The Life of Samuel Johnson...newly edited with Notes by Roger Ingpen by Boswell, James - 1925

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd,, 1907. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. First Thus. Cloth Volumes. Volume one Condition: Good. Green cloth. Gilt head device and Samuel Johnson's signature to front cover. Gilt titles to spine. A couple of small pulls to the had and foot of the spine. Compression to top of front board. Leading corners rolled and rubbed. Three previous ownership inscriptions to ffep. Book sellers sticker to front paste down. Gilt top fore edge. Some mild offsetting. Some pencil notes to last fep. Profusely illustrated through out. 576pp.Volume two condition: Good. Green cloth. Gilt head device and Samuel Johnson's signature to front cover. Gilt titles to spine. A couple of small pulls to the had and foot of the spine. Some greasy marks to front board. Two previous ownership inscriptions to ffep. Book sellers sticker to front paste down. Gilt top fore edge. Small amount of pencil notes to last fep. 596pp + 4 Publishers ads.

Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Company, 1925. 3 separate volumes, complete. Near Very Good condition. Light cover soil. Previous owner's names on front endpaper. Internally Very Good to Fine. SEE OUR PHOTOS. Pages are clean and unmarked. NOT a library discard. 1925. Reissue of the 1907 edition, with a substantial new preface by the editor giving much of interest on "recent results of the labours and researches of admirers of Johnson." This is an important edition as it contains 576 illustrations, facsimiles, and maps, including 13 plates in photogravure. The (London) Times reviewer stated: "The raison d'etre of this edition is its illustrations. Of these there are portraits from authentic originals, views from old prints, autographs, facsimile title-pages... a series of views of Johnson's old haunts... Mr. Ingpen's literary contribution consists of short notes to the pictures, and his industry in collecting illustrative material." From another review:… Read More

Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Company, 1925. 3 separate volumes, complete. SEE OUR PHOTOS. Very Good++ condition. Sharp corners. One small spot on the spine of Vol. 1. NO owner's name or bookplate. Internally Near Fine. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. NOT a library discard. 1925. Reissue of the 1907 edition, with a substantial new preface by the editor giving much of interest on "recent results of the labours and researches of admirers of Johnson." This is an important edition as it contains 576 illustrations, facsimiles, and maps, including 13 plates in photogravure. The (London) Times reviewer stated: "The raison d'etre of this edition is its illustrations. Of these there are portraits from authentic originals, views from old prints, autographs, facsimile title-pages... a series of views of Johnson's old haunts... Mr. Ingpen's literary contribution consists of short notes to the pictures, and his industry in collecting illustrative material." From… Read More

Bath: George Bayntun, 1925 Quarto (10x7½ inches). Pp. xl, 576 + xv, 577-1172. Illustrated with 576 illustrations, facsimiles and map, including 13 plates in photogravure. Extensive notes, bibliography, chronology, index. Bound in three-quarter crimson morocco, red cloth sides, spines ruled in gilt, gilt lettering and pictorial devises within compartments between raised bands. Bookplate on front pastedowns, slight fading to front cloth of volume II. A very fine, crisp set in a handsome binding. This is a wonderfully illustrated and invaluable edition of Boswell's classic biography of Johnson, with hundreds of portraits of all the major players, views, facsimiles of letters and other writings, etc. Volume I covers 1709 to March 18, 1776; volume II covers March 19, 1776 to December 13, 1784. "Includes a wealth of carefully annotated pictures of various kinds... we congratulate publisher and author on the excellent idea of illustrating the greatest of biographers on an ample scale"… Read More