The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell

Hardcover. Condition: Binding Copies. 1906. Robert Riviere & Son LTD. Complete in two volumes.

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1791) by James Boswell is a biography of English writer and literary critic Samuel Johnson. The work was from the beginning a universal critical and popular success, and represents a landmark in the development of the modern genre of biography. Many have called it the greatest biography written in English, one of the greatest biographies ever written, and among the greatest nonfiction books of all time. The book is valued as both an important source of information on Johnson and his times, as well as an important and enduring work of literature.

In very good condition, but the covers and first few pages have detached from each volume. The rear cover of the 1st volume has also detached. marbled endpapers, gilt top edges.