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Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition thus. Preface by Clement K Shorter. 433pp. Illustrated. Maroon cloth stamped in gilt, topedge gilt. Small stamp on front endpaper, a few plates and protective tissue with modest offsetting, corners and spine ends fraying with small tears, spine slightly worn, about very good. Volume one only of a three-volume set. One of 2000 copies.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.77 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Light wear to boards. Bumping. Content has toning to page ends. Rough cut pages. No DJ.
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
James Boswell. The Life Of Samuel Johnson Volume The Third. Navarre Society/Privately Printed, 1924.
Price: US$25.77 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Light wear to boards. Bumping. Content has toning to page ends. Rough cut pages. No DJ.
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
James Boswell. The Life Of Samuel Johnson Volume The First. Navarre Society/Privately Printed, 1924.
Price: US$25.77 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Light wear to boards. Bumping. Content has toning to page ends. Rough cut pages. No DJ.
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Price: US$34.15 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Privately printed for the Navarre Society Limited, London. 1924 Limited Edition of 2,000 copies reprinted verbatim from the 1791 first edition. 3 volume set. 8vo. Illustrated with etchings and plates. Top edges gilt. Hardcover. No dj's. Light shelfwear to boards. Light tanning to fep's. Bindings firm, text & images bright. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING
Seller: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, United Kingdom
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition thus, printed in a limited edition of 2000 copies. 578+(1), 480, 434+(1) pages respectively. Well illustrated throughout including frontis with tissue guard in each. Top edges gilt, silk bookmarks attached. Pages are uncut. Near fine condition, clean unworn copies, no owner names, just one smudge on front cover of Volume I.
Seller: Jim Hodgson Books, Churchton, MD, U.S.A.
James Boswell. The Life of Samuel Johnson (3 Volumes). Navarre Society, 1924.
Price: US$57.97 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition in the Navarre Society limited to 2000 copies. Originally published in 1791.Privately printed verbatim from the first edition by them.Illustrated with etchings and plates. 3 volumes complete. Top edges gilt but without dustwrappers.Maroon cloth with gilt lettering and roundels of Johnson on each volume. Light shelfwear and tanning. A nice set,binding firm,pages clean. Red ribbon bookmarks in each. Heavy (3.25 kilos),probably U.K. only.Octavo.
Seller: Blacklock's Rare Books (est 1988), Egham, United Kingdom
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vos; 433, 479, 577 pages, blue cloth Limited to 2000 copies. The text of the first edition, reprinted verbatim with the corrections and additions. Includes a facsimile autograph letter. Boswell's JOHNSON was considered the paragon of biographies for nearly two centuries. 20 photogravures, 50 half-tones. . Preface by Clement K. Shorter.
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.13 + shipping
Description: 433+479+577 Seiten Zustand: Im 1. und 3. Band ist jeweils ein ExLibris. Keine Eintragungen. Rücken, Ecken, Kanten sind ein wenig bestoßen. Bei Band 1 ist das Lesebändchen lose. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 2720 Hardcover, Leinen, mit Goldkopfschnitt und Lesebändchen
Seller: Clerc Fremin, Steingaden, Germany
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Three volumes complete, each 6 X 9 X 2 inches: All VG. Volume one ahas creased corners to first 10 pages. Each comes with a scarce DJ in VG condition. Maroon marking ribbon. Vol I, 434 pages Vol II, 470 pages Vol III, 578 pages The first edition, 1791, reprinted verbatim with the appendix, "The Principal Corrections and Additions," 1793,and illustrated with twenty photogravure etchings, fifty half-tone plates, and a facsimile autograph letter. Preface by Clement K. Shorter. London: Privately printed for The Navarre Society Limited, 23 New Oxford Street, W.C. MCMXXIV" (1924) Bound in maroon cloth with gold embossing. Pages have gilt top edge, other edges are rough cut or "Deckle Edged". "This edition of "The Life of Samuel Johnson", by James Boswell, has been printed by The Riverside Press Ltd., Edinburgh, from type specially cast, and 2000 copies have been printed on paper of fine quality made for The Navarre Society."
Seller: Ally Press Center, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$96.62 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo complete in 3 volumes, limited edition of 2000 copies, unnumbered. xxxii., 434. vii., 480., vii., 578 pp. t.e.g., uncut, foredges lightly browned with some foxing. small booksellers label to front pastedowns of all 3 vols. (D Webster of Tunbridge Wells) Internally, sporadic marginal foxing otherwise very good inearly 20th century half morocco gilt, raised bands, red marbled paper boards. marb. paper chipped and worn, light shelfwear, very good minus. This set weighs 3kg, destination specific shipping may be quoted (i.r.o. extra £4.50 for mainland UK) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Tombland Bookshop, Norwich, NFLK, United Kingdom
James Boswell. The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. The Navarre Society, London, 1924.
Price: US$103.06 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: James Boswell. 1924. The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D The First Edition 19=791 printed verbatim with the appendix, the principal corrections and additions 1793 and illustrated with twenty photogravure etchings, fifty half tone plates and a facsimile autograph letter. Preface by Clement K Shorter. Privately printed for The Navarre Society in a limited edition print run of 2000 copies on paper of fine quality at The Riverside Press, Edinburgh. Three volumes in the publisher's original plum cloth boards gilt stamped with a portrait of Johnson. The spine is also gilt-stamped and is in all three volumes very very slightly faded from the original, but only marginally and the gilt is in as new order. Internally the pages are clean with no inscriptions or library marks and the text is extremely clean, tight and unmarked other than the slightest of age toning. Vol 1 xxxii introduction, preface and list of plates, pp 433; Vol 2 pp 478; Vol 3 pp 577 including index, Appendix and corrections. A really good, clean set of this Navarre limited edition set in very good condition with only the slightest indication of age. Please note this set will require additional postage. Seller Inventory #002238
Seller: UK Countryside Booksellers, Cromford, DERBY, United Kingdom
Boswell, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson Three volumes. London: The Navarre Society, 1924.
Price: US$105.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One of an edition limited to 2000 copies. Matched bindings. Approx. 6 in. x 9 in. Vol. I---434 pp; Vol. II 480 pp; Vol. III 578 pp. Illustrated with 20 etchings, 50 half-tones plates, and a facsimile autographed letter. Red cloth over boards. Gilt titling on the spine; gilt borders and gilt portrait on front covers. Red ribbon place markers bound in. Top edges gilt. A little dusting, otherwise very good. Tightly bound; interior is clear and unmarked.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$112.86 + shipping
Description: 8vos. hardcovers. cloth with gilt decorations & lettering. pp.434,480,578. b/w frontis'' with tissue guards, cloth markers. very good, owner''s bookplates inside front covers. / good+ d/ws.
Seller: Dial-A-Book, NARRABEEN, NSW, Australia
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Preface by Clement K. Shorter. 3 vols. 8vo. Crimson cloth, t.e.g. Fine. Bookplate of Ian and Ira Winterbottom Preface by Clement K. Shorter. 3 vols. 8vo
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: binding tight, no markings. edge wear, tearing, small creases on DJ. R5
Seller: COVENANT HERITAGE LIBRIS, Saint John, NB, Canada
Boswell, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.. Navarre Society, London, 1924.
Price: US$193.00 + shipping
Description: A handsome reprint of the 1st edition, printed in 1791, with many plates, incl. facsimiles from autograph letters, etc. 3 vols, tall thick 8vo, top edge gilt, foredge uncut. Original maroon & gilt cloth pristine, unusually with the original printed dust jackets in very good condition; chipped at top edge. A very fine set indeed.
Seller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.45 + shipping
Description: , 3 uniformed volumes of a limited edition of 2000 printed by the Riverside Press, Edinburgh, volume 1 xxxii 433 pages with 32 plates, volume 2 vii 479 pages with 19 plates, volume 3 vii 577 pages with 21 plates Limited Edition , Covers a little rubbed, small chip to tail of Volume I, some foxing to fore-edges and page margins, very good condition , Bound by Ramage, Half red morocco and marbled paper, five raised bands with gilt decoration in compartments Octavo Hardback ISBN:
Seller: Keoghs Books, Skipton, United Kingdom
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vos; 433, 479, 577 pages, rebound by Birdsall of London in 3/4 red morocco, raised bands, extra-gilt spines, head and tail bands. Limited to 2000 copies. The text of the first editioin, reprinted verbatim with the corrections and additions. Includes a facsimile autograph letter. Boswell's JOHNSON was considered the paragon of biographies for nearly two centuries. 20 photogravures, 50 half-tones. . Preface by Clement K. Shorter.
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.