William Wimsatt Editors (17 results)

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

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. A McGraw-Hill paperback reprint; glued spine firm, smooth, and uncreased; minor edge wear and corner bumps; pages tight, clean, fresh, and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. navy blue cloth covers with gold emblem on the front cover which is bright. Bronze colored lettering on spine is clean and unmarked. Covers exhibit light wear and bumping on corners and spine ends. Light yellowing to inside front and back covers, ffep's, bfep's and page ends due to age. Text is otherwise clean and unmarked. Inside hinge is weak but still firmly attached. The maps of London on the inside front and back covers are clean and unmarked. The large fold-out map of Edinburgh locating many of the places used in the text is in fine condition. The other b&w illustrations including the frontispiece are in fine condition. Illustrated dj is in a protective mylar cover with multiple small tears, chips and creasing on edges, corners and spine ends. Heavy shelf wear and soiling to the back cover including the edges and hinge area. "Covers the five years following Boswell's marriage in 1769-crowded, active years in which he starts a family, acquires a reputation as an advocate, and also renews his literary ambitions and labours." All books are individually examined and described. Never ex-lib unless stated.…

424pp. Black & white illustrations & maps. 1st trade edition. Edited by William K. Wimsatt, Jr. & Frederick A. Pottle. of: The Yale Editions of The Private Papers of James Boswell. Front joint has 1/2" tear, lower front cover corner bumped, text clean/tight: thus VG/in dj lacking 6" spine piece.

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++/Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Fair. First Edition. 424 pages. Dustjacket is TATTY with 2cm losses to top spine-end, 3cm losses to bottom, tears to rear opening edge, chipped corners, some nicks to edges but mainly complete. Navy blue hardback binding has dark flecking to front board, wear/small creases to spine-endsand boards' corners. Page-edges have some age-darkening with light foxing. Pages very clean, sound and in nice condition.…

1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, xiv,370pp, map endpapers, pages browning, text otherwise clean and binding sound, blue cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, Good condition / no dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (1959) 396 pp. Original red paper covered boards w/ gilt title on blue cloth spine. Light foxing to top edge of text block. Previous owner's name stamp on verso of front endpaper. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear and few short tears to edges. Illust. w/ fold-out maps and 6 b/w plates. Contents nice.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (1959) 396 pp. Original blue paper covered boards w/ gilt title on dark blue cloth spine. Binding very bright and clean. Top of spine a bit bumped. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear and few short tears to edges. Illust. w/ fold-out maps and 6 b/w plates. Contents nice. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. Almost as new. LW. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The jacket is shelf worn with creasing and markings along the edges. The boards are edge rubbed with knocked corners. The binding is secure. Light browning along the edges of the pages. no ink inscriptions or annotations. protected in cellophane. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Ex library copy, library binding, library markings etc, good tight square copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Hardcover. x, 513pp. Very good hardback bound in publisher's red cloth lettered in silver and issued without a jacket. Inscribed and signed by Kibler on the front free endpaper. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. This covers Boswell's first years as a 'true adult', having been married to Margaret Montgomerie, and having established himself as an advocate in his native Edinburgh. With illustrations & maps. / This is a 1st edition hardback with its dustjacket in good condition-the dustjacket is a little creased&rubbed & the edges are chipped, this has been repaired with white card. (424 pages & 34 pages of introduction & 8 pages of illustrations). This is a heavy book over 1kg, so there will be an extra postage charge.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited/Numbered. Blue cloth with vellum backing. Silk ribbon marker. Top edge gilt. Original clear plastic dust jacket with a tear and a chip. Limited to 350 copies this being no. 180. Rough cut fore edges with a few uncut pages. Front flap of dust jacket is doubled over and has left a faint vertical crease to the first two end papers else this copy would be as new. Original publisher's slipcase is near fine. A very clean unread copy. PayPal accepted.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 8vo. French and English. Full red cloth, silver titling to spine and armorial device to front board. Top edge red. x, 513 pp. Colour frontis. B&W illustrations in text. Fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st US Edition. 2 volumes in very good condition. Boswell for the Defence: 1959, 396 pages. Boswell in Holland: 1952, 428 pages. Pages are clean and unmarked with occasional black and white plates. Features monochromatic maps on the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplates on the flyleaves. Page edges are lightly darkened and smudged. Boswell in Holland is bound in dark blue cloth, Boswell for the Defence is quarterbound in black cloth and blue paper. Lightly worn around the edges. Illustrated dustjackets in good condition. Heavily worn around the edges with large chips and tears. Scuffed and creased. 1ST US EDITION. Price-clipped. VG+/G. Book.…

Hard. Condition: Near fine. Good Plus. Rare Book Limited Edition. Rare Book Limited Edition 268 of 350 copies. With plastic protective covering and book enclosed in slip case. Uncut edges, near fine condition. Size: 4to 0.0.