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1969376039London : Heinemann 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a very good slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; lxxxv 659 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects; Boswell James 1740-1795 ; Correspondence. Boswell James 1740-1795. Life of Samuel Johnson. Boswell James 1740-1795 Biography. Johnson Samuel 1709-1784. Authors Scottish 18th century ; Correspondence. Biographers Great Britain ; Correspondence. London : Heinemann hardcover
1993376041Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xlvi 282 p. ; 25 cm. Subjects; Boswell James 1740-1795 Correspondence. Boswell James 1740-1795; history. Boswell James 1740-1795; works. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press hardcover
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2001__0748613846Edinburgh University Press 2001. Hardcover. New. 2nd edition. 592 pages. 9.29x6.14x1.50 inches. Edinburgh University Press hardcover
1860867A20London: John Murray 1860. Leather. Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A new edition of Boswell's celebrated biography of Samuel Johnson by John Wilson Croker. A new edition of Scottish biographer James Boswell's celebrated biography of Samuel Johnson often described as one of the greatest English biographies of all time. Edited by John Wilson Croker.Also featuring Johnson's The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. In full calf prize binding with gilt lettering to front board 'Oxford Examination Exeter 1859 Local Prize. Senior - First Class.' Illustrated with frontispiece additional engraved title page and ten further plates. Collated complete. Samuel Johnson was an English author well-known in the literary world for his many lasting contributions to various areas of humanist art including poetry essay-writing biography and more. He is described by the 'Oxford Dictionary of National Biographies' as the most distinguished man of letters in English history. This biography is notable for its extensive reports of Johnson's conversation compiled through Boswell's acquaintance of Johnson since 1763. Originally published in 1791. Featuring facsimile of the original title page. In full calf prize binding with five raised bands intricate gilt tooling to spine titles in gilt to morocco spine label. Marbled edges and endpapers. Gilt lettering to front board. Externally sound with light wear to extremities. Boards lightly marked. Only minor cracking to head and tail of front joint and head of rear joint boards holding firm. Internally firmly bound. Faint tide mark to inner gutter head of frontispiece and engraved title page. Light spotting affecting occasional leaf particularly first and last few and leaves of plates. Pages otherwise generally very clean throughout. Good John Murray hardcover
20001-0395937779Houghton Mifflin School 2000. Hardcover. New. 10 edition. 944 pages. 10.50x8.50x1.25 inches. Houghton Mifflin School hardcover
2019x-1501344943Bloomsbury USA Academic 2019. Hardcover. New. 160 pages. 8.50x5.75x0.75 inches. Bloomsbury USA Academic hardcover
2020x-0198843054OUP Oxford 2020. Hardcover. New. 187 pages. 9.50x6.50x0.75 inches. OUP Oxford hardcover
2009x-0521517419Cambridge University Press 2009. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 304 pages. 9.06x6.22x0.87 inches. Cambridge University Press hardcover
AQ29050London: Office of the National Illustrated Library s.d. c.1851 Four volumes bound in two. xxxii 291 1 viii 298; viii 298pp viii 298pp 2. With an engraved title page and engraved frontispiece to each volume with an additional title page to vol. i. numerous in-text illustrations and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements to vol. iv. Later gilt-tooled blind-stamped calf contrasting green lettering-pieces to spine. Marbled endpapers and edges Lightly rubbed. Bookplates of Francis Henderson to FEPs. Light spotting to endpapers and initial leaves. A new edition finely bound and richly illustrated of James Boswell's famous Life of Samuel Johnson sometimes called the greatest biography in English. . Tenth thousand. 8vo. Office of the National Illustrated Library, [s.d., c.1851] unknown
1887YY6854Oxford / Clarendon 1887. Original attractive leather rebacked in cloth with original backstrips laid down. Top edges gilt. New endpapers. 6 illustrated frontispieces 6 facsimile letters 1 map 1 chart. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. Bookplates of Anthony and Catherine Storr to inside of front boards. Binding sound text unmarked. Bookplates of Anthony and Catherine Storr to inside of front boards. Binding sound text unmarked. Very Good/No dustwrapper. Around 420 pages per volume. Oxford / Clarendon Hardcover
59582London and New York: MacMillan and Co. Limited 1898. 8vo. 18 x 12 cm. pp.xxiii718. Contemporary full tree-calf sides ruled with gilt foliate border spine with raised bands and richly decorated in gilt tan morocco label lettered in gilt marbled endpapers and edges. Text printed in two columns. Some faint shelfwear and faint spotting to prelims. generally an excellent copy in a lovely tree-calf binding. 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. London and New York: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1898. hardcover
190051252New York: Bigelow Brown & Co. Inc. N.d. c. 1900. 8vo. Complete in 6 volumes. Edition De Luxe. Publisher's full cloth with paper title labels to spines. Top edge gilt. Some dampstaining & marks to boards of vol. VI. One label slightly chipped. Occasional light foxing. Attractive bookplate to front pastedowns. Frontis to each volume. A VG set. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Very Good. Cloth. Deluxe Edition. 1900. Bigelow, Brown & Co., Inc. N.d. [c. 1900] hardcover
1820BOSWELLJ016555G. Walker J. Akerman E. Edwards J. Harwood et al London. 1820. New edition. Octavo. Four volumes: pp xvi 512; ii 522; ii 500; ii 464. Two folding plates. Period bindings of full marbled calf. Gilt decorated spines. Crease to first blank of first volume. Corners of covers rubbed. Some wear to spines. A very good set. G. Walker, J. Akerman, E. Edwards, J. Harwood, et al, London. unknown
181626794Cadell & Davies 1816. Eighth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Four volume set in contemporary marbled paper boards recentish rebacks to style in good quality light tan calf gilt lettered and decorated. Clean tight and sound copy - inner joints are cracked but the rebacking makes these very firm copies. Bookplate of T.J.W. Cushing to each pastedown. xxxvii 481 496 483 530 pages Frontispiece plate and two folding facsimiles index. Approx. size 9" by 6". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 26794. . Cadell & Davies hardcover
1816BOSWELLJ023636T. Cadell and W. Davies London. 1816. Eighth edition revised and augmented from the sixth. Octavo. Four volumes: pp xxviii 481; iv 496; iv 483; iv 530. Frontispiece in first volume from the portrait by Reynolds. Period binding of full diced calf with raised bands gilt decorations to spines marbled edges and endpapers. All volumes rebacked with spines relaid retaining original endpapers.Armorial bookplate on front pastedown of each volume. The original spine of the last volume is defective and therefore only partially relaid. A very good set. T. Cadell and W. Davies, London. hardcover
11468All three on letterheads of 847 Memorial Quadrangle New Haven. Autograph Letter. 22 October 1924. Typed Letter: 30 May 1928. Autograph Note: 7 June 1928. Autograph Letter: 1p. 12mo. Good on lightly-aged paper. In envelope addressed by Tinker to McCamic at Wheeling West Virginia. He thanks him for sending 'the book on Barber'. 'It enriches my working library and I shall be frequently reminded of what I owe to your kindness and interest.' Typed Letter: 1p. 12mo. Fair on lightly-aged paper with light rust stain from staple at head. McCamic's 'file of the British Magazine' is 'rare if not unknown'. 'The libary force was quite excited over the little book - you know we have the finest collection of magazines in this country - and thought I was going to make them a present of the book. I consented at least to ask you to leave it to Yale in your will! You see how dangerous it is to let such things out of your grasp.' Autograph Note: 1p. 12mo. Fair on aged paper with rust stain from paperclip at head. 'I am returning the file of the British Magazine. Tis is the only copy I can discover for that year.' All three on letterheads of 847 Memorial Quadrangle, New Haven. Autograph Letter. 22 October 1924. Typed Letter: 30 May 1928. Au unknown
1857890T69London: Richard Bentley 1857. First edition. Leather. Near Fine. 9" by 6". None. A smart first edition of this collection of letters written by James Boswell to the Reverend William Johnson Temple. First edition. Published from the original manuscripts. A collection of letters from James Boswell a Scottish biographer diarist and lawyer written to William Johnson Temple an English cleric and essayist. Both figures are now remembered as correspondents of one another. With letters from 1758 to Boswell's death in 1795. Bound in half brown calf with marbled boards. Externally very smart with light fading to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Near Fine Richard Bentley hardcover
1865101118Robert Hardwicke. London. 1865. Robert Hardwicke. London. 1865. Third edition. Volume IV only. Thick 4to. Half green morocco gilt worn and rubbed. 188 glorious hand-coloured plates. Front hinge is split and title page is loose. Slight browning and spotting to contents but generally clean and sound. unknown
SKU0565105Carolina Academic Press 2018-07-01. hardcover. Good. 7x1x10. Textbook May Have Highlights Notes and/or Underlining BOOK ONLY-NO ACCESS CODE NO CD Ships with Tracking Carolina Academic Press hardcover
MA 9781009493949USA Edition . New. Brand New! Fast Delivery US Edition and ship within 24-48 hours. Deliver by FedEx and Dhl & Aramex UPS & USPS and we do accept APO and PO BOX Addresses. Order can be delivered worldwide within 6-10 days and we do have flat rate for up to 2LB. Extra shipping charges will be requested if the Book weight is more than 5 LB. This Item May be shipped from India United states & United Kingdom. Depending on your location and availability. unknown
189125408New York and London: George Routledge n.d. 1891. 3 vols. 8vo frontispieces vignette titles illus. throughout; orig. decorative blue cloth stamped in gilt and black; some toning of the text spine ends very rubbed and a little chipped but the binding is sound. Apparently taken from the 6th Malone edition of 1811 here divided into chapters "for the reader's convenience." See Pottle 86. <br/><br/> George Routledge, n.d. hardcover books
187325192Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo 1873. 8vo pp. xv 1 560 16 publisher's catalogue; text proper in double column; inserted engraved portrait frontispiece and title-p.; very good bright copy in original terracotta cloth elaborately stamped in gilt and black a.e.g. An edition apparently either unknown to or unrecognized by Pottle. <br/><br/> William P. Nimmo hardcover books
188435812Paris: Hinrichsen et cie 1884. First edition in French 12mo pp. vi 318 1; very good in contemporary quarter black morocco over marbled boards gilt lettered direct on gilt-paneled spine. With accounts of French colonial politics the geography of Tonkin economics relations of France with China military matters etc. The first edition in English was published earlier the same year.This copy with a few pencil annotations by an informed reader. <br/><br/> Hinrichsen et cie hardcover books
188435812Paris: Hinrichsen et cie 1884. First edition in French 12mo pp. vi 318 1; very good in contemporary quarter black morocco over marbled boards gilt lettered direct on gilt-paneled spine. With accounts of French colonial politics the geography of Tonkin economics relations of France with China military matters etc. The first edition in English was published earlier the same year.This copy with a few pencil annotations by an informed reader. Hinrichsen et cie unknown
