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Fontana, 1967. Paperback. Good. 1967. 384 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

J M Dent & Sons, 1958. hardcover. GOOD/ACCEPTABLE. 0x0x0. Volume one only: Cowley to Prior; Most of the 395 pages are clean, unmarked and tight but there are few near the front with pencil underlining and notations; inked name/date upper front flyleaf; light spotting on outer edges of textblock; cover is clean and sturdy; dust jacket has shelf, edge, and corner wear, soiling, and small tears

London : John Murray, 1854. Fine Binding. Near Fine. 8.5" by 5.5",. None. Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (1779 - 81) was a work by Samuel Johnson, comprising short biographies and critical appraisals of fifty-two poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century. It is arranged, approximately, by date of death. In three volumes complete.Six of the Lives have been singled out as the most 'important': John Milton, John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, Jonathan Swift, and Thomas Gray. One of the lives, Richard Savage, was previously printed as Life of Mr Richard Savage in 1744.Johnson began writing his 'lives', or individual biographical pieces, in 1740. The Lives, which were critical as well as biographical studies, appeared as prefaces to selections of each poet's work, and they were quite larger than originally expected. As Johnson justified in the advertisement for the work, "my purpose was only to have allotted to every Poet an Advertisement, like those which we find in… Read More