About this title: The classic biography of Dr. Johnson, by his disciple, James Boswell. The already great reputation of Johnson was sealed with the publication of this book in 1791, and it is largely due to this book that Dr. Johnson is still so well-remembered today. This was long considered the standard English biography of a man of letters, against which all others were judged.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday and Company, inc., Garden City, N.Y.
Date Published: 1946
Description: Very Good. 5 p. l., 3-631 p. illus., col. plates, col. ports. 22 cm. Abridged edition. cf. Editor's preface, signed: C.P. Chadsey. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday and Company, inc., Garden City, N.Y.
Date Published: 1946
Description: Very Good. 5 p. l., 3-631 p. illus., col. plates, col. ports. 22 cm. Abridged edition. cf. Editor's preface, signed: C.P. Chadsey. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Modern Library
Date Published: 1952
Description: Good. Front hinge is loose. Used hardcover in good condition. May show some signs of use or wear. May contain underlining or highlighting. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday and Co
Date Published: 1946
Description: Very Good. Very good hardcover. No dJ. Pages are clean and unmarked, though slightly tanned. Covers show light edge wear with slight fading on backstrip. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Free Delivery Confirmation! Ships same or next business day! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday and Company/Literary Guild
Date Published: 1946
Description: Very Good- NO JACKET. Blue cloth with gilt decoration and spine lettering, light wear around edges, short red ink line on corner of first page else interior clean, binding tight, with mild age-toning. VG-/No DJ. read more
Edition: **year unstated**
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Modern Library
Date Published: 1952
Description: A good reading copy only. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. Book has tanning or browning due to normal aging process. upper front binding slightly loose. -**year unstated**, Hard Cover, Good / Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday and Company, inc., Garden City, N.Y.
Date Published: 1946
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Very Good Copy. Hardcover, Text is clean and unmarked. binding is tight, with wear, and bumping to corners front hinge is broken. 5 p. l., 3-631 p. illus., col. plates, col. ports. 22 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Portraits, Plates. Abridged edition. cf. Editor's preface, signed: C.P. Chadsey. read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Modern Library, New York
Date Published: 1952
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. xv, [1], 559 p. 19 cm. The Modern library of the world's best books [282].. Bibliography: p. [xvi] read more
"Full of falsities. And it has probably done as much harm as good to our understanding of its remarkable subject. Still, it's very difficult not to love this book. What a hoot. Enjoy yourself - it's difficult not to. And take your time. But don't for a minute fool yourself into thinking this book is about Samuel Johnson."
"This is an incredibly warm portrait of friendship and the character of Samuel Johnson in "The Life" is one of the most vivid in literature. Johnsonians complain that Boswell's work has clouded Johnon's reputation but it was worth it."
"This is one of those books that selfstyled literate types have heard about and are always planning to read. Fair warning: it is dull for long stretches, and irritating fairly often. But still, it gives a thorough portrait of Samuel Johnson (which we want if only because Jane Austen knew his dictionary and his Rambler), and a good sense of life in the 18th century, and between the lines, an interesting sense of the difficulties of a wealthy landlord, rake, and intellectual (Boswell, not Johnson) coping with his baser instincts by affirming aristocracy, male succession, etc. Boswell's diaries give a pretty bracing view of his baser instincts, but here he is all Christian Orthodoxy and Tory rationality."
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