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2553Boswell James. LETTERS OF JAMES BOSWELL ADDRESSED TO THE REV. W.J. TEMPLE. London Richard Bentley 1857. 1st edition. Rebound in brown pebbled cloth with the original blind-stamped cloth mounted on the front cover and spine. Very good condition. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1924400232London: Privately Printed for the Navarre Society by The Riverside Press Edinburgh 1924. 3 volumes octavo. Printed in red and black. Frontispieces and plates. Original gilt-lettered and -decorated blue cloth original purple silk page-markers preserved slightest wear at extremities generally clean and bright. Provenance: Walter Chrysler morocco booklabel. A FINE SET OF THE NAVARRE EDITION. This reprints the text of the 1791 first edition as well as the Appendix and "Principle Corrections and Additions" of 1793. <br/><br/> Privately Printed for the Navarre Society [by The Riverside Press, Edinburgh) hardcover books
1977WRCLIT80261New York: McGraw-Hill 1977. Large thick octavo. Cloth and boards. Plates. About fine in lightly and characteristically shelfworn dust jacket. First edition. Edited by Joseph Reed and Frederick A. Pottle. This copy is signed by Reed on the front free endsheet and dated "24 January '78." McGraw-Hill hardcover books
1966WRCLIT42394New York: McGraw-Hill 1966. Cloth. First edition U.S. issue of the first volume of the Correspondence element of the"Research Edition" of the Yale Edition edited by Ralph S. Walker. Near fine in very good somewhat hand-darkened and smudged jacket. McGraw-Hill hardcover books
1924WRCLIT53773London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1924. 538;527;525pp. Three volumes. Gilt cloth. Minor bump to a corner of volumes two and three a few light marks to edges previous owner's gilt morocco bookplate on front pastedowns of two volumes otherwise a bright very good or better set in lightly worn printed dust jackets. Seventh printing of this edition based on the 1888 edition edited with new notes by Percy Fitzgerald and a Boswell bibliography by H.R.Tedder. Includes A JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES. "A reprint of the first edition to which are added Mr. Boswell's corrections and additions issued in 1792; the variations of the second edition with some of the author's notes prepared for the third." Published in the format of the "Standard Authors Library." George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. hardcover books
1891225467London. : Routledge. 1891. Quarter red cloth over pink cloth boards. . Very good spines lightly sunned some volumes slightly cocked. 8vo. Heavy set requires extra postage. Edited by Henry Morley. Portrait frontispieces by sir Joshua Reynolds. Routledge. hardcover books
1952016380London: William Heinemann Ltd. Very Good. 1952. Deluxe Edition. Hardcover. Deluxe Yale edition numbered 501/1050. Quarter vellum over blue cloth with title gilt on green leather label on spine; top edge gilt fore and bottom edges deckled; housed in a black cardboard slipcase. Includes numerous illustrations and maps. Boards have light wear to edges and light soiling to spine minor denting to top corners ; text block is clean and binding is tight; slipcase has heavy chipping and wear and top edge is detached. This beautiful Yale edition contains the correspondence daily memoranda and diary notes of the famous biographer James Boswell. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 428 pp . William Heinemann Ltd hardcover books
1855D6427New York: Harper and Brothers 1855. Hardcover. Very Good. Half calf and blue cloth gilt-stamped lettering in brown and black spine labels details stamped direct in spine compartments 5 raised bands all edges marbled; two volumes large 8vo; pp. xiii 3 blank original title-p. epigraph 563 plus engraved portrait of Johnson pencil portrait of Boswell title-page for this 2-volume edition; 566 plus portrait of Ms. Piozzi and folding plate. Both volumes: Spines a bit scuffed; boards rubbed; some light foxing mostly confined to prelims and terminals. Handsome. <br/><br/> Harper and Brothers hardcover books
185912786London: Routledge Warnes and Routledge 1859. Hardcover. Good. 8vos. Original publisher's stamped decorative cloth with gilt spines. Good overall;. Some starting here and there. Cloth worn rubbed. Couple of chips at spine. But clean and sound overall. <br/><br/>A handsome edition of one of the greatest biographies ever written. Routledge, Warnes, and Routledge hardcover books
1963Embry 196108Heritage Press 1963. Bookplate else fine in fine slipcases. Illustrated. Tan cloth with red labels. Lacking Sandglass. Heritage Press, 1963. hardcover books
2012WRCLIT77666New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2012. Pictorial boards. Black & white illustrations throughout text. Fine without dust jacket as issued. First American edition. Includes a lengthy chapter entitled "W. D. Snodgrass The Fuehrer Bunker" along with essays on the Ramones Tarantino's INGLORIOUS BASTERDS etc. Palgrave Macmillan hardcover books
1982204591Toronto: Gay Caucus for the Modern Languages; Department of English University of Toronto 1982. Five issues of the 8.5x11 inch staplebound newsletter 18 to 31 pages per issue some photos news reports some light toning otherwise very good sheets stapled top-left. Issues include: 10:1-3 & 11:1-2 March 1983 - July 1984. Special supplement on Salmagundi with responses from gay and lesbian writers. Memorials for Jane Chambers and Tennessee Williams. List of other LGBTQ newsletters. Book reviews. Report on the murder of two librarians. Gay Caucus for the Modern Languages; Department of English, University of Toronto unknown books
19289001401Stanford: Standord University Press 1928. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine. Edited by Margery Bailey. First edition. Near fine condition. <br/><br/> Standord University Press hardcover books
1896033236New York Etc.: Longmans Green and Co 1896. xxiv 532p. t.e.g. deckle edges original brown cloth quarto format ex libris. Longmans, Green, and Co unknown books
178938715London: Bentley 1789. First Edition. 8vo pp. 480 plus index 192. Contains volume 1 and part of volume 2 the latter dated 1790. A collection of short prose essays poems etc. Three-quarter leather. Cover much worn especially at spine o/w VG. Lacks the plates. Includes verse narratives comment on manners and customs satirical articles on clubs and social gatherings excerpts from other publications of biography conduct history epigrams short fiction a monthly diary of current events and correspondence. With numbered essays: The Actor and The Physio-magnetic mirror. Bentley unknown books
1951673London William Kimber 1951. 1951. First edition so stated. 8vo. Edited with an introduction and notes by Margery Bailey. Frontispiece and 3 b/w illustrations. Dust jacket price clipped; small nick. Very good. Signed by Margery Bailey on the title page. With an additional presentation inscription to Adele Humphrey on the front free endpaper by Bailey 1954. Signed by Authors. F. Hardcover. London, William Kimber [1951]. hardcover books
1974WB17184Bloomfield CT: The Limited Editions Club 1974. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Copy 81 of a total edition of 2000. Using illustrations by Thomas Rowlandson. Excellent copy in slipcase. <br/><br/> The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
19402214NY: Art Digest 1940. Hardcover. Fair spine chipped and missing pieces. Boards. 48 pp. 28 bw repros. Includes literary contributions by Boswell Parker Alexander J. Wall Mark Eisner J. Frederick Larson. Biographical notes. Inscribed warmly by the artist from his home in New Hope Pa. to someone whose name has been erased. Scarce. Art Digest hardcover books
1986247451Iowa City: University of Iowa Press 1986. First. hardcover. fine/fine. 8vo cloth d.w. Iowa City: Univ. of Iowa Press 1986. First Edition.<br/><br/> His first book autographed by him on the title page.<br/><br/> University of Iowa Press unknown books
200973686Oxford: Oxford University Press 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. .garners well over a thousand English references to Cervantes and his works thus providing the fullest and most intriguing early English picture ever made of the writings of Spain's greatest writer. Besides references to the nineteen books of Cervantes's prose available to seventeenth-century English readers including four little-known abridgments this new volume includes entries by such notable writers as Ben Jonson John Fletcher William Wycherley Aphra Behn Thomas Hobbes John Dryden and John Locke as well as many lesser-known and anonymous writers." Octavo: 719 p. with 29 illustrations. Original black cloth binding with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Oxford University Press hardcover books
19011316930London: J. M. Dent & Co 1901. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-; Hardcovers in cloth; Green spines with gold text and design; Boards of all three volumes have edgewear rubbing to corners agetoning to spines splitting to front gutters does not affect strength of binding cocking to spines light spotting to Vol.3; text blocks age-toned does not affect legibility occasional pencil margin notes and underlining; 458p. Vol.1; 464p. Vol.2; 466p. Vol.3<br /> <br /> <p>Oversized listing. Please contact seller for expedited/international shipping. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. 1316930. FP New Rockville Stock. J. M. Dent & Co hardcover books
19821306965Garden City: Doubleday and Company Inc 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. VG/VG DJ. Yellow spine with green black and red text/title; dustjacket is mostly clean with mild edgewear; dj has protective mylar covering; boards are strong and clean; gift INSCRIBED by author on the front free end page; binding is strong; textblock is clean. Pp. 296. 1306965. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Doubleday and Company Inc hardcover books
1966WRCLIT76968New York: McGraw-Hill 1966. Gilt cloth. Portrait and plates. Corner creases to a number of leaves toward end fore-edge soiled otherwise very good in dust jacket. First edition. Warmly and personally inscribed "with love and esteem" by Pottle in 1985 to his co-editor of LAIRD OF AUCHINLECK Joe Reed and his wife Kit Reed. McGraw-Hill hardcover books
1922WRCLIT76729Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press 1922. Large octavo. Gilt brown cloth t.e.g. Portrait and plates. Cloth a bit hand- soiled a couple of faint spots to rear endsheets; a good copy. First edition. Inscribed and signed by the author in 1929 with a three line quotation. Atlantic Monthly Press hardcover books
1922WRCLIT34725Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press 1922. Large octavo. Gilt brown cloth t.e.g. Portrait and plates. First edition. With the author's 1955 inscription in response to a letter from an unidentified admirer. A carbon of the letter is laid in. Cloth lightly flecked light wear to corners and spine ends otherwise a very good bright copy. Atlantic Monthly Press hardcover books