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3 volumes (of 6) only, octavo (228 x 145 mm). Finely bound by FAZAKERLEY (Liverpool) in red morocco, titles direct to spines in gilt, raised bands, ruled compartments, gilt ruling on boards and inner board margins, bindings with some wear at edges; recent bookplate and name of previous owner, who added his name on title page of vol. IV; top edges gilt, others untrimmed, armorial engraved bookplates by SHERBORN of WILLIAM ROBINSON ( Liverpool Johnson scholar and collector) extra bound in each volume; fine, unfaded set. Extra illustrated with numerous engraved and lithographic plates of views and facsimile, some folding; First Hill edition. Vol. III has 82 plates with a handwritten list at the beginning; vol. IV has 80 plates; vol VI: 6 portrait plates, 6 fac simile and an article pubished 1887 in the "Bookseller" at the publication of this edition; 464, 446, LXXIII, 336 pages; inside excellent, as new, all plates with protective tissues;

Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. is a biography of Dr. Samuel Johnson written by James Boswell. It is regarded as an important stage in the development of the modern genre of biography and has been described as the greatest biography written in English.