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1922Best.-Nr. 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
1819Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 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
1810Best.-Nr. 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
1925Best.-Nr. 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
1824Best.-Nr. 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
1986Best.-Nr. 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
2003Best.-Nr. Bib99887733221New Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
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Best.-Nr. 64589039Berghahn Books . Hardback. New. pp. xx 236 5 Maps Index Berghahn Books hardcover
Best.-Nr. 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
2018Best.-Nr. DBS-9781635496574larsen and keller 2018. 1st. Hardcover. New. larsen and keller hardcover
2018Best.-Nr. DBS-9781635496574larsen and keller 2018. 1st. Hardcover. New. larsen and keller hardcover
1993Best.-Nr. 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 8" - 9" tall. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
1854Best.-Nr. 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
1819Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 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
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1888Best.-Nr. 25409London: Swan Sonnenschein Lowrey & Co 1888. 3 vols. 8vo frontispiece portrait facsimile of the 1791 title-p.; very good bright set in orig. blue cloth lettered in gilt on spines t.e.g. See Pottle 95: "This edition represents the first scholarly reaction against the tradition of the 'edited' Boswell . Fitzgerald maintained that . Boswell's work should not be regarded as miscellaneous encyclopaedia of Johnsoniana but as an artistic whole. Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co unknown books
1888Best.-Nr. 25409London: Swan Sonnenschein Lowrey & Co 1888. 3 vols. 8vo frontispiece portrait facsimile of the 1791 title-p.; very good bright set in orig. blue cloth lettered in gilt on spines t.e.g. See Pottle 95: "This edition represents the first scholarly reaction against the tradition of the 'edited' Boswell . Fitzgerald maintained that . Boswell's work should not be regarded as miscellaneous encyclopaedia of Johnsoniana but as an artistic whole. Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co unknown
1922Ten Volumes. Full page engraved illustrations. Title page printed in red and black with engraved vignette. Uncut and unopened. Top edges gold. XLib stamp on title pages. Large 8vo. Original Japan vellum backed paper boards. Original paper spine labels. XLib shelf number stamped on spine. Hardbound. Temple Bar Limited Edition. Number 694 of only 786 copies of which 35 are not for sale. Though XLib a very nice set. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SET/W53
