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8vo. full leather boards, five raised bands, black leather spine labels, tope edges stained black, housed in a lovely cloth-covered boards slipcase. [4], 536; [4], 496; [4], 399 pages. First editions. Courtney & Smith, p. 141; Fleeman 79.4LP/2a(i) and 79.4LP/6a. Signed 'William Paul' on title pages of volumes II and III. Minor wear to hinges and corners of all volumes, else very fine copies. First issue, first state of volume 1 (with "partaking his posterity" in line 3 on page 4; with "Milton" for "Butler" in the headline on Q8v and with pp. 143-44 repeated on L1); and first issue of vols. 2 and 3, having title-pp. without the oval vignettes. The "Lives" (1781) are Johnson's most mature work, and are. "in fact, the greatest single body of literary biography and criticism in our language." full leather boards, five raised bands, black leather spine labels, tope edges stained black, housed in a lovely cloth-covered boards slipcase