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18351752143603BMHJohn Murray 1835. Hardcover. Very Good. 1835. No edition remarks. 381 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound chestnut leather with brown cloth covered boards and gilt lettering to spine by Henderson and Bisset. Black and white frontispieces. Marbled endpapers. Gilt top edge to textblock. Pages with some foxing and tanning particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. John Murray hardcover
18351752143543BMHJohn Murray 1835. Hardcover. Good. 1835. No edition remarks. 343 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound chestnut leather with brown cloth covered boards and gilt lettering to spine by Henderson and Bisset. Marbled endpapers. Black and white frontispieces with tissue guard. Black and white fold-out map. Gilt top edge to textblock. Pages with some foxing and tanning particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Cracking to front hinge but binding remains firm. Tissue guard creased. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. John Murray hardcover
18351752143448BMHJohn Murray 1835. Hardcover. Very Good. 1835. No edition remarks. 431 pages. Half bound chestnut leather with brown cloth covered boards and gilt lettering to spine by Henderson and Bisset. Black and white frontispieces with tissue guard. Marbled endpapers. Gilt top edge to textblock. Pages with some foxing and tanning particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. John Murray hardcover
18351752143294BMHJohn Murray 1835. Hardcover. Very Good. 1835. No edition remarks. 344 pages. Half bound chestnut leather with brown cloth covered boards and gilt lettering to spine by Henderson and Bisset. Black and white portrait frontispieces with tissue guard. Marbled endpapers. Gilt top edge to textblock. Pages with some foxing and tanning particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. John Murray hardcover
1963M3-400yz5THE HERITAGE PRESS 1963. hardcover. Books are in excellent condition. 0x0x0. THE HERITAGE PRESS hardcover
1983176<p>First edition thus complete in three volumes. Fine hardcover books. Quite heavy; may require additional shipping fees.</p><p>Shipped securely in a padded box from Edmonton Alberta Canada. Please send a message if you have any questions or would like to see additional photos. Larger items may require additional shipping fees. Thanks for looking!</p> Franklin Press hardcover
17059The Phoenix Book Company Ltd. London. Book Hardcover. Good. No date. Blue cloth bumped gilt top edge. Some brown spots on outer block and on the odd page internally. The Phoenix Book Company Ltd., London hardcover
1889325538New York: John R. Anderson Co 1889. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Light water staining on side text block edge. Small closed tears on spine crown and heel. John R. Anderson Co hardcover
1793113260Charles Dilly 1793. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. Three volumes leatherbound. First octavo edition revised and augmented. Covers shelfworn. Bookplate of John Clarke Stoughton inside each front cover. Three small clippings on the first two pages. Charles Dilly hardcover
1792113370John Chambers 1792. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. . Comprehending 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. The whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain for near half a century during which he flourished." <br /> <br /> Three volumes leatherbound. Covers worn and flaked along edges. Owner's stamp on front flyleafs. Owner's name written on title pages. True second edition but no round robin handwriting plate in volume III. John Chambers hardcover
183130003London: John Murray 1831. Five Volumes. A new edition with numerous additions and notes by John Wilson Croker. Each volume with an engraved frontispiece portrait one engraved folding map and one engraved facsimile document. 18th century tree calf gilt spines gilt in compartments with green morocco lettering labels marbled edges. Minor spotting internally some offsetting from frontispieces to title pages Front hinges for volume 1 & 5 starting but holding. Generally VG or better set. John Murray unknown
1859208973New York: Derby & Jackson 1859. New Edition. Hardcover. All 4 volumes Very Good in boards. Rubbing along panel edges. Foxing throughout beginning and ends of each volumes' texts. Derby & Jackson hardcover
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
0365216836.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0483576212.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0483462195.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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
