Edited Clement Shorter (5 results)

hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Museum Edition. hardback, small octavo, 5 3/4" x 4", brown cloth backstrip lettered gilt, paper covered boards, some minor spots to closed page edges else a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text, fore-edge unopened and thus an unread copy, portrait frontis, xxxvi + 441pp.

Quarter Vellum. Condition: Very Good. First Edition, Limited Edition. 1922 First Edition, Limited Edition. No. 248 of a Limited edition of 785 copies, of which 35 are not for sale. Printed on Old Stratford paper. Vellum spines with brown paper covered boards. Paper spine labels printed in red and black. Top edges gilt. Title pages printed in red and black, each volume with a tissue-protected engraved frontispiece. No dust jackets. Condition very good, spines have sunned with slight rubbing/chipping to head and tails of spines, contents are exceptionally clean throughout. With many illustrations in each volume. Volumes VII & VIII contain Johnson's "A Tour to the Hebrides". Each volume still contains the extra spine title label as issued, loosely tipped on to each rear end-paper. Boswell's "The Life of Samuel Johnson." was first published in 1791 and will always be regarded as Boswell's greatest achievement. A work for which Boswell has been called the greatest biographer in the English language. A lovely set.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Edited by Clement K Shorter. An attractive pocket edition, this one bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Brown calf, spine attractively gilt, a.e.g. Housed in an open decorative cardboard slipcase. Nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Limited edition, #140/785, NF,G+. Ten volumes. Bound in boards, vellum backs, paper labels, gilt top edges, other edges uncut, printed plain brown dust jackets. Illustrations by various artists (about 50 in number), including several double-page plates, are rich photogravure reproductions of Johnson, his friends and associates, and scenes from his life. Individual volumes show a variety of wear, from ink former owner signature on front paste-down (many), split vellum (at top of vol. 1, some bending to spine ends (several), slightly loose front hinges (1 & 9). Dust jackets have many chips on edges, spine ends and corners, some have scraping on panels, some have former owner ink signature on front panel. There can be found an extra paper spine label, almost as new, between the last two pages of each volume. Two pre-sale prospectuses are also included, but they are not in great shape. Shorter writes a biographical introduction and each volume has a general introduction written by various authors such as, G.K. Chesterton, A. Edward Newton, John Drinkwater and Walter de la Mare. Vols. 9 & 10 contain the Hebrides Journal and Vols. 1 - 8, contain the biography. Each volume contains many helpful footnotes. The index for the biography is located at the end of vol. 8, no index for the journal. A nice presentation of the greatest biography in the English language. Demands a certain amount of time, but well worth it.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Complete set in10 volumes. The Temple Bar Edition. "This Edition Is Limited To Seven Hundred And Eighty-Five Copies of Which Thirty-Five Are Not For Sale." Printed on watermarked Old Stratford paper. Vellum spines with brown paper covered boards. Paper spine labels printed in red and black. Top edges gold gilt. Title pages are printed in red and black with a small engraved vignette. Each volume with an engraved frontispiece and protective tissue-guard. Authors for the Introductory chapters include Aleyn Reade, Augustine Birrell, Professor Trent, G. K. Chesterton, A. Edward Newton, John Drinkwater, R. B. Adam, Walter De La Mare, Professor Tinker, and Richard Ashe King. Some modest wear, clean and bright internally. No name, bookplate or other markings noted. See photos.