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183130003London: John Murray 1831. Five Volumes. A new edition with numerous additions and notes by John Wilson Croker. Each volume with an engraved frontispiece portrait one engraved folding map and one engraved facsimile document. 18th century tree calf gilt spines gilt in compartments with green morocco lettering labels marbled edges. Minor spotting internally some offsetting from frontispieces to title pages Front hinges for volume 1 & 5 starting but holding. Generally VG or better set. John Murray unknown
1952271365London : Heinemann 1952. De luxe edition. Hardcover. Fine copies all in the original vellum over gilt-blocked buckram boards. Top-edge gilt. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 6 v. ; 8vo. Contents; Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763 together with Journal of my jaunt harvest 1762. 1951. Boswell in Holland 1763-1764 including correspondence with Belle de Zuylen. 1952. Boswell on the grand tour: Germany and Switzerland 1764. 1953. Italy Corsica and France 1765-1766. 1955. Boswell in search of a wife 1766-1769. Edited by Frank Brady . and Frederick A. Pottle. 1957. Boswell for the defence 1769-1774. Edited by William K. Wimsatt . and Frederick A. Pottle. 1960. Subject; Boswell James 1740-1795. London : Heinemann hardcover
188774785Oxford: At the Clarendon Press 1887. 8vo.Prize Binding. Complete in 6 volumes. First Birkbeck Hill edition. Full tan calf prize binding bound by Sotherans; gilt crest of Westminster School to gilt-bordered boards; raised bands green title labels gilt-decorated compartments and gilt lettering to spines; all edges gilt and gilt decorated edges and turn-ins. Minor rubbing to bindings with a couple of very small nicks to leather and a couple of scratches. Prize bookplate detailing award to G. Rutherford dated 1896. An ink note at the prelims explains that this was the Marshall Prize for the 6th Form. Very clean and fresh internally. An attractive set of this monumental work of English literature. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Near Fine. Full Calf - Prize Binding. First Thus. 1887. At the Clarendon Press 1887 unknown
65271London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly in the Poultry. 1793. SECOND EDITION. 3 vols. 8vo. 22 x 14 cm. Title xviiixvii-xxxi ii xviii-xxxix i xxxvi i603; title 634; title 711. Contemporary tan calf sometime rebacked to style with red labels original marbled endpapers Illustrated with engraved portrait by Joshua Reynold's folding plate of the "Round Robin" and the folding plate of facsimiles of Johnson's handwriting. A very good set. This is the first edition to contain "A Chronological Catalogue of the Prose Works of Samuel Johnson". As often without the additional leaf of corrections C3. This the second London edition after the first 1791 and the first Dublin edition 1792. Rothschild 468 London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry. 1793 unknown
20639Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly in the Poultry London 1768. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition of the Book that made James Boswell Famous. Demy octavo full contemporary speckled calf red morocco title label pp. xxiv 382 with the half-title and final blank. Large folding engraved map of Corsica by Thomas Phinn 12 x 17¾". First printing of map with neither imprint the scale of miles nor the division of the margins into degrees. Map inserted facing A1. E2 pp. 67-8 and Z3 pp. 357-8 are cancels. Without the misprint 'fo' on page 93 l 6 nor 'my own of' on p. 296 l 18 and with all the remaining misprints noted by Pottle. Offsetting from binding to margins of endleaves and title page. Text with scattered foxing and occasional minor staining. Map slightly offset to A1 with minor scattered foxing and slight staining elsewhere 3.5 cm tear at right edge near gutter but no loss. Small rubber-stamp indicating "Withdrawn from Yale Univ. Library" on front free endpaper no further library markings. Joints starting; forecorners and head of spine worn; evidence of minor repair to crown. Condition is good overall. Pottle 24; Gaskell Foulis 473; ESTC T26157. <br/> <br/> Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, London, 1768. hardcover
1785013987Henry Baldwin 1785. Book. Near Fine. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Full Leather First Edition 1785 Well Preserved Copy Rare In This Condition Excellent Fresh Copy. Henry Baldwin Hardcover
1925JOHNSONS001334George Bayntun Bath. 1925. First edition thus: newly edited with notes by Roger Ingpen. Quarto. Two volumes: pp xl 1-576; xvi 577-1172. 576 illustrations facsimiles and maps including thirteen photogravures. In addition tipped in from other sources are a number of colour portrait plates most of them being handprinted mezzotints. Period binding presumably by the publishers of three quarter brown crushed morocco with raised bands gilt decorations and rules marbled endpapers cloth sides top edges gilt.Armorial bookplate on each pastedown. Some minimal rubbing to edges of covers. A fine set. George Bayntun, Bath. hardcover
180745012Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies in the Strand 1807. 4 vols. roy. 8vo. Fifth Edition with engraved portrait frontispiece and 2 large folding facsimiles free endpapers mildly browned some light age-staining to text; strongly bound IN ORIGINAL DOVE-GREY BOARDS expertly rebacked in ivory faux-vellum to style backstrips with printed paper labels uncut boards lightly age-soiled a remarkably bright clean crisp copy. Complete with half-titles and the errata slip to all four volumes in first volume. With 16pp publisher's catalogue dated 1 December 1808 bound in at end of first volume. The facsimiles are the 'Round Robin' and the sample of Johnson's hand. In addition to the dedication to Reynolds this edition retains Bowell's advertisements to the first and second editions Malone's similar to the fourth and fifth editions and the chronological list of Johnson's prose works. 'In this fifth edition some errors have been corrected. Two letters written by Dr. Johnson and several new notes have been added' Malone. COPIES IN THE ORIGINAL BOARDS ARE VERY SCARCE. NCBEL II p.1214; Pottle Boswell 84. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, in the Strand, hardcover
178517992London:: Printed for Charles Dilly 1785. First edition. modern quarter morocco with marbled boards. Minor staining to a few leaves; a very nice copy. 8vo. Rothschild 455; Pottle 56. Printed for Charles Dilly, hardcover
1785006946London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1785. First edition mixed state. Full Morocco. Very Good. 8vo. 213 by 132 mm. vii 1 524 pp. Without half-title in front nor errata or ad leaf in back. But first state points met in this copy including page 121 in-induced not corrected; page 237 "Kings and subjects" on line 5-6. However page 299 has "nor Mrs. Thrale" on line 13 thus a second state point. Condition: modern morocco binding without issues. Some fairly dark stains here and there but never bothersome. Some light foxing scattered. Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly unknown
184425080<p><strong>1844 Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell English Biography Croker 10v Set</strong></p><p>Samuel Johnson was a famous English writer and scholar most known for his '<em>Dictionary of the English Language</em>' as well as a collection of biographical accounts of eminent English poets. In the mid-1700s Johnson met James Boswell a Scottish biographer who wrote an extensive biography of Johnson which several experts consider <strong><u>the greatest biography in the English language</u></strong>!</p><p>This impressive ten-volume edition was published in 1844 edited by John Wilson Croker.</p><p>Item number: #25080</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>BOSWELL James</p><p><strong><em>The life of Samuel Johnson… including a journal of his tour to the Hebrides</em></strong></p><p>London: J. Murray 1844.</p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete; 10 volumes</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Each volume individually paginated</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->48 engraved plates and facsimile handwriting examples</p><p> <!--endif-->Including frontispieces and engraved title pages</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Provenance: Handwritten</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif--><em>Rev. Jno. Partington</em></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif--><em>Geo. H. Smith</em></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~6.5in X 4.25in 16.5cm x 10.5cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>25080</p><p>Photos available upon request.</p> J. Murray hardcover
1798WB18306London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly in the Poultry 1798. Hardcover. Very Good. Three volumes. First octavo edition. First edition was 1791; Dublin octavo followed in 1792 so this is in essence the third edition overall. Contemporary brown calf professionally rebacked. Ex libris Anne Davies with her old book label. Smaller modern bookseller label of Henry Southern. <br/><br/> Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry hardcover
18352106018London UK: John Murray 1835. later. hardcover. near fine. 10 volumes small octavo. Spines lightly sunned. An excellent set of Boswell's great biography first published in 1791. Engraved frontispieces and vignettes title pages with tissue guards. Condition is near fine. John Murray unknown
192510467Bath UK: George Bayntun 1925. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto 2 volumes; 1172pp. all illustrated. A fine fresh handsome set bound by Bayntun naturally and yes the binding is signed in 3/4 deep navy morocco and blue cloth with raised bands gilt compartments and spine titles marbled endpapers and top edge gilt. Slightest rubbing to extremities but a very nice set. Supremely attractive set of this well-illustrated edition of perhaps the greatest biography ever written. A contemporary inscription on a front blank in volume I notes how scarce the book was in the open market even within a year of publication and how lucky he was to have been able to buy it. He seems to have written this note to himself as his ownership inscription also appears in the second volume. George Bayntun hardcover
FORT163950John Murray. Used - Very Good. Five Volume Set. Includes A Journal Of A Tour To The Hebrides. New Edition with numerous additions and notes by John Wilson Croker. Half bound in light brown leather with blue and red marbled boards. Four raised bands with gilt design; blind stamped leather on sections of spine between raised bands. Yellow green and red marbled endpaper. Binding is tight. Pages are clean with only minor foxing on the edges of a few pages in each volume. John Murray hardcover
265170Oxford: Clarendon. hardcover. near fine. Edited by George Birkbeck Hill. Frontis. port. folding facsimiles and black and white illustrations throughout 6 vols. thick 8vo rebound in cloth brown leather spine labels t.e.g.; light foxing on some margins. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1887. Near Fine.<br/> <br/> Clarendon unknown
1891266435New York: Harper 1891. hardcover. very good. Edited by George Birkbeck Hill. Frontispiece portrait folding facsimiles and black and white illustrations throughout 6 volumes. Tall thick 8vos handsomely bound in 3/4 green morocco evenly faded to brown with marbled boards gilt-decorated spines; top edge gilt marbled end-papers. New York: Harper 1891. First American Edition. Very good .<br/> <br/> Harper unknown
18912542London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd 1891. Octavo 6 volumes bound in three quarters red morocco gilt titles and tooling to the spine top edge gilt illustrated with portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds. In near fine condition. An attractively bound set. Everyone with an interest in Johnson is very much in debt to Boswell not only for the years of devotion he invested in the study of Johnson's life but for the uncanny skill with which he conveyed the quality of Johnson's personality and his effect on the people about him. If there had been no Boswell Johnson would have been one of the most famous names in English literature; but that he has become a household name is due to the chance that brought Boswell into his company Boswell is the sniffing bloodhound who will follow the scent of individuality into whatever territory it leads him. The fascination of their dialogue that dialogue of mind heart and voice round which Boswell organized his great Life is that it is not merely between two very different men but between two epochs. In its pages Romantic Europe speaks to Renaissance Europe and is answered" Wain 229. George Routledge & Sons, Ltd unknown
180737183Boston: Published by William Andrews and Lemuel Blake Greenough and Stebbins Printers 1807. First American from the fifth London Edition 1807 edited by Edmund Malone. The First edition was published in 1791. Engraved portrait frontispiece by D. Edwin in first volume. Pp. 500; 512; 543. Two folding facsimile leaves vol. 2 following p. 342vol 3 following p.472. 3 vols. 8vo. Original cream paper-backed blue and cream marbled boards orange printed label ornamental decorations on spine uncut. First volume dampstained throughout some holes in title which is spotted some foxing binding of first volume damaged and lacking spine portion of spine with label laid in covers loosened volumes two and three with some rubbing of bindings and short tears of spines insect holes along bands some light spotting but generally the last two volumes very good with contemporary signature of John McVickar on endpapers. First American from the fifth London Edition 1807 edited by Edmund Malone. The First edition was published in 1791. Engraved portrait frontispiece by D. Edwin in first volume. Pp. 500; 512; 543. Two folding facsimile leaves vol. 2 following p. 342vol 3 following p.472. 3 vols. 8vo. John McVickar is rest recalled as an economist. He was one of the earliest teachers of political economy in the U. S. taught while he was Professor of Moral Philosophy at Columbia which he held from 1817 until 1857. In 1857 when Columbia brought in Francis Leiber to teach political economy McVickar was transferred to the Chair of Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion a position he held until his retirement in 1864. From 1844 until 1864 he was also Army Chaplain at Fort Columbus in New York. He is also recalled as one of the founders of St. Stephen's College for Episcopal clergyman. He was the author of several works including the revised and greatly extended "Britannica" article by McCulloch "Outline of Political Economy "1825 "Hints on Banking"1827; and several others on finance and banking and a biography of Henry Hobart. Published by W[illiam] Andrews and L[emuel] Blake, Greenough and Stebbins, Printers unknown
1785DG9021London: Charles Dilly 1785. Half brown leather & brown cloth over boards gilt spine title & decoration & raised bands; Freshly rebound by Jon Buller; A fine binding over a just very good text block with glue shadow to mostly margins of title page; 534 pages 1 leaf of publisher advertisement. 5"x8". Charles Dilly hardcover
1785elala1179London: Printed By Henry Baldwin For Charles Dilly 1785. 1785. 8vo. pp. vii 1 524 1 leaferrata & advert. with half-title. later calf rebacked with spine mounted first few leaves lightly washed & possibly supplied from another copy 2 with neat marginal repairs. First Edition; with I5 Q7 & U6 in Second State. Pottle 57. Rothschild 456. 1st Edition. London: Printed By Henry Baldwin, For Charles Dilly, 1785. unknown
182229787London: T. Cadell F.C. & J. Rivington et al. 1822. First Chambers edition; 4 volumes 8vo pp. 2 xxxv 1 444; 2 462; 2 446; 2 495; engraved frontispiece portrait after Reynolds folding engraved facsimile of Johnson's handwriting folding engraved Round Robin plate; later quarter polished black calf over marbled boards by R. Carswell Belfast with his ticket on front pastedown; red morocco labels on gilt-paneled spines; minor rubbing and cracking; generally very good sound set. "This edition was edited by Boswell's friend Alexander Chambers. In his Advertisement Chalmers says that at Malone's request he contributed a few notes and corrections to the sixth edition 'and has now added many more as well as some additional particulars.' . His additional notes to this edition are not extensive but are solid and useful" Pottle. Pottle 89. T. Cadell, F.C. & J. Rivington [et al.] unknown
182226274London: T. Cadell F.C. & J. Rivington et al. 1822. First Chambers edition; 4 volumes 8vo pp. 2 xxxv 1 444; 2 462; 2 446; 2 495; engraved frontispiece portrait after Reynolds folding engraved facsimile of Johnson's handwriting folding engraved Round Robin plate; contemporary brown cloth with printed paper labels on spines; short crack in cloth at the top of the front joint on vol. I; leaf 2F1 in vol. 1 torn in the gutter no loss of text almost detached and bound out of order; otherwise a good sound set. It would be tempting to call this binding original and perhaps it is although certainly a remainder binding if true. "This edition was edited by Boswell's friend Alexander Chambers. In his Advertisement Chalmers says that at Malone's request he contributed a few notes and corrections to the sixth edition 'and has now added many more as well as some additional particulars.' . His additional notes to this edition are not extensive but are solid and useful" Pottle. Pottle 89. T. Cadell, F.C. & J. Rivington [et al.] unknown
1823593E23London: J Richardson and Co et al. 1823. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 5.5". Sir Joshua Reynolds. A very smart four volume leather set of James Boswell's famous biography of the life and work of Samuel Johnson This classic work was a huge critical success and is a significant landmark in the development of genre of biography. James Boswell was born in Edinburgh Scotland in 1740. A successful diarist and biographer he is best known for his biography of Samuel Johnson. Samuel Johnson was a poet essayist literary critic and lexicographer. Born in 1709 Johnson was a committed Tory and a devout Anglican. Frontispiece to volume I by Sir Joshua Reynold engraved by E Mitchell. Previous owners bookplate to each volume reads 'Abraham Bower'. In half leather binding. Externally very smart. Minor rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. Small amount of loss to the head of volume III. Rubbing to the extremities and to the front and rear boards of each volume. Previous owners bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd spot throughout. Very Good Indeed J Richardson and Co et al. hardcover
183543407London: John Murray 1835. Near Fine. Small 8vo. 17cm various paginations plates and illustrations half mid--century polished calf over marlbed boards with spines in six compartments extra gilt decorations in the panels crimson and brown morocco labels top edges gilt marbled endpapers bookseller ticket of D.P. Elder and Morgan Shephard of San Francisco on each volume's rear endpaper Pottle 92. Croker's second edition which reprints the original 100 letters from Johnson that Croker brought to light in 1831 with his first Boswell's Johnson. Pottle refers to this set as the first illustrated edition. A very charming example of the seminal biography one of the high spots of western literature. John Murray unknown
