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ref. 648000392Edinburgh University Press . Hardback. New. pp. 448 1st Edition Edinburgh University Press hardcover
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ref. 648000392Edinburgh University Press . Hardback. New. pp. 448 1st Edition Edinburgh University Press hardcover
1952ref. 101120McGraw-Hill Publishing Company 1952 Including his correspondence with Belle de Zuylen. Of this edition 250 copies have been prepared for members of the Book Collectors Society; this is number 3. Bound in top-grain cowhide. Marbled end papers. Gilt top edge. Deckled fore edge. Includes map of Holland. With index. Attached silk bookmark. Faint rubbing to spine ends. Tight square binding. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company hardcover
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1983ref. 89217Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1983. Full Leather. Near Fine. Three volume set. 1494pp. Index. Bound into full blue leather with gilt design lettering and foredges. 3 raised bands to spine moire endpapers silk ribbons. Published as part of The 25th Anniversary Limited Edition of The Great Books of the Western World. There is a little discoloration to the moire endpaper edges as can often happen in these. Notes from the editors pamphlet included. Illustrated with portraits of leading figures of Dr. Johnson's day. Spine of volume 2 only is a bit faded. The Franklin Library unknown
1981ref. 2092902144201646Misuzushobo 1981. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Misuzushobo paperback
ref. 467687Macmillan and Co. Hardcover. Good. Library of English classics 1912 reprint. The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Vol 2 of 3. Macmillan and Co hardcover
1925ref. 79542London: Putnam 1925. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Complete in two volumes. Edited by Peter Ingpen. Scarce in these jackets which on this copy are in very good condition indeed save for a small loss at the bottom of the spine of volume II. Size: Quarto. 2-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 79542. . Putnam hardcover
1795ref. 51956Printed by W. Cruttwell Sherborne 1795. 8vo. First Edition with folding engraved map as frontispiece; nineteenth-century marbled boards mottled calf back with flat bands in gilt second compartment with red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt red sprinkled edges joints starting and tender but binding wholly sound a remarkably crisp clean copy. Complete with list of subscribers. Collects salaries fees divisions hundreds boroughs liberties towns parishes chapelries tithings villages hamlets land tax and county rates bridges standing rules and Abstract of Parish Returns. A REMARKABLY CRISP CLEAN COPY OF A SCARCE AND IMPORTANT SURVEY. Carter & Pitman p.14. Printed by W. Cruttwell, Sherborne, hardcover
ref. 177967Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons 1907. 2 vols. Tall 8vo 9½ x 7½ ins. Rebound in later green half calf gilt tooled raised-ribbed spines top edges gilt near Fine. Pp. 1172 illus with b&w plates and in text; upper cover of dustwrapper bound-in at rear of vol II prelims lightly spotted; previous owner's neat inscription on half titles. Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, 1907 unknown
1785ref. 8438London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1785. 8vo pp. iv xv i 442 2 ads. Twentieth-century plain brown paper boards. First and last leaves toned from endpapers some minor spotting elsewhere. Pencilled ownership inscription of W.L. Lorimer to flyleaf earlier inscription of Cameron Grant of Forres to half-title. The third edition of Boswell’s ‘teaser’ for his magisterial Life of Johnson a record of the pair’s journey through the Highlands to the Hebrides and a companion to Johnson’s own ‘Journey to the Western Islands’. Among the notable contents are Johnson’s sceptical remarks on the authenticity of the Ossian poems then at the height of their popularity. This is from the original issue; it was reissed several years later with a map added. ESTC T53587. Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly hardcover
1822ref. 7732London: Printed for T. Cadell et al 1822. 4 vols. 8vo pp. xxxv i 444;iv 462; iv 446; iv 495 1 frontispiece and 2 folding plates. Contemporary half black calf marbled boards red morocco labels spines divided by gilt rolls and rules and tooled direct in gilt edges sprinkled red. Some spotting plates a little foxed. Rubbed some chipping to edges of marbled paper some wear to extremities. Ownership inscription of D.R. Watson Balliol college to flyleaves dated February 1935. Printed for T. Cadell [et al] hardcover
1889ref. 6846430London: George Bell and Son 1889. Volumes 2 to 6. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Half leather binding; marble covers and inside covers; torn spines; spines splitting; internally clean; raised bands; worn spines; detached covers; front cover of volume three missing. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item2800grams ISBN: George Bell and Son hardcover
1851ref. 988G4London : Office of the National Illustrated Library 1851. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. A fantastically illustrated four volume set of biographies on English writer Samuel Johnson with frontispieces vignette title pages and a folding plate. A fantastic complete four volume set of biographies on Samuel Johnson.New editions of the works.In publisher's original blue cloth bindings. Samuel Johnson was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet playwright essayist moralist literary critic sermonist biographer editor and lexicographer. Written by James Boswell a Scottish biographer diarist and lawyer best known for these biographies which are commonly said to be the greatest biographies written in the English language. 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. Each volume illustrated with a frontispiece and vignette title page and an abundance of in text illustrations throughout. Volume III has a folding plate. Collated complete. In publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally smart. Fading to spines and heads of boards. Book plate to front paste down of each volume. Ink inscription to front free end papers of volumes II and IV. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light spotting. Very Good Office of the National Illustrated Library hardcover
1831ref. 867A23London: 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
1897ref. 809J40London: Bliss Sands & Co. 1897. Leather. Very Good. 10" by 7.5". Not Stated. A handsomely bound illustrated copy of this infamous biography of English writer Samuel Johnson written by James Boswell. A smart copy of this noted biography of eighteenth-century English writer Samuel Johnson whose most notable works include A Dictionary of the English Language 1755 The History of Rasselas Prince of Abissinia 1759 and London A Poem 1738. Written by James Boswell noted eighteenth-century biographer and writer and close personal friend of Samuel Johnson.Including five illustrated plates one of which is folding collated and complete. This edition is accompanied by The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides the memoir of a journey James Boswell took with Samuel Johnson. Bound in full morocco prize binding by Rotherham Grammar School with their gilt crest to the front board. Prize bookplate to the front pastedown from Rotherham Grammar School dated 1898. In full morocco prize binding with Rotherham Grammar School with the gilt crest to the front board. Externally smart with some rubbing to the head and tail of the spine joints and extremities. Some light shelf wear to the boards. Prize bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally front hinge just a touch tender. Remaining binding is firm. Pages are lightly age-toned to the extremities but otherwise pages are generally clean throughout. Very Good Bliss Sands & Co. hardcover
1807ref. 41380London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1807. In 4 volumes. Vol. 1 has illustrated frontispiece. Spines badly damaged. Corners bumped. Bindings tight. Endpapers stained. Inevitable foxing. Otherwise a reasonable set. Fifth Edition. Full Leather. Good. T. Cadell and W. Davies Hardcover
ref. Q-0395937779MCDOUGAL LITTEL. hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! MCDOUGAL LITTEL hardcover
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ref. 0198965257.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
