[a-d]⁸ (1+[a]3) B-Z 2A-2F⁸ 2G¹⁰.

[7] vi-viii [ix] x-xxv [xxvi-xxix] xxx-xxxi [xxxii-xxxiii] xxxiv-xxxv [xxxvi-xxxvii] xxxviii-xxxix [xl-xli] xlii [xliii-il] l-lviii [lix-lxii,1] 2-466 [+2].

Royal 8^o: 9¾" × 6¼", trimmed, artifical head- and tail-bands,white wove, no mark; 12pt. Baskerville; collotype portrait on insert in [a]; casing, dark brown buckram, red leather spine label 2¾" × 1⅜" gold-blocked: ‘[within a scrolled frame] THE | LIFE OF | SAMUEL | JOHNSON | by | James Boswell | WITH MARGINAL | COMMENTS BY | Mrs Piozzi | I’

For other volumes see Uf2 and Uf3; limitation stated in vol.3; see 2H6^r in Uf3; for comments on this publication see Simon 1973 p.230.

B.L. copy is numbered 1418; B.L. accession stamp is dated 5/Apr/1952, in green, indicating a donation later than 1944.

• Baskerville
  • 1757, by John Baskerville of Birmingham;
  • 1923, Monotype, under Morison;
  • see Simon 1956, pp.41 42 46, Simon 1973 p.169, Moran 1971 pp. 45 75.
• Baskerville, 12pt.
• Boswell, James, 1740–1795 NPG ODNB
• Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 NPG ODNB
• Limited Editions Club
  • Founded 1929 by George Macy, publications usually 1,500 copies, often reprinted by Heritage Press at cheaper price.
• Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741–1821 DWB NPG ODNB

[A]⁴ (1+[A]3) B-Z 2A-2H⁸ 2I¹⁰.

[9] 2--466 [+2].

Format, paper, type and casing as Uf1; collotype portrait on insert in [A]; leather spine label as Uf1 but for volume number: ‘II’; tissue wrapper.

The pair of decorative swelled rules on this volume's title-page are of a design different from those in Uf1.

Limitation is stated in vol.3. See 2H6^r in Uf3.

Presumably volumes I and III also had a tissue wrapper to start with.

• Boswell, James, 1740–1795 NPG ODNB
• Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 NPG ODNB
• Limited Editions Club
  • Founded 1929 by George Macy, publications usually 1,500 copies, often reprinted by Heritage Press at cheaper price.
• Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741–1821 DWB NPG ODNB

[A]⁴ (1+[A]3) B-Z 2A-2G⁸ 2H⁶.

[9] 2-473 [+3].

Format, paper, type and casing as Uf1; collotype portrait on insert in [A]; leather spine label as Uf1 but for volume number: ‘III’; tissue wrapper.

The pair of decorative swelled rules on this volume's title-page are of a design different from those in Uf1 and Uf2.

At foot of leaf 2H6^r is a blind embossed stamp incorporating the words: ‘THIS IS ONE OF 15 PRESENTATION COPIES | "OUT OF SERIES"’; I believe this stamp belonged to the Limited Editions Club, New York, and was applied to the volumes now in the British Library, and possibly to others.

Presumably volumes I and III also had a tissue wrapper to start with.

Uf1Uf2 and Uf3 together fit into a slip case covered in dark red paper, with white paper label 6" × 3½", printed red as the spine labels, but without volume number.

• Boswell, James, 1740–1795 NPG ODNB
• Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 NPG ODNB
• Limited Editions Club
  • Founded 1929 by George Macy, publications usually 1,500 copies, often reprinted by Heritage Press at cheaper price.
• Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741–1821 DWB NPG ODNB