BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
by BOSWELL, James, 1740-1795 :
- Used
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Archibald Constable, 1906. A standard set of "what remains the most famous biography in any language, one of Western literature's most germinal achievements: unprecedented in its time in its depth of research and its extensive use of private correspondence and recorded conversation" (Gordon Turnbull in ODNB). Boswell on Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), first published in 1791, and here edited by Augustine Birrell (1850-1933), retaining all the prefatory matter of the earliest editions. Six volumes. Foolscap 8vo (170 x 104mm). Frontispieces. Bound in a most attractive near contemporary half polished calf, banded and prettily gilt, by John Ramage (1836-1911) & Co.; contrasting labels; top edges gilt; marbled sides and endpapers; very lightly rubbed, but a very good clean and sound set.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44688
- Title
- BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON.
- Author
- BOSWELL, James, 1740-1795 :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- London : Archibald Constable, 1906.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Ash Rare Books
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About Ash Rare Books
Ash Rare Books. Founded in 1946 and long one of London's more interesting small book businesses. Owned and run by Laurence Worms, former President of the ABA.
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