Frederick a Pottle Editor Boswell (51 results)

HARDCOVER. Condition: G+ / G+. GOOD-PLUS HARDBACK-WITH-DUSTJACKET. DUSTJACKET VERY NICE EXCEPT FOR A FEW SHORT EDGE TEARS. 1952 - STATED FIRST EDITION.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1950 1st Ed. Yale Univ. Boards soiled & faded, owner's name, pages are fine, illustrated & w/maps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Missing. Blue paper covered boards; black cloth spine with gold spine titles; edges worn; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; no jacket. Interior is clean and unmarked; 390 pages.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Folio Society. 1985. Fine condition appears unread. Clean tight and bright. Slipcase is in fine condition clean and strong very lightly rubbed at one corner.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket has a couple of chips and rubbing to edges. U.S. orders are shipped from Lewiston, NY location.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. First Edition. VG- in cloth/boards (spine tips rubbed, corners worn to boards) 8vo xxix+370pp Series: The Yale Editions of The Private Papers of James Boswell. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrated by B&w maps. (illustrator). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. Book Club Edition. Book club edition. A diary kept by James Boswell in which the 22-year-old Scotsman recorded events over a period of 9 months during his visit to London. Though written in the 18th Century, the journal wasn't published until this 1950 edition. An entry in the publisher's series "The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell." With maps of central London and the Thames waterfront at endpapers, and two additional plates with facsimiles of the journal's leaves. Edited, and with an introduction by Frederick A. Pottle. Preface by Christopher Morley. --- In light blue paper-covered boards backed in darker blue cloth, with gilt-stamped spine titling; Boswell family crest to front cover. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With a small area of soiling to front cover, otherwise a tightly-bound, intact copy.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xxix, 370 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. dj w/lite wear, in mylar (price clipped); black c w/blue boards, lie shelf rubbing; preface by Christopher Morley; 370 clean, unmarked pages. Maps on End Papers (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

paperback. Condition: Good. XLIB with well preserved and very colorful DJ (with one 1 inch edge tear and good bit of fraying at edges. I've handled many volumes of the Boswell papers but never one with any DJ. Shipped with care and super extra padding.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Used: Very Good. First Edition. Clean, sturdy first edition in light blue papered boards with dark blue spine cloth. Minor slant at head of spine; a name penned on half-title page. Heavily worn price-clipped jacket with loss on spine-ends, protected under a new plastic cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. First Edition, First Printing; dj w/lite wear ony, clipped price, in mylar; maps on end papers; black c w/blue boards, gilt spine titles; 433 clean, unmarked pages. Maps on End Papers (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. First Edition, First Printing; dj w/chipping, tears, unclipped price, in mylar; maps on end papers; black c w/blue boards, gilt spine titleds; 433 clean, unmarked pages. Maps on End Papers (illustrator).

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. First Thus. Full calf with gilt accents, top edge in gilt, marbled endpapers, slipcased. De Luxe Edition. xxix,370 pp. Leather darkened and somewhat rubbed along spine panel, nicely intact on both boards. Slipcase shows soiling, dampstaining to lower portions. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition Thus. Very good first edition thus in fair price unclipped dust jacket ($6.00). Binding is tight with tanned pages and text is clean and unmarked. Jacket has some significant tears and is currently protected in a clear cover.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1950 Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Near fine in near fine slipcase. I note every flaw I find, so buy with confidence.

second edition, dark blue cloth, 428pp, illus, VG (v sl edgewear, v sl bumped spine head and foot, sl foxing to ep's & v sl spasmodically throughout) d/w VG- (sl creasing, wear & tears to extrems, sl foxing, sl soiled rubbed & sunned).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A., 1950. Apparent Third (3rd) Printing of the First (1st) Edition ("First Edition" stated with Roman numeral "III" below it.). Fine in a Fair Dust Jacket. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square with black topstain, and no markings of any kind. The Binding is black quarter cloth to blue boards, with colophon in black to front board, and bright gilt title, etc., to spine, all corners square and sharp with light wear at tips, and map of London endpapers, unmarked except for the book plate of historian, biographer and author Leo T. Molloy on the front endpaper. The pictorial Dust Jacket has a 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" curved chip at the bottom of the spine and rear panel, and shows extensive wear at folds, but has the original price ($5.00) intact on the front flap. See photos. xxix+370 pages. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". This was the very first publication in The Yale Edition of the Private Papers of James Boswell, which eventually reached 14 volumes of journals, plus 9 volumes of correspondence, plus associated volumes. This volume is the from Boswell's first journals on leaving home and settling in London. Preface by Christopher Morley, Introduction by Frederick A. Pottle (editor of this volume), and a 27 page Index. NOTE: This is a heavy book, weighing 885 grams / 1 lb., 15 oz., and will require extra postage for international shipment or expedited delivery.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. dj w/unclipped price, in mylar; maps on end papers; black c w/blue boards; 357 clean, unmarked pages. Maps on End Papers (illustrator).

1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, xx,428pp, illustrated, map endpapers, owner's name on flyleaf, edges slightly browned, text clean and sound, Very Good / no dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The Yale Editions of The Private Papers of James Boswell. First Edition. A Very well looked after book, in Very Good condition. The scandalous, vivid, and deeply intimate personal diary of a young James Boswell navigating the bustling streets of 1762?1763 London, capturing everything from his historic first meeting with Samuel Johnson to his chaotic romantic misadventures and observations of Georgian society.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 370 pages. no dj, text foxed, front hinge weak.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition. First Thus. The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell.The book is quarter bound in dark navy over slate blue paper boards with Clan Boswell coat of arms stamped in navy blue on the front cover. Deckled fore-edges. Corners are sharp and the binding is tight. Pages are clean, smooth and unmarked. The dust jacket is in good plus condition with shelf wear and a .5" closed tear down along the back edge of spine panel from the top ,and several other smaller closed tears and chips tiny chips. The original price -"$5.00" is on the front flap. Includes a copy of opening page of the manuscript of Boswell's London Journey 1762-1763 and two pages of the manuscript recording Boswell's first meeting with Johnson. Endpapers illustrated with "Map of London 1761" 370 pages in fine condition.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 0002- edition. 412 pages. 7.75x5.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. No jacket. First Edition, Number 20 of 50 copies. New York: The Viking Press, 1937. Lacks spine label else Very Good condition. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Number 20 of 50 copies, "Especially prepared for the use of those about whom (at the moment of going to press) the editor is enthusiastic." BOSWELL AND THE GIRL FROM BOTANY BAY, by F. A. Pottle was first published as a separate book [The Viking Press, 1937] and limited to 500 copies. A less expensive alternative is this anthology, where it is included with the addition of new commentary (4 pages) by Alexander Woollcott. This printing of BOSWELL AND THE GIRL FROM BOTANY BAY has the complete text of the original, except for Pottle's preface, end notes, and three illustrations. Also in this anthology [Woolcott's Second Reader] are the following: PREFACE TO "ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS" by Shih Nai-an; THE LADY'S MAID'S BELL by Edith Wharton; JOE by Gustav Eckstein; A CHRISTMAS GARLAND by Max Beerbohm; THE PORTRAIT OF M. M. by D. H. Lawrence; TWO FRIENDS by Willa Cather; CAKES AND ALE, OR, THE SKELETON IN THE CUPBOARD by W. S. Maugham; THE GOLDEN AGE by Kenneth Grahame. Original green cloth. First Edition, Number 20 of 50 copies. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 8vo. 558pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition, First Printing. London: William Heinemann, Ltd. , 1953. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good+. First Edition, "First Published 1953" on copyright page, in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with small gold falcon decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine. Tiny bump to one corner tip. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean map-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with black and white plates. 353 pages with index. Clean jacket has one 1" closed tear to rear spine fold, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.…

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Tanned endpapers. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xiii, 370 pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimile, map ; 24 cm. Subjects: Boswell, James 1740-1795 ; Diaries; Boswell, James 1740-1795; Authors, Scottish 18th century ; Diaries; London (England) Social life and customs 18th century; Authors, Scottish 18th century ; Biography; Authors, Scottish ; Diaries; London (England) Intellectual life 18th century. 1 Kg.…