Life Samuel Johnson by Boswell James, Signed (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Gordon Ross (illustrator). 632 pp. Original white cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine, and gilt decoration on front cover. Binding lightly soiled. Faint dampstain to top of spine, and part of top edge of rear cover. Top edge gilt. Tape ghosts to blank endpapers. Previous owner's name on front blank endpaper. #464 of 1,000 copies. SIGNED BY GORDON ROSS. Comes in original black slipcase, which is worn at edges. Illust. w/ numerous color plates. Contents nice. Signed by Artist.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Ross, Gordon (illustrator). Limited/Numbered. Edition limited to 1,000 numbered copies. Signed by Ross. Browning to cloth on spine. Previous owner name in ink. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. "This large paper edition, signed by the artist, is limited to three hundred and fifty copies of which this is number 61" but the signature is lacking. 609pp., top edge gilt, remaining edges uncut, brown cloth with gilt lettering and front cover image showing Boswell and Johnson walking together. Inscription on front paste-down, minor darkening toward hinge free end papers, edges darkened with spots of foxing on protruding foredges of the uncut pages, else very good clean & sound condition without dust jacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: fine/vg+. limited edition. Small quarto. 631pp This edition is limited to one thousand numbered copies signed by the artist Gordon Ross. A beautiful copy in slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Editions Club, as pictured; no 1617 of 2000 signed (by illustrator) copies; w/ orig. slipcase in fine cond; volume also fine; unmarked; no bent/torn/damaged pp.; rarely opened.

Buckram With Stamped Design. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Almost Very Good. Gordon Ross (illustrator). First Edition. Cream colored buckram with stamped decoration of Boswell on cover, book is in FINE condition. It has the elusive original DJ on it which is a tissue paper type DJ (which explains why it is not usually present with the book) it does have some minor edge chipping and a 1/4" chip missing across the spine top. It is in the original black slipcase with paper title label on front. There is some minor rubbing to edges of the slipcase otherwise in very nice condition, it has protected the book well. This book is copy # 451 of 1,000 copies signed by Gordon Ross the illustrator. THIS SEEMS TO BE THE ONY BOOK LISTED WITH THE ORIGINAL TISSUE DUSTJACKET STILL INTACT. PAGES UNCUT AND TOP EDGE PAGES GILT. Signed by Illustrator(s).

3/4 Leather. Condition: Near Fine. Two volume set. 17.5 x 11.5 cm. 12mo. xx 638pp, 625pp. Signed 3/4 leather binding by the publisher. 5 raised leather bands to spines. Frontispiece portraits. Gilt top foredges. Spines faded to grey.

First Edition, the Large Paper Edition Limited to Three Hundred and Fifty Copies, Signed by the Artist. This copy is number 35. With an engraved and illustrated title-page featuring Johnson and Boswell strolling through London, and with 54 additional full-page engravings throughout as well as a map at the rear endleaves featuring the journey of Boswell and Johnson to Scotland and the Hebrides. Thick royal 8vo, handsomely bound in the publisher's polished grained cloth, the spine lettered in gilt, the upper cover with a gilt illustrative device showing Boswell and Johnson strolling with one another, top edge gilt. xx, 609 pp. A very fine copy of this edition, beautifully preserved and in a very pleasing condition, a tight, clean and crisp copy, the text and plates all bright and especially fresh, the binding strong, solid and very attractive, virtually pristine. A VERY HANDSOME COPY OF TWO OF THE GREAT BOOKS OF THE AGE BOUND TOGETHER INTO THIS FAMOUS PRESENTATION WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY ERNEST SHEPARD, SIGNED BY HIM. Celebrated for its intimacy and vividness, Boswell's Life of Johnson "is one of the best books in the world. It is assuredly a great, very great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic Poets,--Shakespeare is not more decidedly the first of Dramatists,--Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of Orators, than Boswell is the first of Biographers." (Macauley, in the Edinburgh Review, 1831). Boswell learned a great deal about the art of biography from his subject, and brought to his task boundless curiosity, persistence, and zest. The tour proved to be inspirational for both men. Johnson published A JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND in 1775 and Boswell, in addition to this work, used his notes from the tour extensively in his LIFE OF JOHNSON, published in 1791. "As a narrative of personal adventures, Boswell's account is to be preferred to Johnson's. Naturally such a work, as was true of everything concerning Dr. Johnson, aroused great interest, which was heightened by Boswell's frankness in expressing opinions about his hosts as well as by his naiveté in relating incidents that did not reflect credit to himself" (Cox). This is a very handsomely bound and readable copy of these two masterworks.

Four volumes, 8vo, engraved frontispiece portrait and pp. [ii], xxxi, [i], 452; [ii], 490; [ii], 475; [ii], 514; with folding plates at p. 83 in vol III and 466 in vol IV; offsetting of frontispiece onto title page in vol I; an uncut copy, in the original blue boards, with white paper spines; with the original printed paper labels, but both spines and labels much chipped. Third edition of Boswell's Life, published in May 1799 at the price of £1.8s in boards. This edition is 'now generally regarded as the definitive edition' (Pottle), and incorporates the corrections that Boswell made between the second edition (1793) and his death. Most of the improvements, however, were the work of Edmond Malone, who continued his work of revision and correction; and also of Dr Charles Burney, whose notes are signed 'B.'. Roger Lonsdale's first important work was a biography of Burney, and he has written out a list of the notes added by him, which is loosely inserted into this copy. Pottle 82.

Napier's Edition. Number 87 of 104 copies, each signed by the Printer "Charles Whittingham & Co" Extensively extra-illustrated with 50 plates of portraits, views, maps, and facsimile autographs, including 2 fold-outs and an inserted portrait of Johnson. Also includes an inserted issue of the Herald Tribune Weekly Book review, November 19, 1944, reviewing Joseph Wood Krutch's Samuel Johnson. 10 vols. 4to. George Bell & Sons took over Charles Whittingham Co. after Whittingham's death in 1876. An attractive copy with many beautiful illustrations. R. B. Adams v.2, p. 41 Bound in three quarters green morocoo, and marbled boards, t.e.g. Very Good, with some discoloration to Vol. 1 Part 1 from the inserted newspaper and some minor foxing from plates Extensively extra-illustrated with 50 plates of portraits, views, maps, and facsimile autographs, including 2 fold-outs and an inserted portrait of Johnson. Also includes an inserted issue of the Herald Tribune Weekly Book review, November 19, 1944, reviewing Joseph Wood Krutch's Samuel Johnson. 10 vols. 4to Napier's Edition. Number 87 of 104 copies, each signed by the Printer "Charles Whittingham & Co".

Condition: Very Good to Near Fine. A Very Good or Better Set, Complete in 10 Volumes. Stunning Riviere & Son binding presents beautifully but is generally rubbed to bottom edges of all volumes. Bumping to some extremities. Spines mildly toned. Hinges on a few volumes are starting to whiten and minor cracks are showing near crown and tail. Bindings remain square and tight bearing hinge wear in mind. Top edges gilt. Text block mildly toned. Text is clean internally. 6 3/4" x 4 1/2" Luxuriously Bound in Full Red Calf by Riviere & Son (Signed at Turn In), with Gilt Detailing and 5 Raised Bands First Illustrated Edition, Croker's Second Edition.