The Works of Samuel Johnson with an essay on his life and genius by Arthur Murphy

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1837. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 2 volumes. First Complete American Edition. Very good in original dark brown cloth boards with embossed floral design and black leather title labels with gilt to spines. Wear to joints, edges of boards, and corners. Split to bookcloth along rear hinge and split to interior front hinge. Minor rubbing to boards. Pen and pencil markings to front free endpapers. Foxing throughout both volumes, otherwise the interiors are clean. Frontis and original tissue guards to both volumes. 570 pages in volume I; 699 pages in volume II. LIT/011420.