The Life of Samuel Johnson [4 volumes]
by Boswell, James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Routledge, Warnes & Routledge, 1859. 4 volume set. Nice example of Victorian cloth with blind decorated boards & gilt decorated spine. Heads and tails of spines a little bumped; book plates on feps; some pencilled annotations on rear free endpapers; two small ink marks on fore-edge of volume 4; 291, 298, 298, 300p, illus. . New ed... Original Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1791) is a biography of Dr. Samuel Johnson written by James Boswell. It is regarded as an important stage in the development of the modern genre of biography; many have claimed it as the greatest biography written in English. While Boswell's personal acquaintance with his subject only began in 1763, when Johnson was 54 years old, Boswell covered the entirety of Johnson's life by means of additional research.
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- Bookseller
- Lufabill
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32046
- Title
- The Life of Samuel Johnson [4 volumes]
- Author
- Boswell, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- New ed..
- Publisher
- Routledge, Warnes & Routledge
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1859
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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