The Life of Samuel Johnson; The Collector's Library Series.
Garden City: Doubleday, 1946. Gordon Ross. Hardcover_cloth. 6"x8.75"x1.75". 631 pages. BCE. Sky blue cloth boards with "Sam: JohnSon" impressed in gold on front. Spine has title, illustrator, author, and publisher in gilt inside black box. Editor's Preface by C. P. Chadsey. Dedication to Sir Joshua Reynolds by Boswell. 59 Chapters. Printed from the original plates of the Doubleday Limited Edtions, 16 color illustrations and 24 B&W illustrations by Gordon Ross. Spine straight, binding tight, minor toning, tears and chips along DJ edge reinforced with archival tape on back side. Not x-library, not clipped, & unmarked. In mylar. Collectible - Near Fine / Good. Item #12505
Among the monumental biographies, this ranks high. None has been written more in friendship and admiration. Yet his admiration never prevented James Boswell from seeing Johnson as a complete personality, a three-dimensional figure. If Johnson blusters, we have it here, or if he loses his temper, or cajoles, or gets the worst of an evil bargain. Here, it may be accurately stated, is "the spitting image," here is the man strutting into your life and sinking haeavily into your biggest chair to regale and revile you.
Price: $90.00