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Price: US$5.63 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Burgundy cloth, floral decorated Hardcover, colour faded on the spine, with gold lettering. Edge and corner wear. Not ex. library. 431 pages, illustrated with tissue guarded b/w frontispiece and engravings. Contents clean, tight and bright.
Seller: The Book Exchange, Macclesfield, United Kingdom
Price: US$5.63 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Burgundy cloth, floral decorated Hardcover, colour faded on the spine, with gold lettering. Edge and corner wear. Not ex. library. 323 pages, illustrated with b/w tissue guarded frontispiece and fold out engravings. Contents clean, tight and bright.
Seller: The Book Exchange, Macclesfield, United Kingdom
Price: US$5.63 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Burgundy cloth, floral decorated Hardcover, colour faded on the spine, with gold lettering. Edge and corner wear. Not ex. library. 381 pages, illustrated with b/w frontispiece and engravings. Contents clean, tight and bright.
Seller: The Book Exchange, Macclesfield, United Kingdom
Price: US$5.63 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Burgundy cloth, floral decorated Hardcover, colour faded on the spine, with gold lettering. Edge and corner wear. Not ex. library. 376 pages, illustrated with b/w frontispiece and engravings. Contents clean, tight and bright.
Seller: The Book Exchange, Macclesfield, United Kingdom
Price: US$6.38 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Vol. VII only. Mauve covers with gilt titles to spine. Spine faded. Black and white frontispiece has some light foxing. Corners bumped.381pp.
Seller: M and M Books, Barkway, HERTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$6.38 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Vol. VIII only. Mauve covers with gilt titles to spine. Spine faded. Black and white frontispiece has some light foxing. Corners bumped. 431pp.
Seller: M and M Books, Barkway, HERTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$6.38 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Vol. IV only. Mauve covers with gilt titles to spine. Small tear to head of spine. Spine faded. Black and white frontispiece has some light foxing. Corners bumped.343pp.
Seller: M and M Books, Barkway, HERTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$6.38 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Vol. II only. Mauve covers with gilt titles to spine. Chipping to head of spine. Spine faded. Black and white frontispiece has some light foxing. Corners bumped.335pp. Hinge starting to crack.
Seller: M and M Books, Barkway, HERTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$6.44 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: 325pp. No cover but still well bound between end-papers. Ideal for rebind, Interior in nice clean condition. Owner's name on fep.
Seller: Tony Hutchinson, Seale, United Kingdom
Price: US$6.44 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: 323pp. No cover but still well bound between end-papers. Ideal for rebind, Interior in nice clean condition. Owner's name on fep.
Seller: Tony Hutchinson, Seale, United Kingdom
Price: US$6.44 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: 343pp. No cover but still well bound between end-papers. Ideal for rebind, Interior in nice clean condition. Owner's name on fep.
Seller: Tony Hutchinson, Seale, United Kingdom
Price: US$12.88 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: From a set of 8 volumes. Small hardback with cream covers. No jacket. Covers are tanned, particularly to the spine. A little edge wear and light bumping to extremities. Some foxing to the first few pages front and back and a little scattered foxing elsewhere. Library plate of the Reverend Frederick Gardiner and a small bookseller label pasted to inside front cover. Small previous owner name to frontispiece. Light tanning to interior page edges. A pleasant volume. Posted next day (M-F) from the UK.
Seller: Jaycey Books, Ruislip, United Kingdom
Price: US$36.63 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Buch ist in einem sehr guten Zustand, Einband mit Blindprägung, Frontispiz mit deutlichem Foxing, Textblock in altersgemäßem sehr gutem Zustand, Ecken berieben, 4 Bände. . Als Versandart wählen wir immer eine schnelle Option (in Deutschland Brief oder DHL-Paket, ins Ausland Warenpost oder DHL-Paket). Preis inkl. MwSt. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1370
Seller: Versand-Antiquariat Konrad von Agris e.K., Aachen, Germany
BOSWELL JAMES. THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D., VOL. V. John Murray, 1835.
Price: US$50.60 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: RO60069432: 1835. In-12. Broché. Etat passable, Plats abîmés, Dos abîmé, Mouillures. 341 pages. Gravures en noir et blanc en frontispice et en première page de titre. Dos manquant. Plats détachés et salis. Annotations sur le dos et en page de garde. Pages de garde se détachant. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
Seller: Le-Livre, SABLONS, France
BOSWELL JAMES. THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D., VOL. IX. John Murray, 1835.
Price: US$50.60 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: RO60069436: 1835. In-12. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos abîmé, Intérieur acceptable. 335 pages. Gravures en noir et blanc en frontispice et en première page de titre. Manques sur les coiffes. Annotation au feutre sur le dos (tomaison). Frontispice détaché. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
Seller: Le-Livre, SABLONS, France
BOSWELL JAMES. THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D., VOL. VI. John Murray, 1835.
Price: US$50.60 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: RO60069437: 1835. In-12. Relié. Etat passable, Livré sans Couverture, Dos abîmé, Quelques rousseurs. 342 pages. Gravures en noir et blanc en frontispice et en première page de titre. Dos et plats manquants. Annotations sur le dos et en page de garde (tomaison). Pages de garde détachées. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
Seller: Le-Livre, SABLONS, France
Price: US$59.26 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Fair+. Vol. I is a binding copy, missing its spine, with both boards detached and with a damp-stain to the first few leaves. Hinges cracked. Slightly musty smell.
Seller: Sapience Bookstore, Hexham, United Kingdom
BOSWELL JAMES. THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D., VOL. VIII. John Murray, 1835.
Price: US$61.33 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: RO60069102: 1835. In-12. Relié. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos abîmé, Intérieur acceptable. 431 pages. Gravures en noir et blanc en frontispice et en première page de titre. Titre doré et annotation au feutre sur le dos. Manques sur le dos (coiffes). . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
Seller: Le-Livre, SABLONS, France
Price: US$128.83 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: All have worn boards, foxing and tanned page edges, volume VIII has damp marking to the top edge, bookseller's pencil marks to volume one.
Seller: High Street Books, New Mills, United Kingdom
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. Brown three quarter leather bindings with marbled paper inset to cover board with matching endpapers. Light scuffing overall, wear and slight loss at corners and bottom edge, minor chipping to head and foot of spine. Five raised bands to spine with gilded decoration filling panels without title patches, titled on burgendy in gold, volume number on black in gold. Top edges gilt. Clean within, each title page sporting both and engraving and an engraved frontispiece. Red silk ribbons present in each volume, some are detached but laid in.
Seller: Craig Olson Books, ABAA/ILAB, Belfast, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$180.36 + shipping
Description: A very nice attractively bound set of 10 small volumes, in brown half leather with marbled boards & end papers; page top edge gilt; gilt title on spines; frontis & pictorial title page in each volume. Bookplate on front pastedown of each volume. Bindings tight; pages clean. This is a heavy set (about 4kg packed); additional postage may be required
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Covers have slight wear to the extremities. Spine have slight wear. Page margins are browned. The frontis and first title page of each volume has varying amounts of foxing. Volume VII: spine a few very small scrapes of surface loss. ; In Ten Volumes, complete. ".to which are added, anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, Murphy, Tyers, Reynolds, Steevens, &c. ." Three-quarter leather binding with marbled boards.
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This is a rare find, a first edition 1835 10 volume set all in full red leather with five raised bands, two bands in brown leather with gilt lettering and marbelized end papers. The edges have an embossed gilt edging. The red leather covers have a large gilt embossed design in the center and decorated corners. They measure 4 1/4 x 6 1/2. The tissue guard is missing from volumes 1,8, and 9. In vol 1, the half title page has pulled away from the fep. There are no loose pages and no markings. There is light edgewear, rubbing, at the spine ends. The previous owner, Robert Bruce Boswell, wrote in Vol I, "Stellingfleet Prize for reading in chapel 1867'. "The above was a money prize which I devoted in 1906 (Dec) to binding this and other biographies which already belonged to me. RBB 30.10.1912" (Could he be a distant relation to The Boswell?) Overall the conditions are very good plus. This complete red leather set is a rare find in this condition. Language: eng
Seller: George Kent, Bookseller, Silverhill, AL, U.S.A.
Price: US$195.82 + shipping
Description: To which are added anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, Murphy, Tyers, Reynolds, Stevens co and Notes by Various Hands. Complete eight volume set, bound in four books. Uniformly bound in green half leather with green marble boards. Spines with four raised bands. Book I missing the volume band, Book II missing the title band and a small section from the volume band, Book III missing the volume band, and Book IV missing the title band and half the volume band. Each volume has a frontispiece portrait of Samuel Johnson or a scene from his life. Volumes generally in good condition with some wear and rubbing, particularly to the spine and extremities, with bumping to the corners. Volume I pp 325, Volume II pp 344, Volume III pp 323, Volume IV pp 343, Volume V pp 341, Volume VI pp 342, Volume VII pp 381, Volume VIII pp 431 Conclusion.
Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United Kingdom
Price: US$199.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Not Ex-Library - 1835 Croker Edition, possibly the first? - each volume 6 3/4" X 4 1/4" - Vol. 10 includes index - Clean text with no markings - light foxing - tight binding - Only vol.8 has partial separation on back hinge - boards covered in marbled paper have leather spines and corners - raised ridges and gold lettering on spine - leather is slightly worn especially on tops of spine - owner bookplate inside each front cover - Fast Shipping.
Seller: Friends of JCL Vintage, Lenexa, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$249.99 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: London: John Murray, 1835. Title pages dated 1835. Ten volumes, with "in eight volumes" on the title pages of the first eight volumes, but expanded to ten volumes. Three quarter black leather over brown cloth, dark red spine labels with gilt accented raised spine bands, all edges speckled red, frontis plate and engraved title page in each volume, just more than 6.5" tall. Externally worn but sound set, with lightly crackled spines with minor surface chips that have been archivally stabilized, other wear to extremities, spine label of volume X missing, all covers firmly attached, hinges good, bindings firm, pages a bit age-yellowed toward the outer edges but clean, old transparent stain to upper inner corner of frontis and engraved title of volumes I, III and VIII, name of Mary S. Veevers [?] handwritten on front free endpaper of first volume, no other markings. Hard Cover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 10 volume set, 170 x 105 mm. (6 3/4 x 4 1/4"). Full green leather bindning, not faded, marbeled endpapers (not cracked), board turn-ins with gilt gauffering. A tidy set with some minor rub/wear spots, couple of little nicks. Contents very clean. Each volume with a unique illustrated title page. Solidly Very Good -- a no-fuss 1835 Johnson in the fun 10-volume reading edition.
Seller: Blue Sky Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides. By James Boswell Esq.To which are added, anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, Murphy, Tyers, Reynolds, Steevens, &c. And notes by various hands. London: John Murray, 1835. Complete in 10 volumes. Croker's 2nd Ed., revised by John Wright. Xxiv, (2), 325 pgs; viii, 344 pgs; ix, 323 pgs; xii, 343 pgs; viii, 341 pgs; viii, 342 pgs; viii, 381 pgs; xi, 431 pgs, xv, 335 pgs; xii, 376 pgs. "This version contains both the original texts, augmented by the additional writings of the biographer and his subject, and the very valuable new and related material which Croker introduced." (Pottle 92.). Bound in the original publishers stamped cloth with uncut leaves. In Very good to near fine condition except for sun damage to the spines. Engraved frontispieces and vignettes title pages, 26 other engraved plates including views, portraits, and facsimiles, many folding. Occasional offsetting from plates otherwise contents clean. An excellent set. The volumes measure 17.8 x 11.5 x 3 cm. Each leaf measures 173 x 110 mm.
Seller: Third Floor Rare Books, Carp, ON, Canada
Price: US$251.21 + shipping
Description: An early nineteenth century John Murray's edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson. Complete in Ten Volumes. Volumes IX and X are the two volumes of Johnsoniana. With additional engraved title page and frontispiece in each volume. To which are added anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, Murphy, Tyers, Reynolds, Steevens, &c. and Notes by Various Hands. There are Robinsons bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Some pages are unopened. In full cloth binding, with gilt detailing. Externally, worn. Rubbing to the head and tail of the spines, resulting in loss to the head of volume VII. Slight sunning to the spines. Rubbing also to the boards and to the extremities. Marks to the front and rear boards of each volume. Institutional labels from Queen Mary College to the front pastedowns and free-endpapers. Splits to the joints to many of the volumes. Hinges are strained but firm. Internally, generally firmly bound, although becoming loose in places. Pages are generally bright and clean with the occasional spot. The odd stamp throughout each volume, reading 'Queen Mary College' and 'withdrawn'. Good Only
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$257.65 + shipping
Description: Engraved frontispiece and engraved pictorial extra titles to each volume. Engraved folding map. 8 volumes, 8vo ( 6 3/8 x 4 inches), pages: xxiv:325; viii:344; ix:323; xii:343; viii:341; viii:342; viii:381; & xi:431. Contemporary full blue calf, sides ruled in gilt. Spines gilt on wide raised bands, with lettering and numbering pieces, all edges marbled. Spines uniformly faded to brown. An attractive set in very good condition. Two further volumes of "Miscellaneous Anecdotes of the Doctor's other friends and acquaintences" were subsequently published. The present 8 volumes comprise the entire Life of Jhnson and the Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides. Modern bookplate on front fly leaves. Weight 2.8 kg thus extra overseas postage will be requested.
Seller: Bristow & Garland, Shaftesbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 10 volumes, complete. Green leather spine and tips, raised bands, with marbled boards, endpapers and page edges. Red silk bookmark bound in each volume. Former owner's name in each first blank, these are contemporary bindings, with the copyright date on spine, along with title, volume number and decorations. The green leather is slightly rubbed, and slightly dulled at spine. All in all, a beautiful set. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall
Seller: Liberty Book Shop, Avis, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$280.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A rather attractive, complete set of Croker's Second edition, Pottle 92. All volumes in Very Good+ or better condition, except volume five, showing beginning separation of spine, internally fine though. Bound in attractive red morocco, all edges gilt. Raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration on the spines. First volume showing bookplate from the libary of Oscar Benjamin Cintas, prominent sugar and railroad magnate and book collector who served as Cuba's ambassador to the United States from 1932 until 1934; Often praised as the greatest biography written in English, Boswell's famous work covers Samuel Johnson, (1709 -1784), English poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer; Small 8vo
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Illus. with engraved 12 frontispieces and 12 extra title page vignettes drawn by C. Stanfield and engraved by E. Finden. 12mo. Originally to be 8 volumes, changed to 10 with addition of new material, and thus new title pages were issued. Spines a bit darkened, extremities rubbed, some scuffing to spines, volume labels chipped, one nearly gone, one title label heavily chipped, bindings tight, leaves crisp and clean, overall still a very good set but for the chipped labels. Three quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands, six gilt decorated compartments,with red morocco title label and black morocco volume label, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, sewn-in red silk bookmark
Seller: Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB, East Jewett, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$322.07 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Presumed 1st Edition Thus, John Murray 1835. Complete Set in 10 Volumes. Tissueguarded frontispieces, illustrated titlepage, folding map in original fold. Cracked to upper hinge vols I and X, several upper hinges a gently tender, otherwise very good clean tight sound square, no bookplate, discreet initial lettered ownership inscription. Beautifully bound in bright gilt lettered ruled and illustrated green calf leather over coloured marbled boards, 2 corners gently rounded, great shelf presence with gilt embossed scrolled illustration in double gilt framing to gently rubbed spines, all edges very bright gilt. A lovely set for scholar and collector alike. Heavy sets such as this incur additional postage, particularly overseas.
Seller: Richard Booth's Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
Price: US$331.47 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 10 volumes complete, rebound in 1983, quarterbound white vellum spines with gilt lettering and lines, blue-marbled papered boards, blue endpapers, top edges gilt, profusely illustrated Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
Seller: San Francisco Book Company, Paris, France
Price: US$354.27 + shipping
Description: Complete in 10 volumes. Books measure 18x11.5.cm. Bound in later half calf, calf corners, cloth boards, gilt head and tail bands, gilt lettering. Calf lightly rubbed, scuffed on edges/corners, private library number on spines. All bindings in good clean firm condition. Internally, private library stamp on endpapers. Pages in good clean condition. A nice clean solid set. Size: 8vo
Seller: George Jeffery Books, HERTFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom
Price: US$368.16 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Life of Samuel Johnson including a journal of his tour to the Hebrides by James Boswell to which are added Johnsoniana, anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, Murphy, Tyers, Reynolds, Steevens etc. and notes by various hands. London John Murray 1835. 10 volumes complete. Overall Good condition. Leather bindings showing varying degrees of wear and could do with some repair. Contents the foxing and use marks to be expected at this age. Heavy (3.5 kgs). Price includes standard postage worldwide. Please enquire before ordering as photographs showing the condition will be sent.
Seller: Waimakariri Books and Prints Limited, Oxford, New Zealand
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Complete in ten volumes. The second Croker edition. The first 8 volumes are 1835 printings; volumes 9 and ten are from 1839. The ten volumes are uniformly bound in a contemporary full light brown leather. In 1831 Murray published a 5-volume edition that included for the first time the additions and notes of Coker. The poorly edited edition was panned by critics (notably, Macaulay); so the publisher rushed to re-edit the text and published this set in 1835 and 1839. The second edition not only was better edited, but it also contained additional illustrations not found in the first edition. The attractive set is in about very good condition: each volume is clean and tight, with some edgewear; most volumes have waterstains on covers--see the attached images for an example of the typical stain. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
Seller: Tennyson Williams Books and Fine Art, Williamsburg, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$546.92 + shipping
Description: Worn set bound in half aniline calf over marble boards. Spine bands worn with an overall clean impression. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 10 volumes. Subject; Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784). Genre; Biography. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$579.72 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: BOUND IN 19th CENTURY FULL LEATHER BINDINGS, DOUBLE FRONTIS ENGRAVINGS TO ALL TEN VOLUMES, FOLDING MAP, MARBLED PAGE EDGES, PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FOR 1836 TO FRONT ENDPAPER OF VOLUME 1 [SEE IMAGE] VOLUMES 1 & 2 STATE COMPLETE IN EIGHT VOLUMES TO TITLE PAGE WITH VOLUMES 3-10 STATING COMPLETE IN TEN VOLUMES. EACH BOOK MEASURES APPROX 6.5 X 4 INCHES. EVEN FADING TO ALL LEATHER SPINES, FRONT BOARD OF VOLUME 10 & REAR BOARD OF VOLUME 1 ARE FADED TO EDGES, FEW MINOR MARKS OR SCUFFS TO LEATHER COVERS, COUPLE OF SPINE LABELS CHIPPED TO VOLUMES 1 & 2, OCCASIONAL MINOR MARKS OR LIGHT FOXING TO PAGES. OVERALL THE BOOKS ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH ALL HINGES STRONG & MAJORITY OF PAGES CLEAN. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Price: US$604.00 + shipping
Description: Worn set bound in half aniline calf over marble boards. Spine bands worn with an overall clean impression. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 10 volumes. Subject; Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784). Genre; Biography. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$611.92 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Including A Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, by James Boswell, Esq. To Which are Added, Anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, Murphy, Tyers, Reynolds, Steevens, &c. and Notes by Various Hands. In Ten Volumes. Complete. Published by John Murray, London, 1835. Bound by Maclehose, Glasgow. A very good (approaching near fine) set of hardbacks with leather spines and corners with raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Marbled paper over boards. With same marbled endpapers. Spines just slightly darker than leather on the boards. Some mild wear and bumping. Volume XIII with scuffed marbled paper on the front (but relatively minor - see photograph). The text is very good - generally clean and bright with occasional mild spotting. All soundly bound with intact endpapers. Each volume has an attractive frontispiece and pictorial half title, separated by a tissue guard (with mild offsetting to guards). A nice addition to any library. Text in English. Weight approximately 4kg (the set - unpacked). Dimensions: Each volume approximately 172mm high x 115mm wide x 26mm deep. Extra postage may be payable. More photos on request.
Seller: Lanna Antique, Perth, United Kingdom
Price: US$625.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 10 volumes, engraved frontispiece and title-p. in each volume all by Stanfield after Finden, original blindstamped brown cloth, gilt lettering direct and within blindstamped labels; vol. 1, 2, and 10 neatly rebacked; the binding was a dainty one from the start, and needs care in handling, but the overall appearance is generally very good. This set with the 1835 ownership signature of Charles Kelsall who has penned 14 lines of commentary in vol. 1 and 69 lines in vol. 2 on endpapers and flyleaf, all in praise of the good Dr. Johnson. Croker's second edition, which was anonymously edited by John Wright. The original Croker edition (1831 in 5 vols. 8vo), still stands as a monument of Johnsonian scholarship; but it was badly edited, much (and famously) condemned by Macaulay. Seeing the problem, Murray hastily engaged Wright to do a make-over and republished it in 1835. These 1835 plates were later stereotyped, and many editions followed, those after 1853 under the Bohn imprint, to whom Murray had sold the plates. "No matter what the title-pages may say, all Crokers in ten volumes small octavo (often described as duodecimo) are, so far as the text is concerned, one and the same thing. The number of illustrations varies" (Pottle). Pottle 92.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
James Boswell. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.. John Murray, London, 1835.
Price: US$680.20 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A decoratively bound set of Boswell's famous The Life of Samuel Johnson including the rarer two volumes of Johnsoniana. Complete in Ten Volumes. Volume X contains additional title pages for Volumes I - VIII to the rear. With an armorial nameplate for Robert Montgomery Convoy on the front pastedowns. This set contains the eight volumes complete of The Life of Samuel Johnson with both volumes of the 'Johnsoniana' that was added during publication. In original publishers cloth binding. bindings are generally tight and firm. Externally, smart. There is some wear to the extremities, including some bumping, with some discolouration and marks to the boards. The inner rear hinge is strained in volumes I and V, and has failed in volume VI and needs repair (allowed for in price). Internally the pages are generally bright, with some occasional slight browning. There is the occasional spot, becoming prominent to the first and last few pages. There is an ink signature on the title pages of volumes V to IX and on the half-title of volumes III and IV. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$736.96 + shipping
Description: In ten volumes. 4.25 x 6.5 inches. Vol I - xxiv, 325 pp frontispiece - tissue guarded engraving of Johnson, Illustration on half-title page of house in Lichfield - the birthplace of Johnson & one other illustration of Tunbridge Wells. Engraved frontispiece & vignette on half-title page of all other volumes. Other volumes similar no. pp as Vol I. Fold-out Map of the Tour through Scotland and the Hebrides by Johnson & Boswell in 1775 in Vol IV. Fold-out Round Robin addressed to Johnson in Vol VI. Armorial plate of Barter family on fep of each volume. Contemporary tan half leather with brown marbled hard paper boards. Marbled edges. Black labels with gilt lettering. Six decorative gilt bands and three floral gilt decorations on each spine. Small nick in spine label of Vol II and Vol VI. Tops and bottoms of spines and corners lightly rubbed. Marbled surfaces of boards rubbed away in patches on most volumes. Very clean text. Overall condition VG. A very attractive set.
Seller: Owl Books, County Leitrim, Ireland
Price: US$770.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 10 vol. Small 8vo. [5], vi-xxiv, [2], 3-325, [3]; [5], vi-viii, [1], 2-344, [2]; [5], vi-ix, [2], 2-323, [3]; [5], vi-xii, [1], 2-343, [1]; [5], vi-viii, [1], 2-341, [3]; [5], vi-viii, [1], 2-342, [2]; [5], vi-viii, [1], 2-381, [3]; [5], vi-xi, [2], 2-431, [3]; [5], vi-xv, [2], 2-335, [3]; [5], vi-xii, [1], 2-376, [2] pp. Late nineteenth-century half polished calf over pink cloth, spines in six compartments (spines unpolished), lettered and tooled in gilt; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Beautifully bound by Riviere & Son. Each volume illustrated by a frontispiece and vignette engraved title page, volume three with a fold-out map of Scotland and the Hebrides. Volume six contains the fold-out Round Robin facsimile of Johnson's hand-writing (to which there is a tiny hairline split, not affecting the legibility of the fold-out plate). Oxford DNB, Pat Rogers, "Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)". Pottle 92. The second Croker edition, with little change to the text except for "the notes and Johnsoniana" (Pottle 182). Pottle notes that the last two volumes in the set are extremely useful , with some material never having been before published. Pottle also calls this "the first illustrated edition" (Pottle, 183). A stunning set of Boswell's magnum opus, a monumental and early English biography. Samuel Johnson, most famous for compiling the English dictionary that would replace the Bailey dictionary (and would later become the dictionary that Noah Webster would consult) is a legendary author and man of letters. Here, his biographer and diarist, James Boswell, relates his life, work, and correspondences in the ten volumes. The final two volumes include the anecdotes about Johnson from his contemporaries. A principal work in English biographical literature, housed in a lovely binding. A Near Fine set with a few hints of wear to the extremities, overall bright and beautiful.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Boswell, James. THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.. John Murray, London, 1835.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Description: Ten volumes, small 8vo. Illustrated with engravings, facsimiles in Johnson's hand, engraved frontispieces and extra title page engraved. Bound by Bayntun in full tan morocco with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spines with gilt titles and gilt strap work in the panels, strap work rules on the covers and fancy dentelles. Joints of two volumes somewhat rubbed, else fine and bright
Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.
Price: US$949.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: London: John Murray, 1835. First illustrated edition, 1835. Remarkably well kept complete set of ten volumes in fine bindings signed by both Bayntun and Lauriat. Full maroon straight grained morocco leather with extensive gilt decoration, dual spine labels, all edges gilt, gilt tooled inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, two ribbon bookmarks in each volume, books just more than 6.5 inches tall. Also includes a hand colored frontis plate and hand colored additional engraved title in each volume, numerous folding facimile documents and plates. Color unfaded, gilt bright, tight bindings, verso of front free endpapers and preliminary blanks and half-titles have some modest age darkening, clean pages, no names or other markings. Note that the photos of the color plates have a yellowish cast; they are actually a creamy white. Externally fine, internally near fine. First Illustrated Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1835 Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell FAMOUS English Biography 10v SET I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am. Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson was a famous English writer and scholar most known for his Dictionary of the English Language as well as a collection of biographical accounts of eminent English poets. In the mid-1700s, Johnson met James Boswell, a Scottish biographer who wrote an extensive biography of Johnson, which, according to a number of experts, is the greatest biography in the English language! In addition to the complete eight-volumes of Life of Samuel Johnson this set includes both volumes of Johnsoniana , a work of anecdotes collected by Johnson himself. According to Pottle, This version contains both the original texts, augmented by the additional writings of the biographer and his subject, and the very valuable new and related material which Croker introduced. Item number: #13734 Price: $950 BOSWELL, James The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D: including a journal of his tour to the Hebrides, to which are added, anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, Murphy, Tyers, Reynolds, Stevens, &c., and notes by various hands London: John Murray, 1835. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages; 10 volumes Vols I-VIII: Life of Johnson Vols IX-X: Johnsoniana 28 engraved plates References: Pottle 92 Language: English Binding: Leather; tight & secure Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 13734 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$966.20 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: London: John Murray, 1835, Second Croker Edition. Half leather binding with gilt titles to a brown and red leather labels, with marbled paper covered boards. With illustrated title pages and frontispieces to each volume in addition to a letterpress title, only 3 further engraved illustrations of the many further plates called for (44 to 51), although collation does vary in retailed volumes online. The title pages for the first eight volumes have in Eight Volumes stated. In the Notice to the start of Volume VIII it clarifies that two additional volumes were needed to complete the works. Text tanned and damp stained to some volumes. "This version contains both the original texts, augmented by the additional writings of the biographer and his subject, and the very valuable new and related material which Croker introduced [in his 1831 edition]" (Pottle). Pagination: Vol I xxiv, 325pp, [3]pp adverts (1 plate). Vol II viii, 344pp. Vol III ix, [i], 323pp. Vol IV xii, 343pp. Vol V viii, 341pp (2 plates). Vol VI viii, 342pp. Vol VII viii, 381pp. Vol VIII xi, [i], 431pp. Vol IX xv, [i], 335pp. Vol X xii, 376pp. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 8 ½ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles to red label, rubbed, marked and worn, darkened to the top of Vol II and III, the red labels chipped and worn to the the rear joints of Vols I and II. Joints good condition rubbed and worn, a hole to the rear joint of Vol I, not impacting structural integrity. 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
Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, United Kingdom
BOSWELL, James. The Life Of Samuel Johnson.. London: John Murray, 1835., 1835.
Price: US$975.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: EXTRA ILLUSTRATED. 10 vols., 6-11/16" x 4-3/8", extra illustrated with the insertion of 94 portraits and 7 views, additional engraved title-page and frontis in each volume. Bound in full tan calf, ribbed gilt decorated spines, three gilt lettered brown morocco spine labels, covers triple ruled in gilt, gilt dentelles, top edges gilt, by Root & Son. Inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spines fine, small circular stain about 1/2 of a quarter to the foredge of the rear cover of volume 4, mild general handling, internally clean and bright, still a VERY GOOD set.
Seller: D&D Galleries - ABAA, Somerville, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1100.74 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 12mo. 7 volumes with contemporary leather spine and marbled boards. vol 6 7 & 10 in maroon cloth with faded spine and the last with detached boards
Seller: Victoria Bookshop, BERE ALSTON, DEVON, United Kingdom
Price: US$1150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 10 volume set. Bound with maroon leather spines and corners. Red cloth over boards. Raised cords on the spines. Lettering in gold, with volume numbers, date, and 'extra illustrated.' Top edges gilt. Varying page counts - between 320 and 425. A pencil notation inside the front cover of volume 1 says there are 140 additional plates. These plates are usually portraits of people mentioned in the biography, taken from earlier sources and carefully sized and inserted here to supplement the original material. Each of these additional plates has the binder's code on the back, identifying which volume and which page it should be inserted at. Some folding facsimiles pages as well. Bindings good and right and quite attractive. Some slight wear to the hinges, but this hardly detracts. Also, a small chip at the extended top of the crown of the spines on 3 volumes prevent it from being flawless, but these chips are so small as only to be visible when you look down on the books from above. Each volume measures 4.5 x 6.75 inches. The whole set sits on 12 inches of shelf space. Please email to request photos or with questions. Extra shipping will be required to ship the 10 vol set safely.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good/No Jacket. First Thus. 10 volumes. Full leather binding with tooled edges gilt. All edges marbled. Engraved frontis and half title each volume, with additional plates. Spines elaborately tooled in gilt. Anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, Murphy, Tyres, Reynolds, Steevens, &c. "This version contains both the original texts, augmented by the additional writings of the biographer and his subject, and the very valuable new and related material which Croker introduced." (Pottle 92.). All 10 volumes have the bookplate of William Scurfield Grey (1808 - 1876), BA, St. Johns College, Cambridge.
Seller: Limestone Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Leather. Small 8vo. John Murray, London. 1835. 10 volumes. Xxiv, 325 pgs; viii, 344 pgs; ix, 323 pgs; xii, 343 pgs; viii, 341 pgs; viii, 342 pgs; viii, 381 pgs; xi, 431 pgs, xv, 335 pgs; xii, 376 pgs. Illustrated with a hand-colored engraved frontispiece and an additional hand-colored vignette title, all engraved by Edward Francis Finden (1791-1857). In addition there are nineteen hand-colored plates, (portraits and views) , a folding map of "The Tour through Scotland and the Hebrides. In 1773" (volume IV) , a folding facsimile "Round Robin" (volume VI) , and six folding facsimile letters. First Illustrated Edition, Croker's Second Edition. Bound in tree calf leather with gilt double-rule border on covers, spines decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments, with red maroon labels with gilt lettering and gilt board edges and turn-ins, all edges gilt, with some uncut pages and marbled endpapers (unsigned binding; looks like Bayntun). Full purple morocco, covers elaborately tooled in gilt in a geometric pattern. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature is revealed with unparalleled immediacy and originality, in a biography to which we owe much of our knowledge of the man himself. Through a series of richly detailed anecdotes, Johnson emerges as a sociable figure, vigorously engaging and fencing with great contemporaries such as Garrick, Goldsmith, Burney and Burke, and of course with Boswell himself. Yet anxieties and obsessions also darkened Johnson's private hours, and Boswell's attentiveness to every facet of Johnson's character makes this biography as moving as it is entertaining. EB; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1256.06 + shipping
Description: A striking vellum bound set of Boswell's famous biography of Samuel Johnson, featuring illustrations and valuable additions. Complete in ten volumes. Celebrated work of Scottish biographer James Boswell, often described as one of the greatest English biographies of all time.With engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title page to each volume as well as one double page full page etching, a folding map, and folding facsimile. Collation seems to vary in various copies seen in commerce. Complete with half titles.Including 'A Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides.' With additions of anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, Murphym Tyers, Reynolds, Steevens, &c. and notes by various hands. Second Croker edition featuring related material first introduced in 1831. Also featuring the original texts, augmented by the additional writings of the biographer and his subject.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. Rebound in uniform quarter vellum over cloth covered boards, with titles in gilt to morocco spine labels, renewed endpapers. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor spotting to first and last few leaves, affecting particularly leaves of plates. Pages otherwise generally very clean throughout. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$1932.39 + shipping
Description: An attractive set of Boswell's great biography, first published in 1791. "This version contains both the original texts, augmented by the additional writings of the biographer and his subject, and the very valuable new and related material which Croker introduced [in his 1831 edition]" (Pottle). "Boswell's Life of Johnson remains the most famous biography in any language, one of Western literature's most germinal achievements: unprecedented in its time in its depth of research and its extensive use of private correspondence and recorded conversation, it sought to dramatize its subject in his authorial greatness and formidable social presence, and at the same time treat him with a profound sympathy and inhabit his inner life. Boswell both elevated the life of the writer to epic stature, and attended to the minute details of life as lived to provide a steady disclosure of character through their long gradual accretion" (ODNB). Pottle 92. 10 volumes, small octavo (164 x 102 mm). Early 20th-century orange morocco by Bayntun, spines lettered in gilt, covers panelled in gilt, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Engraved frontispieces and vignettes title pages with tissue-guards, 24 other engraved plates including views, portraits, maps and facsimiles. Spines lightly sunned with a few slight patches of discoloration, occasional offsetting from plates otherwise contents clean. An excellent set.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides.To which are added, anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, Murphy, Tyers, Reynolds, Steevens, &c. And notes by various hands. London: John Murray, 1835. Croker's second edition, revised by John Wright. Ten small octavo volumes, including two volumes of Johnsoniana. Each volume with engraved frontispiece and vignette title. Extra-illustrated with over 100 engraved plates. Bound by Morrell of London in full tan polished calf. Gilt double-rule border on covers, spines decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments, with maroon and green morocco gilt lettering labels, gilt board edges and turn-ins, top edge gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers. An about fine set. Pottle 92. HBS 65838. $2,500.
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$7800.00 + shipping
Description: 170 x 105 mm. (6 3/4 x 4 1/4"). 10 volumes. VERY PRETTY PURPLE CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY BAYNTUN OF BATH (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with gilt rule border, central panel diapered in gilt with knots at line intersection, central compartment filled with floral tools, raised bands, spine compartments with large fleuron, gilt lettering, gilt-ruled turn-ins with trefoil at corners, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With a total of 51 ILLUSTRATIONS, consisting of: engraved frontispiece and extra engraved title page with vignette in each volume, a folding map, a folding facsimile plate, and one double-page plate, as called for, all by Edward Francis Finden and all hand-colored, AND EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 28 PLATES (10 portraits, nine views, nine folding facsimile plates, four with vignette views), ALL COLORED BY HAND, all with tissue guards. Pottle 92. âSpines just slightly and evenly sunned to a very pleasing burgundy, one front hinge exposed (with no hint of looseness), offsetting from and onto the folding facsimiles, other trivial imperfections, but A LOVELY SET, clean and fresh internally with attractively colored plates, in a luscious and lustrous binding with virtually no signs of use. This is the first illustrated edition of the work generally considered to be the greatest biography in any language, here embellished with additional portraits of Johnson's associates and views of important places in his life. First published in 1791, Boswell's account of Dr. Johnson reveals the most fully realized figure in literature, and it prefigures modern biography in emphasizing the character of the subject, rather than his deeds. It is also a tribute to Boswell's genius in that the bulk of the text is made up of accounts by the author of situations that he himself created so that his subject would be prompted to behave in a revealing and memorable way. Boswell "was a consummate impresario, stage-managing the setting and 'dramatis personae' amidst which Johnson would glitter, and then providing topics and opinions to elicit the magnificent rejoinders of Johnson." The result is that we see an unforgettable portrait of a man brilliant and profound and at the same time dogmatic, overbearing, prejudiced, and irascible. (Day) This edition also includes Johnson's journal of his visit to the Hebrides Islands and "anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, Murphy, Tyers, Reynolds, Steevens, &c., and notes by various hands" in the two final volumes, which have the running title "Johnsoniana." Our handsome set is a good example of the early 20th century decorative work typical of the Bayntun firm, founded in Bath in 1894 and now the last of the great Victorian trade binderies still in family ownership. It is not terribly uncommon to encounter extra-illustrated examples of this and similar sets of major literary works, but it is unusual to find such a set with all the illustrations hand colored. First Illustrated Edition, Croker's Second Edition.
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, U.S.A.