Description: BOSWELL’S LIFE OF JOHNSON [6 Volume Set. Mary Hyde Inscription] Author: Boswell, James; Johnson, Samuel; G. B. Hill ed.; L. F. Powell Rev Title: BOSWELL’S LIFE OF JOHNSON [6 Volume Set. Mary Hyde Inscription] Publication: Clarendon, 1934 Edition: Revised and Enlarged Edition Description: Hardcover. xlv, [3], 556; [6], 543; [6], 541; [6], 557; xxvii, [3], 596; xii, [2], 496 pp. 8vo, burgundy cloth, gilt spine titles and ruled head and tail. Frontispiece portraits to all vols. Vols 1-4 are 1934 first printings of the Powell revised edition. Vols. 5 & 6 are 1964 Second Edition with errata slips. Vols 1-4 show some light rubbing to extremities, vols 1& 2 fore edges dampstained. VERY GOOD. Volumes 5 & 6 are inscribed by the preeminent Johnson/Boswell collector Mary Hyde: "For the Courage Library in rememberance of our unforgetable visit - Mary Hyde and Lila Tyng, 19 September 1974." Hyde's collection, begun with her husband Donald Hyde and continually expanded until her death in 2003, has been described as "just one of the world's great archives of eighteenth-century English literature, with more than 4,000 books and 5,500 letters and manuscripts. Still more important, it is the world's best collection of documents relating to the life and work of Samuel Johnson" - Adam Kirsch. The collection was placed in Harvard's Houghton Library in 2004. In the preface to vol. VI, Lawrence F. Powell writes, "My friends in America have been generous in their aid. I mention, in particular, Dr. and Mrs. Donald F. Hyde, whose library at Four Oaks Farm, Somerville, New Jersey, is the Mecca of All Johnsonians." Seller ID: 6468 Subject: Literature Arches Bookhouse is a brick & mortar bookshop in North Portland, Oregon. We carry good books of all kinds with an emphasis on scholarly humanities books. We are open for browsing Monday-Saturday, 10-5:00. Terms All orders ship within two business days, packaged professionally with care. We offer combined shipping on multiple orders. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
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Author: Boswell, James; Johnson, Samuel; G. B. Hill ed.; L. F. Powell Rev
Publisher: Clarendon
Year Printed: 1934
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
