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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order ... in Two Volumes

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order ... in Two Volumes by BOSWELL, Esq., James

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Seller: Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Title
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order ... in Two Volumes
Author
BOSWELL, Esq., James
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Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
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Description
London: Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1791. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good. Two volumes. 4to. Pp. xii, [16], 3-516; [1], 2-588, [2]. Engraved portrait frontis. after Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the first volume. Second volume illustrated with two plates of Dr. Johnson's handwriting in facsimile. Marbled endpapers. Full speckled calf with gilt filigree borders and inner dentelles, rebacked in period style; repaired corners. Two bookplates: "The High Canon's Library" and "Malo Mori Quam Foedari," possibly the plate of Cardinal Henry Edward Manning. Interiors quite nice. First edition, first state with "gve" (in lieu of "give") on p.135 of Vol. I.Boswell's achievement was not to simply capture the brilliance and wit of his subject, but to provide through meticulous scholarship the complexities of Johnson amid the literary realm of his era.Provenance: Sold at the 1922 Sotheby's sale of The Valuable Library ... of the Late Baroness Burdett Coutts.
CHINESE ART IVORY

CHINESE ART IVORY by Eastham, Barry

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CHINESE ART IVORY
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Eastham, Barry
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1940. 1940 Eastham, Barry CHINESE ART IVORY Tientsin, China: John E Paradissis, 1940 86pp text, index, black and white plates 8vo Green cloth with gold titles on spine Previous owner's personalized bookplate on front pastedown page, signature and date on first page (Warren P Sights, Jr/Shanghai, 1945) Textblock pages browned due to age, minor foxing on epages, upper corner tips lightly bruised, Very Good+ hardcover.

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