JOHNSON, Samuel; Bruce Redford, ed. [ECCLES, Mary Hyde]

The Letters of Samuel Johnson. Vols I-V (complete)

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992-94. First Editions, First Printings. Octavos (25cm); uniform gray cloth hardcovers in original dustwrappers. 431pp.; 385pp.; 399pp. 462pp.; 174pp. Strong and handsome; internally clean and fresh, inscribed by both Redford, and Mary Hyde Eccles (from whose collections the volumes were produced), some spotting to dustjackets and a little soiling in places, otherwise a very good, clean and bright inscribed set of the definitive edition of Johnson's letters.

The fifth volume contains appendices, including notes on the translation of letters written in Latin, and an Index. Inscribed sets, especially those with the signature of Mary Hyde Eccles, are elusive in trade.

Price: $300.00

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