Search Results: the life of samuel johnson by boswell james

Doubleday and Company, inc., 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1946. No Edition Remarks. 631 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Rough cut pages to text block edge. Pages are heavily tanned and foxed throughout. Binding is weak. Some pages to rear are creased. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Spine is heavily tanned. Book has forward lean.

Paperback. Very Good.

Bickers and Son, 1874. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1874. No Edition Stated. 525 pages. No dust jacket. Vol. III. Dark brown cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Presentation plate to front paste down. Some gutter cracking. Pages are rough cut. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with large splits and some loss to spine ends. Notable sunning to spine, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards.

Simpkin Marshall, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remark. 844 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Well bound and clean pages, with moderate tanning to text block edges. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1900. Paperback. Acceptable. 1900. No Edition Remarks. 525 pages. Burgundy cloth. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Heavy foxing and tanning to text block edges. Creasing to rear endpaper with minor dog-eared corners. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and heavy crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed with sunning to spine.

Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1922. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1922. Reprinted. 533 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Volume 1 of 3. Binding little shaky. Pages are moderately tanned throughout. Occasional foxing. Crinkling to pages at gutters. Boards have mild edge wear with light rubbing and crushing. Some light marking and tanning. There is bumping to corners. Book has a slight forward lean. Splits to spine head with slight fraying to cloth. Ring mark to front.

J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1946. Hardcover. Good. 1946. Reprinted. 618 pages. No dust jacket. Pink cloth. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with bumping to corners. Light crushing to spine. Gilt lettering is darkened to spine.

London: Dent, 1934. First. . Hardcover. Good+. 12mo. Light wear to extrems. Small numerals to top of ffep. Green cloth with gilt decoration

Paperback. Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

New American Library, 1968. Paperback. Good. 1968. No Edition Remarks. 664 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 637 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Abridged. Binding remains firm. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Gilt lettering is darkened slightly. Dents to side edge. Book has a slight forward lean.

Paperback. Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Acceptable.

G. Bell and Sons Ltd, 1876. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1876. No edition remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Two volumes bound together, each paginated separately. Revised and enlarged. Contains black and white illustrated plates, with some fold out plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting, causing boards to be slightly loose. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Binding remains firm. Light marking to text-block edges. Boards have mild edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Scuffing and light marking overall. Faint water staining to boards. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning.

George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1924. Hardcover. Good. 1924. Reprinted. 527 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Volume II. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

T. Cadell, 1816. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1816. Eighth Edition. 496 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Volume II. Book has been rebound. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pencil inscription to page 496. Brown staining to pages throughout. Thumb-marking present. Minor pencil marks to margins of pages throughout. Visible creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to front board.

London: Simpkin Marshall, 1111. Hardcover. Good-/Good. 24mo. Some damp affect to lower edge and joint edge of bo9ards. 2 worm holes to lower front joint. Light tanning to feps. Dw has Wear and small tears to edges.

George Routledge & Sons, 1866. Hardcover. Good. 1866. New Edition. 300 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with marbled textblock edges and gilt lettering to spine. Volume II of II. Rebound. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are mildly tanned, but text remains clear. Heavy foxing to first and last few pages. Binding is firm. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards and spine have minimal shelf-wear, with mild corner bumping and crushing to ends. Gilt remains bright. Light rubbing and scuffing overall, with some light marking also.