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1901021499London: J.M. Dent and Col 1901. Limited Edition. Large Octavo. Limited to only 350 copies In three volumes large paper edition. The present copy is number 156. Edited by Arnold Glover with an introduction by Austin Dobson illustrated with 100 illustrations by Herbert Railton with color portraits and black and white textual illustrations. Tissue guards present. A very handsome set bound in 3/4 brown crushed morocco over marbled paper covered boards raised bands with compartments fully gilt decorated and lettered in gilt top edge gilt. J.M. Dent and Col unknown books
UBOSLIF00EFInternational Collectors Library. Very Good. Boswell James. The Life of Samuel Johnson. Garden City New York: International Collectors Library ND. 631pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed and bumped edges and a tiny abrasion on front cover. International Collectors Library hardcover books
17911704207Baldwin for Dilly 1791. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first issue with "gve" for "give" on page 135 line 10 in what may be the incredibly scarce original boards. Two volumes quarto. Very good. Some soiling to pages of the second volume. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. This copy has an extra full page frontispiece portrait of Boswell in the second volume not called for in the bibliographies. Baldwin, for Dilly hardcover books
1819273419London: Printed for the Proprietors 1819. hardcover. near fine. 4 volumes. Extra illustrated with many portraits views and facsimiles some folding done in mezzotints copper engravings and some in sepia. Small 8vo 3/4 burgundy morocco ornately gilt spines top edges gilt cover on one volume faded. London: Printed for the Proprietors 1819. Near Fine.<br/><br/> Printed for the Proprietors unknown books
265170Oxford: Clarendon. hardcover. near fine. Edited by George Birkbeck Hill. Frontis. port. folding facsimiles and black and white illustrations throughout 6 vols. thick 8vo rebound in cloth brown leather spine labels t.e.g.; light foxing on some margins. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1887. Near Fine.<br/><br/> Clarendon unknown books
1901263606London: Dent 1901. Limited. hardcover. very good. Railton Herbert. THREE VOLUMES. Eidited by Arnold Glover with an Introduction by Austin Dobson. 100 Illustrations by Herbert Railton plus many portraits. xl 458pp. viii 464pp. viii 466pp. large thick 8vo cloth with decorative paper spine labels; unopened covers lightly rubbed. London: J. M. Dent & Co. 1901. A very good set.<br/><br/> One of 350 numbered copies.<br/><br/> Dent unknown books
182630851Oxford: Published by William Pickering London 1826. Oxford English Classics. Printed by Talboys and Wheeler Oxford. Engraved frontispieces after Joshua Reynolds. 4 vols. 8vo. Bound in half green contemporary pebbled morocco and green cloth single gilt border on flat spine t.e.g. Very good set. Oxford English Classics. Printed by Talboys and Wheeler Oxford. Engraved frontispieces after Joshua Reynolds. 4 vols. 8vo. Published by William Pickering, London unknown books
181954077London: Printed for the Proprietors and sold by R. Edwards . and J. Offor 1819. Engraved frontispieces after Joshua Reynolds. 4 vols. 8vo. Half black polished calf and marbled paper boards gilt-lettered spine with red leather lettering pieces. Small chip from one label slight rubbing otherwise very good. Engraved frontispieces after Joshua Reynolds. 4 vols. 8vo. Printed for the Proprietors and sold by R. Edwards ... and J. Offor unknown books
19226234New York: Printed for Gabriel Wells by Doubleday Page and Company 1922. Temple Bar Edition. Limited to 785 copies of which this is number 360. Engraved frontispieces. Engraved vignette of Temple Bar on each title-page. 10 vols. 8vo. Original two toned boards paper labels dust jackets. Some chipping to dust jackets one dust jacket missing several missing portions; else a fine set. Temple Bar Edition. Limited to 785 copies of which this is number 360. Engraved frontispieces. Engraved vignette of Temple Bar on each title-page. 10 vols. 8vo. Printed for Gabriel Wells by Doubleday, Page and Company unknown books
179119741791. All Pottle's Points in a Fine Early Issue Copy of the First Ed Boswell James. THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON. London 1791. 1st Edition. 2 volumes quarto early gilt 1/2 calf over old marbled boards. Wear to the board edges the marbled papers of the boards quite rubbed the front hinge of Vol 1 weakened a bit of wear to the spine ends the internals Fine. Vol 1 with engraved frontispiece portrait by Heath after Reynolds Title page blank on reverse i-ii Dedication to Sir Joshua Reynolds iii-vii with blank reverse Advertisement ix-xii Alphabetical Table of Contents to Both Volumes unnumbered which would be xiii-xxvii Corrections and Additions on reverse of last leaf would be xxviii text pp 1-516. With the "gve" reading on page 135 line 10 and the cancels at pp 271-2 and 273-4 Mm and Nn with stubs. The misprints noted by Pottle at page 152 of "The Literary Career of James Boswell" are all present in this copy. Vol 2 with title page blank on reverse and 586pp. wrongly numbered 588 plus the facsimiles facing pp 92 and 588 i.e. the last page. All of the pagination misnumberings noted by Pottle on his p. 153 are present. Cancels are present with stubs at pages 29-30 E 287-8 O o 301-2 Q q 353-4 Zz1 and 395-6 E ee2. All of the misprints noted by Pottle on his page 155 are present. As Pottle believed some of these misprints may have been corrected making two states for the leaf these are all first state. Both volumes with the bookplate of Westport House Mayo County Ireland; seat of the Marquesses of Sligo noting case and shelf number. Bound in at the end of Volume 2 are "The Principal Corrections and Additions to the First Edition of Mr. Boswell's Life of Dr. Johnson" issued in 1793 with Title blank reverse and pp. 1-42. The leaves of this copy measure 10 13/16" x 8 1/4" as against Pottle's measurements for an "entirely uncut copy" of 11 13/16" x 9". hardcover books
1922003686New York: Printed for Gabriel Wells By Doubleday Page and Company 1922. Temple Bar edition. 10 volumes complete engraved front. t.e.g. deckle edges original half-vegetable vellum and publisher's stiff boards. No. 442 of 785 sets of which thirty-five were not for sale. Splendid set of Boswell's great study of Samuel Johnson. Printed for Gabriel Wells By Doubleday, Page and Company unknown books
1924400232London: Privately Printed for the Navarre Society by The Riverside Press Edinburgh 1924. 3 volumes octavo. Printed in red and black. Frontispieces and plates. Original gilt-lettered and -decorated blue cloth original purple silk page-markers preserved slightest wear at extremities generally clean and bright. Provenance: Walter Chrysler morocco booklabel. A FINE SET OF THE NAVARRE EDITION. This reprints the text of the 1791 first edition as well as the Appendix and "Principle Corrections and Additions" of 1793. <br/><br/> Privately Printed for the Navarre Society [by The Riverside Press, Edinburgh) hardcover books
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
1807310411London: T. Cadell and W. Davies in the Strand 1807. 4 vols. 8vo. Bound in full contemporary calf recently rebacked with gilt spines red and green title labels. 4 vols. 8vo. T. Cadell and W. Davies, in the Strand unknown books
1791124524London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly in The Poultry 1791. First edition first issue of both volumes <span class="match">of</span> the most celebrated biography in the English language which was published on May 16 1791 in a print run <span class="match">of only</span> 1750 copies. Quarto bound in full calf gilt titles to the spine morocco spine labels. Frontispiece portrait of Samuel Johnson engraved by J. Heath after the Sir Joshua Reynolds 1756 painting. In very good condition. An excellent example of this landmark work. Boswell excelled in insight into human nature and in ability to dramatize a situation. It was a crucial part of Boswell's magic to give significance and vitality to the apparently trivial; it is this trait together with his notable accuracy and unparalleled completeness of portraiture that made him. 'the Shakespeare of biographers" Baugh et al. 1065-66. "One of Western literature's most germinal achievements: unprecedented in its time in its depth of research and its extensive use of private correspondence and recorded conversation." Gordon Turnbull Oxford DNB. Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in The Poultry unknown books
1791120374London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly in The Poultry 1791. First edition first issue of both volumes <span class="match">of</span> the most celebrated biography in the English language which was published on May 16 1791 in a print run <span class="match">of only</span> 1750 copies. Quarto bound in full morocco by Birdsall gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised bands inner dentelles all edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait of Samuel Johnson engraved by J. Heath after the Sir Joshua Reynolds 1756 painting. Housed in a custom clamshell box. In fine condition. An excellent example of this landmark work. Boswell excelled in insight into human nature and in ability to dramatize a situation. It was a crucial part of Boswell's magic to give significance and vitality to the apparently trivial; it is this trait together with his notable accuracy and unparalleled completeness of portraiture that made him. 'the Shakespeare of biographers" Baugh et al. 1065-66. "One of Western literature's most germinal achievements: unprecedented in its time in its depth of research and its extensive use of private correspondence and recorded conversation." Gordon Turnbull Oxford DNB. Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in The Poultry hardcover books
179180005London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly in The Poultry 1791. First edition first issue of both volumes <span class="match">of</span> the most celebrated biography in the English language which was published on May 16 1791 in a print run <span class="match">of only</span> 1750 copies. Quarto bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Frontispiece portrait of Samuel Johnson engraved by J. Heath after the Sir Joshua Reynolds 1756 painting. Volume one is the first state with the word "give" reading on page 135 line 10. First state of volume two with two engraved illustrations "The Round Robin" at p. 92 and the "facsimiles" of Dr. Johnson's handwriting on p. 588. In near fine condition with light toning an excellent example of this landmark work. Boswell excelled in insight into human nature and in ability to dramatize a situation. It was a crucial part of Boswell's magic to give significance and vitality to the apparently trivial; it is this trait together with his notable accuracy and unparalleled completeness of portraiture that made him. 'the Shakespeare of biographers" Baugh et al. 1065-66. "One of Western literature's most germinal achievements: unprecedented in its time in its depth of research and its extensive use of private correspondence and recorded conversation." Gordon Turnbull Oxford DNB. Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in The Poultry hardcover books
77079London: The Office of the National Illustrated Library. New Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. A nice set of four volumes in the publisher's original cloth blindstamped on the boards and with decorative gilt at the spines. A little worn and bumped but overall in good condition. Size: Octavo . 4-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; History. Inventory No: 77079. . The Office of the National Illustrated Library hardcover
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
1938211348London: Curwen Press for the Limited Editions Club 1938. One of 1500 numbered copies. 3 vols. 8vo. Brown cloth red leather spine labels. Spines a little faded else nice set. One of 1500 numbered copies. 3 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> Curwen Press for the Limited Editions Club 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
192244088New York & Garden City NY: Printed for Gabriel Wells by Doubleday Page and Co. 1922. Ten vols. 8vo. lxx 249 1; xxv 1 301 1; xxi 1 286; xxi 1 295 1; xxv 1 289 1; xix 1 287 1; xxvii 1 289 1; xxi 1 337 1; xxix 1 280; xxxiii 1 278 pp. Photogravure-illust. titles in red & blk Photogravure frntsps. in all vols. w/ tissue guards over 40 photogravure plates. Publishers’ Japan Vellum over brwn paper boards printed spine labls all vols w/ additional labl tipped-in to rear endpapers t.e.g. w/ d.j.s. printed paper spine labels on all jackets mnr shlfwr vry mnr dustsoilng a couple w/ very slght edgewear still a Fine/NF mostly uncut and unopened set. First edition thus No. 218 of 785 sets printed 35 not for sale of this classic work in biography and English literature; along with Boswell’s wry travel account of the Hebrides all of it illustrated with wonderful photogravures drawn from contemporary sources. Printed for Gabriel Wells by Doubleday, Page and Co., hardcover
87728Printed for T. Cadell; F. C. and J. Rivington; Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown; Baldwin Cradock and Joy; Hatchard and Son; Ogle and Co.; G. and W. B. Whittaker; Simpkin and Marshall; J. Collingwood; and R. Saunders; London 1822. Ninth revised and augmented edition: four books octavo in two volumes; hardcover; quarter-bound in full-calf with marbled boards with gilt titles on black morocco labels between blind rules; 1900pp. 1-4pp.; i-xxxvipp.; 1-444pp.; 1-4pp.; 1-462pp.; 1-4pp.; 1-446pp.; 1-4pp.; 1-495pp.; 1 blank with an engraved frontispiece and two engraved folding plates. Rebound: spines sunned; text block edges toned with some spots; previous owner's contemporary ink inscriptions to the second and third title pages; scattered foxing throughout; bookbinder's bookplates to the rear pastedown of each volume. Very good. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. Printed for T. Cadell; F. C. and J. Rivington; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; Hatchard and So hardcover
0267793995.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
