Author: James Boswell; Arnold Glover [ed.]; Austin Dobson [intro.]
Title: The Life of Samuel Johnson
Description: London, J. M. Dent and Sons, 1934 . Leather. A charmingly illustrated three volume edition of Boswell's 'Life of Johnson', in fine signed half morocco bindings by Zaehnsdorf. Complete in three volumes.An illustrated edition of this landmark work in the development of the modern biography in English. Many have claimed this to be the greatest biography ever written. Illustrated by Herbert Railton with vignette illustrations throughout, with seven photogravure plates to volume I, six to volume II, and with seven to volume III.Collated, complete.Whilst Boswell's personal acquaintance with his subject began in 1763, when Samuel Johnson was fifty four years old, Boswell covered the entirety of Johnson's life by means of additional research. The most admired and best remembered portions of the book are Boswell's first-hand accounts of Johnson from the last twenty-one years of the subject's life. Edited by Arnold Glover, with an introduction from Austin Dobson. In half morocco signed bindings, with cloth covered boards. Externally, fine. Spotting to text block fore edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: Herbert Railton. Fine .

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