1835ref. 6231London: John Murray 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 10 volume set 170 x 105 mm. 6 3/4 x 4 1/4". Full green leather bindning not faded marbeled endpapers not cracked board turn-ins with gilt gauffering. A tidy set with some minor rub/wear spots couple of little nicks. Contents very clean. Each volume with a unique illustrated title page. Solidly Very Good -- a no-fuss 1835 Johnson in the fun 10-volume reading edition. John Murray hardcover
1843ref. 1137660New York: Alexander V. Blake 1843. Hard cover. Good/No jacket. Volumes 1-2 included. Cloth 26 cm 2 vols with frontispiece portraits and round robin facsimile bound in to vol. two. Good condition but for some pages with light foxing including frontispiece portraits. Institution bookplates with some abrasions on both feps. Previous owner's name in ink in margin on one page. Covers with some light scuffing on covers and corners bumped. Heads and tails of spines slightly ragged at extreme edges. Alexander V. Blake unknown
1824ref. 74745Bellows Falls VT: Charles Ewer and Timothy Bedlington. Very Good-. 1824. Leather. . 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. A New Edition. Copious Notes and Biographical Illustrations By Malone. In Five Volumes; Printed By Blake Cutler and Co. for Charles Ewer and Timothy Bedlington. Bellows Falls VT. 1824. 5 volume set are hard-bound in 1/2 leather with marbled paper covered boards with gilt stamped numbers and gilt stamped red leather labels on the spines - scuffed and soiled with edge-wear and rubbing to the joints corners and spine-ends. Volume I front board barely attached - contents are bright and legible but with scattered foxing and toning throughout. Portrait frontispiece in Volume 1 and a folding plate in volumes 2 & 3. Volume I is a Vermont Imprint Published in Bellows Falls VT. 1824. with the rest of the volumes printed in Bellows Falls VT but have a Boston MA imprint. . Charles Ewer and Timothy Bedlington hardcover
1922ref. 1471Gabriel Wells / Doubleday Page New York 1922. 1st Edition thus. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. #423/785 copies. Temple Bar edition g-vg condition 10-volume set complete. Hinges cracked glued holding. Top edge gilt in good condition. corner of vol. VIII chipped. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Johnson/Boswell; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1471. . This is a SET of books therefore heavier than a standard volume and will involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Gabriel Wells / Doubleday, Page hardcover
1819ref. 54077London: Printed for the Proprietors and sold by R. Edwards . and J. Offor 1819. Engraved frontispieces after Joshua Reynolds. 4 vols. 8vo. Half black polished calf and marbled paper boards gilt-lettered spine with red leather lettering pieces. Small chip from one label slight rubbing otherwise very good. Engraved frontispieces after Joshua Reynolds. 4 vols. 8vo. Printed for the Proprietors and sold by R. Edwards ... and J. Offor unknown
ref. 02753Croscup & Holby Company. Cloth. Very Good. Ed. by Augustine Birrell. No publishing date. 500 copies published. Smaller books six volumes dark blue cloth with browned patch on spine: four are The Life of Johnson two are The Tour of The Hebrides. Tiny tears and slight wear to spine tops and bottom top-edge gilt but dull. Vol. I contains Advertisement to The Fifth Edition dated January 1 1807. Croscup & Holby Company hardcover
1810ref. 28The first American edition of Boswell"s Tour of the Hebrides with Johnson. Boswell is incable of bad writing; however the "Advertisement" added by the American editor Watson who is also the publisher suggests that he is a little fawning about Johnson and talks about himsef too much as well. ! The original had water staining on the tp annnd last leaf. The tp was remarined top edge.The edges were originally stained red and an the new endpapers were heavily stained to match. hardcover
1925ref. 2028Spine loose in one place There is a front page of a DJ inside one of the books. They are discolored at front page and one book has a crease in its cover. All i n all in remarkable condition. See photos. George Bayntun hardcover
1824ref. 1137743James Christie 1824. Hard cover. Good/No jacket. 4 volumes rebound in green 3/4 leather with marbled boards. Covers worn with some of the embossing fading. Bookplate inside each cover. Protective tissue for the frontispiece in volume one is missing so the print has bled over to the title page. Text block in very good shape. "Comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent person; 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." Copious notes by Edmond Malone. Frontispiece of Johnson in volume one a foldout facsimile of his signatures. James Christie unknown
1986ref. 15988Iowa City IA: University of Iowa Press 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed on the half-title page. Stated First Edition. Author's first book. A collection of short stories that won the Iowa School of Letters Award for Short Fiction. University of Iowa Press hardcover
2003ref. Bib99887733221New Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
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ref. 64589039Berghahn Books . Hardback. New. pp. xx 236 5 Maps Index Berghahn Books hardcover
ref. 42466London: Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Almon 1779. First edition 8vo 4 108 2pp. interleaved with contemporary blank leaves 5 folding engraved plates contemporary quarter calf joints cracked hand and foot of spine chipped morocco spine label lettered in gilt. From the Lawes Library Rothamstead. London: Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Almon, 1779 unknown
2018ref. DBS-9781635496574larsen and keller 2018. 1st. Hardcover. New. larsen and keller hardcover
2018ref. DBS-9781635496574larsen and keller 2018. 1st. Hardcover. New. larsen and keller hardcover
1993ref. 64095New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Very Good in wrappers in a Very Good- slipcase. Creasing to slipcase. This is an incredibly scarce advance collection of excerpts from upcoming Knopf publications in 1993.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
1854ref. FB69 (1 to 10) /8Brown embossed cloth binding with gilt title on the spine. Volumes I to X. dimensions are for one volume. Some stains on boards. John Murray. London hardcover
1819ref. 981R4London: Printed for the Proprietors 1819. Leather. Good. 7" by 4.5". None. The new edition complete in four volumes of James Boswell's acclaimed biography of Samuel Johnson in half green calf with a monochrome portrait frontispiece of Johnson and folding facsimiles of his handwriting. The new edition complete in four volumes of James Boswell's acclaimed biography of Samuel Johnson in half green calf.With a monochrome portrait frontispiece of Johnson and folding facsimiles of his handwriting volume one this is a detailed and beautifully bound set of what is still considered one of the greatest English biographies.In half green calf with marbled boards and gilt decoration and titling along the spines.The Life of Samuel Johnson is a biography of English writer and literary critic Samuel Johnson. It represents a landmark in the development of the modern genre of biography and many have called it the greatest biography ever written. In half green calf with marbled boards and decorative gilt. Externally generally smart with noticeable bumping to extremities. Some areas of loss to joints and heads and tails of spines in particular. Age toning to cloth boards. Fading to spines and extremities. Some loss to gilt on spines. Internally firmly bound. Marginal age toning to pages and spotting throughout heavier to first and last pages. Lightly faded marbled fore edges. Good Printed for the Proprietors hardcover
ref. L4TLOSJBGeorge Routledge. Hardcover. Good Minus. Good minus five volume set complete. 1885. Limited Edition 449/500. Some foxing/spotting. Some cracking at hinges. Generally nice for age. Scarce. We use quality packaging materials. George Routledge hardcover
2006ref. SONG0195165837Oxford University Press 2006-01-12. 1. hardcover. Used: Good. 9.40x1.20x6.30. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Oxford University Press hardcover
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