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1839rif. 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
1831rif. 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
rif. 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
1793rif. 1249C005London: Charles Dilly 1793. 2nd Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. VOL I: Frontis Title vi Dedication vii-xii Advertisement to 1st Ed. xiii-xviii Advertisement to 2nd Ed.; 1-xxii Additions recollected & received after the 2nd edition was printed xxiii-xxxi Chronological Catalouge of the prose works 1 blank xxvii-xxxix Table of Contents 1 xxxiii-xxxvi Corrections xxxviii Additional Corrections 1 blank 603. VOL II: Title 634 Fold-out plate facing p.450. VOL III: Title 711 Fold-out plate facing p.711 1 blank. Good. 5.75 x 8.5 inches 14 x 22 cm. Complete three volume set. Half calf leather bindings with marbled boards. Spines with gilt ruled compartments and red morocco title labels. Spines heavily worn and rubbed with loss to ends and chipping to edges. Joints cracked front board of Volume II is loose but held by the cords. Volume I has an old leather repair to rear joint. Good solid page blocks. Foxing to text and occasional pencilled margin markings. Owner's name to all title pages dated 1809 a later owner's name and address to front free endpaper in Volume I. The second London edition and first English octavo edition following the 1791 London quarto edition and the 1792 Dublin octavo edition. Complete with the portrait frontis in Volume I fold-out 'Round Robin' plate in Volume II and fold-out handwriting facsimile in Volume III. Volume I also includes the additional corrections leaf c3 p. xxxviii. Overall condition is Good. Size: 5.75 x 8.5 inches 14 x 22 cm. Charles Dilly hardcover
1887rif. 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
1792rif. 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
1807rif. 33660London: Printed for T. Cadell; F.C. And J. Rivington ; Longman Hurst Rees etc. 1807. 4 volumes. The Fifth Edition Revised and Augmented. Engraved portrait Reynolds as frontispiece to Vol. I folding plate with facsimiles of Johnson’s handwriting in the second volume the Round Robin plate in Vol. III all complete as called for. 8vo in handsome contemporary bindings of full mottled calf the covers with gilt roll tooling to the borders the spines richly gilt with multi-ruled and decorated gilt bands separating the compartments the compartments with central gilt ornaments lettered in gilt in one compartment original marbled endleaves. xxxv 3 478; 496; 480; 522 2 pp. A handsome set generally quite well preserved with some inevitable rubbing to the extremities and some light wear to the hinges though the bindings are strong and tight and the text-blocks all in good order crisp clean and unpressed some light mellowing on occasion. EARLY PRINTING OF ONE OF THE GREATEST BIOGRAPHIES IN THE LANGUAGE. 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. Boswell had been collecting material for this work since his first interview with Johnson in 1763 and was confident that his kind of biography "which gives not only a History of Johnson's visible progress through the world and of his publications but a view of his mind in his letters and conversations is the most perfect that can be conceived and will be more of a Life than any work that has ever yet appeared." He said too that: “A sanction to my faculty of giving a just representation of Dr. Johnson I could not conceal. Nor will I suppress my satisfaction in the consciousness that by recording so considerable a portion of the wit and wisdom of the brightest ornament of the eigteenth century I have largely provided for the instruction and entertainment of mankind.” If Boswell does indulge in a little harmless flattery to himself the concluding words of his preface are literally true for Boswell’s Johnson as much as any other book “has largely provided for the instruction and entertainment of mankind.” A valuable reference to the life and times of the era. The object of the work is to depict the life of the period in English history which may legitimately be described as the Age of Johnson. Johnson lived from 1709 to 1784 from the time of Queen Anne and into the third decade of the reign of George III. The book is a descriptive tour de force extremely well written and highly illuminating. Johnson had once said of his own time--’The present age’ he wrote in 1758 though not likely to shine hereafter among the most splendid periods of history has yet given examples of charity which may be very properly commended to imitation.’ The years after Johnson wrote those words saw the year of Minden of Quiberon Bay Lgos and the taKing of Quebec a series of victories to which there are few parallels. It was the age of Chatham too and of Clive Cook Wolfe Burke Fox Gibbon Fielding Reynolds Gainsborough the Adams Garrick Cavendish Priestley Watt and many many others. It can be reckoned among the splendid periods of history. Printed for T. Cadell; F.C. And J. Rivington ; Longman, Hurst Rees, etc. unknown
1768rif. 54703Leipzig Caspar Fritsch 1768. Contemp. full calf. 4 raised bands. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. Wear to spine ends. Light wear along edges. 14346 pp. 1 large folded engraved map. Internally clean. First German edition. hardcover
1768rif. 54703Leipzig, Caspar Fritsch, 1768. Contemp. full calf. 4 raised bands. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. Wear to spine ends. Light wear along edges. (14),346 pp., 1 large folded engraved map. Internally clean.
1903rif. 2658Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co 1903. Fine Binding. Leather bound. Very Good . 4 1/2 X 6 7/8 Inches. The six volume "Boswell's Life of Johnson" was published in 1903. The two volume "Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson" was published in 1898. ALL EIGHT VOLUMES finely bound in Quarter leather with matching tips. TEG. Five raised hubs to each spine. Gilt title stamping and decoration to spines. Hint of toning to interiors. A very clean set with beautiful marbled endpapers. There is no binder's ticket but the binding looks to be period and is absolutely spectacular. Archibald Constable & Co unknown
1934rif. 6468Clarendon 1934. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. xlv 3 556; 6 543; 6 541; 6 557; xxvii 3 596; xii 2 496 pp. 8vo burgundy cloth gilt spine titles and ruled head and tail. Frontispiece portraits to all vols. Vols 1-4 are 1934 first printings of the Powell revised edition. Vols. 5 & 6 are 1964 Second Edition with errata slips. Vols 1-4 show some light rubbing to extremities vols 1& 2 fore edges dampstained. Volumes 5 & 6 are inscribed by the preeminent Johnson/Boswell collector Mary Hyde: “For the Courage Library in rememberance of our unforgetable visit - Mary Hyde and Lila Tyng 19 September 1974.” Hyde's collection begun with her husband Donald Hyde and continually expanded until her death in 2003 has been described as "just one of the world's great archives of eighteenth-century English literature with more than 4000 books and 5500 letters and manuscripts. Still more important it is the world's best collection of documents relating to the life and work of Samuel Johnson" - Adam Kirsch. The collection was placed in Harvard's Houghton Library in 2004. In the preface to vol. VI Lawrence F. Powell writes "My friends in America have been generous in their aid. I mention in particular Dr. and Mrs. Donald F. Hyde whose library at Four Oaks Farm Somerville New Jersey is the Mecca of All Johnsonians. Clarendon hardcover
1935rif. 1338948London: John Murray 1935. Hardcover. Octavo 10 vols.; VG-; contemporary three-quarter bindings of brown leather boards in marbled paper; bound by Root & Son with their stamp at verso of second free end paper; spines with raised bands gilt lettering and design in spine panels; mild shelf wear and scuffing; wear at joints; wear to spine crowns of vols. 5 and 8; upper edges gilt; marbled end papers; portrait and frontispieces offset; vol. 6 contains fold out facsimile letter; pages clean; shelved above Case 9 3/4. 1338948. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. John Murray hardcover books
1887rif. 89226Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington | Londres 1887 | 15 x 23 cm | Reliure de l'éditeur
1935rif. 1338948London: John Murray 1935. Hardcover. Octavo 10 vols.; VG-; contemporary three-quarter bindings of brown leather boards in marbled paper; bound by Root & Son with their stamp at verso of second free end paper; spines with raised bands gilt lettering and design in spine panels; mild shelf wear and scuffing; wear at joints; wear to spine crowns of vols. 5 and 8; upper edges gilt; marbled end papers; portrait and frontispieces offset; vol. 6 contains fold out facsimile letter; pages clean; shelved above Case 9 3/4. 1338948. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. John Murray hardcover
1816rif. 52001280048Alnwick printed by and for J. Graham 1816. Leather. Acceptable. Leather covered Hardcovers. SCARCE ORIGINAL 1816 12 VOLUME SET COMPLETE. Text unmarked vol. 6 has very minor marking in margins. Pages with tanning and minor light foxing spots. Light damp stains on some. Covers show heavy edge wear with heavy rubbing/scuffing. Bumped corners. Spine edge wear/chipping. Some covers are separating or separated at hinges but all are present. Previous owners bookplate on inside front covers and name/inscription on front end paper. TITLES: 1: Poems and Philological Tracts 2: The Rambler 3: The Rambler 4: Rambler and Adventurer 5: Idler and Rasselas 6: Lives of the Poets 7: Lives of the Poets 8: Lives of the Poets and Eminent Persons 9: Hebrides Political Essays Miscellanies 10: Miscellanies Dedications Letters Prayers Index 11: Life of Samuel Johnson LL. D. with fold-out of Facsimiles of Dr. Johnson's Hand Writing 12: Life of Samuel Johnson LL. D. with fold-out of Round Robin addresed to Samuel Johnson L.L.D with Facsimiles of the Signatures. Volumes definitely show their age but pages still quite legible/readable.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Alnwick (printed by and for J. Graham) hardcover
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1951rif. 926P43London: William Heinemann LTD 1951-60. Vellum. Very Good. 10" by 7". Various. Yale's limited edition set containing the private papers of James Boswell illustrated throughout. Limited edition works.In six volumes. A further six volumes were published by Yale from 1963 to 1989.A collection of this private papers journals and travel works of James Boswell.Boswell was a noted Scottish biographer and diarist of the eighteenth century well beloved for his biography on his contemporary and friend Samuel Johnson.These publications by Yale University helped to transform Boswell's reputation after they recovered his many private papers. 'Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763 Together With Journal of My Jaunt Harvest 1762' published in 1951. Illustrated with a frontispiece two folding maps and twenty-one plates. Collated complete. Limited to 1050 copies of which this is numbered 351.'Boswell in Holland 1763-1764' published in 1952. Illustrated with a frontispiece one folding map and thirteen plates. Collated complete. Limited to 1050 copies of which this is numbered 348.'Boswell on the Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland 1764' published in 1953. Illustrated with one folding map and seventeen plates. Collated complete. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is numbered 284.'Boswell on the Grand Tour: Italy Corsica and France 1765-1766' published in 1955. Illustrated with a frontispiece one folding map and nineteen plates. Collated complete. Limited to 400 copies of which this is numbered 77. Bookseller's label to the front paste down.'Boswell in Search of a Wife 1766-1769' published in 1957 in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece one folding map four maps and twenty-one plates. Collated complete. Limited to 400 copies of which this is numbered 101. 'Boswell For the Defence 1769-1774' published in 1960 in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece one double-sided folding map two folding maps and eleven plates. Collated complete. Limited to 350 copies of which this is numbered 64.Edited by Frederick A. Pottle. In the original publisher's quarter vellum binding with cloth to the boards. Externally generally smart with light marks to the boards and spines. Spines are age-toned as is usual with vellum. Spine labels are lifting a little. Spots to the fore edges. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good William Heinemann LTD hardcover
1835rif. 23141London: John Murray 1835. 8vo 10 volumes engraved frontispiece and title-p. in each volume all by Stanfield after Finden original blindstamped brown cloth gilt lettering direct and within blindstamped labels; vol. 1 2 and 10 neatly rebacked; the binding was a dainty one from the start and needs care in handling but the overall appearance is generally very good. This set with the 1835 ownership signature of Charles Kelsall who has penned 14 lines of commentary in vol. 1 and 69 lines in vol. 2 on endpapers and flyleaf all in praise of the good Dr. Johnson. Croker's second edition which was anonymously edited by John Wright. The original Croker edition 1831 in 5 vols. 8vo still stands as a monument of Johnsonian scholarship; but it was badly edited much and famously condemned by Macaulay. Seeing the problem Murray hastily engaged Wright to do a make-over and republished it in 1835. These 1835 plates were later stereotyped and many editions followed those after 1853 under the Bohn imprint to whom Murray had sold the plates. "No matter what the title-pages may say all Crokers in ten volumes small octavo often described as duodecimo are so far as the text is concerned one and the same thing. The number of illustrations varies" Pottle. Pottle 92. John Murray unknown books
1807rif. 64362Boston: published by W. Andrews and L. Blake Greenough and Stebbins printers 1807. First American edition taken from the fifth Malone edition published in London earlier the same year 8vo 3 volumes frontispiece portrait folding "Round Robin" plate folding facsimile of Johnson's handwriting; contemporary full sheep black and red labels; joints reinforced on first and third volumes joints rubbed on the second volume paper flaw on pages 265-6 in the second volume affecting a few letters; generally a good sound set in a tan cloth clamshell box. Ownership signature of Anna Guest on all title pages. This is the first edition of The Life to contain an index. American Imprints 12184; Pottle 85. published by W. Andrews and L. Blake, Greenough and Stebbins, printers unknown books
1807rif. 64362Boston: published by W. Andrews and L. Blake Greenough and Stebbins printers 1807. First American edition taken from the fifth Malone edition published in London earlier the same year 8vo 3 volumes frontispiece portrait folding "Round Robin" plate folding facsimile of Johnson's handwriting; contemporary full sheep black and red labels; joints reinforced on first and third volumes joints rubbed on the second volume paper flaw on pages 265-6 in the second volume affecting a few letters; generally a good sound set in a tan cloth clamshell box. Ownership signature of Anna Guest on all title pages. This is the first edition of The Life to contain an index. American Imprints 12184; Pottle 85. published by W. Andrews and L. Blake, Greenough and Stebbins, printers unknown
1835rif. 23141London: John Murray 1835. 8vo 10 volumes engraved frontispiece and title-p. in each volume all by Stanfield after Finden original blindstamped brown cloth gilt lettering direct and within blindstamped labels; vol. 1 2 and 10 neatly rebacked; the binding was a dainty one from the start and needs care in handling but the overall appearance is generally very good. This set with the 1835 ownership signature of Charles Kelsall who has penned 14 lines of commentary in vol. 1 and 69 lines in vol. 2 on endpapers and flyleaf all in praise of the good Dr. Johnson. Croker's second edition which was anonymously edited by John Wright. The original Croker edition 1831 in 5 vols. 8vo still stands as a monument of Johnsonian scholarship; but it was badly edited much and famously condemned by Macaulay. Seeing the problem Murray hastily engaged Wright to do a make-over and republished it in 1835. These 1835 plates were later stereotyped and many editions followed those after 1853 under the Bohn imprint to whom Murray had sold the plates. "No matter what the title-pages may say all Crokers in ten volumes small octavo often described as duodecimo are so far as the text is concerned one and the same thing. The number of illustrations varies" Pottle. Pottle 92. John Murray unknown
1980rif. mon0000294020Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd 1980-12-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Well read with some wear but still very useable. Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd hardcover
1901rif. 897T31London: J. M. Dent & Co 1901. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6.5". Herbert Railton. A smartly bound illustrated edition of this well-known biography of English writer Samuel Johnson. Complete in three volumes. The first Railton edition. Volume one is illustrated with a colour frontispiece six photogravure portrait plates and many in-text images. Volume two is illustrated with a frontispiece five portrait plates and many in-text images. Volume three is illustrated with a frontispiece six portrait plates and many in-text images. Collated complete. The life of Samuel Johnson or Dr Johnson an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet playwright essayist moralist literary critic biographer editor and lexicographer. Written by his friend James Boswell a Scottish biographer diarist and lawyer best known for this work. Edited by Arnold Glover a British book editor. With an introduction by Henry Austin Dobson an English poet and essayist. Illustrated by Herbert Railton an English artist and leading black and white illustrator in his day. Bound in half red calf with red cloth boards. Externally smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Some of the text block remains unopened. Very Good Indeed J. M. Dent & Co hardcover
1779rif. 75London: Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Almon in Piccadilly ; Printed For J. Johnson No. 72 St. Paul's Church-yard 1779. 1st Edition ; 2nd Edition. 1/2 Calf. Good. 8º 20cm.; ii 108pp errata; i 100pp. appendix and plates.; 4 pls.; 3 pls.; gilt title to spine compartment in red leather label; all foldout plates accounted for and complete; marbled paper-covered boards toned and rubbed hinges starting but all cords holding.; contemporary title in ms. on fr. flyleaf;. The first book on water-meadows. Fussell. Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Almon, in Piccadilly ; Printed For J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church-yard unknown
1889rif. 863371889. 1889 Boswell James BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON INCLUDING BOSWELL'S JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES AND JOHNSON'S DIARY OF A JOURNEY INTO NORTH WALES Edited George Birkbeck Hill NY: Harper & Brothers 1889 De Luxe Edition #33/300 copies 6 volumes illustrated with plates facsimiles of letters maps portraits Oversize 8vo White buckram over grey paper-covered boards buckram corners printed paper spine labels upper edges gilt There is some minor shelf-rubbing and soiling on the covers There is a short split up from the lower edge of the spine on Volume I The spine label on Volume III is missing the lower corner and has minor damage along one edge The lower portion of the inside front hinge of Volume III has been mended One of the folding plates in Volume I has some damage from being carelessly unfolded a folding plate in Volume III has been torn from being carelessly unfolded There is overall light toning to the textblock pages due to age otherwise this is an attractive near fine hardcover set. unknown
