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BOSWELL, JAMES (FRANCIS BARBER) - The Life of Samuel Johnson. Three Volume Set. Associate Copy. 1793. Dilly Edition

London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1793. Second Edition revised and augmented. Full leather covers. 200mm x 150mm (8" x 6"). xxxvi, 603pp, 34pp, 711pp. Engraved frontis plate of Samuel Johnson after Joshua Reynolds (volume 1); folding plates (volume 2 and to rear of volume 3). First octavo edition of Boswell's 'Life of Johnson'. Published April 3rd 1793 Second Edition, second state: v.1 p.135 line 10 states 'give' as in corrected version. Front endpaper of volume 1 with pasted copperplate inscription relating to Francis Barber, Dr. Johnson's manservant and heir: 'Francis Barber the faithful valued black son of Dr Samuel Johnson who died in the infirmary of Stafford February 13th 1801' Previous owner's name (John Darlington) and date of 1853 to feps.. G : in good condition without dust jackets as issued. Minor rubbing and wear to boards - volume 2 with sm. area of loss to leather on front board. Previous owner's inscriptions to feps. Corner tear to pp17-18 (vol 1) with no loss to text. Ink dedication laid-in to volume 1 .
GBP 1300.00 [Appr.: EURO 1518.25 US$ 1652.1 | JP¥ 257258] Booknumber: lsj02

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Alnwick Station, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 2NP, Great Britain Tel.: 01665 604999 (UK) / +44 1665 604999 (international)
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Antonelli, Etienne - Bolshevik Russia. Translated from the French by Charles A. Carroll

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1920. Hardcover. Pages faintly toned, with browned area on p. 100-101; bottom corner of some pages lightly bumped; otherwise very good condition in worn dust jacket. 307p. .
USD 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 8 | £UK 6.75 | JP¥ 1324] Booknumber: 40287

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Hammer Mountain Book Halls
841 Union Street, Schenectady, New York, 12308, USA Tel.: +1 518 393 5266 | Fax: +1 518 393 5266
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CAESAR, C. IULIUS - Les commentaires de César. Nouvelle édition revue, corrigée et augmentée de notes historiques et geographiques. Et d'une carte nouvelle de la Gaule & du plan d'Alise, par Mr. Danville. 2 volumes.

Amsterdam en Leipzig, Arkstee & Merkus, 1763. With two folding plates, 2 portraits + 11 plates. Halfleather. 12mo (XX), 407, (IV), 432 pp. top and bottom spines damaged, original cased binding slightly rubbed, piece of endpaper volume 1 is missing otherwise good condition ¶ Map Gallia antiqua handcoloured. Portraits of Caesar and Pompeius.'Caesar (Gaius Iulius Caesar); 100-44 v.C.), Roman general en statesman. He wrote about his campaigns in Gaul: 'Commentario de bello Gallico' in 7 books, covering the years 58-52. Hirtius (died 43), commander under Caesar and his confidant, added book 8, covering the years 51-50. In the posthumous published (not finished) 3 books 'Commentarii de bello civili' Caesar describes the battle against Pompeius in the years 49-48. Unknown authors wrote in connection to Caesars work about the further events: 'Bellum Alexandrinum', 48-47 (Hirtius?), 'Bellum Africanum', 47-46 and 'Bellum Hispaniense', 45'. Especially the last two works are still very important historical sources (...)'. P. de Rynck en A. Welkenhuysen. De Oudheid in het Nederlands. Baarn, 1992, p. 126-27
EUR 400.00 [Appr.: US$ 435.29 | £UK 342.75 | JP¥ 67782] Booknumber: 590740

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