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1953réf. 15473Heinemann 1953. Roy. 8vo. De Luxe Limited Edition with 9 plates and front and rear endpaper maps in red and black; buckram vellum back gilt top uncut solk marker a very good bright clean copy in publisher's card slip-case the latter mildly worn and frayed at edges and corners. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES. Volume four of 'The Yale Edition of the Private Papers of James Boswell'. Brown 100 Heinemann, hardcover
1891réf. 008198London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1891. The long title reads as follows: "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" Complette in three volumes Uniformly bound in full maroon calf by Spottiswoode & Co. with raised bands on the spines gilt lettered labels bearing title and author and volume numbers with gilt decorated partitions.double gilt ruled borders to the boards with the crest of Eton College in the centre. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Volume one : FRontis engraved portrait of Johnson with tissue guard facsimile of the 1791 title page. xlii a-m538 pages. Volume two : 527 pages. Volume three : 525 pages. All three volumes are in very good condition. Only with minor rubs to the leather here and there the bindings are all very sound and solid inside all complete and in good order throughout. Pages all very clean and unmarked with no foxing and no marking no annotations or other signs of ownership. The volumes each measure 6 X 8.5 inches. Second Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Hardcover
1836réf. 12846H. G. Bohn London 1851 1836. Oleder 10 Bände in gute Zustand AZB82 . . HC H. G. Bohn, London 1851 hardcover
réf. 16-5494New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1939. Original cloth and dust-jacket. Marginal tears of dust-jacket. Folio. 9 x 15 inches. Includes biographies by Margit Varga of each of the artists whose work is reproduced. OCLC Number:280081. .Signed by the San Francisco architect Timothy L. Pflueger the original owner: Born and raised in San Francisco's Mission District Timothy Pflueger became one of the region's most prominent architects working in the historic Beaux-Arts style. With no formal education in architecture he worked his way up at the firm of Miller & Colmesnil becoming a partner at age 33 at which point the firm changed its name to J. R. Miller & T. L. Pflueger Architects.Together Pflueger and Miller designed several architectural landmarks in San Francisco including the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Building at 140 New Montgomery Street 1925 and the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange Building at 301 Pine Street 1930. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1939 hardcover
1895réf. 12543New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company 1895. Two volumes. Octavos 8 x 5.5" gilt and floral patterned boards with gilt and cream half cloth 590 and 609 pp portrait frontispieces. A lovely decorative two volume edition in the gilt and floral covers. Bookplates of Henry J. Heinz American food magnate and founder of H.J. Heinz Company. In very good condition with mild foxing to pages some staining along spines staining to covers of vol 1 occasional staining to pages toning to spines. Thomas Y. Crowell & Company hardcover
réf. 79876BOSWELL James. Boswell's Life of Johnson. Edited by George Birkbeck Hill D.C.L. 6 Vols. Original cloth priceclipped dust jackets. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1934 1964. Volumes I through IV first edition. Very good or better. unknown
1857réf. 258470London: Richard Bentley New Burlington Street 1857. First edition. Inserted Frontispiece by Reynolds and another of Boaswell in Corsican garb at p. 136. xlviii 407 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary diapered calf gilt spine a.e.g. Bookplate of Solomon R. Guggenheim 1869-1949. Nice copy. First edition. Inserted Frontispiece by Reynolds and another of Boaswell in Corsican garb at p. 136. xlviii 407 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street unknown
1833réf. 53771New York: George Dearborn 1833. Hardcover. Good. 2 vols quarto. A good set in 3/4 leather and marbled paper boards. Wear along sedge spine ends and corners. Spines and boards are scuffed and rubbed. Foxed. Previous owner's name penned on first free end paper in each volume Ebenezer Snell. George Dearborn hardcover
1844réf. 131132498London: John Murray 1844. Hardcover. 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
1835réf. 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
1843réf. 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
1824réf. 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
1922réf. 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
1819réf. 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
réf. 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
1857réf. 258470London: Richard Bentley New Burlington Street 1857. First edition. Inserted Frontispiece by Reynolds and another of Boaswell in Corsican garb at p. 136. xlviii 407 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary diapered calf gilt spine a.e.g. Bookplate of Solomon R. Guggenheim 1869-1949. Nice copy. First edition. Inserted Frontispiece by Reynolds and another of Boaswell in Corsican garb at p. 136. xlviii 407 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street unknown books
1819réf. 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 books
1824réf. 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 books
1835réf. 29099London: John Murray. Very Good. 1835. 1/4 Cloth. A rather attractive complete set of Croker's Second edition Pottle 92. All volumes in Very Good or better condition except volume five showing beginning separation of spine internally fine though. Bound in attractive red morocco all edges gilt. Raised bands gilt lettering and decoration on the spines. First volume showing bookplate from the libary of Oscar Benjamin Cintas prominent sugar and railroad magnate and book collector who served as Cuba's ambassador to the United States from 1932 until 1934; Often praised as the greatest biography written in English Boswell's famous work covers Samuel Johnson 1709 -1784 English poet essayist moralist literary critic biographer editor and lexicographer; Small 8vo . John Murray hardcover books
1810réf. 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
1925réf. 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
1824réf. 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
1986réf. 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
2003réf. Bib99887733221New Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
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