The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. [3 vols; Large Paper Edition]. This item is unavailable.
Published by J.M. Dent, London, 1901
- Used
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
AbeBooks seller since February 22, 1998
Condition: Used
US$ 220.00
Item description from seller
Large Paper Edition, limited to 350 sets (this is no. 175). Three large octavo volumes. Publisher's blue-green sized buckram with gilt-paper spine labels; page edges uncut; xxxvii,458; 464; 466pp; frontispiece to each volume; 27 unnumbered leaves of plates on heavy paper; text illus by Herbert Railton. Slight external soil and wear from handling, with mild rubbing and small losses to spine labels, traces of silverfishing to boards; internally clean, tight, and unmarked. A very good set. Neat ownership signature to each volume, dated 1988. A lavish bibliophile edition of Boswell, illustrated with many color portraits after Hogarth, Gainsborough, Joshua Reynolds, etc.
Seller Inventory # 88347
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. [3 vols; Large Paper Edition]
- Author
- BOSWELL, James; Austin Dobson, introd; Herbert Railton, illus
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent, London
- Publication year
- 1901
- Seller catalogs
- Great Britain, Literature Before 1900