Author: George Birkbeck Hill
Title: Boswell&Apos;S Life of Johnson
Description: Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1887. Cloth. Five volumes of George Birkbeck Hill's editorial of Boswell's life of Johnson. In uniform cloth bindings. With a frontispiece and one plate to vol I, a frontispiece and folding facsimile plate to volume II, a frontispiece and folding plate to volume III, one plate to volume IV and a frontispiece and folding plate to volume V. Volume I: The Life (1709-1765), Volume II: The Life (1766-1776), Volume III: The Life (1776-1780), Volume IV: The Life (1780-1784), Volume V: The Tour to the Hebrides and The Journey into North Wales Lacking volume VI which is 'Addenda, Index, Dicta Philosophi, etc.' 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' is regarded as an important work in the development of modern biography. Many see Boswell's Johnson as the greatest biography in the English language. This edition has been edited by George Birkbeck Hill. Hill was an editor and author. He edited and wrote many works on Johnson. In the publisher's full cloth bindings. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of spines. Internally, all volumes are firmly bound. Pages are bright with just the odd spots. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: Boswell Johnson Hebrides Wales Johnson Biography None


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