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FOL-0046Folio Society Fine Edition

The Life of Samuel Johnson

James Boswell; introduction by Rodney Shewan

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The Life of Samuel Johnson, principal catalogue photograph
FOL-0046.1 · Owner photograph
The Life of Samuel Johnson, catalogue photograph 2
FOL-0046.2 · Owner photograph
The Life of Samuel Johnson, catalogue photograph 3
FOL-0046.3 · Owner photograph

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Edition details

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Author or source
James Boswell; introduction by Rodney Shewan
Publisher
The Folio Society
Edition
First published by The Folio Society in 1968; fifth printing with a new binding, 1998.
Limitation and copy
Standard unlimited Folio Society edition; two-volume set; not numbered.
Physical specification
Set in Monotype Ehrhardt and printed on Balmoral Wove at St Edmundsbury Press, Bury St Edmunds. Bound at Hunter & Foulis, Edinburgh, in full cloth printed with an engraving of ‘The Literary Party’ from the Dr Johnson’s House Trust. Two volumes in the original publisher’s slipcase. Photographic condition: volumes Near Fine; slipcase Very Good.
Collection class
Folio Society Fine Edition
Former accession
FS-023

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