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179168052"An Uncut Copy" BOSWELL James. The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. 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. The whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great-Britain for near half a century during which he flourished. In two volumes. London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. First edition first issue with ìgiveî spelled ìgveî in line 10 on p. 135 of Volume I and with all of the peculiarities cited by Pottle for the first issue including the several uncorrected errors listed for Volume II and the various cancels. Two quarto volumes 11 3/4 x 9 1/16 inches; 297 x 230 mm.; the same dimensions Pottle gives for 'an entirely uncut copy' . xii 16 516; 2 588 i.e. 586 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait by James Heath after Sir Joshua Reynolds in Volume I two engraved facsimile plates in Volume II. Bound without the front blank in Volume II. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Neatly rebacked to style preserving the original gilt spine and burgundy and black morocco gilt lettering labels. A few minor marginal paper flaws not affecting text. Some rubbing to boards and light tip wear. Overall a fine set in the original binding and entirely uncut Courtney & Nichol Smith pp. 172-173. Grolier 100 English 65. Pottle 79. Rothschild 463-465. Sterling 71. Tinker 338. HBS 68052. $17500 Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly hardcover books
179180005London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly in The Poultry 1791. First edition first issue of both volumes <span class="match">of</span> the most celebrated biography in the English language which was published on May 16 1791 in a print run <span class="match">of only</span> 1750 copies. Quarto bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Frontispiece portrait of Samuel Johnson engraved by J. Heath after the Sir Joshua Reynolds 1756 painting. Volume one is the first state with the word "give" reading on page 135 line 10. First state of volume two with two engraved illustrations "The Round Robin" at p. 92 and the "facsimiles" of Dr. Johnson's handwriting on p. 588. In near fine condition with light toning an excellent example of this landmark work. 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. Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in The Poultry hardcover books
1791120374London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly in The Poultry 1791. First edition first issue of both volumes <span class="match">of</span> the most celebrated biography in the English language which was published on May 16 1791 in a print run <span class="match">of only</span> 1750 copies. Quarto bound in full morocco by Birdsall gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised bands inner dentelles all edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait of Samuel Johnson engraved by J. Heath after the Sir Joshua Reynolds 1756 painting. Housed in a custom clamshell box. In fine condition. An excellent example of this landmark work. 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. Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in The Poultry hardcover books
1791124524London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly in The Poultry 1791. First edition first issue of both volumes <span class="match">of</span> the most celebrated biography in the English language which was published on May 16 1791 in a print run <span class="match">of only</span> 1750 copies. Quarto bound in full calf gilt titles to the spine morocco spine labels. Frontispiece portrait of Samuel Johnson engraved by J. Heath after the Sir Joshua Reynolds 1756 painting. In very good condition. An excellent example of this landmark work. 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. Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in The Poultry unknown books
17911704207Baldwin for Dilly 1791. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first issue with "gve" for "give" on page 135 line 10 in what may be the incredibly scarce original boards. Two volumes quarto. Very good. Some soiling to pages of the second volume. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. This copy has an extra full page frontispiece portrait of Boswell in the second volume not called for in the bibliographies. Baldwin, for Dilly hardcover books
179119741791. All Pottle's Points in a Fine Early Issue Copy of the First Ed Boswell James. THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON. London 1791. 1st Edition. 2 volumes quarto early gilt 1/2 calf over old marbled boards. Wear to the board edges the marbled papers of the boards quite rubbed the front hinge of Vol 1 weakened a bit of wear to the spine ends the internals Fine. Vol 1 with engraved frontispiece portrait by Heath after Reynolds Title page blank on reverse i-ii Dedication to Sir Joshua Reynolds iii-vii with blank reverse Advertisement ix-xii Alphabetical Table of Contents to Both Volumes unnumbered which would be xiii-xxvii Corrections and Additions on reverse of last leaf would be xxviii text pp 1-516. With the "gve" reading on page 135 line 10 and the cancels at pp 271-2 and 273-4 Mm and Nn with stubs. The misprints noted by Pottle at page 152 of "The Literary Career of James Boswell" are all present in this copy. Vol 2 with title page blank on reverse and 586pp. wrongly numbered 588 plus the facsimiles facing pp 92 and 588 i.e. the last page. All of the pagination misnumberings noted by Pottle on his p. 153 are present. Cancels are present with stubs at pages 29-30 E 287-8 O o 301-2 Q q 353-4 Zz1 and 395-6 E ee2. All of the misprints noted by Pottle on his page 155 are present. As Pottle believed some of these misprints may have been corrected making two states for the leaf these are all first state. Both volumes with the bookplate of Westport House Mayo County Ireland; seat of the Marquesses of Sligo noting case and shelf number. Bound in at the end of Volume 2 are "The Principal Corrections and Additions to the First Edition of Mr. Boswell's Life of Dr. Johnson" issued in 1793 with Title blank reverse and pp. 1-42. The leaves of this copy measure 10 13/16" x 8 1/4" as against Pottle's measurements for an "entirely uncut copy" of 11 13/16" x 9". hardcover books
1791116527London: Henry Baldwin 1791. First. hardcover. near fine. The whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain for near half a century during which he flourished. 2 volumes. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Thick 4to handsomely rebound in 3/4 red morocco; gilt-decorated spines with raised bands a.e.g. London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. First Edition later issue. Fine.<br/><br/> Final three pages of vol. II mispaginated.<br/><br/> Henry Baldwin unknown books
WRCLIT66919London: Printed for Henry Baldwin 1791. xii16516;588i.e.5861pp. Two volumes. Quarto 29 x 23 cm. Portrait in first volume and two engraved plates in second. Full olive brown morocco raised bands gilt t.e.g. others largely untrimmed. Occasional light foxing and some dusting to a few edges early small marginal restoration around upper blank forecorners of frontis and first five leaves a few small nicks and rubs at binding extremities with two narrow surface scratches to boards but a very good set. First edition uncorrected state of I:135:10 'gve' with the complement of cancels outlined by Pottle as usual. In volume two pages 78 92 275 and 352 are in their first uncorrected states. Uncommon in untrimmed condition: the vertical dimension of this set matches that of the Rothschild set untrimmed in original boards. One of 1750 copies printed. Frequently remarked upon as one of the triumphs of the art of biography in the English language. With the gilt morocco bookplate in each volume "Omnia Pro Bono H.M." identified by some as an uncharacteristic bookplate for Harold Murdock. Laid in is a copy of A. Edward Newton's quarto leaflet reproducing the uncorrected II:302 inscribed with initials in 1933 to another collector a bit ragged at fore-edge and folded. ROTHSCHILD 463. POTTLE 79. GROLIER ENGLISH HUNDRED 65. ESTC T64481. Printed for Henry Baldwin hardcover books
03432London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791-93. First Edition First Issue of Boswell's Life Of Johnson<br/>Together With<br/>The Excessively Rare 'The Principal Corrections and Additions' Bound in at the End of Volume Two<br/><br/>BOSWELL James. The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. 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. The Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain for Near Half a Century during which He Flourished. In Two Volumes. London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. <br/><br/>First edition first issue with "gve" for "give" in the uncorrected state line 10 on p. 135 in Volume I and all of the errata uncorrected.<br/><br/>Two quarto volumes 10 3/4 x 8 7/16 inches; 274 x 216 mm. vii 1 blank ix-xii 16 "Table of Contents" and "Corrections and Additions" 516; 2 588 i.e. 586 pp. Engraved frontispiece by James Heath from a portrait of Johnson by Sir Joshua Reynolds in Volume I two engraved facsimile plates in Volume II. "Round Robin." facing p. 92 and "Fac Similes of Dr. Johnson's hand writing" facing p. 588.<br/><br/>Together with at the end of volume II <br/><br/>BOSWELL James. The Principal Corrections and Additions to the first edition of Mr. Boswell's Life of Dr. Johnson. London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1793. Title verso blank 42 pp.<br/><br/>Bound by Rivière & Son ca. 1910 in full mottled calf covers with triple gilt rules. Spines with five raised bands decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments red and brown morocco labels lettered in gilt gilt ruled board edges decorative gilt turn-ins marbled end-papers all edges gilt. Expertly rebacked and corners strengthened over fifty years ago with original spines laid down. Occasional light foxing or staining to a few leaves otherwise a fine copy of the first issue with the exceptionally rare Principal Corrections and Additions bound in at the end of volume two.<br/><br/>"The work The Principal Corrections and Additions is now difficult to obtain; when it turns up it is almost invariably bound in with a copy of the first edition of the Life." Pottle p. 212.<br/><br/>The 'gve' or 'give' question.<br/><br/>"Of the four copies in the British Museum two have one reading and two the other. There can be little doubt that 'gve' is the earlier state. The first proof shows the word correctly spelled but the lines are punctuated as follows: <br/><br/>'Short O short! then be thy reign<br/>"And give us to the world again.'<br/><br/>Boswell passed this in the proof but in the revise both proof and revise are in the possession of Mr. Adam he directed the printer to remove the exclamation point in the first line and substitute it for the first period at the end of the second which is in fact the punctuation of the printed text. When the changes were made the 'i' dropped out and the printer not noticing what had happened filled up the line by inserting a space between 'gve' and 'us'. After a considerable part of the edition had been printed the error was discovered and corrected in the press." Frederick Albert Pottle. The Literary Career of James Boswell p. 151. The correct first issue as here reads" <br/><br/>"Short O short then be thy reign<br/>"And gve us to the world again!"<br/><br/>Boswell's biography of Johnson is a classic of the genre—a full candid account of the life of one of the most famous eighteenth-century writers and thinkers by another. "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. <br/><br/>Courtney & Nichol Smith pp. 172-3. Grolier 100 English 65. Pottle 79 & 113. Rothschild 464 & 466. Sterling 71. Tinker 338. London: Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, 1791-93 unknown books
1887155819Oxford: Clarendon Press 1887. hardcover. fine. Edited by George Birbeck Hill. 11 volumes including the index extended from 6. Extra-illustrated edition with hundreds of portraits and views including numerous scarce 18th-century copperplates all inlaid to size. 8vo beautifully bound in full brown crushed morocco; ornate gilt-tooled decorative floral devices on covers and spines; raised bands thick gilt dentelles marbled end papers top edge gilt. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1887. Fine. A superb set and a magnificent example of the art of extra-illustrated books.<br/><br/> Clarendon Press unknown books
1791158737London: Henry Baldwin 1791. First Edition. hardcover. 2 volumes. Engraved frontispiece portrait by Heath after Reynolds. Two additional plates are present - "Round Robin" and "Facsimiles of Dr. Johnson's Hand Writing". xii 16 516; 2 588pp. Thick 4to original calf covers expertly recased in similar brown morocco gilt-decorated spine with red and brown leather labels light scattered foxing. London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. First edition.<br/><br/> A very nice copy with wide margins. First Edition first issue of which only 1750 were printed with "give" mis-spelled on p135 of first volume. Errors in pagination on pages 229 408 497 504 and 584-7 in second volume. In this copy through a binder's error signature C p.9-16 in the first volume is duplicated.<br/><br/> Henry Baldwin unknown books
179138111.1London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly in the Poultry 1791. 1st edition 1st issue Grolier 100 ENGLISH #65; Pottle 79. Period full marbled calf bindings with later respining to style. Marbled eps. Yellow edge stain. Modest binding wear. Two bookplates one of James Bonar Scottish lawyer to front paste-down. Occasional spot of foxing. Withal a handsome VG set. 2 volumes: xii 16 516 2 blank; 4 586 2 42 pp. Vol II p 585 misnumbered 587; 586 as 588. Other mispaginations see Pottle. Vol I p. 135 with 'gve'. Volume I with stipple-engraved frontis of Johnson by James Heath after the 1756 painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Vol II with two engraved facsimiles bound in per Pottle. 4to. Vol I: 2M4 & 2N1 cancels. Vol II: 5 cancelled leaves as per Pottle. 11-1/4" x 8-3/4" <br/><br/>Volume II bound with the uncommon 1793 pamphlet of corrections stemming from Boswell's fussiness. "So bad were these errors indeed that it was found necessary to issue a small quarto volume of forty-two pages to correct them." Grolier 100 #65. Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry unknown books
1791W57382London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. Quarter tan calf 5 raised bands gilt titling on red morocco labels with marbled paper covered boards. Top edges stained gray. Contemporary binding with overall wear stains and rubbing and some loss of paper on boards. Apparent restoration done on joints and tips of each volume extending into paper of boards. Housed in green cloth covered chemises with cloth pulls and slipcases the latter with green morocco spines 5 raised bands and gilt lettering on red morocco labels. Chemises and slipcases are very good with only a few scuffs and marks on slipcases. Frontispiece of Samuel Johnson Vol. 1 and 2 engravings Vol. 2 pgs. 92 and 588 misnumbered as called for. The second state with "give" properly spelled pg. 135. Handwritten notation on preliminary in each volume stating "Tadcaster Library" a community in Yorkshire. Photos available on request. Extra postage may be due because of size. . First Edition Second State. Quarter Leather. Good/Slipcases Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Trade. Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly Hardcover books
WRCLIT74048London: Printed for Henry Baldwin 1791. xii16516;588i.e.5861pp. Two volumes. Quarto. Contemporary speckled calf rebacked and recornered at a later date to a semblance of style gilt labels. Portrait. Facsimile and plate. 19th century ink name "Walter Fletcher" on endsheets and effaced from margin of titles edges rubbed endsheets creased some soiling to verso of portrait clean tear in R4 vol. I with no loss some occasional pencil annotations. but a sound set. First edition uncorrected state of I:135:10 'gve' with the complement of cancels outlined by Pottle as usual. In volume two pages 78 92 275 and 352 are in their first uncorrected states. Frequently remarked upon as one of the triumphs of the art of biography in the English language. Each volume bears the bookplate of Jonathan Boucher 1737-1804 Anglican clergyman and for a period beginning in 1759 a prominent figure in the colonies and intimate of George Washington. However his staunch loyalist sympathies caused him to return to England in 1775 where he occupied himself with various matters including for fourteen years an unfinished "Glossary of Archaic and Provincial Words" intended to supplement Johnson's Dictionary. After his death a preliminary section was published but the remainder of his work was turned over to the proprietors of Webster's English Dictionary. ROTHSCHILD 463. POTTLE 79. GROLIER ENGLISH HUNDRED 65. ESTC T64481. Printed for Henry Baldwin unknown books
1802WRCLIT41445Edinburgh: Printed by Mundell & Son 1802. 24pp. Small octavo. Sewn into somewhat later plain wrappers. A few minor corner nicks wrappers split at spine trivial foxing otherwise a near fine copy. First edition first printing of the first separate publication by the son of the biographer. In addition to Alexander's original verse and adaptations which the DNB describes as "very graphic full of Scotch humour but coarse at times" the collection prints for the first time James Boswell's poem "Song to an Irish Air." This edition is quite rare and the collection is most commonly known through the 1803 second edition published under the imprint of Manners & Miller paginated at 34pp. Pottle treats James Boswell's appearance based on the 1803 edition noting that edition "seems to be very scarce. I have met with only one copy that in the New York Public Library." An OCLC search as of 2013 records eight copies of the 1803 second edition and four copies of this edition Yale Harvard McMaster and Nat'l Library of Scotland. We note one copy at auction in recent years: Sotheby's Sept 28 1979 lot 374 £1400 $3066.00 to Quaritch. POTTLE POSTHUMOUS PUBLICATIONS 3 1803 edition. NCBEL III:368. TINKER 296 1803 edition bound with other later publications. Printed by Mundell & Son unknown books
179153375London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. First edition the so-called second state with "give" reading on p. 135 in vol. I 2 volumes 4to pp. xii 16 516; 2 588; engraved portrait frontispiece by Heath after Joshua Reynolds and with the Round Robin plate and the plate showing facsimile signatures of Johnson; nice copy in contemporary full calf neatly and pleasingly rebacked sometime in the 20th century preserving the old red and black morocco labels on spine; all the standard cancels are present per Pottle. Regarding the "give" versus "gve" reading Pottle notes that the "booksellers have given this rather uninteresting 'point' more attention than it deserves." Celebrated for its intimacy and vividness 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 the heroic poets Shakespeare is not more decidedly the first of the dramatists Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of the orators than Boswell is the first of biographers" Macaulay. Grolier English 100 no. 65; Rothschild 463; Pottle 79. <br/><br/> Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly unknown books
1791WRCLIT71587London: Printed for Henry Baldwin 1791. xii16516;2588i.e.5862pp. Two volumes. Quarto. Handsomely bound in full speckled calf elaborately gilt extra a.e.g. for Brentano's. Portrait. Facsimile and plate. Isolated minor foxing a couple of thin scratches to one upper board S2-3 in first volume exhibit odd discoloration otherwise a bright set very good or slightly better. First edition but with the corrected state of I:135:10 'give' and with the complement of cancels outlined by Pottle as usual. In volume two pages 78 92 275 and 352 are in their first uncorrected states. Frequently remarked upon as one of the triumphs of the art of biography in the English language. ROTHSCHILD 463. POTTLE 79. GROLIER ENGLISH HUNDRED 65. ESTC T64481. Printed for Henry Baldwin unknown books
1791307361London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. First Edition first state of S4r with "gve" for "give. Engraved portrait by J. Heath after Joshua Reynolds 2 other engraved plates in Volume II. xii 16 516; 2 588 i.e. 586 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Bound in contemporary brown mottled calf rebacked with original red and green labels on spine laid down. Bookplate of John Mountenay Lely 1839-1907 and Robert McKinlay. In open-faced blue cloth slipcsae. First Edition first state of S4r with "gve" for "give". Engraved portrait by J. Heath after Joshua Reynolds 2 other engraved plates in Volume II. xii 16 516; 2 588 i.e. 586 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Pottle 79; Rothschild 463; Grolier English 65 Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly unknown books
04385London: John Murray 1835. The Greatest Biography Written in English"<br/>With all Twenty of the Engraved Plates Colored by Hand<br/>Extra-Illustrated with an Additional Nineteen Hand-Colored Engraved Plates<br/>Superbly Bound ca. 1920 by Bayntun of Bath<br/><br/>BOSWELL James. The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides. To which are added Anecdotes by Hawkins Piozzi Murphy Tyers Reynolds Steevens &c. And notes by various hands. London: John Murray 1835.<br/><br/>First Illustrated Edition Croker's Second Edition. <br/><br/>Ten small octavo volumes 6 3/8 x 4 inches; 163 x 101 mm. including two volumes of Johnsoniana. xxiv 325 1 imprint; viii 344; ix 1 blank 323 1 imprint; xii 343 1 imprint 1 title-page 1 blank; viii 341 1 imprint; viii 342 1 title-page 1 blank; viii 381 1 imprint; xi 1 blank 431 1 imprint 1 title-page 1 blank; xv 1 blank 335 1 imprint; xii 376 pp.<br/><br/>Each volume with a hand-colored engraved frontispiece and an additional hand-colored vignette title all engraved by Edward Francis Finden 1791-1857. In addition there are nineteen hand-colored plates portraits and views a folding map of "The Tour through Scotland and the Hebrides. in 1773" volume IV a folding facsimile "Round Robin" volume VI and six folding facsimile letters. <br/><br/>Bound ca. 1920 by Bayntun of Bath stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-ins. Full purple morocco covers elaborately tooled in gilt in a geometric pattern. Spines with five raised bands elaborately tooled in gilt in compartments decorative gilt board edges and turn-ins marbled endpapers all edges gilt. A superb set. <br/><br/>"This was the first illustrated edition. Each volume has at the beginning two excellent steel engravings a frontispiece and an extra vignette title-page. The first volume also has another double-page hand-colored engraving Remarkable Characters who were at Tunbridge Wells. at p.218." Pottle.<br/><br/>The additional hand-colored portraits include: Edward Cave; Henry Thrale; James Oglethorpe; Samuel Johnson; Flora McDonald; Michael Johnson; Revd. Owen Cambridge; Thomas Warton; Warren Hastings; Topham Beauclerk.<br/><br/>The additional hand-colored views include: Lichfield; Grammar School Litchfield; Edial Hall Near Litchfield; Residence of the Rev. Francis Wise at Ellsfield near Oxford; Residence of Thomas Davies Covent Garden; Residence of George Steevens Hampstead Heath; Dr. S. Johnson's House Bolt Court Fleet Street; Kettel Hall Oxford; Residence of Catherine Clive Twickenham; <br/><br/>The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. first published in 1791 is a biography of Dr. Samuel Johnson written by James Boswell. The work was a popular and critical success when first published. It is regarded as an important stage in the development of the modern genre of biography; many have claimed it as the greatest biography written in English but some modern critics object that the work cannot be considered a proper biography. While Boswell's personal acquaintance with his subject only began in 1763 when Johnson was 54 years old Boswell covered the entirety of Johnson's life by means of additional research. The biography takes many critical liberties with Johnson's life as Boswell makes various changes to Johnson's quotations and even censors many comments. Nonetheless modern biographers have found Boswell's biography an important source of information on Johnson and his times.<br/><br/>Pottle 92. London: John Murray, 1835 unknown books
193453385Mount Vernon New York: William Edwin Rudge 1934. Edition limited to 570 copies designed by Bruce Rogers this 290 complete set in 18 volumes plus the separately published but uniformly bound Boswell's tour of the Hebrides1936 by the Viking Press and Oxford University Press's Index limited to 1250 copies; 20 volumes in all; folio quarto and octavo extensively illustrated throughout with facsimiles of the manuscripts; a fine bright unopened set in original red cloth-backed red paper-covered boards printed paper labels on spines publisher's slipcases also with printed paper labels; index volume with original but tattered glassine cover small splits to that volume's slipcase. The Work of Bruce Rogers 370; Stark Books Designed by Bruce Rogers p. 10; Rogers Paragraphs on Printing p. 72: "If the style of typographic treatment was ever unmistakably indicated by the content it was in this instance. Boswell and Baskerville were contemporaries and had these papers been published during Boswell's lifetime they might well have appeared in something like their present form though perhaps not so luxuriously printed. The modern Baskerville type seemed by all odds the logical one to use." Laid in are: the prospectus in original red wrappers with paper label on upper cover; announcement of Scott's passing and Pottle's taking up the mantel in original red wrappers with gilt title on upper wrapper; two letters to the writer and critic Harry Hansen from J. B. Orrick and Frederick Pottle along with Hansen's typescript review of the second wave of papers discovered at Malahide; a signed typescript letter from Isham to accompany the announcement of Pottle's entry into the project; and an order form. <br/><br/> William Edwin Rudge hardcover books
178368272First Edition of Boswell's First Foray into Politics BOSWELL James. A Letter to the People of Scotland On the Present State of the Nation. Edinburgh: Printed and Sold by all the Booksellers 1783. First Edition. 43 1 blank pp. Some minor foxing mainly to title-page. This pamphlet is bound at the end of the volume. This pamphlet representing Boswell's first foray into politics is rare at auction. There have been no copies of this first at auction since 1968. According to Pottle "The pamphlet seems to be rare; at least it appears in the catalogues of few large libraries. There are two copies in the British Museum one in the Harvard College Library and one in the New York Public Library." "This is the first of Boswell's " characteristical pamphlets" to bear his name on the title-page and it makes a new and important stage in Boswell's career his real reason for penning the pamphlet undoubtedly being that he saw a general election imminent and proposed to stand as parliamentary candidate for Ayrshire." Maggs 603-1953. ESTC T17200. Pottle 105/106. Bound together with DE LOLME John Lewis. Observations upon the National Embarrassment and the Proceedings in Parliament Relative to the Same. London Printed for J. Debrett 1789. 2 81 1 publisher's advertisement pp. Old ink note on title-page. "First published in 1789 as ÃThe present national embarrassment consideredÃ". ESTC T185623 And DUTENS M.L. Histoire De Se Qui S'est Passe Pour L'Establissement D'une Regence En Angleterre En 1788 et 1789. London Chez J. Walter 1791. Third Edition. iv 155 1 blank pp. And ANONYMOUS Serious Enquiries into the Motives and Consequences of Our Present Armament against Russia. London. J. Debrett 1791. 4 60 8 publisher's advertisements pp. With half-title and a folding chart. And ANONYMOUS Considerations on the Approach of War and the Conduct of His Majesty's Ministries. London. For J. Debrett 1791. 2 40 2 publisher's advertisements pp. And ANONYMOUS A Short Seasonable Hint addressed to the Landowers and Merchants of Great Britain on the Alarm of a War with Russia. London. For J. Debrett 1791. 38 2 publisher's advertisements pp. And Lettre D'un Habitant De Paris Au Baron d'E a L en Suisse Sur La Journee du 19 Juin 1790. 99 1 blank pp. Octavo 8 1/4 x 5 inches; 210 x 128 mm. All pamphlets bound together in contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Some occasional foxing but otherwise very clean. Previous owners old ink notes on front endpapers. A very good copy. HBS 68272. $5000 Printed and Sold by all the Booksellers hardcover books
179138111London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly in the Poultry 1791. 1st edition 1st issue Grolier 100 ENGLISH #65; Pottle 79. 20th C. speckled brown half-calf with tan paper boards. Maroon title labels in second compartment. Modest binding wear. Prior owner pencil marginalia to Vol I p. 394 commenting on the neighboring text regarding females in service. Occasional light foxing primarily to preliminaries. Withal a VG set. 2 volumes: xii 16 516 2 blank; 4 586 pp. Vol II p 585 misnumbered 587; 586 as 588. Other mispaginations see Pottle. Vol I p. 135 with 'gve'. Volume I with stipple-engraved frontis of Johnson by James Heath after the 1756 painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Vol II with two engraved facsimiles. 4to: A6 A-B4 B - 3T4 3U2; B - 4E4 4F1. Vol I: 2M4 & 2N1 cancels. Vol II: 5 cancelled leaves as per Pottle. 10-7/8" x 8-1/2" <br/><br/> Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry hardcover books
1791303654London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. First edition "gve" uncorrected at line 10 on p. 135 in vol. I and with the usual cancels Mm4 and Nn1 in vol. I E3 Oo4 Qq3 in vol. II. Engraved portrait by J. Heath after Joshua Reynolds 2 other engraved plates. xii 16 516; 2 588 i.e. 586 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Old calf a.e.g. Neatly rebacked with gilt spines in period style. Bookplates of Nicholas Frederic Brady. Near fine occasional light traces of foxing. First edition "gve" uncorrected at line 10 on p. 135 in vol. I and with the usual cancels Mm4 and Nn1 in vol. I E3 Oo4 Qq3 in vol. II. Engraved portrait by J. Heath after Joshua Reynolds 2 other engraved plates. xii 16 516; 2 588 i.e. 586 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Pottle 79; Rothschild 463; Grolier English 131 Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly unknown books
1791205744London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. First Edition. 1869 ownership signatures in each volume; chip to one margin in Vol. I about the size of a thumb-joint not affecting any text; maringal annotation to another page in Vol. I; some pages with creased corners and occasional marks scattered foxing -- not too obtrusive -- and some faint dampstains in lower margins; covers heavily rubbed. Two vols. 4tos; 516 & 588pp; contemporay mottled calf recased with spine label; inner hinges reinforced. First state of the classic work that founded the modern notion of biography with "gve" on p. 135 all cancels the fronispiece portrait after Sir Joshua Reynolds in Vol. I and the "Round Robin" and facsmile plates in Vol. II. A serviceable set. Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly unknown books
1937301136New York: William Edwin Rudge; The Viking Press 1937. One of 570 numbered copies this being no. 252 designed by Bruce Rogers. Numerous aquatone facsimiles of original manuscripts by Boswell. 20 vols. 4to and Folio. Red boards printed spine labels. very good plus set in original boxes some sunning to box spines box to vol. 4 with a few splits. One of 570 numbered copies this being no. 252 designed by Bruce Rogers. Numerous aquatone facsimiles of original manuscripts by Boswell. 20 vols. 4to and Folio. [William Edwin Rudge; The Viking Press] unknown books
