Johnsonian Gleanings [COMPLETE in 11 Parts/Volumes, 1909-1952, with 1-pg letter SIGNED by author/compiler Reade]
by Reade, Aleyn Lyell
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Not Issued
- Seller
-
Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Privately Printed for the Author by Francis & Co. (I); Arden Press (II-IV); Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. (V-XI), 1909. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Complete in eleven (11) volumes (parts), uniformly bound in goldenrod cloth, spine panels lettered in gilt. Overall condition VG with mild shelf/handling wear, most volumes showing modest soiling to cloth, text block edges typically somewhat dulled from use and age, scattered light internal foxing. One gift inscription (II), two volumes (VIII and IX) with institutional book plates mounted inside front cover and "Johnson" inked by hand on lower spine panels. Part XI rear hinge neatly mended, firm. Part X includes 1-pg. TLS (signed by Reade) dated 30 Dec. 1946 tipped in at rear. Rarely offered complete. Pt. I (1909): Notes on Dr. Johnson's Ancestors and Connexions and Illustrative of his Early Life. [v],41,xiii,[3] pp. Pt. II (1912): Francis Barber, the Doctor's Negro Servant. [x],132 pp. Pt. III (1922): The Doctor's Boyhood. xi,209,[2] pp. Pt. IV (1923): The Doctor's Boyhood - Appendices. v,247,[1] pp. Pt. V (1928): The Doctor's Life 1728-1735. xii,314,[1] pp. Pt. VI (1933): The Doctor's Life 1735-1740. xi,224,[2] pp. Pt. VII (1935): The Jervis, Porter and Other Allied Families. v,226,[2] pp., folding chart, rear map. Pt. VIII (1937): A Miscellany. v,216 pp. Pt. IX (1939): A Further Miscellany. v,282 pp. Pt. X (1946): Johnson's Early Life: The Final Narrative. xii,224 pp. Pt. XI (1952): Consolidated Index of Persons to Parts I to X. xii,518 pp. Some volumes include a frontis., several with additional illus.; laid in to Vol. VI is a printed advertisement from Reade offering unsold copies of The Reades of Blackwood Hill and Dr. Johnson's Ancestry (also indexed in Pt. XI) and subscription form for Pt. VII..
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- Bookseller
- Saucony Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 052133
- Title
- Johnsonian Gleanings [COMPLETE in 11 Parts/Volumes, 1909-1952, with 1-pg letter SIGNED by author/compiler Reade]
- Author
- Reade, Aleyn Lyell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Not Issued
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Privately Printed for the Author by Francis & Co. (I); Arden Press (II-IV); Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. (V-XI)
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1909
- Bookseller catalogs
- England, Scotland, & Ireland;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Saucony Book Shop
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...