James Boswell; Samuel Johnson; George Birkbeck Hill [ed.]

Boswell&Apos;S Life of Johnson Together with Boswell&Apos;S Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson&Apos;S Diary of a Journey Into North Wales

Oxford , At the Clarendon Press , 1934-50. Cloth. 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 . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 812A38

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: james boswell life of johnson dust wrapper life of johnson Not Stated

BOSWELL, JAMES; JOHNSON, SAMUEL

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL. D... . the Fourth Edition, Revised and Corrected. [with a Portrait. ]

T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1807. Leather. T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1807. 4th edition in full leather older rebacked 5 hub binding. Marbled end papers with bookplate of the Countess of Beauchamp to front paste down and "Lady Beauchamp" in ink to the title page. Frontis of Johnson, 4th edition revised and corrected. Tight binding, text unmarked. 460 pages. E62 Please email for photos.. Used: Very Good .

Griffin BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 126832

Boswell, James; Samuel Johnson; Clement Shorter (ed.)

The Life of Samuel Johnson. Temple Bar Edition, Ten Volumes

New York: Gabriel Wells & Doubleday, 1922. Ten Volumes. 8vo. Very Good, Faux Vellum on Brown Boards, Dust Jacket with some chipping, rubbing & edge wear; shelf-wear. Illustrated. .

Wittenborn Art BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 16-1422

Catalogue: Books

Boswell, James [1740 - 1795]. Johnson, Samuel [1709 - 1784] - Subject. Shorter, Clement [1857 - 1926] - Contributor

The LIFE of SAMUEL JOHNSON [and] JOURNAL Of A TOUR To The HEBRIDES With a Bibliographical Introduction by Clement Shorter.

New York: Printed for Gabriel Wells by Doubleday Page & Co, 1922. Temple Bar Edition. Limited to 785 cc. Faux vellum spine with brown paper-wrapped boards. Printed spine labels. TEG. Dust jackets. 10 volumes, complete (text unopened). Illustrated with plates. 8vo. 9" x 5-3/4" Issue nos: 692 - Vols 1, 3 & 6; 562 - Vol 2; 733 - Vol 4; 725 - Vols 5, 8 & 9; 715 - Vol 7; 695 - Vol 10. An overall Fine, made-up set in VG jackets (some chipping). Vols IX & X have h-t sheets from Vols I & II respectively.

Tavistock Books, ABAAProfessional seller

Book number: 1828

Catalogue: Literature

Johnson, Samuel; James Boswell; Raymond Postgate (ed.)

The Conversations of Dr. Johnson: Extracted from the Life by James Boswell

New York: Taplinger Publishing, 1970. 8vo. 326 pp. Very Good, Blue Cloth, Dust Jacket with rubbing, edge wear & small tears; shelf wear. .

Wittenborn Art BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 16-1320

Catalogue: Books

Johnson,Samuel & James Boswell)

JOHNSONIANA

London, Sharpe 1820 Engraved portrait & engraved Johnson's study on titlepages . 2 VOLUMES in One duodecimo diced calf lacking parts of leather on spine and inner edge of lower board (hinges a bit tender but holding) 177pp+index 178pp+index both half titles present. Coat of Arms bookplate of Sir Murdoch McLoed.

Abbey Antiquarian BooksProfessional seller

Book number: V63351

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: Johnson literary biography 18th century

JOHNSON, SAMUEL; BOSWELL, JAMES

Journals of the Western Isles: A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland & the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. 1990

London: The Folio Society, 1990. First FS Edition. Green pictorial hardback cloth cover. 260mm x 170mm (10" x 7"). xxxii, 412pp. Aquatints in colour by William Daniell. Includes Johnson's 'A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland' and Boswells 'The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides'. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas.. VG: in very good condition with brown slipcase .

Barter BooksProfessional seller

Book number: fol468

Catalogue: Scotland

Keywords: Scotland Folio Society Travel

Johnson, Samuel; Boswell, James; Chapman, R.W. (ed)

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland / the Journal of a Tour

London, Oxford University Press, 1970. Paperback Octavo. Paperback. wraps, 473 pp spine creased covers worn on the edges Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Good .

San Francisco Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 81817

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Journals, Boswell

[Johnson, Samuel. 1709 - 1784]. Boswell, James [1740 - 1795]

The LIFE Of SAMUEL JOHNSON 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. In Two Volumes

London: Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1791. 1st edition, 1st issue (Grolier 100 ENGLISH, #65; Pottle 79). 20th C. speckled brown half-calf with tan paper boards. Maroon title labels in second compartment. 2 volumes: xii, [16], 516, [2 (blank)]; [4], 586 pp. Vol II, p 585 misnumbered 587; 586 as 588. Other mispaginations [see Pottle]. Vol I, p. 135 with 'gve'. Volume I with stipple-engraved frontis of Johnson, by James Heath, after the 1756 painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Vol II with two engraved facsimiles. 4to: [A]^6 A-B^4 B - 3T^4 3U^2; B - 4E^4 4F1. Vol I: 2M4 & 2N1 cancels. Vol II: 5 cancelled leaves, as per Pottle. 10-7/8" x 8-1/2". Modest binding wear. Prior owner pencil marginalia to Vol I, p. 394, commenting on the neighboring text regarding females in service. Occasional light foxing, primarily to preliminaries. Withal, a VG+ set.

Tavistock Books, ABAAProfessional seller

Book number: 38111

Catalogue: Literature

[Johnson, Samuel. 1709 - 1784]. Boswell, James [1740 - 1795]. Bonar, James [1757 - 1821] - Former Owner (?)

The LIFE Of SAMUEL JOHNSON Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order... In Two Volumes. [bound with] The PRINCIPAL CORRECTIONS And ADDITIONS to the First Edition of Mr. Boswell's Life of DR. JOHNSON

London: Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1791. 1st edition, 1st issue (Grolier 100 ENGLISH, #65; Pottle 79). Period full marbled calf bindings, with later respining to style. Marbled eps. Yellow edge stain. 2 volumes: xii, [16], 516, [2 (blank)]; [4], 586, [2], 42 pp. Vol II, p 585 misnumbered 587; 586 as 588. Other mispaginations [see Pottle]. Vol I, p. 135 with 'gve'. Volume I with stipple-engraved frontis of Johnson, by James Heath, after the 1756 painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Vol II with two engraved facsimiles [bound in per Pottle]. 4to. Vol I: 2M4 & 2N1 cancels. Vol II: 5 cancelled leaves, as per Pottle. 11-1/4" x 8-3/4". Modest binding wear. Two bookplates [one of James Bonar, Scottish lawyer ?] to front paste-down. Occasional spot of foxing. Withal, a handsome VG+ set. Volume II bound with the uncommon 1793 pamphlet of corrections stemming from Boswell's fussiness.. "So bad were these errors, indeed, that it was found necessary to issue a small quarto volume of forty-two pages to correct them." [Grolier 100, #65].

Tavistock Books, ABAAProfessional seller

Book number: 38111.1

Catalogue: Literature

[Johnson, Samuel. 1709 - 1784]. Boswell, James [1740 - 1795]

The LIFE Of SAMUEL JOHNSON, LLD. From the Oxford English Classic Series

Oxford: Published by William Pickering, London; and Talboys & Wheeler, Oxford, 1826. 1st edition thus (Kelly 1826.2; Keynes, p. 54; NCBEL II, 1214). 19th C. tan half-calf with deep maroon spine labels; marbled boards & edges. 4 volumes. Engraved portrait of Boswell (V1) & two facsimile letters. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-1/4". Overall VG (some modest binding wear). One of the Pickering imprints that Keynes notes as having "special merit".

Tavistock Books, ABAAProfessional seller

Book number: 9364.1

Catalogue: Literature

JOHNSON (Samuel) et BOSWELL (James).

Voyage dans les Hébrides. Traduit de l'anglais et annoté par Marcel Le Pape avec la collaboration de Marc Le Pape. Introduction de Maurice Denuzière.

Paris, Editions de La Différence, Collection Outre-mers, 1991. Fort in-8, bien complet de sa jaquette à rabats et illustrée, 482 pp. Planches hors-texte. Etat neuf. Première édition intégrale en français de ces deux oeuvres. Bel exemplaire.

Livres de A à ZProfessional seller

Book number: 5204

Keywords: BOSWELL (James) ; ECOSSE ; Editions de La Différence, "Outre-Mers" ; JOHNSON (Samuel) ; Nouvelles Hébrides ; VOYAGE. ;

Samuel Johnson; James Boswell; Arthur Murphy

The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. ; 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 Near Half a Century During Which He Flourished.

London , J. Nichols & Son; F. & C. Rivington; Otridge & Son, et al; James Christie; J. Richardson; J. Walker; J. Offor, et al. 1810-24. Leather. The complete collection of works by the famous English writer, Samuel Johnson, with an additional three volumes of biography. A new edition. In full calf binding with gilt detail. The complete twelve volume set of Samuel Johnson's works, with an essay on his life and genius by Arthur Murray. Showcasing the variety of Johnson's publications; from poetry to prose, essays and plays. Including famous works such as articles from 'The Rambler' and 'The Adventurer', 'A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland', and 'The Plan of an English Dictionary&apos. With an engraved frontispiece by Sir Joshua Reynolds, to volume one, and an advertisement by Alex Chalmers to the front of the book. Alongside three volumes from the four volume set of 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' by James Boswell. A detailed biography of Johnson's life. With an engraved frontispiece by Sir Joshua Reynolds and a fold out plate with facsimiles of Johnson's hand writing. With advertisements for the first to the fifth editions. Each volume has the previous owner's bookplate to the front paste-down. In full calf binding. Externally, smart with shelf wear and rubbing to the edges and spine. Marks to the panels. Hinges strained but firm. Front hinge of volume one of the biographical set is weak, but still firm. Previous owner's bookplates to the front paste-downs. Some light offsetting to the edges of the free endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Binding strained towards the front of several volumes, but still intact. Pages generally bright and clean with the occasional mark and a few scattered spots throughout. Spotting heavier in volumes three, four, five, seven, ten and eleven of the set of works. The odd closed tear throughout. Offsetting and spotting to the frontispieces and title pages of both sets. Offsetting surrounding the fold out plate in Volume three of the biographical works and to the rear blank of volume five from the set of works. Some creasing towards the front of volume seven and rear of volume nine. A few pages in volume twelve are uncut. Very Good . Ill.: Sir Joshua Reynolds. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 833G7

Catalogue: Plays

Keywords: James Boswell Arthur Murray Dr Johnson Life of Mr Richard Savage Arthur Murray Anglican Sir Joshua Reynolds

Samuel Johnson and James Boswell

JOHNSON'S JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND and BOSWELL'S JOUURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES WITH SAMUEL JOHNSON..

London, Oxford University Press, 1957. Un volume (20 cm) di XIX-447-(22) pagine. Una carta geografica ripiegata in antiporta; alcune illustrazioni ft. Legatura editoriale in tutta tela blu con titolo dorato al dorso. No dust jacket. Condizioni molto buone.

Libreria Bacbuc – Studio bibliografico Coisson di GiovaProfessional seller

Book number: 030795

Keywords: VIAGGI