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1988ref. 123472New York: Pantheon Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. 1/4 Cloth. 0394572408 . An edition in Fine condition with light page edge soiling in a Fine dust-jacket ; The Kindness of Strangers is a book that discusses the abandonment of children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance. The book covers a wide range of topics including the causes of abandonment the effects of abandonment on children and the responses of society to abandonment.; 8vo; 488 pages . Pantheon Books hardcover
1962ref. 627616New York: The Modern Library 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Later printing "The present text follows that of Malone's sixth edition" - from introduction by Herbert Askwith. Complete and unabridged in one volume. Thick octavo. xv 1200pp. Blue Toledano style G5 binding stamped in red and gilt in Toledano style Ge jacket. Gutter cracked before title page faint stains on bottom page edges corners bumped else a very good copy in a very good rubbed dust jacket with some loss on the spine ends and corners. Titles listed inside jacket date this to 1962. The Modern Library hardcover
1925ref. 436512Bath: George Bayntun 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition thus. Two volumes. Small quartos. 576pp.; 577-1172pp. With 576 illustrations facsimiles and maps including 13 plates in photogravure. Publisher's red cloth gilt. An about very good set. Volume I with a binding heavily sunned in places dampstain on the lower corner of the textblock barely affecting even the margins and lacking the rear endpaper. The binding on Volume II is also heavily sunned in places with general wear and offsetting on the preliminaries. Interiors are bright. Solid presentable reading copies of a fine production. George Bayntun hardcover
1855ref. 503463New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1855. Book. Good Book Condition. Full Leather. 8vo. A decent copy of this deluxe edition having all edges marbled marbled feps and pastedowns gilt dentelles five panels along spine with two title-labels. Split joints hinges holding. Dentelles rubbed. Some rubbing and one short horizontal tear to spine. First blank missing. Some mild spotting to fronticepiece and tissue-guard. Some minor soiling to title-page. And title-page clipped at one corner. Overall text clean and legible. Binding solid. As is. Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair . Harper & Brothers, Publishers Hardcover
1924ref. 004362George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1924. Three volumes bound in dark blue cloth and lettered in gold on spines. Vol. I - xlii 538pp; Vol. II -527pp; Vol. III 525pp. Edited with new notes by Percy Fitzgerald. Second edition with a preface by the editor and a Boswell bibliography by H.R. Tedder. Text pages lightly toned at extremities. Small previous owner's signature in each volume. Hinges sound covers and interiors clean. An attractive set. Very good. Hardcover. Very Good/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. Hardcover
ref. 88483-79Paperback. New. paperback
1936ref. 2134New York. Viking. 1936. cloth. Very Good. Viking. hardcover books
1963ref. 99697NY:: McGraw-Hill. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. The ninth volume in the Yale Editions of The Private Papers of James Boswell. Edited by Charles Ryskamp and Frederick A. Pottle. Second printing. Fine in a near fine some light scuffing to rear panel price clipped dust jacket. . McGraw-Hill, hardcover books
1968ref. 42950NY:: McGraw-Hill. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1968. Hardcover. Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell: Research Edition: Correspondence: Volume 2. Edited with an introduction and notes by Marshall Waingrow. A later printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . McGraw-Hill, hardcover books
1963ref. 70886New York: Heritage Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. Edition in Near Fine condition with light wear and a few marks in the pages in an individual slipcases; Life and times of Samuel Johnson. Prepared for publication with an Introduction by Edward G. Fletcher; Vol. 3; 8vo; 473 pages; 42978; combined three volume set . Heritage Press hardcover books
1963ref. 70884New York: Heritage Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. Edition in Near Fine condition with light wear and a few marks in the pages in an individual slipcases; Life and times of Samuel Johnson. Prepared for publication with an Introduction by Edward G. Fletcher; Vol. 1; 8vo; 466 pages; 42978; combined three volume set . Heritage Press hardcover books
1962ref. 627616New York: The Modern Library 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Later printing "The present text follows that of Malone's sixth edition" - from introduction by Herbert Askwith. Complete and unabridged in one volume. Thick octavo. xv 1200pp. Blue Toledano style G5 binding stamped in red and gilt in Toledano style Ge jacket. Gutter cracked before title page faint stains on bottom page edges corners bumped else a very good copy in a very good rubbed dust jacket with some loss on the spine ends and corners. Titles listed inside jacket date this to 1962. The Modern Library hardcover books
1925ref. 436512Bath: George Bayntun 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition thus. Two volumes. Small quartos. 576pp.; 577-1172pp. With 576 illustrations facsimiles and maps including 13 plates in photogravure. Publisher's red cloth gilt. An about very good set. Volume I with a binding heavily sunned in places dampstain on the lower corner of the textblock barely affecting even the margins and lacking the rear endpaper. The binding on Volume II is also heavily sunned in places with general wear and offsetting on the preliminaries. Interiors are bright. Solid presentable reading copies of a fine production. George Bayntun hardcover books
1994ref. 574218New York: Villard Books 1994. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Tan wrappers. Some spotting else near fine. Villard Books unknown books
1939ref. 72239New York Dodd Mead & Co. 1939. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 200 pages; Description: 200 8 p. Incl. Col. Plates. 38 cm. Subjects: Painting American. Painters--United States--Biography. Notes: Includes biographies by Margit Varga of each of the artists whose work is reproduced. Cf. Pref. New York, Dodd, Mead & Co. hardcover
1935ref. 169051New York : Orange Judd 1935. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn with some loss and dust-dulled dw now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 96 pages; Description: 96 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references p. 89-93 and index. Subjects: Wine and wine making --Handbooks manuals etc. Wine and wine making --History. New York : Orange Judd hardcover
1997ref. 2083KNOPF. NY 1997. Fine. 1997. First Edition. Softcover. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Fine in plain printed wrappers. Publicity material stapled to inside of front cover . KNOPF. NY 1997 paperback
1987ref. 246545New York: Knopf 1987. hardcover. fine/fine. 340 pages. 8vo cloth-backed boards dust wrapper. New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1987. First edition. A fine copy. Author signature. Knopf unknown
1987ref. 44998New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED and dated by author on full title page. "Robert Boswell's wonderful first novel - both heart-piercing and freshly funny at once strikingly contemporary in its fix on life and timeless in its power to move us - tells the story of an American family transplanted from Kentucky to the Sunbelt not long ago." Ships same or next business day. Remainder mark on head edge. Book has light bumps on corners and tail end of spine. Overall book is tight bright and clean. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has minimal edge wear lightly tanned on flaps faded on spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 340 pages; Signed by Author . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1987ref. 19030NY: KNOPF. 1987. Fine. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394557069 . REVIEW COPY. Publisher's printed review slip glossy photo of the author & a publicity placard laid-in SIGNED by Robert Boswell on the title page. Fine in dj. Usual slight discoloration at spine on dj. LRC; Signed by Authors . NY: KNOPF. 1987 hardcover
1987ref. 14483KNOPF. NY 1987. Fine. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394557069 . SIGNED by Robert Boswell on the title page. Fine in dj. Author's FIRST novel.; Signed by Authors . KNOPF. NY 1987 hardcover
1994ref. 206184New York: Knopf 1994. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. The fifth book a collection of short stories from this underappreciated writer. A clean very near fine in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a fine dust jacket designed by Chip Kidd. Signed and inscribed by Bowell on the title page: "for Bruce Jacobs with gratitude. Robert Boswell." A very nice copy as the recipient was the owner of a bookstore as well as a publisher and he hosted Boswell for a reading. Knopf unknown
1994ref. 19079NY: KNOPF. 1994. Fine. 1994. First Edition. Softcover. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Fine in creme-colored printed wrappers. Publicity material stapled to inside of front cover Stories. . NY: KNOPF. 1994 paperback
1993ref. 14482KNOPF. NY 1993. Fine. 1993. First Edition. Softcover. UNCORRECTED PROOF. SIGNED by Robert Boswell. Fine in plain dark charcoal colored wrappers. Author's THIRD novel.; Signed by Authors . KNOPF. NY 1993 paperback
1989ref. 363999New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1989. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Wrappers. Toning on the wrappers else very good. Signed by the author. Alfred A. Knopf unknown