Warehouse Clearance The Life Of Samuel Johnson For Home [BlCriWIv]

Bath [England]: George Bayntun, 1925. First edition thus. Two large quarto volumes in polished pale red cloth with gilt titles and illus stamped to front and spine; frontispieces, plates, portraits, facsimiles; 1172p, notes, index; 26 cm Superficial damp-spotting to spine regions, both volumes (affects outer cloth only) ; else very tight and clean. Overall, a very good to even very good(+) set thus. Hardcover.

To our knowledge, the most lavishly illustrated edition yet published, with a munificent abundance of b&w illustrations, plates and facsimiles throughout (almost every other page). Impressive. Extra postage fees may apply. Please inquire. Set weighs 8 lbs properly packed.