The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including a Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides (4 volumes)

New York: Derby & Jackson, 1858. New Edition, with Numerous Additions and Notes. Leather Bound. 468; 479; 452; 452pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] 3/4 leather with marbled paper over boards, gilt tooled spines, and red leather spine labels. Marbled text block edges and endpapers. Light rubbing to the board edges, and a bit more to the boards themselves. Underlying boards just starting to peek through at a few of the corners. Contemporary owner's name in pen on the front flyleaves. Stitching very occasionally visible in the inside margins. Books very sturdy. A handsome set of this famous biography.