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Boswell's Journal of A Tour To The Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. Now First Published from the Original Manuscript
by Boswell, James
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About This Item
USA: The Viking Press, 1936. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No Jacket. First Published in November 1936, from the recently discovered original journal of 1773. Private papers of James Boswell from Malahide Castle, Isham Collection. Prepared for the Press, with Preface and Notes by Frederick A. Pottle and Charles H. Bennett. Original red cloth with black title panel on spine with bright and sharp gilt titles. Very clean and ubmarked, spine sunned. Upper corner slightly bumped, whisper of wear to some extremities. Tight and solid sewn binding. Rough cut. Frontispiece: a fold-out map of the Tour through Scotland and the Hebrides, in 1773. Four b&w photographic plates of the original manuscript and a line sketch by Boswell of Rorie More's Claymore, Dunvegan. Pages very clean and completely unmarked, evenly toned. Small 4to volume. No dust jacket. A very good clean, solid volume. xviii, 435 pages with Index. 9.5 x 6.75 inches. 1936, The Viking Press, USA
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- Title
- Boswell's Journal of A Tour To The Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. Now First Published from the Original Manuscript
- Author
- Boswell, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1936
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL. ENGLAND-18TH CENTURY; SCOTLAND-18TH SAMUEL; AUCHINLECK, LORD; BURKE, EDMUND; CHARLES EDWARD (YOUNG PRETENDER); GARRICK, DAVID; GOLDSMITH, OLIVER; HAILES, MACDONALD, SIR ALEXANDER; MACLEAN, DONALD , OF COLL; MACLEOD, DONALD; MACPERSON, JAM
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