THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL. D. COMPREHENDING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS STUDIES, AND NUMEROUS WORKS, IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER; A SERIES OF HIS EPISTOLARY CORRESPONDENCE AND CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY EMINENT PERSONS; AND VARIOUS ORIGINAL PIECES OF HIS COMPOSITION,
by Boswell, James
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Bellows Falls, VT: Charles Ewer and Timothy Bedlington. Very Good-. 1824. Leather. ... NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED: THE WHOLE EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MEN IN GREAT BRITAIN, FOR NEAR HALF A CENTURY DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED. A New Edition. Copious Notes and Biographical Illustrations, By Malone. In Five Volumes; Printed By Blake, Cutler and Co. for Charles Ewer and Timothy Bedlington. Bellows Falls, VT. 1824. 5 volume set are hard-bound in 1/2 leather with marbled paper covered boards, with gilt stamped numbers and gilt stamped red leather labels on the spines - scuffed and soiled, with edge-wear and rubbing to the joints, corners and spine-ends. Volume I front board barely attached - contents are bright and legible, but with scattered foxing and toning throughout. Portrait frontispiece in Volume 1, and a folding plate in volumes 2 & 3. Volume I is a Vermont Imprint, Published in Bellows Falls, VT., 1824., with the rest of the volumes printed in Bellows Falls, VT, but have a Boston, MA imprint. .
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- Hoffman Books (US)
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- Title
- THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL. D. COMPREHENDING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS STUDIES, AND NUMEROUS WORKS, IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER; A SERIES OF HIS EPISTOLARY CORRESPONDENCE AND CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY EMINENT PERSONS; AND VARIOUS ORIGINAL PIECES OF HIS COMPOSITION,
- Author
- Boswell, James
- Illustrator
- Malone
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Ewer and Timothy Bedlington
- Place of Publication
- Bellows Falls, VT
- Date Published
- 1824
- Keywords
- James Boswell, Samuel Johnson
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- New
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...