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1785rif. 006222London:: Charles Dilly 1785. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good . 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG 1st ed 2nd state 1785. In modern calf to style over tree calf boards tips repaired. Spine gilt tooling original gilt titles to red calf label. Internally half title 4 v-vii 1 1 2-254 pp 1 errata/advert some light spotting to eps & half title very faint edge browning short margin tears to p509-514 text block edges yellowed. Folio 124210 mm ESTC T53594. Pottle 114. Boswell was and remains a divisive personality even for modern readers who find the fluent precise demotic prose of the journals compelling: an unstable amalgam of vibrant self-advertising vanity and self-tortured insecurity; an able but reluctant Edinburgh lawyer who marred his chances for judicial promotion with over-zealous and occasionally frenetic defences of poor criminal clients with whom he felt a particular sympathy; a loving but erratic husband; a lenient beloved but overburdened father; a kind and improvement-oriented lowland laird who longed for life in London; a sentimental Jacobite who developed an extraordinary veneration for George III. Charles Dilly hardcover
1951rif. 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
1835rif. 500020265London: John Murray 1835. First. . hardcover Sp & hardcover. Good. 12mo. 7 volumes with contemporary leather spine and marbled boards. vol 6 7 & 10 in maroon cloth with faded spine and the last with detached boards John Murray hardcover
1887rif. 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
rif. elala2629London: John Murray 1831. First Edition Edited by John Wilson Croker. The publication of this remarkable edition opens an entirely new era in the history of Boswells book The new materials which Croker collected far exceed in bulk and intrinsic importance the contributions to the exegesis of Boswell made by any other editor. In the first place he unearthed and printed for the first time about one hundred new letters of Johnson; a larger number than had previously been published by any other one except Mrs. Piozzi and Boswell or than has been published by any one since not excepting Dr. Hill . Pottle NCBEL II 1214. Pottle 91. cfGrolier One Hundred Books Famous In English Literature 65. 5 Volumes. 8vo. folding engraved map 1 folding plate 5 frontis. portraits. contemporary calf rebacked with spines mounted bindings somewhat worn but solid corners knocked several labels chipped offsetting on titles London: John Murray, 1831 unknown
1768rif. 303206London: Printed for E. and C. Dilly 1768. The Second edition with half title. Variant that has Appendix listed in Contents at p. 141 instead of correctly at p. 241. Engraved title-page large fold-out map of Corsica. xxii ii 384 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 8-7/8 x 6-7/8 inches. Boards uncut. Spine quite worn. The Second edition with half title. Variant that has Appendix listed in Contents at p. 141 instead of correctly at p. 241. Engraved title-page large fold-out map of Corsica. xxii ii 384 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 8-7/8 x 6-7/8 inches. ESTC T26158 ; Pottle 24; Tinker 322 Printed for E. and C. Dilly unknown
rif. 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
1768rif. 303206London: Printed for E. and C. Dilly 1768. The Second edition with half title. Variant that has Appendix listed in Contents at p. 141 instead of correctly at p. 241. Engraved title-page large fold-out map of Corsica. xxii ii 384 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 8-7/8 x 6-7/8 inches. Boards uncut. Spine quite worn. The Second edition with half title. Variant that has Appendix listed in Contents at p. 141 instead of correctly at p. 241. Engraved title-page large fold-out map of Corsica. xxii ii 384 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 8-7/8 x 6-7/8 inches. ESTC T26158 ; Pottle 24; Tinker 322 Printed for E. and C. Dilly unknown books
rif. 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 books
1768rif. 5195London, Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1768. In-8 de XXI-(3)-384 pp., demi-veau bleu glacé à coins, dos à nerfs (reliure du XIXe siècle).
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rif. Z1-C-020-01716General Books LLC. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. This is a reproduction of an out of print title. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. that were either part of the original artifact or were introduced by the scanning process. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. General Books LLC unknown
1811rif. 25406London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1811. Last Malone edition 4 volumes 8vo pp. 4 xxxvii 1 464; 2 496; 2 482; 2 530; engraved frontispiece portrait by Baker after Reynolds folding engraved facsimile of Johnson's handwriting folding engraved Round Robin plate; contemporary full mottled calf gilt-decorated spines black morocco labels; front joint on vol. 1 cracked but generally a very good set. "This edition was the one most frequently reprinted in the 19th century and is often spoken of as 'the best of the pre-Crokerian editions'. The more general critical tendency now however seems to be to return to the text of the third as being more nearly that which the author himself approved" Pottle. Pottle 86. T. Cadell and W. Davies unknown
1811rif. 25406London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1811. Last Malone edition 4 volumes 8vo pp. 4 xxxvii 1 464; 2 496; 2 482; 2 530; engraved frontispiece portrait by Baker after Reynolds folding engraved facsimile of Johnson's handwriting folding engraved Round Robin plate; contemporary full mottled calf gilt-decorated spines black morocco labels; front joint on vol. 1 cracked but generally a very good set. "This edition was the one most frequently reprinted in the 19th century and is often spoken of as 'the best of the pre-Crokerian editions'. The more general critical tendency now however seems to be to return to the text of the third as being more nearly that which the author himself approved" Pottle. Pottle 86. T. Cadell and W. Davies unknown books
1859rif. 31462London: Routledge Warnes and Routledge 1859. 4 volumes bound in two. A New Edition Elucidated by Copious Notes and Illustrated with Numerous Portraits Views and Characteristic Designs Engraved from Authentic Sources. Decorated with four frontispiece engravings four engraved title-pages the round robin plate with signatures on thick paper and a great profusion of engravings throughout the text. 8vo beautifully bound in full polished calf the covers with double gilt fillet frames enclosing an inner stippled frame in blind the spines with raised bands gilt stippled separating compartments decorated with full gilt panels tooled in gilt with elaborate corner pieces and central floral elements two compartments with contrasting green and black morocco lettering labels gilt edges tooled in gilt turnovers tooled in blind marbled endleaves and edges xxxii 291; viii 298; viii 298; viii 300 pp. A very handsome and very fine set with the bindings in excellent condition. Beautifully preserved and presented. A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF ONE OF THE GREAT BOOKS IN THE LANGUAGE VERY HANDSOMELY BOUND AND FULLY ILLUSTRATED. 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.” Only 1750 copies of the first edition were printed. Routledge, Warnes and Routledge hardcover
1930rif. 000295London:: G. Bell and Sons. Ltd. 1930. Very lightly rubbed and scuffed. 60 illustrations. 8vo. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard .Finely bound by the Bayntun-Riviere bindery in full crimson morocco spine elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt inner dentelles over hand marbled endleaves all edges gilt. A gorgeous book. Full Red Morocco Gilt. Near Fine. Illus. by E.H. Shepard. 8vo. G. Bell and Sons. Ltd. Hardcover
1768rif. AA179Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly 1768. First edition second state. Very Good. xxi 3 382 pp Folding copper-engraved map 8vo 20x12 cm 8x4¾" period full calf raised bands morocco lettering piece Some rubbing to spine and extremities joints tender minor wear to covers small repair to rear cover; short stub tear to map else very good or better an attractive copy This was the first work to bring Boswell fame; it also brought the cause of Corsican independence fought for under the handsome and impressive General Paoli to international attention Boswell's urgent calls for support and the romanticized account of Paoli as lionized father figure nearly brought England into war with France over Corsica Eventually the struggle for independence was lost and Paoli fled to England where he enjoyed widespread adulation Even for an 18th century work there are a significant number of state variations for this first edition which may occur in various combinations. Following the general order per the Rothschild catalogue 442 this appears to be a second state of the first edition. A second edition was published in London later in the same year. Specific points for this copy include: 1 Collation consists of blank leaf half title folding map title page preface table of contents pp 382 final blank leaf 2 P 51 ii state with :John Home" correctly placed 3 P 67/68“ l 11-12 ii state "noble fief of Is/tria" 4 P 357 "Mariani" is spelled correctly 5 Folding map has the publisher's imprint and no scale of miles the imprint is absent in the first state 6 Table of Contents - 141 for 241 uncorrected 7 P 70 l 17 - Ftruscans for Etruscans 8 P 93 l6 "prince of" 9 P 137 l 11 "feelirg" 10 P 172 l 9 - "tha the" 11 P 184 l 4 with dots over the y in Montgomery" 12 P 296 l 18 "of my own" 13 P 327 l 9-10 "speculati/ions Also E2 and Z3 are cancels. . Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly unknown
1926rif. 126808J M Dent & Sons Ltd 1926. Leather. Very Good. 0x0x0. 1926 J.M. Dent 3 volume extra illustrated set bound in 3/4 leather by Bayntun. Tight bindings patterned end papers top edges gilt. Numerous extra plates and illustrations. Light fox speckling to fore edges. 5 hub spines. Please email for photos. J M Dent & Sons Ltd hardcover
1769rif. B2498London: Edward and Charles Dilly c. 1769. A very good copy. Edition: Third edition. Binding: Contemporary full calf rebacked expertly spine in five compartments of raised bands original morocco label on two. Notes: The first portion of the book is a detailed general history of the Island of Corsica and the second portion is a journal of Boswell experiences while he traveled the island. Cox I:138 writes that this work made Boswell famous. It is a lively account of his Quixotic adventures in Corsica and his associations with General Paoli whom he later exhibited in London and for whom he endeavored to get official British assistance. His childish pleasure in being the chief sponsor of this wild island struggling to become a nation led him to wear a Corsican costume at Garrick’s anniversary celebration in honor of Shakespeare held in 1769 at Stratford-on-Avon. Dr. Johnson praised his Tour in these words: ‘Your history is like other histories but you Journal is in very high degree curious and delightful…Your History was copied from books; your Journal rose out of your own experience and observation.' Size: 8vo Illustration: With two plates being the engraved frontispiece portrait of Pascal Paoli engraved by J. Lodge after Henry Bembridge a large engraved folding map of Corsica. The title page includes an engraved coat of arms. Volume: Two parts in one volume. References: Cox I:138. Pages: P. frontis title blank 1 blank v-xxx 1 blank 33-400. Category: Book Voyages General; Book Mediterranean Edward and Charles Dilly hardcover
1848rif. BC00007London: Henry G. Bohn 1848. Leather Binding. NEAR FINE. A NEAR FINE AND VERY TIGHT TEN VOLUME SET BOUND IN FULL TREE CALF LEATHER. ALL VOLUMES ARE VERY TIGHT. NO CRACKED HINGES. LATE 1800'S BOOKPLATE IN EACH VOL. OF RIVINGTON PYNE. PYNE FAMILY HAS LONG STANDING TIES TO NY AND NJ. HE SERVED AS ATTACHE TO THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN BERLIN AND PRIVATE SECRETARY TO AMBASSADOR JAMES W. GERARD. PYNE ALS SERVE IN WWI AS A 2ND LT. AND PILOT. ALSO BOOKPLATE OF PREEMINATE COLLECTOR OF THOMAS BOSWELL"TERRY I. SEYMOUR" SOME LIGHT RUBBING TO CORNERS ON A FEW VOLUMES. OTHERWISE A VERY NICE SET. FIVE RAISED BANDS. TOP EDGE GOLD GILT. Henry G. Bohn unknown
1793rif. 113260Charles Dilly 1793. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. Three volumes leatherbound. First octavo edition revised and augmented. Covers shelfworn. Bookplate of John Clarke Stoughton inside each front cover. Three small clippings on the first two pages. Charles Dilly hardcover
rif. 63-9062London: Henry Hills 1678. 8vo. Soft Rebound Covers 32 pp. Letterpress Good with losses & tears but rebound cleaned and repaired else a VG clean copy. Text in Latin & English. First Edition.Loosely laid in is a TLS from "FTJ Haynes Senior Conservator with the Public Record Office in London"; an invoice for work on this piece: "cleaned deacidified repaired and bound." Dated April 25 1977. London: Henry Hills, 1678. unknown
1831rif. SET4-E-3London: John Murray 1831. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Various. A five volume set of James Boswell's biography of the life of Samuel Johnson in a uniform leather binding. A beautifully bound five volume set of the famous biography 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' by James Boswell Samuel Johnson 1709-1784 was an essayist critic and novelist compiler of the first Dictionary of the English Language and subject of Boswell's famous biography. Quite a celebrity during his own life he is now regarded one of the foremost critics of his time with a lasting influence on subsequent generations including T. S. Eliot. Johnson also significantly altered styles of travel and biographical writing. James Boswell 1740-95 is best known for his extensive journals that covered his travels and conversations with many of the great and the good of his day. He was great friends with Samuel Johnson and upon Johnson's death became his biographer. In full calf binding. Externally smart. There is some wear to the extremities including marks to the boards bumping to the corners and scuffing to the leather. Two volumes have been rebacked with new spines and title labels. The other three volumes have split hinges loose title labels with some loss and greater wear to the spine. There is a personalised bookplate on the front pastedown of each volume and a Ex Libris Universitatis Bristolliensis plate on each endpaper. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are generally clean with the odd brown spot or handling mark. The spotting is worst on the first and last few pages of each volume. There is a discreet library stamp on the bottom of the title page of each volume and a shelf sticker at the bottom of each front pastedown. Very Good John Murray hardcover
1785rif. 34031London: printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1785. First edition 8vo pp. vii 1 524 1; E3 E4 and M4 are cancels as usual; leaves I5 Q7 and U6 are in Pottle's second state; beneath the list of errata at the end is a notice for Boswell's Life of Johnson "preparing for the press" which did not appear for another 6 years; contemporary mottled calf neatly rebacked in tan calf gilt-paneled spine red morocco label; a very good sound copy. "Though the Life is a vaster and richer piece of work no one will maintain that it displays Boswell's unique gift for biography better than the Tour. Indeed most lovers of Boswell will agree that the Tour as a whole is more consistently good than the Life; that is that nowhere in the Life could one find so many consecutive first-class pages as those that compose this book" Pottle. The book published is almost the same as the actual journal that was kept in 1773. When Johnson's death made it possible for Boswell to publish the manuscript he only added an introduction and a conclusion before giving it to the printer. Pottle 57; Rothschild 456. printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly unknown
1831rif. 66493London: John Murray Albemarle-Street 1831. First Crocker edition 5 volumes 8vo each volume with engraved frontispiece plus the round-robin plate and a folding map of the Hebrides; original brown paper-covered boards printed paper labels on spines; some cracking of the joints especially on volume V extremities a bit chipped spine labels darkened; good and sound or better. 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, Albemarle-Street unknown
