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1963GHC15-48562-XZ-0New York NY: Heritage Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1963. Heritage Press. Hardcover. All 3 volumes included and in VG condition. In original slipcases. Light rubbing inside slipcases otherwise slipcases in VG/. Very minor rubbing to spines. No markings anywhere. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. . Heritage Press hardcover
1811917P25London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1811. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A smartly rebacked set of the influential biography on Samuel Johnson by James Boswell. Complete in four volumes.The sixth edition of this work.The influential biography of the English writer Samuel Johnson. This biography has been noted as being the best biography written in the English language being an important work of literature.James Boswell the author met Johnson in 1763 when Johnson was fifty-four years old when they quickly became friends a friendship that lasted until Johnson's death in 1784.Johnson has been revered by some as being the only true great critic of English literature of his time. Possibly his best known work was his influential 'A Dictionary of the English Language' which had a far-reaching effect on the Modern English language. That dictionary remained the standard for one-hundred and fifty years when the 'Oxford English Dictionary' was published.Boswell is best known for this work and for his mass of diaries and letters. However it was this work that brought his fame. He was admired for bringing more personal and human details into the biography than was usual in biographies of the time.Collated bound without all plates. In a rebacked calf binding with new endpapers. Externally generally smart. Boards are a little rubbed. Minor bumping to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few scattered spots. Bound without all plates. Good T. Cadell and W. Davies hardcover
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1835919T93London: John Murray 1835. Leather. Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A smartly bound set of Boswell's famous biography of Samuel Johnson featuring illustrations and valuable additions. Complete in ten volumes. Celebrated work of Scottish biographer James Boswell often described as one of the greatest English biographies of all time. With engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title page to each volume. As well as a folding plate to volume one a folding map to volume four and a folding facsimile to volume six. Collation seems to vary in various copies seen in commerce. Complete with half titles. 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. Including 'A Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides.' With additions of anecdotes by Hawkins Piozzi Murphym Tyers Reynolds Steevens and notes by various hands. Also featuring the original texts augmented by the additional writings of the biographer and his subject. This biography is notable for its extensive reports of Johnson's conversation compiled through Boswell's acquaintance of Johnson since 1763. Bound in half green calf with marbled boards. Externally sound with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spines with the odd mark to the boards. Minor loss to the head and tail of the spines as well as the board tips. Small cracks to the joints at the head and tail. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot and light age toning to the extremities. The odd small handling mark or pencil annotation. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper of volume one and the title page of the odd volume. Good John Murray 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
18972619<p>Handling wear to the cover bumping to the corners and spine wear to the title label and a few marks to the boards. Inside the book is missing half the front end-papers and the book has some splitting along the inside front hinge on the half-title. The pages are tanned but remain clean and free from markings or inscriptions.</p> Bliss Sands & CO hardcover
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1925932M16Bath: George Bayntun 1925. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 10" by 8". Sir Joshua Reynolds; Samuel Belin; George Dance; et al. . A two-volume illustrated edition of Boswell's important biography of Samuel Johnson edited with notes by Roger Ingpen. A new two-volume edition of this work uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth binding with pictorial gilt to the front boards. Top edge gilt.Written by Scottish biographer James Boswell 1740-1795 this biography is often described as being the greatest biography ever written in English. This is a new edition with notes by Roger Ingpen.Samuel Johnson 1709-1784 was an English poet essayist biographer and literary critic. He published 'A Dictionary of the English Language' in 1755 considered the foremost dictionary of the time until the Oxford English Dictionary was published 173 years later. He was a devout Anglican and firmly opposed slavery; his religious writings emphasize the goodness of charity repentance marriage and pride.Profusely illustrated with five hundred and seventy six illustrations facsimiles and maps including thirteen plates in photogravure. Collated complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart with light shelf wear to the joints and extremities. Gilt remains bright. Faint marks to the head of the spines. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Mark to the fore edge of volume II affecting the edge of several pages. Very Good Indeed George Bayntun hardcover
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