Author: James Boswell
Title: The Life of Samuel Johnson
Description: London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1949. Cloth. A new edition of this two volume set of Boswell's important biography of Samuel Johnson. Complete in two volumes. New edition. An important biography 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. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor fading to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrappers are worn with light loss to the spines and panel edges. Minor sunning to the spines with the odd small mark to the boards. Small closed tears to the panel edges with a 2" closed tear to the rear panel of volume one and a 1" closed tear to each spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Good Only.

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