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2026réf. LRB25045895Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 628 pages. Volume 3 of a multi-volume work. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1884. Text in English. This classic biography by James Boswell chronicles the life of the renowned English author and lexicographer Samuel Johnson. Published in 1791 it remains a foundational work in literary biography offering insights into 18th-century intellectual life and Johnson's enduring influence on the English language. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB559339Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 640 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1907. An important biographical study of Samuel Johnson compiled by James Boswell and edited by Roger Ingpen. The work remains one of the most celebrated portraits of Johnson's life character conversations and intellectual circle offering rich insight into eighteenth-century literary culture and the figure who dominated English letters. A classic biography of Samuel Johnson with lasting appeal for readers interested in literary history biography and the intellectual life of eighteenth-century England. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB36010425Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 562 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1819. Text in English. This classic biography by James Boswell provides an intimate and detailed account of the life of Samuel Johnson one of the most celebrated figures of 18th-century English literature. The work offers insights into Johnson's personality intellectual contributions and social milieu making it an essential read for scholars and enthusiasts of the period. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB35001428Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 628 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1909. Text in English. This classic biography by James Boswell provides an intimate and detailed account of the life of Samuel Johnson one of the most celebrated figures of 18th-century English literature. The work is renowned for its vivid portrayal of Johnson's personality intellect and influence on the literary and cultural landscape of his time. A cornerstone of biographical literature it remains essential reading for scholars and enthusiasts of the period. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
1946réf. st126-21Doubleday and Co 1946. Hardcover. Used - Good. Year: 1946. Publisher: Doubleday and Co. This preowned item is in good condition with some visible wear and tear marks. This item may have some visible damage such as corner dings small tears/rips bent pages scuffs or scratches etc. Clean text dust jacket has some wear. This item includes library markings including stickers barcodes and additional writing. Free tracking provided. International shipping available. Doubleday and Co hardcover
2026réf. LRB39012821Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 606 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1876. Text in English. This classic biography by James Boswell provides an intimate and detailed account of the life of Samuel Johnson one of the most celebrated figures of 18th-century English literature. Edited with additional notes by William Wallace this edition offers valuable insights into Johnson's personality intellectual contributions and literary legacy. A foundational work for scholars of the Enlightenment and English literature. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
1856réf. 484728London : Routledge 1856-57. New ed. Hardcover. Good copies bound in gilt-blocked cloth re-backed. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remain quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 2 vol. : ill. facsims. part fold. ; 18 cm. Subject: Johnson Samuel 1709-1784. London : Routledge hardcover
2026réf. LRB46042699Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 622 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1830. Text in English. This comprehensive biography by James Boswell edited by Edmond Malone offers an in-depth account of the life and works of Samuel Johnson a prominent literary figure in 18th-century Britain. The volume includes a chronological overview of Johnson's studies and publications his extensive correspondence and his conversations with notable contemporaries. It provides valuable insights into the literary landscape of the period and Johnson's enduring influence. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB46042474Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Hardcover binding. Language: English. Approximately 874 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1876. Text in English. This classic work by James Boswell edited by John Wilson Croker presents a comprehensive biography of Samuel Johnson including detailed accounts of their famous tour to the Hebrides. A foundational text in English literature it offers invaluable insights into the life and times of one of the most celebrated figures of the 18th century. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
1791réf. 13388London: printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. First edition mixed first and second issue with ‘give’ on p.135 of the first volume but with some of the attributes of the first issuem ie Mm4 in Volume I and E3 and Eee2 in Volume II are cancels. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Johnson by Heath after Reynolds 2 engraved plates of facsimiles by H. Shepherd. 4to. bound in contemporary calf elegantly rebacked and reinforced at the edges with calf with red morocco spine labels and gilt tooling a few bupes and scratchings to boards but generally a very handsome copy.According to the bibliographer Pottle the ‘gve’ which is meant to denote the first issue is a rather overegged: “booksellers have given this rather uninteresting ‘point’ more attention than it deserves. There are probably varying states of some of the other leaves” hence this rather confusing half first/half second issue. It might be more realistic to call this a first edition and have done with it. ‘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. Our copy has the original invoice to one James Turner dated 1903 from Ye Olde Boke Shoppe in Leeds and an additional portrait of Johnson.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
1900réf. 153152London: Macmillan and Co. 1900. A handsomely bound example of the most celebrated biography in the English language. Octavo three volumes finely bound in three-quarters brown calf over orange cloth boards by Riviere for the Army and Navy with gilt titles and ruling to the spines in six compartments within raised bands gilt ruling to the front rear panels top edges gilt floral endpapers. From the library of the economist Oskar Morgenstern with his ownership inscription in ink to the first blank of the first volume "Oskar Morgenstern Weihnachten 1937 v. Mi" Christmas 1937 from Mi. Morgenstern recorded the gift in his diary on Christmas Day 1937 listing among the presents he found beneath the tree "Boswell's Life of Johnson 3 vols. magnificent leather Macmillan Classics" a work he had long wanted. Only weeks later he left Vienna for the United States where he settled at Princeton and collaborated with John von Neumann on Theory of Games and Economic Behavior 1944 the founding text of game theory and one of the most important works of twentieth-century economics. In very good condition with exceptional provenance. 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. Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1884réf. ZZ8081George Bell and Sons 1884. Pale blue boards 2 tone cloth cream spines slightly toned. Endpapers uncracked at gutters. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. No ownership marks. No ownership marks. Binding sound text unmarked. Very Good/No dustwrapper as issued. lv 581 x 569 ix 567 xiii 467pp. illustrated 23 x 15 cm. George Bell and Sons Hardcover
1791réf. 195532London: printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. One of Western literature's most germinal achievements" ODNB First edition first state uncut in the original boards of the most famous biography in any language. Boswell began the immense task of compiling the thousands of notes he had recorded on "the great man's talk habits and opinions" after Johnson's death in 1784. Made up of trifling incidents as well as the significant events in Johnson's life the work remains a masterpiece of portraiture. "The Life of Johnson was no single book miraculously produced by an inexperienced author. It was the crowning achievement of an artist who for more than twenty-five years had been deliberately disciplining himself for such a task" Pottle p. xxi. "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" Macaulay. This copy has all the usual cancels and misprints as called for by Pottle including the misprint "gve" for "give" on page 135 of the first volume. The misprint was corrected while the sheets were still going through the press and both states were available on publication day 16 May 1791. Of the 1750 copies printed 800 were sold in the first two weeks. 2 vols quarto. Portrait frontispiece engraved by James Heath after Sir Joshua Reynolds 2 engraved facsimile plates by H. Shepherd. Text printed on pale blue paper. Uncut in original blue paper boards rebacked with parchment. Housed in a custom black cloth folding case. 1791 ownership signature of "D. Miller" to title page; bookplates of American collectors William Harris Arnold 1854-1923 Beverly Chew 1850-1924 and loosely inserted Stanley J. Seeger 1930-2011 and Christopher Cone b. 1955. Boards lightly worn at extremities rear board of vol. I with faint offsetting from a title page of Chambers's Cyclopaedia inner hinges cracked but firm occasional foxing to contents. A very good copy. Courtney 172; Grolier English 54; Rothschild 463; Pottle 79; Tinker 338. hardcover
1866réf. lsj05aLondon: Routledge Warne & Routledge. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Leather rubbed and faded towards extremities. Minor wear to spine. Armorial bookplates to front pastedowns. Marbled endpapers. 1866. Reprint. Brown gilt tooled hardback leather cover. 200mm x 140mm 8" x 6". xxxii 298pp; viii 300pp. B/w illustrations within the text. Vol I-II engraved half title page dated 1863 title page dated 1865; vol III-IV half title page dated 1859 title page dated 1866. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Routledge, Warne & Routledge hardcover
1963réf. 041239The Heritage Press 1963. 3 volume boxed set. Includes the Heritage Club Sandglass insert. The pages are in excellent condition with no creases writing underlining or signs of use. Volume 1's front cover has a few small scuffed spots. The bindings are straight and strong. The three slipcovers are in excellent condition. A very nice set. This 3-volume set is a landmark biography of Samuel Johnson the celebrated English writer poet essayist and creator of a pioneering Dictionary of the English Language. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Heritage Press hardcover
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1884réf. 192130London: George Bell and Sons 1884. With autograph letters signed by Johnson and Boswell The unique "Monograph Copy" extra-illustrated with numerous additional plates and an extensive collection of autograph material including autograph letters signed by both Boswell and Johnson. The remaining items derive from an illustrious group of figures within the Johnsonian milieu many of whom feature in Boswell's narratives. This fine set offers a window onto the world Johnson inhabited. Johnson's letter is dated 29 July 1779. He notifies his physician Dr Lawrence that he has been detained in the country and must postpone their meeting. Boswell's which is undated proposes a day to "eat mutton" with Henry Sampson Woodfall 1739-1805 editor and printer of the Public Advertiser which published Boswell's work. These are tipped into the front of volume I alongside two other autograph items. The remaining volumes likewise contain autograph material from different individuals tipped into their fronts together with illuminated plates noting that the Société des Bibliophiles of New York specially bound and extra-illustrated the set. Correspondence from those with whom Johnson was personally and often closely acquainted includes social and professional letters from figures such as Hannah More 1745-1833 Richard Cumberland 1732-1811 Joseph Warton 1722-1800 and Samuel Parr 1747-1825. There is also a legal document signed by Johnson's defender Lord Thurlow 1731-1806. The collection also includes a receipt signed by John Horne Tooke 1736-1812 for a volume of his Diversions of Purley 1786 a philological work that publicly rivalled Johnson's Dictionary. This copy is number 39 of 104 sets. A full inventory of the autograph material is available on request. 15 vols large octavo 237 x 162 mm. Engraved frontispieces many plates with tissue guards. Contemporary brown-green morocco spines lettered in gilt compartments elaborately decorated with foliate design boards panelled in elaborate gilt light brown morocco onlay roundels gilt inner dentelles red morocco doublures with gilt fillets and green morocco onlay frame with gilt roll cream moiré silk flyleaves edges gilt white bookmarkers. Paper repair to autograph material. Spines uniformly sunned else a fine set. hardcover
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