Books

Lovely set of books in half leather binding and marbled boards with gilt top edges to pages and titles and decoration to spine. Externally green leather and iridescent green gold marbled boards, some edge wear and sunning to spine. Internally some marks consistent with age and some scattered foxing. Printed by the Chiswick Press for George Bell and Sons. A stunning set of books.

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.