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1851rif. 087625Off ice of the National Illustrated Library 1851. Book. Very Good. Program. Volumes I-IV. Bound in contemporary brown half-leather with marbled boards and end papers. Black leather labels on spines with titles. Volumes III and IV state publisher of G.Routledge & Co with a date of 1856. Vol I- 320pp. plus ads; Vol.II- 306pp.; Vol.III- 298pp. and Vol. IV- 300pp. plus ads. Small bookplate to front paste down of each volume. Rubbing to leather on spine and some wear to edges of boards. Still a solid set. Off ice of the National Illustrated Library Paperback
1924rif. 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
1874rif. 23427London: Bickers and Son 1874. Leather. Very Good . 1874 edition with some of the Author's notes from the third edition. 3 volume set complete. A Very Good set. 8vo. Vol.1 xx m 538; Vol.2 527; Vol.3 525 pp. illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece folding plates folding maps. Uniformly bound in half calf and marbled paper over boards; title and volume on red and black morocco labels on the spine. All edges marbled; marbled end papers. Spines slightly sunned/dulled. A handsome set Very Good . This work originally published in 1791 represents a landmark in the development of the modern genre of biography. It is notable for its extensive reports of Johnson's conversation. Many have claimed it as the greatest biography written in English. Bickers and Son unknown
1899rif. 006021London: George Bell and Sons 1899. Special reissue of the third edition 1872-1893by the proprietors of "Nature"1899 in later green cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine new endpapers and reinforced hinges. ex reference library copy. Half title and title pages followed by 216 pages of text plus one page errata then the plates numbered from 1686 to 1824 all coloured illustrations. 7.75 X 10 inches. Very good copy in a sturdy reference library binding library book plate on the front pastedown small library stamp to each of the first three pages and final page and then each plate has a small round library stamp in the top corner away from the illustrations itself. . Third Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. George Bell and Sons Hardcover
1889rif. 3771Philadelphia: Gebbie and Co. 1889. Hardcover. Very Good. Vol. 1- 538 p. Vol. 2- 527 p. Vol. 3- 525 p. 6 x 9 1/4 in. Brown cloth binding black printing on spine on paper labels. Condition of each volume is VERY GOOD: wear and soiling to covers spines lightly worn and darkened paper labels faded and soiled edges of text block lightly darkened- top edge a bit more so pages clean bindings tight. Gebbie and Co. hardcover
1859rif. 6852London: George Routledge and Sons 1859 - 1885. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 3/4 x 7 in. Vol 1 - xxxii 298 pgs. These are actually a six volume set with pagination of each separate in three volumes. Blue cloth baords with design of a hand holding a winged mirror and flowers on the covers with black lettering gilt lettering and design on the spines. I cannot determine if these are the 1859 or 1885 edition. Olive green endpapers and B&W frontis and illustrations. Condition of the books is VERY GOOD ; mild corner and edge wear with some volumes bumped at corner. Covers very clean and fresh with gilding bright. Bindings all excellent and text very clean with some mild foxing to first and last pgs. Charming booplate of Charles Francis Jenkins on all front pastedowns. Johnson/Boswell. RGR. George Routledge and Sons hardcover
1890rif. 000561London: George Routledge and Sons n.d. ca. 1890. Hardcover. Very Good . 5 Volumes in 3 12mo 5 x 7 xxxii 292 viii 298 viii 298 viii 300 xxvi 360 pages profusely illustrated. Practically unused. The covers exhibit minor staining from handling or storage minor shelf wear most evident at the extremes of the back strips. George Routledge and Sons hardcover
1966rif. 1000254London: Heinemann 1966 First edition. Cloth. Octavo. Fine in price-clipped d.j. Heinemann, hardcover
1969rif. 1000437New York: McGraw-Hill 1969 First U.S. edition. Cloth. Octavo. Small bump at foot of spine. Else fine in very good dust jacket. Jacket is lightly soiled and is browned at spine. McGraw-Hill, hardcover
1925rif. 100028Charles E. Lauriat Company 1925. Book. Near Fine. Hard Covers. Three volumes in red cloth. Light rubbing to cloth. Bookplate in volume I. A nice set. Charles E. Lauriat Company Hardcover
1874rif. 35317London: Bickers and Son 1874. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. Vol 1 - advert 538 pgs. Vol 2 - 527 pgs. Vol. 3 525 pgs. "A reprint of the first edition Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly. To which are added Mr. Boswell's correcetions and additions issued in 1792". Half brown calf with red marbled paper boards red and gilt leather spine label. Condition of the three books is GOOD ; corners and ends of spine worn and rubbed. Covers lightly rubbed. All spine labels are either missing or mostly gone and spines have all gilt decoration pretty much rubbed away. All the bindings are good tight and the text extremely clean with no markings. Johnson and Boswell. RGR Bickers and Son hardcover
1987rif. 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
1993rif. 93144London:: Folio Society. Near Fine. 1993. Hardcover. B000HL1GF0 . Complete in two volumes. Edited by Rodney Shewan. Third printing thus. Both volumes are near fine. Housed in a near fine slipcase. . Folio Society, hardcover
1976rif. w160621333McGraw Hill 1976. 466pp. Navy blue hardback DJ has some tiny insect marks on front lower corner tips and spine edge spine on DJ has turned light Volume Three Only index chapter notes The correspondence of James Boswell with certain members of The Club including Oliver Goldsmith Bishops Percy and Barnard Sir Joshua Reynolds Topham Beauclerk and Bennet Langton . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. McGraw Hill Hardcover
1966rif. 75241Dawn of History Series. Ancient Rome third impression 1966; The Legions of Rome first edition 1973 hardback; Picture Reference Book of Early Britain first edition 1974 ISBN 0340041803; Looking at Ancient History reprint 1967 hardback Published by Chatto & Windus; Wayland Publishers; Brockhampton Press; A & C. Black hardcover
1940rif. 76116170 pages with contents page listing seperately the illustrations and the text. Catalogue of paintings at the rear. Text by Peyton J. Boswell editor of 'The Art Digest' and images supplied by 'Life' magazine Published by Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover
1813rif. 73509xv 1 1-460 pages contains 1 black and white plate frontispiece Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies hardcover
1928rif. 162552CA: Stanford 1928. Hardcover. First edition. Spines faded and some scuffing to the boards. Volume I missing headband. Lacking the slipcase. Included two page folded promotion for this title from Stanford University Press. Stanford hardcover
1931rif. 90180n.p.:: Privately Printed. Good. 1931. Hardcover. B00H857QIE . Volume 12 in the Private Papers of James Boswell from Malahide Castle series. Reproduced from the collection of Lt-Colonel Ralph Heyward Isham. Limited edition: this copy is number 403 of 570 copies. Some pages unopened along the top edge. Faded along the spine else very good in a good edge worn and cracked along several edges with clear tape repairs slipcase. ; 251 pages . Privately Printed, hardcover
1931rif. 90181n.p.:: Privately Printed. Good. 1931. Hardcover. Volume 11 in the Private Papers of James Boswell from Malahide Castle series. Reproduced from the collection of Lt-Colonel Ralph Heyward Isham. Limited edition: this copy is number 521 of 570 copies. Every other page is unopened along the top edge. Faded along the spine else very good in a good edge worn and cracked along several edges with clear tape repairs slipcase. ; 311 pages . Privately Printed, hardcover
1826rif. 630Baynes and Son et al London 1826. Hardcover. Fair. Baynes and Son et al London 1826. Fair. 'Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order ; A Series of his Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Person and original Pieces of his Composition.'. Complete in 4 volumes 8vo full leather binding with 5 raised bands on spine gilt border & embossed decoration on covers marbled endpapers & edges. Covers scuffed & worn parts of labels missing on spines see pictures. Vol I. illustrated with engraved frontis portrait by J Reynolds and facsimile round robin 439 448 426 550pp. Ex reference library with presentation bookplate on front pastedowns & pictorial bookplate on rear pastedowns number on spines. No other obvious library markings. Inner books are generally clean & in very good condition binding fair condition. Over 1kg & may require extra postage Baynes and Son et al, London hardcover
1926rif. 1905090071926-01-01. Leather Bound. Good. Hardback with padded pebbled leather cover. Blue satin end papers. Tipped-in cameo portrait frontispiece. Biographies of prominent Texas attorneys in 1926. 189 pp index. 9" x 6" x 1.5". hardcover
1930rif. 176143London: G. Bell and Sons 1930. Hardcover. Inscription on front paste-down minor darkening toward hinge free end papers edges darkened with spots of foxing on protruding foredges of the uncut pages else very good clean & sound condition without dust jacket. "This large paper edition signed by the artist is limited to three hundred and fifty copies of which this is number 61" but the signature is lacking. 609pp. top edge gilt remaining edges uncut brown cloth with gilt lettering and front cover image showing Boswell and Johnson walking together. G. Bell and Sons hardcover
1931rif. 74793The Modern Library 1931. hardback. Very good condition in a dust jacket with a few chips and a sunned spine. There is a bookplate a sticker and pen date on the front end page The Modern Library hardcover
1807rif. 41380London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1807. In 4 volumes. Vol. 1 has illustrated frontispiece. Spines badly damaged. Corners bumped. Bindings tight. Endpapers stained. Inevitable foxing. Otherwise a reasonable set. Fifth Edition. Full Leather. Good. T. Cadell and W. Davies Hardcover