Alexander napier ed (2 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. No jackets. Consists of volumes one, two and three as three separate volumes. Boards are lightly marked and worn. Spines are tanned and marked. Leading corners, edges and spines are lightly bumped and worn. Spine ends are nicked. Page blocks are tanned and marked. Previous owner's name penned on front pastedowns. Water damage on front pastedown of volume three. Paper is split on hinge of front pastedown of volume three, but binding remains intact for all three volumes. Pages are lightly marked. Some are still sealed on upper edges. A few minor nicks and creases throughout pages. Text is clear throughout. HJW. Used.…

Zustand: Very Good. London: George Bell and Sons, 1884. First Edition Thus. Octavo; Vol I lv + 583pp; Vol II xi + 570pp; Vol III xi + 568pp; Vol IV xv + 469pp; Vol V xiii + 432pp. Fifty-three engravings of portraits, dwellings, locales, manuscripts, and signatures dispersed throughout the five volumes; two-color fold-out map in Vol IV. Appendices in every volume. Index to the Life and the Tour in Vol IV; index to the Johnsoniana in Vol V. Teal boards with cloth spines in ivory; gilt spine lettering. Text block top edge roughly trimmed, other edges untrimmed. All panels lightly soiled, without prominent stains. Back panel of Vol V has residue of shelf-adjacent paper volume on upper third. All spines sun-baked to the point of brittleness, with some resulting vertical segments missing, and chipping/tearing to spine crowns and feet. Spine lettering unaffected, for the most part; now protected in mylar. All joints and hinges good. Text blocks unmarred and unmarked, with many unopened pages; light foxing throughout. Map of Hebrides route in Vol IV complete, without misfolds. All engravings and tissue guards present. The major 19th-century "one stop shop" edition for Boswell's Johnson and for the Johnsoniana collected from the Doctor's direct intimates.…