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1819981R4London: Printed for the Proprietors 1819. Leather. Good. 7" by 4.5". None. The new edition complete in four volumes of James Boswell's acclaimed biography of Samuel Johnson in half green calf with a monochrome portrait frontispiece of Johnson and folding facsimiles of his handwriting. The new edition complete in four volumes of James Boswell's acclaimed biography of Samuel Johnson in half green calf.With a monochrome portrait frontispiece of Johnson and folding facsimiles of his handwriting volume one this is a detailed and beautifully bound set of what is still considered one of the greatest English biographies.In half green calf with marbled boards and gilt decoration and titling along the spines.The Life of Samuel Johnson is a biography of English writer and literary critic Samuel Johnson. It represents a landmark in the development of the modern genre of biography and many have called it the greatest biography ever written. In half green calf with marbled boards and decorative gilt. Externally generally smart with noticeable bumping to extremities. Some areas of loss to joints and heads and tails of spines in particular. Age toning to cloth boards. Fading to spines and extremities. Some loss to gilt on spines. Internally firmly bound. Marginal age toning to pages and spotting throughout heavier to first and last pages. Lightly faded marbled fore edges. Good Printed for the Proprietors hardcover
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1851985N22London: Office of the National Illustrated Library 1851-1852. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". Various. A complete set of illustrated editions of James Boswell's celebrated works on Samuel Johnson. Contains all four volumes of Johnson's Life and his Tour. A charming illustrated edition of James Boswell's The Life of Samuel Johnson in 4 volumes and Journal of a Tour to the Herbrides. Published by the Office of the National Illustrated Library in 1851 and 1852 respectively. A complete set.In the publisher's original cloth with blind stamp detail. A frontispiece in each volume. All sixty illustrations in volume 1. All fifty-one illustrations in volume 2. A folding letter as well as fifty-two illustrations in volume 3. All forty-seven illustrations in volume 4 and all forty-six illustrations in Journal. Collated complete.Includes eight additional advertising pages at the end of vol.1 including specimen pages.Boswell first met Johnson at a bookshop as a young man and the two quickly became friends. Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides concerned the pair's much-loved tour of the Scottish Highlands and Western islands in 1773. First published in 1785 shortly after Johnson's death with much success.Inspired Boswell compiled his notes and what followed was Boswell's 4 volume The Life of Samuel Johnson often considered to be the greatest biography in the English language. Boswell approached his biography as a compelling narrative which works very well with illustrations as seen in this edition. In the publisher's original cloth with blind stamp detail. Externally smart. Slight fading to spines joints and extremities heavier to volume 1 and Tour spines and to front boards of volumes 1 and 4. Small signs of shelf wear to extremities and minor bumping to heads and tails of spine. Bumping heavier to Tour where cloth has slightly lifted. Cloth has slightly lifted to joint at front board of volume 1. Minimal marks with one small mark to spine of Tour and front board of volume 1. A faint line across boards of volume 1. End papers are generally bright and clean with volumes 1 2 and 3. Very minor spotting to extremities of rear end papers of volume 4. Heavy offsetting to end papers of Tour. Internally volumes 2-4 and Tour are firmly bound. Volume 1 is generally firmly bound with slight signs of wear between leaves pp.192-193 and pp.206-207. Pages are generally bright and clean with the odd spot very rare in volume 1 and only final leaves of volume 2. Spotting heavier to leaves pp.83-93 of volume 4 and pp.33-45 of Journal. Good Office of the National Illustrated Library hardcover
1851988G4London : Office of the National Illustrated Library 1851. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. A fantastically illustrated four volume set of biographies on English writer Samuel Johnson with frontispieces vignette title pages and a folding plate. A fantastic complete four volume set of biographies on Samuel Johnson.New editions of the works.In publisher's original blue cloth bindings. Samuel Johnson was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet playwright essayist moralist literary critic sermonist biographer editor and lexicographer. Written by James Boswell a Scottish biographer diarist and lawyer best known for these biographies which are commonly said to be the greatest biographies written in the English language. 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. Each volume illustrated with a frontispiece and vignette title page and an abundance of in text illustrations throughout. Volume III has a folding plate. Collated complete. In publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally smart. Fading to spines and heads of boards. Book plate to front paste down of each volume. Ink inscription to front free end papers of volumes II and IV. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light spotting. Very Good Office of the National Illustrated Library hardcover
1826115118Baynes and Son 1826. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. Four volumes. ".Comprehending an account of his studies and works in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence conversations with man eminent persons; and original pieces of his composition: the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain for near half a century during which he flourished." With Malone's note and illustrations as well as the first appearance of Piozzi's "Anecdotes of Dr. Johnson." <br /> <br /> Covers shelfworn and faded along edges. Baynes and Son hardcover
17911948234Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly in the Poultry 1791 1791. Hardcover. Used-Very Good. Early full calf rebacked preserving original spines. Some wear to binding but nicely restored and preserved. First edition second state with give corected at p. 135. Engraved portrait in vol. I; two engraved plates in volume II. Text is clean and clear with wide margins. No bookplates or other ownership markings. A very sound and attractive copy. Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly in the Poultry, 1791 hardcover
2024H-161-857Blurb 2024. Paperback. Fine. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations. Blurb paperback
BIBRR111227894Paperback. USED. THIS RARE/ANTIQUE BOOK PUBLISHED IN THE YEAR 1835 BY John Murray HAVING 388 PGS AND SIZE 4.006.50 WRITTEN IN English. THE BOOK IS IN READABLE CONDITION Originally in Unbound with some issues like All Book effected with pinhalls Corners damage and some Pin Holes. THE IMAGE OF THIS BOOK IS GIVEN FOR YOUR REFERENCE. WE CAN REBIND THE SAME IN LEATHER BINDING FOR EXTRA $ 25. paperback
1819BIBRR1112266101819. Paperback. USED. THIS RARE/ANTIQUE BOOK PUBLISHED IN THE YEAR 1819 BY R.Edwards Crane Court HAVING 360 PGS AND SIZE 4.006.50 WRITTEN IN English. THE BOOK IS IN READABLE CONDITION Originally in Unbound with some issues like Unbound All book Effective With Pin hall and some Pin Holes. THE IMAGE OF THIS BOOK IS GIVEN FOR YOUR REFERENCE. WE CAN REBIND THE SAME IN LEATHER BINDING FOR EXTRA $ 25. paperback
1835322875London: John Murray 1835. Leather. Very Good. 10 vols. SIGNED FINE BINDING BY S. KAUFMANN. A complete set of ten small hardcover books handsomely bound in full golden-brown leather with gilt-decorated spines gilt top edges gilt dentelles marbled endpapers and five raised spine bands each. Very good condition overall. A crack is just starting to form from the top down on the front edge of volume 1's spine; board remains securely attached. Edges and spine bands lightly rubbed due to normal handling; heads of a few spines are mildly chipped barely affecting the overall silhouette of the spine. Horizontal slit across the front board of volume 5. However the exteriors remain quite nice for shelf display and the gilt detailing is still distinct. Scattered foxing mostly on the plates but pages are predominantly clean and text is unmarked by previous owners. Binding is tight across the set. Sturdy and attractive copy of this classic work! Due to a binder's error volume 6 is mistakenly labeled as volume 5 thus there are two volumes labeled as volume 5. Each volume measures approx. 6.75" x 4.5" and is illustrated with several black and white plates. This copy contains the bookplate of Massachusetts congressman John E. Russell 1834-1903. John Murray unknown
1901322910London: J.M. Dent & Co 1901. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 vols. 458p; 464p; 466p. A set of three hardcover books bound in green cloth. Very good condition. Extremely pale speckles on spines. Air bubbles forming under cloth along the edge of volume 2's front cover; faint circular scratch on back cover. Spine of volume 3 barely bent down the middle. Each volume contains the small bookplate of a previous owner. Otherwise text unmarked and binding tight. An attractive vintage edition of Boswell's classic! Illustrated by Herbert Railton edited by Arnold Glover and introduced by Austin Dobson. J.M. Dent & Co hardcover
1922322959Garden City: Doubleday Page & Company for Gabriel Wells 1922. Limited Temple Bar Edition. Hardcover. Good. 10 vols. A complete set of ten hardcover books in very good condition with worn dustjackets. Pale drip stains down each volume's spine mostly affecting the jackets only including occasional bits of stuck-on paper from the jackets. All spines lightly tanned. Spine of volume 1 is bent down the middle. Small tears at the top of volume 1 and 3's spines. Faint spotty discoloration on cover of volume 8. Some patchy toning on the endpapers mirroring the jacket flaps. Light stain in margins of last 25 or so pages in volume 9. Otherwise text unmarked and binding tight across the set. The jackets are badly chipped and torn. Back panel entirely gone from volume 1's jacket. However the majority of each jacket is present. Temple Bar Edition edited by Clement Shorter. Limited edition; #561 out of 785 sets. Illustrated with occasional black and white plates. Doubleday, Page & Company, for Gabriel Wells hardcover
1835019457London: John Murray 1835. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good. First printing of this edition.Ten volume set in three-quarter green leather with green cloth top edge gilt gilt titles on ribbed spine with gilt bordered compartments gilt ruled corners and front cover marbled endpapers. Each volume has two engraved frontispieces and they are different in each volume. Includes the Croker notes and anecdotes by Hawkins Piozzi Murphy Tyers Reynolds Steevens &c. This edition has extra illustrations. Folding map in vol. four Round Robin fold-out in vol. six. Matching set clean and unmarked very nice solid bindings rubbed at the edges. Photos on request. <br/> <br/> John Murray hardcover
1829329426Jones & Company 1829. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo in 3/4 calf on markbled paper engraved frontis. The joints are slit and the front hinge is cracked but the binding remains firm corners rubbed through widely scattered light foxing. Jones & Company hardcover
1909mon0000107994Sturgis & Walton 1909T. hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. 2 Volumesrn1909 - Sturgis & WaltonrnHardcover. rnNo dust jacket.rnMinor cover wear.rnClean unmarked text. rnTight binding.rn Sturgis & Walton hardcover
198389217Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1983. Full Leather. Near Fine. Three volume set. 1494pp. Index. Bound into full blue leather with gilt design lettering and foredges. 3 raised bands to spine moire endpapers silk ribbons. Published as part of The 25th Anniversary Limited Edition of The Great Books of the Western World. There is a little discoloration to the moire endpaper edges as can often happen in these. Notes from the editors pamphlet included. Illustrated with portraits of leading figures of Dr. Johnson's day. Spine of volume 2 only is a bit faded. The Franklin Library unknown
1934328630London: J. M. Dent and Sons Limited 1934. Reissue; Third Printing. Hardcover. Volume 1: Very Good in boards. Fading on spine and partial fading on front and rear panel. Volume 3: Very Good in boards and fading on spine and front panel.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. J. M. Dent and Sons Limited hardcover
17931249C005London: Charles Dilly 1793. 2nd Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. VOL I: Frontis Title vi Dedication vii-xii Advertisement to 1st Ed. xiii-xviii Advertisement to 2nd Ed.; 1-xxii Additions recollected & received after the 2nd edition was printed xxiii-xxxi Chronological Catalouge of the prose works 1 blank xxvii-xxxix Table of Contents 1 xxxiii-xxxvi Corrections xxxviii Additional Corrections 1 blank 603. VOL II: Title 634 Fold-out plate facing p.450. VOL III: Title 711 Fold-out plate facing p.711 1 blank. Good. 5.75 x 8.5 inches 14 x 22 cm. Complete three volume set. Half calf leather bindings with marbled boards. Spines with gilt ruled compartments and red morocco title labels. Spines heavily worn and rubbed with loss to ends and chipping to edges. Joints cracked front board of Volume II is loose but held by the cords. Volume I has an old leather repair to rear joint. Good solid page blocks. Foxing to text and occasional pencilled margin markings. Owner's name to all title pages dated 1809 a later owner's name and address to front free endpaper in Volume I. The second London edition and first English octavo edition following the 1791 London quarto edition and the 1792 Dublin octavo edition. Complete with the portrait frontis in Volume I fold-out 'Round Robin' plate in Volume II and fold-out handwriting facsimile in Volume III. Volume I also includes the additional corrections leaf c3 p. xxxviii. Overall condition is Good. Size: 5.75 x 8.5 inches 14 x 22 cm. Charles Dilly hardcover
1952213600New York: Modern Library 1952. Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Modern Library hardcover
1983GB0752Q44YGI3N00Franklin Library 1983. Unknown. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Franklin Library unknown
19101000N36London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co. 1910-1911. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4". Edmund J. Sullivan. A charming and complete two volume set of James Boswell's The Life of Samuel Johnson one of the most praised biographies in English literature. James Boswell's The Life of Samuel Johnson the famous biography of the seventeenth century literary figure. Published by Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co. between 1910-1911. Scarce as a complete two volume set. First published in 1791.In the publisher's original brown cloth with a decorative title leaf and frontispiece to each volume. Often considered to be one of the best biographies in English literature Boswell's The Life of Samuel Johnson established the already influential polymath into one of the most famous figures in eighteenth century Britain. Having personally known Johnson Boswell emphasises Johnson's intellectualism and integrity along with many amusing anecdotes. In the publisher's original brown cloth. Externally smart with a small mark to bottom right board of Volume II. Minor fading to boards a little heavier to spines. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Decorative end papers are bright and clean. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. hardcover
1906FB9509 /16<p>Green cloth binding with gilt title and decoration on the spine. Volume I only. We provide an in-depth photographic presentation of this item to stimulate your feeling and touch. More traditional book descriptions are immediately available</p><p>A very good rendition of this most famous work. This book strikes a happy medium of being a quality book with a bit of age yet not one that breaks the bank Review: The best biography ever written. For me there are three main strands: 1 Johnson's life by Boswell mainly reliable as Boswell's attempts to give this or that emphasis to his friend's actions or opinions are pretty transparent 2 Johnson's life in his own words via his letters in particular some of which are spectacular and 3 Boswell's notes which are frequently and unintentionally hilarious particularly when he is castigating Sir John Hawkins Johnson's previous biographer. So as I'm sure people must have observed before you actually get almost as clear a picture of Boswell as you do of Johnson but the beauty of the whole thing is you never completely trust Boswell which actually makes this a wonderful critical biography. Perhaps most importantly this gave me a fresh perspective on Johnson as a man and a writer and has inspired me to read his own works. At risk of sounding patronising I think this really is a book for middle aged people. If I had read this as a young man I would not have got this at all. Now having been knocked about by life a bit I find it deeply moving. The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. by James Boswell is a 1791 biography of English writer and literary critic Samuel Johnson. The work was from the beginning a universal critical and popular success and represents a landmark in the development of the modern genre of biography. Many have called it the greatest biography written in English one of the greatest biographies ever written and among the greatest nonfiction books of all time. The book is valued as both an important source of information on Johnson and his times as well as an important and enduring work of literature.</p><p>NOTE: This is an original book from the library gathered by the famous Cambridge Don computer scientist food and wine connoisseur Jack Arnold LANG. Note: Jack founded the Michelin Guide 'Midsummer House'- Cambridge's paramount restaurant. This dining experience is hidden amongst the grassy pastures and grazing cattle of Midsummer Common and perched on the banks of the River Cam. </p><p> In 2008 Jack was one of the co-founders of the Raspberry Pi Foundation alongside other members of the Department and acted as the Foundation's Chair. The project's original goals were modest: to build and distribute low-cost computers for prospective applicants to our Computer Science degree. Initially the project was a "success disaster" as Jack would say as demand far outstripped the low-scale manufacturing plans. Ultimately the Raspberry Pi became the UK's most successful computer with more than 60 million sold to date. Jack was drawn to the educational possibilities of the Raspberry Pi its potential uses in emerging economies and the way it could support self-directed learning.</p> Hutchinson & Co. hardcover
0656348860.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
