Boswell, James
Rare books by James Boswell, including first editions and finely bound copies of The Life of Samuel Johnson.
(JOHNSON, Samuel) BOSWELL, James.
The Life of Samuel Johnson, 1791
£4,500
First edition, first state with the incorrect spelling "gve" on line 10 of page 135, vol. I. The immense task of compiling the thousands of notes Boswell had recorded on "the great...
2 volumes, quarto (300 × 220 mm). Twentieth-century brown half morocco, titles to spines gilt, raised bands, marbled sides and endpapers. In a brown cloth... Read more
BOSWELL, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson. 1901
£1,950
Extra illustrated edition, bound by Riviere and Son.
7 volumes, octavo. Finely bound in full blue morocco, gilt titles, decoration, and raised bands to spine, double gilt rule to boards, decorative inner gilt dentelles,... Read more
BOSWELL, James
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, With Samuel Johnson, LL.D. 1785
£1,250
First edition of Boswell's version of their three-month trek through the highlands and islands of Scotland in late 1773. Boswell's account "has the chatty informality of a 'rough'...
Octavo (210 × 120 mm). Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt in compartments with floral tool, red morocco label. Half-title, device on title, second state of... Read more
BOSWELL, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson. 1848
£600
10 volumes, octavo. Bound in contemporary half brown calf, double brown and green labels, gilt decorated spines, marbled boards, endpapers, and edges. Some rubbing to boards and...
10 volumes, octavo. Bound in contemporary half brown calf, double brown and green labels, gilt decorated spines, marbled boards, endpapers, and edges. Some rubbing to... Read more
(JOHNSON, Samuel) BOSWELL, James.
The Life of Samuel Johnson. 1898
£125
An attractively bound copy with the bookplate of British poet and novelist Gilbert Frankau and a gift inscription to Frankau from fellow author A. C. Benson.
Octavo (182 × 120 mm). Contemporary vellum, spine gilt in compartments with flower tools, brown morocco labels, double-line ruling to boards gilt, marbled... Read more
(JOHNSON, Samuel) BOSWELL, James.
The Life of Samuel Johnson, 1827
£95
An attractively bound copy of the Life of Samuel Johnson.
Octavo (215 × 125 mm). Contemporary tree calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt roll to boards. Binding lightly rubbed, corners a little bumped, top edge of... Read more
