The life of Samuel Johnson, including a Journal of his tour to the Hebrides ... to which are added anecdotes

by Hawkins, Piozzi, Murphy ... and notes by various hands by James Boswell

$500 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

London: John Murray, 1835. 8vo, 10 volumes, engraved frontispiece and title-p. in each volume all by Stanfield after Finden, original blindstamped brown cloth, gilt lettering direct and within blindstamped labels; vol. 1, 2, and 10 neatly rebacked; the binding was a dainty one from the start, and needs care in handling, but the overall appearance is generally very good. This set with the 1835 ownership signature of Charles Kelsall who has penned 14 lines of

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