Life Samuel Johnson Comprehending Account by Boswell James Esq (8 results)

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good (Plus). No Jacket. First Thus. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of Boswell's famous Life of Samuel Johnson. The Ninth Edition, Revised and Augmented" (First Edition Thus). This is Volume One ONLY of the original four. Full leather binding, with decorative gilt ruling on both covers. Five raised bands can be discerned under a later spine repair that has covered them. The spine has a date of "1822" inked in white near the bottom. Clean text; xxxv, fold-out samples of Johnson's handwriting, and 444 pages. All edges are marbled. Published without a tissue guard, the frontis portrait has mildly offset to the Title Page. The text is exceptionally bright and free of any foxing; mild rubbing around the margins; a very solid copy that is great for reading. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. 4 lbs 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, In Chronological Order; A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons. Two only of 3 volumes. Vols I and 2. Greenough and Stebbins, Printers. 1807. Foxed. External staining. Tears within Vol II's title page publication statement.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1858 US Edition. This is an 1858 A.S. Barnes edition in contemporary brown calf, 4 rib spine, gold/black spine label, marbled edges and endpapers. 580 pages including indes. YMCA bookplate. A VG tight copy with no foxing. MEDIA SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order ; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published ; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great-Britain for nearly half a century during which he flourished. By James Boswell, Esq. A New Edition, Elucidated by Copious Notes, and Illustrated with Numerous Portraits, Views, and Characteristic Designs, Engraved from Authentic Sources. The books are also known as 'Boswell's Life of Dr. Johnson' or 'Boswell's Life of Johnson'. Bound in 2 Books, there are actually 4 Volumes in total - 2 in each book as follows; Vol I, dated to 1863 on overall title page, containing: Vol. 1; No individual publishing date. xxxii + 291pp; Vol. 2; No individual publishing date. viii + 298pp. Vol II, dated to 1859 on overall title page, containing: Vol. 3; No individual publishing date. viii + 298pp; Vol. 4; No individual publishing date. viii + 9-300pp (as issued) + 4pp Publisher's advertisements. Published by George Routledge and Sons, London. 4 Volumes, bound as two complete. Bindings are fair to good - blue leather spines and burgundy buckram over boards, with gilt to spine. With shelf wear, rubbing and vertical hinges of spine heavily worn, and the head of both volumes is bumped and frayed, with losses. A little give in the spines. Text pages are very good - clean and bright throughout with some scattered age spotting, and some foxing to endpapers. Volume 3 has a fold-out of a 'Round Robin' addressed to Samuel Johnson, with facsimile signatures. Some spotting to title/frontispiece pages. Small bookseller's catalogue entry pasted onto reverse of first free endpaper. Text in English. Illustrated throughout with line drawings. Dimensions: Each volume approx 197mm high x 138mm wide x 40mm deep. Weight: Approximately 1400g (the set - unpacked). Extra postage may be payable for overseas orders. More photos on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. London: Printed for T Cadell et al., 1822, The Ninth Edition, Revised and Augmented. VOL III ONLY. Full leather binding with gilt titles to a red leather labels, with leather boards. Rubbed and worn with some loss to the leather. With the folding Round Robin addressed to Samuel Johnson. 446pp. Provenance: bookplates for Laurence Peel and Sir Mervyn Ll. (Lloyd) Peel. Laurence Peel (1801 1888) was a British Tory politician and the younger brother of Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Laurence was described by one historian as "the youngest and least talented, but perhaps the most personally attractive of the Peel brothers". Approximately 8 ½ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles to red label, rubbed, marked and worn. Joints good condition rubbed and worn. Corners good condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition full leather, rubbed, marked and worn. Page edges good condition all edges marbled, top edge darkened. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition tanned. End papers good condition tanned. Title good condition tanned and foxed. Pages good condition tanned and foxed. Binding good condition worn and marked. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1822 Binding: Hardback.

Full Leather. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Two volumes. 4to. Pp. xii, [16], 3-516; [1], 2-588, [2]. Engraved portrait frontis. after Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the first volume. Second volume illustrated with two plates of Dr. Johnson's handwriting in facsimile. Marbled endpapers. Full speckled calf with gilt filigree borders and inner dentelles, rebacked in period style; repaired corners. Two bookplates: "The High Canon's Library" and "Malo Mori Quam Foedari," possibly the plate of Cardinal Henry Edward Manning. Interiors quite nice. First edition, first state with "gve" (in lieu of "give") on p.135 of Vol. I.Boswell's achievement was not to simply capture the brilliance and wit of his subject, but to provide through meticulous scholarship the complexities of Johnson amid the literary realm of his era.Provenance: Sold at the 1922 Sotheby's sale of The Valuable Library . of the Late Baroness Burdett Coutts.

New Edition. Finely bound all in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with dark morocco gilt-blocked labels. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. An exceptional set - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 0 pages; Complete in 5 volumes. Physical desc. : 5 v. : facsim. , port. ; 22 cm. Subject: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. Biography - Lexicographers. Related names; Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812. Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds. Includes bibliographical references and index. 3 Kg.

New Edition. Finely bound all in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with dark morocco gilt-blocked labels. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. An exceptional set - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 0 pages; Complete in 5 volumes. Physical desc. : 5 v. : facsim. , port. ; 22 cm. Subject: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. Biography - Lexicographers. Related names; Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812. Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds. Includes bibliographical references and index. 3 Kg.