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Johnsoniana or Supplement to Boswell : Being Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr Johnson

By: N/A

Price: $168.75

Publisher: London, John Murray: 1836

Seller ID: Books012905

Binding: leather

Condition: Very Good

xxii, [2], 530 pages, and 43 of 45 plates (lacking xxvi and xlv). Contemporary binding bordered in gilt; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers. Joints rubbed; some crazing to leather. Binding is sound; interior is unmarked. 8.5 x 5.5 inches
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Catalogue of the Green Hill Library, including the books of the late William Nelson Green

By: N/A

Price: $708.75

Publisher: [Worcester, Mass.], Privately Printed: 1887

Seller ID: Books013068

Binding: leather

Condition: Good

71, 31, [3] pages, with a blank ruled leaf bound between each leaf of text. Six additions to the catalogue penned in the same hand. The second sequence of 31 pages is titled WM. N. Green's Division. Upper joint split but sound on cords; spine with vertical creasing and loss to head and foot.
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The Works of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison in Four Volumes. The Third Edition, with Compleat Index.

By: Addison, Joseph

Price: $398.25

Publisher: London, J. and R. Tonson: 1741

Seller ID: Books012899

Binding: leather

Condition: Very Good

xxv, [3], 525, [1], [4]; [4], 538, [12]; 579, [1], [11]; 555, [1], [11]. Complete in four volumes, with engraved fronispiece portrait by G. Vertue after G. Kneller, engraved dedication headpiece, and six medalion cuts in Volume I. Contemporary calf with minor cracking to joints; spine ends and corners chipped; old institutional rubberstamp to front free endpaper of each. 10 x 8 inches.
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Comprehending An Account of his Studies and Numerous Works...

By: Boswell, James

Price: $668.25

Publisher: London, Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly: 1793

Seller ID: Books013293

Binding: leather

Condition: Good

xviii, [*1]-*xxii, [*xxiv]-*xxvi, *xxvi (sic)-*xxxvi, [1], [1]-603; [1]-634; [xvii]-[xl], [1]-711 pages, complete with frontispiece, two folding plates, and the leaf of Additional Corrections. Spines darkened and dry, labels chipped. Hinges of i and ii reinforced with cloth tape. Upper board of i detached, lower a little tender; upper joint of ii split but board secure; iii was at some point rebacked using original spine. John Le Marchant signature dated 1794 and bookplate (Me Minerva Ducit) to front pastedown of each. Plate of W. Morton Webb, and his 1910 signature in each. Foxing to first fe...
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The Lives of The Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, To the Time of Dean Swift.

By: Cibber, Theophilus; and other hands

Price: $263.25

Publisher: London, R. Griffiths: 1753

Seller ID: Books012923

Binding: leather

Condition: Good

ii, 354; [2], 353; ii, 353, [3]; ii, 356; 354, [4] pages. Complete in five volumes. Contemporary bindings sound, all boards remain attached, though both of Vol. V are loose. First front free endpaper of IV and V detached; Vol. 1 with only one ffep. Typical offsetting to edges of first few and final few leaves. Old signature of one Jane Morton to front pastedown of each; and that of a Tho. H. Hall and another to title pages. 6.6 x 4.2 inches.
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Essays by Oliver Goldsmith. Collecta Revirescunt

By: Goldsmith, Oliver

Price: $168.75

Publisher: Dublin, J. Williams: 1767

Seller ID: Books013290

Binding: leather

Condition: Very Good

iv, 248 pages. Joints split but boards secure. Pencil notation to front free endpaper, private ownership indications to title page. Binding sound; contents clean.
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The Idler. By the Author of The Rambler. With Additional Essays. In two volumes; the fourth edition

By: Johnson, Samuel

Price: $600.75

Publisher: London, Printed for J. Rivington and Sons, and T. Carnan; T. Payne and Son; T. Cadell, and T. Evans; J. Nichols; and S. Hayes: 1783

Seller ID: Books012900

Binding: leather

Condition: Very Good

3, 294; iv, 331 pages. 7 x 4 inches. Contemporary tree calf. Offsetting to edges of endpapers; armorial bookplate of Robert Hunter of Thurston (and more recent name plate) to front pastedown of each; light occasional foxing and pencil Xs. A handsome, tidy set.
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

By: Johnson, Samuel

Price: $1,957.50

Publisher: Oxford / London, Talboys and Wheeler / W. Pickering: 1825

Seller ID: Books013278

Binding: leather

Condition: Very Good

Originally to comprise nine volumes, this set includes the two supplementary volumes on parliamentary debates. Full tree calf; all edges and endpapers marbled; with superficial crackling to some covers, edges rubbed, top edge dusty, light foxing to first few and final few leaves. A handsome set, with contents clean; binding and hinges secure.
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The Idler

By: Johnson, Samuel; et al.

Price: $600.75

Publisher: London, For J. Newbery: 1761

Seller ID: Books012924

Binding: leather

Condition: Good

[5], 294; [3], 285, [3] pages. Contemporary calf. Both boards of II and upper of I detached; textblocks secure. Top right corner of front free endpaper excised from each; typical offsetting to edges of first few and final few leaves. Malo mori quam foedari bookplate to front pastedown of I. 6.6 x 4.2 inches.
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The Rambler

By: Johnson, Samuel; et al.

Price: $776.25

Publisher: London, for J. Payne: 1752

Seller ID: Books012926

Binding: leather

Condition: Very Good

[8], 300; [8], 294; [8], 276; [8], 324; [8], 311; [8], 288. Complete in six volumes. Imprint of each: Printed for J. Payne, at Pope's Head ... MDCCLII. The eight preliminary pages in each consist of an index, and translations of the mottos and quotations (with p.8 of VI publisher's ads). Boards on three volumes somewhat splayed, with Volume I being the most affected: rear board warped, final 8 leaves and pastedown stained, front joint split (board still attached). Other volumes very good, with customary offsetting to edges of first few and final few leaves, some toning throughout, brief notati...
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The Adventurer [Harrison's Edition, complete in one volume]

By: Johnson, Samuel; John Hawkesworth ed.

Price: $263.25

Publisher: London, for Harrison and Co.: 1785

Seller ID: Books012910

Binding: leather

Condition: Very Good

iv, 358 pages and eight engraved plates. No engraved title. Contemporary tree calf rubbed at extremities, with ding to top corner of front panel; upper hinge starting. Nameplate to front pastedown; first free endpaper nearly detached. Foxing/offsetting to endpapers and to some plates and the leaves adjacent to them - generally unobtrusive, but with two 10-page instances of heavy foxing. Sound binding. Text in double columns. 8.75 x 5.4 inches.
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The Adventurer. A new edition. Illustrated with frontispieces

By: Johnson, Samuel; John Hawkesworth, et al.

Price: $465.75

Publisher: London, H. Goldney: 1788

Seller ID: Books012925

Binding: leather

Condition: Very Good

[2], 308; [3], 292; [3], 298, [2]; [2], 297, [2] pages. Complete in four volumes, with publisher's ads at rear of III and IV, and frontispiece in each. Contemporary tree calf, rubbed along extremities; bindings sound. Chip off sine label of I; IV spine more rubbed and lacking label. 7 x 4.4 inches.
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The Rambler and Persian Letters [Harrison's Edition, complete in one volume]

By: Johnson, Samuel; Lord Lyttelton

Price: $303.75

Publisher: London, for Harrison and Co.: 1785

Seller ID: Books012911

Binding: leather

Condition: Very Good

463, vii; 81 pages, engraved title, and fourteen engraved plates. Contemporary tree calf rubbed at extremities. Nameplate to front pastedown. Foxing/offsetting to endpapers and to some plates and leaves adjacent to them - generally unobtrusive, but with one 10-page instance of quite heavy foxing. Sound binding. Text in double columns. 8.75 x 5.4 inches.
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Winter Evenings: Or Lucubrations On Life and Letters

By: Knox, Vicesimus

Price: $506.25

Publisher: London, for Charles Dilly: 1790

Seller ID: Books012920

Binding: leather

Condition: Very Good

xxiii, [4], 559; [4], 582, [2] pages; complete, with half title in each; errata and advert leaf at rear of II. Dark contemporary tree calf binding sound. Armorial bookplate of Robert Hunter of Thurston to front pastedown of each. Foxing to first few and final few leaves, and occasionaly within, but overall a sturdy, presentable example.
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A Collection of the Moral and Instructive Sentiments, Maxims, Cautions, and Reflexions, Contained in the Histories of Pamela, Clarissa, and Sir Charles Grandison

By: Richardson, Samuel

Price: $1,113.75

Publisher: London, for S. Richardson: 1755

Seller ID: Books012917

Binding: quarter leather

Condition: Very Good

x, 410 pages. 6.75 x 4.1 inches. First edition. Rebound with leather spine, marbled paper over boards, and new endpapers. Leaves toned - title page particularly so. Binding is sound. Title continues: Digested under proper heads, with references to the volume, and page, both in octavo and twelves, in the respective histories. To which are subjoined, two letters from the editor of those works: the one, in answer to a lady who was solicitous for an additional volume to the History of Sir Charles Grandison. The other, in reply to a gentleman, who had objected to Sir Charles's offer'd compromise in...
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Adele de Senange ou Lettres de Lord Sydenham

By: Souza, Adelaide de

Price: $330.75

Publisher: Paris, Dentu: 1808

Seller ID: Books013022

Binding: Paper over boards

Condition: Good

xix, 212; 183 pages. Stamp of Thorndike Nourse to half title of each, and bookplate of his daughter (a Boston music patron) Annie Endicott Nourse to front pastedown of each. Contemporary paper over boards considerably rubbed; bindings remain sturdy. Inked notes regarding authorship to first half title and title page. Leaves toned, and with the occasional stain.
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