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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
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
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
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
1836D7792London: John Murray 1836. Hardcover. Very Good. Full red morocco boards and spine compartments ornately ruled in gilt gilt-stamped lettering in second compartment inside gilt dentelles a.e.g.; 4to; pp. xxii 2 530 plus 45 plates including frontispiece and additional title-page. Collates complete. Spine a bit darkened and lightly scuffed along raised bands and joints; rear board lightly scuffed; corners lightly bumped. A few small brown spots or dusty finger-smudges scattered throughout text block; some plates faintly off-set onto facing pages. Armorial bookplate on front paste-down. Internally a bright clean copy. <br/><br/> 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
1874005488654Bickers and Son 1874. Leather Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 3 volumes complete as issued. Attractively bound in full brown period tree calf presumably by Bickers itself spines with raised bands elaborate gilt tooling including thistle motifs and contrasting brown and black morocco labels covers bordered with repeating floral designs in gilt marbled edges and endpapers some rubbing to spines and boards particularly to spine tips.Engraved Frontis; Folding Map; 2 Folding Facsimile Plates. Bickers and Son unknown
1835RO60069102John Murray. 1835. In-12. Relié. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos abîmé, Intérieur acceptable. 431 pages. Gravures en noir et blanc en frontispice et en première page de titre. Titre doré et annotation au feutre sur le dos. Manques sur le dos (coiffes).. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1811R320062894CADELL T. AND DAVIES W.. 1811. In-12. Relié. Etat d'usage, Plats abîmés, Dos abîmé, Intérieur acceptable. 391 pages -Plats desolidarisés - Mors abimés -. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1826RO60106560Collectif. 1826. In-8. Relié plein cuir. Etat passable, Plats abîmés, Dos abîmé, Pliures. 448 pages. Tranche brune. Ouvrage très abîmé. Dos manquant. Plats frottés et détachés. Pages de garde et de titre détachées. Texte bien lisible.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
185343257London, Henry G. Bohn, 1853. Small 8vo. Bound in 10 uniform fine contemp. hcalf with richly gilt spines. !0 engraved portraits as frontispiece and 10 engraved titlepages (dated 1835). With many engraved plates, views, portraits a.facsimiles. Fine and clean.
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
188753372Oxford: Clarendon Press 1887. First Hill edition and one of the finest of all editions of this classic work; 6 volumes large 8vo 14 plates including frontispieces facsimiles some folding and a map; generally a fine set in original green cloth gilt-lettered spines. Pottle 98: "This has so long held the field as the one edition for scholarly use that it is most unlikely it will ever be superseded." <br/><br/> Clarendon Press hardcover books
1899049409New York: Harper & Brothers 1899. Edited by George Birkbeck Hill. 6 vols. complete b/w front. tissue guards b/w text illus. folded front. chart in the final volume original blue cloth t.e.g. deckle edges. Contents: v. 1 Life 1709-1765. v. 2 Life 1765-1776. v. 3 Life 1776-1780. v. 4 Life 1780-1784. v. 5 Tour to the Hebredes 1883_ and Journey into North Wales 1774. v. 6 Addenda index dicta philosophi c. Harper & Brothers unknown books
1857258470London: Richard Bentley New Burlington Street 1857. First edition. Inserted Frontispiece by Reynolds and another of Boaswell in Corsican garb at p. 136. xlviii 407 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary diapered calf gilt spine a.e.g. Bookplate of Solomon R. Guggenheim 1869-1949. Nice copy. First edition. Inserted Frontispiece by Reynolds and another of Boaswell in Corsican garb at p. 136. xlviii 407 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street unknown books
185739916London: Richard Bentley. Very Good. 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Hinges cracked foxing on end pages edges rubbed otherwise Good. . Richard Bentley hardcover books
1887155819Oxford: Clarendon Press 1887. hardcover. fine. Edited by George Birbeck Hill. 11 volumes including the index extended from 6. Extra-illustrated edition with hundreds of portraits and views including numerous scarce 18th-century copperplates all inlaid to size. 8vo beautifully bound in full brown crushed morocco; ornate gilt-tooled decorative floral devices on covers and spines; raised bands thick gilt dentelles marbled end papers top edge gilt. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1887. Fine. A superb set and a magnificent example of the art of extra-illustrated books.<br/><br/> Clarendon Press unknown books
1835273939London: John Murray 1835. hardcover. very good. 10 volumes 12mo 3/4 tab morocco ornately gilt spines rubbed frontispieces in each volume pictorially engraved title pages. London: John Murray 1835. Very good.<br/><br/> John Murray unknown books
183565838Extra-Illustrated with Over 100 Engraved Plates BOSWELL James. The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides.To which are added anecdotes by Hawkins Piozzi Murphy Tyers Reynolds Steevens &c. And notes by various hands. London: John Murray 1835. CrokerÃs second edition revised by John Wright. Ten small octavo volumes including two volumes of Johnsoniana. Each volume with engraved frontispiece and vignette title. Extra-illustrated with over 100 engraved plates. Bound by Morrell of London in full tan polished calf. Gilt double-rule border on covers spines decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments with maroon and green morocco gilt lettering labels gilt board edges and turn-ins top edge gilt others uncut marbled endpapers. An about fine set. Pottle 92. HBS 65838. $2500 John Murray unknown books
1807861521807. BOSWELL James. THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON LL. D. COMPREHENDING 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 . IN THREE VOLUMES. Boston: W. Andrews and L. Blake 1807. First American from the Fifth London Edition. 500/512/543 pp. with index in Vol. III. 8vo. original calf spine labels missing boards detached spines and corners chipped. Leather powdery. Text complete with frontispiece engraving portrait in Vol. I. Moderate to heavy foxing in the text. Contemporary ink ownership to title page or first page of text; front flyleaf of Vol. III is chipped at top corner. Bindings sound. Sold as is. unknown books
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 books
1807243288London: Cadell & Davies 1807. Fourth. hardcover. near fine. Engraved frontispiece portrait. iv xvi 460 pages. 8vo attractively bound in 3/4 brown morocco over marbled boards. London: T. Cadell & W. Davies 1807. Fourth edition revised and corrected. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> Cadell & Davies unknown books
180726291London: printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies 1807. 8vo pp. 2 xv 1 460; engraved frontispiece after Joshua Reynolds; recent half tan calf antique over marbled boards red morocco label; occasional spotting especially in the margins of the frontispiece otherwise near fine. This is the first edition to include an index. Boswell's Advertisement to the third edition occupies pp. iv-v. Pottle 62. <br/><br/> printed for T. Cadell, and W. Davies hardcover books
