Author: James Boswell; Roger Ingpen [editor]
Title: The Life of Samuel Johnson
Description: Bath, George Bayntun, 1925. Cloth. A new edition, complete in two volumes, of Boswell's important biography of Samuel Johnson, illustrated throughout. Complete in two volumes. Illustrated with five hundred and seventy six illustrations, facsimiles and maps, including thirteen plates in photogravure. Collated, complete. Exploring the life of Samuel Johnson, an English poet, essayist, biographer and literary critic. He published 'A Dictionary of the English Language' in 1755, considered the foremost dictionary of the time until the Oxford English Dictionary was published 173 years later. He was a devout Anglican and firmly opposed slavery; his religious writings emphasize the goodness of charity, repentance, marriage and pride. Written by Scottish biographer James Boswell, this work is often described as being the greatest biography ever written in English. Here edited with notes by Robert Roger Ingpen, an Australian graphic designer, illustrator, and writer. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light rubbing and minor fading to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Minor loss to the tail of the spine to volume two. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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