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1994réf. 19079NY: KNOPF. 1994. Fine. 1994. First Edition. Softcover. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Fine in creme-colored printed wrappers. Publicity material stapled to inside of front cover Stories. . NY: KNOPF. 1994 paperback
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réf. 06656London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd. 1907. The Classic Life - Boswell's Johnson in an Elegant Bayntun-Rivière Binding The Life of Samuel Johnson BOSWELL James. The Life of Samuel Johnson. Newly edited with notes by Roger Ingpen. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons 1907. Two quarto volumes 9 1/4 x 7 1/8 inches; 235 x 181 mm. xxxii 576; xvi 577-1172 pp. Twelve inserted photogravure plates. Profusely illustrated throughout with portraits views and maps. Handsomely bound ca. 1940 by Bayntun-Rivière in three-quarter brown morocco over tan cloth boards covers ruled in gilt spines with five raised bands elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments marbled endpapers top edges gilt. Spines lightly and attractively mellowed. A fine well-preserved set. First published in 1791 Boswell's Life of Johnson remains one of the greatest biographies in the English language - remarkable for its immediacy anecdotal richness and the vivid reconstruction of the personality of Samuel Johnson. Boswell's method - built on diaries conversations and firsthand observation - effectively created the modern art of literary biography. The 1907 Ingpen edition is among the more desirable early 20th-century scholarly printings offering a carefully edited text enriched with notes and a generous illustrative program including photogravures that lend the work a distinctly Edwardian bibliophilic appeal. The present set is elevated considerably by its later binding by Bayntun-Rivière of Bath one of the most respected English binderies of the 20th century known for combining traditional craftsmanship with restrained elegance - an ideal treatment for a canonical literary text. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1907 unknown books
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
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
1811réf. 320291811. BOSWELL James. The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. The Sixth Edition Revised and Augmented. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1811. Four volumes. Octavo early full tan calf elaborately blind- and gilt-stamped boards and spines raised bands marbled endpapers and edges. $1100.Sixth edition of BoswellÕs celebrated Life of Johnson.With engraved frontispiece portrait of Johnson after Sir Joshua Reynolds and two folding facsimiles of signed documents. Early owner signatures.Light foxing to endpapers. A beautiful set. hardcover books
1791réf. 1307851791. First Edition. BOSWELL James. The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous WorksÉ London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. Two volumes. Quarto contemporary full tree calf sympathetically rebacked with original burgundy and blue morocco spine labels preserved raised bands; housed in a custom slipcase. $8500.First edition of ""the most famous biography in any language one of Western literature's most germinal achievements"" handsomely bound.""The Shakespeare of biographers"" Macaulay James Boswell ""excelled in insight into human nature and in ability to dramatize a situation. For such purposes Dr. Samuel Johnson was God's plentyÉ Boswell was not merely a conscientious preserver of detail; he was also an inspired shaping artist. He knew and transmits the sound of his subject's voice to a degree unparalleled in other biographersÉ Completeness of portrayal was certainly Boswell's aimÑand his accomplishment"" Baugh et al. 1065-66. ""If there had been no Boswell Johnson would have been one of the most famous names in English literature; but that he has become a household nameÉ is due to the chance that brought Boswell into his companyÉ Boswell is the sniffing bloodhound who will follow the scent of individuality into whatever territory it leads him. The fascination of their dialogue that dialogue of mind heart and voice round which Boswell organized his great Life is that it is not merely between two very different men but between two epochs. In its pages Romantic Europe speaks to Renaissance Europe and is answered"" Wain 229. ""Sales exceeded all expectations. Of a total of 1750 sets printed 800 were sold in the first two weeks 1200 by the end of August 1400 by December and 1600 by August 1792É Boswell's Life of Johnson remains the most famous biography in any language one of Western literature's most germinal achievementsÉ"" DNB. Volume I is second state with ""gve"" corrected to ""give"" on page 135 line 10 a change made before publication. Cancels present at Volume I leaves 2M4-2N1 pages 271-74; Volume II E3 pages 29-30 2O4 pages 287-88 2Q3 pages 301-02 2Z1 pages 353-54 and 3E2 pages 395-96. With engraved frontispiece portrait of Johnson by James Heath after Sir Joshua Reynolds in Volume I and two engraved plates in Volume II. Rothschild 463. Grolier 100. Bookplates of the Chancellor family of Shieldhill castle in Scotland and of Duff Cooper English author politician and diplomat who was British ambassador to France from 1944 to 1948; his wife was the celebrated socialite Lady Diana Manners. Owner signatures to title pages and front free endpapers.Scattered foxing to text light expert cleaning to frontispiece and title page of Volume I only. Expert restoration to handsome tree calf boards. hardcover books
1952réf. 465563Chicago: William Benton / Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc 1952. Hardcover. Fine. First edition thus. Small quarto. 618pp. Spine faintly toned else fine. Great Books of the Western World edited by Robert Maynard Hutchins Number 44. William Benton / Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc hardcover books
1791réf. 68052London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. JOHNSON Samuel. 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. In two volumes. London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. Full Description: BOSWELL James. 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. In two volumes. London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. First edition first issue with "give" spelled "gve" in line 10 on p. 135 of Volume I and with all of the peculiarities cited by Pottle for the first issue including the several uncorrected errors listed for Volume II and the various cancels. Two quarto volumes 11 3/4 x 9 1/16 inches; 297 x 230 mm.; the same dimensions Pottle gives for 'an entirely uncut copy' . xii 16 516; 2 588 i.e. 586 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait by James Heath after Sir Joshua Reynolds in Volume I two engraved facsimile plates in Volume II. Bound without the front blank in Volume II. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Neatly rebacked to style preserving the original gilt spine and burgundy and black morocco gilt lettering labels. A few minor marginal paper flaws not affecting text. Some rubbing to boards and light tip wear. Overall a fine set in the original binding and entirely uncut Courtney & Nichol Smith pp. 172-173. Grolier 100 English 65. Pottle 79. Rothschild 463-465. Sterling 71. Tinker 338. HBS 68052. $15000. Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly unknown books
1835réf. 65838London: John Murray 1835. JOHNSON Samuel; MORRELLWRIGHT JohnSTEEVENS GeorgePIOZZI Hester LynchREYNOLDS Sir JoshuaTYERS ThomasMURPHY ArthurHAWKINS Sir John. The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides.To which are added anecdotes by Hawkins Piozzi Murphy Tyers Reynolds Steevens &c. And notes by various hands. London: John Murray 1835. Croker's second edition revised by John Wright. Ten small octavo volumes including two volumes of Johnsoniana. Each volume with engraved frontispiece and vignette title. Extra-illustrated with over 100 engraved plates. Bound by Morrell of London in full tan polished calf. Gilt double-rule border on covers spines decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments with maroon and green morocco gilt lettering labels gilt board edges and turn-ins top edge gilt others uncut marbled endpapers. An about fine set. Pottle 92. HBS 65838. $2500. John Murray unknown books
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
1938réf. 331370London: Limited Editions Club 1938. hardcover. near fine. With marginal notes of Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi. Introduction by E. G. Fletcher. Illustrated with three portraits. 3 volumes 8vo brown cloth with red leather spine labels; publishers slipcase. London: The Limited Editions Club 1938. A near fine set in very good slipcase. One of 1500 numbered copies. Limited Editions Club unknown books
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
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
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
1925réf. 001436Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Company 1925. Three volumes in one 1172 pages. Corners rubbed slightly; some scuffing to back cover; top and bottom and spine lightly rubbed. Original Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Charles E. Lauriat Company Hardcover
1791réf. 1307851791. First Edition. BOSWELL James. The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous WorksÉ London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. Two volumes. Quarto contemporary full tree calf sympathetically rebacked with original burgundy and blue morocco spine labels preserved raised bands; housed in a custom slipcase. $8500.First edition of ""the most famous biography in any language one of Western literature's most germinal achievements"" handsomely bound.""The Shakespeare of biographers"" Macaulay James Boswell ""excelled in insight into human nature and in ability to dramatize a situation. For such purposes Dr. Samuel Johnson was God's plentyÉ Boswell was not merely a conscientious preserver of detail; he was also an inspired shaping artist. He knew and transmits the sound of his subject's voice to a degree unparalleled in other biographersÉ Completeness of portrayal was certainly Boswell's aimÑand his accomplishment"" Baugh et al. 1065-66. ""If there had been no Boswell Johnson would have been one of the most famous names in English literature; but that he has become a household nameÉ is due to the chance that brought Boswell into his companyÉ Boswell is the sniffing bloodhound who will follow the scent of individuality into whatever territory it leads him. The fascination of their dialogue that dialogue of mind heart and voice round which Boswell organized his great Life is that it is not merely between two very different men but between two epochs. In its pages Romantic Europe speaks to Renaissance Europe and is answered"" Wain 229. ""Sales exceeded all expectations. Of a total of 1750 sets printed 800 were sold in the first two weeks 1200 by the end of August 1400 by December and 1600 by August 1792É Boswell's Life of Johnson remains the most famous biography in any language one of Western literature's most germinal achievementsÉ"" DNB. Volume I is second state with ""gve"" corrected to ""give"" on page 135 line 10 a change made before publication. Cancels present at Volume I leaves 2M4-2N1 pages 271-74; Volume II E3 pages 29-30 2O4 pages 287-88 2Q3 pages 301-02 2Z1 pages 353-54 and 3E2 pages 395-96. With engraved frontispiece portrait of Johnson by James Heath after Sir Joshua Reynolds in Volume I and two engraved plates in Volume II. Rothschild 463. Grolier 100. Bookplates of the Chancellor family of Shieldhill castle in Scotland and of Duff Cooper English author politician and diplomat who was British ambassador to France from 1944 to 1948; his wife was the celebrated socialite Lady Diana Manners. Owner signatures to title pages and front free endpapers.Scattered foxing to text light expert cleaning to frontispiece and title page of Volume I only. Expert restoration to handsome tree calf boards. hardcover
1811réf. 320291811. BOSWELL James. The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. The Sixth Edition Revised and Augmented. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1811. Four volumes. Octavo early full tan calf elaborately blind- and gilt-stamped boards and spines raised bands marbled endpapers and edges. $1100.Sixth edition of BoswellÕs celebrated Life of Johnson.With engraved frontispiece portrait of Johnson after Sir Joshua Reynolds and two folding facsimiles of signed documents. Early owner signatures.Light foxing to endpapers. A beautiful set. hardcover
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