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1793113260Charles Dilly 1793. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. Three volumes leatherbound. First octavo edition revised and augmented. Covers shelfworn. Bookplate of John Clarke Stoughton inside each front cover. Three small clippings on the first two pages. Charles Dilly hardcover
63-9062London: Henry Hills 1678. 8vo. Soft Rebound Covers 32 pp. Letterpress Good with losses & tears but rebound cleaned and repaired else a VG clean copy. Text in Latin & English. First Edition.Loosely laid in is a TLS from "FTJ Haynes Senior Conservator with the Public Record Office in London"; an invoice for work on this piece: "cleaned deacidified repaired and bound." Dated April 25 1977. London: Henry Hills, 1678. unknown
1768AA179Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly 1768. First edition second state. Very Good. <p>xxi 3 382 pp Folding copper-engraved map 8vo 20x12 cm 8x4¾" period full calf raised bands morocco lettering piece</p> <br /> <p>Some rubbing to spine and extremities joints tender minor wear to covers small repair to rear cover; short stub tear to map else very good or better an attractive copy</p> <br /> <p>This was the first work to bring Boswell fame; it also brought the cause of Corsican independence fought for under the handsome and impressive General Paoli to international attention Boswell's urgent calls for support and the romanticized account of Paoli as lionized father figure nearly brought England into war with France over Corsica Eventually the struggle for independence was lost and Paoli fled to England where he enjoyed widespread adulation</p> <br /> <p>Even for an 18th century work there are a significant number of state variations for this first edition which may occur in various combinations. Following the general order per the Rothschild catalogue 442 this appears to be a second state of the first edition. A second edition was published in London later in the same year. Specific points for this copy include:</p> <br /> <p>1 Collation consists of blank leaf half title folding map title page preface table of contents pp 382 final blank leaf</p> <br /> <p>2 P 51 ii state with :John Home" correctly placed</p> <br /> <p>3 P 67/68“ l 11-12 ii state "noble fief of Is/tria"</p> <br /> <p>4 P 357 "Mariani" is spelled correctly</p> <br /> <p>5 Folding map has the publisher's imprint and no scale of miles the imprint is absent in the first state</p> <br /> <p>6 Table of Contents - 141 for 241 uncorrected</p> <br /> <p>7 P 70 l 17 - Ftruscans for Etruscans</p> <br /> <p>8 P 93 l6 "prince of"</p> <br /> <p>9 P 137 l 11 "feelirg"</p> <br /> <p>10 P 172 l 9 - "tha the"</p> <br /> <p>11 P 184 l 4 with dots over the y in Montgomery"</p> <br /> <p>12 P 296 l 18 "of my own"</p> <br /> <p>13 P 327 l 9-10 "speculati/ions<br /> <br /> Also E2 and Z3 are cancels.</p> . Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly unknown
1930000295London:: G. Bell and Sons. Ltd. 1930. Very lightly rubbed and scuffed. 60 illustrations. 8vo. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard .Finely bound by the Bayntun-Riviere bindery in full crimson morocco spine elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt inner dentelles over hand marbled endleaves all edges gilt. A gorgeous book. Full Red Morocco Gilt. Near Fine. Illus. by E.H. Shepard. 8vo. G. Bell and Sons. Ltd. Hardcover
185931462London: Routledge Warnes and Routledge 1859. 4 volumes bound in two. A New Edition Elucidated by Copious Notes and Illustrated with Numerous Portraits Views and Characteristic Designs Engraved from Authentic Sources. Decorated with four frontispiece engravings four engraved title-pages the round robin plate with signatures on thick paper and a great profusion of engravings throughout the text. 8vo beautifully bound in full polished calf the covers with double gilt fillet frames enclosing an inner stippled frame in blind the spines with raised bands gilt stippled separating compartments decorated with full gilt panels tooled in gilt with elaborate corner pieces and central floral elements two compartments with contrasting green and black morocco lettering labels gilt edges tooled in gilt turnovers tooled in blind marbled endleaves and edges xxxii 291; viii 298; viii 298; viii 300 pp. A very handsome and very fine set with the bindings in excellent condition. Beautifully preserved and presented. A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF ONE OF THE GREAT BOOKS IN THE LANGUAGE VERY HANDSOMELY BOUND AND FULLY ILLUSTRATED. 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 heroic Poets--Shakespeare is not more decidedly the first of Dramatists--Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of Orators than Boswell is the first of Biographers." Macauley in the Edinburgh Review 1831. Boswell learned a great deal about the art of biography from his subject and brought to his task boundless curiosity persistence and zest.<br> Boswell had been collecting material for this work since his first interview with Johnson in 1763 and was confident that his kind of biography "which gives not only a History of Johnson's visible progress through the world and of his publications but a view of his mind in his letters and conversations is the most perfect that can be conceived and will be more of a Life than any work that has ever yet appeared." He said too that: “A sanction to my faculty of giving a just representation of Dr. Johnson I could not conceal. Nor will I suppress my satisfaction in the consciousness that by recording so considerable a portion of the wit and wisdom of the brightest ornament of the eigteenth century I have largely provided for the instruction and entertainment of mankind.†If Boswell does indulge in a little harmless flattery to himself the concluding words of his preface are literally true for Boswell’s Johnson as much as any other book “has largely provided for the instruction and entertainment of mankind.â€<br> Only 1750 copies of the first edition were printed. Routledge, Warnes and Routledge hardcover
181125406London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1811. Last Malone edition 4 volumes 8vo pp. 4 xxxvii 1 464; 2 496; 2 482; 2 530; engraved frontispiece portrait by Baker after Reynolds folding engraved facsimile of Johnson's handwriting folding engraved Round Robin plate; contemporary full mottled calf gilt-decorated spines black morocco labels; front joint on vol. 1 cracked but generally a very good set. "This edition was the one most frequently reprinted in the 19th century and is often spoken of as 'the best of the pre-Crokerian editions'. The more general critical tendency now however seems to be to return to the text of the third as being more nearly that which the author himself approved" Pottle. Pottle 86. T. Cadell and W. Davies unknown
1768303206London: Printed for E. and C. Dilly 1768. The Second edition with half title. Variant that has Appendix listed in Contents at p. 141 instead of correctly at p. 241. Engraved title-page large fold-out map of Corsica. xxii ii 384 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 8-7/8 x 6-7/8 inches. Boards uncut. Spine quite worn. The Second edition with half title. Variant that has Appendix listed in Contents at p. 141 instead of correctly at p. 241. Engraved title-page large fold-out map of Corsica. xxii ii 384 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 8-7/8 x 6-7/8 inches. ESTC T26158 ; Pottle 24; Tinker 322 Printed for E. and C. Dilly unknown
17851227001785. London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1785. <br /> <br /> Sm. 8vo iii-vii lacks half-title 1 524 1pp. Modern full diaper calf panelled in gilt backstrip stamped and lettered in gilt with 4 raised bands a lovely retrospective binding by Dusel. Light scuff on upper board early name on title page; a clean and attractive copy.<br /> <br /> § First edition mixed issue; E3 E4 and M4 are cancels as usual; leaves I5 Q7 and U6 are in Pottle's second state. We first sold this copy in 2005 after Dusel rebound it. It makes a very attractive gift copy. "Though the Life is a vaster and richer piece of work no one will maintain that it displays Boswell's unique gift for biography better than the Tour. Indeed most lovers of Boswell will agree that the Tour as a whole is more consistently good than the Life; that is that nowhere in the Life could one find so many consecutive first-class pages as those that compose this book" Pottle 57. Rothschild 456. unknown
1885321839London: Routledge 1885. hardcover. very good. REYNOLDS Sir Joshua. Five volumes. Frontispiece portraits illustrated in black and white. lxii 381; 398; 400; 390; 424 pages. 8vos 3/4 red leather over marbled boards raised spine bands gilt stamped lettering and decorations marbled endpapers. London: George Routledge and Sons 1885. Limited edition no. 310 of 500 copies. A very good set.<br/> <br/> Routledge unknown
183513734<p><b>1835 Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell FAMOUS English Biography 10v SET</b></p><p><i>"I hate mankind for I think myself one of the best of them and I know how bad I am." </i></p><p>― Samuel Johnson</p><p>Samuel Johnson was a famous English writer and scholar most known for his '<i>Dictionary of the English Language</i>' 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 according to a number of experts is <b><u>the greatest biography in the English language</u></b>!</p><p>In addition to the complete eight-volumes of '<i>Life of Samuel Johnson</i>' this set includes both volumes of '<i>Johnsoniana'</i> a work of anecdotes collected by Johnson himself. According to Pottle</p><p>"This version contains both the original texts augmented by the additional writings of the biographer and his subject and the very valuable new and related material which Croker introduced."</p><p>Item number: #13734</p><p>Price: $950</p><p>BOSWELL James</p><p><b><i>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 Stevens &c. and notes by various hands</i></b></p><p>London: John Murray 1835.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages; 10 volumes</p><p>o Vols I-VIII: Life of Johnson</p><p>o Vols IX-X: Johnsoniana</p><p>o 28 engraved plates</p><p>· References: Pottle 92</p><p>· Language: English </p><p>· Binding: Leather; tight & secure</p><p>· Size: ~6.5in X 4in 16.5cm x 10cm</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>13734</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> John Murray hardcover
16293<p>Dublin: Printed by John Chambers For R. Cross W. Wilson P. Byrne A. Grueber J. Moore J. Jones W. McKenzie W. Jones R. McAllister R. White J. Rice and G. Draper; Volume II Printed by John Ershaw; Volume III Printed by Robert Rhames 1792 First Dublin edition. The first English edition was published in 1791. Contemporary calf with red and green morocco spine labels lettered and ruled in gilt. . Three volumes octavo. . Two folding plates in volume three one of which is a facsimile "Round Robin" with signatures and the second being a facsimile of Johnson's handwriting. Binding extremities lightly rubbed back joint of Vol. I cracked but sound. Light foxing toning chips and creasing to some pages in all volumes in addition to occasional minor stains. Faded contemporary ink annotations on front flyleaf of Volume I. Faded contemporary ink signature on title pages of Volumes I II and III. A very good copy in a handsome binding. Boswell's Life of Johnson remains the most famous biography in any language 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 it sought to dramatize its subject in his authorial greatness.to the task of life writing Boswell brought his forensic and evidence-sifting habits from his Edinburgh legal training.But though Boswell's work has delighted many.it remains.as controversial as it is famous. It has been attacked by. some Johnsonian scholars.Nonetheless later scholarship has properly supplemented but never supplanted Life's basic vision and has drawn upon Boswell's work as a central source even in those challenges to aspects of its representation" Oxford DNB.</p> Printed by John Chambers, For R. Cross, W. Wilson, P. Byrne, A. Grueber, J. Moore, J. Jones, W. McKenzie, W. Jones, R. McAlliste
elala2629London: John Murray 1831. First Edition Edited by John Wilson Croker. The publication of this remarkable edition opens an entirely new era in the history of Boswells book The new materials which Croker collected far exceed in bulk and intrinsic importance the contributions to the exegesis of Boswell made by any other editor. In the first place he unearthed and printed for the first time about one hundred new letters of Johnson; a larger number than had previously been published by any other one except Mrs. Piozzi and Boswell or than has been published by any one since not excepting Dr. Hill . Pottle NCBEL II 1214. Pottle 91. cfGrolier One Hundred Books Famous In English Literature 65. 5 Volumes. 8vo. folding engraved map 1 folding plate 5 frontis. portraits. contemporary calf rebacked with spines mounted bindings somewhat worn but solid corners knocked several labels chipped offsetting on titles London: John Murray, 1831 unknown
1835500020265London: John Murray 1835. First. . hardcover Sp & hardcover. Good. 12mo. 7 volumes with contemporary leather spine and marbled boards. vol 6 7 & 10 in maroon cloth with faded spine and the last with detached boards <br/> <br/> John Murray hardcover
1951773P31London: William Heinemann LTD 1951-60. Vellum. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 10.5" by 7". Various. A wonderful set of Yale's limited edition works containing the private papers of James Boswell illustrated throughout all small printing runs. Limited edition works.In six volumes. A further six volumes were published by Yale from 1963 to 1989.All six volumes in the original slipcases in the original glassine wraps. 'Boswell in Search of a Wife' and 'Boswell for the Defence' in the original dustwrappers. Slipcases in a very good condition.A collection of this private papers journals and travel works of James Boswell.Boswell was a noted Scottish biographer and diarist of the eighteenth century well beloved for his biography on his contemporary and friend Samuel Johnson.These publications by Yale University helped to transform Boswell's reputation after they recovered his many private papers. 'Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763 Together With Journal of My Jaunt Harvest 1762' published in 1951. Illustrated with a frontispiece two folding maps and twenty-one plates. Collated complete. Limited to 1050 copies of which this is numbered 750.'Boswell in Holland 1763-1764' published in 1952. Illustrated with a frontispiece one folding map and thirteen plates. Collated complete. Limited to 1050 copies of which this is numbered 864.'Boswell on the Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland 1764' published in 1953. Illustrated with one folding map and seventeen plates. Collated complete. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is numbered 750.'Boswell on the Grand Tour: Italy Corsica and France 1765-1766' published in 1955. Illustrated with a frontispiece one folding map and nineteen plates. Collated complete. Limited to 400 copies of which this is numbered 350. Bookseller's label to the front paste down.'Boswell in Search of a Wife 1766-1769' published in 1957 in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece one folding map four maps and twenty-one plates. Collated complete. Limited to 400 copies of which this is numbered 350. 'Boswell For the Defence 1769-1774' published in 1960 in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece one double-sided folding map one folding map and eleven plates. Collated complete. Limited to 350 copies of which this is numbered 55.Edited by Frederick A. Pottle. In the original publisher's quarter vellum binding with cloth to the boards. Externally smart. Spines are a little discoloured as is usual with vellum. a few faint marks to the boards and spines. 'Boswell on the Grand Tour: Italy Corsica and France 1765-1766' bookseller's label to the front paste down. 'Boswell in Search of a Wife 1766-1769' dustwrapper is a little edgeworn with some chips light age-toning and spots to the wraps. 'Boswell For the Defence 1769-1774' dustwrapper is a little discoloured with some spots. Stickers to the bottom edges of the slipcases. Slipcases a little worn with some tears light marks and some rubbing to the slipcases. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few odd spots to the first and last few pages. 'Boswell on the Grand Tour: Italy Corsica and France 1765-1766' 'Boswell in Search of a Wife 1766-1769' and ''Boswell For the Defence 1769-1774' pages uncut to the fore edge. Slipcases in a very good condition. Very Good Indeed William Heinemann LTD hardcover
188731505Oxford: At the Clarendon Press 1887. 6 volumes. First of the Edition. With fourteen engraved illustrations including a number of portraits of Johnson from Sir Joshua Reynolds' paintings from Opie's portrait and many facsimiles of Johnson's handwriting the Round Robin plate a map of johnson and Boswell's tour through the Hebrides and a chart of Johnson's contemporaries. 8vo handsomely bound in contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled paper covered boards the spines with raised bands two compartments lettered in gilt marbled endleaves to match top edges gilt. xxvii 1 errata 522; 480; vi 464; vi 446; viii 460; lxxivii 324 pp. A very well preserved and handsome set the bindings are tight and show only minor age or evidence of use with a little rubbing and evidence of shelving Volume I has been rehinged the text-blocks and plates are all in excellent condition the spine panels as usual with green morocco or calf bindings have mellowed a bit to a honey-brown. FIRST EDITION OF THIS FINE CLARENDON PRESS EDITION OF BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON AND OTHER WORKS. 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 heroic Poets--Shakespeare is not more decidedly the first of Dramatists--Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of Orators than Boswell is the first of Biographers." Macauley in the Edinburgh Review 1831. Boswell learned a great deal about the art of biography from his subject and brought to his task boundless curiosity persistence and zest.<br> Boswell had been collecting material for this work since his first interview with Johnson in 1763 and was confident that his kind of biography "which gives not only a History of Johnson's visible progress through the world and of his publications but a view of his mind in his letters and conversations is the most perfect that can be conceived and will be more of a Life than any work that has ever yet appeared." He said too that: “A sanction to my faculty of giving a just representation of Dr. Johnson I could not conceal. Nor will I suppress my satisfaction in the consciousness that by recording so considerable a portion of the wit and wisdom of the brightest ornament of the eigteenth century I have largely provided for the instruction and entertainment of mankind.†If Boswell does indulge in a little harmless flattery to himself the concluding words of his preface are literally true for Boswell’s Johnson as much as any other book “has largely provided for the instruction and entertainment of mankind.â€<br> The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides is the famous account of Boswell and Johnson’s tour to the North in 1773 including some original poems by Johnson never before published and numerous “literary anecdotes and opinions of men and books.†This tour proved to be inspirational for both men; Johnson published A JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND in 1775 and Boswell in addition to this work used his notes from the tour extensively in his LIFE OF JOHNSON published in 1791.<br> Volume VI is a very extensive study of the works of Johnson including a diagram of his contemporaries a significant section on the Titles of Works Quoted in the Notes an Addenda of Autograph Letters and etc. and a very extensive indes and Dicta Philosophi. At the Clarendon Press hardcover
1785006222London:: Charles Dilly 1785. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good . 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG 1st ed 2nd state 1785. In modern calf to style over tree calf boards tips repaired. Spine gilt tooling original gilt titles to red calf label. Internally half title 4 v-vii 1 1 2-254 pp 1 errata/advert some light spotting to eps & half title very faint edge browning short margin tears to p509-514 text block edges yellowed. Folio 124210 mm ESTC T53594. Pottle 114. Boswell was and remains a divisive personality even for modern readers who find the fluent precise demotic prose of the journals compelling: an unstable amalgam of vibrant self-advertising vanity and self-tortured insecurity; an able but reluctant Edinburgh lawyer who marred his chances for judicial promotion with over-zealous and occasionally frenetic defences of poor criminal clients with whom he felt a particular sympathy; a loving but erratic husband; a lenient beloved but overburdened father; a kind and improvement-oriented lowland laird who longed for life in London; a sentimental Jacobite who developed an extraordinary veneration for George III. <br/> <br/> Charles Dilly hardcover
19240009095London: The Navarre Society 1924. New Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 20 photogravures. 8vos; 433 479 577 pages rebound by Birdsall of London in 3/4 red morocco raised bands extra-gilt spines head and tail bands. <br/><br/>Limited to 2000 copies. The text of the first editioin reprinted verbatim with the corrections and additions. Includes a facsimile autograph letter. Boswell's JOHNSON was considered the paragon of biographies for nearly two centuries. 20 photogravures 50 half-tones. . Preface by Clement K. Shorter. The Navarre Society hardcover
18071503106Andrews 1807. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Published by William Andrews and Lemuel Blake Greenough and Stebbins Printers Boston 1807. First American in Boards Uncut. From the fifth London edition. 3 vols. 8vo First American from the fifth London Edition 1807 edited by Edmund Malone. The First edition was published in 1791. All three volumes very good in contemporary or original boards. Andrews hardcover
85130London Macmillan and Co. Ltd. 1900. Six volumes. Tall 8vo. Approx 9 x 6 inches. In fine leather bindings by “Fazakerley Liverpool.” Quarter bound dark brown polished morocco to spine and corners and light brown cloth to boards. Raised banding and gilt lettering to spines. Top page edges gilt marbled endpapers. In excellent near fine condition. Stunning fine leather binding by “Fazakerley Liverpool.” Lovely clean smart covers. Binders stamps to corners of front endpapers. Additional handwritten illustrations list to front of vol.1. Some occasional areas of mild/minor foxing to one or two pages and inserted plates Else pages very clean and tight throughout. Else an excellent clean and tight set. 6 vols. Illustrated with 317 B&W engraved portraits. Neat handwritten list at front of vol.1. This edition is reprinted from that prepared by Mr. Mowbray Morris for the Messrs. Macmillan’s “Globe” series in 1893. London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd. 1900 hardcover
1831SET25-E-3London : John Murray 1831. Leather. Very Good. 9" by 5.5". None. The first edition of Croker's influential edition of Boswell's famous biography in a calf binding. Complete in Five Volumes. A New Edition. With Numerous Additions and Notes by John Wilson Croker LL.D. F. R. S. With Mrs Nathaniel Hibbert bookplate to the front pastedowns with Emily Hibbert ink signatures to the title pages. 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. In full calf bindings rebacked with the original boards and the original spine laid down. Externally slightly rubbed. Some hinges have been reinforced. The other hinges are slightly strained. Internally firmly bound generally bright with a few spots to the first and last few pages as usual. Very Good John Murray hardcover
190051254Oxford: At the Clarendon Press 1887. 8vo. Complete in 6 volumes. Bound in a full stout chocolate morocco. Raised bands to spine. All edges gilt. Blind-ruled borders to boards with gilt Eton coat of arms to front & rear boards. Eton prize inscription to first blanks. Minor marks to boards. Frontis to each volume and folding document in vol. III. Spine lettering bright. An attractive VG to Near Fine set. 23 cms tall. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Very Good. Full Morocco. First Thus. 1900. At the Clarendon Press 1887 unknown
1952SET31-G-3London : Clarendon Press 1952-1957. Vellum. Fine. 10.5" x 7.5". None. Five volumes of the Yale Editions of the private papers of James Boswell all de luxe limited editions from the Selbourne collection. The volumes present are: Boswell in Holland; Boswell on the Grand Tour Germany and Switzerland; Boswell on the Grand Tour Italy Corsica and France; Boswell in Search of a Wife; Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763 Together With Journal Of My Jaunt Harvest 1762. All volumes were edited by Frank Pottle. In the case of Boswell on the Grand Tour Italy Corsica and France and Boswell in Search of a Wife Frank Brady was an additional editor. Pottle is the widely acknowledged authority on Boswell and his biography of the man is still considered the standard reference work. In 1929 he was engaged as the editor of Boswell's papers the originals of which were all in the possession of the American collector Lt. Col. Ralph Heyward Isham. This editorship became the central project of his life and these Yale Editions were the result. The project was one of the largest and most celebrated works of scholarly editorship in modern times. Yale itself explains: "The first volume of the Trade Edition the London Journal 17621763 appeared in 1950 and surprising both its publishers at McGraw-Hill and Heinemann and its scholarly editors became an immediate worldwide bestseller. The publication of the popular series was completed in 1989 with Boswell the Great Biographer 17891795 the thirteenth volume of the journals. Boswell's frank record of his private and public lifehe was as forthright about his wretched behavior as he was matter-of-fact in reporting his more admirable momentshas repelled some readers and attracted others but rarely has it elicited indifference." Boswell in Holland is number 512 of 1050 printed; Boswell on the Grand Tour Germany and Switzerland is number 559 of 1000 printed. ; Boswell on the Grand Tour Italy Corsica and France is number 323 of 400 printed; Boswell in Search of a Wife is number 327 of 400 printed; Boswell's London Journal is number 559 out of 1050 printed. Boswell's London journal records how he visited London for the second time at the age of 22. It notably records his first meeting with Samuel Johnson for whose biography he is best known. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD 1906-1973 a noted book collector and diarist. In quarter vellum with cloth covered boards. There is a gilt motif to the front boards and spine labels to the spines. Externally lovely. In the original cellophane wraps and with the original rigid slipcases. The cellophane wraps are still smart; for the two Grand Tour volumes they are a little chipped and creased along the edges and in the case of the Germany & Switzerland volume a little age-toned. The Italy Corsica & France volume has a closed tear midway down the spine. The slipcases are intact with a little wear to the extremities only. Internally clean and bright and firmly bound. Many pages uncut along the foredge throughout. The edges are untrimmed but clean. NEAR FINE slipcase Fine Clarendon Press hardcover
1925B4032Bath: George Bayntun 1925. A fine copy bound in original half crimson gilt calf. Binding: Original half calf boards with matching cloth. 5 slightly raised bands in 6 compartments. Title in tooled gilt on the spine. Spine has elaborate gilt decoration. Top Edge Gilt. Notes: Ex Libris Abel E. Berland Size: 4to 180mm x 240mm Illustration: Contains 13 plates and a profusion of illustrations. Volume: Two Volumes Pages: P. Volume 1: Advertisement Half Title Advertisement Blank Frontispiece Title Printer’s Imprint Preface 13 Portrait Contents 5 Illustrations 4 Title Frontispiece Dedication 2 Advertisement 6 1-576; Volume 2: Advertisement Half Title Advertisement Blank Frontispiece Title Printer’s Imprint Contents 5 Frontispiece 577-1172. Category: Book Literature George Bayntun hardcover
1822johnsonboswellT Cadell 1822. Hardcover. Foxing in front space and slight/Fine full leather binding with b. The Life of Samuel Johnson in 4 volumes by James Boswell. Ninth revised edition published by T Cadell London 1822. Fine portrait engraving and sample hand written note. Fine full leather binding with banded raised spines. Foxing in front space and slight to page edge throughout. tight binding rare opened leather supple with light rub wear and soil marks. Light bumping to corners. T Cadell hardcover
1785205755London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1785. First Edition. Half-title wanting; early owner's inscription/motto in French; preliminaries browned at edges and with a few small inconsequential chips and short edge tears. 8vo viii 524pp leaf of errata and advertisement for Life of Johnson; later three-quarter morocco and cloth; t.e.g. Second state with typographic errors corrected all cancels present. Pottle 57. Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly unknown
