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James Boswell; Percy Fitzgerald - The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. To Which Is Added the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

Title: The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. To Which Is Added the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
Description: London, Bliss Sands and Co, 1897. Cloth. Boswell's classic work on Dr. Samuel Johnson - perhaps the most famous biography ever written - and his account of a trip to the Hebrides. Featuring a tissue guarded portrait frontispiece of Johnson. With four further illustrations, including a fold out 'Map of the Tour through Scotland and the Hebrides&apos. 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' comprises 'A Series of his Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of his Composition. With a Chronological Account of his Studies and Numerous Works. The Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain for nearly Half a Century&apos. With notes and a biographical dictionary. There is a publisher's catalogue to the rear. In a cloth binding. Externally, smart. Boards are slightly bumped, with a little shelfwear, and faint marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages browned, but generally clean, with spotting to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: samuel johnson boswell hebrides boswell None

Price: GBP 33.99 = appr. US$ 48.54 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: GEN15-B-4

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