The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Complete in Ten Volumes. Temple Bar Edition. Limited Edition

Boswell, James. Edited By Clement Shorter

Published by Printed For Gabriel Wells By Doubleday, Page and Company, New York, 1922

About this Item

1922 First Edition, Limited Edition. No. 248 of a Limited edition of 785 copies, of which 35 are not for sale. Printed on Old Stratford paper. Vellum spines with brown paper covered boards. Paper spine labels printed in red and black. Top edges gilt. Title pages printed in red and black, each volume with a tissue-protected engraved frontispiece. No dust jackets. Condition very good, spines have sunned with slight rubbing/chipping to head and tails of spines, contents are exceptionally clean throughout. With many illustrations in each volume. Volumes VII & VIII contain Johnson's "A Tour to the Hebrides". Each volume still contains the extra spine title label as issued, loosely tipped on to each rear end-paper. Boswell's "The Life of Samuel Johnson." was first published in 1791 and will always be regarded as Boswell's greatest achievement. A work for which Boswell has been called the greatest biographer in the English language. A lovely set.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Complete in Ten Volumes. Temple Bar Edition. Limited Edition
• Publisher: Printed For Gabriel Wells By Doubleday, Page and Company, New York
• Publication Date: 1922
• Language: English
• Binding: Quarter Vellum
• Edition: First Edition, Limited Edition
• Condition: Very Good