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180737149Boston: 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
1807310411London: T. Cadell and W. Davies in the Strand 1807. 4 vols. 8vo. Bound in full contemporary calf recently rebacked with gilt spines red and green title labels. 4 vols. 8vo. T. Cadell and W. Davies, in the Strand unknown
1835019457London: John Murray 1835. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good. First printing of this edition.Ten volume set in three-quarter green leather with green cloth top edge gilt gilt titles on ribbed spine with gilt bordered compartments gilt ruled corners and front cover marbled endpapers. Each volume has two engraved frontispieces and they are different in each volume. Includes the Croker notes and anecdotes by Hawkins Piozzi Murphy Tyers Reynolds Steevens &c. This edition has extra illustrations. Folding map in vol. four Round Robin fold-out in vol. six. Matching set clean and unmarked very nice solid bindings rubbed at the edges. Photos on request. <br/> <br/> John Murray hardcover
1887015258London: Oxford / Clarendon Press 1887. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First edition THUS. First edition edited by G. Birkbeck Hill. Octavo. Complete in six volumes. Very good in half leather and marbled boards. Bound by Zaehnsdorf. Top edges gilt. Raised bands and gilt-stamp titling to spine with date stamped 1887 to foot of spines. Blue and gold endpapers. The spines are faded to an attractive brown colour from what was likely green. Vol 1: 522 pp Vol 2: 480 pp Vol 3: 464 pp Vol 4: 446 pp Vol 5: 460pp Vol 6: 324 pp. Complete with 4 frontispieces and 6 fold-outs all in very good condition. Minor offsetting from frontispieces. Minor but noticeable foxspotting to blocks and some pages edges. Clean throughout and with no markings annotations. Each volume is stamped "Bound by Zaehnsdorf" to lower edge of FFEP. Very good hinges and joints. Some edgewear present to boards and some minor bruising to corners. Volume 2 has a bent lower corner. Some minor nicks to the raised bands and a very small splatter of red paint to foot of volume one about the size of a match-head. An attractive set. Securely packed and shipped. Due to the heavy weight extra shipping may be requested. <br/> <br/> Oxford / Clarendon Press hardcover
188445112London: George Bell and Sons 1884. Limited edition no. 48 of 104 sets signed by the printer Charles Whittingham five volumes - with the Life in four volumes large 8vo. Frontispieces and engraved titles plus 44 plates contemporary signature to paste downs mid-20th century catalogue slip for this set tipped in to the fly leaf in volume I. Original cloth spines dull with wear to the paper labels volume I recently recased. London: George Bell and Sons unknown
1831SET6-F-2London: John Murray 1831. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Various. James Boswell's famous biography of one of the most influential literary figures in history Samuel Johnson. With engraved frontispieces to each volume including a folding map to volume III. New edition with numerous additions and noted by John Wilson Croker. John Wilson Croker 1780-1857 was a politician and writer. In 1831 Croker published a new edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson including the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides which was vindictively attacked by Macaulay in the Edinburgh Review but which remained the best edition until superseded by the work of George Birkbeck Hill -DNB Complete in five volumes. In full calf bindings. Externally smart though with some rubbing to the extremities and a few marks. Loss to the spine labels. Three joints are starting with three hinges strained. Ink signatures to front pastedowns and front free-endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with just some offsetting from the frontispieces and the occasional instance of foxing. Good John Murray hardcover
1810311221New York & Boston: Inskeep and Bradford . and William M'Ilhenny printed by R. & W. Carr 1810. First American edition "from the London Edition Revised and Corrected by the Author" issue with New York & Boston imprint. xvi 2 414 pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf flat spine divided by gilt rolls and fillets into six compartments lettered in one the rest stamped in gilt with shield and bow and arrow tool. Light rubbing to covers small stain to lower corner of title some toning and spotting to text. First American edition "from the London Edition Revised and Corrected by the Author" issue with New York & Boston imprint. xvi 2 414 pp. 8vo. The first American edition appeared in two issues in 1810 one with a Philadelphia imprint and as here with a cancel New York and Boston imprint. Both issues were printed in Philadelphia by R. & W. Carr and are otherwise identical. The Philadelphia publisher John F. Watson has inserted an "Advertisement" at the front making excuses for Boswell: "In republishing a work which . has so long subjected its author to the sarcasms of foes or to the plaudits of friends it seems but the bounden duty of the American editor to suffer the author in this place to offer those vindications which he afterwards saw fit to annex to his 'Life of Johnson.'"<br /> An attractive copy in a contemporary American binding. Pottle 63; Shaw and Shoemaker 19607 Inskeep and Bradford ... and William M'Ilhenny [printed by R. & W. Carr] unknown
1848546417London: Henry G. Bohn 1848. Hardcover. Near Fine. Ten volumes. Engraved illustrations. 12mos. Half green morocco with marbles paper over boards marbled endpapers topedge gilt and gilt spine with raised spine bands. Near fine with a touch of rubbing to some of the edges and neat contemporary pencil notes and name "H.G. Lippincott" in the first volume only. A nice set of this classic literary biography. Henry G. Bohn hardcover
1836183615London: John Murray 1836. First edition first printing. Bookplate faint wear still fine and bright in custom mylar cover. One-half tan crushed morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe over patterned boards spine panels simply gilt with double surrounds. John Murray unknown
1822953Y43London: T. Cadell; F. C. and J. Rivington et al 1822. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A complete ninth edition set of James Boswell's authoritative biography of Samuel Johnson bound in half calf. The ninth edition revised and augmented. Complete in four volumes. Uniformly bound in half calf with marbled paper covered boards.This work is commonly regarded as the greatest biography written in the English language recounting the life of eminent English writer Samuel Johnson. Johnson made lasting contributions as a poet essayist literary critic biographer and lexicographer often noted for his monumental 'Dictionary of the English Language' which he completed after nine years. This biography among his diaries and correspondence is the best known work of James Boswell whose mass of letters and private papers published by Yale University transformed his reputation.With an engraved frontispiece and folding facsimile to Vol I. Uniformly bound in half calf with marbled paper covered boards. Externally with rubbing to the extremitis and slight scuffing to the paper covered boards. Darkening to the spines' leather. Internally pages 103-106 detached but present to Vol I otherwise firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with occasional scattered spotting heaviest to the first and last few leaves. Good T. Cadell; F. C. and J. Rivington et al hardcover
182317513London: J.Richardson and Co. G.Offor et al 1823 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 nearly half a century during which he flourished. An extra illustrated version in four volumes bound by Baytun of Bath. Dark green goatskin with spines uniformly faded never-the-less still a fine set and scarce in this form. J.Richardson and Co. G.Offor et al unknown
188789226London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1887. Fine. Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington London 1887 15 x 23 cm Reliure de l'éditeur Rare first edition illustrated with 9 plates including a large folding map.Publishers binding in full havana cloth smooth spine decorated in black vignette of a ship within a double black circle on the upper cover black endpapers and pastedowns joints split corners slightly rubbed.The author was a former officer of the 90th Light Infantry Regiment and wrote several works on various military subjects.Manuscript ex-libris of R. B. Knight on the half-title blue ink stains on the edges at the beginning of the volume. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington hardcover
183153394London: John Murray 1831. First Crocker edition 5 volumes 8vo each volume with engraved frontispiece plus the round-robin plate and a map of the Hebrides; contemporary half tan calf over marbled boards maroon and brown morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines; light wear to extremities upper joint of vol. 1 rubbed but firm lower corner of vol. 3 bumped a near fine copy. 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 unknown
1835639079John 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
1846648816Henry 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
1835SET9-C-1London: John Murray 1835. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". Various. A decoratively bound set of Boswell's famous The Life of Samuel Johnson including the rarer two volumes of Johnsoniana. Complete in Ten Volumes. Volume X contains additional title pages for Volumes I - VIII to the rear. With an armorial nameplate for Robert Montgomery Convoy on the front pastedowns. This set contains the eight volumes complete of The Life of Samuel Johnson with both volumes of the 'Johnsoniana' that was added during publication. In original publishers cloth binding. bindings are generally tight and firm. Externally smart. There is some wear to the extremities including some bumping with some discolouration and marks to the boards. The inner rear hinge is strained in volumes I and V and has failed in volume VI and needs repair allowed for in price. Internally the pages are generally bright with some occasional slight browning. There is the occasional spot becoming prominent to the first and last few pages. There is an ink signature on the title pages of volumes V to IX and on the half-title of volumes III and IV. Very Good John Murray hardcover
183500009011London: John Murray Albemarle Street 1835. Later edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 10 vol. Small 8vo. 5 vi-xxiv 2 3-325 3; 5 vi-viii 1 2-344 2; 5 vi-ix 2 2-323 3; 5 vi-xii 1 2-343 1; 5 vi-viii 1 2-341 3; 5 vi-viii 1 2-342 2; 5 vi-viii 1 2-381 3; 5 vi-xi 2 2-431 3; 5 vi-xv 2 2-335 3; 5 vi-xii 1 2-376 2 pp. Late nineteenth-century half polished sheep over pink cloth spines in six compartments spines unpolished lettered and tooled in gold; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Beautifully bound by Riviere & Son. Each volume illustrated with a frontispiece and vignette engraved title page volume three with a fold-out map of Scotland and the Hebrides. Volume six contains the fold-out Round Robin facsimile of Johnson's hand-writing to which there is a tiny hairline split not affecting the legibility of the fold-out plate. Oxford DNB Pat Rogers "Johnson Samuel 1709–1784". Pottle 92. The second Croker edition with little change to the text except for "the notes and Johnsoniana" Pottle 182. Pottle notes that the last two volumes in the set are extremely useful with some material never having been before published. Pottle also calls this "the first illustrated edition" Pottle 183. A stunning set of Boswell's magnum opus a monumental and early English biography. Samuel Johnson most famous for compiling the English dictionary that would replace the Bailey dictionary and would later become the dictionary that Noah Webster would consult is a legendary author and man of letters. Here his biographer and diarist James Boswell relates his life work and correspondences in the ten volumes. The final two volumes include the anecdotes about Johnson from his contemporaries. A principal work in English biographical literature housed in a lovely binding. A Near Fine set with a few hints of wear to the extremities overall bright and beautiful. John Murray, Albemarle Street hardcover
183543407London: John Murray 1835. Near Fine. Small 8vo. 17cm various paginations plates and illustrations half mid--century polished calf over marlbed boards with spines in six compartments extra gilt decorations in the panels crimson and brown morocco labels top edges gilt marbled endpapers bookseller ticket of D.P. Elder and Morgan Shephard of San Francisco on each volume's rear endpaper Pottle 92. Croker's second edition which reprints the original 100 letters from Johnson that Croker brought to light in 1831 with his first Boswell's Johnson. Pottle refers to this set as the first illustrated edition. A very charming example of the seminal biography one of the high spots of western literature. John Murray unknown
1823593E23London: J Richardson and Co et al. 1823. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 5.5". Sir Joshua Reynolds. A very smart four volume leather set of James Boswell's famous biography of the life and work of Samuel Johnson This classic work was a huge critical success and is a significant landmark in the development of genre of biography. James Boswell was born in Edinburgh Scotland in 1740. A successful diarist and biographer he is best known for his biography of Samuel Johnson. Samuel Johnson was a poet essayist literary critic and lexicographer. Born in 1709 Johnson was a committed Tory and a devout Anglican. Frontispiece to volume I by Sir Joshua Reynold engraved by E Mitchell. Previous owners bookplate to each volume reads 'Abraham Bower'. In half leather binding. Externally very smart. Minor rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. Small amount of loss to the head of volume III. Rubbing to the extremities and to the front and rear boards of each volume. Previous owners bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd spot throughout. Very Good Indeed J Richardson and Co et al. hardcover
182229787London: T. Cadell F.C. & J. Rivington et al. 1822. First Chambers edition; 4 volumes 8vo pp. 2 xxxv 1 444; 2 462; 2 446; 2 495; engraved frontispiece portrait after Reynolds folding engraved facsimile of Johnson's handwriting folding engraved Round Robin plate; later quarter polished black calf over marbled boards by R. Carswell Belfast with his ticket on front pastedown; red morocco labels on gilt-paneled spines; minor rubbing and cracking; generally very good sound set. "This edition was edited by Boswell's friend Alexander Chambers. In his Advertisement Chalmers says that at Malone's request he contributed a few notes and corrections to the sixth edition 'and has now added many more as well as some additional particulars.' . His additional notes to this edition are not extensive but are solid and useful" Pottle. Pottle 89. T. Cadell, F.C. & J. Rivington [et al.] unknown
182226274London: T. Cadell F.C. & J. Rivington et al. 1822. First Chambers edition; 4 volumes 8vo pp. 2 xxxv 1 444; 2 462; 2 446; 2 495; engraved frontispiece portrait after Reynolds folding engraved facsimile of Johnson's handwriting folding engraved Round Robin plate; contemporary brown cloth with printed paper labels on spines; short crack in cloth at the top of the front joint on vol. I; leaf 2F1 in vol. 1 torn in the gutter no loss of text almost detached and bound out of order; otherwise a good sound set. It would be tempting to call this binding original and perhaps it is although certainly a remainder binding if true. "This edition was edited by Boswell's friend Alexander Chambers. In his Advertisement Chalmers says that at Malone's request he contributed a few notes and corrections to the sixth edition 'and has now added many more as well as some additional particulars.' . His additional notes to this edition are not extensive but are solid and useful" Pottle. Pottle 89. T. Cadell, F.C. & J. Rivington [et al.] unknown
184425080<p><strong>1844 Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell English Biography Croker 10v Set</strong></p><p>Samuel Johnson was a famous English writer and scholar most known for his '<em>Dictionary of the English Language</em>' as well as a collection of biographical accounts of eminent English poets. In the mid-1700s Johnson met James Boswell a Scottish biographer who wrote an extensive biography of Johnson which several experts consider <strong><u>the greatest biography in the English language</u></strong>!</p><p>This impressive ten-volume edition was published in 1844 edited by John Wilson Croker.</p><p>Item number: #25080</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>BOSWELL James</p><p><strong><em>The life of Samuel Johnson… including a journal of his tour to the Hebrides</em></strong></p><p>London: J. Murray 1844.</p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete; 10 volumes</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Each volume individually paginated</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->48 engraved plates and facsimile handwriting examples</p><p> <!--endif-->Including frontispieces and engraved title pages</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Provenance: Handwritten</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif--><em>Rev. Jno. Partington</em></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif--><em>Geo. H. Smith</em></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~6.5in X 4.25in 16.5cm x 10.5cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>25080</p><p>Photos available upon request.</p> J. Murray hardcover
18352106018London UK: John Murray 1835. later. hardcover. near fine. 10 volumes small octavo. Spines lightly sunned. An excellent set of Boswell's great biography first published in 1791. Engraved frontispieces and vignettes title pages with tissue guards. Condition is near fine. John Murray unknown
1891266435New York: Harper 1891. hardcover. very good. Edited by George Birkbeck Hill. Frontispiece portrait folding facsimiles and black and white illustrations throughout 6 volumes. Tall thick 8vos handsomely bound in 3/4 green morocco evenly faded to brown with marbled boards gilt-decorated spines; top edge gilt marbled end-papers. New York: Harper 1891. First American Edition. Very good .<br/> <br/> Harper unknown
18912542London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd 1891. Octavo 6 volumes bound in three quarters red morocco gilt titles and tooling to the spine top edge gilt illustrated with portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds. In near fine condition. An attractively bound set. Everyone with an interest in Johnson is very much in debt to Boswell not only for the years of devotion he invested in the study of Johnson's life but for the uncanny skill with which he conveyed the quality of Johnson's personality and his effect on the people about him. If there had been no Boswell Johnson would have been one of the most famous names in English literature; but that he has become a household name is due to the chance that brought Boswell into his company Boswell is the sniffing bloodhound who will follow the scent of individuality into whatever territory it leads him. The fascination of their dialogue that dialogue of mind heart and voice round which Boswell organized his great Life is that it is not merely between two very different men but between two epochs. In its pages Romantic Europe speaks to Renaissance Europe and is answered" Wain 229. George Routledge & Sons, Ltd unknown
