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62731Oxford: At the Clarendon Press 1934-1950. FIRST EDITION THUS. 6 vols. 8vo. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Publisher's original dark red cloth spines lettered in gilt in the drab price-clipped dust-jackets printed in red. Frontispiece to each volume folding plates. B. H. Blackwell's label to front pastedowns. Jackets rather worn but cloth remains in excellent condition slight lean to some volumes generally a very good set. Comprised of the Life 4 vols. Tour to the Hebrides 1 vol. and Index 1 vol. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1934-1950. hardcover
1807012933<p>London England: Printer for Caddel and W. Davies Strand. 1807. 4th Edition . Leather Binding. Good/Without Dust Wrapper. 8vo - 7.75 to 9.75" tall. Good - The Fourth Edition Revised and corrected. I believe this is the first edition containing an index. Full calf with 4 pairs of raised bands down the spine gilt decoration accompanied by some blind decoration on the boards and spine with marbles end pages marbled text block with burnished head XV 460 pages paginated and correct with the engraved frontispiece of James Boswell by W. Evans from an original painting by Joshua Reynolds. Corners bumped and rounded some shelf wear slight loss of the leather at te head of the spine see images ex Libris plate of "Abraham Wildey Robarts" on the front paste down pages some pencil edition details on the reverse of the ffep light foxing and tanning on the first and last few pages light tanning extremities to the remaining pages otherwise contents clean bright and tight. <br /><br /></p> Printer for Caddel, and W. Davies, Strand. hardcover
1831SET13-B-5London: John Murray 1831. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. A bright set of The Life of Samuel Johnson by Boswell edited by John Wilson Croker. 5 Volumes complete. With a Hedges & Smith bookseller's label on the front board of volume 1. On Croker"s edition of Boswell"s Life of Johnson it is commented that "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.the work of George Birkbeck Hill" and that his research has been invaluable to later historians. DNB Dr Samuel Johnson 1709 1784 was an English author. Beginning as a Grub Street journalist he made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet essayist moralist novelist literary critic biographer editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and political conservative. Samuel Johnson is probably most famous for his dictionary. James Boswell 1740 1795 was a lawyer diarist and author born in Edinburgh Scotland; he is best known for his biography of Samuel Johnson. His name has passed into the English language as a term Boswell Boswellian Boswellism for a constant companion and observer. John Wilson Croker 1780 1857 was a British statesman and author. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin where he graduated in 1800. Immediately afterwards he entered Lincoln's Inn and in 1802 he was called to the Irish bar. His interest in the French Revolution led him to collect a large number of valuable documents on the subject now in the British Museum. In 1809 Croker was appointed as secretary to the Admiralty. Many of his political speeches were published in pamphlet form. He was for many years one of the leading contributors on literary and historical subjects to the Quarterly Review with which he had been associated from its foundation. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography comments that "He had a wide appreciation of all varieties of literature and art which made him a valuable intermediary between the politicians and the public and he was an able writer lucid fluent and always well informed." In the original publisher's cloth binding. There is wear to the extremities including bumping and discolouration to the boards. The spine labels have some small sections missing as shown above. The inner hinges of volumes 1 4 and 5 are strained. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with occasional spotting. There are institutional labels on the front pastedown with institutional ink stamps to the verso of the title page and the final page of text in each volume. Very Good John Murray hardcover
181024722Philadelphia: John F. Watson 1810. First American edition 8vo pp. xvi 2 412; contemporary marbled boards rebacked and retipped new red morocco label on spine; title a bit browned else a very good sound copy. Another edition was published in Boston later the same year. "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. The book published is almost the same as the actual journal that was kept in 1773. When Johnson's death made it possible for Boswell to publish the manuscript he only added an introduction and a conclusion before giving it to the printer. Pottle 63. <br/><br/> John F. Watson hardcover books
192247043New York: printed for Gabriel Wells by Doubleday Page & Co 1922. Temple Bar Edition limited to 785 copies 10 volumes 8vo many fine illustrations through; original art vellum-backed brown paper-covered boards paper labels on spine; fine set. Esteemed edition beautifully printed. <br/><br/> printed for Gabriel Wells by Doubleday, Page & Co hardcover books
181024722Philadelphia: John F. Watson 1810. First American edition 8vo pp. xvi 2 412; contemporary marbled boards rebacked and retipped new red morocco label on spine; title a bit browned else a very good sound copy. Another edition was published in Boston later the same year. "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. The book published is almost the same as the actual journal that was kept in 1773. When Johnson's death made it possible for Boswell to publish the manuscript he only added an introduction and a conclusion before giving it to the printer. Pottle 63. John F. Watson unknown
2025Manohar-9781009493949Cambridge University Press 2025. Hardcover. New. Cambridge University Press hardcover
2025Manohar-9781009493949Cambridge University Press 2025. Hardcover. New. Cambridge University Press hardcover
19226234New York: Printed for Gabriel Wells by Doubleday Page and Company 1922. Temple Bar Edition. Limited to 785 copies of which this is number 360. Engraved frontispieces. Engraved vignette of Temple Bar on each title-page. 10 vols. 8vo. Original two toned boards paper labels dust jackets. Some chipping to dust jackets one dust jacket missing several missing portions; else a fine set. Temple Bar Edition. Limited to 785 copies of which this is number 360. Engraved frontispieces. Engraved vignette of Temple Bar on each title-page. 10 vols. 8vo. Printed for Gabriel Wells by Doubleday, Page and Company unknown books
18397Good condition with light wear and rubbing. 3/4 leather with marbled covered boards. 10 volumes. John Murray hardcover books
1995179705London: Eccles; Viscountess 1995. Hardcover. VG. xii 225 pp 1 folded leaf of plates : illustrations facsimiles map portraits 1995 Published in a small edition for Roxburghe Club members with a small overrun. Quarter burgundy morocco over burgundy cloth boards gilt spine. Folio. With sixty-eight pages of manuscript facsimiles plus seventeen additional illustrations. Facsimile of the Book of company with transcription on facing pages: p. 25-157./ Index of persons names in the Book of company p. 171-215 annotated with biographical notes. Contents as follows: James Boswell's Book of company at Auchinleck 1782-1795 -- Liquors at Auchinleck / David Buchanan -- Index of persons named in the Book of company -- Boswell's sons members of the Roxburghe Club -- Boswells of Auchinleck : a table of dates. Eccles,; Viscountess hardcover books
1995179705London: Eccles; Viscountess 1995. Hardcover. VG. xii 225 pp 1 folded leaf of plates : illustrations facsimiles map portraits 1995 Published in a small edition for Roxburghe Club members with a small overrun. Quarter burgundy morocco over burgundy cloth boards gilt spine. Folio. With sixty-eight pages of manuscript facsimiles plus seventeen additional illustrations. Facsimile of the Book of company with transcription on facing pages: p. 25-157./ Index of persons names in the Book of company p. 171-215 annotated with biographical notes. Contents as follows: James Boswell's Book of company at Auchinleck 1782-1795 -- Liquors at Auchinleck / David Buchanan -- Index of persons named in the Book of company -- Boswell's sons members of the Roxburghe Club -- Boswells of Auchinleck : a table of dates. Eccles,; Viscountess hardcover
1884os585London: George Bell and Sons 1884. First edition of Napier's Boswell including the Tour of the Hebrides with Robina Napier's Johnsoniana "Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson LL. D. by Prs. Piozzi Richard Cumberland Bishop Percy and others together with The Diary of Dr Campbell and extracts from that of Madame d'Arblay". Complete in five volumes. Bound in full tree calf by Mansell "successor to Hayday" rebacked in 1954 by Bennett Book Studios. The leather Bennett used has weakened but the linen hinges underneath are sound. The set shows edgewear & chipping hinges split but sound in volume one; minor sporadic foxing to some pages particularly the plates. Text clean; lv blank 581; x 2 569; ix 3 563; xiii 3 467; xi 3 432 pages; plates engravings facsimiles of letters and manuscripts. Includes two letters from dealer & binder Whitman Bennett & a receipt regarding the rebacking in 1954. First Thus. Full Calf. Good/No Jacket. 5¾" by 8¾". Set. George Bell and Sons Hardcover
1922SKU1034333New York: Gabriel Wells & Doubleday 1922 1922-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Doubleday Page and Company Country Life Press; Garden City 1922. Hardcover. Complete 10 Volume Set. Temple Bar Edition. Set is limited to 785 numbered copies. This set is number 33. A Good three quarter leather binding gilt ruled and gilt lettering and gilt ornate design on boards 4 raised hubs and 5 compartments TEG with some blemishes deckle fore-edge and bottom text block edge some handling/scuff marks and discoloration to boards spine fade binding intact some rubbing to board and spine edges tissue protected frontis-piece marbled endpapers and pastedowns age toning to pages discoloration to pastedown/endpaper margins mild biblichor some rubbing to joints small moisture stain bottom fore-edge of few pages in rear not impacting text Volume 1 creases to frontis-piece tissue Volume 2 moisture damage with some buckram mildew front board Volume 2 only moisture stain top text block edge and top page edge of several pages in rear not impacting text Volume 5. A good and unmarked set. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches. Vol.1 249pp. Vol.2 301pp. Vol.3 286pp. Vol.4 295pp. Vol.5 289pp. Vol.6 287pp. Vol.7 289pp. Vol.8 338pp. Vol.9 280pp. Vol.10 278pp. indexed b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. New York: Gabriel Wells & Doubleday, 1922 hardcover
1807H9590Boston: Andrews and Blake 1807. First American edition. Very Good. 3 volumes original flame calf boards recent calf spines gilt ruled dark red morocco gilt spine labels contents VG age toning and foxing. With ownership signature and information in each volume indication the set's purchase from a John Francis and sold to a Thomas Hamilton in March of 1825. We cannot identify this particular Hamilton probably NOT the author of 'Men and Manners in America' of 1833 as we believe that Hamilton was in Italy in 1825. First American printing of what is generally considered one of the greatest biographies ever published. Andrews and Blake unknown
182630851Oxford: Published by William Pickering London 1826. Oxford English Classics. Printed by Talboys and Wheeler Oxford. Engraved frontispieces after Joshua Reynolds. 4 vols. 8vo. Bound in half green contemporary pebbled morocco and green cloth single gilt border on flat spine t.e.g. Very good set. Oxford English Classics. Printed by Talboys and Wheeler Oxford. Engraved frontispieces after Joshua Reynolds. 4 vols. 8vo. Published by William Pickering, London unknown
19226234New York: Printed for Gabriel Wells by Doubleday Page and Company 1922. Temple Bar Edition. Limited to 785 copies of which this is number 360. Engraved frontispieces. Engraved vignette of Temple Bar on each title-page. 10 vols. 8vo. Original two toned boards paper labels dust jackets. Some chipping to dust jackets one dust jacket missing several missing portions; else a fine set. Temple Bar Edition. Limited to 785 copies of which this is number 360. Engraved frontispieces. Engraved vignette of Temple Bar on each title-page. 10 vols. 8vo. Printed for Gabriel Wells by Doubleday, Page and Company unknown
1922003686New York: Printed for Gabriel Wells By Doubleday Page and Company 1922. Temple Bar edition. 10 volumes complete engraved front. t.e.g. deckle edges original half-vegetable vellum and publisher's stiff boards. No. 442 of 785 sets of which thirty-five were not for sale. Splendid set of Boswell's great study of Samuel Johnson. Printed for Gabriel Wells By Doubleday, Page and Company unknown
1835322875London: John Murray 1835. Leather. Very Good. 10 vols. SIGNED FINE BINDING BY S. KAUFMANN. A complete set of ten small hardcover books handsomely bound in full golden-brown leather with gilt-decorated spines gilt top edges gilt dentelles marbled endpapers and five raised spine bands each. Very good condition overall. A crack is just starting to form from the top down on the front edge of volume 1's spine; board remains securely attached. Edges and spine bands lightly rubbed due to normal handling; heads of a few spines are mildly chipped barely affecting the overall silhouette of the spine. Horizontal slit across the front board of volume 5. However the exteriors remain quite nice for shelf display and the gilt detailing is still distinct. Scattered foxing mostly on the plates but pages are predominantly clean and text is unmarked by previous owners. Binding is tight across the set. Sturdy and attractive copy of this classic work! Due to a binder's error volume 6 is mistakenly labeled as volume 5 thus there are two volumes labeled as volume 5. Each volume measures approx. 6.75" x 4.5" and is illustrated with several black and white plates. This copy contains the bookplate of Massachusetts congressman John E. Russell 1834-1903. John Murray unknown
1831264126Edinburgh: Maclachan and Stewart 1831. Second edition. Text plates. xliii 555 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary purple cloth and blue boards uncut. VG. Second edition. Text plates. xliii 555 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Maclachan and Stewart unknown books
elala2628London: Printed For T.Cadell And W.Davies 1816. Eighth Edition a reprint of the sixth edition of 1811 containing Malones last revisions with new superior frontispiece portrait. NCBEL II 1214. Pottle 88. cfGrolier One Hundred Books Famous In English Literature 65. 4 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l. xxxvii 1 481; 1 p.l. 496; 1 p.l. 483; 1 p.l. 530. engraved frontis. portrait & 2 folding facsimiles. contemporary diced calf extremities worn spine ends chipped spine labels wanting light foxing to plates London: Printed For T.Cadell And W.Davies, 1816 unknown
67552London: John Murray 1900. Literary biography FINELY BOUND. Large octavo 23 x 16cm pp.874. Illustrated with engravings. Contemporary full red morocco by R. Grant & Son Edinburgh with raised bands full gilt backs seal of Fettes College stamped in gilt to upper a.e.g. marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate of William John Lee to pastedown contents very clean binding slightly rubbed at joints and extremities. Near fine. Prize style binding from Fettes College an independent boarding school in Edinburgh. In fiction Ian Fleming's James Bond like his father Andrew Bond attends the school after his expulsion from Eton College following 'girl trouble' with a maid. At Fettes Bond excels as an athlete fighting twice for the school as a light-weight and by the time of departure had founded the first serious judo class at a British public school. A real life Commander James Bond RNVR a frogman with the Special Boat Service appears in the Fettes school registry. This copy is from the Ian Fleming Bibliographical Archive assembled by Jon Gilbert pencil signature within. His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming 2012 won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. London: John Murray, 1900 unknown
64474London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd. 1900. Biography FINELY BOUND. Three volumes. Octavo 23 x 15 x 11cm pp.2; xvi; 533; 5; pp.6; 470; 2; pp.6; 522; 2. Title pages printed in two colours. Elegantly bound by Denny of London in half red morocco over gilt-ruled buckram sides gilt panelled spines top edge gilt others untrimmed. Marbled endpapers. Nest armorial bookplate edges a little spotted contents clean bindings gently aged in near fine condition. A striking set. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd. 1900 unknown
1846035522London: Henry G. Bohn 1846. 10 volume set bound in red half leather and cloth boards a little rubbed in places one volume with a small hole to the leather printed and engraved titles and plates some occasional spotting or light staining an attractive set. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Henry G. Bohn Hardcover
1857925Z26London: Henry G. Bohn 1857. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". None stated. James Boswell's noteworthy biography on the life of Samuel Johnson bound over ten volumes in half morocco with engravings throughout. A new edition with numerous additions and notes. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and an engraved title page to all volumes with three monochrome plates and one folding to 'volume one' two folding plates and two monochrome plates to 'volume two' one folding plate and one monochrome plate to 'volume three' two monochrome plates to 'volume four' two monochrome plates to 'Volume five' one monochrome plate and one folding plate to 'volume six' two folding plates and one monochrome to 'Volume seven' two monochrome plates and one folding plate to 'volume eight' one folding plate and one monochrome plate to 'volume nine' and two folding plates to 'volume ten'. A ten volume complete set. This noteworthy biographical work on the life of Samuel Johnson was written by the Scottish biographer and diarist James Boswell. This biography is Boswell's best known work and was a huge success and a pioneer for the biographical genre. The work also includes an account of Johnson's tour of the Hebrides. Bound in half morocco with marbled paper to the boards. Bound in half leather with marbled paper to the boards. Externally smart with bumping and rubbing to the extremities fading to the spines the odd mark to the boards and joints starting to volumes ' x ix vii v iv and i'. Bookplate to the front free endpapers. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned pages with occasional spotting. The odd tidemark. Very Good Henry G. Bohn hardcover
