The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. 2 Vols.
New York: Alexander V. Blake, Publishers, 1840. A New Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xiii (ii), 563, 566 [12]pp. Original full leather boards with gilt lettering and ruling on dark brown labels of spine; raised bands. Marbled edges and endpapers. Frontispiece engraving of Samuel Johnson in volume one, and a frontispiece of Johnson with facsimile note of Boswell in volume two, both with tissue guards. New edition with numerous additions and notes by John Wilson Croker. With appendices at rear of both volumes, and an index at rear of volume two. Contains twelve pages of publisher's advertisements at rear of volume two. Bindings with some medium scuffing along edges. Some light staining and faint penciled cross on verso of first volume. Light offsetting on front cover of volume two, light staining and indentation on back cover here. Small bookplate on inside cover of volume one. Very good condition. Item #54916
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