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    By James Boswell; John Wilson Croker; John Wright
    London   George Bell and Sons
    7" by 4.5" [5], vi-xxiv, [4], 3-325; [5], vi-viii, [1], 2-344; [5], vi-ix, [2], 2-323; [4], v-xii, [1], 2-343; [5], vi-viii, [1], 2-341; [5], vi-viii, [1], 2-342; [5], vi-viii, [1], 2-381; [5], vi-xi, [2], 2-431; [5], vi-xv, [2], 2-335; [5], vi-xii, [1], 2-376pp
    A complete illustrated set of Samuel Boswell's influential biography on his friend Samuel Johnson, complete in ten volume.
    By James Boswell; John Wilson Croker; John Wright

    1882 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including His Tour to the Hebrides, Correspondence with Mrs. Thrale, &c. &c.

    London   George Bell and Sons
    7" by 4.5" [5], vi-xxiv, [4], 3-325; [5], vi-viii, [1], 2-344; [5], vi-ix, [2], 2-323; [4], v-xii, [1], 2-343; [5], vi-viii, [1], 2-341; [5], vi-viii, [1], 2-342; [5], vi-viii, [1], 2-381; [5], vi-xi, [2], 2-431; [5], vi-xv, [2], 2-335; [5], vi-xii, [1], 2-376pp
    A complete illustrated set of Samuel Boswell's influential biography on his friend Samuel Johnson, complete in ten volume.
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    Illustrated, Leather Binding

    Complete in ten volumes. The influential biography of the English writer Samuel Johnson. This biography has been noted as being the best biography written in the English language, being an important work of literature. With a frontispiece and vignette title page to each volume. Volume I with one double page plate, and three plates. Volume II with two double page plates, and two plates. Volume III with a double page plate, and one plate. Volume IV with two plates. Volume V with two plates. Volume VI with a double page plate, and one plate. Volume VII with two double page plates, and, three plates. Volume VIII with one double page plate, and two plates. Volume IX with two plates. Volume X with two double page plates. Collated, complete. The influential biography of the English writer Samuel Johnson. This biography has been noted as being the best biography written in the English language, being an important work of literature. James Boswell, the author, met Johnson in 1763, when Johnson was fifty-four years old, when they quickly became friends, a friendship that lasted until Johnson's death in 1784. Johnson has been revered by some as being the only true great critic of English literature of his time. Possibly his best known work was his influential 'A Dictionary of the English Language', which had a far-reaching effect on the Modern English language. That dictionary remained the standard for one-hundred and fifty years, when the 'Oxford English Dictionary' was published. Boswell is best known for this work, and for his mass of diaries and letters. However it was this work that brought his fame. He was admired for bringing more personal and human details into the biography than was usual in biographies of the time. With numerous additions by John Wilson Croker. Revised and enlarged by John Wright. Bookplate to the front pastedowns, 'Stephenson & Agnes Maria Clarke'.Agnes was born in 1837 in Worthing, Sussex, and married Stephenson Clarke (born 1824) in 1861.

    Condition

    In a half morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart. Some light rubbing to the boards and spines, the rubbing being a little heavier to some volumes. A couple of heavier marks to the front boards of Volume VI and VII. Light fading to the front board of Volume VII. A little loss of leather to the front boards of Volumes IV and V. Bookplate to the front pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the odd spot.

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