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1980rif. 105870Mcgraw 1980. First. Hard Bound Volume. Very Good. Heavy tear to head of spine of d/j - about 1/2 inch to head of d/j missing. several other tears to d/j Mcgraw unknown
1924rif. 297592Oxford : Clarendon Press 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copies in an equally fine dust wrapper now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description: 2 v. front. port. double facsim. 23 cm. Contains index vol.II. Subjects: Boswell James 1740-1795 ; Correspondence. Authors Scottish - 18th century. Oxford : Clarendon Press hardcover
1938rif. 738751938. BOSWELL James. The Life of Samuel Johnson. With Marginal Comments and Markings from Two Copies Annotated by Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi. Prepared for Publication with an Introduction by Edward G. Fletcher. 3 Vols. Orig. cloth leather spine labels housed in publisher's slipcase. Frontis. portrait. London: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club at the Curwen Press 1938. Limited to 1500 copies designed by Oliver Simon. Spines very slightly sunned slight very old water staining to slipcase else a near fine set. unknown
1929rif. 90178n.p.:: Privately Printed. Very Good. 1929. Hardcover. B0008B1RHQ . Volume 5 in the Private Papers of James Boswell from Malahide Castle series. Reproduced from the collection of Lt-Colonel Ralph Heyward Isham. Limited edition: this copy is number 403 of 570 copies. Faded and edge worn along the spine else very good in a very good cracked at the base of the spine edge worn areas of fading slipcase. ; 142 pages . Privately Printed, hardcover
1812rif. 80603London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies Strand 1812. Hardcover. Very good. The fifth edition revised and correction. Boswell's record is perceptive highly entertaining and full of sardonic wit: the perfect appetizer for Boswell's Life of Johnson 1791. Printed by C. Baldwin: London. 12mo: xiv 2 454 1 ads 1 blank pp. with the portrait frontispiece a mezzotint by R. Cooper after a painting by Joshua Reynolds. In the publisher's boards binding: blue diaper-grain cloth spine over gray-brown paper-covered thin boards with a printed buff paper spine label. A remarkably fresh example with some general toning and minor edgewear. Provenance: from the Publishers' Bookbindings collection of Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin. Printed for T. Cadell, and W. Davies, Strand hardcover
1807rif. 126832T. Cadell and W. Davies Strand 1807. Leather. Very Good. 7x1x9. T. Cadell & W. Davies 1807. 4th edition in full leather older rebacked 5 hub binding. Marbled end papers with bookplate of the Countess of Beauchamp to front paste down and "Lady Beauchamp" in ink to the title page. Frontis of Johnson 4th edition revised and corrected. Tight binding text unmarked. 460 pages. E62 Please email for photos. T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand hardcover
1930rif. 71650Privately Printed 1930. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good slipcase. 33.5 x 22.5 cm. Folio. xv 258pp. 1/4 red cloth red paper covered boards in slipcase. Paper spine label to slipcase and spine. Reproduced from the collection of Ralph Heyward Isham. With several well-done facsimiles of letters. Limited to 570 copies printed by William Edwin Rudge and designed by Bruce Rogers this copy being unnumbered. Many pages remain unopened. Spine is faded. Slipcase faded and is cracked at two angles. Correspondence and interview with William Pitt and papers showing the development of the "Account of Corsica". Volume 7. Privately Printed hardcover
1930rif. 71651Privately Printed 1930. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good slipcase. 30 x 22 cm. Quarto. vii 278pp. 1/4 red cloth red paper covered boards in slipcase. Paper spine label to slipcase and spine. Reproduced from the collection of Ralph Heyward Isham. With several well-done facsimiles of letters. Limited to 570 copies printed by William Edwin Rudge and designed by Bruce Rogers this being copy 159. Many pages remain unopened. Spine is faded. Slipcase faded. His Jaunt to London Spring 1772 with A Letter from Oliver Goldsmith concerning "She Stoops to Conquer" 1773 and The Story of his Story of his efforts in behalf of his Client John Reid Hanged for Sheep-stealing 21 September 1774. Volume 9. Privately Printed hardcover
1930rif. 71652Privately Printed 1930. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine slipcase. 30 x 22 cm. Quarto. v 278pp. 1/4 red cloth red paper covered boards in slipcase. Paper spine label to slipcase and spine. Reproduced from the collection of Ralph Heyward Isham. With several well-done facsimiles of letters. Limited to 570 copies printed by William Edwin Rudge and designed by Bruce Rogers this copy being unnumbered. Many pages remain unopened. Spine is faded. Slipcase faded. Letters of James Boswell and Margaret Montgomerie with other documents relative to their courtship and marriage. Privately Printed hardcover
1931rif. 90180n.p.:: Privately Printed. Good. 1931. Hardcover. B00H857QIE . Volume 12 in the Private Papers of James Boswell from Malahide Castle series. Reproduced from the collection of Lt-Colonel Ralph Heyward Isham. Limited edition: this copy is number 403 of 570 copies. Some pages unopened along the top edge. Faded along the spine else very good in a good edge worn and cracked along several edges with clear tape repairs slipcase. ; 251 pages . Privately Printed, hardcover
1931rif. 90181n.p.:: Privately Printed. Good. 1931. Hardcover. Volume 11 in the Private Papers of James Boswell from Malahide Castle series. Reproduced from the collection of Lt-Colonel Ralph Heyward Isham. Limited edition: this copy is number 521 of 570 copies. Every other page is unopened along the top edge. Faded along the spine else very good in a good edge worn and cracked along several edges with clear tape repairs slipcase. ; 311 pages . Privately Printed, hardcover
rif. Boswell2vLondon: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co. Ltd.; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons c. late 19th century. Two volumes small octavo 4¾ × 6¾ in. Handsomely bound in full leather with gilt spine titles gilt device stamped to the front covers gilt top edges and silk ribbon markers. Complete with engraved portrait frontispieces in both volumes. Condition: Very Good. Bindings tight hinges sound and interiors exceptionally clean with no foxing. Leather shows only minor rubbing to extremities; gilt remains bright. Previous owner's bookplates present in each volume. A well-preserved deluxe binding set of Boswell's classic biography of Samuel Johnson attractive both as a collectible and as a reading copy. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd. hardcover
1906rif. 006595London: Robert Riviere & Son 1906. Leather. Very Good. Octavo. Signed Binding. Two volumes complete. Three-quarter blue calf over blue cloth boards five raised bands gilt titles and decorative spine panels marbled endpapers top edge gilt 7 x 4.75 inches. N.D. no date 1906 from the introduction. SIGNED BINDING stamped "Bayntun Binder Bath Eng." on upper front free endpage. 638 325 pages with Index; illustrated tissue-protected frontispieces. Arguably one of the most influential biographies ever written. Showing some general light wear and rubbing internally clean and tight Robert Riviere & Son hardcover
1892rif. 429993London : George Bell 1892. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. London : George Bell hardcover
1983rif. 289726Franklin Center: Franklin 1983. hardcover. fine. 3 volumes. Illustrated. Full ornately gilt blue leather all edges gilt. Franklin Center: Franklin Press 1983. Franklin unknown
rif. 42792Boston: 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
1936rif. 62872New York and London: Viking Press and William Heinemann 1936. First edition as edited by Pottle and Bennett 1/790 copies this #560. Large 8vo. xiv 435 pp. The first book published from the "Private papers of James Boswell from Malahide Castle: Isham Collection" "differing materially from the previously printed text." Very good. Red cloth-backed boards printed paper spine label publisher's slipcase rubbed with printed paper spine label tiny chips at two corners. 9660. Viking Press and William Heinemann unknown books
1929rif. 90178n.p.:: Privately Printed. Very Good. 1929. Hardcover. B0008B1RHQ . Volume 5 in the Private Papers of James Boswell from Malahide Castle series. Reproduced from the collection of Lt-Colonel Ralph Heyward Isham. Limited edition: this copy is number 403 of 570 copies. Faded and edge worn along the spine else very good in a very good cracked at the base of the spine edge worn areas of fading slipcase. ; 142 pages . Privately Printed, hardcover books
1931rif. 90181n.p.:: Privately Printed. Good. 1931. Hardcover. Volume 11 in the Private Papers of James Boswell from Malahide Castle series. Reproduced from the collection of Lt-Colonel Ralph Heyward Isham. Limited edition: this copy is number 521 of 570 copies. Every other page is unopened along the top edge. Faded along the spine else very good in a good edge worn and cracked along several edges with clear tape repairs slipcase. ; 311 pages . Privately Printed, hardcover books
1931rif. 90180n.p.:: Privately Printed. Good. 1931. Hardcover. B00H857QIE . Volume 12 in the Private Papers of James Boswell from Malahide Castle series. Reproduced from the collection of Lt-Colonel Ralph Heyward Isham. Limited edition: this copy is number 403 of 570 copies. Some pages unopened along the top edge. Faded along the spine else very good in a good edge worn and cracked along several edges with clear tape repairs slipcase. ; 251 pages . Privately Printed, hardcover books
1983rif. 289726Franklin Center: Franklin 1983. hardcover. fine. 3 volumes. Illustrated. Full ornately gilt blue leather all edges gilt. Franklin Center: Franklin Press 1983. Franklin unknown books
1938rif. 009529London: Limited Editions Club 1938. First Edition. hardcover. Spines mildly sunned as almost always the case due to the sensitive linen bindings with some faint stains to the covers of one volume; slight mark and darkening to spine label of third volume. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase. Three octavo 6-1/4" x 10" volumes bound in full Winterbottom linen buckram with red leather spine labels stamped in gold. Printed at the Curwen Press this is an important edition of this classic in that it is the first published edition to contain marginalia by Hester Thrale Piozzi. Two different copies one belonging to Colonel Ralph Isham and the other to Harvard bequeathed by Amy Lowell each annotated by Thrale were used to create this edition. Copy #834 of 1500 copies illustrated with three frontispieces. Issued unsigned. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1986rif. 15163Iowa City: University of Iowa Press 1986. First edition. Hardcover. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. This copy is briefly inscribed on the title page. Author's first book. Six stories encompassing a vast gamut of personalities situations and emotions these stories penetrate our motives for doing what is right. Often there is no right or wrong and the characters' motives for the choices they make are as diverse as the childhood memories they cherish and abhor. In the end this book probes individual impulse and responsibility creating stories so unerringly authentic that they become—irrepressibly—part of everyone who reads them. "The Darkness of Love" narrates three days in the life of a black policeman distressed by his inner fears of racism and irresistibly attracted by his wife's sister. In "Dancing in the Movies" a college student returns to his hometown where he finds his girlfriend—a heroin addict—and tries to convince her to overcome her habit. There are stories of men at war of lovers trying to begin a relationship of others trying to sustain their love. Each story revolves around characters with a choice to make and Robert Boswell renders these characters in all of their fine vulnerable and relentless attributes. University of Iowa Press hardcover
1986rif. 2970IOWA. IOWA CITY 1986. Fine. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. REVIEW COPY. Publisher's printed slip laid-in SIGNED by Robert Boswell on the title page. Near fine in a fine dj. Light spotting at edge of cloth covers Author's FIRST book. Stories. B ; Signed by Authors . IOWA. IOWA CITY 1986 hardcover
1986rif. 15163Iowa City: University of Iowa Press 1986. First edition. Hardcover. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. This copy is briefly inscribed on the title page. Author's first book. Six stories encompassing a vast gamut of personalities situations and emotions these stories penetrate our motives for doing what is right. Often there is no right or wrong and the characters' motives for the choices they make are as diverse as the childhood memories they cherish and abhor. In the end this book probes individual impulse and responsibility creating stories so unerringly authentic that they become—irrepressibly—part of everyone who reads them. "The Darkness of Love" narrates three days in the life of a black policeman distressed by his inner fears of racism and irresistibly attracted by his wife's sister. In "Dancing in the Movies" a college student returns to his hometown where he finds his girlfriend—a heroin addict—and tries to convince her to overcome her habit. There are stories of men at war of lovers trying to begin a relationship of others trying to sustain their love. Each story revolves around characters with a choice to make and Robert Boswell renders these characters in all of their fine vulnerable and relentless attributes. University of Iowa Press hardcover books