Author: James Boswell; Samuel Johnson; George Birkbeck Hill [ed.]
Title: Boswell&Apos;S Life of Johnson Together with Boswell&Apos;S Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson&Apos;S Diary of a Journey Into North Wales
Description: Oxford , At the Clarendon Press , 1934-50. Cloth. The acclaimed biography of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell, complete with six bright volumes in five. A collection complete in three volumes of this work by Scottish biographer James Boswell, often described as one of the greatest English biographies of all time. Edited by George Birkbeck Hill, a revised and enlarged edition by L. F. Powell, first thus. Complete six volumes in five, the last volume contains Johnson's The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and volume VI of the Index with its supplement, a table of anonymous persons with its own index, a bibliography, and a list of errata. Together with Johnson's Diary of a Journey into North Wales. With seventeen full page plates, of which four folding. Lacking 'Bust of Johnson' to volume IV. 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. This edition is reprinted from the third edition, revised and augmented, of 1799. Original facsimile title pages included. In the original publisher's full cloth uniform bindings. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear, minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Library shelf numbers inked to the spine, Stoke Newington public library bookplate to the front pastedown, discreet library stamp to imprint page. Library gilt blind stamp to front boards. Dust wrappers price-clipped with shelf wear, chipped to the head and tail of the spine, spine sunned, library shelf number inked to spine, light soiling to wraps. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. With seventeen full page plates, of which four folding. Lacking 'Bust of Johnson' to volume IV.  Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

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