The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
Oxford: William Pickering and Talboys and Wheeler, 1826. First Pickering edition. Hardcover. 4 vol. 8vo. [5], vi-xix, [2], 2-394, [2]; [5], 4-416; [5], 2-395, [1]; [7], vi-xi, [2], 2-428 pp. Full contemporary calf (tree calf on volumes three and four), the spines have been rebacked in period style, twin gold borders on each board, spines in six compartments with two morocco labels (one red and one black), gold lettering and decorations on the spine; all edges marbled. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Volumes one and two illustrated with a frontispiece, volume three with the folding "Round Robin" facsimile plate, volume four with a folding plate, a facsimile of Dr. Johnson's letter. Bookseller's ticket of Hugh Hopkins in Glasgow in each volume. Kelly 1826.2. Keynes 54. Pottle 90. Edited by Francis Pearson Walesby. The landmark biography and history of the man of letters. Good or better. Item #000013223
The boards quite rubbed and worn, especially volumes one and two, a few gutters with tape ghosts.
Price: $350.00