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182474745Bellows Falls VT: Charles Ewer and Timothy Bedlington. Very Good-. 1824. Leather. . 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. A New Edition. Copious Notes and Biographical Illustrations By Malone. In Five Volumes; Printed By Blake Cutler and Co. for Charles Ewer and Timothy Bedlington. Bellows Falls VT. 1824. 5 volume set are hard-bound in 1/2 leather with marbled paper covered boards with gilt stamped numbers and gilt stamped red leather labels on the spines - scuffed and soiled with edge-wear and rubbing to the joints corners and spine-ends. Volume I front board barely attached - contents are bright and legible but with scattered foxing and toning throughout. Portrait frontispiece in Volume 1 and a folding plate in volumes 2 & 3. Volume I is a Vermont Imprint Published in Bellows Falls VT. 1824. with the rest of the volumes printed in Bellows Falls VT but have a Boston MA imprint. . Charles Ewer and Timothy Bedlington hardcover books
1938WRCLIT42646London: Limited Editions Club 1938. Three volumes. Large octavo. Cloth gilt spine labels. Portrait. Binding a trace rubbed spines sunned distinguished collector's tasteful bookplate on each pastedown but a very good set in worn and cracked slipcase. One of fifteen hundred numbered sets printed at the Curwen Press. Edited with an introduction by E.G. Fletcher. Mrs. Thrale's annotations from two different copies are printed here as marginal comments. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1844150502013London: John Murray 1844. Hardcover. Very 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 books
1899049409New York: Harper & Brothers 1899. Edited by George Birkbeck Hill. 6 vols. complete b/w front. tissue guards b/w text illus. folded front. chart in the final volume original blue cloth t.e.g. deckle edges. Contents: v. 1 Life 1709-1765. v. 2 Life 1765-1776. v. 3 Life 1776-1780. v. 4 Life 1780-1784. v. 5 Tour to the Hebredes 1883_ and Journey into North Wales 1774. v. 6 Addenda index dicta philosophi c. Harper & Brothers unknown books
1936WRCLIT53510New York: Viking 1936. Cloth and boards paper spine label. Folding map. A fine unopened copy in slipcase. First edition of this text edited by Frederick Pottle and Charles H. Bennett. One of 790 numbered copies of 816 published in format uniform with the Isham edition of the PRIVATE PAPERS. Viking hardcover books
1807861521807. 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 . IN THREE VOLUMES. Boston: W. Andrews and L. Blake 1807. First American from the Fifth London Edition. 500/512/543 pp. with index in Vol. III. 8vo. original calf spine labels missing boards detached spines and corners chipped. Leather powdery. Text complete with frontispiece engraving portrait in Vol. I. Moderate to heavy foxing in the text. Contemporary ink ownership to title page or first page of text; front flyleaf of Vol. III is chipped at top corner. Bindings sound. Sold as is. unknown books
19511270768London: William Heinemann 1951/1952. Limited Editions. Hardcover. 4tos. 2 volumes; VG; spines vellum with black leather label and gilt lettering; 1/4 bound with blue boards gilt emblem on front boards; top edge of text blocks gilt; ribbon; mild shelfwear; small chips to spine labels some dirtying to spine; of this deluxe edition 1050 copies only have been printed these are both copies number 927; GP consignment;. 1270768. FP New Rockville Stock. William Heinemann hardcover books
19559015896London: William Heinemann 1955. Hardcover. Fine condition / very good slipcase. The Yale Edition of the Papers of James Boswell. Edited By Frank Brady And Frederick A. Pottle. Illustrated. One of 400 numbered copies of the Deluxe edition. Quarter vellum and cloth stamped in gilt on the cover and lettered in gilt on the spine t.e.g. slipcase Fine condition in a slightly worn slipcase. <br/><br/> William Heinemann hardcover books
18221249034London 1822. ninth edition; revised. octavos in light brown genuine leather with six-band spine; gold letters and gilt on spine; VG; moderate soiling and shelf wear on boards; moire end pages; frontispiece engraving of S. Johnson; folded facsimile of Johnson's handwriting; paper clean with light foxing; please contact us for shipping costs; shelved above US bios. 1249034. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. unknown books
189125408New York and London: George Routledge n.d. 1891. 3 vols. 8vo frontispieces vignette titles illus. throughout; orig. decorative blue cloth stamped in gilt and black; some toning of the text spine ends very rubbed and a little chipped but the binding is sound. Apparently taken from the 6th Malone edition of 1811 here divided into chapters "for the reader's convenience." See Pottle 86. <br/><br/> George Routledge, n.d. hardcover books
187325192Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo 1873. 8vo pp. xv 1 560 16 publisher's catalogue; text proper in double column; inserted engraved portrait frontispiece and title-p.; very good bright copy in original terracotta cloth elaborately stamped in gilt and black a.e.g. An edition apparently either unknown to or unrecognized by Pottle. <br/><br/> William P. Nimmo hardcover books
188435812Paris: Hinrichsen et cie 1884. First edition in French 12mo pp. vi 318 1; very good in contemporary quarter black morocco over marbled boards gilt lettered direct on gilt-paneled spine. With accounts of French colonial politics the geography of Tonkin economics relations of France with China military matters etc. The first edition in English was published earlier the same year.This copy with a few pencil annotations by an informed reader. <br/><br/> Hinrichsen et cie hardcover books
189186610NY:: Harper & Brothers. Very Good. 1891. Hardcover. B001JAZEC4 . Complete in six volumes. Volume I: Life 1709-1765. Volume II: Life 1765-1776. Volume III: Life 1776-1780. Volume IV: Life 1780-1784. Volume V: Tour to the Hebrides 1773 and Journey into North Wales 1774. Volume VI: Addenda Index Dicta Philosophi &c. Illustrations fold-out letter facsimiles and chart. Edited by George Birkbeck Hill. First edition thus. Octavos bound in dark green cloth with gilt lettering on the spines top edges gilt. Moderate shelf wear and aging two of the volumes are starting to show separation at the hinges two of the volumes have small gouges to the cloth covered boards else all volumes are very good. . Harper & Brothers, hardcover books
1971Embry 196854Oxford 1971. Later printing. Faint soiling to upper edge of two volumes still fine in fine faintly worn price-clipped dust jackets in mylar covers. A handsome set. Oxford, 1971. Later printing. unknown books
1937WRCLIT35208New York: Viking 1937. Cloth and decorated boards. First edition. In addition to five hundred numbered copies this is one of at least two out-of-series copies denoted as an "Author's Copy" on the colophon. Very fine in slipcase and glassine wrapper. Viking hardcover books
181148789London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies in the Strand 1811. The Sixth Edition Revised and Augmented. Period full tan polished calf bindings with marbled edges. Maroon spine labels in 2nd & 4th compartments. General wear & chipping to leather primarily spines. Joint leather weak with rear board to Vol I coming loose. A Good - Abt Very Good set. 4 volumes. Volume I with engraved frontis of Johnson by T. Baker after the 1756 painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Two facsimile letters Vol I & Vol III. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/> Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, in the Strand hardcover books
19609015899London: William Heinemann 1960. Hardcover. Fine condition. The Yale Editions of the Papers of Jams Boswell edited by William K. Wimsatt Jr. and Frederick A. Pottle. Il;lustrated. One of 350 numbered copies of the Deluxe edition bound in quarter vellum with gilt stamped label on the spine <br/><br/> William Heinemann hardcover books
19001305676New York: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1900. Hardcover. Octavos 3 volumes; VG; bound in 3/4 green leather marbled boards and endpapers paneled spines with red and orange labels with gilt lettering other panels tooled in gilt; top edge of text block gilt; Bound by Zaehnsdorf for A. C. McClurg with binders stamp; rubbing to hinges head and tail of spines with mild chipping to head and tail; rubbing to corners; small white paint stain to lower edge of rear board of volume 1; interiors clean; shelved above Nature. 1305676. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover books
193616338New York: Viking Press 1936. First edition 8vo pp. xviii435; folding map; 4 plates of facsimiles and 1 illus. in the text; spine of jacket slightly darkened else fine. The full version of Boswell's journal of his memorable trip with Johnson here published for the first time. <br/><br/> Viking Press unknown books
1952WRCLIT30475London: Heinemann 1952. Large octavo. Half vellum gilt label t.e.g. Frontis and illustrations. Edited by F.A. Pottle. First British edition limited issue. One of 1050 numbered copies specially printed and bound. Near fine in worn slipcase. Heinemann hardcover books
1952243083London: Heinemann 1952. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Including his correspondence with Belle de Zuylen. Edited by Frederick A. Pottle. Illustrated including folding map. xix 428pp. 8vo vellum-backed blue cloth leather spine label t.e.g.; uncut and unopened. London: William Heinemann 1952. A near fine copy in slightly worn slipcase.<br/><br/> One of 1050 numbered copies of the deluxe edition.<br/><br/> Heinemann unknown books
1957243101London: Heinemann 1957. Limited. hardcover. fine. Edited by Frank Brady and Frederick A. Pottle. Frontis. and 20 other plates 4 maps one folding. xxxi 425pp. 8vo vellum-backed blue cloth leather spine label t.e.g.; uncut and unopened. London: William Heinemann 1957. A fine copy in a lightly worn slipcase.<br/><br/> De Luxe edition; one of 400 numbered copies.<br/><br/> Heinemann unknown books
1953WRCLIT64778London: Heinemann 1953. Large octavo. Half vellum and gilt cloth t.e.g. gilt label. Facsimile and plates. Small tasteful bookplate on pastedown otherwise fine without slipcase. First British edition limited issue. One of 1000 numbered copies specially printed and bound. Edited by F.A. Pottle. Heinemann hardcover books
193662872New York and London: Viking Press and William Heinemann 1936. First edition as edited by Pottle and Bennett 1/790 copies this #560. Large 8vo. xiv 435 pp. The first book published from the "Private papers of James Boswell from Malahide Castle: Isham Collection" "differing materially from the previously printed text." Very good. Red cloth-backed boards printed paper spine label publisher's slipcase rubbed with printed paper spine label tiny chips at two corners. 9660. <br/><br/> Viking Press and William Heinemann hardcover books
1953SJ004London New York and Toronto: Oxford University Press / Geoffrey Cumberlege 1953 Reprint edition. Finely bound by Bayntun in full red polished calf with five raised bands to spine boards double-ruled in gilt compartments and bands decorated in gilt green morocco spine label lettered in gilt text block edges gilt with gilt board edges and turn-ins purple marbled endpapers. A near fine copy with a few scratches to boards and some wear to front hinge including a half-inch closed tear to the leather at the top of the hinge else tight and clean. One of the most famous biographies in the history of this literary form Boswell's Life of Johnson describes the life of Samuel Johnson a poet essayist literary critic and lexicographer. Johnson's 1755 publication of A Dictionary of the English Language was regarded as the preeminent English dictionary until the Oxford English Dictionary was published in 1928. He published several other works throughout his life including an edition of Shakespeare's plays with critical annotations that would inspire the various supposed authoritative Shakespeare texts that followed by other editors. Boswell's biography first published in 1791 is known for its vivid detail. Though the biographer met his subject late in Johnson's life his extensive research allowed him to portray a comprehensive picture of Johnson's life. Indeed modern scholars have used Boswell's description of Johnson's mannerisms and sometimes disconcerting physical gestures to put together a posthumous diagnosis of what is now known as Tourette's Syndrome. Notably this reprint edition by the Oxford University Press is based on the third edition published in 1799 which was the last to be published with Boswell's own revisions. Hard Cover. Near Fine. London, New York, and Toronto: Oxford University Press / Geoffrey Cumberlege hardcover books