Language: English
Published by McGraw-Hill Companies, The, 1987
ISBN 10: 0070391165 ISBN 13: 9780070391161
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Language: English
Published by Willam Heinemann Ltd, 1986
ISBN 10: 0434081302 ISBN 13: 9780434081301
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. Very good hard cover edition with very good dust jacket. 1st British Edition. Clean. Tight binding. No markings. 332 pages.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First British Edition. Yale Editions Of The Private Papers Of James Boswell; B & W Figures and reproductions; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 332 pages; 1986 Heinemann. HC/DJ 1st British edition. Snugly bound and clean in original glossy pictorial dust jacket. Contents bright and clean with no marks. Jacket shows superficial shelf rubbing edges with several short light stress creases along the top edge of the rear panel. Illustrated with maps, figures and reproductions. VG++/VG+.
Language: English
Published by Willam Heinemann Ltd, 1986
ISBN 10: 0434081302 ISBN 13: 9780434081301
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
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First Edition
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Very good+, no dust jacket. With form letter enclosed to members and friends of the Yale Johnson papers project. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Language: English
Published by McGraw-Hill New Zealand, 1981
ISBN 10: 0070391149 ISBN 13: 9780070391147
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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First Edition
Cloth Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket. Presumed 1st Edition. (24)332pp. Index. Plates. Promoting global literacy for over 30 years. British Isles.
Language: English
Published by McGraw-Hill, New York, 1981
ISBN 10: 0070391149 ISBN 13: 9780070391147
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Yale Editions Of The Private Papers Of James Boswell; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 419 pages; 1981 McGraw-Hill. HC 1st edition, 1st printing. Snugly bound and clean in publisher's quarter blue glazed paper backed spine over pale blue paper covered boards. Titles brightly in gilt to spine. Trace fading to color of the boards at edges; mild crimping to binding at spine ends. Contents bright and fresh with no marks VG . Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.
Language: English
Published by New York etc. : McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1986
ISBN 10: 0070391165 ISBN 13: 9780070391161
Seller: Klondyke, Almere, Netherlands
Condition: Good. Original half cloth, dust jacket, frontispiece portrait, some b/w illustrations, 8vo.
Language: English
Published by McGraw-Hill Book Compamy, New York & London, 1986
Seller: Provan Books, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 22 pp, 332 pages, black and white illustrations, book in near fine condition (edges of book spotted, text in fine, clean condition) with fine dust-wrapper).
Seller: Roger Lucas Booksellers, Horncastle, United Kingdom
First Edition
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. In the Yale Edition of the Private Papers of JB, 1st UK edition thus, large 8vo, 332pp, edited and with an introduction by Irma S Lustig, frontis + photo reproductions, VG+ Copy in VG+ DJ Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1986
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Salmon wrappers. Fading on the spine, some spotting, and creasing thus very good.
Published by Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1982
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Near Fine condition. Magdalena Abakanowicz sculptures (illustrator). First Edition. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University, 1982. 6" wide by 9" tall. A bright, shiny, clean, square copy. No owner's name or bookplate. Flat, uncreased spine. Pages are fresh, crisp, and unmarked. Illustrated with 16 full-page photos of the fiber sculpture of Magdalena Abakanowicz. This issue has contributions by: Arnost Lustig (from JERUSALEM, 1948: BEGINNING OF SUMMER); Stanley Elkin (from GEORGE MILLS - THE CASSADAGA SECTION); James McManus (QUANTA); Joseph McElroy; Frederick Barthelme; Richard Ford; Arturo Vivante; F. R. Padorr; Eugene Wildman; Kenneth R. Smith; etc. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine condition/No Jacket, as issued. Illus. by Magdalena Abakanowicz sculptures. 269pp. + 11 pages of ads.
Language: English
Published by McGraw-Hill, New York, 1986
ISBN 10: 0070391165 ISBN 13: 9780070391161
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 332pp. frontispiece. Clay boards, blue spine. Offsetting to the endpapers, foxing on the top edge, othewise a fine, unmarked copy. Unclipped pictorial jacket is bright, minor toning to the flaps. in mylar sleeve. This volume Looks at Boswell's risky decision to move from Edinburgh to London, describes his deteriorating relationship with his wife, and discusses the politicians, lawyers, and artists with whom he associated. Size: Octavo. Book.
Language: English
Published by McGraw Hill, New York, 1980
ISBN 10: 0070391149 ISBN 13: 9780070391147
Seller: Archer's Used and Rare Books, Inc., Kent, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage, other than spine which is faded by sun exposure. Dust Jack in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Johnson/Boswell; ISBN: 0070391149. ISBN/EAN: 9780070391147. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 13794.
Language: English
Published by Heinemann, London 1986, 1986
ISBN 10: 0434081302 ISBN 13: 9780434081301
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First Edition
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Octavo. xxii, 332pp. Original blue cloth with gilt spine titles. Covers with slight spotting, a few spots to fore-edge, otherwise near very good indeed in a slightly used, very good dust jacket with slight spotting to flaps. The Private Papers of James Boswell.
Language: English
Published by Mcgraw Hill (1986), New York, 1986
ISBN 10: 0070391165 ISBN 13: 9780070391161
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Trade Edition. 332 pages, brown paper covered boards with blue cloth spine. A clean, very nice copy. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket.
Language: English
Published by William Heinemann, London, 1982
ISBN 10: 0434439452 ISBN 13: 9780434439454
Seller: Beach Hut Books, Lingfield, United Kingdom
First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Yes Illustrated (illustrator). 1st Edition. Ex college library with one stamp.
Language: English
Published by William Heinemann, London, 1982
ISBN 10: 0434439452 ISBN 13: 9780434439454
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Add to basketFibre Board. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. Various (illustrator). 1st Edition. Green fibre board covers with gilt titles to spine, light fading to edges. D/w 1 cm split to bottom rear, top spine and front nibbled, price clipped. 419 numbered pages including index, small presentation inscription to fep otherwise unmarked. Binding tight like new. Size 16.7 x24 cm.
Published by White Lotus Press, Rangoon, 1952
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: no dj. Classical Burmese Music. Book.
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First Edition
Hardcover. Yes Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; The Yale Editions Of The Private Papers Of James Boswell; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches.
Language: English
Published by Heinemann 1982, London, 1982
ISBN 10: 0434439452 ISBN 13: 9780434439454
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Yes Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition. xxix., 419 pp, dustwrapper faded 0434439452 8vo.
Published by Heinemann, 1986
Seller: Miliardi di Parole, Pietra Marazzi, AL, Italy
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Language: English
Published by McGraw-Hill College, Blacklick, Ohio, U.S.A., 1981
ISBN 10: 0070391149 ISBN 13: 9780070391147
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Quarter Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. This first edition has been bound in a deep blue cloth spine, lighter blue over boards. There is no corner bumping, very little edge wear at foot of the spine. Light spotting on upper edge of the text block. Binding is solid, no ownership or other markings. The dust jacket is mostly deep green with white and gold lettering. Portrait centered in upper third of front. It is unclipped with little rubbing. Some wear and miniscule chip upper edge of the front flap hinge. All in all, a very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Language: English
Published by William Heinemann, & McGraw-Hill Book Company, London & New York, 1950
Seller: James Hawkes, LONDON, United Kingdom
First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 14 volumes (complete). London: William Heinemann, and New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1950-1989. All volumes first impression. The set comprises: Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763, ed. Frederick A. Pottle. London: William Heinemann, 1950; Boswell in Holland, 1763-1764, ed. Frederick A. Pottle. London: William Heinemann, first impression 1952; Portraits, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, ed. Frederick W. Hilles. London: William Heinemann, first impression 1952; Boswell on the Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland, 1764, ed. Frederick A. Pottle. London: William Heinemann, first impression 1953; Boswell on the Grand Tour: Italy, Corsica, and France, 1765-1766, ed. Frank Brady and Frederick A. Pottle. London: William Heinemann, first impression 1955; Boswell in Search of a Wife, 1766-1769, ed. Frank Brady and Frederick A. Pottle. London: William Heinemann, first impression 1957; Boswell for the Defence, 1769-1774, ed. William K. Wimsatt Jr. and Frederick A. Pottle. London: William Heinemann, first impression 1960; Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D., 1773, ed. Frederick A. Pottle and Charles H. Bennett. London: William Heinemann, first impression 1963; Boswell: The Ominous Years, 1774-1776, ed. Charles Ryskamp and Frederick A. Pottle. London: William Heinemann, first impression 1963; Boswell in Extremes, 1776-1778, ed. Charles McC. Weis and Frederick A. Pottle. London: William Heinemann, first impression 1971; Boswell: Laird of Auchinleck, 1778-1782, ed. Joseph W. Reed and Frederick A. Pottle. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, first impression 1977; Boswell: The Applause of the Jury, 1782-1785, ed. Irma S. Lustig and Frederick A. Pottle. London: William Heinemann, first impression 1982; Boswell: The English Experiment, 1785-1789, ed. Irma S. Lustig and Frederick A. Pottle. London: William Heinemann, first impression 1986; Boswell: The Great Biographer, 1789-1795, ed. Marlies K. Danziger and Frank Brady. London: William Heinemann, first impression 1989. Illustrated throughout with plates. Bound, as issued, in a variety of styles of cloth. Gilt lettering to spine of The London Journal a bit dulled; scratch mark to spine of Boswell for the Defence; patch of discoloration to lower board of the second Grand Tour volume. In other respects a very good set. §Each volume is housed in a heavy purpose-made buckram slipcase, with contrasting leather labels to spine, the spines lettered in gilt. The arrangement of the numbering of the slip-cases varies slightly from the order in which each volume originally appeared. Portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds - somewhat awkwardly issued as the third volume of the series - appears as the slip-cased volume 14. A unique set, presenting a striking appearance on the shelf. (**PLEASE READ CAREFULLY** - Heavy/overweight item weighing 25 kg packed, therefore additional postage will be required - please ask for a prior shipping quote).
Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company - New York, 1981
Seller: Barberry Lane Booksellers, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Dark blue leather-like cloth quarter-bound to spine over lighter blue paper on boards with dark blue stamped Boswell seal to front center and gilt lettering to spine. Book is tight, square, sharp-cornered and overall Fine. Alas, without DJ.
Published by Heinemann 1986-1989, London, 1986
US$ 75.81
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). Two smart volumes from the Yale Editions of The Private Papers of James Boswell. Two volumes. From the Yale Editions of The Private Papers of James Boswell. With a frontispiece and ten plates to each volume. Collated complete. A set of detailed and comprehensive historical and biographical studies of the life and work of James Boswell, a Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer best known for his biography of the English writer Samuel Johnson, Life of Samuel Johnson, which is commonly said to be the greatest biography written in the English language A great mass of Boswell's diaries, letters, and private papers were recovered from the 1920s to the 1950s, and their publication by Yale University has transformed his reputation. This set contains: Boswell: The English Experiment 1785-1789, 1986. A volume of Boswell's journal dealing with his decision to make the exciting and highly risky shift to the English bar in London following his return to London after the unexpected and unpleasant aftermath of the publication of his popular Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. Edited by Irma S. Lustig, an American research associate in English at the University of Pennsylvania and editor, and Frederick Albert Pottle, an American academic recognized as one of the foremost scholars of James Boswell. Boswell: The Great Biographer 1789-1795. The concluding volume of Boswell's journals, covering the final years of his life from the death of his wife in June 1789 to his own death in May 1795. Among other matters, it chronicles his depression and his sense of failure when realising that a position of public consequence will be forever out of his reach. Edited by Marlies K. Danziger, an American Professor Emerita of English at City University of New York, and Frank Brady, an American writer, editor, biographer, and educator. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrappers are very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine. book.
Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1986
First Edition
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A fine first printing containing James Boswell's diaries from 1785-1789. The first edition, first printing.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A selection of entries from Scottish biographer, diarist and lawyer James Boswell, best known for 'Life of Samuel Johnson', which is regarded by many to be the greatest biography written in the English language.These diaries, which were written between 1785-1789, shed light on the aftermath of his highly popular 'Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides', as well as important decision making in his legal career and the domestic drama between him and his wife.Edited by research associate Irma S. Lustig, and leading biographer and authority on Boswell, Frederick A. Pottle. In the original quarter cloth binding, with paper covered boards. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, both boards dust wrapper are lovely. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine. book.
Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1981
First Edition
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A smart first edition of this unique collection of Boswell's journals from Yale University. First edition. From the Yale Editions of The Private Papers of James Boswell. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece and nine images across eight plates. Collated complete. A unique collection of the journals of James Boswell, a Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer best known for his biography of the English writer Samuel Johnson, Life of Samuel Johnson, which is commonly said to be the greatest biography written in the English language. This volume is part of a great mass of Boswell's diaries, letters, and private papers that were recovered and published by Yale University, ultimately transforming his reputation. Presenting the roles of Boswell's middle years, as a Scots laid, family man, advocate, political aspirant, and pamphleteer. Edited by Irma S. Lustig, an American scholar of eighteenth-century British literature, and Frederick Albert Pottle, an American scholar noted as the foremost scholar of James Boswell. In the original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is smart with light wear to the extremities and the odd small mark to the panels. Light sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine. book.