Search Results: the life of samuel johnson three volumes by boswell james 1740

London : MacMillan and Co., ltd, 1912. Reprint. Hardcover. Good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved set overall. Physical description: 3 v.: facsims; cm. Notes: This edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson is reprinted from that prepared by Mr. Mowbray Morris for the Messrs. Macmillan's ""Globe"" series in 1893.Subject: Johnson, Samuel 1709-1784. Genre: Biography. Illustrated.

Oxford: published by Talboys and Wheeler ; and William Pickering, London, 1826. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor copies with wear, tear and dust-dulling as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; volumes 2 & 3. Subjects; Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784). Reynolds, Joshua Sir (1723-1792) � artist. Genres; Biographies - England - 1822. Biography. Illustrated.

London : Printed for the members of the Limited editions club at the Curwen press, 1938. Special Edition Printed for the members of the Limited editions club at the Curwen press. Hardback. Very good copy in the original brown cloth with contrasting gilt-titled red leatherette plates recessed to spine. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright and internally clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; Physical description. : 3 v. : fronts. (ports. ) ; 25.5 cm. Notes: ""The two sets of Piozzi marginalia which are the special feature of this edition ... Are from an 1816 edition of the life (the eighth) now at Harvard, and from an 1807 edition (the fifth) now owned by Colonel Ralph H. Isham."" --Pref. , v.1."" A chronological catalogue of the prose works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D"": v.1, p. [xlix]-lviii. Subject: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. Authors, English - 18th century - Biography. Lexicographers - Great Britain - Biography.

Boston: W. Andrews and L. Blake, 1807. First American from the fifth London edition. Hardcover. Octavo, Three volumes (22, 500 pages; 512 pages; 543 pages). In Good condition. Spines are brown with gold print on black banners. Boards in brown leather. Light wear to spine caps and corners, slight scuffing. Text blocks have red marbled edges, blue marbled endpapers. Name in pencil and ink on front endpapers, occasional light foxing. Illustrated: frontispiece portrait in first volume, folded facsimile of Johnson's handwriting in third volume. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area. 1374511. FP New Rockville Stock.

Boston: W. Andrews and L. Blake, Greenough and Stebbins, printers, 1807. First American Edition, from the Fifth London Edition. Full Leather Hardcovers. Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Full 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, 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 Full calf with red leather spine label with gilt sections and numerals on the spine. Edges stained and speckled light blue with 8vo; 9 by 5.5 inches; pp 500 / 512 / 543 with index; Frontispiece of Samuel Johnson in volume 1. Advertisements of first five volumes, and a six-page Chronological Catalogue of the Prose Works of Samuel Johnson precedes the text in volume one.  First American Edition, from… Read More