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rif. 45922New York NY: Gabriel Wells 1922. FINELY BOUND. In ten volumes. Medium Octavo. With a frontispiece engraving of Johnson and other engraved plates. No. 115 of 750 sets originally for sale. With a bibliographical introduction by Clement Shorter and an introduction to each vol. by the following: Aleyn Lyell Reade; Augustine Birrell; Prof. Trent; G.K. Chesterton; Edward Newton; John Drinkwater; R.B. Adam; Walter De La Mare; Prof. Tinker and Richard Ashe King. In contemporary brown half morocco by SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFFE with raised bands and gilt titles to spines. Top edges gilt and marbled boards and end-papers. Some wear to joints otherwise near-fine. A superlative edition of Boswell's magnum opus. New York, NY: Gabriel Wells, 1922 unknown
1925rif. 7686Bath: George Bayntun 1925. 2 vols. Royal 8vo. 26 x 19 cms pp. xl 576; xvi 577-1172. Contemporary half morocco gilt over patterned paper boards trivial wear to extremities. A handsome set. The text of this comprehensively illustrated edition follows the sixth edition 1811 revised by Boswells son accompanied by the notes of various commentators including Boswells friends and contemporaries Edmond Malone and Charles Burney. Book George Bayntun hardcover
1831rif. 53394London: John Murray 1831. First Crocker edition 5 volumes 8vo each volume with engraved frontispiece plus the round-robin plate and a map of the Hebrides; contemporary half tan calf over marbled boards maroon and brown morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines; light wear to extremities upper joint of vol. 1 rubbed but firm lower corner of vol. 3 bumped a near fine copy. This edition still stands as a monument of Johnsonian scholarship; but it was badly edited and much famously condemned by Macaulay. Seeing the problem Murray hastily engaged Wright to do a make-over and republished it in 1835. Pottle 91: The publication of this remarkable edition opens an entirely new era in the history of Boswell's book. John Murray unknown
1831rif. 53394London: John Murray 1831. First Crocker edition 5 volumes 8vo each volume with engraved frontispiece plus the round-robin plate and a map of the Hebrides; contemporary half tan calf over marbled boards maroon and brown morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines; light wear to extremities upper joint of vol. 1 rubbed but firm lower corner of vol. 3 bumped a near fine copy. This edition still stands as a monument of Johnsonian scholarship; but it was badly edited and much famously condemned by Macaulay. Seeing the problem Murray hastily engaged Wright to do a make-over and republished it in 1835. Pottle 91: The publication of this remarkable edition opens an entirely new era in the history of Boswell's book. John Murray unknown books
1835rif. 639079John Murray 1835. First Thus. Leather Binding. Near Fine. An attractive set in period 3/4 dark red morocco over marbled boards spines with raised bands and elaborate gilt floral tooling within gilt ruled compartments covers sectioned with a single gilt fillet top edges gilt marbled edges slight wear bookplate in each volume. A nice set of this landmark work long considered one of the finest biographies in the English language chronicling the life and wit of the pioneering etymologist. 10 volumes complete. John Murray unknown
1846rif. 648816Henry G. Bohn 1846. First Thus. Leather Binding. Near Fine. 10 volumes complete as issued. Attractively bound in 3/4 green morocco over marbled boards by Riviere & Son spines with raised bands gilt floral devices and gilt-bordered compartments covers sectioned with a single gilt fillet top edges gilt marbled endpapers covers a trifle faded slight wear. A nice set with great shelf presence. PROVENANCE: Engraved armorial bookplates of Charles B. Barnes Jr. of Boston dated 1893. Henry G. Bohn unknown
1835rif. SET9-C-1London: John Murray 1835. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". Various. A decoratively bound set of Boswell's famous The Life of Samuel Johnson including the rarer two volumes of Johnsoniana. Complete in Ten Volumes. Volume X contains additional title pages for Volumes I - VIII to the rear. With an armorial nameplate for Robert Montgomery Convoy on the front pastedowns. This set contains the eight volumes complete of The Life of Samuel Johnson with both volumes of the 'Johnsoniana' that was added during publication. In original publishers cloth binding. bindings are generally tight and firm. Externally smart. There is some wear to the extremities including some bumping with some discolouration and marks to the boards. The inner rear hinge is strained in volumes I and V and has failed in volume VI and needs repair allowed for in price. Internally the pages are generally bright with some occasional slight browning. There is the occasional spot becoming prominent to the first and last few pages. There is an ink signature on the title pages of volumes V to IX and on the half-title of volumes III and IV. Very Good John Murray hardcover
rif. 20639Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly in the Poultry London 1768. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition of the Book that made James Boswell Famous. Demy octavo full contemporary speckled calf red morocco title label pp. xxiv 382 with the half-title and final blank. Large folding engraved map of Corsica by Thomas Phinn 12 x 17¾". First printing of map with neither imprint the scale of miles nor the division of the margins into degrees. Map inserted facing A1. E2 pp. 67-8 and Z3 pp. 357-8 are cancels. Without the misprint 'fo' on page 93 l 6 nor 'my own of' on p. 296 l 18 and with all the remaining misprints noted by Pottle. Offsetting from binding to margins of endleaves and title page. Text with scattered foxing and occasional minor staining. Map slightly offset to A1 with minor scattered foxing and slight staining elsewhere 3.5 cm tear at right edge near gutter but no loss. Small rubber-stamp indicating "Withdrawn from Yale Univ. Library" on front free endpaper no further library markings. Joints starting; forecorners and head of spine worn; evidence of minor repair to crown. Condition is good overall. Pottle 24; Gaskell Foulis 473; ESTC T26157. Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, London, 1768. hardcover
1835rif. 00009011London: John Murray Albemarle Street 1835. Later edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 10 vol. Small 8vo. 5 vi-xxiv 2 3-325 3; 5 vi-viii 1 2-344 2; 5 vi-ix 2 2-323 3; 5 vi-xii 1 2-343 1; 5 vi-viii 1 2-341 3; 5 vi-viii 1 2-342 2; 5 vi-viii 1 2-381 3; 5 vi-xi 2 2-431 3; 5 vi-xv 2 2-335 3; 5 vi-xii 1 2-376 2 pp. Late nineteenth-century half polished sheep over pink cloth spines in six compartments spines unpolished lettered and tooled in gold; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Beautifully bound by Riviere & Son. Each volume illustrated with a frontispiece and vignette engraved title page volume three with a fold-out map of Scotland and the Hebrides. Volume six contains the fold-out Round Robin facsimile of Johnson's hand-writing to which there is a tiny hairline split not affecting the legibility of the fold-out plate. Oxford DNB Pat Rogers "Johnson Samuel 1709–1784". Pottle 92. The second Croker edition with little change to the text except for "the notes and Johnsoniana" Pottle 182. Pottle notes that the last two volumes in the set are extremely useful with some material never having been before published. Pottle also calls this "the first illustrated edition" Pottle 183. A stunning set of Boswell's magnum opus a monumental and early English biography. Samuel Johnson most famous for compiling the English dictionary that would replace the Bailey dictionary and would later become the dictionary that Noah Webster would consult is a legendary author and man of letters. Here his biographer and diarist James Boswell relates his life work and correspondences in the ten volumes. The final two volumes include the anecdotes about Johnson from his contemporaries. A principal work in English biographical literature housed in a lovely binding. A Near Fine set with a few hints of wear to the extremities overall bright and beautiful. John Murray, Albemarle Street hardcover
18074 vols., roy. 8vo., Fifth Edition, with engraved portrait frontispiece, and 2 large folding facsimiles, free endpapers mildly browned, some light age-staining to text; strongly bound IN ORIGINAL DOVE-GREY BOARDS, expertly rebacked in ivory faux-vellum to style, backstrips with printed paper labels, uncut, boards lightly age-soiled, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy. Complete with half-titles, and the errata slip to all four volumes in first volume. With 16pp publisher's catalogue (dated 1 December 1808) bound in at end of first volume. The facsimiles are the 'Round Robin' and the sample of Johnson's hand. In addition to the dedication to Reynolds, this edition retains Bowell's advertisements to the first and second editions, Malone's similar to the fourth and fifth editions, and the chronological list of Johnson's prose works. 'In this fifth edition some errors have been corrected. Two letters written by Dr. Johnson, and several new notes, have been added' (Malone). COPIES IN THE ORIGINAL BOARDS ARE VERY SCARCE. NCBEL II, p.1214; Pottle (Boswell) 84.
1823rif. 593E23London: J Richardson and Co et al. 1823. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 5.5". Sir Joshua Reynolds. A very smart four volume leather set of James Boswell's famous biography of the life and work of Samuel Johnson This classic work was a huge critical success and is a significant landmark in the development of genre of biography. James Boswell was born in Edinburgh Scotland in 1740. A successful diarist and biographer he is best known for his biography of Samuel Johnson. Samuel Johnson was a poet essayist literary critic and lexicographer. Born in 1709 Johnson was a committed Tory and a devout Anglican. Frontispiece to volume I by Sir Joshua Reynold engraved by E Mitchell. Previous owners bookplate to each volume reads 'Abraham Bower'. In half leather binding. Externally very smart. Minor rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. Small amount of loss to the head of volume III. Rubbing to the extremities and to the front and rear boards of each volume. Previous owners bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd spot throughout. Very Good Indeed J Richardson and Co et al. hardcover
1822rif. 29787London: T. Cadell F.C. & J. Rivington et al. 1822. First Chambers edition; 4 volumes 8vo pp. 2 xxxv 1 444; 2 462; 2 446; 2 495; engraved frontispiece portrait after Reynolds folding engraved facsimile of Johnson's handwriting folding engraved Round Robin plate; later quarter polished black calf over marbled boards by R. Carswell Belfast with his ticket on front pastedown; red morocco labels on gilt-paneled spines; minor rubbing and cracking; generally very good sound set. "This edition was edited by Boswell's friend Alexander Chambers. In his Advertisement Chalmers says that at Malone's request he contributed a few notes and corrections to the sixth edition 'and has now added many more as well as some additional particulars.' . His additional notes to this edition are not extensive but are solid and useful" Pottle. Pottle 89. T. Cadell, F.C. & J. Rivington [et al.] unknown
1822rif. 26274London: T. Cadell F.C. & J. Rivington et al. 1822. First Chambers edition; 4 volumes 8vo pp. 2 xxxv 1 444; 2 462; 2 446; 2 495; engraved frontispiece portrait after Reynolds folding engraved facsimile of Johnson's handwriting folding engraved Round Robin plate; contemporary brown cloth with printed paper labels on spines; short crack in cloth at the top of the front joint on vol. I; leaf 2F1 in vol. 1 torn in the gutter no loss of text almost detached and bound out of order; otherwise a good sound set. It would be tempting to call this binding original and perhaps it is although certainly a remainder binding if true. "This edition was edited by Boswell's friend Alexander Chambers. In his Advertisement Chalmers says that at Malone's request he contributed a few notes and corrections to the sixth edition 'and has now added many more as well as some additional particulars.' . His additional notes to this edition are not extensive but are solid and useful" Pottle. Pottle 89. T. Cadell, F.C. & J. Rivington [et al.] unknown
1822rif. 29787London: T. Cadell F.C. & J. Rivington et al. 1822. First Chambers edition; 4 volumes 8vo pp. 2 xxxv 1 444; 2 462; 2 446; 2 495; engraved frontispiece portrait after Reynolds folding engraved facsimile of Johnson's handwriting folding engraved Round Robin plate; later quarter polished black calf over marbled boards by R. Carswell Belfast with his ticket on front pastedown; red morocco labels on gilt-paneled spines; minor rubbing and cracking; generally very good sound set. "This edition was edited by Boswell's friend Alexander Chambers. In his Advertisement Chalmers says that at Malone's request he contributed a few notes and corrections to the sixth edition 'and has now added many more as well as some additional particulars.' . His additional notes to this edition are not extensive but are solid and useful" Pottle. Pottle 89. T. Cadell, F.C. & J. Rivington [et al.] unknown books
1822rif. 26274London: T. Cadell F.C. & J. Rivington et al. 1822. First Chambers edition; 4 volumes 8vo pp. 2 xxxv 1 444; 2 462; 2 446; 2 495; engraved frontispiece portrait after Reynolds folding engraved facsimile of Johnson's handwriting folding engraved Round Robin plate; contemporary brown cloth with printed paper labels on spines; short crack in cloth at the top of the front joint on vol. I; leaf 2F1 in vol. 1 torn in the gutter no loss of text almost detached and bound out of order; otherwise a good sound set. It would be tempting to call this binding original and perhaps it is although certainly a remainder binding if true. "This edition was edited by Boswell's friend Alexander Chambers. In his Advertisement Chalmers says that at Malone's request he contributed a few notes and corrections to the sixth edition 'and has now added many more as well as some additional particulars.' . His additional notes to this edition are not extensive but are solid and useful" Pottle. Pottle 89. T. Cadell, F.C. & J. Rivington [et al.] unknown books
1785rif. elala1179London: Printed By Henry Baldwin For Charles Dilly 1785. 1785. 8vo. pp. vii 1 524 1 leaferrata & advert. with half-title. later calf rebacked with spine mounted first few leaves lightly washed & possibly supplied from another copy 2 with neat marginal repairs. First Edition; with I5 Q7 & U6 in Second State. Pottle 57. Rothschild 456. 1st Edition. London: Printed By Henry Baldwin, For Charles Dilly, 1785. unknown
1768rif. 14565London: Edward and Charles Dilly 1768. Second Edition. 8vo original boards uncit 2 xxii ii map 384. Boswell's early travel-and-politics book describing Corsica during its struggle for independence and celebrating its leader Pasquale Paoli. Second edition with map present. Bookplate to front pastedown owner inscriptions to front endpapers binding separated front cover detached spine perished. Edward and Charles Dilly hardcover
1785rif. 006946London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1785. First edition mixed state. Full Morocco. Very Good. 8vo. 213 by 132 mm. vii 1 524 pp. Without half-title in front nor errata or ad leaf in back. But first state points met in this copy including page 121 in-induced not corrected; page 237 "Kings and subjects" on line 5-6. However page 299 has "nor Mrs. Thrale" on line 13 thus a second state point. Condition: modern morocco binding without issues. Some fairly dark stains here and there but never bothersome. Some light foxing scattered. Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly unknown
1844rif. 250801844 Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell English Biography Croker 10v Set Samuel Johnson was a famous English writer and scholar most known for his 'Dictionary of the English Language' as well as a collection of biographical accounts of eminent English poets. In the mid-1700s Johnson met James Boswell a Scottish biographer who wrote an extensive biography of Johnson which several experts consider the greatest biography in the English language! This impressive ten-volume edition was published in 1844 edited by John Wilson Croker. Item number: #25080 Price: $750 BOSWELL James The life of Samuel Johnson… including a journal of his tour to the Hebrides London: J. Murray 1844. Details: <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete; 10 volumes <!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Each volume individually paginated <!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->48 engraved plates and facsimile handwriting examples <!--endif-->Including frontispieces and engraved title pages <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Provenance: Handwritten <!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Rev. Jno. Partington <!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Geo. H. Smith <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~6.5in X 4.25in 16.5cm x 10.5cm Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 25080 Photos available upon request. J. Murray hardcover
1925rif. 10467Bath UK: George Bayntun 1925. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto 2 volumes; 1172pp. all illustrated. A fine fresh handsome set bound by Bayntun naturally and yes the binding is signed in 3/4 deep navy morocco and blue cloth with raised bands gilt compartments and spine titles marbled endpapers and top edge gilt. Slightest rubbing to extremities but a very nice set. Supremely attractive set of this well-illustrated edition of perhaps the greatest biography ever written. A contemporary inscription on a front blank in volume I notes how scarce the book was in the open market even within a year of publication and how lucky he was to have been able to buy it. He seems to have written this note to himself as his ownership inscription also appears in the second volume. George Bayntun hardcover
rif. FORT163950John Murray. Used - Very Good. Five Volume Set. Includes A Journal Of A Tour To The Hebrides. New Edition with numerous additions and notes by John Wilson Croker. Half bound in light brown leather with blue and red marbled boards. Four raised bands with gilt design; blind stamped leather on sections of spine between raised bands. Yellow green and red marbled endpaper. Binding is tight. Pages are clean with only minor foxing on the edges of a few pages in each volume. John Murray hardcover
rif. 265170Oxford: Clarendon. hardcover. near fine. Edited by George Birkbeck Hill. Frontis. port. folding facsimiles and black and white illustrations throughout 6 vols. thick 8vo rebound in cloth brown leather spine labels t.e.g.; light foxing on some margins. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1887. Near Fine. Clarendon unknown
1891rif. 266435New York: Harper 1891. hardcover. very good. Edited by George Birkbeck Hill. Frontispiece portrait folding facsimiles and black and white illustrations throughout 6 volumes. Tall thick 8vos handsomely bound in 3/4 green morocco evenly faded to brown with marbled boards gilt-decorated spines; top edge gilt marbled end-papers. New York: Harper 1891. First American Edition. Very good . Harper unknown
1891rif. 2542London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd 1891. Octavo 6 volumes bound in three quarters red morocco gilt titles and tooling to the spine top edge gilt illustrated with portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds. In near fine condition. An attractively bound set. Everyone with an interest in Johnson is very much in debt to Boswell not only for the years of devotion he invested in the study of Johnson's life but for the uncanny skill with which he conveyed the quality of Johnson's personality and his effect on the people about him. If there had been no Boswell Johnson would have been one of the most famous names in English literature; but that he has become a household name is due to the chance that brought Boswell into his company Boswell is the sniffing bloodhound who will follow the scent of individuality into whatever territory it leads him. The fascination of their dialogue that dialogue of mind heart and voice round which Boswell organized his great Life is that it is not merely between two very different men but between two epochs. In its pages Romantic Europe speaks to Renaissance Europe and is answered" Wain 229. George Routledge & Sons, Ltd unknown
1807rif. 37183Boston: Published by William Andrews and Lemuel Blake Greenough and Stebbins Printers 1807. First American from the fifth London Edition 1807 edited by Edmund Malone. The First edition was published in 1791. Engraved portrait frontispiece by D. Edwin in first volume. Pp. 500; 512; 543. Two folding facsimile leaves vol. 2 following p. 342vol 3 following p.472. 3 vols. 8vo. Original cream paper-backed blue and cream marbled boards orange printed label ornamental decorations on spine uncut. First volume dampstained throughout some holes in title which is spotted some foxing binding of first volume damaged and lacking spine portion of spine with label laid in covers loosened volumes two and three with some rubbing of bindings and short tears of spines insect holes along bands some light spotting but generally the last two volumes very good with contemporary signature of John McVickar on endpapers. First American from the fifth London Edition 1807 edited by Edmund Malone. The First edition was published in 1791. Engraved portrait frontispiece by D. Edwin in first volume. Pp. 500; 512; 543. Two folding facsimile leaves vol. 2 following p. 342vol 3 following p.472. 3 vols. 8vo. John McVickar is rest recalled as an economist. He was one of the earliest teachers of political economy in the U. S. taught while he was Professor of Moral Philosophy at Columbia which he held from 1817 until 1857. In 1857 when Columbia brought in Francis Leiber to teach political economy McVickar was transferred to the Chair of Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion a position he held until his retirement in 1864. From 1844 until 1864 he was also Army Chaplain at Fort Columbus in New York. He is also recalled as one of the founders of St. Stephen's College for Episcopal clergyman. He was the author of several works including the revised and greatly extended "Britannica" article by McCulloch "Outline of Political Economy "1825 "Hints on Banking"1827; and several others on finance and banking and a biography of Henry Hobart. Published by W[illiam] Andrews and L[emuel] Blake, Greenough and Stebbins, Printers unknown
