James Boswell, Signed (21 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st edition. Signed by Author. Typed letter, signed by author, laid in. Dust Jacket a trifle sunned. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Multiple copies available this title. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 2. Category: Johnson/Boswell; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0070505586. ISBN/EAN: 9780070505582. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2577.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A near fine copy. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1994. x, 195pp.B&W images. Signed by author "A very happy special birthday, Margaret. Love & best wishes Roger & Helen Craik 16.6.97". "This is the first biography of James Boswell seen from a specifically Scottish viewpoint. Though born in Scotland, he often wished to be thought of as an Englishman as he came into prominence. While not overlooking his achievements in England and Europe, the book concentrates on his Scottish background." Book is in excellent condition with no further inscriptions. Signed by the author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Rubbing on front and back cover, Shelf wear to bottom and top edges, Slight ripping to top and bottom spine edges, Faded gilding on top edge, Gilding bright, Staining on pages 61-65, Unmarked interior, Previous owner and date written in pen on front endpaper, Tight binding. BP/Boswell. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 195pp. (gold title block to spine) 4to. small sized. Flat signed by the author 'Roger' to the half-title page and presented to a David & ?.'in at the inception.(as always). Loosely inserted is a 5 page typed A4 format 'article' that was written by Sheriff David Buchanan Smith - this being his own personal copy. The text supported by numerous photographic reproductions. A lovely, fresh, clean, tight well preserved flat-signed presentation copy. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover volume with dust jacket. 609 pages. Maroon boards in half cloth. Glossy, illustrated jacket. Binding is tight and strong. Pages are clean and unmarked. SIGNED by the author, with presentation, on front free endpaper. "Ron Geoffrey, whose work always teaches me something. with much esteem and regard. Frank.". Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Signed by author; association copy; 2nd printing (May 1922). Very Good hardcover, no DJ. Brown cloth over boards, gilt stamped titles; gilt top edge. Bright, clean covers and spine; slightly rubbed at spine ends, small splits at spine head; lightly bumped at lower fore corners; tightly bound; owner singed name and date in pencil on front free end paper 'Ellsworth Bunker | 1922'; author's signed name in ink on title page; interior is bright and clean - most leaves from 2nd chapter through Index never opened at fore edge - book has never been read. 8vo, 266 pp; index; illustrated. From the collection of Ellsworth Bunker (U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, Italy, India, Nepal, South Vietnam, Organization of American States, and twice recipient of U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD ++. 1st Edition. [16], 266pp, [2], bound in brown cloth with embossed medallion, gilt still bright, top edges gilt, binding and hinges tight, illustrated throughout. The Author's penned signature is on the title page, small bookplate inside the front cover for Richard Little Purdy (1904-1990) Author and Associate Professor of English at Yale University, and Fellow of Berkeley College, as well as Assistant to the Keeper of Rare Books for the University Library. Includes the tissue-guarded frontis-piece. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Signed by the author on title page. Two 1/2 inch scars on front cover near spine. Back cover corners are bumped. 266 pages with index and 29 illustrations. Top edge gilt. Some pages are uncut at fore edge. Signed by Author(s).

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Book has bumped corners, fep beginning to split. Gilt lettering and design on spine and cover is complete and clean. Signed by the Author on the title page. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Large 8vo. pp 128. Original publisher's maroon cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. David Daiches Raphael (1916 - 2015) British writer, academic philosopher, political theorist and Imperial College fellow. He was related to the historian David Daiches by marriage. Signed presentation from the author on the front endpaper, "For Sylvia and David, with love from David - Feb. 1976." ISBN: 0500130531 Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 3rd Edition. 8vo (large). Pictorial green cloth with brown leather spine label lettered in gilt, xxxii, 412pp, illustrated with 24 colour plates. Fine in fine, brown slipcase. A travel journal from two of the 18th century's literary heavy hitters across the western islands and highlands of Scotland. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. "This large paper edition, signed by the artist, is limited to three hundred and fifty copies of which this is number 61" but the signature is lacking. 609pp., top edge gilt, remaining edges uncut, brown cloth with gilt lettering and front cover image showing Boswell and Johnson walking together. Inscription on front paste-down, minor darkening toward hinge free end papers, edges darkened with spots of foxing on protruding foredges of the uncut pages, else very good clean & sound condition without dust jacket.

Constable, London. 1984. Hardback with dust-wrapper. 273 pages. Ills. Index. Presentation copy from the author "For Margo, with fond memory of the 15th February 1991" - SIGNED inscription to title-page. Clean and sound with minimal shelf-wear to dust-wrapper extremities.

Condition: Good. Folio. 11" x 17 5/8". Two Unbound Pages: Facsimile Of Manuscript With Deckled Edges, and Transcription With Commentary, Very Good with small tears, some creasing. Page reproduced & transcribed is last of four. From the Autograph Edition-de-Luxe, Numbered 36, signed by Oliver H. Leigh, Editorial Director.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. 7 lbs B&W Illustrations; xxiv,270; xi,271-550 pages; Tall 8 vo 10.75 x 7". 7 lbs. Paper spine labels rubbed. Half cream cloth over marbled boards. #2 of of the 100 numbered copies printed for the Brick Row Book Shop on hand-made paper. Signed by the author and Byrne Hackett of Brick Row on the limitation page. Spine a little darkened. B/W illustrations. Binding firm but a little faded and contents unopened amd immaculate. ; Signed by All Authors.

First Edition. In original dust jacket. Signed dedication to front from author to William C. Carroll. Hardback in blue cloth with gilt decoration and titles to spine. Limited to 500 copies. Dust jacket has loss to the top and bottom of the spine, and moderate darkening. In archival protection. Book itself has a little rubbing to top and base of spine. Internally, generally very clean, but has some smoke damage to the top edge of the initial pages, and to the bottom closed page edge. Overall a very useable copy, enhanced by the author's signature. Profuse facsimiles and illustrations throughout. Perhaps most important of the three volumes as it includes the text of many letters not previously reproduced. 280 x 210 mm (11 x 8¼ inches). .

8vo., First Edition, on hand-made paper, with coloured and monochrome frontispieces; cloth lettered in red, backstrip lettered in red, a near fine copy. With an engraved armorial bookplate. EDITION LIMITED TO 99 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (this copy No.92).

First Edition, the Large Paper Edition Limited to Three Hundred and Fifty Copies, Signed by the Artist. This copy is number 35. With an engraved and illustrated title-page featuring Johnson and Boswell strolling through London, and with 54 additional full-page engravings throughout as well as a map at the rear endleaves featuring the journey of Boswell and Johnson to Scotland and the Hebrides. Thick royal 8vo, handsomely bound in the publisher's polished grained cloth, the spine lettered in gilt, the upper cover with a gilt illustrative device showing Boswell and Johnson strolling with one another, top edge gilt. xx, 609 pp. A very fine copy of this edition, beautifully preserved and in a very pleasing condition, a tight, clean and crisp copy, the text and plates all bright and especially fresh, the binding strong, solid and very attractive, virtually pristine. A VERY HANDSOME COPY OF TWO OF THE GREAT BOOKS OF THE AGE BOUND TOGETHER INTO THIS FAMOUS PRESENTATION WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY ERNEST SHEPARD, SIGNED BY HIM. Celebrated for its intimacy and vividness, Boswell's Life of Johnson "is one of the best books in the world. It is assuredly a great, very great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic Poets,--Shakespeare is not more decidedly the first of Dramatists,--Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of Orators, than Boswell is the first of Biographers." (Macauley, in the Edinburgh Review, 1831). Boswell learned a great deal about the art of biography from his subject, and brought to his task boundless curiosity, persistence, and zest. The tour proved to be inspirational for both men. Johnson published A JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND in 1775 and Boswell, in addition to this work, used his notes from the tour extensively in his LIFE OF JOHNSON, published in 1791. "As a narrative of personal adventures, Boswell's account is to be preferred to Johnson's. Naturally such a work, as was true of everything concerning Dr. Johnson, aroused great interest, which was heightened by Boswell's frankness in expressing opinions about his hosts as well as by his naiveté in relating incidents that did not reflect credit to himself" (Cox). This is a very handsomely bound and readable copy of these two masterworks.

Illustr by Ernest Shepherd, 7.5 x 5.5, blue morocco "extra," gilt ruled, gilt stamped design on the covers, Johnson on the front cover, gilt stamped profile of Johnson surrounded by laurel leaves on the back cover, all edges gilt, blue and purple marbled endpapers sprinkled with gilt, 609 pp. Light wear/rubbing to covers, front cover is ever so lightly faded, light/moderate shelfwear to lower edges, faint scratch on front cover, corners have light/moderate wear, spine is faded (lighter than front cover but still attractive), light wear to spine tips and outer hinges, slight hinge crack starting, contents near fine. A very attractive binding. SIGNED RIVIERE BINDING.

Condition: Very good condition. Inscribed by Arthur Rippey to Dr. Maurice B. Mitchell with a typed letter signed from Rippey to Dr. Mitchell laid in; 137 pages.