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183500009011London: John Murray Albemarle Street 1835. Later edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 10 vol. Small 8vo. 5 vi-xxiv 2 3-325 3; 5 vi-viii 1 2-344 2; 5 vi-ix 2 2-323 3; 5 vi-xii 1 2-343 1; 5 vi-viii 1 2-341 3; 5 vi-viii 1 2-342 2; 5 vi-viii 1 2-381 3; 5 vi-xi 2 2-431 3; 5 vi-xv 2 2-335 3; 5 vi-xii 1 2-376 2 pp. Late nineteenth-century half polished sheep over pink cloth spines in six compartments spines unpolished lettered and tooled in gold; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Beautifully bound by Riviere & Son. Each volume illustrated with a frontispiece and vignette engraved title page volume three with a fold-out map of Scotland and the Hebrides. Volume six contains the fold-out Round Robin facsimile of Johnson's hand-writing to which there is a tiny hairline split not affecting the legibility of the fold-out plate. Oxford DNB Pat Rogers "Johnson Samuel 1709–1784". Pottle 92. The second Croker edition with little change to the text except for "the notes and Johnsoniana" Pottle 182. Pottle notes that the last two volumes in the set are extremely useful with some material never having been before published. Pottle also calls this "the first illustrated edition" Pottle 183. A stunning set of Boswell's magnum opus a monumental and early English biography. Samuel Johnson most famous for compiling the English dictionary that would replace the Bailey dictionary and would later become the dictionary that Noah Webster would consult is a legendary author and man of letters. Here his biographer and diarist James Boswell relates his life work and correspondences in the ten volumes. The final two volumes include the anecdotes about Johnson from his contemporaries. A principal work in English biographical literature housed in a lovely binding. A Near Fine set with a few hints of wear to the extremities overall bright and beautiful. John Murray, Albemarle Street hardcover
1835SET9-C-1London: John Murray 1835. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". Various. A decoratively bound set of Boswell's famous The Life of Samuel Johnson including the rarer two volumes of Johnsoniana. Complete in Ten Volumes. Volume X contains additional title pages for Volumes I - VIII to the rear. With an armorial nameplate for Robert Montgomery Convoy on the front pastedowns. This set contains the eight volumes complete of The Life of Samuel Johnson with both volumes of the 'Johnsoniana' that was added during publication. In original publishers cloth binding. bindings are generally tight and firm. Externally smart. There is some wear to the extremities including some bumping with some discolouration and marks to the boards. The inner rear hinge is strained in volumes I and V and has failed in volume VI and needs repair allowed for in price. Internally the pages are generally bright with some occasional slight browning. There is the occasional spot becoming prominent to the first and last few pages. There is an ink signature on the title pages of volumes V to IX and on the half-title of volumes III and IV. Very Good John Murray hardcover
1846648816Henry G. Bohn 1846. First Thus. Leather Binding. Near Fine. 10 volumes complete as issued. Attractively bound in 3/4 green morocco over marbled boards by Riviere & Son spines with raised bands gilt floral devices and gilt-bordered compartments covers sectioned with a single gilt fillet top edges gilt marbled endpapers covers a trifle faded slight wear. A nice set with great shelf presence. PROVENANCE: Engraved armorial bookplates of Charles B. Barnes Jr. of Boston dated 1893. Henry G. Bohn unknown
1835639079John Murray 1835. First Thus. Leather Binding. Near Fine. An attractive set in period 3/4 dark red morocco over marbled boards spines with raised bands and elaborate gilt floral tooling within gilt ruled compartments covers sectioned with a single gilt fillet top edges gilt marbled edges slight wear bookplate in each volume. A nice set of this landmark work long considered one of the finest biographies in the English language chronicling the life and wit of the pioneering etymologist. 10 volumes complete. John Murray unknown
183153394London: John Murray 1831. First Crocker edition 5 volumes 8vo each volume with engraved frontispiece plus the round-robin plate and a map of the Hebrides; contemporary half tan calf over marbled boards maroon and brown morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines; light wear to extremities upper joint of vol. 1 rubbed but firm lower corner of vol. 3 bumped a near fine copy. This edition still stands as a monument of Johnsonian scholarship; but it was badly edited and much famously condemned by Macaulay. Seeing the problem Murray hastily engaged Wright to do a make-over and republished it in 1835. Pottle 91: The publication of this remarkable edition opens an entirely new era in the history of Boswell's book. John Murray unknown
188789226London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1887. Fine. Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington London 1887 15 x 23 cm Reliure de l'éditeur Rare first edition illustrated with 9 plates including a large folding map.Publishers binding in full havana cloth smooth spine decorated in black vignette of a ship within a double black circle on the upper cover black endpapers and pastedowns joints split corners slightly rubbed.The author was a former officer of the 90th Light Infantry Regiment and wrote several works on various military subjects.Manuscript ex-libris of R. B. Knight on the half-title blue ink stains on the edges at the beginning of the volume. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington hardcover
166498Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies 1807. 5th edn revised and augmented. 4 vols. 8vo 8½ x 5½ ins. Contemporary full speckled calf spines gilt tooled in six compartments with contrasting labels boards gilt tooled at edges 2 ins tear at bottom lower edge of spine of vol IV and some light scratching on boards - otherwise a VG set. Pp. iv xxxv 478 2 blank & iv 496 2 blank & iv 480 2 blank & iv 522 2 blank illus with engraved frontispiece in vol I and folding facsimiles 2 in vols I and III previous owner's engraved card on front paste-downs and rear endpapers of vol VI a little toned and creased; no inscriptions. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1807 unknown
65705London: Printed for Baynes and Son et al. 1826. 4 vols. 8vo. 21.25 x 13 cm. Contemporary navy half calf over marbled boards spines with raised bands and gilt-decorated compartments two red morocco labels to each spine marbled endpapers and edges. Engraved portrait frontispiece and one folding Round Robin plate and a double-page facsimile of Johnson's handwriting. Some light rubbing to boards contents with some occasional light toning and light spotting to endpapers overall a very good set. "This edition in four volumes large octavo is the most beautiful that has yet appeared. The editor was Francis Pearson Walesby 1798-1858 Fellow of Lincoln College and afterwards 1829-34 Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford who in the previous year had edited the edition of Johnson's works in the Oxford English Classics with which this edition of the Life is uniform This is the first edition of the Life to include a portrait of Boswell as a frontispiece" Pottle. The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. first published in 1791 by James Boswell is a biography of English writer Dr. Samuel Johnson. Boswell's personal acquaintance with his subject began in 1763 when Johnson was 54 years old and Boswell covered the entirety of Johnson's life by means of additional research. The work was from the beginning a critical and popular success and represents a landmark in the development of the modern genre of biography and many have called it the greatest biography written in English. Keynes p. 54; Pottle 90 London: Printed for Baynes and Son [et al.], 1826. hardcover
19257686Bath: George Bayntun 1925. 2 vols. Royal 8vo. 26 x 19 cms pp. xl 576; xvi 577-1172. Contemporary half morocco gilt over patterned paper boards trivial wear to extremities. A handsome set. The text of this comprehensively illustrated edition follows the sixth edition 1811 revised by Boswells son accompanied by the notes of various commentators including Boswells friends and contemporaries Edmond Malone and Charles Burney. Book George Bayntun hardcover
1822953Y43London: T. Cadell; F. C. and J. Rivington et al 1822. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A complete ninth edition set of James Boswell's authoritative biography of Samuel Johnson bound in half calf. The ninth edition revised and augmented. Complete in four volumes. Uniformly bound in half calf with marbled paper covered boards.This work is commonly regarded as the greatest biography written in the English language recounting the life of eminent English writer Samuel Johnson. Johnson made lasting contributions as a poet essayist literary critic biographer and lexicographer often noted for his monumental 'Dictionary of the English Language' which he completed after nine years. This biography among his diaries and correspondence is the best known work of James Boswell whose mass of letters and private papers published by Yale University transformed his reputation.With an engraved frontispiece and folding facsimile to Vol I. Uniformly bound in half calf with marbled paper covered boards. Externally with rubbing to the extremitis and slight scuffing to the paper covered boards. Darkening to the spines' leather. Internally pages 103-106 detached but present to Vol I otherwise firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with occasional scattered spotting heaviest to the first and last few leaves. Good T. Cadell; F. C. and J. Rivington et al hardcover
182317513London: J.Richardson and Co. G.Offor et al 1823 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 nearly half a century during which he flourished. An extra illustrated version in four volumes bound by Baytun of Bath. Dark green goatskin with spines uniformly faded never-the-less still a fine set and scarce in this form. J.Richardson and Co. G.Offor et al unknown
06656London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd. 1907. The Classic Life - Boswell's Johnson in an Elegant Bayntun-Rivière Binding<br /> The Life of Samuel Johnson<br /> <br /> BOSWELL James. The Life of Samuel Johnson. Newly edited with notes by Roger Ingpen. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons 1907.<br /> <br /> Two quarto volumes 9 1/4 x 7 1/8 inches; 235 x 181 mm. xxxii 576; xvi 577-1172 pp. Twelve inserted photogravure plates. Profusely illustrated throughout with portraits views and maps.<br /> <br /> Handsomely bound ca. 1940 by Bayntun-Rivière in three-quarter brown morocco over tan cloth boards covers ruled in gilt spines with five raised bands elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments marbled endpapers top edges gilt. Spines lightly and attractively mellowed. A fine well-preserved set.<br /> <br /> First published in 1791 Boswell's Life of Johnson remains one of the greatest biographies in the English language - remarkable for its immediacy anecdotal richness and the vivid reconstruction of the personality of Samuel Johnson. Boswell's method - built on diaries conversations and firsthand observation - effectively created the modern art of literary biography.<br /> <br /> The 1907 Ingpen edition is among the more desirable early 20th-century scholarly printings offering a carefully edited text enriched with notes and a generous illustrative program including photogravures that lend the work a distinctly Edwardian bibliophilic appeal.<br /> <br /> The present set is elevated considerably by its later binding by Bayntun-Rivière of Bath one of the most respected English binderies of the 20th century known for combining traditional craftsmanship with restrained elegance - an ideal treatment for a canonical literary text. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1907 unknown
1810311221New York & Boston: Inskeep and Bradford . and William M'Ilhenny printed by R. & W. Carr 1810. First American edition "from the London Edition Revised and Corrected by the Author" issue with New York & Boston imprint. xvi 2 414 pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf flat spine divided by gilt rolls and fillets into six compartments lettered in one the rest stamped in gilt with shield and bow and arrow tool. Light rubbing to covers small stain to lower corner of title some toning and spotting to text. First American edition "from the London Edition Revised and Corrected by the Author" issue with New York & Boston imprint. xvi 2 414 pp. 8vo. The first American edition appeared in two issues in 1810 one with a Philadelphia imprint and as here with a cancel New York and Boston imprint. Both issues were printed in Philadelphia by R. & W. Carr and are otherwise identical. The Philadelphia publisher John F. Watson has inserted an "Advertisement" at the front making excuses for Boswell: "In republishing a work which . has so long subjected its author to the sarcasms of foes or to the plaudits of friends it seems but the bounden duty of the American editor to suffer the author in this place to offer those vindications which he afterwards saw fit to annex to his 'Life of Johnson.'"<br /> An attractive copy in a contemporary American binding. Pottle 63; Shaw and Shoemaker 19607 Inskeep and Bradford ... and William M'Ilhenny [printed by R. & W. Carr] unknown
1848546417London: Henry G. Bohn 1848. Hardcover. Near Fine. Ten volumes. Engraved illustrations. 12mos. Half green morocco with marbles paper over boards marbled endpapers topedge gilt and gilt spine with raised spine bands. Near fine with a touch of rubbing to some of the edges and neat contemporary pencil notes and name "H.G. Lippincott" in the first volume only. A nice set of this classic literary biography. Henry G. Bohn hardcover
1836183615London: John Murray 1836. First edition first printing. Bookplate faint wear still fine and bright in custom mylar cover. One-half tan crushed morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe over patterned boards spine panels simply gilt with double surrounds. John Murray unknown
1930193203London: G. Bell and Sons 1930. First edition signed limited issue number 12 of 350 copies signed by the artist and printed on large paper. Filled with exceptional period-sensitive illustrations from Shepard Everybody's Boswell was the second in a series of three popular abridgements of historical works preceded by the successful Everybody's Pepys 1926 and followed by Everybody's Lamb 1933. Octavo. Illustrated title page 54 plates. Original brown cloth spine lettered in gilt gilt device of Boswell and Johnson on front cover top edge gilt others untrimmed. With dust jacket. Jacket spine toned spine ends nicked and chipped hole to spine touching one letter a few closed tears to edges one measuring 3.5 cm: a fine copy in very good jacket. hardcover
196059005731London: William Heinemann 1960. All bound in matching velour over cloth with leather title label to spine. Six volumes: 1 Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763 together with Journal of My Jaunt Harvest 1762 1951 448 pp. with slipcase; 2 Boswell in Holland 1763-1764 including his correspondence with Bell de Zuylen 1952 428 pp.; 3 Boswell on the Grand Tour German and Switzerland 1764 1953 353 pp.; with slipcase; 4 Boswell on the Grand Tour Italy Corsica and France 1765-1766 1955 1/400 copies 383 pp.; 5 Boswell in Search of a Wife 1766-1769 1957 1/400 copies 425 pp.; 6 Boswell for the Defence 1769-1774 1960 1/350 copies 396 pp. A most impressive set. . First British Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good /No Jacket - As Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. William Heinemann Hardcover
63006Printed for Alex Hogg. Cloth. Very Good. First section only no date but C. 1786 49pp 42pp 42pp with all relevant illustrations 76 sheets of plates frontis and 3 maps odd mark in text occasional repair smartly rebound in recent two tone cloth; Folio - . Printed for Alex Hogg hardcover
38239LONDON' HENRY BOHN 1846. NEW EDITION COMPLETE IN 10 VOLUMES. FULL POLISHED CALF RED AND GREEN LABELS ELABORATE GILT TO THE SPINES MARBLED PAGES EDGES UPWARDS OF FIFTY FINE ENGRAVINGS. WITH NUMEROUS ADDITIONS AND NOTES BYJOHN WILSON CROKER TO WHICH ARE ADDED TWO SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUMES OF JOHNSONIANA. CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. A FINE AND HANDSOME SET. LONDON' HENRY BOHN, 1846 unknown
188445112London: George Bell and Sons 1884. Limited edition no. 48 of 104 sets signed by the printer Charles Whittingham five volumes - with the Life in four volumes large 8vo. Frontispieces and engraved titles plus 44 plates contemporary signature to paste downs mid-20th century catalogue slip for this set tipped in to the fly leaf in volume I. Original cloth spines dull with wear to the paper labels volume I recently recased. London: George Bell and Sons unknown
1831SET6-F-2London: John Murray 1831. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Various. James Boswell's famous biography of one of the most influential literary figures in history Samuel Johnson. With engraved frontispieces to each volume including a folding map to volume III. New edition with numerous additions and noted by John Wilson Croker. 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 Complete in five volumes. In full calf bindings. Externally smart though with some rubbing to the extremities and a few marks. Loss to the spine labels. Three joints are starting with three hinges strained. Ink signatures to front pastedowns and front free-endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with just some offsetting from the frontispieces and the occasional instance of foxing. Good John Murray hardcover
1887015258London: Oxford / Clarendon Press 1887. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First edition THUS. First edition edited by G. Birkbeck Hill. Octavo. Complete in six volumes. Very good in half leather and marbled boards. Bound by Zaehnsdorf. Top edges gilt. Raised bands and gilt-stamp titling to spine with date stamped 1887 to foot of spines. Blue and gold endpapers. The spines are faded to an attractive brown colour from what was likely green. Vol 1: 522 pp Vol 2: 480 pp Vol 3: 464 pp Vol 4: 446 pp Vol 5: 460pp Vol 6: 324 pp. Complete with 4 frontispieces and 6 fold-outs all in very good condition. Minor offsetting from frontispieces. Minor but noticeable foxspotting to blocks and some pages edges. Clean throughout and with no markings annotations. Each volume is stamped "Bound by Zaehnsdorf" to lower edge of FFEP. Very good hinges and joints. Some edgewear present to boards and some minor bruising to corners. Volume 2 has a bent lower corner. Some minor nicks to the raised bands and a very small splatter of red paint to foot of volume one about the size of a match-head. An attractive set. Securely packed and shipped. Due to the heavy weight extra shipping may be requested. <br/> <br/> Oxford / Clarendon Press hardcover
1792423282 fldg plates; "Round Robin'' - vol.II & facsimile of Dr. Johnson's handwriting - vol.III title cnt'd- 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 John Chambers for R. Cross et al hardcover
180737149Boston: Published by W. Andrews and L. 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. Frontispiece 2 folding facsimiles. 500; 512; 543 pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Contemporary sheep red morocco spine labels. Binding worn internally clean with occasional foxing. First American from the fifth London Edition 1807 edited by Edmund Malone. The first edition was published in 1791. Frontispiece 2 folding facsimiles. 500; 512; 543 pp. 3 vols. 8vo. This is the first edition of this work to contain an index. Lilly "Grolier 100 Books Famous in English Literature" 63; Pottle 85; Shaw & Shoemaker 12184. For the 1791 first edition: Courtney-Nichol Smith p. 172; Grolier "English" 63; Pottle 79; Tinker 388 Published by W. Andrews and L. Blake. Greenough and Stebbins, Printers unknown
1768y0241Glasgow: Robert And Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly 1768. First edition of Boswell's first book an account of the island of Corsica then under threat by the French after a few years as an independent Republic under Paoli's leadership fighting to be free of Genoese control; the book made Paoli and his revolution causes célèbres in England. This first edition published in Glasgow was rapidly followed by a London printing. Hardcover as pictured. Recently rebound in full Barrett paper paper spine label new endsheets. Pages tanned foxed stained ink name on half-title "Alnwick Library" on title page a few pages once dog-eared short black mark on bottom edge. Half-title leaf title leaf with engraving v-xxi blank contents blank folding map with publisher's name no scale of distance short tear 1 to 239 blank appendix: 241 to 258; title page of the Journal 259 blank 261 to 382 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Small Octavo. Robert And Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly Hardcover
