Author: James Boswell
Title: The Life of Samuel Johnson
Description: London, Privately Printed for the Navarre Society Limited , 1924. Cloth. Bright limited edition of James Boswell's famous 'Life of Johnson' complete in three volumes. Limited edition in three volumes of this celebrated work by Scottish biographer James Boswell, often described as one of the greatest English biographies of all time. One of two-thousand copies reprinted verbatim from the 1791 first edition printed on fine quality paper from the Navarre Society. With the Appendix 'The Principal Corrections and Additions,' 1793. Illustrated with twenty photogravure etchings, fifty half-tone plates, and a facsimile autograph letter. Collated, complete.With a preface by Clement K Shorter. 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. In the original publisher's uniform full cloth bindings. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .

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