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1839réf. 191833London: John Murray 1839. Hardback No Dust Wrapper. Very Good. Condition Notes: A touch faded at the spine of all ten volumes. Tissue guards to the frontispieces of all the volumes age-toned and offset to the facing leaf. The contents complete clean and tight overall but all the plates are age-toned more heavily to the margins. Page 97 in volume XI nearly detached; ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 4.1kg. overseas shipping will require additional postage . Within the UK I will request £15.00 to send it along ParcelForce. ### Hardback. Brown boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 6¾ x 4¼ 4.1 kg; Complete in 10 volumes: Volume 1: 2 xxiv 325 2 pp. 6 leaves of plates 1 folding; Volume 2: 2 viii 342 2 pp. 6 leaves of plates 2 folding; Volume 3: 2 ix 323 2 pp. 3 leaves of plates 1 folding; Volume 4: 2 xii 343 2 pp. 3 leaves of plates; Volume 5: 2 viii 341 2 pp. 3 leaves of plates; Volume 6: 2 viii 342 2 pp. 3 leaves of plates 1 folding; Volume 7: 2 viii 381 2 pp. 4 leaves of plates 2 folding; Volume 8: 2 xi 431 2 pp. 3 leaves of plates 1 folding; Volume 9: 2 xv 335 2 pp. 3 leaves of plates 1 folding; Volume 10: 2 xii 376 2 pp. 3 leaves of plates 2 folding; The book is on the shelf ready to be appropriately packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John Bath by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #191833 London: John Murray hardcover
1983réf. 216883Franklin Center Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. All 3 volumes Near Fine Leather Bound Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; The Great Books of the Western World. Franklin Library hardcover
1983réf. 201017Franklin Center Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Vol. I AS NEW in shrinkwrap Vols. II and III Near Fine Leather Bound Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; The Great Books of the Western World. Franklin Library hardcover
1807réf. 26291London: printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies 1807. 8vo pp. 2 xv 1 460; engraved frontispiece after Joshua Reynolds; recent half tan calf antique over marbled boards red morocco label; occasional spotting especially in the margins of the frontispiece otherwise near fine. This is the first edition to include an index. Boswell's Advertisement to the third edition occupies pp. iv-v. Pottle 62. printed for T. Cadell, and W. Davies unknown
1807réf. 26291London: printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies 1807. 8vo pp. 2 xv 1 460; engraved frontispiece after Joshua Reynolds; recent half tan calf antique over marbled boards red morocco label; occasional spotting especially in the margins of the frontispiece otherwise near fine. This is the first edition to include an index. Boswell's Advertisement to the third edition occupies pp. iv-v. Pottle 62. printed for T. Cadell, and W. Davies unknown books
2023réf. SF251013026X50Big ideas Learning 2023. paperback. Acceptable. 0x0x0. Paperback--PENCIL MARKING THROUGHOUT PAGES--spine and cover excellent Big ideas Learning paperback
1859réf. SET41-D-2London : Henry G. Bohn 1859. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4.5". None. A uniformly bound set of this well known biography regarded as an important stage in the development of the modern genre of biography; with many claiming it to be the greatest biography written in English. New edition with numerous additions and notes by John Wilson Croker. Henry G. Bohn's 1835 edition was originally published in ten volumes. This new edition is complete in eight volumes with the last two volumes of this set holding "Johnsoniana A Collection of Miscellaneous Anecdotes and Sayings of Samuel Johnson" which are complete within themselves. Adorned with a beautiful frontispiece from the original 1835 edition engraved title page to each volume. Holding thirty-four of the original forty plates several of which that are folding. When the Life of Samuel Johnson was published in 1791 it at once commanded the admiration that Boswell had sought for so long and it has since suffered no diminution. Its style was unique in that unlike other biographies of that era it directly incorporated conversations that Boswell had noted down at the time for his journals. He also included far more personal and human details than those to which contemporary readers were accustomed. Instead of writing a respectful and dry record of Johnson's public life in the style of the time he painted a vivid portrait of the complete man brought to life through a 'dramatic' style of dialogue. It has often been described as the greatest biography ever written. It has often been asked how a man such as Boswell could have produced so remarkable a work as the Life of Johnson. Among those who attempted an answer were Macaulay and Carlyle: the former argued that Boswell's uninhibited folly and candour were his greatest qualifications; the latter replied that beneath such traits was a mind to discern excellence and a heart to appreciate it aided by the power of accurate observation and considerable dramatic ability. Holding The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson the renowned travel journal of Boswell and Johnson's journey from Edinburgh through the eastern and northeastern coasts of Scotland passing through St Andrews Aberdeen and Inverness. They then passed into the highlands and spent several weeks on various islands in the Hebrides including Skye Coll and Mull. The work is based on a diary Boswell had kept during the 1773 tour and included detailed descriptions of where he and Johnson had gone and what Johnson had said. Rebound in half calf bindings with cloth covered boards. A workman-like binding but sound with somewhat shakey hand written spines. Externally generally smart with only some light rubbing. Internally firmly bound bright and generally clean with only some very light foxing affecting some of the plates and endpapers. Very Good Henry G. Bohn hardcover
1860réf. 34886London: John Murray 1860. "A New Edition" and being an early edition presented in one volume and being thoroughly revised and with much additional matter included by J. W. Croker. With a frontispiece showing six engraved portraits of Johnson engraved title-page featuring a sketch of James Boswell and with ten full-page engraved plates being portraits and a view. Thick royal 8vo contemporary three-quarter red calf over purple cloth covered boards the spine divided into six compartments separated by gilt hatched raised bands one compartment lettered in gilt on a green morocco label gilt trimmed all edges red. xxiv 874 pp. A very handsome copy in pleasing binding a tight clean and crisp copy the text and plates all bright and especially fresh the binding strong solid and very attractive with light evidence of age. A VERY HANDSOME COPY OF TWO OF THE GREAT BOOKS OF THE AGE. Celebrated for its intimacy and vividness Boswell's Life of Johnson "is one of the best books in the world. It is assuredly a great very great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic Poets--Shakespeare is not more decidedly the first of Dramatists--Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of Orators than Boswell is the first of Biographers." Macauley in the Edinburgh Review 1831. Boswell learned a great deal about the art of biography from his subject and brought to his task boundless curiosity persistence and zest. The tour proved to be inspirational for both men. Johnson published A JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND in 1775 and Boswell in addition to this work used his notes from the tour extensively in his LIFE OF JOHNSON published in 1791. "As a narrative of personal adventures Boswell's account is to be preferred to Johnson's. Naturally such a work as was true of everything concerning Dr. Johnson aroused great interest which was heightened by Boswell's frankness in expressing opinions about his hosts as well as by his naiveté in relating incidents that did not reflect credit to himself" Cox. This is a very handsomely bound and readable copy of these two masterworks and includes important contributions Mr. Malone's and Mr. Boswell's advertisements as well as a significant number of the Thrale letters and others. John Murray hardcover
1810réf. 49751Philadelphia: John F. Watson 1810. Hardcover. 8vo. Rebound in modern brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. xvi 414pp. Very good overall. Rebind is pristine and fresh while text block is moderately age toned and foxed sporadically throughout with bit of old dampstain to preliminary leaves. First American edition of this travelogue originally published in London in 1785 -- here "From the London Edition Revised and Corrected by the Author." Two versions of the first edition were published in 1810 and since both the other being New York/Boston Inskeep and Bradford were printed by R. & W. Carr of Philadelphia and differ only in title page it's arguable that Philly publisher Watson's copies hit the bookshops sooner than those shipped to New York and Boston -- not a certain precedence though so either imprint are considered first editions. Interestingly remounted to the front pastedown is the late 19th century "Library of the Young Men's Christian Association" bookplate of Harrisburg Pennsylvania -- which explains the printed "Bequest of the / Hon. Simon Cameron" label above this for when Lincoln's Secretary of War and Pennsylvania senator died in 1877 he was buried in Harrisburg and apparently his books were bequested to the local YMCA. Though rebound a decent and quite handleable first with an intriguing provenance. SHAW AND SHOEMAKER 19607. John F. Watson hardcover
1835réf. W2289London: John Murray 1835. Complete in ten volumes. The second Croker edition. The first 8 volumes are 1835 printings; volumes 9 and ten are from 1839. The ten volumes are uniformly bound in a contemporary full light brown leather. In 1831 Murray published a 5-volume edition that included for the first time the additions and notes of Coker. The poorly edited edition was panned by critics notably Macaulay; so the publisher rushed to re-edit the text and published this set in 1835 and 1839. The second edition not only was better edited but it also contained additional illustrations not found in the first edition. The attractive set is in about very good condition: each volume is clean and tight with some edgewear; most volumes have waterstains on covers--see the attached images for an example of the typical stain. The second Croker Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book. John Murray Hardcover
1839réf. 26457London: John Murray 1839. New Edition. Fifty Engraved Illustrations. 10 vols. Small 8vo. Bound in contemporary pebbled 3/4 green morocco over marbled paper gilt spines t.e.g. Near fine set with the bookplate of James Stracham. New Edition. Fifty Engraved Illustrations. 10 vols. Small 8vo. John Murray unknown
1839réf. 26457London: John Murray 1839. New Edition. Fifty Engraved Illustrations. 10 vols. Small 8vo. Bound in contemporary pebbled 3/4 green morocco over marbled paper gilt spines t.e.g. Near fine set with the bookplate of James Stracham. New Edition. Fifty Engraved Illustrations. 10 vols. Small 8vo. John Murray unknown books
1842réf. 7034New-York: Wiley and Putnam; J.P. Wright Printer 18 New Street 1842. Small octavo 11 x 15 cm. viii 164 pages. Illustrated with four small black and white in-text drawings. Presumed FIRST & ONLY AMERICAN EDITION. Originally published in Glasgow by W.R. M'Phun. A thorough presentation on the art of rearing bees pigeons rabbits and canaries based on the author's experience followed by the Appendix set in a smaller typeface with brief information on keeping the mockingbird robin indigo bird blue linnet the American yellow-bird gold finch and purple finch linnet. Internally hinges just starting; light foxing throughout. In publisher's blind-stamped decorated cloth gilt-titled on spine. Bit of wear to the extremities of the cloth. Scarce. Near very good. OCLC locates twelve copies and three copies of the Glasgow printing of 1840. Wiley and Putnam; J.P. Wright, Printer, 18 New Street hardcover
1842réf. 7034New-York: Wiley and Putnam; J.P. Wright Printer 18 New Street 1842. Small octavo 11 x 15 cm. viii 164 pages. Illustrated with four small black and white in-text drawings. Presumed FIRST & ONLY AMERICAN EDITION. Originally published in Glasgow by W.R. M'Phun. A thorough presentation on the art of rearing bees pigeons rabbits and canaries based on the author's experience followed by the Appendix set in a smaller typeface with brief information on keeping the mockingbird robin indigo bird blue linnet the American yellow-bird gold finch and purple finch linnet. Internally hinges just starting; light foxing throughout. In publisher's blind-stamped decorated cloth gilt-titled on spine. Bit of wear to the extremities of the cloth. Scarce. Near very good. OCLC locates twelve copies and three copies of the Glasgow printing of 1840. Wiley and Putnam; J.P. Wright, Printer, 18 New Street hardcover books
1831réf. 111111114724John Murray 1831. Leather. Very Good. John Murray; London 1831. Hardcover. Complete 5 Volume Set. Herbert Claiborne Pell bookplate affixed to front pastedown. Herbert Claiborne Pell was an American diplomat and public servant whose career included service as United States Minister to Portugal and later to Hungary. He was known for his interest in international cooperation and for his work with the United Nations War Crimes Commission during the final years of the Second World War. Pell came from a prominent Rhode Island family with long standing ties to public life and his legacy continued through his son Claiborne Pell who became a well-known United States Senator. A Very Good full leather binding with gilt lettering on spine labels binding sturdy and intact some discoloration sun toning to spines rubbing along board edges TEG with some blemishes age toning to pages scattered foxing to front and back matters and text block edges marbled endpapers and pastedowns few rub/scuff marks to boards soiled stains top rear board Volume 1. A nice and clean set. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches. Vol.1 532pp. Vol.2 571pp. Vol.3 565pp. Vol.4 559pp. Vol.5 551pp. appendix index. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. John Murray hardcover
1831réf. 55177Edinburgh:: Maclachlan and Stewart 1831. Second edition. publisher's blue cloth with printed paper label on spine tanned. Old ink ownership signature on pastedown; endsheets foxed; spine sunned; light use to cloth; very attractive original condition. 8vo. Engraved text illustrations. Maclachlan and Stewart, hardcover
1934réf. 61978Asnières, Les Imp. Mary, (1934). In Braun u. Schwarz gedrucktes illustr. Orig.-Plakat (99,5 x 32 cm).
1826réf. 66492Oxford: published by William Pickering London and Talboys and Wheeler Oxford 1826. First Pickering edition 4 volumes 8vo pp. xxi 1 394; 4 416; 4 395 1; ix 1 428; publisher's device on title pages 4 pages of Pickering ads for the Oxford English Classics tipped into the front of volume IV engraved portrait of Boswell after Joshua Reynolds folding Round Robin plate and a double-page facsimile of Johnson's handwriting all spotted; original red cloth paper labels on spines quite rubbed with some loss spine ends chipped but generally good and sound in the original binding. Early ownership signature of "R. Dixon" on the front pastedown of volumes II-IV. Issued on the publisher's Oxford English Classics series. Keynes p. 54; Pottle 90: "This edition in four volumes large octavo is the most beautiful that has yet appeared. The editor was Francis Pearson Walesby 1798-1858 Fellow of Lincoln College and afterwards 1829-34 Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford who in the previous year had edited the edition of Johnson's works in the Oxford English Classics with which this edition of the Life is uniform . This is the first edition of the Life to include a portrait of Boswell as a frontispiece." Books bound in full cloth date from the 1760s onwards. These early cloth bindings were generally of coarsely woven hessian cloth or canvas and used most frequently on school textbooks. Publishers' full cloth bindings date from the early to mid-1820s William Pickering being one of the early innovators. published by William Pickering, London, and Talboys and Wheeler, Oxford unknown
1826réf. 66492Oxford: published by William Pickering London and Talboys and Wheeler Oxford 1826. First Pickering edition 4 volumes 8vo pp. xxi 1 394; 4 416; 4 395 1; ix 1 428; publisher's device on title pages 4 pages of Pickering ads for the Oxford English Classics tipped into the front of volume IV engraved portrait of Boswell after Joshua Reynolds folding Round Robin plate and a double-page facsimile of Johnson's handwriting all spotted; original red cloth paper labels on spines quite rubbed with some loss spine ends chipped but generally good and sound in the original binding. Early ownership signature of "R. Dixon" on the front pastedown of volumes II-IV. Issued on the publisher's Oxford English Classics series. Keynes p. 54; Pottle 90: "This edition in four volumes large octavo is the most beautiful that has yet appeared. The editor was Francis Pearson Walesby 1798-1858 Fellow of Lincoln College and afterwards 1829-34 Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford who in the previous year had edited the edition of Johnson's works in the Oxford English Classics with which this edition of the Life is uniform . This is the first edition of the Life to include a portrait of Boswell as a frontispiece." Books bound in full cloth date from the 1760s onwards. These early cloth bindings were generally of coarsely woven hessian cloth or canvas and used most frequently on school textbooks. Publishers' full cloth bindings date from the early to mid-1820s William Pickering being one of the early innovators. published by William Pickering, London, and Talboys and Wheeler, Oxford unknown books
1851réf. 125781London UK: Henry G. Bohn 1851. Hardcover. Near Fine. L 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Henry G. Bohn London UK 1851. 10 volumes complete. Blindstamped bluish turquoise cloth gold lettering on spine. Nice Firm Clean copy ! 2 frontispieces on each volume. Fifty engraved illustrations. Size: L 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. The Editor after preparing this volume for the press feels more than ever satisfied as to the arrangement ultimately adopted with respect to the scattered JOHNSONIANA of Boswell's friends and rivals. In the notes to the preceding volumes he has presented all those short passages of other writers which seemed to bear decidedly on the statements in Boswell's text: in the 9th and 10th volume the reader has presented to him a mass of miscellaneous Anecdotes and Sayings gathered from nearly a hundred different publications; which could not have been produced as notes to Boswell without overloading and perplexing his pages but which are essential to the completion of the intellectual portrait of Johnson. Johnsoniana by Hawkins Piozzi Murphy Tyers Reynolds Malone Nichols Steevens Cumberland and others. Biography History::Britain 6323 6323 Henry G. Bohn hardcover
1839réf. 865N21London: John Murray 1839. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". Various. An illustrated set of James Boswell's acclaimed biography of Samuel Johnson. James Boswell's renowned biography of eighteenth century poet playwright critic moralist and lexicographer Samuel Johnson. Frequently regarded as the foremost literary critic of the eighteenth century Samuel Johnson is perhaps best known for his influential 'A Dictionary of the English Language' which had a far-reaching effect on the Modern English language and remained the standard for one-hundred and fifty years after its publication. James Boswell the author of the present biography met Johnson in 1763 when Johnson was fifty-four years old and the formed a friendship that lasted until Johnson's death in 1784. Although there are now many biographies of Samuel Johnson Boswell's account is often considered the best due to its inclusion of more personal details. With six plates to volume I including two folding plates collated and complete. With five plates to volume II including two folding plates collated and complete. With two plates to volume III including a folding plate collated and complete. With two plates to volume IV collated and complete. With two plates to volume V collated and complete. With two plates to volume VI including a folding plate collated and complete. With three plates to volume VII collated and complete. With two plates to volume VIII collated and complete. With two plates to volume IX including a folding plate collated and complete. With two plates to volume X collated and complete. In a maroon cloth binding. Externally generally smart. There are some light marks to the front board of volumes III and IV but otherwise volumes lightly rubbed to the boards and the spines which is are little discoloured. A little bumped to the the head and tail of all volumes with a small closed tear to the head of the spine of volume I. There is a tiny chip in the cloth to the head of volume IV and a larger chip to the spine of volume IX. The front hinge is starting but firm to volumes I and III and both hinges are starting to volumes VI and IX. Internally generally firmly bound with bright and clean pages throughout. Very Good John Murray hardcover
1831réf. 867A22London: Charles Tilt 1831. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4". None. A bright copy of this uncommon edition of James Boswell's famous biography of Dr Johnson in striking signed binding. 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.In charming full crushed morocco binding signed 'WPE'.Vignette illustration to title page. Complete with half title. Decorations to tissue guard to face title page.With copious notes and biographical illustrations by Edmond Malone. 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. In full morocco binding with five raised bands gilt lettering to spine gilt to edges. Externally very smart with light fading to spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally very clean throughout. Very Good Indeed Charles Tilt hardcover
1887réf. 015258London: Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1887. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First edition THUS. First edition edited by G. Birkbeck Hill. Octavo. Complete in six volumes. Very good in half leather and marbled boards. Bound by Zaehnsdorf. Top edges gilt. Raised bands and gilt-stamp titling to spine with date stamped 1887 to foot of spines. Blue and gold endpapers. The spines are faded to an attractive brown colour from what was likely green. Vol 1: 522 pp Vol 2: 480 pp Vol 3: 464 pp Vol 4: 446 pp Vol 5: 460pp Vol 6: 324 pp. Complete with 4 frontispieces and 6 fold-outs all in very good condition. Minor offsetting from frontispieces. Minor but noticeable foxspotting to blocks and some pages edges. Clean throughout and with no markings annotations. Each volume is stamped "Bound by Zaehnsdorf" to lower edge of FFEP. Very good hinges and joints. Some edgewear present to boards and some minor bruising to corners. Volume 2 has a bent lower corner. Some minor nicks to the raised bands and a very small splatter of red paint to foot of volume one about the size of a match-head. An attractive set. Securely packed and shipped. Due to the heavy weight extra shipping may be requested. Oxford at the Clarendon Press hardcover
1792réf. 423282 fldg plates; "Round Robin'' - vol.II & facsimile of Dr. Johnson's handwriting - vol.III title cnt'd- 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 John Chambers for R. Cross et al hardcover
réf. 103213R. Cross W. Wilson et al. Dublin. 1792. R. Cross et al. 1792. Irish first edition and the second edition after the first London edition of 1791. In three volumes. Bound in contemporary tree calf edges rubbed spines worn rubbed and creased and lacking three labels with other three labels lack portions. Head and tail of spine of vol. I chipped. Pagination: xxxiv 536; 605; 573 pages. 2 folding plates to rear of volume III - Round Robin and a facsimile of Dr. Johnson's handwriting. Armorial bookplates of Robert Wilmot to each volume. Contemporary gift inscription to each volume and a few neat notes to endpapers. Front inner hinge of vol. I slightly visible but holding. Pages browned otherwise a clean and sound set. unknown
