James Boswell

A Library of Universal Literature in Four Parts - Part 2 Biography - The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D

P.F. Collier, 1925. Hardcover. pp.452 clean tight copy tanning to text pages, crimping/wear/tears to top/bottom spines, bumping to corners, wine color cloth covers, gold title on spine, back piece spine gutter broken but everything still attached Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Very Good.

Judith Patton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 025201

Catalogue: AUTOBIOGRAPHY/BIOGRAPHY, LITERATURE

Boswell, James

The Life Of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. : 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 Nearly Half A Century During Which He Flourished [ 4 volumes complete ]

H Ingram & Co, 198 Strand , 1854, a new edition. Cloth, VG. 4 volumes, xxxii+291pp, viii+298pp, viii+298pp, viii+300pp, b/w frontis & engraved title to each volume, grand total of 215 woodcut illustrations, index to the whole in volume IV. Spines sunned, cloth a little rubbed at the edges, an attractive set, the cloth embossed with a verdant design of oak leaves & thistles. Binders ticket of Leighton, Son & Hodge, Shoe Lane to the rear pastedown, Booksellers ticket of George Watson 38 Ingram Street Glasgow to each of the front pastedowns. National Illustrated Library vols 1 - 4. Hardback , no dustjacket.
¶ An attractive & nicely illustrated edition of the most famous biography in the English language.

Eastleach BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 50938

Keywords: biography, johnson, english literature

Boswell, James; Hutchins, Robert Maynard, Series Editor,

Life of Samuel Johnson Ll. D; Great Books of the Western World #44.

Chicago, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1952. Hardcover., G, Black Spine, Blue Cloth Boards, Lightly Worn. Pages: 618.

Vintage BooksProfessional seller

Book number: MASTER216271I

Catalogue: Politics & Government

BOSWELL, James.

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. With his correspondence and conversations. Edited with copious notes and biographical illustrations by Edward Malone.

London; Charles Griffin and Co, N.D. [1865] unabridged edition. Large 8vo. xii, 580pp, [2]pp publisher's list, additional pictorial title-page, engraved portrait frontis with spotted tissue-guard, title-page printed in red and black, text printed in double collumns and surrounded by a ruled border. Original decorated purple cloth gilt, uncut. Extremes lightly rubbed; spine and part of boards lightly sun-faded; a few small light stains to cloth.

John TurtonProfessional seller

Book number: 26592

Keywords: Malone

BOSWELL, James.

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. ... To which is added The Journal of Tour to the Hebrides. Edited by ... Percy Fitzgerald ...

London; Bliss Sands and Co, 1897 6th edition reprint. Large 8vo. xviii[ii], 726pp, [6]pp publisher's adverts, gravure portrait frontis with browned and spotted tissue-guard, 2 plates, full-page text illustration, folding map, title-page printed in red and black. Original green cloth, uncut, printed paper spine label. Label chipped and browned; a few small light stains to cloth; spotting to edges of frontis; general text age-browning.

John TurtonProfessional seller

Book number: 26593

Keywords: Fitzgerald

BOSWELL, James.

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Edited, with notes, etc., by William Wallace.

London: William P Nimmo, 1876 new edition. Large 8vo. xliii[i], 562pp, 4pp publisher's list, portrait frontis with tissue-guard, additional engraved pictorial title-page, text enclosed within a ruled border, printed in double-columns. Original decorated blind-stamped red cloth gilt, bevelled edges, aeg. Extremes lightly rubbed with very slight wear; spine very lightly sun-faded.

John TurtonProfessional seller

Book number: 30601

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: biography Binding literature

BOSWELL, JAMES

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D and the Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides: Volume V

London, U.K. George Routledge and Sons. 1885. Hardcover. Ill.: Reynolds, Joshua. Ex-Library, Text is clean, clear and bright throughout. Ex-library copy with white writing at bottom of spine, and the imprint of a stamp on the title page. Illustrated with portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Rough cut page edges. Number 289 of 500 copies. Cover is sturdy but quite worn, showing shelfwear and a small hole in the spine, where a sticker has been removed. There are also holes on the (blank) f.e.p. where a sticker has been removed. Good/No Dust Jacket.

PsychoBabel BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 213226

Catalogue: Biographies

Keywords: Reynolds, Joshua

BOSWELL, JAMES

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies. 1807. hardcover. Used, Hardcovers in good condition. No jackets. Fifth edition, revised and augmented, in four volumes. Boards and spines are worn, faded and scored. Abrasions on spines and rear board of volume three. Title plates on spines are partially detached and torn. Halves of volume three and two title plates are detached and laid in the volumes. Abrasions on worn and bumped leading corners and edges. Spine ends are chipped and nicked. Three centimetre portion of cover on volume four spine head is chipped away. Spine sides and hinges on early and closing pages are split, but bindings remain intact. Page blocks and pages are tanned, stained and foxed. Book plates on front pastedowns. Some pages are nicked and chipped. Creases throughout pages. Text remains legible throughout. HCW. Good/No Dust Jacket.

PsychoBabel BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 446453a

Catalogue: Biographies

BOSWELL, JAMES

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. 4 Volumes in 2

London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1863. A New Edition. Hardcover. "Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; A Series of his Epistolary Correspondance 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 Nearly Half a Century During Which he Flourished. A New Edition, Elucidated by Copious Notes, and Illustrated with Numerous Portraits, Views, and Characteristic Designs, Engraved from Authentic Sources." Fine half calf with marbled paper covered boards. Page edges feathered decoration. Plain endpapers, no inscriptions. Some foxing to prelims of both volumes. ; Engravings; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall. Near Fine .

Horsham Rare BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 17261

Catalogue: Biography

BOSWELL JAMES

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides [ Complete in 10 Volumes ]

London, John Murray. 1835. Half Calf, 8vo. Complete in 10 volumes. Books measure 18x11.5.cm. Bound in later half calf, calf corners, cloth boards, gilt head and tail bands, gilt lettering. Calf lightly rubbed, scuffed on edges/corners, private library number on spines. All bindings in good clean firm condition. Internally, private library stamp on endpapers. Pages in good clean condition. A nice clean solid set. Near Very Good.

George Jeffery BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 012986

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: samuel johnson

Boswell, James

THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. Comprehennding An Account of His Studies, Numerous Works, In Chronological Order; A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations With Many Eminent Persons; And Various Pieces of His Compositions. FOUR VOLUMES

London, T. Cadell and T. Davies, 1816. Eighth Printing, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Hardcover. Four Volumes Complete Eighth printing of the sixth Malone Edition. Revised and Augmented. Contemporary full brown blind-stamped calf by Barry & Son; black labels; all edges marbled. Vol. I front cover professionally taped at inner hinge; some spine labels missing, bindings rubbed. Frontispiece engraved portrait of Johnson offset on title page. Armorial ex libris of George Tyndall in each volume. Very Good.

The Book Store at Depot SquareProfessional seller

Book number: 30295

Catalogue: Biography, Literature

Keywords: English Literature. 18th Century English Lit. Biography.

BOSWELL, JAMES

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. : Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides a New Edition. With Numerous Additions and Notes, by John Wilson Croker, LL. D.F. R.S. (Five Volumes, Complete)

London: John Murray, 1831. First Edition. First Printing. Leather. First edition thus. Bound in half brown calf over brown linen boards, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering and borders in three compartments, gilt borders in remainder and on covers, t.e.g, light brown endpapers. Original cloth spine and covers bound in volume one. Illustrated with engraved portraits on each frontispiece, fold-out map in volume two, fold-out "Round Table" in volume three. John Wilson Croker (1780-1857), was a British statesman and author. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated in 1800. Immediately afterwards he entered Lincoln's Inn, and in 1802 he was called to the Irish bar. His interest in the French Revolution led him to collect a large number of valuable documents on the subject, now in the British Museum. In 1809 Croker was appointed as secretary to the Admiralty. Many of his political speeches were published in pamphlet form. He was for many years one of the leading contributors on literary and historical subjects to the Quarterly Review, with which he had been associated from its foundation. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography comments that, "He had a wide appreciation of all varieties of literature and art, which made him a valuable intermediary between the politicians and the public, and he was an able writer, lucid, fluent, and always well informed." "In 1831 Croker published a new edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson including the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, which was vindictively attacked by Macaulay in the Edinburgh Review, but which remained the best edition until superseded by the work of George Birkbeck Hill" - DNB. [Pottle 91].. Very ligh shelf-wear at head of spine in volume three, else fine; unmarked, seemingly unread, tight, hinges strong, square, and clean. A large, heavy set (12 pounds) - additional shipping charges may apply. NEAR FINE. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 532; 571; 565; 559; 551 pp. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued .

Round Table Books, LLCProfessional seller

Book number: 28688

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography Samuel Johnson James Boswell Fine Binding Rare Books History Biography & Memoir Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books

BOSWELL, James

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D

London, Limited Editions Club, 1938. First Edition. hardcover. Three octavo (6-1/4" x 10") volumes bound in full Winterbottom linen buckram with red leather spine labels stamped in gold. Printed at the Curwen Press, this is an important edition of this classic in that it is the first published edition to contain marginalia by Hester Thrale Piozzi. Two different copies, one belonging to Colonel Ralph Isham and the other to Harvard bequeathed by Amy Lowell, each annotated by Thrale, were used to create this edition. Copy #834 of 1500 copies illustrated with three frontispieces. Issued unsigned. Spines mildly sunned as almost always the case due to the sensitive linen bindings, with some faint stains to the covers of one volume; slight mark and darkening to spine label of third volume. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 009529

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Biography, Hester Piozzi, James Boswell, 18th Century Literature, Samuel Johnson, Curwen Press, Limited Editions Club, LEC Limited Editions Club Biography Literature: English 18th Century British Literature

BOSWELL, James

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D

London, Limited Editions Club, 1938. First Edition. hardcover. Three octavo (6-1/4" x 10") volumes bound in full Winterbottom linen buckram with red leather spine labels stamped in gold. Printed at the Curwen Press, this is an important edition of this classic in that it is the first published edition to contain marginalia by Hester Thrale Piozzi. Two different copies, one belonging to Colonel Ralph Isham and the other to Harvard bequeathed by Amy Lowell, each annotated by Thrale, were used to create this edition. Copy #65 of 1500 copies illustrated with three frontispieces. Issued unsigned. Spines mildly sunned as almost always the case due to the sensitive linen bindings, with label on the third volume darkened. Near Fine in a complete but broken slipcase .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 021132

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Biography, Hester Piozzi, James Boswell, 18th Century Literature, Samuel Johnson, Curwen Press, Limited Editions Club, LEC Limited Editions Club Biography Literature: English 18th Century British Literature

JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Vol. I

Heritage Press. 1963. Hard Cover. Hardcover/pub.1963/Gd. condition/466 pages - A biography of Samuel Johnson, English poet, critic, essayist, and dictionary maker. [AI929550]. Good.

Mike Long BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 29550

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: writings, poet, essayist, past, critic, dictionary maker, literature, samuel johnson, biography