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1791réf. 120374London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly in The Poultry 1791. First edition first issue of both volumes of the most celebrated biography in the English language which was published on May 16 1791 in a print run of only 1750 copies. Quarto bound in full morocco by Birdsall gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised bands inner dentelles all edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait of Samuel Johnson engraved by J. Heath after the Sir Joshua Reynolds 1756 painting. Housed in a custom clamshell box. In fine condition. An excellent example of this landmark work. “Boswell excelled in insight into human nature and in ability to dramatize a situation… It was a crucial part of Boswell’s magic to give significance and vitality to the apparently trivial; it is this trait together with his notable accuracy and unparalleled completeness of portraiture that made him… ‘the Shakespeare of biographers” Baugh et al. 1065-66. "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." Gordon Turnbull Oxford DNB. Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in The Poultry hardcover
1835réf. 00009011London: John Murray Albemarle Street 1835. Later edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 10 vol. Small 8vo. 5 vi-xxiv 2 3-325 3; 5 vi-viii 1 2-344 2; 5 vi-ix 2 2-323 3; 5 vi-xii 1 2-343 1; 5 vi-viii 1 2-341 3; 5 vi-viii 1 2-342 2; 5 vi-viii 1 2-381 3; 5 vi-xi 2 2-431 3; 5 vi-xv 2 2-335 3; 5 vi-xii 1 2-376 2 pp. Late nineteenth-century half polished sheep over pink cloth spines in six compartments spines unpolished lettered and tooled in gold; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Beautifully bound by Riviere & Son. Each volume illustrated with a frontispiece and vignette engraved title page volume three with a fold-out map of Scotland and the Hebrides. Volume six contains the fold-out Round Robin facsimile of Johnson's hand-writing to which there is a tiny hairline split not affecting the legibility of the fold-out plate. Oxford DNB Pat Rogers "Johnson Samuel 1709–1784". Pottle 92. The second Croker edition with little change to the text except for "the notes and Johnsoniana" Pottle 182. Pottle notes that the last two volumes in the set are extremely useful with some material never having been before published. Pottle also calls this "the first illustrated edition" Pottle 183. A stunning set of Boswell's magnum opus a monumental and early English biography. Samuel Johnson most famous for compiling the English dictionary that would replace the Bailey dictionary and would later become the dictionary that Noah Webster would consult is a legendary author and man of letters. Here his biographer and diarist James Boswell relates his life work and correspondences in the ten volumes. The final two volumes include the anecdotes about Johnson from his contemporaries. A principal work in English biographical literature housed in a lovely binding. A Near Fine set with a few hints of wear to the extremities overall bright and beautiful. John Murray, Albemarle Street hardcover
1925réf. HALL509357Hardback. 1925. Fully illustrated with about 100 drawings in pen and ink by Herbert Railton and many portraits in photogravure. 3 vols. xl 458 464 & 466pp J.M. Dent London 1925. A very good set. . hardcover
réf. Z1-V-019-01349Dodo Pr. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. Book is new and unread but may have minor shelf wear. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Dodo Pr unknown
1807réf. H9590Boston: Andrews and Blake 1807. First American edition. Very Good. 3 volumes original flame calf boards recent calf spines gilt ruled dark red morocco gilt spine labels contents VG age toning and foxing. With ownership signature and information in each volume indication the set's purchase from a John Francis and sold to a Thomas Hamilton in March of 1825. We cannot identify this particular Hamilton probably NOT the author of 'Men and Manners in America' of 1833 as we believe that Hamilton was in Italy in 1825. First American printing of what is generally considered one of the greatest biographies ever published. Andrews and Blake unknown
1851réf. 47984London Office of the National Illustrated Library 1851. Hardcover. Original decorated and blind-stamped cloth. Backstrips sun-darkened; cover edges sun-faded; extremities bumped and worn; 5 volumes lack front free endpaper; front hinge of vol. 1 shaken; previous owner's name inside front cover of vols. 1-3; pages faintly toned; otherwise very good condition. Hebrides Journal in similar condition but has front free endpaper; pages slightly toned some with chipped margins. . 5 volumes separately paged. Illus. Preface dated 1851 in four-volume set. London, Office of the National Illustrated Library, [ hardcover
1940réf. 1812044Modern. Good. 1940. Circa 1940s. Hard Cover. O146 1200 pages; unabridged; clean and tight pages; actually still has the original but worn and torn dust jacket which is now in protective mylar . Modern hardcover
1925réf. 114991George Allen & Unwin. Good/No Dust Wrapper. 1925. Three Volume Set. Hard Cover. O262 . George Allen & Unwin hardcover
1993réf. 66417London: Folio Society 1993. Hardcover Folio in slipcase. Hardcover. Very good. brown leather and brown cloth gilt lettering to spine red strip to spine logo to brown slipcase 2 volumes 568 682 pp Standard shipping no tracking / Priority with tracking / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Folio Society hardcover
1835réf. 57152E-252: John Murray. Very Good. 1835. Leather. Leather. Small 8vo. John Murray London. 1835. 10 volumes. Xxiv 325 pgs; viii 344 pgs; ix 323 pgs; xii 343 pgs; viii 341 pgs; viii 342 pgs; viii 381 pgs; xi 431 pgs xv 335 pgs; xii 376 pgs. Illustrated with a hand-colored engraved frontispiece and an additional hand-colored vignette title all engraved by Edward Francis Finden 1791-1857. In addition there are nineteen hand-colored plates portraits and views a folding map of "The Tour through Scotland and the Hebrides. In 1773" volume IV a folding facsimile "Round Robin" volume VI and six folding facsimile letters. First Illustrated Edition Croker's Second Edition. Bound in tree calf leather with gilt double-rule border on covers spines decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments with red maroon labels with gilt lettering and gilt board edges and turn-ins all edges gilt with some uncut pages and marbled endpapers unsigned binding; looks like Bayntun. Full purple morocco covers elaborately tooled in gilt in a geometric pattern. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson one of the towering figures of English literature is revealed with unparalleled immediacy and originality in a biography to which we owe much of our knowledge of the man himself. Through a series of richly detailed anecdotes Johnson emerges as a sociable figure vigorously engaging and fencing with great contemporaries such as Garrick Goldsmith Burney and Burke and of course with Boswell himself. Yet anxieties and obsessions also darkened Johnson's private hours and Boswell's attentiveness to every facet of Johnson's character makes this biography as moving as it is entertaining. EB; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . John Murray hardcover
1791réf. 10227London: printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. First edition first state with ‘gve’ on p.135 of the first volume; Mm4 and Nn1 in Volume I and E3 Qq3 and Eee2 in Volume II are cancels. 4to 203 x 295 mm; untrimmed engraved portrait of Johnson by James Heath after Sir Joshua Reynolds browned 2 engraved plates of facsimiles by H. Shepherd. An extraordinary copy in contemporary half calf and the original publisher’s boards and with the edges of the paper all uncut to the extent that it is an exceptional tall copy almost a large paper copy morocco spine labels. Hinges cracked scattered foxing a few trifling stains boards somewhat worn and fragile preserved in a brown cloth chemise and half morocco slipcase. Booklabels of W. Strong 1p. ALS from J. Parsons to him laid in and ink signature of J. Robinson in Volume I. Accompanied by The London Chronicle No. 5414 for May 5 1791 which prints an advertisement for the book.W. Strong is addressed in the letter as Rev.d Archdeacon Strong – he has used the blank page of the letter to make notes on volume II of the book and has added some notes on the front pastedown and on another small sheet which is inserted loose. ‘Boswell's Life of Johnson is one of the best books in the world. It is assuredly a great very great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of Heroic Poets - Shakespeare is not more decidedly the first of Orators than Boswell is the first of Biographers. We are not sure that there is in the whole history of the human intellect so singular a phenomenon as this book. Many of the greatest men that ever lived have written biography; Boswell was one of the smallest men that ever lived and he has beaten them all’ Macaulay in the Edinburgh Review 1831 ap. Allibone. W. Jackson Bate Johnson's best modern biographer assessed Boswell's achievement in this way: ‘It was to be a new kind of biography - a life in Scenes as though it were a kind of drama. And when this life in Scenes did appear nothing comparable to it had existed. Nor has anything comparable been written since because that special union of talents opportunities and subject matter has never been duplicated. If there were writers who had Boswell's opportunities of knowing their subject as well they have not had his unusual combination of talents. If they had his talents they have lacked his opportunities. The talents include his gift for empathy and dramatic imitation his ability to draw people out and get them to talk freely his astonishing memory for conversations his zest and gusto his generous capacity for admiration and his sheer industry as a reporter - qualities that are by no means often found together. Whatever its limitations the work remains unique among all writings by one human being about another in the drama fidelity and range of interests in the conversation of one of the most fascinating individuals in history Samuel Johnson’ N. Y.: Harcourt Brace 1977 pp. 365-366. Adam 2:37. Courtney 172-173. Grolier English 65. Pottle 79. Rothschild 463-465. The greatest biography in the English language – a remarkable untrimmed copy in contemporary boards printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly hardcover
1874réf. 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
1791réf. 303654London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. First edition "gve" uncorrected at line 10 on p. 135 in vol. I and with the usual cancels Mm4 and Nn1 in vol. I E3 Oo4 Qq3 in vol. II. Engraved portrait by J. Heath after Joshua Reynolds 2 other engraved plates. xii 16 516; 2 588 i.e. 586 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Old calf a.e.g. Neatly rebacked with gilt spines in period style. Bookplates of Nicholas Frederic Brady. Near fine occasional light traces of foxing. First edition "gve" uncorrected at line 10 on p. 135 in vol. I and with the usual cancels Mm4 and Nn1 in vol. I E3 Oo4 Qq3 in vol. II. Engraved portrait by J. Heath after Joshua Reynolds 2 other engraved plates. xii 16 516; 2 588 i.e. 586 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Pottle 79; Rothschild 463; Grolier English 131 Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly unknown
1791réf. 307361London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. First Edition first state of S4r with "gve" for "give. Engraved portrait by J. Heath after Joshua Reynolds 2 other engraved plates in Volume II. xii 16 516; 2 588 i.e. 586 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Bound in contemporary brown mottled calf rebacked with original red and green labels on spine laid down. Bookplate of John Mountenay Lely 1839-1907 and Robert McKinlay. In open-faced blue cloth slipcsae. First Edition first state of S4r with "gve" for "give". Engraved portrait by J. Heath after Joshua Reynolds 2 other engraved plates in Volume II. xii 16 516; 2 588 i.e. 586 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Pottle 79; Rothschild 463; Grolier English 65 Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly unknown
1793réf. 263229London England: Henry Baldwin 1793. Second edition. Hardcover. Good. London: Printed by Henry Baldwin 1793. 3 volumes. 3/4 brown morocco with marbled boards and endpapers. Front board of volume 1 detached rear hinge reinforced at inner hinge. Light chipping at head of volumes light rubbing at heels and edges. Text is good with light foxing to frontis and title pages. Else the text is in good condition text block sound and straight. Uncut edges no former owner marks. Booksellers 'mark' "William J. Campbell Booksellr 1009 Walnut Street Philadelphia". Second Revised and Augmented Edition. With the frontis portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds foxed overall folding plate facsimile of Johnson's handwriting at rear of volume 3. The folding plate engraved "Round Robin" at p. 634 appears not to be present. The new material in rear of volume 1 includes: "Additions received after the Second Edition was printed" pp. i-xxii "A Chronological Catalogue of the Prose Works of Samuel Johnson LL.D" which is the first attempt at a Johnson bibliography pp. xxiii- xxxi. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis Minnesota. Due to the size/weight of this set extra charges may apply for international shipping. Not available for priority/expedited shipping. Henry Baldwin hardcover
1851réf. 125781London UK: Henry G. Bohn 1851. Hardcover. Near Fine. L 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Henry G. Bohn London UK 1851. 10 volumes complete. Blindstamped bluish turquoise cloth gold lettering on spine. Nice Firm Clean copy ! 2 frontispieces on each volume. Fifty engraved illustrations. Size: L 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. The Editor after preparing this volume for the press feels more than ever satisfied as to the arrangement ultimately adopted with respect to the scattered JOHNSONIANA of Boswell's friends and rivals. In the notes to the preceding volumes he has presented all those short passages of other writers which seemed to bear decidedly on the statements in Boswell's text: in the 9th and 10th volume the reader has presented to him a mass of miscellaneous Anecdotes and Sayings gathered from nearly a hundred different publications; which could not have been produced as notes to Boswell without overloading and perplexing his pages but which are essential to the completion of the intellectual portrait of Johnson. Johnsoniana by Hawkins Piozzi Murphy Tyers Reynolds Malone Nichols Steevens Cumberland and others. Biography History::Britain 6323 6323 Henry G. Bohn hardcover
1922réf. Biblio1011BOSWELL JAMES. The Life of Samuel Johnson and Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides.Edited and with a bibliographical introduction by Clement Shorter. New York: printed for Gabriel Wells by Doubleday Page & Co. 1922. "Temple Bar Edition" limited to 785 copies 10 volumes 8vo many fine illustrations throughout; original art vellum-backed brown paper-covered boards paper labels on spine; fine set retaining all the original brown paper dust-jackets paper labels on spines. Esteemed edition beautifully printed. Doubleday, Page & Co hardcover
1791réf. 80005London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly in The Poultry 1791. First edition first issue of both volumes of the most celebrated biography in the English language which was published on May 16 1791 in a print run of only 1750 copies. Quarto bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Frontispiece portrait of Samuel Johnson engraved by J. Heath after the Sir Joshua Reynolds 1756 painting. Volume one is the first state with the word “give” reading on page 135 line 10. First state of volume two with two engraved illustrations “The Round Robin” at p. 92 and the “facsimiles” of Dr. Johnson's handwriting on p. 588. In near fine condition with light toning an excellent example of this landmark work. “Boswell excelled in insight into human nature and in ability to dramatize a situation… It was a crucial part of Boswell’s magic to give significance and vitality to the apparently trivial; it is this trait together with his notable accuracy and unparalleled completeness of portraiture that made him… ‘the Shakespeare of biographers” Baugh et al. 1065-66. "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." Gordon Turnbull Oxford DNB. Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in The Poultry hardcover
1925réf. 023945Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Company 1925. 3 separate volumes complete. Near Very Good condition. Light cover soil. Previous owner's names on front endpaper. Internally Very Good to Fine. SEE OUR PHOTOS. Pages are clean and unmarked. NOT a library discard. 1925. Reissue of the 1907 edition with a substantial new preface by the editor giving much of interest on "recent results of the labours and researches of admirers of Johnson." This is an important edition as it contains 576 illustrations facsimiles and maps including 13 plates in photogravure. The London Times reviewer stated: "The raison d'etre of this edition is its illustrations. Of these there are portraits from authentic originals views from old prints autographs facsimile title-pages. a series of views of Johnson's old haunts. Mr. Ingpen's literary contribution consists of short notes to the pictures and his industry in collecting illustrative material." From another review: "The appearance of a new edition of the greatest biography in the English language is a literary event of some consequence. The idea. has been to annotate the work with illustrations each picture being supplied with a full descriptive note. The portraits are those of practically all the men and women of note in literature in Johnson's day and many of those who were famous in art drama and social life. Some of these it should be said are now reproduced for the first time." Uniformly bound in the original tan cloth stamped in bright gold over black spine labels. Oversize Hardcover. 7.75" wide by 10" tall by 3.25" thick. This heavy 3 volume set will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments. But for media mail you pay only our standard charge for 1 volume and we ship the other 2 volumes at no extra cost. . Oversize Hardcover. Near Very Good condition/No dust jackets. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 3 volumes: 1172pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Charles E. Lauriat Company Hardcover
1925réf. 023946Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Company 1925. 3 separate volumes complete. SEE OUR PHOTOS. Very Good condition. Sharp corners. One small spot on the spine of Vol. 1. NO owner's name or bookplate. Internally Near Fine. Pages are crisp clean and unmarked. NOT a library discard. 1925. Reissue of the 1907 edition with a substantial new preface by the editor giving much of interest on "recent results of the labours and researches of admirers of Johnson." This is an important edition as it contains 576 illustrations facsimiles and maps including 13 plates in photogravure. The London Times reviewer stated: "The raison d'etre of this edition is its illustrations. Of these there are portraits from authentic originals views from old prints autographs facsimile title-pages. a series of views of Johnson's old haunts. Mr. Ingpen's literary contribution consists of short notes to the pictures and his industry in collecting illustrative material." From another review: "The appearance of a new edition of the greatest biography in the English language is a literary event of some consequence. The idea. has been to annotate the work with illustrations each picture being supplied with a full descriptive note. The portraits are those of practically all the men and women of note in literature in Johnson's day and many of those who were famous in art drama and social life. Some of these it should be said are now reproduced for the first time." Uniformly bound in the original tan cloth stamped in bright gold over black spine labels. Oversize Hardcover. 7.75" wide by 10" tall by 3.25" thick. This heavy 3 volume set will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments. But for media mail you pay only our standard charge for 1 volume and we ship the other 2 volumes at no extra cost. . Oversize Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jackets. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 3 volumes: 1172pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Charles E. Lauriat Company Hardcover
1835réf. 64927London: John Murray 1835. Hardcover Octavo. Hardcover. Very good. 10 volumes complete rebound in 1983 quarterbound white vellum spines with gilt lettering and lines blue-marbled papered boards blue endpapers top edges gilt profusely illustrated Standard shipping no tracking / Priority with tracking / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. John Murray hardcover
réf. FORT163950John Murray. Used - Very Good. Five Volume Set. Includes A Journal Of A Tour To The Hebrides. New Edition with numerous additions and notes by John Wilson Croker. Half bound in light brown leather with blue and red marbled boards. Four raised bands with gilt design; blind stamped leather on sections of spine between raised bands. Yellow green and red marbled endpaper. Binding is tight. Pages are clean with only minor foxing on the edges of a few pages in each volume. John Murray hardcover
1983réf. 289726Franklin Center: Franklin 1983. hardcover. fine. 3 volumes. Illustrated. Full ornately gilt blue leather all edges gilt. Franklin Center: Franklin Press 1983. Franklin unknown
1938réf. 45295London: Limited Editions Club 1938. Limited edition. Hardcover. fair to very good. 1/1500. Quarto. Vol 1: lvix 466pp. Vol 2: 2 486pp. Vol 3: 2 473pp 1. Burgundy colored paper covered cardboard slipcase tan label with red lettering mounted on spine. Bindings with olive green buckram boards maroon labels with gilt lettering mounted on spines. Illustrated frontispiece in all 3 volumes. Limited edition #400/1500 "The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition never before published. the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great-Britain for near half a century during which he flourished." The famous biography by Boswell on the English poet essayist critic journalist lexicographer and conversationalist who is regarded as one of the most outstanding figures of 18th-century life and letters. Slipcase split along the edges of the bottom boards. with some additional rubbing and chipping to extremities. Bindings with sunning to spines some corners bumped shelf wear to covers. Ex-libris labels on interior front cover of all 3 volumes. Foxing to front and end papers and paper edges. Slipcase in fair bindings in very good- interior in very good condition overall. Limited Editions Club hardcover
1831réf. 53394London: John Murray 1831. First Crocker edition 5 volumes 8vo each volume with engraved frontispiece plus the round-robin plate and a map of the Hebrides; contemporary half tan calf over marbled boards maroon and brown morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines; light wear to extremities upper joint of vol. 1 rubbed but firm lower corner of vol. 3 bumped a near fine copy. This edition still stands as a monument of Johnsonian scholarship; but it was badly edited and much famously condemned by Macaulay. Seeing the problem Murray hastily engaged Wright to do a make-over and republished it in 1835. Pottle 91: The publication of this remarkable edition opens an entirely new era in the history of Boswell's book. John Murray unknown
