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1887mon0004061032Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1887. Hardcover. Very Good. . 6-volume set. leather spines show minor wear and rubbing loss at the crown of volume 1 bumped corners. pages tanned and clean. Oxford: The Clarendon Press hardcover
19503324N: McGRAW-HILL BOOKS CO. 1950. hard cover no dj. good for its age no d/j. McGRAW-HILL BOOKS CO. hardcover
1925866B66London : Humphrey Milford 1925. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 4.5". Not Stated. A smart volume of Boswell's notebook uncommon in the dust wrapper. This volume contains the note book of James Boswell with the recording of particulars of Johnson's early life. Boswell is most known for his biography of Samuel Johnson. With a facsimile frontispiece.Collated complete. Uncommon in the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally lovely. Previous owner pencil inscription to the front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dust wrapper which is smart with light fading to the spine and wraps. Near Fine Humphrey Milford hardcover
1887868F43London: Clarendon Press 1887 . Cloth. Good Only. 9" by 6.5". Not Stated. James Boswell's complete six volume biography of Samuel Johnson illustrated throughout. A complete six volume set of James Boswell's biography of English writer Dr. Samuel Johnson. Edited by George Birkbeck Hill and including both Boswell's 'Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides' and Johnson's 'Diary of a Journey into North Wales'.The first edition thus of this set being the first edition edited by Hill.Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait to three volumes and eight folding plates. Collated complete.A landmark work in the development of the modern biography in English many have claimed it as the greatest biography ever written. Nevertheless this biography takes many critical liberties with Johnson's life with Boswell making various changes to Johnson's quotations and even censoring his comments. In the publisher's original quarter morocco bindings. Losses of leather to spine heads and tails. Significant losses of leather to head and tail of volume V back strip and to head of volume I back strip. Further cracking to volumes II and III spines. Rear joint of volume VI and front joint of volume II starting with boards holding firm. Rear joint of volume II starting with board weakly held. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Good Only Clarendon Press hardcover
1860867A20London: John Murray 1860. Leather. Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A new edition of Boswell's celebrated biography of Samuel Johnson by John Wilson Croker. A new edition of Scottish biographer James Boswell's celebrated biography of Samuel Johnson often described as one of the greatest English biographies of all time. Edited by John Wilson Croker.Also featuring Johnson's The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. In full calf prize binding with gilt lettering to front board 'Oxford Examination Exeter 1859 Local Prize. Senior - First Class.' Illustrated with frontispiece additional engraved title page and ten further plates. Collated complete. 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. This biography is notable for its extensive reports of Johnson's conversation compiled through Boswell's acquaintance of Johnson since 1763. Originally published in 1791. Featuring facsimile of the original title page. In full calf prize binding with five raised bands intricate gilt tooling to spine titles in gilt to morocco spine label. Marbled edges and endpapers. Gilt lettering to front board. Externally sound with light wear to extremities. Boards lightly marked. Only minor cracking to head and tail of front joint and head of rear joint boards holding firm. Internally firmly bound. Faint tide mark to inner gutter head of frontispiece and engraved title page. Light spotting affecting occasional leaf particularly first and last few and leaves of plates. Pages otherwise generally very clean throughout. Good John Murray hardcover
1936mon0000922012Published by William Heinemann 1936. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Published by William Heinemann Ltd London 1936 First. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. Published by William Heinemann hardcover
9357270329.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1936101113New York: The Literary Guild of America 1936 Private papers of James Boswell from Malahide Castle Isham Collection. Prepared for the Press with Preface and Notes by Frederick A. Pottle and Charles H. Bennett. First publication from the original manuscripts. Published November 1936. Faint toning in end paper gutters. Deckled fore edge. Publisher's top stain to top edge of text block. Tan cloth with brown title on spine and front cover. Clean text and interior. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. The Literary Guild of America hardcover
1936883P5New York; London: The Viking Press; William Heinemann LTD 1936. Cloth. Very Good. 10" by 7.5". None. A limited edition copy of James Boswell's important journal recounting his 1773 tour with his friend Samuel Johnson. A limited edition limited to seven hundred and ninety copies of which this is numbered three-hundred and fourteen.Without the original slipcase.Illustrated with one folding map and four plates. Collated all illustrations are present.'The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides' is an important early travel journal by James Boswell recounting his travels with his friend Samuel Johnson who was then in his mid-sixties. Boswell encouraged Johnson on this tour through the highlands and western islands of Scotland setting out from Edinburgh in 1773. This work was penned from the diary that Boswell kept during the tour and was published after Johnson's death in 1784.Boswell and Johnson met in 1763 when Johnson was fifty-four and they became fast friends. Their friendship resulted in the influential biography 'The Life of Samuel Johnson'.This limited edition was edited with a preface and notes by Frederick A. Pottle and Charles H. Bennet. In the original publisher' quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally smart. Spine is a little faded. Minor bumping to the extremities. A small amount of loss to the top edge of the front board. A few light marks and rubbing to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good The Viking Press; William Heinemann, LTD hardcover
0484520210.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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19345757London: Oxford University at The Clarendon Press 1934. First Edition Thus. Volumes I through IV measure approximately 9" x 6" while the fifth book in the set measures approximately 8.25" x 5.5". These volumes are in very good condition.Gilt lettering on the spines are bright and well preserved. Minor surface wear and staining to the cloth boards. <br /> <br /> Tour of Hebrides is dedicated to Robert Adam - who was the son of the famous Johnsonian book collector Robert Borthwick Adam. The book is signed by Robert Adam to his son and is also signed by the editor Robert William Chapman on the half-title page: "to the friend whose help made this edition possible". <br /> <br /> Volume I of Boswell's Life of Johnson comes with a signed letter from Lawrence Fitzroy Powell who was the Samuel Johnson scholar that revised the present work. The letter is signed to R. B. Adam thanking him for his contributions to the four volume collection in the acknowledgment section. Volume IV has a signed letter from Oxford Clarendon Press laid in that is addressed to R. B. Adam. <br /> <br /> Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Oxford University at The Clarendon Press unknown
1854FB69 (1 to 10) /8<p>Brown embossed cloth binding with gilt title on the spine. <strong>Volumes I to X. </strong></p><p>dimensions are for one volume. Some stains on boards.</p> John Murray. London hardcover
1826FB98 (1 to 4) /8<p>Brown leather spine with red and green title plates gilt banding decoration and lettering on the spine. Brown marbled boards.</p><p>In volumes 1 2 3 and 4. Boards scuffed</p> Baynes & Son hardcover