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1925réf. ACCL-66Charles E. Lauriat 1925. Books are in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked. Red boards are sturdy. Gilt portrait and facsimile signature on front boards are bright. Gilt lettering on spine is faded. Hinges on Volume 1 are starting. Boards are bumped and head and foot of spine are edge worn. Deckle edges are lightly soiled. No DJs. Charles E. Lauriat Co. hardcover
1888réf. 003374London: Swan Sonnenschein Lowery & Co. 1888. Hardcover. Good. 'A Reprint of the First Edition to which are added Mr. Boswell's corrections and editions'. Edited with new notes by Percy Fitzgerald. Preface by the editor and a Boswell Bibliography by H. R. Tedder. Boswell's epochal biography of Samuel Johnson a work that garnered much criticism but one that shaped the development of biographical writing. With a tissue guarded frontisportrait based on Reynold's painting of Johnson. Half leather with marbled boards and matching marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Spine has toning and rubbing. Mild foxing to fore-edge and front matter but contents otherwise clean and prim. Binding tight. A nice set whose wear produces a nice rakish effect. Good overall. Swan Sonnenschein, Lowery & Co. hardcover
1963réf. 51805020049THE HERITAGE PRESS 1963-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcovers. No DJ's. 3 VOLUME SET. Text clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelf wear.Volume 1 shows light markings on front. Bindings tight hinges strong. No slipcase.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! THE HERITAGE PRESS hardcover
1891réf. 008198London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1891. The long title reads as follows: "a reprint of the first edition to which are added Mr. Boswell's corrections and additions issued in 1791; the variations of the second edition with some of the author's notes prepared for the third; the whole edited with new notes by Percy Fitzgerald . Second edition with a preface by the editor and a Boswell bibliography by H. R. Tedder librarian to the Athenaeum Club" Complette in three volumes Uniformly bound in full maroon calf by Spottiswoode & Co. with raised bands on the spines gilt lettered labels bearing title and author and volume numbers with gilt decorated partitions.double gilt ruled borders to the boards with the crest of Eton College in the centre. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Volume one : FRontis engraved portrait of Johnson with tissue guard facsimile of the 1791 title page. xlii a-m538 pages. Volume two : 527 pages. Volume three : 525 pages. All three volumes are in very good condition. Only with minor rubs to the leather here and there the bindings are all very sound and solid inside all complete and in good order throughout. Pages all very clean and unmarked with no foxing and no marking no annotations or other signs of ownership. The volumes each measure 6 X 8.5 inches. Second Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Hardcover
1984réf. 110206Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Vol. III. Accented in 22kt gold printed on archival paper with gilded edges smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. A Limited Edition. Franklin Library the Great Books of the Western World Series.; First Franklin Library Edition. The Franklin Library hardcover
réf. 110302New York: Modern Library / Random House. Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Toning throughout. Shelf wear to panels. Open tears to crown. Chips to crown heel and upper rear panel. Edge wear.; 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Modern Library / Random House hardcover
1901réf. 180079London: J. M. Dent & Co. 1901. Hardback No Dust Wrapper. Good. Herbert Railton. Condition Notes: Gently bruised at the head tail and corners of the bindings of all three volumes. Rough cut edges a little dull and grubby. Text complete clean and tight but a little age-tanned with very light spotting. A nice set overall; ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 3.5kg. overseas shipping will require additional postage . Within the UK I will request £15.00 to send it along ParcelForce. ### Hardback. Green boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 9 x 6¼ 3.5 kg; pp xxxi/viii/viii 458/464/466; Index; Edited by Arnold Glover; Preface by Austin Dobson; Contains: Black & white plates; Top edges gilt; Maps; Maps to the endpapers and blanks; Portrait to the frontispiece; The book is on the shelf ready to be appropriately packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John Bath by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #180079 London: J. M. Dent & Co. hardcover
1874réf. 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
réf. SKU1100637Baynes and Son. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. 1826; London; 4 volumes; leather covered boards with marbled paper covers; leather is worn and rubbed; corners are bumped; end papers are marbled; previous owner's name on all title pages; all interiors are clean and unmarked; v4 has a water stain at top of pages from p 525 to 550 and on fore-edge; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; 439 pages 448 pages; 426 pages 550 pages; Additional shipping charges may be required for International and Expedited orders. Baynes and Son hardcover
réf. 95091Garden City NY: International Collectors. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good on decorative boards. Toning to pages. Scuffing to page edges.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. International Collectors hardcover
1823réf. 17513London: J.Richardson and Co. G.Offor et al 1823 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 nearly half a century during which he flourished. An extra illustrated version in four volumes bound by Baytun of Bath. Dark green goatskin with spines uniformly faded never-the-less still a fine set and scarce in this form. J.Richardson and Co. G.Offor et al unknown
1807réf. 34752Boston: W. Andrews and L. Blake. Good with no dust jacket. 1807. Hardcover. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 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. Two only of 3 volumes. Vols I and 2. Greenough and Stebbins Printers. 1807. Foxed. External staining. Tears within Vol IIs title page publication statement. . W. Andrews and L. Blake hardcover
réf. 6671043Penguin Books . Papeback. New. pp. 1408 Penguin Books unknown
1859réf. 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
1878réf. 1012220067Claxton Remsen & Haffelfinger 1878. Hardcover. Acceptable. 4 volume set. Claxton Remsen & Haffelfinger 1878. Full leather. From the library of the noted American philosopher and psychologist James Mark Baldwin 1861-1934. Internally good. Hinges have been reinforced with binding parchment. Some chipping/loss of spine leather. Baldwin's signature inside cover Princeton 1883. Set conservatively graded at fair because of chipping to spine leather but probably some would classify it as good as it is readable and a solid set. Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger hardcover
1889réf. 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
1807réf. 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
1888réf. 13922Swan Sonnenschein Lowrey & Co London 1888. reprint ed. hardcover. Very Good. 8vos blue cloth bindings with gilt lettering top edges gilt a three volume set owner's name and date hinges and binding are tight fore-edge of Volume III foxed 538 527 and 525 pages" . Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co, London hardcover
1963réf. 295501963. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub.1963/Gd. condition/466 pages - A biography of Samuel Johnson English poet critic essayist and dictionary maker. AI929550 hardcover
1925réf. 50-OD37-FOP4George Bayntun 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. 2 volume set. Clean unmarked pages. Good binding and cover. Hinges weak on volume 1. Maroon cloth boards Hardcover. Bayntun pub 1925. Book plate inside cover. Gift inscription. Tear to head of spine. Johnson related news clippings on end pages of vol. 1. Spines sunned. Ships daily. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US. George Bayntun hardcover
réf. 0713992018.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1963réf. 025166aNorwalk CT: Heritage Press 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4 vo. B&w Illus. With marginal comments and markings from two copies annotated by Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi.; 3 volumes in very good slipcases; brown c w/gilt titles on red; 5 viii-lviii 5 2-466; 7 2-486 2; 7 2-473 1 clean unmarked pages Heritage Press hardcover
1925réf. JOHNSONS001334George Bayntun Bath. 1925. First edition thus: newly edited with notes by Roger Ingpen. Quarto. Two volumes: pp xl 1-576; xvi 577-1172. 576 illustrations facsimiles and maps including thirteen photogravures. In addition tipped in from other sources are a number of colour portrait plates most of them being handprinted mezzotints. Period binding presumably by the publishers of three quarter brown crushed morocco with raised bands gilt decorations and rules marbled endpapers cloth sides top edges gilt.Armorial bookplate on each pastedown. Some minimal rubbing to edges of covers. A fine set. George Bayntun, Bath. hardcover
1901réf. 008632NY: McClure Phillips & Company 1901. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8 Vo; 5 Pounds. Herbert Raliton. olive green c w/gilt titles/decorations slight wear at tips rubbing; Top edges gilt; in mylar protective wraps; 457464 clean unmarked pages. McClure, Phillips & Company hardcover
1837réf. aa002302NY: George Dearborn & Co. Full-leather boards with burgundy title boxes on spine with gold lettering. Rubbing and wear to edges and corners. Moisture stains on boards and pages. Foxing of pages. Binding is tight. Stated a new edition with numerous additions and notes by John Wilson Croker LL.D. In two volumes. . Fair. Hardcover. 1837. George Dearborn & Co. hardcover
