The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
by James Boswell
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$945.22NZ$850.70
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1831. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Various. James Boswell's famous biography of one of the most influential literary figures in history, Samuel Johnson. With engraved frontispieces to each volume, including a folding map to volume III. New edition, with numerous additions and noted by John Wilson Croker. John Wilson Croker, 1780-1857, was a politician and writer. In 1831 Croker published a new edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson including the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, which was vindictively attacked by Macaulay in the Edinburgh Review, but which remained the best edition until superseded by the work of George Birkbeck Hill -DNB Complete in five volumes. In full calf bindings. Externally, smart, though with some rubbing to the extremities and a few marks. Loss to the spine labels. Three joints are starting, with three hinges strained. Ink signatures to front pastedowns and front free-endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with just some offsetting from the frontispieces and the occasional instance of foxing. Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SET6-F-2
- Title
- The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
- Author
- James Boswell
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1831
- Size
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Biography Samuel Johnson James Boswell Leather Samuel Johnson Folding Maps New Edition
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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