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1824 Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell (5 Volumes Complete) Leather Books
1824 Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell (5 Volumes Complete) Leather Books
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Life of Samuel Johnson
Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition...never before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During Which He Flourished
by James Boswell ;
Copious Notes and Biographical Illustrations by Malone
Publisher: Thomas Tegg; W. Sharpe & Son, etc, London, 1824. Complete in five volumes. Half leather bindings measuring 16.5 x 10.5cm. [2 blank], xxxv, [1], 340 printed pages, [4 blank at end]. [4 blank], [2], 360, [4].[4 blank], [2], 360, [4]. [4 blank], [2], 396, [4]. [4 blank], [2], 364 [including index]. Illustrated with some fold-outs.
CONDITION
A good complete set. The leather bindings are good with no cracking to the hinges. All endpapers good and inner joints sound. All contents present and pages good throughout. No names or writing to the books. Pages good and clean throughout all 5 volumes with perhaps the odd grubby mark to the margins here and there. Overall a very good complete set.
The Life of Samuel Johnson, (originally published in 1791) by James Boswell is a biography of English writer Dr. Samuel Johnson. The work was from the beginning a critical and popular success, and represents a landmark in the development of the modern genre of biography. It is notable for its extensive reports of Johnson's conversation. Many have claimed it as the greatest biography written in English, but some modern critics object that the work cannot be considered a proper biography. Boswell's personal acquaintance with his subject began in 1763, when Johnson was 54 years old, and Boswell covered the entirety of Johnson's life by means of additional research. The biography takes many critical liberties with Johnson's life, as Boswell makes various changes to Johnson's quotations and even censors many comments. Nonetheless, the book is valued as both an important source of information on Johnson and his times, as well as an important work of literature.
Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition...never before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During Which He Flourished
by James Boswell ;
Copious Notes and Biographical Illustrations by Malone
Publisher: Thomas Tegg; W. Sharpe & Son, etc, London, 1824. Complete in five volumes. Half leather bindings measuring 16.5 x 10.5cm. [2 blank], xxxv, [1], 340 printed pages, [4 blank at end]. [4 blank], [2], 360, [4].[4 blank], [2], 360, [4]. [4 blank], [2], 396, [4]. [4 blank], [2], 364 [including index]. Illustrated with some fold-outs.
CONDITION
A good complete set. The leather bindings are good with no cracking to the hinges. All endpapers good and inner joints sound. All contents present and pages good throughout. No names or writing to the books. Pages good and clean throughout all 5 volumes with perhaps the odd grubby mark to the margins here and there. Overall a very good complete set.
The Life of Samuel Johnson, (originally published in 1791) by James Boswell is a biography of English writer Dr. Samuel Johnson. The work was from the beginning a critical and popular success, and represents a landmark in the development of the modern genre of biography. It is notable for its extensive reports of Johnson's conversation. Many have claimed it as the greatest biography written in English, but some modern critics object that the work cannot be considered a proper biography. Boswell's personal acquaintance with his subject began in 1763, when Johnson was 54 years old, and Boswell covered the entirety of Johnson's life by means of additional research. The biography takes many critical liberties with Johnson's life, as Boswell makes various changes to Johnson's quotations and even censors many comments. Nonetheless, the book is valued as both an important source of information on Johnson and his times, as well as an important work of literature.
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