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1963réf. 70884New York: Heritage Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. Edition in Near Fine condition with light wear and a few marks in the pages in an individual slipcases; Life and times of Samuel Johnson. Prepared for publication with an Introduction by Edward G. Fletcher; Vol. 1; 8vo; 466 pages; 42978; combined three volume set . Heritage Press hardcover books
1960réf. 185081New York: Modern Library 1960. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Later. Fine in very good dust jacket. Dustwrapper is chipped on flap edges and spine top edge dust jacket shows very light soiling clean text &gold stamped cloth covers. Modern Library hardcover books
1965réf. 171906New York: Intern. Collectors Library 1965. Very Good. Reprint. Very good. Abridged Illustrated Leather covers previous owner's name on front inside panel top edges gilt place ribbon gold stamping. Intern. Collectors Library unknown books
1950réf. 240951New York: The Modern Library 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good in very good dust jacket. Hardcover has slight spine wiggle corners bumped crack at hinge stamp on title page dust jacket chipped at corners spine and edges faded in spots. The Modern Library hardcover books
1963réf. 42978New York: Heritage Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. Editions in Near Fine condition with light wear and a few marks in the pages all in individual slipcases; Three volume set all slipcased. 'Marginal comments and markings from two copies annotated by Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi. Prepared for publication with an Introduction by Edward G. Fletcher; Vol. 1/3/2026; 8vo; 1425 pages . Heritage Press hardcover books
1960réf. 364001Garden City New York: International Collector's Library 1960. Hardcover. Good. Reprint. Abridged for modern reading. Illustrated by Gordon Ross. Red and gilt boards. Top edge gilt. Front hinge starting spine detached at front joint thus good only. International Collector's Library hardcover books
1896réf. ST11462a-194Westminster: Archibald Constable and Co 1896. 178 x 114 mm. 7 x 4 1/2". Bound with the half titles. Six volumes. Edited by Augustine Birrell. Simple but pleasing contemporary tan crushed morocco over vertically ribbed green buckram spines flat with gilt lettering olive green chalky endpapers top edges gilt other edges rough trimmed. With engraved frontispiece in each volume. ◆A touch of rubbing to the joints and extremities spines just very slightly sunned but an extremely appealing little set the bindings with negligible wear the cloth boards like new and the text entirely fresh and clean. Generally considered to be the greatest biography in any language this 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 of the famous biography was edited by Augustine Birrell 1850-1933 lawyer Liberal politician and chief secretary for Ireland during the difficult years 1907-16. Birrell was also a respected man of letters and bibliophile amassing a library of more than 10000 volumes. DNB calls his essay on Johnson "witty and elegant.". Archibald Constable and Co unknown books
1822réf. 14493London: NP 1822. Ninth edition revised and augmented. Hardcover. fair. 4 volumes. 8vo. xxxv444pp. 462pp. 446pp. 495pp. Original calf with stamped and gilt decorated spine. Raised bands. Boards are detached but present on all volumes. Water staining and rubbing to boards and spines. Decorated endpapers. Ex libris to free front endpaper. Heavy staining to bottom part of first few pages in Vol.I and IV. Frontispiece of Samuel Johnson in Vol.I. "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. Illustrated with two fold-out facsimile letters. Binding in poor interior in good condition. NP hardcover books
1826réf. 30851Oxford: Published by William Pickering London 1826. Oxford English Classics. Printed by Talboys and Wheeler Oxford. Engraved frontispieces after Joshua Reynolds. 4 vols. 8vo. Bound in half green contemporary pebbled morocco and green cloth single gilt border on flat spine t.e.g. Very good set. Oxford English Classics. Printed by Talboys and Wheeler Oxford. Engraved frontispieces after Joshua Reynolds. 4 vols. 8vo. Published by William Pickering, London unknown books
1819réf. 54077London: Printed for the Proprietors and sold by R. Edwards . and J. Offor 1819. Engraved frontispieces after Joshua Reynolds. 4 vols. 8vo. Half black polished calf and marbled paper boards gilt-lettered spine with red leather lettering pieces. Small chip from one label slight rubbing otherwise very good. Engraved frontispieces after Joshua Reynolds. 4 vols. 8vo. Printed for the Proprietors and sold by R. Edwards ... and J. Offor unknown books
1922réf. 6234New York: Printed for Gabriel Wells by Doubleday Page and Company 1922. Temple Bar Edition. Limited to 785 copies of which this is number 360. Engraved frontispieces. Engraved vignette of Temple Bar on each title-page. 10 vols. 8vo. Original two toned boards paper labels dust jackets. Some chipping to dust jackets one dust jacket missing several missing portions; else a fine set. Temple Bar Edition. Limited to 785 copies of which this is number 360. Engraved frontispieces. Engraved vignette of Temple Bar on each title-page. 10 vols. 8vo. Printed for Gabriel Wells by Doubleday, Page and Company unknown books
1945réf. 278459Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran 1945. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited edition this is number 181 of one thousand copies signed by the artist Gordon Ross. White cloth cover with top edge gilt. Near fine with minuscule spot on front fly spine browned in a very good black slipcase with light edgewear and a bumped corner red and white paper label has very light scratch. Doubleday, Doran hardcover books
1791réf. 19741791. All Pottle's Points in a Fine Early Issue Copy of the First Ed Boswell James. THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON. London 1791. 1st Edition. 2 volumes quarto early gilt 1/2 calf over old marbled boards. Wear to the board edges the marbled papers of the boards quite rubbed the front hinge of Vol 1 weakened a bit of wear to the spine ends the internals Fine. Vol 1 with engraved frontispiece portrait by Heath after Reynolds Title page blank on reverse i-ii Dedication to Sir Joshua Reynolds iii-vii with blank reverse Advertisement ix-xii Alphabetical Table of Contents to Both Volumes unnumbered which would be xiii-xxvii Corrections and Additions on reverse of last leaf would be xxviii text pp 1-516. With the "gve" reading on page 135 line 10 and the cancels at pp 271-2 and 273-4 Mm and Nn with stubs. The misprints noted by Pottle at page 152 of "The Literary Career of James Boswell" are all present in this copy. Vol 2 with title page blank on reverse and 586pp. wrongly numbered 588 plus the facsimiles facing pp 92 and 588 i.e. the last page. All of the pagination misnumberings noted by Pottle on his p. 153 are present. Cancels are present with stubs at pages 29-30 E 287-8 O o 301-2 Q q 353-4 Zz1 and 395-6 E ee2. All of the misprints noted by Pottle on his page 155 are present. As Pottle believed some of these misprints may have been corrected making two states for the leaf these are all first state. Both volumes with the bookplate of Westport House Mayo County Ireland; seat of the Marquesses of Sligo noting case and shelf number. Bound in at the end of Volume 2 are "The Principal Corrections and Additions to the First Edition of Mr. Boswell's Life of Dr. Johnson" issued in 1793 with Title blank reverse and pp. 1-42. The leaves of this copy measure 10 13/16" x 8 1/4" as against Pottle's measurements for an "entirely uncut copy" of 11 13/16" x 9". hardcover books
1960réf. 273837New York: Dell 1960. Softcover. Near Fine. Second printing. Selected and abridged by Edmund Fuller. Fine mass market paperback. Laurel Classic LC145. Dell unknown books
réf. UBOSLIF00carjModern Library. Good. Boswell James. The Life of Samuel Johnson. Askwith introduction Herbert. NY: Modern Library ND. 1200pp. 8vo. Blue cloth. Book condition: Good with rubbing and bumping. Adhesive residue on rear cover. Previous owner's markings on rear free endsheet. Modern Library hardcover books
1945réf. UBOSLIF00drpInternational Collectors Library 1945. Good. Boswell James. The Life of Samuel Johnson. Ross Gordon. Garden City NY: International Collectors Library 1945. 631pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Red leatherette with gilt lettering and red ribbon. Book condition: Good with bumped corners and faint rubbing. Toned pages. International Collectors Library hardcover 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
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
1846réf. 648816Henry G. Bohn 1846. First Thus. Leather Binding. Near Fine. 10 volumes complete as issued. Attractively bound in 3/4 green morocco over marbled boards by Riviere & Son spines with raised bands gilt floral devices and gilt-bordered compartments covers sectioned with a single gilt fillet top edges gilt marbled endpapers covers a trifle faded slight wear. A nice set with great shelf presence. PROVENANCE: Engraved armorial bookplates of Charles B. Barnes Jr. of Boston dated 1893. Henry G. Bohn unknown
1874réf. 005488654Bickers and Son 1874. Leather Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 3 volumes complete as issued. Attractively bound in full brown period tree calf presumably by Bickers itself spines with raised bands elaborate gilt tooling including thistle motifs and contrasting brown and black morocco labels covers bordered with repeating floral designs in gilt marbled edges and endpapers some rubbing to spines and boards particularly to spine tips.Engraved Frontis; Folding Map; 2 Folding Facsimile Plates. Bickers and Son unknown
1922réf. 44088New York & Garden City NY: Printed for Gabriel Wells by Doubleday Page and Co. 1922. Ten vols. 8vo. lxx 249 1; xxv 1 301 1; xxi 1 286; xxi 1 295 1; xxv 1 289 1; xix 1 287 1; xxvii 1 289 1; xxi 1 337 1; xxix 1 280; xxxiii 1 278 pp. Photogravure-illust. titles in red & blk Photogravure frntsps. in all vols. w/ tissue guards over 40 photogravure plates. Publishers’ Japan Vellum over brwn paper boards printed spine labls all vols w/ additional labl tipped-in to rear endpapers t.e.g. w/ d.j.s. printed paper spine labels on all jackets mnr shlfwr vry mnr dustsoilng a couple w/ very slght edgewear still a Fine/NF mostly uncut and unopened set. First edition thus No. 218 of 785 sets printed 35 not for sale of this classic work in biography and English literature; along with Boswell’s wry travel account of the Hebrides all of it illustrated with wonderful photogravures drawn from contemporary sources. Printed for Gabriel Wells by Doubleday, Page and Co., hardcover
1859réf. 311501Routledge Warnes & Routledge 1859. Hardcover. Good. 19 to 25 cm tall Octavo 8vo. The Life of Johnson Vols I - IV and the Tour of the Hebrides "Forming Vol V". New endpapers Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item. Routledge, Warnes, & Routledge hardcover
