published 1998 / Vol 3 published 2012 / Vol 4 published 2019. Edinburgh University Press / Yale University Press Hardcover
1793réf. 263229London 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
1952réf. 796P37London: William Heinemann LTD 1952-57. Vellum. Near Fine/Very Good. 10.5" by 7". Various. A limited edition set by Yale comprising of the private papers of James Boswell most notably his travel works. Illustrated throughout including with folding maps. In four volumes two additional volumes were also published in 1951 and 1960.In the original slipcases and glassine wraps. Slipcases in a very good indeed condition.A collection of this private papers journals and travel works of James Boswell.Boswell was a noted Scottish biographer and diarist of the eighteenth century well beloved for his biography on his contemporary and friend Samuel Johnson.These publications by Yale University helped to transform Boswell's reputation after they recovered his many private papers. 'Boswell in Holland 1763-1764' published in 1952. Illustrated with a frontispiece one folding map and thirteen plates. Collated complete. Limited to 1050 copies of which this is numbered 978.'Boswell on the Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland 1764' published in 1953. Illustrated with one folding map and seventeen plates. Collated complete. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is numbered 379.'Boswell on the Grand Tour: Italy Corsica and France 1765-1766' published in 1955. Illustrated with a frontispiece one folding map and nineteen plates. Collated complete. Limited to 400 copies of which this is numbered 93. 'Boswell in Search of a Wife 1766-1769' published in 1957 in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece one folding map four maps and twenty-one plates. Collated complete. Limited to 400 copies of which this is numbered 83. Edited by Frederick A. Pottle. In the original publisher's quarter vellum binding with cloth to the boards. Externally smart. Some light spots to the vellum as is usual. Spine label of 'Italy' is a little faded. Glassine wraps are a little discoloured with some edge wear and loss heavier to 'Holland' and 'Wife'. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Some pages unopened to the fore edge. Slipcases with some light marks. Slipcases in a very good indeed condition. Near Fine William Heinemann LTD hardcover
réf. 33791051like new. unknown
1807réf. 20232Boston: 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. W. Andrews and L. Blake unknown
1807réf. 20232Boston: 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. W. Andrews and L. Blake unknown books
réf. SBBIH-EP57KICMY234Collins 1960. hardcover. Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining water damage writing missing dustjacket etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Collins hardcover
2022réf. x-3030993469Palgrave Macmillan 2022. Hardcover. New. 487 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. Palgrave Macmillan hardcover
réf. 020983No Binding. Near Fine. Higher Education Press Pub. Date :2010-10-01 2010. Soft cover. Book Condition: New. Language:Chinese. Binding:Soft cover unknown
19062 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, on India Paper, with 2 portrait frontispieces (original tissue guards present); attractively bound in dark green half calf, cloth boards, backs with raised bands, second and third compartments lettered and numbered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt tops, marbled endpapers, expertly rebacked in calf to style, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. This edition not recorded by Pottle.
1951Cover Painting by William Winter shows a joyous last day of school. Features: Colour photo Studebaker Commander V-8 ad inside front cover; Nice colour ad for George Weston Limited shows bride-to-be with family; Spyglass on Sweden - the Welfare State; If the Russians Attack Canada - article with photos and interesting map of likeliest Canadian targets; Wide Open, Excellency, by Lesley Holmes; How the Stock Crooks Operate, by Fred Bodsworth - how the 'blower boys' peddle worthless stocks via long-distance phone; The Long Ordeal of Mrs. Tak Sook Kyun - the Korean War has taken her home near the Manchrian border, her husband, her baby, and tossed her up like driftwood on the crowded Pusan hills - article by Pierre Berton with sad photos; Banff - a paradise for Sultans and Stenos - article with great colour photos; The Ups and Downs of Alan Young - originally from West Vancouver, he fought his way to the top in radio and movies; What it's Like to Live in the Dark - Larry Bartlett was blinded by a German shell; Boswell of the Brooks - Writer Roderick Haig-Brown milks a cow every day and gets called "Your Worship" - article with photos; The Secret Behind The Fiery Phantom that Sails Bay Chaleur; Nice colour illustrated ad for Allis-Chalmers Rumely, Ltd showing a grader levelling a country road; Attractive colour ad for the Hillman Minx Convertible; Colour illustrated Coke centerfold shows store display and picnic lunch packed and ready to eat; Colour Chevrolet ad featuring a 2-door Bel Air; Nice colour photo ad for Snyder's Fine Furniture; Colour illustrated ad for the Ford Custom Deluxe Convertible; Nice 2-colour ad for the Austin A-40 Devon auto; Nice colour Parker Pen ad inside back cover features endorsement by Mazo De La Roche; Colour Margene ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. A sound copy of this particularly wonderful issue. Magazine
1795réf. 248555County Fife Scotland 1795. 2 1/2 pp. pen and ink on a folded sheet. 4to 10 x 15 3/4 inches; 250 x 400 mm. across the fold. Unusual fold lines. In custom cloth chemise. 2 1/2 pp. pen and ink on a folded sheet. 4to 10 x 15 3/4 inches; 250 x 400 mm. across the fold. With: HORSBRUGH Thomas Deputy sheriff clerk. Autograph Letter signed "Thos. Horsbrugh" to Claud I Boswell. Cupar Scotland: 24 October 1795. 4to 10 x 15 3/4 inches; 250 x 400 mm. across the fold. 3 1/4 pp. Usual fold lines. A very good copy. Torrential rains in the autumn of 1795 decimated cereal crops in the southwest of Scotland. This letter from then Sheriff of Fife Claud Irvine Boswell is an appeal for assistance sent to first Viscount Melville Henry Dundas 1742-1811. Boswell indicates as an enclosure a letter from Thomas Horsbrugh in which the deputy sheriff clerk assesses the extent of the damages in nearby Cupar. Written in clear and legible late-eighteenth-century cursive hands these are interesting historical artifacts that document Boswell's extraordinary concern for public welfare: "I presume you will consider the account of the crop in this country as important from the consequences that may result therefrom if some remedy is not provided. It is not the Farmer who suffers the most from the badness of the Crop but the great body of the people the labouring poor.". unknown
1795réf. 248555County Fife Scotland 1795. 2 1/2 pp. pen and ink on a folded sheet. 4to 10 x 15 3/4 inches; 250 x 400 mm. across the fold. Unusual fold lines. In custom cloth chemise. 2 1/2 pp. pen and ink on a folded sheet. 4to 10 x 15 3/4 inches; 250 x 400 mm. across the fold. With: HORSBRUGH Thomas Deputy sheriff clerk. Autograph Letter signed "Thos. Horsbrugh" to Claud I Boswell. Cupar Scotland: 24 October 1795. 4to 10 x 15 3/4 inches; 250 x 400 mm. across the fold. 3 1/4 pp. Usual fold lines. A very good copy. Torrential rains in the autumn of 1795 decimated cereal crops in the southwest of Scotland. This letter from then Sheriff of Fife Claud Irvine Boswell is an appeal for assistance sent to first Viscount Melville Henry Dundas 1742-1811. Boswell indicates as an enclosure a letter from Thomas Horsbrugh in which the deputy sheriff clerk assesses the extent of the damages in nearby Cupar. Written in clear and legible late-eighteenth-century cursive hands these are interesting historical artifacts that document Boswell's extraordinary concern for public welfare: "I presume you will consider the account of the crop in this country as important from the consequences that may result therefrom if some remedy is not provided. It is not the Farmer who suffers the most from the badness of the Crop but the great body of the people the labouring poor.". unknown books
1995réf. 15192London: Presented to Members of the Roxburghe Club 1995 Published in a small edition for Roxburghe Club members with a small overrun. Quarter burgundy morocco over burgundy cloth boards gilt spine. Folio. With sixty-eight pages of manuscript facsimiles plus seventeen additional illustrations. Printed at the Stinehour Press in Lunenburg Vermont. A fine copy. Presented to Members of the Roxburghe Club, hardcover
