1922 10vol The Life of Samuel Johnson James Boswell Whitman Bennett Binding

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1922 10vol The Life of Samuel Johnson James Boswell Whitman Bennett Binding:
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TheLife of Samuel Johnson

and Journal of A Tour to the Hebrides

By James Boswell

1922 - New York - Gabriel Wells by Doubleday Page and Company

9\" by 6\"; (lxx) 249pp.; (xxiii) 301pp.; (xxi) 286pp.; (xxi) 295pp.; (xxv) 289pp.; (xix) 287pp.; (xxvii) 288pp.; (xxi) 338pp.; (xxix) 280pp.; (xxxiii) 278pp.

DETAILS

An attractively-bound copy of Boswell\'s famous Life of Johnson.

With a biographical introduction by Clemence Shorter.

Illustrated throughout withfiifty-three plates (collated complete).

Bound by Whitman Bennett.

Temple Bar edition, limited to seven hundred and eighty-five copies, of which this is number 191.

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. 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. Regardless of these actions, modern biographers have found Boswell\'s biography as an important source of information on Johnson and his times.

Complete in ten volumes.

CONDITION

In half-morocco bindings. Externally, smart, with just some slight rubbing to the extremities. Volumes 2 and 8 haveslight wear to the head and tailof the spine.Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with just the odd spot. Many pages are unopened.Overall: VERY GOOD INDEED

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