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187435317London: Bickers and Son 1874. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. Vol 1 - advert 538 pgs. Vol 2 - 527 pgs. Vol. 3 525 pgs. "A reprint of the first edition Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly. To which are added Mr. Boswell's correcetions and additions issued in 1792". Half brown calf with red marbled paper boards red and gilt leather spine label. Condition of the three books is GOOD ; corners and ends of spine worn and rubbed. Covers lightly rubbed. All spine labels are either missing or mostly gone and spines have all gilt decoration pretty much rubbed away. All the bindings are good tight and the text extremely clean with no markings. Johnson and Boswell. RGR Bickers and Son hardcover
183668695London: John Murray. 1836. Hardcover. Very Good. xxii 530pp illustrated wtih 45 plates sl foxing of prelims nicely bound in later dark red cloth spine sl sunned; Octavo . John Murray hardcover
183381997Printed and Published By Weston Simons and Sydenham. 1833. Hardcover. Very Good. viii ii 192 98 xxvipp folding map at page 130 in VG clean condition sm repair to top page 55 bpund in roginal boards rubbed and chipped around edges spine surface and paper title label rubbed with sl vertical chipping showing the gatherings beneath ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Printed and Published By Weston Simons and Sydenham hardcover
18351752143543BMHJohn Murray 1835. Hardcover. Good. 1835. No edition remarks. 343 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound chestnut leather with brown cloth covered boards and gilt lettering to spine by Henderson and Bisset. Marbled endpapers. Black and white frontispieces with tissue guard. Black and white fold-out map. Gilt top edge to textblock. Pages with some foxing and tanning particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Cracking to front hinge but binding remains firm. Tissue guard creased. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. John Murray hardcover
1833at060.014GB: Dorchester 1833. 192 and 96 pages. Text commences at title page and ends at page xxvi of Index. In a pleasant rebind with brown cloth spine over grey paper covered boards. Paper title label not original on spine. Some spotting throughout and largely uncut. . 2nd Edition. Hardback. VG. Dorchester Hardcover
1891225467London. : Routledge. 1891. Quarter red cloth over pink cloth boards. . Very good spines lightly sunned some volumes slightly cocked. 8vo. Heavy set requires extra postage. Edited by Henry Morley. Portrait frontispieces by sir Joshua Reynolds. Routledge. hardcover books
1813848T24London: T. Cadell 1813. Cloth. Good. 9" by 5.5". None. The sixth revised and corrected edition of this tour of the Hebrides. Sixth edition. Revised and enlarged. With portrait frontispiece. Includes some poetical pieces by Dr. Samuel Johnson never before published; a series of conversations literary anecdotes and opinions on men and books; with an authentic account of the distresses and escape of the grandson of King James II in 1746. Written by James Boswell a Scottish biographer diarist and lawyer best known for his biography of his friend Samuel Johnson which has been said to be the greatest biography written in the English language. With notes from Samuel Johnson an English writer poet playwright essayist moralist critic biographer editor and lexicographer. "Arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history" - The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. In the original quarter red cloth with green paper covered boards. Externally smart with bumping to the extremities and the odd mark to the board. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd spot. Title page is loosely inserted. Good T. Cadell hardcover
1895644M3London: George Routledge and Sons Limited 1895. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5.5". None. An attractive half leather bound copy of James Boswell's notable biography of Samuel Johnson; with charming marbled paper over boards and marbled endpapers and textblock. Boswell's biography of Samuel Johnson is often claimed to be the greatest biography written in English and the text played an important role in the development of the modern genre of biography. Whilst Boswell's personal acquaintance with his subject began rather later in 1763 when Johnson was fifty four years old Boswell covered the entirety of Johnson's life by means of additional research. The most admired and best remembered portions of the book though are Boswell's first-hand accounts of Johnson from the last twenty-one years of the subject's life. However the text has not escaped criticism. Boswell took many critical liberties with Johnson's life making various changes to quotations and even censoring comments made by the writer. Nonetheless modern biographers have found Boswell's biography an important source of information on Johnson and his times. The text in this work is in columns throughout and contains supplementary notes throughout. Featuring a folding 'Round Robin addressed to Samuel Johnson' facing page 279. In a half polished calf binding with marbled paper over boards. Externally excellent with slight rubbing to extremities and head and tail of spine. Very slight rubbing to leather of spine and joints. Internally firmly bound. Pages age toned to extremities but bright with only the odd light spot to the occasional page. Very Good Indeed George Routledge and Sons, Limited hardcover
188424975London: 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
1852357742London : Office of the National illustrated library 1852. A new ed. illustrated with introd. and notes. Hardcover. Poor copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth edges very slightly toned. Wear and tear as with age. Text remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Includes previous owner's signature. Series; National illustrated library ; v. 14. Physical description; xxvi 2 361 pages 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm. Subjects; Boswell James 1740-1795 Travel Scotland Hebrides. Johnson Samuel 1709-1784 Travel Scotland Hebrides. Boswell James 1740-1795. Johnson Samuel 1709-1784. Johnson Samuel Travel Scotland Hebrides. Boswell James Travel Scotland Hebrides. Travel. Hebrides Scotland Description and travel. Scotland Description and travel ; Early works to 1800. Scotland. Scotland Hebrides. London : Office of the National illustrated library hardcover
1826262284Oxford: published by Talboys and Wheeler ; and William Pickering London 1826. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor copies with wear tear and dust-dulling as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; volumes 2 & 3. Subjects; Johnson Samuel 1709-1784. Reynolds Joshua Sir 1723-1792 — artist. Genres; Biographies - England - 1822. Biography. Illustrated. Oxford: published by Talboys and Wheeler ; and William Pickering, London hardcover
1896005551Westminster: Archibald Constable 1896 Reprint. Cloth binding paste-on label. Ex-library. Frontispiece engravings protective tissue. 266. 286 307 302 295 322 pp. rough-cut. Labels are largely gone. Usual library effects. v6: front hinge open v2: frontispiece missing light chipping to spine; v1: chipping top of spine front hinge cracked. Pages toned. Good condition. Archibald Constable hardcover
1891874New York: Harper and Brothers 1891. First Thus. Cloth. Good . Dark green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. All volumes have some age spotting especially on spines. Foxing to preliminary pages in all volumes.<br /> Volume 1: 12 illustrations. Binding loose. 604 pp. <br /> Volume 2: 8 illustrations. Spine starting to separate. 551 pp.<br /> Volume 3: 5 illustrations. 525 pp last 2 pages are untrimmed.<br /> Volume 4: Water damage to bottoms of pages. 4 illustrations. Hinge starting to separate. 514 pp.<br /> Volume 5: Tour to the Hebrides 1773 and Journey into North Wales 1774. 3 illustrations. Water damage to bottoms of pages. Foldout of a facsimile note handwritten by Boswell. 524 pp. <br /> Volume 6: Water damage to bottoms of pages. Foldout chart of Dr. Johnson's contemporaries with their dates of birth and death. Addenda index dicta quotes listed by topic philosophi &c. 523 pp. Last 2 pages untrimmed. <br/><br/> Harper and Brothers hardcover
1820V63351London: Sharpe 1820. Hardcover. Good. Engraved portrait & engraved Johnson's study on titlepages . 2 VOLUMES in One duodecimo diced calf lacking parts of leather on spine and inner edge of lower board hinges a bit tender but holding 177ppindex 178ppindex both half titles present. Coat of Arms bookplate of Sir Murdoch McLoed. Sharpe hardcover
18351752143603BMHJohn Murray 1835. Hardcover. Very Good. 1835. No edition remarks. 381 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound chestnut leather with brown cloth covered boards and gilt lettering to spine by Henderson and Bisset. Black and white frontispieces. Marbled endpapers. Gilt top edge to textblock. Pages with some foxing and tanning particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. John Murray hardcover
18351752143448BMHJohn Murray 1835. Hardcover. Very Good. 1835. No edition remarks. 431 pages. Half bound chestnut leather with brown cloth covered boards and gilt lettering to spine by Henderson and Bisset. Black and white frontispieces with tissue guard. Marbled endpapers. Gilt top edge to textblock. Pages with some foxing and tanning particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. John Murray hardcover
18351752143294BMHJohn Murray 1835. Hardcover. Very Good. 1835. No edition remarks. 344 pages. Half bound chestnut leather with brown cloth covered boards and gilt lettering to spine by Henderson and Bisset. Black and white portrait frontispieces with tissue guard. Marbled endpapers. Gilt top edge to textblock. Pages with some foxing and tanning particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. John Murray hardcover
1891225467London.: Routledge. 1891. Quarter red cloth over pink cloth boards. Very good spines lightly sunned some volumes slightly cocked. 8vo. Heavy set requires extra postage. Edited by Henry Morley. Portrait frontispieces by sir Joshua Reynolds. Routledge. hardcover
1887868F43London: Clarendon Press 1887 . Cloth. Good Only. 9" by 6.5". Not Stated. James Boswell's complete six volume biography of Samuel Johnson illustrated throughout. A complete six volume set of James Boswell's biography of English writer Dr. Samuel Johnson. Edited by George Birkbeck Hill and including both Boswell's 'Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides' and Johnson's 'Diary of a Journey into North Wales'.The first edition thus of this set being the first edition edited by Hill.Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait to three volumes and eight folding plates. Collated complete.A landmark work in the development of the modern biography in English many have claimed it as the greatest biography ever written. Nevertheless this biography takes many critical liberties with Johnson's life with Boswell making various changes to Johnson's quotations and even censoring his comments. In the publisher's original quarter morocco bindings. Losses of leather to spine heads and tails. Significant losses of leather to head and tail of volume V back strip and to head of volume I back strip. Further cracking to volumes II and III spines. Rear joint of volume VI and front joint of volume II starting with boards holding firm. Rear joint of volume II starting with board weakly held. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Good Only Clarendon Press hardcover
1813066717London: T. Cadell and W. Davies. 6th edition xv 460pp hardback full brown panelled calf gilt rubbed al edges gilt short tear to top of spine frontispiece portrait and half-title good heraldic bookplate of Sir John S. Harmood-Banner Bt to front paste-down pictures on request . Good. Hardcover. 5th or later Edition. 1813. T. Cadell and W. Davies hardcover
187434071London: Printed for the Grampian Club 1874. 1st edition. Cloth. Very Good. 1st edition thus. A Very Good copy. 8vo. xxiii 343 pp. illustrated with a frontispiece. Bound in bright blue cloth with gilt motif and title on the front board and spine. End papers coated brown. Moderate shelf wear with a darkened spine. Front hinge starting. Text age-toning. Previous owner's name "Baron Thomas Houstoun-Boswall and a H. B. P. stamp. Tight. Printed for the Grampian Club unknown
1873009331London: William P. Nimmo 1873. New edition revised from the most authentic sources &c. &c. Edited with notes etc by William Wallace. Bound in half calf with raised bands on the spine red leather gilt lettered label with title and author. Gilt decorated compartments. Marbled papered boards with gilt edging to leather edges. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Frontispiece engraved portrait of Johnson from a picture by Joshua Reynolds with tissue guard. Engraved and printed title pages. xvi 560 pages. Text arranged in double columns.6.5 X 9.5 inches approx. Externally the book is rubbed with a bit of wear to the leather corners.However all is very sound and solid. Inside again very sound and solid with firm hinges and no splitting or opening to the endpapers at the hinge. There is some small amount of spotting to the final blank pages pages otherwise all pretty clean throughout all unmarked with no annotaions marks or signs of previous ownership etc. Overall a very good nicely bound ninteenth century edition of Boswell's famous biography of Samual Johnson. New Edition. Half Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. William P. Nimmo Hardcover
1807B60465Boston: W. Andrews and L. Blake 1807. First American edition. Hardcover. Fair. Three volume complete set! Half leather boards with cloth tape over spines octavos b&w frontispiece in b&w otherwise not illustrated. Books have boards split with most of them loose but present wear to corners and edges title bands on spine are chipped at edges previous owner's signatures to front endpapers texts toned and foxed throughout. Complete but not pretty. W. Andrews and L. Blake hardcover
1874122596Bickers 1874. First of This Edition. Hard Bound Volume. Very Good. 4 vols. Edited by Percy Fitzgerald. Nicely rebound in brown spines and decorated boards. Bickers unknown
1813309London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies Strand 1813. Hardcover. Good. 220 x 135 mm. BOSWELL James. The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson with Samuel Johnson LL. D. Sixth Edition Revised and Corrected. London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies Strand 1813.220 x 135 mm pp. 460. Full calf binding. Marbled endpapers and marbled edges. Frontispiece. Historic repair to hinge. Corners bumped.The publishers Cadell & Davies were a short-lived publishing company in London established in 1793. Thomas passed the bookselling and publishing business to his son Thomas and his apprentice William Davies creating Cadell and Davies which was in operation until 1819 with the death of Davies signalling the death of the venture. Cadell continued publishing until his death in 1836. Cadell and Davies were responsible for the 4th to 8th editions of James Boswell's Life of Johnson and for early editions of the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides represented here. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand hardcover
