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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides; To Which are Added Anecdotes By Hawkings, Piozzi, Murphy, Tyers, Reynolds, Steevens, &c and Notes By Verious Hands. In Ten Volumes [Complete]
by Boswell, James
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1835. First illustrated edition, 1835. Remarkably well kept complete set of ten volumes in fine bindings signed by both Bayntun and Lauriat. Full maroon straight grained morocco leather with extensive gilt decoration, dual spine labels, all edges gilt, gilt tooled inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, two ribbon bookmarks in each volume, books just more than 6.5 inches tall. Also includes a hand colored frontis plate and hand colored additional engraved title in each volume, numerous folding facimile documents and plates. Color unfaded, gilt bright, tight bindings, verso of front free endpapers and preliminary blanks and half-titles have some modest age darkening, clean pages, no names or other markings. Note that the photos of the color plates have a yellowish cast; they are actually a creamy white. Externally fine, internally near fine.. First Illustrated Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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- Resource Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 046967
- Title
- The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides; To Which are Added Anecdotes By Hawkings, Piozzi, Murphy, Tyers, Reynolds, Steevens, &c and Notes By Verious Hands. In Ten Volumes [Complete]
- Author
- Boswell, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Illustrated Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1835
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Keywords
- FINE BINDING BRITISH BIOGRAPHY LITERARY HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History; Fine Bindings, Distinctive Press, Early Printing;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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East Granby, Connecticut
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Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Edges
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Plate
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