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198082126Chicago & London: The University of Chicago Press 1980. Second Printing. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 25 x 17.5 cm. xviii 424pp. Yellow cloth in dust jacket. Illustrations appendices bibliography index of Greek terms general index. The University of Chicago Press hardcover
198187398Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1981. Fourth printing. Octavo. Yellow-tan cloth; dustjacket; xviii424pp. Tight clean and unmarked - about Fine. In the original dustwrapper lightly rubbed with a faint stain to verso still VG to Near Fine. Nice copy of this still widely-cited study of homosexuality in the early Christian west. University of Chicago Press unknown
196842950NY:: McGraw-Hill. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1968. Hardcover. Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell: Research Edition: Correspondence: Volume 2. Edited with an introduction and notes by Marshall Waingrow. A later printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . McGraw-Hill, hardcover
1930176143London: G. Bell and Sons 1930. Hardcover. Inscription on front paste-down minor darkening toward hinge free end papers edges darkened with spots of foxing on protruding foredges of the uncut pages else very good clean & sound condition without dust jacket. "This large paper edition signed by the artist is limited to three hundred and fifty copies of which this is number 61" but the signature is lacking. 609pp. top edge gilt remaining edges uncut brown cloth with gilt lettering and front cover image showing Boswell and Johnson walking together. G. Bell and Sons hardcover
1857008021Richard Bentley 1857. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. London: Richard Bentley. 1857. First edition. xlviii 407 pages."Major Stone kept the letters until his death about 1850. They then passed to his nephew Augustus F. Boyse a barrister of the Inner Temple who sold them to a fellow barrister Edmund G. Hornby. Hornby arranged for their publication by Richard Bentley; he had originally intended to do the editing himself but the demands of his profession made this impossible and the task was undertaken anonymously by Philip Francis. The book appeared just before Christmas 1856 and was vey well received but Hornby's plans for a second edition never came to fruition." David Buchanan: The Treasure of Auchinleck. Embossed bown cloth. Some stains to front pastedown interior clean binding tight. Cover shows usual wear good overall. <br/> <br/> Richard Bentley hardcover
1975369052New York & London: Garland Publishing. Very Good-. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 0824010574 . Front cover has a small area of slight residue with two thin streaks. Spine is slightly faded. . Garland Publishing hardcover
1994574218New York: Villard Books 1994. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Tan wrappers. Some spotting else near fine. Villard Books unknown
1976w160621333McGraw Hill 1976. 466pp. Navy blue hardback DJ has some tiny insect marks on front lower corner tips and spine edge spine on DJ has turned light Volume Three Only index chapter notes The correspondence of James Boswell with certain members of The Club including Oliver Goldsmith Bishops Percy and Barnard Sir Joshua Reynolds Topham Beauclerk and Bennet Langton . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. McGraw Hill Hardcover
1988123472New York: Pantheon Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. 1/4 Cloth. 0394572408 . An edition in Fine condition with light page edge soiling in a Fine dust-jacket ; The Kindness of Strangers is a book that discusses the abandonment of children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance. The book covers a wide range of topics including the causes of abandonment the effects of abandonment on children and the responses of society to abandonment.; 8vo; 488 pages . Pantheon Books hardcover
1963055723New York: Heritage Press 1963. With marginal comments and markings from two copies annotated by Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi. Prepared for publication with an introduction by Edward G. Fletcher. 3 vols. complete lviii 466; 486; 473p. colored front. b/w facs. tiitlepage of the 1791 London edition original brown cloth with the upper spine labels. In the three original publisher's stiff board marbled paper slipcases. Heritage Press unknown
1925436512Bath: George Bayntun 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition thus. Two volumes. Small quartos. 576pp.; 577-1172pp. With 576 illustrations facsimiles and maps including 13 plates in photogravure. Publisher's red cloth gilt. An about very good set. Volume I with a binding heavily sunned in places dampstain on the lower corner of the textblock barely affecting even the margins and lacking the rear endpaper. The binding on Volume II is also heavily sunned in places with general wear and offsetting on the preliminaries. Interiors are bright. Solid presentable reading copies of a fine production. George Bayntun hardcover
1822004510London: T. Cadell et.al. 1822. This is a Very Good Plus copy of Boswell's famous Life of Samuel Johnson. The Ninth Edition Revised and Augmented" First Edition Thus. This is Volume One ONLY of the original four. Full leather binding with decorative gilt ruling on both covers. Five raised bands can be discerned under a later spine repair that has covered them. The spine has a date of "1822" inked in white near the bottom. Clean text; xxxv fold-out samples of Johnson's handwriting and 444 pages. All edges are marbled. Published without a tissue guard the frontis portrait has mildly offset to the Title Page. The text is exceptionally bright and free of any foxing; mild rubbing around the margins; a very solid copy that is great for reading. . First Thus. Full-Leather. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. T. Cadell, et.al. Hardcover
1855503463New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1855. Book. Good Book Condition. Full Leather. 8vo. A decent copy of this deluxe edition having all edges marbled marbled feps and pastedowns gilt dentelles five panels along spine with two title-labels. Split joints hinges holding. Dentelles rubbed. Some rubbing and one short horizontal tear to spine. First blank missing. Some mild spotting to fronticepiece and tissue-guard. Some minor soiling to title-page. And title-page clipped at one corner. Overall text clean and legible. Binding solid. As is. Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair . Harper & Brothers, Publishers Hardcover
1924004362George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1924. Three volumes bound in dark blue cloth and lettered in gold on spines. Vol. I - xlii 538pp; Vol. II -527pp; Vol. III 525pp. Edited with new notes by Percy Fitzgerald. Second edition with a preface by the editor and a Boswell bibliography by H.R. Tedder. Text pages lightly toned at extremities. Small previous owner's signature in each volume. Hinges sound covers and interiors clean. An attractive set. Very good. Hardcover. Very Good/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. Hardcover
19972083KNOPF. NY 1997. Fine. 1997. First Edition. Softcover. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Fine in plain printed wrappers. Publicity material stapled to inside of front cover . KNOPF. NY 1997 paperback
1987246545New York: Knopf 1987. hardcover. fine/fine. 340 pages. 8vo cloth-backed boards dust wrapper. New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1987. First edition. A fine copy.<br/> <br/> Author signature.<br/> <br/> Knopf unknown
198744998New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED and dated by author on full title page. "Robert Boswell's wonderful first novel - both heart-piercing and freshly funny at once strikingly contemporary in its fix on life and timeless in its power to move us - tells the story of an American family transplanted from Kentucky to the Sunbelt not long ago." Ships same or next business day. Remainder mark on head edge. Book has light bumps on corners and tail end of spine. Overall book is tight bright and clean. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has minimal edge wear lightly tanned on flaps faded on spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 340 pages; Signed by Author . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
198719030NY: KNOPF. 1987. Fine. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394557069 . REVIEW COPY. Publisher's printed review slip glossy photo of the author & a publicity placard laid-in SIGNED by Robert Boswell on the title page. Fine in dj. Usual slight discoloration at spine on dj. LRC; Signed by Authors . NY: KNOPF. 1987 hardcover
198714483KNOPF. NY 1987. Fine. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394557069 . SIGNED by Robert Boswell on the title page. Fine in dj. Author's FIRST novel.; Signed by Authors . KNOPF. NY 1987 hardcover
1994206184New York: Knopf 1994. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. The fifth book a collection of short stories from this underappreciated writer. A clean very near fine in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a fine dust jacket designed by Chip Kidd. Signed and inscribed by Bowell on the title page: "for Bruce Jacobs with gratitude. Robert Boswell." A very nice copy as the recipient was the owner of a bookstore as well as a publisher and he hosted Boswell for a reading. Knopf unknown
199419079NY: 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
199314482KNOPF. NY 1993. Fine. 1993. First Edition. Softcover. UNCORRECTED PROOF. SIGNED by Robert Boswell. Fine in plain dark charcoal colored wrappers. Author's THIRD novel.; Signed by Authors . KNOPF. NY 1993 paperback
1989363999New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1989. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Wrappers. Toning on the wrappers else very good. Signed by the author. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
195935626New York: McGraw-Hill 1959. First Edition First printing. Hard Cover. Stated First Edition. FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET WITH ORIGINAL $6.95 PRICE. A very pretty copy. McGraw-Hill unknown
1994534904Boston: Houghton MIfflin Company 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Glenn Stout series editor. 303pp. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher's material laid in. Houghton MIfflin Company hardcover
