[Rarebooks] FS: Navarre Society edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson, 3 vols bound by Morrell
Bob Petrilla
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Sat Aug 31 12:46:15 EDT 2013
Boswell, James. THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. The First Edition, 1791,
reprinted verbatim with the appendix, "the principal corrections and
additions," 1793, and illustrated with twenty photogravure etchings, fifty
half-tone plates, and a facsimile autograph letter. Preface by Clement K.
Shorter. London: Privately Printed for the Navarre Society, 1924. First
edition thus. Three (3) volumes. pp: xxxii, errata slip, 433, (1); 479,
(1); vii, 577, (1); 20 photogravure etchings, 50 half-tone plates,
facsimile ALS. Bound by Morrell in polished, sprinkled calf,
gilt-decorative spines with leather labels, floral cover borders, inner and
outer dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Two joints starting. 9"
x 5.75" Very Good. Full Calf.
Limited to 2,000 copies, printed by the Riverside Press, Edinburgh.
$235.00
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