John Boswell Ed (39 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Black-and-green softcover with an "opened-only-once-or-twice" look & feel. A clean and unmarked copy. Illustrated. Stored in sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped) in a sturdy Jiffy Rigi Bag envelope. We ship daily from Roswell, Ga. Serving satisfied customers since 1999. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Book has mild wear and rubbing to edges, crease on front cover at hinge, light scratches to covers, some lamination puckering at spine. Otherwise, attractive copy with clean, unmarked pages. Pictures available upon request.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Softcover, 208 pgs. As new.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Used - Very Good. VG paperback. A tidy copy in tight binding Used - Very Good. VG paperback.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. ND (1900). Navy cloth cover with Paste-down spine title. Tour to the Hebrides / Journey into North Wales. B8.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. ND (1900). Navy cloth cover with Paste-down spine title. Addenda, Index, Dicta Philosophi, &c. L1.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. ND (1900). Navy cloth cover with Paste-down spine title. Previous owner's name on the front end paper. B8.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. ND (1900). Navy cloth cover with Paste-down spine title. Previous owner's name on the front end paper, front end paper hinge cracked. N4.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. ND (1900). Navy cloth cover with Paste-down spine title. Previous owner's name on the front end paper. L1.

Condition: New.

Book Club Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good dust-wrapper, with margins slightly edgeworn and sun-toned, and now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 366 pages : illustrations, plates, portraits ; 25 cm. Notes; Abridged and annotated. Subjects; Johnson, Samuel. 1709-1784. Biography. Lexicographers. Critics. Authors, English. 18th century. 1 Kg. …

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Book Club Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good dust-wrapper, with margins slightly edgeworn and sun-toned, and now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 366 pages : illustrations, plates, portraits ; 25 cm. Notes; Abridged and annotated. Subjects; Johnson, Samuel. 1709-1784. Biography. Lexicographers. Critics. Authors, English. 18th century. 1 Kg. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Edited and with an Introduction by John Bailey. 256pp with blue cloth covered boards with gilt title. Frontispiece illustration. School ownership stamps to innner board, a couple of small foxmarks to foredge, otherwise internally clean. 195 extracts from Boswell's Life of Dr Samuel Johnson - part of the Teaching of English series.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. VG. Cover art by John Vernon.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. A crisp and tight copy. Page edges starting to tan. Edited and abridged.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition (thus). 8vo. Publisher's cloth, clean and square, light dust-soiling to top edge, marginal toning to pages as is common, else very good in a lightly shelf-worn dust wrapper; introduction and notes on the famous journals by John Wain. xxxiii, 412pp.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. 309pp With John Saville's signature - he contributed a chapter on "The Origins of the Welfare State".

Hardback. Condition: VG-. No DW. Reprint. Maroon cloth lettered in gold on spine (with gold figure). Quite clean and tight but some spotting to plates etc. and some minor wear. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY GB £5.50.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 3rd. Popularly known as Sowerby's English Botany. Large volume bound in brown cloth covers, with gilt lettering to spine. Covers very neat, though there is slight staining around bottom of spine. Library binding. FEP has a library book plate. Library stamps to title page, following page, and then to bottom corner of every plate. Occasional foxing throughout volume. Contains plates DCCCLXI (861) to MXVIII (1018). Plates are hand coloured lithographs. Title page has chipping to edges. A few pages have water stains to outside bottom corner. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 1859g. Unless specifically mentioned, all our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 033546:10c) Size: 4to - over 9 3/4" - 12" Tall Language: ENG 1859 G. Sowerby, John Edward (illustrator). Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Third edition; volume V only. Bound in full crushed morocco, rebacked with original spine laid down, with gilt bands and titles to the spine. All edges gilt, gilt dentelles. The spine is rubbed at the ends and a little scratched and marked; it is a little discoloured. The extremities are rubbed and bumped, with occasional minor marks to the boards. 20th century gift inscriptions to the front endpaper. Hinges reinforced, the binding otherwise firm. There are occasional spots and some light toning to plates, which are generally bright. Illustrated with one hundred and eighty-three hand coloured plates; collated and complete. A lovely single volume containing Sowerby's hand coloured botanical plates. J. Sowerby et al. (illustrator).…

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st edition. Dust Jacket pc. Blue cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Johnson/Boswell; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2718. …

Leather. Condition: Good Only. James's Boswell's important biography on the popular English writer, Samuel Johnson, edited by John Wilson Croker and bound in full calf. The new edition.Bound in full calf.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece featuring portraits of Johnson, and an engraved title page.This volume features John Wilson Croker's edited version of James Boswell's biography on the popular author, Samuel Johnson. This new edition includes the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. Bound in full calf. Externally sound with rubbing to the joints, extremities and spine, slight marks to the boards and front joint tender and rear starting to the tail. Hinges re-enforced. Internally, firmly bound with lightly age toned and generally clean pages with the odd spot to the front. Good Only. None stated (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Condition: Good Only. A new edition of Boswell's celebrated biography of Samuel Johnson in five uniform volumes edited by John Wilson Croker. A new edition of Scottish biographer James Boswell's celebrated biography of Samuel Johnson, often described as one of the greatest English biographies of all time. Edited by John Wilson Croker. Complete in five volumes.Also featuring Johnson's The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides.Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait to each volume. Collated, complete.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. Featuring facsimile of the original title page.Bookplate to front pastedowns from 'MacDonnell.' In uniform full straight up grain morocco with decorative embossing to boards, gilt to edges, five raised bands, titles in gilt to spine. Externally a trifle rubbed with chipping and rubbing to extremities, occasional minor loss to head and tail of spine. Rear board vol. I and front board vol. IV loose but present. Joints rubbed, starting to vol. III. Back strip vol I lifting. Text block firmly bound. Light offsetting to title page from frontispiece, otherwise pages generally bright and clean. Good Only. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. An varied collection of works on the literary giant Samuel Johnson, including illustrated titles and first editions. An engaging and varied selection of works contemplating the literary legacy of poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, consider the 'most distinguished man of letters in English history', Samuel Johnson.All in original dust wrappers. Predominantly unclipped, with the exception of volumes 4 and 7.Volumes 1, 2, 4, 11 feature a monochrome frontispiece, and volumes 7, 11 and 12 feature illustrated endpapers.Includes several first editions: volumes 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 11 and 12, which is the first American edition.Volume 7 features 4 double sided monochrome plates, and a double page vignette map. Volume 10 features 8 double side plates. Volume 12 features8 double-sided, vibrantly colour plates and frequent vignette illustrations. Collated, complete.Volume 9 features 8 unlisted double-sided monochrome plates. Collated from a copy held by University of Oxford Libraries, complete.Volume 11 features a charming gilt motif illustration to front board, and frequent vignette illustrations. All in original pictorial boards, with original dust wrappers. Externally, in lovely condition. Small marks to vol4 and 9 text block fore edge. Occasional sunning to dust wrapper spines. Occasional mild chipping to dust wrapper extremities. Chipping to vol4 and 7 dust wrappers. The occasional closed tear to dust wrappers. Owner's ink inscriptions to vol6 front paste down and to vol7 front blank. Small closed tear to vol6 dust wrapper head. Small scuff to vol10 dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Very slight strain to vol10. Pages generally bright and clean. Vol4 fine except pp.xv-2 loose and slotted inside. Bookplate of an Arthur G. Rippey to vol11 front blank. Occasional light spotting to text block edges. Near Fine 8.5" by 6"; 9" by 6"; 8.5" by 5.5"; 8" by 6"; 10" by 7"; 9.5" by 6.5"; 10" by 8". Various (illustrator). book. …

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Aceptable. 4º mayor. Holandesa: media piel con puntas, hilo y dorado en lomera, tejuelo/tela. 3º edición. Portada, 246 págs. + 1h + 160 láminas color. (Placas de cobre, copias de la 1º ed., indicadas con las siglas "EB" y de la 2º ed., señaladas con las siglas "EBS") Debido al deterioro de las placas, en esta 3º edición, algunas de ellas se completaron con trazos sin color. Cubiertas deslucidas con puntas, cabeza y pie rozadas, completas. Desgarro en bisagra cabeza, sin pérdida. Hojas de respeto, portada y últimas láminas con puntos dispersos de óxido (ver fotografías) Obra completa y, en general, en buen estado. Ver fotografías. 1-6.…

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Bien. 4º mayor. Holandesa: media piel con puntas, hilo y dorado en lomera, tejuelo/tela. 3º edición. Portada, 231 págs. + 1h + 180 láminas color. (Placas de cobre, copias de la 1º ed., indicadas con las siglas "EB" y de la 2º ed., señaladas con las siglas "EBS") Debido al deterioro de las placas, en esta 3º edición, algunas de ellas se completaron con trazos sin color. Cubiertas deslucidas con puntas, cabeza y pie rozadas, completas. Hojas de respeto, portada y últimas láminas con puntos dispersos de óxido (ver fotografías) Obra completa y, en general, en buen estado. Ver fotografías. 1-6.…