Search preferences

Produktart

  • Alle Produktarten
  • Bücher (1)
  • Magazine & Zeitschriften
  • Comics
  • Noten
  • Kunst, Grafik & Poster
  • Fotografien
  • Karten
  • Manuskripte &
    Papierantiquitäten

Zustand

  • Alle
  • Neu
  • Antiquarisch/Gebraucht

Einband

Weitere Eigenschaften

  • Erstausgabe
  • Signiert
  • Schutzumschlag
  • Angebotsfoto

Land des Verkäufers

Verkäuferbewertung

  • Bild des Verkäufers für The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides Volumes I - IV zum Verkauf von Rooke Books PBFA

    Anzahl: 1

    In den Warenkorb

    Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). A four volume set of The Life of Samuel Johnson by Boswell, edited by Alexander Napier. 4 Volumes, complete. Dr Samuel Johnson, 1709 1784, was an English author. Beginning as a Grub Street journalist, he made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, novelist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and political conservative. Samuel Johnson is probably most famous for his dictionary. James Boswell, 1740 1795, was a lawyer, diarist, and author born in Edinburgh, Scotland; he is best known for his biography of Samuel Johnson. His name has passed into the English language as a term (Boswell, Boswellian, Boswellism) for a constant companion and observer. In cloth binding with gilt lettering. Externally smart. Some wear to the extremities, including bumping and discolouration. Volume 3 has a closed tear to the spine and marks to the front board. There are watermarks to the plates. Volume 3 has several pages unopened to the rear. There are institutional labels to the front pastedown, and institutional ink stamps to the verso of the title page, and the final page of text in each volume. The hinges are strained, but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. with the occasional spot and handling marks. Very Good. book.