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1791réf. 19741791. All Pottle's Points in a Fine Early Issue Copy of the First Ed Boswell James. THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON. London 1791. 1st Edition. 2 volumes quarto early gilt 1/2 calf over old marbled boards. Wear to the board edges the marbled papers of the boards quite rubbed the front hinge of Vol 1 weakened a bit of wear to the spine ends the internals Fine. Vol 1 with engraved frontispiece portrait by Heath after Reynolds Title page blank on reverse i-ii Dedication to Sir Joshua Reynolds iii-vii with blank reverse Advertisement ix-xii Alphabetical Table of Contents to Both Volumes unnumbered which would be xiii-xxvii Corrections and Additions on reverse of last leaf would be xxviii text pp 1-516. With the "gve" reading on page 135 line 10 and the cancels at pp 271-2 and 273-4 Mm and Nn with stubs. The misprints noted by Pottle at page 152 of "The Literary Career of James Boswell" are all present in this copy. Vol 2 with title page blank on reverse and 586pp. wrongly numbered 588 plus the facsimiles facing pp 92 and 588 i.e. the last page. All of the pagination misnumberings noted by Pottle on his p. 153 are present. Cancels are present with stubs at pages 29-30 E 287-8 O o 301-2 Q q 353-4 Zz1 and 395-6 E ee2. All of the misprints noted by Pottle on his page 155 are present. As Pottle believed some of these misprints may have been corrected making two states for the leaf these are all first state. Both volumes with the bookplate of Westport House Mayo County Ireland; seat of the Marquesses of Sligo noting case and shelf number. Bound in at the end of Volume 2 are "The Principal Corrections and Additions to the First Edition of Mr. Boswell's Life of Dr. Johnson" issued in 1793 with Title blank reverse and pp. 1-42. The leaves of this copy measure 10 13/16" x 8 1/4" as against Pottle's measurements for an "entirely uncut copy" of 11 13/16" x 9". hardcover books
1791réf. 15878London: Henry Baldwin For Charles Dilly 1791. First edition Second State. Leather bound. Near fine. The first edition second state of The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. by James Boswell printed in London in 1791. Quarto two volumes vii 1 516pp; xii 16pp Table of Contents 588pp. Full period calf title in gilt on spine over red morocco labels. Both spines laid down over new calf text block resewn. Modern brown endpapers in Volume II. Complete with frontispiece portrait of Johnson by James Heath after Joshua Reynolds and two engraved plates "Round Robin" and "Facsimiles" by H. Shepherd. No half titles as issued. Free of notable foxing solid text blocks. This work is the first edition second state with the following points in Volume I: "give" rather than "gve" on page 135 line 10; "upon" repeated on page 48 line 8 up from bottom; "exhihited" page 117 line 2 from bottom; "condescente" page 175 line 2 up from bottom; "Harvey" page 291 line 9 from bottom. Volume II: mis-numbered pages include 229 408 497 504 555 585 and 586; uncorrected points which were changed in later states include "painted for "printed" page 78 line 23; "MDCCLXXXIV" vs. "MDCCLXXIV" page 92 line 6. Pottle 79 Rothschild 463 A beautiful example of Boswell's monumental work. Henry Baldwin, For Charles Dilly unknown books
1867réf. 14192London: George Routledge and Sons 1867. New Edition. Full leather. Near fine. The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. by James Boswell in a decorative binding. Octavo xvi 526pp. Full blue morocco with gilt borders and trim. Title in gilt on red morocco label with five raised bands. Marbled edges with matching marbled endpapers. Fold-out frontispiece with facsimile signatures. Bookplate on second free endpaper. Solid text block some sunning to spine thin line of sunning to rear cover otherwise fine. A bright example. The Life of Samuel Johnson is considered a landmark in the genre of biography. Boswell the author became close with the subject when Johnson was 54 years old. Boswell took his own notes to cover the subject's later years and relied on Johnsons personal journals for anything earlier. George Routledge and Sons unknown books
2000réf. 338132Waltham: I.F.G.E. International Foundation for Gender Education 2000. Magazine. 88p. 8.5x11 inches illustrated with cartoons and color & b&w photos personal classified ads with photos very good glossy magazine in pictorial color wraps. Also known as Transgender Tapestry and Transgender Tapestry Journal. Serious and useful information essays articles reporting on the transgendered experience. I.F.G.E. (International Foundation for Gender Education) unknown books
1891réf. 2335142London: George Routledge and Sons Limited 1891. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Reynolds Joshua. The Library Edition.' 1 inch split to cloth along front joint of first volume endpapers foxed front hinge of first and third volumes just beginning to weaken front and rear hinges of second and fifth volumes weakening some pages unopened. 1891 Hard Cover. Complete in five volumes. lxii 381; 398; 400 4; 390 4; 424 4 pp. Navy blue cloth gilt titles frontispiece portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds edited by Henry Morley includes advertisements and prefaces from several editions including John Wilson Croker's. Samuel Johnson byname Dr. Johnson born September 18 1709 Lichfield Staffordshire England - died December 13 1784 London English critic biographer essayist poet and lexicographer regarded as one of the greatest figures of 18th-century life and letters. Johnson once characterized literary biographies as "mournful narratives" and he believed that he lived "a life radically wretched." Yet his career can be seen as a literary success story of the sickly boy from the Midlands who by talent tenacity and intelligence became the foremost literary figure and the most formidable conversationalist of his time. For future generations Johnson was synonymous with the later 18th century in England. The disparity between his circumstances and achievement gives his life its especial interest. - Britannica George Routledge and Sons, Limited hardcover books
1875réf. 2330845New York: Harper & Brothers 1875. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Front joint of first volume splitting edges rubbed with minor loss from spine ends of each corners exposed. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 1875 Hard Cover. Complete in two volumes. xiii 563; 505 pp. Additions and notes by John Wilson Croker. Samuel Johnson byname Dr. Johnson born September 18 1709 Lichfield Staffordshire England - died December 13 1784 London English critic biographer essayist poet and lexicographer regarded as one of the greatest figures of 18th-century life and letters. Johnson once characterized literary biographies as "mournful narratives" and he believed that he lived "a life radically wretched." Yet his career can be seen as a literary success story of the sickly boy from the Midlands who by talent tenacity and intelligence became the foremost literary figure and the most formidable conversationalist of his time. For future generations Johnson was synonymous with the later 18th century in England. The disparity between his circumstances and achievement gives his life its especial interest. - Britannica Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1952réf. 2324975New York: The Modern Library 1952. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8x5x2. 1954-63 printing Toledano 282.1 binding/jacket style 10i with unnumbered list of titles on verso grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Hinges just beginning to weaken jacket price clipped jacket edges rubbed with a couple small closed tears and associated creases on rear panel. 1952 Hard Cover. xv 1 559 1 pp. Bergen Evans's abridgment of Boswell's famous biographical work about Samuel Johnson which helped shape the style of biographies published thereafter. The Modern Library hardcover books
1988réf. 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 books
1963réf. 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
1963réf. 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
1963réf. 42978New York: Heritage Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. Editions in Near Fine condition with light wear and a few marks in the pages all in individual slipcases; Three volume set all slipcased. 'Marginal comments and markings from two copies annotated by Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi. Prepared for publication with an Introduction by Edward G. Fletcher; Vol. 1/3/2026; 8vo; 1425 pages . Heritage Press hardcover books
1989réf. 33814New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 039457690x . An attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; The Geography of Desire is a work about the ways in which geography shapes our desires. It is written by Robert Boswell and it was published in 1998.; 8vo; FSA . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1987réf. 33816New York: Alfred A. Knopf. As New in As New dust jacket. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394557069 . An attractive first edition/first printing in As New condition in alike dust-jacket; Author's first book and winner of Canada's Seal First Novel contest; 8vo; x 339 3 pages . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1993réf. 33813New York: Alfred A. Knopf. As New in As New dust jacket. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0679412921 . A superb first edition/first printing in As New condition in alike dust-jacket; When the owner of a ranch in the Texas Hill Country dies his ranch is to be divided among his five children. The oldest a rancher in his own right wants the ranch for himself. The middle child a doctor wants to give the ranch to charity. The youngest a lawyer wants the ranch to be divided equally. The only way to settle the dispute is for the siblings to each take a ride on the ranch's Mystery Ride an old abandoned train that runs through the ranch. Whoever completes the ride first wins the ranch.; 8vo; FSA . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1986réf. 33815Iowa City IO: University of Iowa Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0877451346 . A superb first edition/first printing in As New condition in alike dust-jacket; Author's first book; 8vo . University of Iowa Press hardcover books
1900réf. 8612London. Macmillan and Co. 1900 Bound in 3/4 gilt ruled morocco and marbled boards. Gilt ruled spine compartments with gilt tooled motifs. Gilt titles. Marbled endsheets. Thick 8vo. 5.75" x9.25". Some very light rubbing to spines. A Near Fine elegant set. Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
1840réf. 54916New York: Alexander V. Blake Publishers 1840. A New Edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Quarto. xiii ii 563 566 12pp. Original full leather boards with gilt lettering and ruling on dark brown labels of spine; raised bands. Marbled edges and endpapers. Frontispiece engraving of Samuel Johnson in volume one and a frontispiece of Johnson with facsimile note of Boswell in volume two both with tissue guards. New edition with numerous additions and notes by John Wilson Croker. With appendices at rear of both volumes and an index at rear of volume two. Contains twelve pages of publisher's advertisements at rear of volume two. Bindings with some medium scuffing along edges. Some light staining and faint penciled cross on verso of first volume. Light offsetting on front cover of volume two light staining and indentation on back cover here. Small bookplate on inside cover of volume one. Alexander V. Blake, Publishers hardcover books
1988réf. 177540New York: Pantheon 1988. hardcover. very good/very good. Illustrated. 488pp.Thick 8vo cloth-backed boards dust wrapper. New York: Pantheon Books 1988. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. Pantheon unknown books
1768réf. 6073Glasgow: Edward and Charles Dilly 1768. First Edition First State. First Edition First State. 8vo 195 x 125 mm. Attracdtive contemporary full polished calf raised bands with red morocco gilt second panel. Original ensheets FIRST EDITION with the map in the first state. Half-title engraved vignette on title-page D2 E2 and Z3 are cancellans with final blank; engraved folding map short tear to fold. Calf neatly rebacked preserving old spine label and endpapers. Provenance: Abel E. Berland with his bookplate. Berland was a thirty-plus year member of the Civic Federation Board of Directors and a past Chairman of the Board. Mr. Berland was an internationally recognized bibliophile and collector of rare manuscripts. This work secured Boswell's place in London's literary and political circles. Internally near fine with no foxing. Edward and Charles Dilly unknown books
1791réf. 6074London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. First Edition. First Edition. 4to. Two volumes. Contemporary attractive speckled calf spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands gilt red and black leather lettering-pieces gilt re-backed preserving original boards. FIRST EDITION second issue of the most celebrated biography in the English language with ìgiveî on p.135 of Vol. I the initial blank in vol. II and all 7 cancels. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Johnson by James Heath after Sir Joshua Reynolds 2 engraved plates of facsimiles by H. Shepherd. Vol. I title-page reinforced at gutter some light soiling a few tiny mostly marginal wormholes marginal tear with loss not affecting text to X3 in vol. II. joints cracking some light chipping; brown cloth slipcase. A splendid copy of a significant book. Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly unknown books
1791réf. ST20798London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. FIRST EDITION First State with "gve" reading on p. 135. 267 x 210 mm. 10 1/2 x 8 1/4". Two volumes expanded to eight. ORNATE AND SUBSTANTIAL 19TH CENTURY FOREST GREEN STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO covers with a gilt French fillet raised bands spines and some corners renewed with considerable skill their compartments with urn centerpieces flanked by scrolling foliage turn-ins gilt tooled marbled endpapers all edges gilt. First volume with an engraved frontispiece EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH A TOTAL OF 919 PLATES 96 of them hand colored. Each volume with an added facsimile title page. Pottle 79; Day "History of English Literature 1660-1837" pp. 164-65. Boards with a few dark spots mostly where chafing has been covered with dye the hinge at the front of seven volumes with paper covering gone two other hinges partly affected but everything still very tight; some never serious offsetting from plates intermittent minor foxing a handful of leaves in Vol I. Part IV with a repaired open tear to upper margin other trivial defects but still a set with very considerable appeal--full of visual interest internally and looking quite grand in a substantial row. Although there are no signs of ownership this is the elegantly bound Jacques Levy copy of what is often considered to be the greatest biography in any language--extra-illustrated here with an enormous number of plates. James Boswell 1740-95 was a personal friend of his subject the main reason that this work proved to be the architect of his enduring reputation. It is a tribute to Boswell's skill as a biographer that the bulk of the text is made up of accounts by the author of situations that he himself created so that his subject would be prompted to behave in a revealing and memorable way. Day tells us that Boswell "was a consummate impresario stage-managing the setting and 'dramatis personae' amidst which Johnson would glitter and then providing topics and opinions to elicit the magnificent rejoinders of Johnson." The result is that we see an unforgettable portrait of a man who was flawed as well as brilliant--in Day's words "the most fully realized figure the most three-dimensional character in literature." Our previous owner New York bibliophile Jacques Levy d. 1980 first began buying on a whim while in Paris for business. He spent the next 40 years building an impressive and eclectic library which included travel literature illustrated books and fine bindings. A dedicated auction of his collection took place at Sotheby's New York on April 20 2012 realizing more than $6 million. The present copy contains more than 900 added plates which illustrate the settings and figures populating the biography as well as expanding the two volumes into an imposing set that is quite attractive on the shelf. The first printing of Boswell's Johnson is easy to obtain but extra-illustrated sets seem to be quite rare: except for the present item which went for $11250 at the Levy sale the last such copy we could trace at auction was a four-volume set sold in 1988. Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly unknown books
1860réf. 1354069London: George Routledge and Sons nd. c. 1860s. no edition given. Hardcover. Octavo 5 vols.; G; full contemporary green black and gilt publisher's cloth bindings; spines green with black design and gilt lettering; some shelf wear and soiling; corners bumped; chips missing at crowns and tails of all vols. spines; previous owner's inscription at front free endpaper of all vols.; contains black and white illustrations; pages clean; shelved above Middle Ages. 1354069. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. George Routledge and Sons hardcover books
1785réf. 1245821785. London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1785. 8vo xx ii 1-534 1 advertisement for Life of Johnsonpp. Uncut in original boards; complete with half title and terminal blank. Backstrip sensitively restored boards soiled and worn at edges some dampstaining to front endpapers half title and title some loss to terminal blank bookplate; withal a very pleasing copy in a custom leather box. § Second edition revised and corrected. A lovely copy uncut in the original boards and uncommon thus. Pottle notes that the second edition was issued in boards at 6s. and also bound "All copies I have seen are full-bound in calf." Boswell's account of a three month tour of the Highlands and islands of Scotland which he made in the company of Samuel Johnson in 1773. Johnson's own account A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland had been published in 1775. While Johnson's book sticks to the sober description of topography and history that was expected from travel books of the time Boswell's book "has the chatty informality of a 'rough' guide: its focus is on Johnson as it describes his charged encounters with the native population whether humble cottagers or important personages like Lord Monboddo and Boswell's formidable father Lord Auchinleck" Oxford DNB. "The principal changes made in the second edition besides the correction of some printer's errors are the removal of a few errors of fact and a large number of slight verbal changes in the interest of grammar and elegance; the addition of the Contents two Appendixes and a number of notes explanatory or controversial; and the substitution pp. 165-6 of a softened account of the stay with Sir Alexander Macdonald for the too frank disclosures of the original narrative' Chapman p. xvii. As quoted in Pottle Boswell's Literary Career 59. unknown books
1908réf. NF4044Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson LLD with notes By Scott Croker Chambers and Others Archibald Constable 1908 2 vols a fine set bound in half leather and marbled boards. Archibald Constable hardcover books
1950réf. 01403BOSWELL'S LONDON JOURNAL 1762-1763 M-H 1950 first edition fine in just about fine dust-wrapper. Now first published from the original manuscript. McGraw -Hill unknown books
