Samuel Johnson; Bruce Redford [editor] — The Letters of Samuel Johnson
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1992-1994. First edition. Cloth. A complete set of the Hyde Edition collection of letters from Samuel Johnson in his life, with illustrations. Complete in five volumes. First thus. Hyde edition. Considered the most scholarly edition of these letters to appear, with fifty-two newly discovered works. The letters of Dr. Samuel Johnson, an English writer remembered as one of the most distinguished men of letters in English history. Edited by Bruce Redford, an American professor of English and Art History. Volumes I to IV are illustrated with frontispiece and four plates. Collated complete. In the original grey cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent with clear plastic wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd pencil annotation to volume one. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.
