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1820305112London G. Walker J. Akerman et al. 1820. 1820. 8vo. 2 folding engraved plates of facsimiles of Johnson's handwriting facing p.1 Volume I and facing p. 1 Volume IV Contemporary tan calf tooled in blind with a basket weave design two red morocco labels on the spine; marbled edges. A fine set. No foxing 4 volumes. With an Armorial swan design bookplate on the front pastedown of all volumes with motto: "Pandite" with a label signed: John Gibson Surgeon. Hardcover. Fine. London, G. Walker, J. Akerman, et al., 1820. hardcover books
181148789London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies in the Strand 1811. The Sixth Edition Revised and Augmented. Period full tan polished calf bindings with marbled edges. Maroon spine labels in 2nd & 4th compartments. General wear & chipping to leather primarily spines. Joint leather weak with rear board to Vol I coming loose. A Good - Abt Very Good set. 4 volumes. Volume I with engraved frontis of Johnson by T. Baker after the 1756 painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Two facsimile letters Vol I & Vol III. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/> Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, in the Strand hardcover books
179138111.1London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly in the Poultry 1791. 1st edition 1st issue Grolier 100 ENGLISH #65; Pottle 79. Period full marbled calf bindings with later respining to style. Marbled eps. Yellow edge stain. Modest binding wear. Two bookplates one of James Bonar Scottish lawyer to front paste-down. Occasional spot of foxing. Withal a handsome VG set. 2 volumes: xii 16 516 2 blank; 4 586 2 42 pp. Vol II p 585 misnumbered 587; 586 as 588. Other mispaginations see Pottle. Vol I p. 135 with 'gve'. Volume I with stipple-engraved frontis of Johnson by James Heath after the 1756 painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Vol II with two engraved facsimiles bound in per Pottle. 4to. Vol I: 2M4 & 2N1 cancels. Vol II: 5 cancelled leaves as per Pottle. 11-1/4" x 8-3/4" <br/><br/>Volume II bound with the uncommon 1793 pamphlet of corrections stemming from Boswell's fussiness. "So bad were these errors indeed that it was found necessary to issue a small quarto volume of forty-two pages to correct them." Grolier 100 #65. Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry unknown books
179138111London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly in the Poultry 1791. 1st edition 1st issue Grolier 100 ENGLISH #65; Pottle 79. 20th C. speckled brown half-calf with tan paper boards. Maroon title labels in second compartment. Modest binding wear. Prior owner pencil marginalia to Vol I p. 394 commenting on the neighboring text regarding females in service. Occasional light foxing primarily to preliminaries. Withal a VG set. 2 volumes: xii 16 516 2 blank; 4 586 pp. Vol II p 585 misnumbered 587; 586 as 588. Other mispaginations see Pottle. Vol I p. 135 with 'gve'. Volume I with stipple-engraved frontis of Johnson by James Heath after the 1756 painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Vol II with two engraved facsimiles. 4to: A6 A-B4 B - 3T4 3U2; B - 4E4 4F1. Vol I: 2M4 & 2N1 cancels. Vol II: 5 cancelled leaves as per Pottle. 10-7/8" x 8-1/2" <br/><br/> Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry hardcover books
18269364.1Oxford: Published by William Pickering London; and Talboys & Wheeler Oxford 1826. 1st edition thus Kelly 1826.2; Keynes p. 54; NCBEL II 1214. 19th C. tan half-calf with deep maroon spine labels; marbled boards & edges. Overall VG some modest binding wear. 4 volumes. Engraved portrait of Boswell V1 & two facsimile letters. 8vo. <br/><br/>One of the Pickering imprints that Keynes notes as having "special merit". Published by William Pickering, London; and Talboys & Wheeler, Oxford hardcover books
19281298595London: Oxford University Press 1928. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-; hardcover; bound in navy blue cloth white label on spine black lettering; boards strong some shelfwear some edgewear light bumping on edges rubbing and bumping on fore corners and spine edges open tears on fore corners and spine edges soiling on front tearing on label spine sun toned age toning in interior penciling on front pastedown erased penciling on front end paper; text block age toned occasional penciling fore and tail edges uneven; 66pp. 1298595. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1922127486Garden City: Gabriel Wells / Doubleday Page 1922. First printing of this edition. Octavo ten volumes. One of 785 numbered copies this being No. 122. Publisher's quarter cream vellum brown paper boards paper spine labels brown paper dust jackets with paper spine labels gilt top page edges page fore-edges and bottom page edges deckle. Lacking extra spine labels commonly laid in each volume. <br/><br/>The Temple Bar Edition is unique to the surplus of Johnsonian scholarship combining knowledge of Johnson's family history photographs from the Adam collection in Buffalo among the rarest and most valuable Johnsonian collections and research enveloping Johnson and his relations to other writers scholars and clergyman. <br/><br/>Toned spines and large bookplates on the front pastedowns all but one volume the same volume with a neat split to the front hinge and a repair to the jacket spine label of volume one else Near Fine. <br/><br/>An elegant set. Shipping billed at cost. Gabriel Wells / Doubleday, Page unknown books
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. First American Edition of Boswell. 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 books
1824246342Bellows Falls Vt. Volume I and Boston: Charles Ewer: Printed for the Proprietors and sold by R. Edwards and J. Offor 1824. A New Edition. Frontispiece Vol. 1. 5 vols. 8vo. Original boards uncut one joint off spines rubbed with loss else Good. A New Edition. Frontispiece Vol. 1. 5 vols. 8vo. Printed for the Proprietors, and sold by R. Edwards and J. Offor unknown books
1836Embry 183615John Murray London: 1836. First edition first printing. Bookplate faint wear still fine and bright in custom mylar cover. One-half tan crushed morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe over patterned boards spine panels simply gilt with double surrounds John Murray, London: 1836. First edition, first printing. hardcover books
1973WRCLIT74988New York: Liveright 1973. Large oblong octavo. Gilt cloth pictorial endpapers. Illustrated. First edition U.S. issue bound up from British sheets. Very good in dust jacket. Liveright hardcover 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
197038011NY:: McGraw-Hill. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 0070690596 . Part of The Yale Editions of The Private Papers of James Boswell series. First edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. ; 418 pages . McGraw-Hill, hardcover books
1835WN62522London: John Murray 1835. Three quarter dark green morocco 5 raised bands gilt spine lettering decoration and rules. Green cloth covered boards. Top edges gilt. Signed bindings by Bayntun of Bath. First volume has some dampstain on preliminaries. Some foxing throughout especially near plates but overall impressive text blocks. A beautiful set for Boswellians and others. First Thus. Three Quarter Leather. Good/No Dust Jackets. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Trade. John Murray Hardcover books
19506523New York: McGraw-Hill 1950. Full-Leather. Collectible; Fine. The 1950 "De Luxe" edition elegantly bound in full light-brown leather. Raised bands gilt-ruled compartments and panels part of the "Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell". Bright and Near Fine with very light negligible scuffing along the spine. Octavo 370 pgs. marbled endpapers. Also includes a VG example of publisher's linen slipcase. <br/><br/> McGraw-Hill hardcover books
1785013987Henry Baldwin 1785. Book. Near Fine. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Full Leather First Edition 1785 Well Preserved Copy Rare In This Condition Excellent Fresh Copy. Henry Baldwin Hardcover books
1980128012New York: Academic Press 1980. Hardcover. xiii 426p. foreword preface introductions summaries appendixes including statistical tables index ownership stamp of Hispanic American educator Antonio Jose Rios on front free endpaper otherwise a very good first edition in boards and unclipped dj. Studies in Population. With specific chapters on Mexican Americans Puerto Ricans Cuban Americans and immigrants from throughout the western hemisphere. Academic Press hardcover books
1974LV2062San Francisco:: Privately Printed 1974. 1974. Oblong 4to. xxiv 56 pp. Title with three-color drawing printed with red banner throughout 2-color depiction of "Alma Mater-The Fig Tree" line-drawings of "Triangle Measuring Statue of Hapy-Thoth" "Ethiopian Chessmen as Spice and Perfume Containers" errata leaf laid-in. Original quarter blue cloth decorative blue printed boards paper spine label; slight discoloration or foxing noted on spine. SIGNED BY THE TRANSLATOR on half-title. Very good. Limited edition of 400 numbered copies printed by Andrew Hoyem. Distributed originally by The Brick Row Book Shop. Privately Printed, 1974. hardcover books
1992101406Minneapolis: Walker Art Center 1992. Softbound. VGlibrary stamp along bottom of page edges text block. Color illustrated wraps. 176 pp. with profusely illustrations in color and bw. Essays by Peter Boswell Andrzej Turowski Patricia C. Phillips & Dick Hebdige. From reading this artist's chronology in the rear of the book it is evident that moss never grows on his shoes. This catalogue gives a wonderful overview of his unique and controversial ouvre as well as giving some insight into the man behind the art. Uncommon. Born in Warsaw he was living in new York at the time this book was published. Walker Art Center paperback books
199728240Minneapolis: Walker Art Center 1997. First Edition. Quarto. Linen-backed glazed illustrated boards; 224pp; illus. Faint sticker residue to front board else about Fine; no dustjacket presumably as issued. Survey of the montage work of the eminent Berlin Dadaist Hanna Höch 1889-1978 including her daring Weimar-era anti-fascist collages. Walker Art Center unknown books
1999260118New York: Columbia University Press 1999. Paperback. xx 665p. introduction prefaces very good first edition first printing stated trade paperback in wraps. Between Men Between Women Lesbian & Gay Studies series Larry Gross & Lillian Faderman editor. Massive collection of writings by LGBTQ authors. Columbia University Press paperback books
198236775NY:: Dell Publishing. Near Fine. 1982. Paperback. 0440526329 . Fourth printing paperback. All cut-outs are unused and in excellent condition. Near fine in oversized stapled illustrated wraps. . Dell Publishing, paperback books
1936WRCLIT85276London: The Alpha Group for The Left Review 1936. 32pp. Small quarto. Pictorial self wrapper. Heavily illustrated and typographically decorated. Foretips gently bumped a few minor bits pf foxing otherwise about fine. A visually striking anti-Fascist pro-working class manifesto partaking in large part of the talents of British artists James Fitton 1899-1982 James Boswell et al. Fitton who is often given the greater credit "first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1929 and from 1932 and was an active member of the London Group. His first solo exhibition was held at the Arthur Tooth and Sons gallery in 1933. Fitton worked in a wide variety of formats producing cartoons for the LEFT REVIEW and posters for the Ministry of Food He worked as a printer and advertising artist and in 1937 designed posters for London Transport In the late forties he executed film posters and programmes for the Ealing Studios and Romulus Films" - Wikipedia. This work exists in at least two forms one with a price "six pence" in the right corner of the upper wrapper and one as here without a price. This copy was formerly in the library of Siegfried Sasson and has the posthumous library dispersal label inside the front wrapper suggesting this form might have been distributed hors commerce. OCLC locates 11 copies. OCLC: 154237644. The Alpha Group for The Left Review unknown 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
1966Embry 180931Ayer Company 1966. Facsimile reprint of 1896 edition. Fine. Red cloth no dust jacket. Ayer Company, 1966. Facsimile reprint of 1896 edition. hardcover books