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réf. Boswell2vLondon: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co. Ltd.; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons c. late 19th century. Two volumes small octavo 4¾ × 6¾ in. Handsomely bound in full leather with gilt spine titles gilt device stamped to the front covers gilt top edges and silk ribbon markers. Complete with engraved portrait frontispieces in both volumes. Condition: Very Good. Bindings tight hinges sound and interiors exceptionally clean with no foxing. Leather shows only minor rubbing to extremities; gilt remains bright. Previous owner's bookplates present in each volume. A well-preserved deluxe binding set of Boswell's classic biography of Samuel Johnson attractive both as a collectible and as a reading copy. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd. hardcover
1867réf. mon0003879071George Routledge & Sons 1867T. hardcover. Very Good. . 5-volume set uniformly bound in half-leather with raised bands and gilt decoration on the spines marbled boards marbled edges and endpapers. covers show minor wear and rubbing to the extremities private library label at the foot. pages lightly tanned and clean. George Routledge & Sons hardcover
1906réf. 006595London: Robert Riviere & Son 1906. Leather. Very Good. Octavo. Signed Binding. Two volumes complete. Three-quarter blue calf over blue cloth boards five raised bands gilt titles and decorative spine panels marbled endpapers top edge gilt 7 x 4.75 inches. N.D. no date 1906 from the introduction. SIGNED BINDING stamped "Bayntun Binder Bath Eng." on upper front free endpage. 638 325 pages with Index; illustrated tissue-protected frontispieces. Arguably one of the most influential biographies ever written. Showing some general light wear and rubbing internally clean and tight Robert Riviere & Son hardcover
1924réf. 79020London:: Privately Printed for the Navarre Society Limited 1924. elegant full mottled calf with elaborately gilt-decorated spines t.e.g. by Morrell Binder. . A few minor scuffs to the bindings: clean tight and sound. 8vo. Illustrated from engravings. Preface by Clement K. Shorter. Privately Printed for the Navarre Society, Limited, unknown
1925réf. 029901London UK: George Bayntun 1925. Hardcover. Good/N/A. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. None. Complete in two volumes. xl 576pp; xvi 577-1172pp. With 576 illustrations facsimiles and maps including 13 plates in photogravure across the two volumes. Uniformly bound in red cloth-covered boards with gilt motif on front panels gilt lettering on spines. Top edges gilt. 4to. Cloth is faded over spines with volume II also faded along top edge on front panel; gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends. Fore and lower text block edges a little spotted and toned. Hint of toning on endpapers. First few leaves of volume two have a mild crease else internally neat clean bright and tight. Volume one has a previous owner's name pencilled on the front free endpaper. George Bayntun hardcover
1891réf. 161801London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1891. 1st ed. thus. Nice copy. octavo. full leather 527pp. Volume II only. Bright red full leather binding with raised bands at spine gilt decorations & black leather spine label All edges marbled & marbled end papers. Bright gilt device of Scotch College Melbourne on front board. A very nice example of a late Victorian Australian School Prize binding Swan Sonnenschein & Co. hardcover
1990réf. mon0003705113Folio Society 1990-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. . Folio Society hardcover
1884réf. 4849624George Bell and Sons 1884. Volume 1-4. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Larger blue cloth 8vo with white cloth quarter binding. Gilt lettering within a simple border on backstrip. Lightly bumped corners and minor shelf wear. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Interior is secure clean and clear save for some foxing. Contains several plates. Untrimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item4200grams ISBN: George Bell and Sons hardcover
1892réf. 429993London : George Bell 1892. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. London : George Bell hardcover
1840réf. 54916New York: Alexander V. Blake Publishers 1840. A New Edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Quarto. xiii ii 563 566 12pp. Original full leather boards with gilt lettering and ruling on dark brown labels of spine; raised bands. Marbled edges and endpapers. Frontispiece engraving of Samuel Johnson in volume one and a frontispiece of Johnson with facsimile note of Boswell in volume two both with tissue guards. New edition with numerous additions and notes by John Wilson Croker. With appendices at rear of both volumes and an index at rear of volume two. Contains twelve pages of publisher's advertisements at rear of volume two. Bindings with some medium scuffing along edges. Some light staining and faint penciled cross on verso of first volume. Light offsetting on front cover of volume two light staining and indentation on back cover here. Small bookplate on inside cover of volume one. Alexander V. Blake, Publishers hardcover
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1933réf. 020320London: The Limited Editions Club 1933. Solid copy in three volumes. Unmarked tight and square. limited to 1500 copies of which this is #611. Red labels with gold lettering on spine. Brown cloth sunned moderately on spines. Vol 3 has light discoloration to top board. One of the early publications of this hallowed club. . First Thus. Hardccover. Very Good to Very Good Plus/No Jacket as issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Limited Editions Club
1793réf. 9032052London: Printed by Henry Baldwin 1793. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition revised and augmented." Subtitle reads "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." Beautifully bound in leather with spines stamped in gilt leather labels stamped in gilt and covers blind-stamped with rules. The whole set is in remarkable condition. Text blocks are clean and bright with sharp corners bindings have only the most minimal wear to extremities. Gorgeous. 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches. 1948 total pages. Printed by Henry Baldwin hardcover
1835réf. 639079John Murray 1835. First Thus. Leather Binding. Near Fine. An attractive set in period 3/4 dark red morocco over marbled boards spines with raised bands and elaborate gilt floral tooling within gilt ruled compartments covers sectioned with a single gilt fillet top edges gilt marbled edges slight wear bookplate in each volume. A nice set of this landmark work long considered one of the finest biographies in the English language chronicling the life and wit of the pioneering etymologist. 10 volumes complete. John Murray unknown
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1983réf. 1262438264Franklin 1983. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Limited edition. Minor shelf and handling wear overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Boards show bumping interior pages clean and unmarked.Page edges gilt. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Franklin hardcover
1844réf. 131132498London: John Murray 1844. Hardcover. Good. Croker edition complete in ten volumes. 12mo. Later marbled paper covered boards with leather spines and corners raised bands. Very Good overall. Marbled end papers. Contents are generally quite neat. From the personal collection of American author Osmond Tiffany with his bookplate on all front paste downs perforation to title pages small red stamps to verso; no other marks/wear as such. Leather worn at edges with some flaking especially at heads. All boards attached; some hinges are a bit tender. A solid mid-19th century set of Boswell's classic biography of Samuel Johnson with two volumes of Johnsoniana and "upwards of fifty engraved illustrations. John Murray hardcover
réf. 3123507Londres.: Swan Sonnenschein Lowrey & Co. 1888. Hardcover. Cubierta deslucida. Lomo rozado. Good. 21 cm. 3 v. Encuadernación en tapa dura artesanal con lomo en piel doble tejuelo nervios y cortes decorados. Editado y anotado por Percy Fitzgerald y H. R. Tedder . Cubierta deslucida. Lomo rozado. Geografía del mundo antiguo. Geografía regional. 410.523 Siglo XVIII. 913410.52302"17" 913 Biografías. Johnson Samuel 929 Johnson Samuel 929 Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co. hardcover
2019réf. 1-3337796125hansebooks 2019. Paperback. New. 484 pages. 8.50x5.99x1.09 inches. hansebooks paperback
2019réf. 1-3337796133hansebooks 2019. Paperback. New. 456 pages. 8.50x5.99x1.03 inches. hansebooks paperback
1876réf. 217656BLondon: George Bell and Sons 1876. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 x 7. 5 volumes in very good condition. 10 volumes in 5 volumes. Volume 1/2: 325 pages 344 pages. Volume 3/4: 323 pages 343 pages. Volume 5/6: 341 pages 342 pages. Volume 7/8: 381 pages 431 pages. Volume 9/10: 335 pages 376 pages. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white plates throughout. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Page edges are lightly rubbed. Half-bound in brown leather and marbled paper with gilt titles and designs on the spine. Lightly worn around the edges. Darkened on the spines. VG George Bell and Sons hardcover
1820réf. BOSWELLJ016555G. Walker J. Akerman E. Edwards J. Harwood et al London. 1820. New edition. Octavo. Four volumes: pp xvi 512; ii 522; ii 500; ii 464. Two folding plates. Period bindings of full marbled calf. Gilt decorated spines. Crease to first blank of first volume. Corners of covers rubbed. Some wear to spines. A very good set. G. Walker, J. Akerman, E. Edwards, J. Harwood, et al, London. unknown
1831réf. 66493London: John Murray Albemarle-Street 1831. First Crocker edition 5 volumes 8vo each volume with engraved frontispiece plus the round-robin plate and a folding map of the Hebrides; original brown paper-covered boards printed paper labels on spines; some cracking of the joints especially on volume V extremities a bit chipped spine labels darkened; good and sound or better. This edition still stands as a monument of Johnsonian scholarship; but it was badly edited and much famously condemned by Macaulay. Seeing the problem Murray hastily engaged Wright to do a make-over and republished it in 1835. Pottle 91: "The publication of this remarkable edition opens an entirely new era in the history of Boswell's book. John Murray, Albemarle-Street unknown
