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The Life of Samuel Johnson. The Temple Bar Edition, Including 'Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides'
by BOSWELL, James (1740-1795), [SHORTER, Clement, intr. (1857-1926)]
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- Seller
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York, NY: Gabriel Wells, 1922. FINELY BOUND. In ten volumes. Medium Octavo. With a frontispiece engraving of Johnson and other engraved plates. No. 115 of 750 sets originally for sale. With a bibliographical introduction by Clement Shorter and an introduction to each vol. by the following: Aleyn Lyell Reade; Augustine Birrell; Prof. Trent; G.K. Chesterton; Edward Newton; John Drinkwater; R.B. Adam; Walter De La Mare; Prof. Tinker and Richard Ashe King. In contemporary brown half morocco by SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFFE, with raised bands and gilt titles to spines. Top edges gilt and marbled boards and end-papers. Some wear to joints, otherwise near-fine. A superlative edition of Boswell's magnum opus.
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- Bookseller
- Adrian Harrington Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45922
- Title
- The Life of Samuel Johnson. The Temple Bar Edition, Including 'Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides'
- Author
- BOSWELL, James (1740-1795), [SHORTER, Clement, intr. (1857-1926)]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York, NY: Gabriel Wells, 1922
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Adrian Harrington Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
About Adrian Harrington Rare Books
Adrian Harrington began trading in 1971, as part of Harrington Brothers in the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's fashionable King's Road. He moved to Kensington Church Street in 1997, and in 2014 Adrian relocated to the historic Hall's Bookshop in Royal Tunbridge Wells, occupying the first floor of this iconic building near The Pantiles area of the town. Hall's remains on the ground floor offering an exceptional range of quality used books.Adrian Harrington Rare Books deal in a wide selection of literature, modern first editions, leather bound library sets, children's and illustrated books, and fine and rare antiquarian and old books in all fields. We also offer a full and expert bookbinding and restoration service.Award-winning Ian Fleming Bibliographer Jon Gilbert curates our world-class stock of James Bond material, including first edition novels, film posters, original scripts and associated ephemera.We are always interested in buying quality books in our subject areas, from individual titles to complete collections.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Marbled boards
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
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