The Life of Samuel Johnson, including A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

A new edition of Boswell's celebrated biography of Samuel Johnson in five uniform volumes edited by John Wilson Croker. A new edition of Scottish biographer James Boswell's celebrated biography of Samuel Johnson, often described as one of the greatest English biographies of all time. Edited by John Wilson Croker. Complete in five volumes.Also featuring Johnson's The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides.Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait to each volume. Collated, complete.Samuel Johnson was an English author, well-known in the literary world for his many lasting contributions to various areas of humanist art, including poetry, essay-writing, biography, and more. He is described by the 'Oxford Dictionary of National Biographies' as the most distinguished man of letters in English history.This biography is notable for its extensive reports of Johnson's conversation, compiled through Boswell's acquaintance of Johnson since 1763. Originally published in 1791. Featuring facsimile of the original title page.Bookplate to front pastedowns from 'MacDonnell.' In uniform full straight up grain morocco with decorative embossing to boards, gilt to edges, five raised bands, titles in gilt to spine. Externally a trifle rubbed with chipping and rubbing to extremities, occasional minor loss to head and tail of spine. Rear board vol. I and front board vol. IV loose but present. Joints rubbed, starting to vol. III. Back strip vol I lifting. Text block firmly bound. Light offsetting to title page from frontispiece, otherwise pages generally bright and clean. Good Only.…