Books

Newly edited with Notes by Roger Ingpen. Two volumes. Large octavo. Three-quarter leather, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, raised bands. Two-volume edition of Boswells celebrated biography of Samuel Johnson, with over 550 illustrations, including 12 photogravure plates. Very fine condition.

James Boswell's 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' is regarded as one of the greatest biographies written in the English language. It provides an in-depth and vivid recounting of the life of Samuel Johnson, a writer and critic who was a towering figure in 18th-century British literature.