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1955ABE-1633558861855REVUE MENSUELLE DES LETTRES FRANCAISES-64 PAGES-16,5 CM X 23,7 CM-EN COUVERTURE ALEXANDRE DUMAS PERE-DERRIERE CETTE FACADE.23 QUAI CONTI L'ACADEMIE FRANCAISE, 17 PAGES PAR EMILE HENRIOT-DE JACQUES PERRET A BOSWELL, 5 PAGES PAR MARCEL THIEBAUT-MUSIQUE ET CINEMA, 14 PAGES PAR GEORGES VAN PARYS-LES FILMS DU MOIS, PAR JACQUES NELS: LE CINERAMA, LE DOSSIER NOIR, L'OR DE NAPLES, 4 PAGES-LA VIE D'ALEXANDRE DUMAS PERE III LA TOUR DE NESLE, 17 PAGES PAR ANDRE MAUROIS-(EM921)
1833373861New York: James Dearborn 1833. Plates. 566pp. 8vo. Contemporary straight grained burgundy morocco by Desilver Jr. Herse & Lindsay with their ticket on the inside upper morocco hinge covers elaborately panelled in gilt an blind with a central sunken panel spine gilt in five compartments with the first third and fifth compartments sunken full morocco gilt doublures silk endpapers gilt edges small split along the upper front joint minor wear at extremities. Plates. 566pp. 8vo. A very unusual and elaborate American ticketed binding with full morocco doublures. Spawn 275 James Dearborn unknown
195197964William Heinemann London. 1951. William Heinemann London. 1951. Reprint. Hardback NO DW. Large 8vo. Illustrated and with black and white frontis and fold out map. Full black morocco with gilt to spine and upper. Top edges gilt. Ribbon marker. Handwritten bookplate stuck to front end paper with selotape. A nice clean copy. hardcover
0434598828.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1887303657Oxford: Clarendon Press 1887. Superbly extra-illustrated with more than 500 mounted portraits. Added title pages for each volume printed in red and black. Numerous folding plates. 11 vols. 8vo. Full red morocco gilt doublures gilt t.e.g. Bookplate of Nicholas Frederic Brady 1878-1930 by J. & E.B. Spines a bit toned; top of upper joint of Index volume with small repair a near fine and very handsome set. Superbly extra-illustrated with more than 500 mounted portraits. Added title pages for each volume printed in red and black. Numerous folding plates. 11 vols. 8vo. An abundantly extra-illustrated set of Boswell's classic biography of the great lexicographer Samuel Johnson. Clarendon Press unknown
1835ST17226London: John Murray 1835. First Illustrated Edition Croker's Second Edition. 170 x 105 mm. 6 3/4 x 4 1/4". 10 volumes. <br/> VERY PRETTY PURPLE CRUSHED MOROCCO GILT BY BAYNTUN OF BATH stamp-signed on front turn-in covers with gilt rule border central panel diapered in gilt with knots at line intersection central compartment filled with floral tools raised bands spine compartments with large fleuron gilt lettering gilt-ruled turn-ins with trefoil at corners marbled endpapers all edges gilt. With a total of 51 ILLUSTRATIONS consisting of: engraved frontispiece and extra engraved title page with vignette in each volume a folding map a folding facsimile plate and one double-page plate as called for all by Edward Francis Finden and all hand-colored AND EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 28 PLATES 10 portraits nine views nine folding facsimile plates four with vignette views ALL COLORED BY HAND all with tissue guards. Pottle 92. Spines just slightly and evenly sunned to a very pleasing burgundy one front hinge exposed with no hint of looseness offsetting from and onto the folding facsimiles other trivial imperfections but A LOVELY SET clean and fresh internally with attractively colored plates in a luscious and lustrous binding with virtually no signs of use.<br/> <br/> This is the first illustrated edition of the work generally considered to be the greatest biography in any language here embellished with additional portraits of Johnson's associates and views of important places in his life. First published in 1791 Boswell's account of Dr. Johnson reveals the most fully realized figure in literature and it prefigures modern biography in emphasizing the character of the subject rather than his deeds. It is also a tribute to Boswell's genius in that the bulk of the text is made up of accounts by the author of situations that he himself created so that his subject would be prompted to behave in a revealing and memorable way. Boswell "was a consummate impresario stage-managing the setting and 'dramatis personae' amidst which Johnson would glitter and then providing topics and opinions to elicit the magnificent rejoinders of Johnson." The result is that we see an unforgettable portrait of a man brilliant and profound and at the same time dogmatic overbearing prejudiced and irascible. Day This edition also includes Johnson's journal of his visit to the Hebrides Islands and "anecdotes by Hawkins Piozzi Murphy Tyers Reynolds Steevens &c. and notes by various hands" in the two final volumes which have the running title "Johnsoniana." Our handsome set is a good example of the early 20th century decorative work typical of the Bayntun firm founded in Bath in 1894 and now the last of the great Victorian trade binderies still in family ownership. It is not terribly uncommon to encounter extra-illustrated examples of this and similar sets of major literary works but it is unusual to find such a set with all the illustrations hand colored. John Murray unknown
1791ST20798London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly 1791. FIRST EDITION First State with "gve" reading on p. 135. 267 x 210 mm. 10 1/2 x 8 1/4". Two volumes expanded to eight. <br/> ORNATE AND SUBSTANTIAL 19TH CENTURY FOREST GREEN STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO covers with a gilt French fillet raised bands spines and some corners renewed with considerable skill their compartments with urn centerpieces flanked by scrolling foliage turn-ins gilt tooled marbled endpapers all edges gilt. First volume with an engraved frontispiece EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH A TOTAL OF 919 PLATES 96 of them hand colored. Each volume with an added facsimile title page. Pottle 79; Day "History of English Literature 1660-1837" pp. 164-65. Boards with a few dark spots mostly where chafing has been covered with dye the hinge at the front of seven volumes with paper covering gone two other hinges partly affected but everything still very tight; some never serious offsetting from plates intermittent minor foxing a handful of leaves in Vol I. Part IV with a repaired open tear to upper margin other trivial defects but still a set with very considerable appeal--full of visual interest internally and looking quite grand in a substantial row.<br/> <br/> Although there are no signs of ownership this is the elegantly bound Jacques Levy copy of what is often considered to be the greatest biography in any language--extra-illustrated here with an enormous number of plates. James Boswell 1740-95 was a personal friend of his subject the main reason that this work proved to be the architect of his enduring reputation. It is a tribute to Boswell's skill as a biographer that the bulk of the text is made up of accounts by the author of situations that he himself created so that his subject would be prompted to behave in a revealing and memorable way. Day tells us that Boswell "was a consummate impresario stage-managing the setting and 'dramatis personae' amidst which Johnson would glitter and then providing topics and opinions to elicit the magnificent rejoinders of Johnson." The result is that we see an unforgettable portrait of a man who was flawed as well as brilliant--in Day's words "the most fully realized figure the most three-dimensional character in literature." Our previous owner New York bibliophile Jacques Levy d. 1980 first began buying on a whim while in Paris for business. He spent the next 40 years building an impressive and eclectic library which included travel literature illustrated books and fine bindings. A dedicated auction of his collection took place at Sotheby's New York on April 20 2012 realizing more than $6 million. The present copy contains more than 900 added plates which illustrate the settings and figures populating the biography as well as expanding the two volumes into an imposing set that is quite attractive on the shelf. The first printing of Boswell's Johnson is easy to obtain but extra-illustrated sets seem to be quite rare: except for the present item which went for $11250 at the Levy sale the last such copy we could trace at auction was a four-volume set sold in 1988. Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly unknown
77079London: The Office of the National Illustrated Library. New Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. A nice set of four volumes in the publisher's original cloth blindstamped on the boards and with decorative gilt at the spines. A little worn and bumped but overall in good condition. Size: Octavo . 4-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; History. Inventory No: 77079. . The Office of the National Illustrated Library 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
1938211348London: Curwen Press for the Limited Editions Club 1938. One of 1500 numbered copies. 3 vols. 8vo. Brown cloth red leather spine labels. Spines a little faded else nice set. One of 1500 numbered copies. 3 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> Curwen Press for the Limited Editions Club hardcover
19032658Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co 1903. Fine Binding. Leather bound. Very Good . 4 1/2 X 6 7/8 Inches. The six volume "Boswell's Life of Johnson" was published in 1903. The two volume "Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson" was published in 1898. ALL EIGHT VOLUMES finely bound in Quarter leather with matching tips. TEG. Five raised hubs to each spine. Gilt title stamping and decoration to spines. Hint of toning to interiors. A very clean set with beautiful marbled endpapers. There is no binder's ticket but the binding looks to be period and is absolutely spectacular. Archibald Constable & Co unknown
134495989X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1355528097.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
182632155Saunders & Otley British And Foreign Public Library Conduit Street Hanover Square 1826. 1st edition. Hardback. Half calf over marbled boards VG. 307pp edges & corners of the leather rubbed centre of boards rubbed a fair copy. Odd volume of a minor Belle-lettres novel written in 1826 by the Scottish writer Thomas Alexander Boswell nephew of James Boswell biographer of Dr Johnson. Saunders & Otley, British And Foreign Public Library, Conduit Street, Hanover Square hardcover
183668695London: John Murray. 1836. Hardcover. Very Good. xxii 530pp illustrated wtih 45 plates sl foxing of prelims nicely bound in later dark red cloth spine sl sunned; Octavo . John Murray hardcover
2819Paris, Hachette, 1952. In-8, broché, jaquette illustrée conservée, 318 pp. (Révélations sur les moeurs au XVIIIè siècle).
42461London: Printed for J. Debrett 1801. Fourth edition with many additions 8vo xvi 134 2pp. 5 engraved plans on 4 folding plates half green calf marbled boards head and foot of spine chipped. From the Lawes Library Rothamstead; early ownership signature of James Blackburn to head of title page. London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1801 hardcover
42466London: Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Almon 1779. First edition 8vo 4 108 2pp. interleaved with contemporary blank leaves 5 folding engraved plates contemporary quarter calf joints cracked hand and foot of spine chipped morocco spine label lettered in gilt. From the Lawes Library Rothamstead. London: Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Almon, 1779 unknown
192720966421927. Harvard University Press under the Direction of Bruce Rogers Cambridge 1927. 4to. original cloth-backed boards lettered in gilt on spine. Colour frontispiece and 9 other plates. Bookplate otherwise a fine copy preserved in custom-made half morocco fall-down-back box lettered in gilt to spine.First edition limited to 425 copies. hardcover
179275950London: Printed for J. Debrett 1792. Square 4to. Third edition. xvi 134 pp. 6 plans on 5 copper-engraved folding plates. Sections in 4s so given the size probably half-sheets. Half calf over marbled boards rebacked to style with raised bands and red gilt-lettered leather label. Wear to binding including an abrasion to lower board and rubbing to spine extremities. Foxing to prelims becoming much scarcer. George Boswell of Puddletown was a progressive farmer and the author of this the first detailed and practical guide to the creation lay-out and management of water meadows. His advice was sought by Arthur Young and Robert Bakewell from a biographical essay by Joseph Bettey. Good to VG. 20.5cms tall 14cms wide. . Very Good. Half Calf. Third Edition. 1792. Printed for J. Debrett 1792 unknown
177975London: Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Almon in Piccadilly ; Printed For J. Johnson No. 72 St. Paul's Church-yard 1779. 1st Edition ; 2nd Edition. 1/2 Calf. Good. 8º 20cm.; ii 108pp errata; i 100pp. appendix and plates.; 4 pls.; 3 pls.; gilt title to spine compartment in red leather label; all foldout plates accounted for and complete; marbled paper-covered boards toned and rubbed hinges starting but all cords holding.; contemporary title in ms. on fr. flyleaf;. The first book on water-meadows. Fussell. Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Almon, in Piccadilly ; Printed For J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church-yard unknown
6454Six engraved plates on five folding sheets. xii 122 pp. 8 pp. of Debrett ads lacking the leaf with directions to the binder. 8vo cont. calf joints a trifle cracked at head & tail flat spine gilt green morocco lettering piece on spine. London: J. Debrett 1792.<br/> <br/> “Second edition with many additionsâ€of this work specifically on the cultivation of water meadows first published in 1779. “Francis Forbes had recommended water meadows and had given some instruction how to make and manage them and several other previous writers had done the same while the actual practice had been fairly common in parts of Wiltshire and Berkshire Gloucester and Dorset for at least two centuries…The methods of construction and management were only to be found of course by seeking through a mass of general information and some one came to the conclusion that a specific treatise on the subject was necessary. A suggestion was made to George Boswell of Piddletown Dorset a local expert that he should write such a book.â€â€“Fussell II p. 121. <br/> <br/> In the present edition Boswell vigorously replies to criticisms levelled at him by the Rev. Thomas Wright in his pamphlet An Account of the Advantage and Method of Watering Meadows 1789.<br/> <br/> A very good copy lacking the leaf of directions to the binder. Stamp of the Lawes Agricultural Trust on the front paste-down. unknown
200160510AB2001. First American Edition. New York Farrar Straus and Giroux 2001. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. XXII 351 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Fine/ As New. Includes for example the following essays: Life Lived / Life Written / Life Published etc. hardcover
1798D18609London: C. Dilly 1798. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Contemporary calf front board detached. 8vo. iv 446 2. An interesting copy with bookplate of Presidential speechwriter William Safire. <br/><br/> C. Dilly hardcover
1928822071928. BOSWELL James. Private Papers of James Boswell from Malahide Castle. In the Collection of Lt-Colonel Ralph Heyward Isham. Mount Vernon New York: William Edwin Rudge 1928-1934. Complete set in 18 volumes laid in invitation to a lecture by Isham and Frederick Pottle 1940 in volume I. WITH: PROSPECTUS. For the edition New York: William Rudge 1928. String bound folio of 9 unnumbered leaves 4 laid-in sample title pages and subscriber's form in the original card folder. WITH: CATALOGUE. POTTLE Frederick A. POTTLE Marion S. The Private Papers of James Boswell. A Catalogue. London and New York: Oxford University Press 1931. WITH: BOSWELL James. Boswell's Journal of A Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson LL.D. New York: The Viking Press and London: William Heinemann 1936. Prospectus laid in. WITH: INDEX. Index to the Private Papers of James Boswell London and New York: Oxford University Press 1937. 22 vols. plus prospectus. Folio quarto and octavo extensively illustrated with facsimiles of the manuscripts. Bookplates of Robert Wayne Sitwell and Brian Douglas Sitwell on front pastedowns in all volumes spines lightly sunned else a fully untrimmed very good or better set in original cloth-backed red paper-covered boards printed paper labels on spines publisher's slipcases also with printed paper labels. First editions. The 18 volume set is limited to 570 copies this being numbered copy 536; the catalogue is limited to 415 unnumbered copies; the Tour to the Hebrides is limited to 790 copies this being numbered copy 238; the index is limited to 1250 unnumbered copies. Rogers Paragraphs on Printing p. 72 ref.; The Work of Bruce Rogers p. 370; Stark Books Designed by Bruce Rogers p. 10. The collection of Boswell's papers long thought destroyed were rediscovered in various homes in Ireland and Scotland and were reluctantly sold to Isham in 1928 by Lord Talbot his wife one of Boswell's great-granddaughters. After his great acquisition Isham negotiated a deal with William Edwin Rudge to print the collection as a set for subscribers. Bruce Rogers was assigned the task of designing the format and produced a set of volumes that are "magnificent examples of the arts of the printed book. They are surely the most impressive single monument of the Rudge/Rogers association." Blume. unknown
