Author: James Boswell; John Wilson Croker
Title: The Life of Samuel Johnson
Description: London, John Murray, 1831. Leather. A five volume set of James Boswell's biography of the life of Samuel Johnson, in a uniform leather binding. A beautifully bound five volume set of the famous biography 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' by James Boswell Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was an essayist, critic and novelist, compiler of the first Dictionary of the English Language and subject of Boswell's famous biography. Quite a celebrity during his own life, he is now regarded one of the foremost critics of his time with a lasting influence on subsequent generations, including T. S. Eliot. Johnson also significantly altered styles of travel and biographical writing. James Boswell (1740-95) is best known for his extensive journals that covered his travels, and conversations with many of the great and the good of his day. He was great friends with Samuel Johnson and upon Johnson's death became his biographer. In full calf binding. Externally smart. There is some wear to the extremities including marks to the boards, bumping to the corners and scuffing to the leather. Two volumes have been rebacked with new spines and title labels. The other three volumes have split hinges, loose title labels with some loss and greater wear to the spine. There is a personalised bookplate on the front pastedown of each volume and a Ex Libris Universitatis Bristolliensis plate on each endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are generally clean with the odd brown spot or handling mark. The spotting is worst on the first and last few pages of each volume. There is a discreet library stamp on the bottom of the title page of each volume, and a shelf sticker at the bottom of each front pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .

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