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The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell

1952Best.-Nr. SET31-G-3London : Clarendon Press 1952-1957. Vellum. Fine. 10.5" x 7.5". None. Five volumes of the Yale Editions of the private papers of James Boswell all de luxe limited editions from the Selbourne collection. The volumes present are: Boswell in Holland; Boswell on the Grand Tour Germany and Switzerland; Boswell on the Grand Tour Italy Corsica and France; Boswell in Search of a Wife; Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763 Together With Journal Of My Jaunt Harvest 1762. All volumes were edited by Frank Pottle. In the case of Boswell on the Grand Tour Italy Corsica and France and Boswell in Search of a Wife Frank Brady was an additional editor. Pottle is the widely acknowledged authority on Boswell and his biography of the man is still considered the standard reference work. In 1929 he was engaged as the editor of Boswell's papers the originals of which were all in the possession of the American collector Lt. Col. Ralph Heyward Isham. This editorship became the central project of his life and these Yale Editions were the result. The project was one of the largest and most celebrated works of scholarly editorship in modern times. Yale itself explains: "The first volume of the Trade Edition the London Journal 17621763 appeared in 1950 and surprising both its publishers at McGraw-Hill and Heinemann and its scholarly editors became an immediate worldwide bestseller. The publication of the popular series was completed in 1989 with Boswell the Great Biographer 17891795 the thirteenth volume of the journals. Boswell's frank record of his private and public lifehe was as forthright about his wretched behavior as he was matter-of-fact in reporting his more admirable momentshas repelled some readers and attracted others but rarely has it elicited indifference." Boswell in Holland is number 512 of 1050 printed; Boswell on the Grand Tour Germany and Switzerland is number 559 of 1000 printed. ; Boswell on the Grand Tour Italy Corsica and France is number 323 of 400 printed; Boswell in Search of a Wife is number 327 of 400 printed; Boswell's London Journal is number 559 out of 1050 printed. Boswell's London journal records how he visited London for the second time at the age of 22. It notably records his first meeting with Samuel Johnson for whose biography he is best known. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD 1906-1973 a noted book collector and diarist. In quarter vellum with cloth covered boards. There is a gilt motif to the front boards and spine labels to the spines. Externally lovely. In the original cellophane wraps and with the original rigid slipcases. The cellophane wraps are still smart; for the two Grand Tour volumes they are a little chipped and creased along the edges and in the case of the Germany & Switzerland volume a little age-toned. The Italy Corsica & France volume has a closed tear midway down the spine. The slipcases are intact with a little wear to the extremities only. Internally clean and bright and firmly bound. Many pages uncut along the foredge throughout. The edges are untrimmed but clean. NEAR FINE slipcase Fine Clarendon Press hardcover

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The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell

1951Best.-Nr. 773P31London: William Heinemann LTD 1951-60. Vellum. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 10.5" by 7". Various. A wonderful set of Yale's limited edition works containing the private papers of James Boswell illustrated throughout all small printing runs. Limited edition works.In six volumes. A further six volumes were published by Yale from 1963 to 1989.All six volumes in the original slipcases in the original glassine wraps. 'Boswell in Search of a Wife' and 'Boswell for the Defence' in the original dustwrappers. Slipcases in a very good condition.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 750.'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 864.'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 750.'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 350. 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 350. 'Boswell For the Defence 1769-1774' published in 1960 in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece one double-sided folding map one folding map and eleven plates. Collated complete. Limited to 350 copies of which this is numbered 55.Edited by Frederick A. Pottle. In the original publisher's quarter vellum binding with cloth to the boards. Externally smart. Spines are a little discoloured as is usual with vellum. a few faint marks to the boards and spines. 'Boswell on the Grand Tour: Italy Corsica and France 1765-1766' bookseller's label to the front paste down. 'Boswell in Search of a Wife 1766-1769' dustwrapper is a little edgeworn with some chips light age-toning and spots to the wraps. 'Boswell For the Defence 1769-1774' dustwrapper is a little discoloured with some spots. Stickers to the bottom edges of the slipcases. Slipcases a little worn with some tears light marks and some rubbing to the slipcases. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few odd spots to the first and last few pages. 'Boswell on the Grand Tour: Italy Corsica and France 1765-1766' 'Boswell in Search of a Wife 1766-1769' and ''Boswell For the Defence 1769-1774' pages uncut to the fore edge. Slipcases in a very good condition. Very Good Indeed William Heinemann LTD hardcover

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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 by George Birkbeck Hill D.C.L. Pembroke College Oxford

1887Best.-Nr. 31505Oxford: At the Clarendon Press 1887. 6 volumes. First of the Edition. With fourteen engraved illustrations including a number of portraits of Johnson from Sir Joshua Reynolds' paintings from Opie's portrait and many facsimiles of Johnson's handwriting the Round Robin plate a map of johnson and Boswell's tour through the Hebrides and a chart of Johnson's contemporaries. 8vo handsomely bound in contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled paper covered boards the spines with raised bands two compartments lettered in gilt marbled endleaves to match top edges gilt. xxvii 1 errata 522; 480; vi 464; vi 446; viii 460; lxxivii 324 pp. A very well preserved and handsome set the bindings are tight and show only minor age or evidence of use with a little rubbing and evidence of shelving Volume I has been rehinged the text-blocks and plates are all in excellent condition the spine panels as usual with green morocco or calf bindings have mellowed a bit to a honey-brown. FIRST EDITION OF THIS FINE CLARENDON PRESS EDITION OF BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON AND OTHER WORKS. 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.” The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides is the famous account of Boswell and Johnson’s tour to the North in 1773 including some original poems by Johnson never before published and numerous “literary anecdotes and opinions of men and books.” This 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. Volume VI is a very extensive study of the works of Johnson including a diagram of his contemporaries a significant section on the Titles of Works Quoted in the Notes an Addenda of Autograph Letters and etc. and a very extensive indes and Dicta Philosophi. At the Clarendon Press hardcover

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The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works In Chronological Order; A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations With Many Eminent Persons; And Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published.In Three Volumes.

Best.-Nr. 16293Dublin: Printed by John Chambers For R. Cross W. Wilson P. Byrne A. Grueber J. Moore J. Jones W. McKenzie W. Jones R. McAllister R. White J. Rice and G. Draper; Volume II Printed by John Ershaw; Volume III Printed by Robert Rhames 1792 First Dublin edition. The first English edition was published in 1791. Contemporary calf with red and green morocco spine labels lettered and ruled in gilt. . Three volumes octavo. . Two folding plates in volume three one of which is a facsimile "Round Robin" with signatures and the second being a facsimile of Johnson's handwriting. Binding extremities lightly rubbed back joint of Vol. I cracked but sound. Light foxing toning chips and creasing to some pages in all volumes in addition to occasional minor stains. Faded contemporary ink annotations on front flyleaf of Volume I. Faded contemporary ink signature on title pages of Volumes I II and III. A very good copy in a handsome binding. Boswell's Life of Johnson remains the most famous biography in any language one of Western literature's most germinal achievements: unprecedented in its time in its depth of research and its extensive use of private correspondence and recorded conversation it sought to dramatize its subject in his authorial greatness.to the task of life writing Boswell brought his forensic and evidence-sifting habits from his Edinburgh legal training.But though Boswell's work has delighted many.it remains.as controversial as it is famous. It has been attacked by. some Johnsonian scholars.Nonetheless later scholarship has properly supplemented but never supplanted Life's basic vision and has drawn upon Boswell's work as a central source even in those challenges to aspects of its representation" Oxford DNB. Printed by John Chambers, For R. Cross, W. Wilson, P. Byrne, A. Grueber, J. Moore, J. Jones, W. McKenzie, W. Jones, R. McAlliste