Conversations Johnson by Postgate Raymond (13 results)

Hard Bound Volume. Condition: Very Good/Very Good. First of This Edition. Small area of front cover to d/j has had sticker removed.

Hard Bound Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First of This Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Image shows actual item for sale. Book Condition: Very Good; firm binding; contents very good. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hard Cover Allison & Busby 1969 Biography.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. First Edition. New York: Vanguard Press. , 1930. Tight, unmarked copy. Light foxing to blank endpapers. No ink name or bookplate. Text is clean. Introduction. Brief biography of Dr. Johnson's early life. The conversations are arranged chronologically from 1763, when Boswell and Johnson first met, until Johnson's last days in 1784. No index. Original yellow gold cloth, with brown lettering. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition. 8vo. xx, 318pp . Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Lehmann, 1949. 1st of this ed. Very good copy with dj ragged top & bottom spine and tips, edge wear.; 7.3 X 5.0 X 1.2 inches.

Condition: Very Good. First ed. thus; "The Chiltern Library;" 316 p., with preface by the editor; clean and unmarked, except for name of foreign owner in small hand on front end paper; paper mildly age-toned but strong; one crease where there was a turn-down to mark Dr. Johnson's opinions on marriage; binding firm; russet boards with gilt lettering show little shelfwear despite absence of d.j.…

Condition: Good. 8vo., 326 pp., Very Good, Blue Cloth, Dust Jacket with rubbing, edge wear & small tears; shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. John Lehmann, 1949. Hardback, d/j, 8vo, 316pp. Gift message, foxing/spotting throughout, d/j worn and torn with loss, sticky dot to spine. A fair reading copy. /0.4uk.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Vg hardback copy in Vg jacket. Name penned on front-endpaper. LISTING PHOTO DOES NOT NECESSARILY MATCH THIS COPY.

Hardcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Foxing on text block edges. Rubbing on panel edges.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. An varied collection of works on the literary giant Samuel Johnson, including illustrated titles and first editions. An engaging and varied selection of works contemplating the literary legacy of poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, consider the 'most distinguished man of letters in English history', Samuel Johnson.All in original dust wrappers. Predominantly unclipped, with the exception of volumes 4 and 7.Volumes 1, 2, 4, 11 feature a monochrome frontispiece, and volumes 7, 11 and 12 feature illustrated endpapers.Includes several first editions: volumes 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 11 and 12, which is the first American edition.Volume 7 features 4 double sided monochrome plates, and a double page vignette map. Volume 10 features 8 double side plates. Volume 12 features8 double-sided, vibrantly colour plates and frequent vignette illustrations. Collated, complete.Volume 9 features 8 unlisted double-sided monochrome plates. Collated from a copy held by University of Oxford Libraries, complete.Volume 11 features a charming gilt motif illustration to front board, and frequent vignette illustrations. All in original pictorial boards, with original dust wrappers. Externally, in lovely condition. Small marks to vol4 and 9 text block fore edge. Occasional sunning to dust wrapper spines. Occasional mild chipping to dust wrapper extremities. Chipping to vol4 and 7 dust wrappers. The occasional closed tear to dust wrappers. Owner's ink inscriptions to vol6 front paste down and to vol7 front blank. Small closed tear to vol6 dust wrapper head. Small scuff to vol10 dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Very slight strain to vol10. Pages generally bright and clean. Vol4 fine except pp.xv-2 loose and slotted inside. Bookplate of an Arthur G. Rippey to vol11 front blank. Occasional light spotting to text block edges. Near Fine 8.5" by 6"; 9" by 6"; 8.5" by 5.5"; 8" by 6"; 10" by 7"; 9.5" by 6.5"; 10" by 8". Various (illustrator). book. …