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réf. 0267793995.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. L4TLOSJBGeorge Routledge. Hardcover. Good Minus. Good minus five volume set complete. 1885. Limited Edition 449/500. Some foxing/spotting. Some cracking at hinges. Generally nice for age. Scarce. We use quality packaging materials. George Routledge hardcover
1791réf. 86766London: By Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. First edition. Hardcover. Some foxing and toning repair to front hinge of vol.II some ink ownership markings to title-pages; rebacked some wear to covers. No jacket. Stipple-engraved portrait by Heath after Reynolds 2 engraved plates of facsimiles. First edition first issue with "gve" on page 135 line 10 of volume I. 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary half calf rebacked in later calf with some matching recornering. Boswell's renowned sometimes hagiographical portrayal of Dr Samuel Johnson the great lexicographer moralist and wit of the 18th century. It is often considered one of the greatest biographies ever written in the English language. By Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly hardcover
réf. 41583London: Printed for G. Cowie and Co. 1824. 4 Vols. 8vo 215 x 140 mm 2 439 1; 2 443; 2 426; 2 472pp. engraved portrait frontispiece offset onto title page one folding engraved plate some occasional foxing of text contemporary calf neatly rebacked spines tooled in gilt red leather lettering piece. Provenance: Each volume with the engraved armorial bookplate of Charles Simeon 1759-1836 Vicar of Holy Trinity Cambridge for 54 years from 1782 until his death. Simeon a contemporary of John Wesley William Wilberforce and a founder member of the Church Mission Society; presentation inscription at head of title page. London: Printed for G. Cowie and Co., 1824 hardcover
1884réf. mon0001007561George Bell 1884. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. 6 volumes set. Pages clean no markings. George Bell hardcover
réf. 43757LONDON THE FOLIO SOCIETY 1990. TWO VOLUMES IN QUARTER BUCKRAM OVER BROWN CLOTH. WITH SLIPCASE WITH VERY SLIGHT BUMP. REPRINT. FINE COPIES. EDITED BY RODNEY SHEWAN EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MEN IN GREAT BRITAIN FOR NEAR HALF A CENTURY DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED. LONDON, THE FOLIO SOCIETY, 1990 hardcover
1807réf. 33660London: Printed for T. Cadell; F.C. And J. Rivington ; Longman Hurst Rees etc. 1807. 4 volumes. The Fifth Edition Revised and Augmented. Engraved portrait Reynolds as frontispiece to Vol. I folding plate with facsimiles of Johnson’s handwriting in the second volume the Round Robin plate in Vol. III all complete as called for. 8vo in handsome contemporary bindings of full mottled calf the covers with gilt roll tooling to the borders the spines richly gilt with multi-ruled and decorated gilt bands separating the compartments the compartments with central gilt ornaments lettered in gilt in one compartment original marbled endleaves. xxxv 3 478; 496; 480; 522 2 pp. A handsome set generally quite well preserved with some inevitable rubbing to the extremities and some light wear to the hinges though the bindings are strong and tight and the text-blocks all in good order crisp clean and unpressed some light mellowing on occasion. EARLY PRINTING OF ONE OF THE GREATEST BIOGRAPHIES IN THE LANGUAGE. Celebrated for its intimacy and vividness 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 Dramatists--Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of Orators than Boswell is the first of Biographers." Macauley in the Edinburgh Review 1831. Boswell learned a great deal about the art of biography from his subject and brought to his task boundless curiosity persistence and zest. Boswell had been collecting material for this work since his first interview with Johnson in 1763 and was confident that his kind of biography "which gives not only a History of Johnson's visible progress through the world and of his publications but a view of his mind in his letters and conversations is the most perfect that can be conceived and will be more of a Life than any work that has ever yet appeared." He said too that: “A sanction to my faculty of giving a just representation of Dr. Johnson I could not conceal. Nor will I suppress my satisfaction in the consciousness that by recording so considerable a portion of the wit and wisdom of the brightest ornament of the eigteenth century I have largely provided for the instruction and entertainment of mankind.” If Boswell does indulge in a little harmless flattery to himself the concluding words of his preface are literally true for Boswell’s Johnson as much as any other book “has largely provided for the instruction and entertainment of mankind.” A valuable reference to the life and times of the era. The object of the work is to depict the life of the period in English history which may legitimately be described as the Age of Johnson. Johnson lived from 1709 to 1784 from the time of Queen Anne and into the third decade of the reign of George III. The book is a descriptive tour de force extremely well written and highly illuminating. Johnson had once said of his own time--’The present age’ he wrote in 1758 though not likely to shine hereafter among the most splendid periods of history has yet given examples of charity which may be very properly commended to imitation.’ The years after Johnson wrote those words saw the year of Minden of Quiberon Bay Lgos and the taKing of Quebec a series of victories to which there are few parallels. It was the age of Chatham too and of Clive Cook Wolfe Burke Fox Gibbon Fielding Reynolds Gainsborough the Adams Garrick Cavendish Priestley Watt and many many others. It can be reckoned among the splendid periods of history. Printed for T. Cadell; F.C. And J. Rivington ; Longman, Hurst Rees, etc. unknown
1793réf. 33744London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1793. 3 volumes. First Octavo Edition revised and augmented by Boswell with the corrections cancels and misprints. This copy also with the "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 and thirteen letters to Bennet Langton and one to the Earl of Bute. Most of this material was issued here for the first time and was not in the first edition quarto. Engraved portrait frontispiece after the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Also with the folding ‘Round Robin’ plate and a folding plate of with a facsimile of Dr. Johnson's handwriting. 8vo handsomely bound to style the bindings of three-quarter tan calf over marbled paper covered boards the spines gilt decorated and gilt lettered within compartments separated by raised bands. portrait titlexviii ixvii-xxxii xxxix Alphabetical Table of Contents xxxiii-xxxvi 603; 634; 711 pp. A fine and handsome copy well preserved the bindings in very pleasing condition with only very slight mellowing at the spine panels tight and strong with virtually no wear the text-blocks crisp clean and unpressed. IMPORTANT PRINTING OF THE FIRST OCTAVO EDITION IN HANDSOME BINDING. The first 8vo edition of what is perhaps the greatest biography ever written in the English language. The "chronological catalogue of the prose works of Samuel Johnson" appears in this edition for the first time. This set with the alphabetical table of contents before the text rather than at the end of volume 3 as is often the case and with the scarce leaves of corrections and additions following the contents. Celebrated for its intimacy and vividness 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 Dramatists--Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of Orators than Boswell is the first of Biographers." Macauley in the Edinburgh Review 1831. Boswell learned a great deal about the art of biography from his subject and brought to his task boundless curiosity persistence and zest. Boswell had been collecting material for this work since his first interview with Johnson in 1763 and was confident that his kind of biography "which gives not only a History of Johnson's visible progress through the world and of his publications but a view of his mind in his letters and conversations is the most perfect that can be conceived and will be more of a Life than any work that has ever yet appeared. Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly hardcover
réf. 177967Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons 1907. 2 vols. Tall 8vo 9½ x 7½ ins. Rebound in later green half calf gilt tooled raised-ribbed spines top edges gilt near Fine. Pp. 1172 illus with b&w plates and in text; upper cover of dustwrapper bound-in at rear of vol II prelims lightly spotted; previous owner's neat inscription on half titles. Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, 1907 unknown
1859réf. 10896Routledge Warnes and Routledge. London. 1859. Four volumes bound in two. 8vo. 7.6 x 5.3 inches. Illustrated throughout with fine engravings some full page. Contemporary fine bindings of half dark reen calf. Spines with raised bands with decorative gilt tooling. Gilt ruling decoration and lettering to compartments. Red title labels ruled and lettered in gilt. Marbled paper to boards and endpapers. All edges marbled. Overall a very good clean set in attractive nineteenth century bindings. -- This edition was edited by Robert Carruthers. Routledge, Warnes, and Routledge. London. 1859 hardcover
réf. 166498Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies 1807. 5th edn revised and augmented. 4 vols. 8vo 8½ x 5½ ins. Contemporary full speckled calf spines gilt tooled in six compartments with contrasting labels boards gilt tooled at edges 2 ins tear at bottom lower edge of spine of vol IV and some light scratching on boards - otherwise a VG set. Pp. iv xxxv 478 2 blank & iv 496 2 blank & iv 480 2 blank & iv 522 2 blank illus with engraved frontispiece in vol I and folding facsimiles 2 in vols I and III previous owner's engraved card on front paste-downs and rear endpapers of vol VI a little toned and creased; no inscriptions. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1807 unknown
réf. 38925LONDON THE FOLIO SOCIETY 1991. SECOND PRINTING. TWO VOLUMES IN QUARTER BUCKRAM OVER BROWN CLOTH. WITH SLIGHTLY MARKED SLIP CASE. FINE COPIES. EDITED BY RODNEY SHEWAN EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MEN IN GREAT BRITAIN FOR NEAR HALF A CENTURY DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED. LONDON, THE FOLIO SOCIETY, 1991 hardcover
1835réf. 012986London: John Murray 1835. Complete in 10 volumes. Books measure 18x11.5.cm. Bound in later half calf calf corners cloth boards gilt head and tail bands gilt lettering. Calf lightly rubbed scuffed on edges/corners private library number on spines. All bindings in good clean firm condition. Internally private library stamp on endpapers. Pages in good clean condition. A nice clean solid set. . Half Calf. Near Very Good. 8vo. John Murray Hardcover
réf. 38239LONDON' HENRY BOHN 1846. NEW EDITION COMPLETE IN 10 VOLUMES. FULL POLISHED CALF RED AND GREEN LABELS ELABORATE GILT TO THE SPINES MARBLED PAGES EDGES UPWARDS OF FIFTY FINE ENGRAVINGS. WITH NUMEROUS ADDITIONS AND NOTES BYJOHN WILSON CROKER TO WHICH ARE ADDED TWO SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUMES OF JOHNSONIANA. CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. A FINE AND HANDSOME SET. LONDON' HENRY BOHN, 1846 unknown
1807réf. 45012Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies in the Strand 1807. 4 vols. roy. 8vo. Fifth Edition with engraved portrait frontispiece and 2 large folding facsimiles free endpapers mildly browned some light age-staining to text; strongly bound IN ORIGINAL DOVE-GREY BOARDS expertly rebacked in ivory faux-vellum to style backstrips with printed paper labels uncut boards lightly age-soiled a remarkably bright clean crisp copy. Complete with half-titles and the errata slip to all four volumes in first volume. With 16pp publisher's catalogue dated 1 December 1808 bound in at end of first volume. The facsimiles are the 'Round Robin' and the sample of Johnson's hand. In addition to the dedication to Reynolds this edition retains Bowell's advertisements to the first and second editions Malone's similar to the fourth and fifth editions and the chronological list of Johnson's prose works. 'In this fifth edition some errors have been corrected. Two letters written by Dr. Johnson and several new notes have been added' Malone. COPIES IN THE ORIGINAL BOARDS ARE VERY SCARCE. NCBEL II p.1214; Pottle Boswell 84. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, in the Strand, hardcover
réf. 37626LONDON THE FOLIO SOCIETY 1990. TWO VOLUMES IN QUARTER BUCKRAM OVER BROWN CLOTH. WITH SLIP CASE. REPRINT. FINE COPIES. BOOKPLATE OF PREVIOUS OWNER. EDITED BY RODNEY SHEWAN EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MEN IN GREAT BRITAIN FOR NEAR HALF A CENTURY DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED. LONDON, THE FOLIO SOCIETY, 1990 hardcover
1791réf. 31227London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly in the Poultry 1791. 2 volumes. First Edition First Issue 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 as called for. With round robin plate signatures page portrait frontispiece. 4to 275 x 210 mm. full contemporary mottled calf the spines with raised bands separating the compartments the bands ruled in gilt two compartments with terra-cotta-red morocco lettering labels gilt the covers with double gilt fillet rules at the borders gilt tooled edges original endleaves. xii 16 516; 588 pp. A handsome and fine set with the bindings in excellent condition sometime expertly and very sympathetically renewed at the spines to style. A very pleasing set quite clean and crisp throughout. IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION FIRST STATE IN PLEASING CONDITION. Celebrated for its intimacy and vividness 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 Dramatists--Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of Orators than Boswell is the first of Biographers." Macauley in the Edinburgh Review 1831. Boswell learned a great deal about the art of biography from his subject and brought to his task boundless curiosity persistence and zest. Boswell had been collecting material for this work since his first interview with Johnson in 1763 and was confident that his kind of biography "which gives not only a History of Johnson's visible progress through the world and of his publications but a view of his mind in his letters and conversations is the most perfect that can be conceived and will be more of a Life than any work that has ever yet appeared." He said too that: “A sanction to my faculty of giving a just representation of Dr. Johnson I could not conceal. Nor will I suppress my satisfaction in the consciousness that by recording so considerable a portion of the wit and wisdom of the brightest ornament of the eigteenth century I have largely provided for the instruction and entertainment of mankind.” If Boswell does indulge in a little harmless flattery to himself the concluding words of his preface are literally true for Boswell’s Johnson as much as any other book “has largely provided for the instruction and entertainment of mankind.” Only 1750 copies of the first edition were printed. Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry hardcover
1859réf. 31462London: Routledge Warnes and Routledge 1859. 4 volumes bound in two. A New Edition Elucidated by Copious Notes and Illustrated with Numerous Portraits Views and Characteristic Designs Engraved from Authentic Sources. Decorated with four frontispiece engravings four engraved title-pages the round robin plate with signatures on thick paper and a great profusion of engravings throughout the text. 8vo beautifully bound in full polished calf the covers with double gilt fillet frames enclosing an inner stippled frame in blind the spines with raised bands gilt stippled separating compartments decorated with full gilt panels tooled in gilt with elaborate corner pieces and central floral elements two compartments with contrasting green and black morocco lettering labels gilt edges tooled in gilt turnovers tooled in blind marbled endleaves and edges xxxii 291; viii 298; viii 298; viii 300 pp. A very handsome and very fine set with the bindings in excellent condition. Beautifully preserved and presented. A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF ONE OF THE GREAT BOOKS IN THE LANGUAGE VERY HANDSOMELY BOUND AND FULLY ILLUSTRATED. Celebrated for its intimacy and vividness 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 Dramatists--Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of Orators than Boswell is the first of Biographers." Macauley in the Edinburgh Review 1831. Boswell learned a great deal about the art of biography from his subject and brought to his task boundless curiosity persistence and zest. Boswell had been collecting material for this work since his first interview with Johnson in 1763 and was confident that his kind of biography "which gives not only a History of Johnson's visible progress through the world and of his publications but a view of his mind in his letters and conversations is the most perfect that can be conceived and will be more of a Life than any work that has ever yet appeared." He said too that: “A sanction to my faculty of giving a just representation of Dr. Johnson I could not conceal. Nor will I suppress my satisfaction in the consciousness that by recording so considerable a portion of the wit and wisdom of the brightest ornament of the eigteenth century I have largely provided for the instruction and entertainment of mankind.” If Boswell does indulge in a little harmless flattery to himself the concluding words of his preface are literally true for Boswell’s Johnson as much as any other book “has largely provided for the instruction and entertainment of mankind.” Only 1750 copies of the first edition were printed. Routledge, Warnes and Routledge hardcover
1906réf. 27574Robert Riviere 1906. 2 vols. 8vo. First Edition thus on India Paper with 2 portrait frontispieces original tissue guards present; attractively bound in dark green half calf cloth boards backs with raised bands second and third compartments lettered and numbered in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt tops marbled endpapers expertly rebacked in calf to style an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. This edition not recorded by Pottle. Robert Riviere, hardcover
réf. 21922LONDON THE FOLIO SOCIETY 1990. TWO VOLUMES IN QUARTER BUCKRAM OVER BROWN CLOTH. WITH SLIP CASE. REPRINT. FINE COPIES. EDITED BY RODNEY SHEWAN EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MEN IN GREAT BRITAIN FOR NEAR HALF A CENTURY DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED. LONDON, THE FOLIO SOCIETY, 1990 hardcover
réf. BD113London. Privately printed for the Navarre Society reprinted 1934. THREE VOLUMES COMPLETE hbks Volume 1: 434pp; Volume 2: 478pp and Volume 3: 578pp no djs as issued burgundy cloth with embossed bust of Johnson on front boards gilt coat of arms on front board of Volume 1 gilt spine titles English school prize with Latin inscription prev owner's name on front pastedown of Volume 1 otherwise a very good clean tight unmarked set London. Privately printed for the Navarre Society, reprinted 1934 hardcover
1835réf. 500020265London: John Murray 1835. First. . hardcover Sp & hardcover. Good. 12mo. 7 volumes with contemporary leather spine and marbled boards. vol 6 7 & 10 in maroon cloth with faded spine and the last with detached boards John Murray hardcover
1884réf. 24975London: George Bell 1884. six volumes in total bound in publishers tan cloth on spines and maroon cloth on boards covers mostly bumped at corners and some sunning and soiling to cloth but bindings are sound and tight brown-spotting at edges and occasionally within mostly affecting outer leaves. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. George Bell Hardcover
1859réf. 12910Routledge Warnes & Routledge 1859. 4 vols. 8vo. with four engraved frontispieces engraved and printed titles and very numerous wood-engraved illustrations throughout neat contemporary signature on printed titles some very light occasional and inoffensive spotting; original patterned cloth elaborately blocked in blind backs gilt extra lightly rubbed at headbands without material loss one or two corners lightly bruised else a very good clean copy. With the contemporary trade ticket of M. Ogle of Glasgow on front paste-down and the binder's ticket of Leighton Son & Hodge on rear paste-down. With 4pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end of fourth volume. An early reissue of the National Illustrated Library Edition the first illustrated version first published in 1851. It is a reprint of Malone's sixth edition with a few original notes. 'The illustrations are profuse and useful' Pottle. A SPLENDID WHOLLY UNRESTORED AND ENTIRELY TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF A MID-VICTORIAN EDITION COMPLETE WITH PATTERNED CLOTH BINDING PIBLISHER'S ADVERTISEMENT AND BOOKSELLER'S AND BINDER'S TICKETS. Leighton Son & Hodge were leading trade and remnant binders of the latter half of the nineteenth century. Pottle 94 recording the NLI 1851 edition. Routledge Warnes & Routledge, hardcover
1811réf. 003418London: T Cadell and W Davies 1811. Sixth Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG 1811 in contemporary honeycombed calf gilt lines to edges corners and edges a little worn and bumped. All spines have been professionally relaid raised bands gilt tooling and title edges a little worn and bumped. Internally all have red marbled endpapers some offsetting and minimal foxing to prelims. Vol 1 frontis of Johnson dated 1756 2 xxxvii 1 481 pp 2 pull out sheets. Vol 2 2 496 pp. Vol 3 2 483 pp. Vol 4 2 530 pp all printed in London by C Baldwin of New Bridge St. A lovely set. lawyer diarist and biographer of Samuel Johnson published his Life of and on 13 May forty-one London booksellers purchased more than 400 sets of two large quarto volumes and on 16 May the twenty-eighth anniversary of his first meeting with Johnson in Davies's back parlour the biography was published. 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 1792. see ODNB for a full Bio. 210129 mm. see Kent 152. Allibone 978. Pottle 174. T Cadell and W Davies hardcover
