Books At Star Dot Star

Quick Search

Title
Author
Description
Keyword
Advanced Search
 
Browse By Catalogue
Antiquarian
Birmingham (UK)
Bus
Cookery
Cordon Bleu
Floyd, Keith
Food and Drink
Literature
LPs
Orwell
Patten, Marguerite
Signed or Inscribed By Author, Editor, Etc
Theatre
Transportation
Victoriana

That's not all - View other catalogues
 
Something Special to Give That Special Someone
Checkout a Gift Card


 
 
Our Feature Articles and Other Bits and Pieces

At Star Dot Star Books we provide articles every so often about various authors, book collecting, book-buying and book-selling issues and other subjects we hope you'll find interesting.

Some of these articles include:

The publisher responsible for Dr. Johnson's Dictionary

Copyright © 2007 Bruce Tober - All Rights Reserved

Robert Dodsley, English playwright and publisher, is also recognised as collector and publisher of one of the pre-eminent collections of poetry from the 18th Century, A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes by Several Hands. Read more here.

Just One Good Reason (of many) to Buy Your Books Direct from the Seller, Rather than through ABE

Copyright © 2006 Bruce Tober - All Rights Reserved

Books at Star Dot Star is no longer listing our inventory on ABE. And we are not alone. As of April 3 many dealers stopped listing with ABE altogether. And others now list only their cheapest stock on ABE. Read why here.

A Second-Generation Bookseller's View of Bookbreaking

Copyright © 2005 Susan Netzorg Halas - All Rights Reserved (see below for details)

My parents were both book dealers for more than 50 years in the pre-Internet antiquarian, scholarly and OP trade. For the record I am now 62 years old and have been working in the book biz since I could sit upright and hold a pencil which is just about the time my folks started their shop.

There's always been quite a bit of discussion about breaking books, so here for the record is his take on things. My dad wasn't big on breaking, but he did think (More)

CLICK HERE for a full listing and links to All Feature Articles (list will open in new browser window).

 
 
 
Biography
History
Travel
Victoriana
Leather Binding

 
The Life of Samuel Johnson (2-Vol Set)

Author Name:   Boswell, James; Ingpen, Roger (ed)

Title:    The Life of Samuel Johnson (2-Vol Set)

Binding:   Full-Leather
Book Condition:   Very Good -
Jacket Condition:   No Jacket
Edition:   First Thus
Size:   8 x 10"
Publisher:   London Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd 1907

Seller ID:   005856

Vol I (1709-1776) - xxxii, 576pp inc frontis portrait of Johnson, six photogravure plates and 306 other illustrations; Vol II (1776-1784) inc different frontis portrait of Johnson, six photogravure plates and 262 other illustrations.

Covers (calf spine and corners over black pebbled leather boards with gilt titles and 6 gilt decorated bands to spine) are edgeworn and rubbed, esp to corners and top 3 inches (2 bands) of Vol I is detached but present. Page edges speckled. Some foxing throughout, otherwise clean and tight.A large and heavy volume which will require additional shipping cost.

Literature, Classic, Samuel Johnson, Boswell, Biography, Roger Ingpen

Price = 63.75 GBP

Add to Shopping Cart
 
<< Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next >>     Skip 100 >>
 

We accept Visa, Mastercard, AmEx, Maestro, Solo, PayPal and JCB directly through our secure site, as well as personal checks, and money orders.
AmExVisaElectronVisa MasterCard EurocardMaestroSoloSoloJCB

 

 

Our complete inventory is always available here at lower prices than we list it anywhere else.

Questions, comments, or suggestions? Please e-mail us but please make sure to include the name "Bruce" in the subject line otherwise your mail could accidentally be removed as spam.



Copyright©2008. All Rights Reserved.