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James Boswell. The Life of Samuel Johnson Vol.I. G. Walker, J. Akerman, E. Edwards et Al., 1820.
Price: US$22.94 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1820. New Edition. 512 pages. Fully bound in brown leather. Gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Volume I. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Front free endpaper, frontispiece, title page and first page textblock detached but still present. Moderate water marks to pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Moderate peeling and splits to spine and corners. Visible wear marks to boards.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
James Boswell. The Life of Samuel Johnson Vol.IV. G. Walker, J. Akerman, E. Edwards et Al., 1820.
Price: US$23.44 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1820. New Edition. 464 pages. Fully bound in brown leather. Gilt lettering. Volume IV. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Ownership plate stuck to front pastedown. Moderate water staining to pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Heavy peeling, loss and splits to spine and corners. Visible wear marks to boards.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
James Boswell. The Life of Samuel Johnson Vol.III. G. Walker, J. Akerman, E. Edwards et Al., 1820.
Price: US$23.77 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1820. New Edition. 500 pages. Fully bound in brown leather. Gilt lettering. Volume III. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Ownership plate stuck to front pastedown. Water staining to pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Moderate peeling and splits to spine and corners. Visible wear marks to boards.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Price: US$25.65 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Lacks backstrip and rear board. A binding copy, Clean tidy page block. Front boards loose, but not fully detached, rubbed and marked, marble endpapers, lightly foxed edges and prelims, ink inscription to title page. Clean throughout. Fair.
Seller: Tobo Books, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Price: US$123.14 + shipping
Description: New Edition, 4 volumes, 8vo. pp: xvi+[1]-512; 1-522; 1-500; 1-464, 2 folding plates (vol. 1 and vol. 2) - Round Robin addressed to Johnson and Facsimile of the Doctor's handwriting, new endpapers, in full panelled calf, rebacked with gilt ruled contrasting title and vol. no labels, raised bands, sound, tight and serviceable.
Seller: Offa's Dyke Books, LUDLOW, SALOP, United Kingdom
Price: US$128.27 + shipping
Description: , 4 uniform volumes, 512, 522, 500, & 464 pages, with folding two folding plates of facsimiles New Edition , volumes in similar condition, boards lightly rubbed, spines a little faded at rubbed, previous owner's bookplates inside, light foxing to plates and a few pages otherwise internally clean, in good condition , half green calf, marbled paper to sides, gilt titles on red leather spine labels, raised bands Octavo Hardback ISBN:
Seller: Keoghs Books, Skipton, United Kingdom
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, 4 volumes. A crisp, clean set, bound in early 20th century 3/4 polished brown calf and light brown cloth (by Morrell in London), with gilt spine compartments, morocco spine labels, and marbled endpapers. Both foldouts (depicting Dr. Johnson's handwriting) present. Very mildly ex-library, with some tiny call numbers on the spines, a few stamps, and old pockets to the rear endpapers. Despite these markings, the contents are notably crisp, clean, and fresh, and the set makes a perfectly handsome addition to any library; overall about very good.
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.
Boswell, James. THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. [FOUR VOLUMES]. G. Walker, et al., London, 1820.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 4 vols.; VG-; late 20th century rebacking, with previous boards preserved; spine tan leather, with gilt lettering and design; boards blind and gilt tooled calf; some shelf wear and soiling; all corners bumped and exposed; scuffing to edges of boards; loose chip at lower left corner of vol. 1 front board; all edges marbled; previous owner's name stamped at vol. 1 title page; some foxing throughout all vols.; pages clean; shelved above China--A-F. 1351230. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. 2 folding engraved plates of facsimiles of Johnson's handwriting (facing p.1 Volume I and facing p. 1 Volume IV), Contemporary tan calf tooled in blind with a basket weave design, two red morocco labels on the spine; marbled edges. A fine set. No foxing 4 volumes. With an Armorial swan design bookplate on the front pastedown of all volumes with motto: "Pandite", with a label signed: John Gibson Surgeon.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.