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1955réf. ABE-1633558861855REVUE MENSUELLE DES LETTRES FRANCAISES-64 PAGES-16,5 CM X 23,7 CM-EN COUVERTURE ALEXANDRE DUMAS PERE-DERRIERE CETTE FACADE.23 QUAI CONTI L'ACADEMIE FRANCAISE, 17 PAGES PAR EMILE HENRIOT-DE JACQUES PERRET A BOSWELL, 5 PAGES PAR MARCEL THIEBAUT-MUSIQUE ET CINEMA, 14 PAGES PAR GEORGES VAN PARYS-LES FILMS DU MOIS, PAR JACQUES NELS: LE CINERAMA, LE DOSSIER NOIR, L'OR DE NAPLES, 4 PAGES-LA VIE D'ALEXANDRE DUMAS PERE III LA TOUR DE NESLE, 17 PAGES PAR ANDRE MAUROIS-(EM921)
1833réf. 373861New York: James Dearborn 1833. Plates. 566pp. 8vo. Contemporary straight grained burgundy morocco by Desilver Jr. Herse & Lindsay with their ticket on the inside upper morocco hinge covers elaborately panelled in gilt an blind with a central sunken panel spine gilt in five compartments with the first third and fifth compartments sunken full morocco gilt doublures silk endpapers gilt edges small split along the upper front joint minor wear at extremities. Plates. 566pp. 8vo. A very unusual and elaborate American ticketed binding with full morocco doublures. Spawn 275 James Dearborn unknown
1833réf. 373861New York: James Dearborn 1833. Plates. 566pp. 8vo. Contemporary straight grained burgundy morocco by Desilver Jr. Herse & Lindsay with their ticket on the inside upper morocco hinge covers elaborately panelled in gilt an blind with a central sunken panel spine gilt in five compartments with the first third and fifth compartments sunken full morocco gilt doublures silk endpapers gilt edges small split along the upper front joint minor wear at extremities. Plates. 566pp. 8vo. A very unusual and elaborate American ticketed binding with full morocco doublures. Spawn 275 James Dearborn unknown books
1951réf. 97964William Heinemann London. 1951. William Heinemann London. 1951. Reprint. Hardback NO DW. Large 8vo. Illustrated and with black and white frontis and fold out map. Full black morocco with gilt to spine and upper. Top edges gilt. Ribbon marker. Handwritten bookplate stuck to front end paper with selotape. A nice clean copy. hardcover
réf. 0434598828.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1887réf. 303657Oxford: Clarendon Press 1887. Superbly extra-illustrated with more than 500 mounted portraits. Added title pages for each volume printed in red and black. Numerous folding plates. 11 vols. 8vo. Full red morocco gilt doublures gilt t.e.g. Bookplate of Nicholas Frederic Brady 1878-1930 by J. & E.B. Spines a bit toned; top of upper joint of Index volume with small repair a near fine and very handsome set. Superbly extra-illustrated with more than 500 mounted portraits. Added title pages for each volume printed in red and black. Numerous folding plates. 11 vols. 8vo. An abundantly extra-illustrated set of Boswell's classic biography of the great lexicographer Samuel Johnson. Clarendon Press unknown
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
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
1887réf. 303657Oxford: Clarendon Press 1887. Superbly extra-illustrated with more than 500 mounted portraits. Added title pages for each volume printed in red and black. Numerous folding plates. 11 vols. 8vo. Full red morocco gilt doublures gilt t.e.g. Bookplate of Nicholas Frederic Brady 1878-1930 by J. & E.B. Spines a bit toned; top of upper joint of Index volume with small repair a near fine and very handsome set. Superbly extra-illustrated with more than 500 mounted portraits. Added title pages for each volume printed in red and black. Numerous folding plates. 11 vols. 8vo. An abundantly extra-illustrated set of Boswell's classic biography of the great lexicographer Samuel Johnson. Clarendon Press unknown books
1835réf. ST17226London: John Murray 1835. First Illustrated Edition Croker's Second Edition. 170 x 105 mm. 6 3/4 x 4 1/4". 10 volumes. VERY PRETTY PURPLE CRUSHED MOROCCO GILT BY BAYNTUN OF BATH stamp-signed on front turn-in covers with gilt rule border central panel diapered in gilt with knots at line intersection central compartment filled with floral tools raised bands spine compartments with large fleuron gilt lettering gilt-ruled turn-ins with trefoil at corners marbled endpapers all edges gilt. With a total of 51 ILLUSTRATIONS consisting of: engraved frontispiece and extra engraved title page with vignette in each volume a folding map a folding facsimile plate and one double-page plate as called for all by Edward Francis Finden and all hand-colored AND EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 28 PLATES 10 portraits nine views nine folding facsimile plates four with vignette views ALL COLORED BY HAND all with tissue guards. Pottle 92. Spines just slightly and evenly sunned to a very pleasing burgundy one front hinge exposed with no hint of looseness offsetting from and onto the folding facsimiles other trivial imperfections but A LOVELY SET clean and fresh internally with attractively colored plates in a luscious and lustrous binding with virtually no signs of use. This is the first illustrated edition of the work generally considered to be the greatest biography in any language here embellished with additional portraits of Johnson's associates and views of important places in his life. First published in 1791 Boswell's account of Dr. Johnson reveals the most fully realized figure in literature and it prefigures modern biography in emphasizing the character of the subject rather than his deeds. It is also a tribute to Boswell's genius in 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. 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 brilliant and profound and at the same time dogmatic overbearing prejudiced and irascible. Day This edition also includes Johnson's journal of his visit to the Hebrides Islands and "anecdotes by Hawkins Piozzi Murphy Tyers Reynolds Steevens &c. and notes by various hands" in the two final volumes which have the running title "Johnsoniana." Our handsome set is a good example of the early 20th century decorative work typical of the Bayntun firm founded in Bath in 1894 and now the last of the great Victorian trade binderies still in family ownership. It is not terribly uncommon to encounter extra-illustrated examples of this and similar sets of major literary works but it is unusual to find such a set with all the illustrations hand colored. John Murray unknown books
1925réf. 79542London: Putnam 1925. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Complete in two volumes. Edited by Peter Ingpen. Scarce in these jackets which on this copy are in very good condition indeed save for a small loss at the bottom of the spine of volume II. Size: Quarto. 2-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 79542. . Putnam hardcover
réf. 77079London: The Office of the National Illustrated Library. New Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. A nice set of four volumes in the publisher's original cloth blindstamped on the boards and with decorative gilt at the spines. A little worn and bumped but overall in good condition. Size: Octavo . 4-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; History. Inventory No: 77079. . The Office of the National Illustrated Library hardcover
1791réf. 56179London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. First edition. Two volumes. First issue with "gve" p.135:10 in first volume as well as all the misprints cancels and stubs as called for Pottle 79. Quarto 4to early full-leather bindings sympathetically recased with new gilt-stamped spines and early mottled calf covers laid down; frontispiece engraved portrait of Johnson after Sir Joshua Reynolds in Volume I and two engraved plates in Volume II as called for. Text block apparently trimmed on all edges plates and opposing pages foxed most significantly on frontis and title page of Volume I pictured otherwise both volumes quite clean with only scattered foxing. Housed together in custom cloth-covered chemise and half-morocco slipcase with matching cloth sides showing only light wear. BOSWELL'S JOHNSON THE MOST CELEBRATED BIOGRAPHY IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly unknown
1807réf. 37149Boston: Published by W. Andrews and L. Blake. Greenough and Stebbins Printers 1807. First American from the fifth London Edition 1807 edited by Edmund Malone. The first edition was published in 1791. Frontispiece 2 folding facsimiles. 500; 512; 543 pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Contemporary sheep red morocco spine labels. Binding worn internally clean with occasional foxing. First American from the fifth London Edition 1807 edited by Edmund Malone. The first edition was published in 1791. Frontispiece 2 folding facsimiles. 500; 512; 543 pp. 3 vols. 8vo. This is the first edition of this work to contain an index. Lilly "Grolier 100 Books Famous in English Literature" 63; Pottle 85; Shaw & Shoemaker 12184. For the 1791 first edition: Courtney-Nichol Smith p. 172; Grolier "English" 63; Pottle 79; Tinker 388 Published by W. Andrews and L. Blake. Greenough and Stebbins, Printers unknown
1807réf. 37149Boston: Published by W. Andrews and L. Blake. Greenough and Stebbins Printers 1807. First American from the fifth London Edition 1807 edited by Edmund Malone. The first edition was published in 1791. Frontispiece 2 folding facsimiles. 500; 512; 543 pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Contemporary sheep red morocco spine labels. Binding worn internally clean with occasional foxing. First American from the fifth London Edition 1807 edited by Edmund Malone. The first edition was published in 1791. Frontispiece 2 folding facsimiles. 500; 512; 543 pp. 3 vols. 8vo. This is the first edition of this work to contain an index. Lilly "Grolier 100 Books Famous in English Literature" 63; Pottle 85; Shaw & Shoemaker 12184. For the 1791 first edition: Courtney-Nichol Smith p. 172; Grolier "English" 63; Pottle 79; Tinker 388 Published by W. Andrews and L. Blake. Greenough and Stebbins, Printers unknown books
1938réf. 211348London: Curwen Press for the Limited Editions Club 1938. One of 1500 numbered copies. 3 vols. 8vo. Brown cloth red leather spine labels. Spines a little faded else nice set. One of 1500 numbered copies. 3 vols. 8vo. Curwen Press for the Limited Editions Club hardcover
1903réf. 2658Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co 1903. Fine Binding. Leather bound. Very Good . 4 1/2 X 6 7/8 Inches. The six volume "Boswell's Life of Johnson" was published in 1903. The two volume "Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson" was published in 1898. ALL EIGHT VOLUMES finely bound in Quarter leather with matching tips. TEG. Five raised hubs to each spine. Gilt title stamping and decoration to spines. Hint of toning to interiors. A very clean set with beautiful marbled endpapers. There is no binder's ticket but the binding looks to be period and is absolutely spectacular. Archibald Constable & Co unknown
1826réf. 32155Saunders & Otley British And Foreign Public Library Conduit Street Hanover Square 1826. 1st edition. Hardback. Half calf over marbled boards VG. 307pp edges & corners of the leather rubbed centre of boards rubbed a fair copy. Odd volume of a minor Belle-lettres novel written in 1826 by the Scottish writer Thomas Alexander Boswell nephew of James Boswell biographer of Dr Johnson. Saunders & Otley, British And Foreign Public Library, Conduit Street, Hanover Square hardcover
1836réf. 68695London: John Murray. 1836. Hardcover. Very Good. xxii 530pp illustrated wtih 45 plates sl foxing of prelims nicely bound in later dark red cloth spine sl sunned; Octavo . John Murray hardcover
réf. 42461London: Printed for J. Debrett 1801. Fourth edition with many additions 8vo xvi 134 2pp. 5 engraved plans on 4 folding plates half green calf marbled boards head and foot of spine chipped. From the Lawes Library Rothamstead; early ownership signature of James Blackburn to head of title page. London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1801 hardcover
réf. 42466London: Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Almon 1779. First edition 8vo 4 108 2pp. interleaved with contemporary blank leaves 5 folding engraved plates contemporary quarter calf joints cracked hand and foot of spine chipped morocco spine label lettered in gilt. From the Lawes Library Rothamstead. London: Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Almon, 1779 unknown
réf. 687New York: Printed for the friends of Philip & Fanny Duschnes 1961. . 8vo stiff cream printed wrappers. One of 660 copies printed by the Elm Tree Press New York: Printed for the friends of Philip & Fanny Duschnes, 1961. unknown books
1927réf. 20966421927. Harvard University Press under the Direction of Bruce Rogers Cambridge 1927. 4to. original cloth-backed boards lettered in gilt on spine. Colour frontispiece and 9 other plates. Bookplate otherwise a fine copy preserved in custom-made half morocco fall-down-back box lettered in gilt to spine.First edition limited to 425 copies. hardcover
1792réf. 75950London: Printed for J. Debrett 1792. Square 4to. Third edition. xvi 134 pp. 6 plans on 5 copper-engraved folding plates. Sections in 4s so given the size probably half-sheets. Half calf over marbled boards rebacked to style with raised bands and red gilt-lettered leather label. Wear to binding including an abrasion to lower board and rubbing to spine extremities. Foxing to prelims becoming much scarcer. George Boswell of Puddletown was a progressive farmer and the author of this the first detailed and practical guide to the creation lay-out and management of water meadows. His advice was sought by Arthur Young and Robert Bakewell from a biographical essay by Joseph Bettey. Good to VG. 20.5cms tall 14cms wide. . Very Good. Half Calf. Third Edition. 1792. Printed for J. Debrett 1792 unknown
1779réf. 75London: Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Almon in Piccadilly ; Printed For J. Johnson No. 72 St. Paul's Church-yard 1779. 1st Edition ; 2nd Edition. 1/2 Calf. Good. 8º 20cm.; ii 108pp errata; i 100pp. appendix and plates.; 4 pls.; 3 pls.; gilt title to spine compartment in red leather label; all foldout plates accounted for and complete; marbled paper-covered boards toned and rubbed hinges starting but all cords holding.; contemporary title in ms. on fr. flyleaf;. The first book on water-meadows. Fussell. Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Almon, in Piccadilly ; Printed For J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church-yard unknown
