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1807Best.-Nr. 1374511Boston: W. Andrews and L. Blake 1807. First American from the fifth London edition. Hardcover. Octavo Three volumes 22 500 pages; 512 pages; 543 pages. In Good condition. Spines are brown with gold print on black banners. Boards in brown leather. Light wear to spine caps and corners slight scuffing. Text blocks have red marbled edges blue marbled endpapers. Name in pencil and ink on front endpapers occasional light foxing. Illustrated: frontispiece portrait in first volume folded facsimile of Johnson's handwriting in third volume. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area. 1374511. FP New Rockville Stock. W. Andrews and L. Blake hardcover
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
1884Best.-Nr. os585London: George Bell and Sons 1884. First edition of Napier's Boswell including the Tour of the Hebrides with Robina Napier's Johnsoniana "Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson LL. D. by Prs. Piozzi Richard Cumberland Bishop Percy and others together with The Diary of Dr Campbell and extracts from that of Madame d'Arblay". Complete in five volumes. Bound in full tree calf by Mansell "successor to Hayday" rebacked in 1954 by Bennett Book Studios. The leather Bennett used has weakened but the linen hinges underneath are sound. The set shows edgewear & chipping hinges split but sound in volume one; minor sporadic foxing to some pages particularly the plates. Text clean; lv blank 581; x 2 569; ix 3 563; xiii 3 467; xi 3 432 pages; plates engravings facsimiles of letters and manuscripts. Includes two letters from dealer & binder Whitman Bennett & a receipt regarding the rebacking in 1954. First Thus. Full Calf. Good/No Jacket. 5¾" by 8¾". Set. George Bell and Sons Hardcover
Best.-Nr. 83744Dorchester Weston Simonds and Sydenham 1833 2nd. Hardback 9 x 6 inches. Half bound blue cloth and brown paper boards. Paper spine label lettered in gilt. Page edges rough cut. In very good condition. Original binding. Boards worn edges heavily rubbed with chips to corners and edges. Cloth faded on spine chipped at ends with vertical splits and split to rear hinge. Spine label heavily rubbed and cracked. Chip to endpaper inside front board. Neat inscription to endpaper “R.E.G. Davies Brandon House Shaftesbury 1946.” Top of title page torn. Some minor foxing spots to inside pages else clean tight. Else a very good copy. 192/3pp 98pp appendix xxvi index. Folding B&W map by John Cary at p130. Dorchester, Weston, Simonds and Sydenham, 1833 2nd hardcover
1938Best.-Nr. 1044US orders ship with signature confirmation. 1938 Limited Editions Club 3 volume set in brown cloth and red cardboard slipcase #1391 out of 1500. Slipcase is pretty beat up with fraying at edges and a tear all along the bottom right corner and partially on top retaped with medical tape. Books themselves are very good with sunning on spine bumping to some corners and light soil on covers and edge. Oversize 3 volume set substantial extra shipping charges will apply especially for international and priority orders as this will not fit into a flat rate envelope. The Limited Editions Club hardcover
1857Best.-Nr. 1325London: Richard Bentley. Fine. 1857. First Edition. Half-Leather. xlviii 407pp; Rebound in 1/2 light tan kangaroo leather raised bands blind ruled titling piece small gilt device in each panel marbled sides. A very nice looking book.; 230 X 155mm . Richard Bentley hardcover
Best.-Nr. 238George Routledge & Sons 1890. xvi 526pgs text in two columns per page rebound in quarter Law Buckram & Marbled boards lettering piece on spine. Very good copy. . George Routledge & Sons, 1890. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 017980New York: Heritage Press 1963. Hardcover set 466 486 473pp. Fine no dust jackets. 3 volumes in fine slipcases. Color frontispieces. Biography of Samuel Johnson. Biography. Heritage Press Hardcover
1992Best.-Nr. 904826Gay Christian Movement 1992. Book. Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. light waterstain and crinkling to bottom of all pages 22 page pamphlet. the fifth michael harding memorial address. Gay Christian Movement Paperback
1807Best.-Nr. 012933London England: Printer for Caddel and W. Davies Strand. 1807. 4th Edition . Leather Binding. Good/Without Dust Wrapper. 8vo - 7.75 to 9.75" tall. Good - The Fourth Edition Revised and corrected. I believe this is the first edition containing an index. Full calf with 4 pairs of raised bands down the spine gilt decoration accompanied by some blind decoration on the boards and spine with marbles end pages marbled text block with burnished head XV 460 pages paginated and correct with the engraved frontispiece of James Boswell by W. Evans from an original painting by Joshua Reynolds. Corners bumped and rounded some shelf wear slight loss of the leather at te head of the spine see images ex Libris plate of "Abraham Wildey Robarts" on the front paste down pages some pencil edition details on the reverse of the ffep light foxing and tanning on the first and last few pages light tanning extremities to the remaining pages otherwise contents clean bright and tight. Printer for Caddel, and W. Davies, Strand. hardcover
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Best.-Nr. 132887London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons 1907. Hardcover 1172pp. Very good plus. Green 3 / 4 leather over green cloth boards and with raised bands on the spine. Coated yellow endpapers speckled edges 306 illustrations and 6 photogravure plates Boswell's bibliography of Johnson's prose works index. Internally fine and with only minor scuffing to the spine. Bibliography of Samuel Johnson. Edited with annotation by Roger Ingpen. Biography. Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Hardcover
1936Best.-Nr. 1372248New York: The Viking Press 1936. First edition Limited edition 787/790. Hardcover. Octavo xviii 435 pages. In Good minus condition with a Good minus slipcase. Slipcase in red paper with title label on rear panel light soiling blemishes on front panel. Spine is is red with paper title label. Boards quarter bound with red cloth to spine and red paper to boards. Light blemish to front top edge. Text block has deckle edges spotting to edges and endpapers uncut pages. Illustrated with b&w folded map and plates. 1372248. FP New Rockville Stock. The Viking Press hardcover
1924Best.-Nr. 8137London: Navarre Society 1924. Hardcover. Otherwise very good condition. A handsome reprint of the 1st edition printed in 1791 with many plates incl. facsimiles from autograph letters etc. 3 vols tall thick 8vo top edge gilt foredge uncut. Original maroon & gilt cloth pristine unusually with the original printed dust jackets in very good condition; chipped at top edge. A very fine set indeed. Navarre Society hardcover
1935Best.-Nr. 1338948London: John Murray 1935. Hardcover. Octavo 10 vols.; VG-; contemporary three-quarter bindings of brown leather boards in marbled paper; bound by Root & Son with their stamp at verso of second free end paper; spines with raised bands gilt lettering and design in spine panels; mild shelf wear and scuffing; wear at joints; wear to spine crowns of vols. 5 and 8; upper edges gilt; marbled end papers; portrait and frontispieces offset; vol. 6 contains fold out facsimile letter; pages clean; shelved above Case 9 3/4. 1338948. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. John Murray hardcover
1925Best.-Nr. 22205Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1925. Reprint. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth with embossed gilt portrait and facsimile signature on front cover gilt lettering on spine blue endpapers. With 576 illustrations facsimiles and maps including 13 plates in photogravure. Complete in one volume. . Head and heel of spine are rubbed front hinge is starting at the top rear hinge firm spine slightly faded one water splash on rear cover. . B&W drawings. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. xxxvi. 1172 pp . Charles E. Lauriat Company hardcover
Best.-Nr. 310144NY: PENGUIN BOOKS. Fine with no dust jacket. Promotional poster. Promotional POSTER. 14 1/2" X 22" Circa late 1980s. Near fine on single high-gloss sheet. Neatly folded in quarters as received from publisher's publicity dept. Traces of foxing on blank reverse. A few spots of foxing on front image. Features a diamond-shaped photographic insert of baseball bats with a list of the author's books listed below. Uncommon ephemeral piece. Suitable for framing. . PENGUIN BOOKS. unknown
1807Best.-Nr. 6247London: Fort. Cadel and W. Davies 1807. Hardcover. Poor to Good -/No Jacket. Hard cover boards falling off on a few books Covers may once have been leather now deteriorating. All four volumes kept in sleeves for protection. Text in all volumes completely readable. Fort. Cadel and W. Davies hardcover
