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1887 The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell - Complete Edition Lovely Copy
1887 The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell - Complete Edition Lovely Copy
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THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON
By James Boswell
Published by W P Nimmo Hay, Edinburgh 1887. A New and Complete Edition. Hardback, Royal 8vo, green decorative cloth, gilt to all page edges, pp xiii, [1], 562 including the index.
CONDITION
Very good condition. The cloth binding remains good and clean. All contents present. Endpapers are good with a little light foxing to the edges. Pages in lovely clean condition throughout and free from foxing and stains. School prize presentation slip pasted to front endpaper for year 1887-88. Overall a good clean copy.
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (originally published in 1791) is a biography of Dr. Samuel Johnson written by James Boswell. The work was a popular and critical success when first published. It is regarded as an important stage in the development of the modern genre of biography; 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. While Boswell's personal acquaintance with his subject only began in 1763, when Johnson was 54 years old, 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, modern biographers have found Boswell's biography an important source of information on Johnson and his times.
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By James Boswell
Published by W P Nimmo Hay, Edinburgh 1887. A New and Complete Edition. Hardback, Royal 8vo, green decorative cloth, gilt to all page edges, pp xiii, [1], 562 including the index.
CONDITION
Very good condition. The cloth binding remains good and clean. All contents present. Endpapers are good with a little light foxing to the edges. Pages in lovely clean condition throughout and free from foxing and stains. School prize presentation slip pasted to front endpaper for year 1887-88. Overall a good clean copy.
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (originally published in 1791) is a biography of Dr. Samuel Johnson written by James Boswell. The work was a popular and critical success when first published. It is regarded as an important stage in the development of the modern genre of biography; 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. While Boswell's personal acquaintance with his subject only began in 1763, when Johnson was 54 years old, 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, modern biographers have found Boswell's biography an important source of information on Johnson and his times.
(Loc: Shop ; Blue Shelves; No 1; 4th up)
