The Life Of Samuel Johnson

London: Robert Rivière and Son Ltd,, [1906]. A finely bound copy of the greatest biography in the English language, "one of Western literature's most germinal achievements" (ODNB). The immense task of compiling the thousands of notes Boswell had recorded on "the great man's talk, habits and opinions" was begun after Johnson's death in 1784. Made up of trifling… Read more about this item

George Bayntun, Bath., 1925. First edition thus: newly edited with notes by Roger Ingpen. Quarto. Two volumes: pp xl, 1-576; xvi, 577-1172. 576 illustrations, facsimiles and maps, including thirteen photogravures. In addition, tipped in from other sources, are a number of colour portrait plates, most of them being handprinted mezzotints. Period binding, presumably by the publishers, of three quarter… Read more about this item