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London: John Murray, 1831. large print edition, first thus. Leather bound. Very good. 5 1/2 x 9 in. First edition thus with the notes by John Croker, 1831. Rebound c. 1900 by Baynton, Bath, in half scarlet calf with raised spine bands, gilt decorations, fully gilt text edges. Marbled endpapers. Frontis portraits in each, with tissue guards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; mild shadowing to the title pgs from the frontis, but unlike many of this printing, there is no foxing to the text or fold-out plates. Covers are clean with wear to the exterior of the joints but no cracking of weakness to the hinges. Leather corners have some surface scuffs. Mild shelf wear. Spines are uniformly toned to a dark red and all lack the title and volume number labels. Bindings tight and text very clean, bright and unmarked. We treat all fine bindings with Talas leather conditioner.Johnson & Boswell RGR.
Boswell's The LIFE OF SAMUEl JOHNSON, LL.D. ; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition; with a chronological account of his studies and numerous works : A "New Edition" [ in one volume ] with illustrations by Julian Portch by James Boswell; edited by John Wilson Croker - 1867
by James Boswell; edited by John Wilson Croker
Boswell's The LIFE OF SAMUEl JOHNSON, LL.D. ; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition; with a chronological account of his studies and numerous works : A "New Edition" [ in one volume ] with illustrations by Julian Portch
by James Boswell; edited by John Wilson Croker
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London, England: George Routledge and Sons, 1867. New Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good -. Octavo, 7 1/8" tall, frontispiece and illustrated title page, xvi + 526 pages (set in 8 pt type in two column format) plus several illustrations; marbled endpapers and fore-edges, gilt titles and decorations on three-quarter leather over marbled boards. A very good minus, sturdy volume over all with moderate shelf wear and rubbing, to the spine top and bottom; fore-corner tips worn through to boards ; interior very good and clean however, hinges and bindings solid, paper lightly yellowed.
- Bookseller Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC (US)
- Format/Binding Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition Used - Very Good -
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition New Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher George Routledge and Sons
- Place of Publication London, England
- Date Published 1867
- Keywords Memoir; Literature