The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. & A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (three volumes)

James Boswell

Published by Swan Sonnenschein, Lowery & Co., London, 1888

About this Item

'A Reprint of the First Edition to which are added Mr. Boswell's corrections and editions'. Edited with new notes by Percy Fitzgerald. Preface by the editor and a Boswell Bibliography by H. R. Tedder. Boswell's epochal biography of Samuel Johnson, a work that garnered much criticism but one that shaped the development of biographical writing. With a tissue guarded frontisportrait based on Reynold's painting of Johnson. Half leather with marbled boards and matching marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Spine has toning and rubbing. Mild foxing to fore-edge and front matter but contents otherwise clean and prim. Binding tight. A nice set whose wear produces a nice, rakish effect. Good overall.

Seller Inventory # 003374

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. & A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (three volumes)
• Publisher: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowery & Co., London
• Publication Date: 1888
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
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