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1951673London William Kimber 1951. 1951. First edition so stated. 8vo. Edited with an introduction and notes by Margery Bailey. Frontispiece and 3 b/w illustrations. Dust jacket price clipped; small nick. Very good. Signed by Margery Bailey on the title page. With an additional presentation inscription to Adele Humphrey on the front free endpaper by Bailey 1954. Signed by Authors. F. Hardcover. London, William Kimber [1951]. hardcover
191223388London: The Times Book Club 1912. 6 volumes small 8vo each volume with a frontispiece portrait plus an additional 62 portraits and views on plates throughout; contemporary half polished red calf t.e.g.; crack in top of spine of vol. 1; spines darkened else good and sound or better. A reprint of Birrell's Constable edition of 1896. The Times Book Club unknown
19362134New York. Viking. 1936. cloth. Very Good. Viking. hardcover
19851139Edited and introduced by Frederick A. Pottle. A collector's edition with fine binding and printing. Twenty illustrations from the period. Cleverly the cover shows the handwriting of a journal. Plain rigid slipcase.<br><br>Set in Monotype 12 point Walbaum leaded 2 points by Gloucester Typesetting Services and printed by The Ptiman Press on cream MF paper. Bound by The Pitman Press in Wicotex Snowdon cloth with paper sides printed with a facsimile manuscript page. The Folio Society hardcover
1950LL-b986-12New York: McGraw-Hill 1950 First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 370 p. Illustrated. Index. Now First published from the Original Manuscript Prepared for the Press with Introduction and Notes By Frederick A. Pottle Sterling Professor Yale University with a Preface By Christopher Morley. Maps on endpapers. Edgewear. Jacket has shelfwear and chipping at edges. Very good in good dustjacket in mylar cover. McGraw-Hill 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
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
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
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
1936FB5870 /18<p>Red cloth binding with gilt title on the spine. Complete with six working drawing sheets.</p><ul><li><strong>We provide an in-depth photographic presentation of this item to stimulate your feeling and touch. More traditional book descriptions are immediately available.</strong></li></ul><p>First Edition. Published by William Heinemann Ltd London 1936 First. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text.</p><p><strong><em>The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson LL.D.</em></strong> is a travel journal by Scotsman James Boswell first published in 1785. In 1773 Boswell enticed his English friend Samuel Johnson to accompany him on a tour through the highlands and western islands of Scotland. Johnson was then in his mid-sixties and well known for his literary works and his Dictionary. The two travelers set out from Edinburgh and skirted the eastern and northeastern coasts of Scotland passing through St Andrews Aberdeen and Inverness. They then passed into the highlands and spent several weeks on various islands in the Hebrides including Skye Coll and Mull. After a visit to Boswell's estate at Auchinleck the travelers returned to Edinburgh. Johnson published his <em>Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland</em> on 18 January 1775. It was widely read discussed and criticised especially for some sceptical remarks Johnson made questioning the authenticity of the Ossian poems which were then all the rage. After Johnson's death in 1784 Boswell published his <em>Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides</em>. This work was based on a diary Boswell had kept during the 1773 tour and included detailed descriptions of where he and Johnson had gone and what Johnson had said. The Journal served as a teaser for the longer biography Boswell was preparing for publication his <em>Life of Samuel Johnson</em> which would exhibit the same qualities. Boswell's <em>Journal</em> and Johnson's <em>Journey</em> make an interesting study in contrast. Johnson considers things philosophically and maintains a high level of generality. Boswell's approach is more anecdotal even gossipy and succeeds in large part because of Boswell's keen eye and ear for detail. Both accounts are still widely read and admired today.</p> William Heinemann. hardcover
19511235E089London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1951. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: xlii 448. Very Good Plus/Good. 7.25 x 10.5 inches 18 x 27 cm. Slipcase: Card slip case with rubbing to side panels and wear to edges. Overall case condition is Good. Book: De Luxe edition number 17 of 1050 copies. Quarter vellum binding with blue buckram boards. Spine with leather title label. Top page edge gilt other edges untrimmed. Silk page marker. Slight spotting to vellum slight wear to title label otherwise in first class condition throughout. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate for non-European destinations. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: USA £21.00; Oceania £30.00; Rest of World £30.00. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 7.25 x 10.5 inches 18 x 27 cm. William Heinemann Ltd. hardcover
1951945Y68London: William Heinemann Ltd 1951-1953. Cloth. Near Fine. 9" by 6". Not Stated . Three very smart trade editions from the Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. A collection of the private papers journals and travel works of James Boswell a Scottish biographer diarist and lawyer best known for his biography of the English writer Samuel Johnson. Three volumes from the Yale Editions series. Edited by Frederick A. Pottle. This set contains the third impression of 'Boswell's London Journal' 1951 second of the trade edition of 'Boswell in Holland' 1952 and the fourth of the trade edition of 'Boswell on the Grand Tour' 1953. With the original unclipped dust wrapper to 'Boswell's London Journal'.With a frontispiece and two facsimile plates to 'London Journal' a frontispiece two monochrome plates and two facsimile plates to 'Holland' and nine monochrome plates to 'Grand Tour'. Collated complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper to 'Boswell's London Journal'. Externally very smart with light bumping to the spine head and tail and areas of fading to the boards of 'Grand Tour'. Dust wrapper is smart with edge wear and handling marks to the wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with the odd spot to the endpapers. Near Fine William Heinemann Ltd hardcover
1951mon0000965980William Heinemann Ltd. 1951. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Reprint 1951Pages clean and brightBinding firmLight wear to edgesIntroduction and notes by Frederick A. Pottle. William Heinemann Ltd. hardcover
1951066072William Heinemann Ltd 1951. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Minor shelf wear to blue cloth/cream vellum hardcover. Otherwise a tight unmarked book. Index. xlii 448 pp 2 fold-out maps. William Heinemann Ltd Hardcover
1903952T86London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1903. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. A smartly bound Globe edition of Boswell's biography of Samuel Johnson. The Globe edition. A biography of Samuel Johnson an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet playwright essayist moralist literary critic sermonist biographer editor and lexicographer. 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. Written by James Boswell a Scottish biographer diarist and lawyer. Edited with an introduction by Mowbray Morris a British newspaper executive. Bound in full calf with gilt. Externally smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Light fading to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate covered to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1950ABE-1732367137367William Heinemann London 1950 1st Edition 1950. Hardcover with price clipped but now protected DJ. Illustrated first publication of the original manuscript. FINE condition considering the age. Little wear to jacket and book no owner names not ex library. Never before published this intimate journal is a unique literary event. The journal was suppressed after Boswell's death.The author was twenty two and he records brilliantly what living in Georgian London was really like to a keen observer and brilliant recorder. This is a superior copy of the book which instantly became a best seller. The mapped end papers are also of great interest. The text block has the smart navy blue stain. A great copy of a beautiful book. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. William Heinemann London hardcover
1936977H23New York; London: The Viking Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 10" by 7.5". None. The first limited edition of Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides housed in the original slipcase with map plates and text from Boswell"s original notes. In the original publisher' quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards housed in the original slipcase. This is a limited edition of this work being copy number six hundred and fourteen of seven hundred and ninety copies. Illustrated with one folding map and four plates. Collated complete.First published posthumously in 1785 this first limited 1936 edition rejuvenated interest by presenting a text derived directly from Boswell"s notes. In 1773 Boswell persuaded his friend Samuel Johnson already famed for his Dictionary to travel with him through the Highlands and Hebrides of Scotland visiting places such as St Andrews Aberdeen Inverness and the isles of Skye Coll and Mull. 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 covered boards. Externally very smart. Spine slightly faded. One or two very slight handling marks to boards. The odd spot to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Slipcase smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in slight loss to paper. The odd very slight handling mark to boards Very slight loss to extremities of spine label. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots to rough cut fore edge heavier to first and last few leaves. Very Good Indeed The Viking Press; William Heinemann, Ltd. hardcover
1936357150The Viking Press 1936. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by The Viking Press 1936. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with previous owner inscription on flyleaf dated 1936. Dust jacket is very good with shelf/edgewear and tears. An excellent copy of Boswell's landmark journal. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor New York. The Viking Press hardcover
19041000Y34London: Henry Frowde 1904. Leather. Fine. 7.5" by 5". None. A finely bound Oxford Edition of James Boswell's popular biographical work on Samuel Johnson bound by Hatchards. Oxford Edition. Complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in signed half crushed morocco by Hatchards.Frontispiece to both volumes. This work is commonly regarded as the greatest biography written in the English language recounting the life of eminent English writer Samuel Johnson. Johnson made lasting contributions as a poet essayist literary critic biographer and lexicographer often noted for his monumental 'Dictionary of the English Language' which he completed after nine years. This biography among his diaries and correspondence is the best known work of James Boswell whose mass of letters and private papers published by Yale University transformed his reputation.Volume I covers 1709-1776. Volume II covers 1776-1784. Uniformly bound in signed half crushed morocco by Hatchards. Externally lovely with minimal signs of shelf wear. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Bookplate of one Hamish Orr-Ewing to the front free endpapers. Fine Henry Frowde hardcover
1904LTH14-B-14London: Henry Frowde Oxford University Press 1904. Vellum. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. A beautifully bound two volume set of Boswell's famous biographical work. Complete in two volumes. Oxford Edition. The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. 1791 is a biography of Dr. Samuel Johnson written by James Boswell. It is regarded as an important stage in the development of the modern genre of biography; many have claimed it as the greatest biography written in English. Re-bound in decorative quarter vellum bindings with red cloth covered boards. Externally generally smart lightly rubbed in places. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. There is an ink inscription to the recto of front free end papers in both volumes. Very Good Indeed Henry Frowde Oxford University Press hardcover
19500201-ADETHT-OO-BX366-3.96<p>Rare hardcover copy in slipcase. An occasional underlined passage but mostly unmarked throughout. Slipcase in very good condition. Book shows some light scuff marks on the spine obvious but not overly bad.</p> McGraw-Hill Book Company hardcover
1992Q-0300057350Yale University Press 1992-08-26. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Yale University Press paperback
1934812A38Oxford : At the Clarendon Press 1934-50. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 9" by 6" . Not Stated . The acclaimed biography of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell complete with six bright volumes in five. A collection complete in three volumes of this work by Scottish biographer James Boswell often described as one of the greatest English biographies of all time. Edited by George Birkbeck Hill a revised and enlarged edition by L. F. Powell first thus. Complete six volumes in five the last volume contains Johnson's The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and volume VI of the Index with its supplement a table of anonymous persons with its own index a bibliography and a list of errata. Together with Johnson's Diary of a Journey into North Wales. With seventeen full page plates of which four folding. Lacking 'Bust of Johnson' to volume IV. 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. This edition is reprinted from the third edition revised and augmented of 1799. Original facsimile title pages included. In the original publisher's full cloth uniform bindings. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Library shelf numbers inked to the spine Stoke Newington public library bookplate to the front pastedown discreet library stamp to imprint page. Library gilt blind stamp to front boards. Dust wrappers price-clipped with shelf wear chipped to the head and tail of the spine spine sunned library shelf number inked to spine light soiling to wraps. Internally firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. With seventeen full page plates of which four folding. Lacking 'Bust of Johnson' to volume IV. Very Good Indeed At the Clarendon Press hardcover