Search Results: james boswell by c e vulliamy

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. No Additional Printings Listed. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. NOT an ex library book. Black cloth covered book. 276 clean interior pages including the index. Dust jacket has 1/2" chips on spine ends and corners, spine darkened, soil on light yellow background.

VG HC, file with Boswell

Books for Libraries Press, 1971. Hardcover. Good.

Geoffrey Bles, 1932. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Some moderate to heavy foxing. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:

Scribner. GOOD-/No Jacket. 1933. Underlining. Hard Cover. Ex-Library reading copy (C1410) .

Hardcover. Good. Bookplate inside front cover stating that it is a review copy. No dust jacket. Wear to spine, about 5mm split to one edge. Pencil notes to first page. Same day dispatch (Mon- Fri) from the UK if ordered by 1pm. Actual book shown below.

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1932. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. The first edition of Vulliamy's scarce biography on the influential writer James Boswell, who is best known for his own biography on his friend Samuel Johnson. The first edition of this scarce work.Vulliamy's biographical study on the life and work of James Boswell.Boswell is the author of one of the most influential biographies ever written, about his friend and older contemporary Samuel Johnson. Illustrated with a frontispieceThis biography has been called one of the cruellest and most damaging portraits of a subject ever, though Vulliamy claims in his preface that he tries to offer a clear and honest view of the eighteenth century figure.Bookplate of Rissa to the front paste down. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with some loss to the head of the spine, and a couple of very small chips. Very light cockling to the cloth, mostly to the spine and tail of the rear board. Light… Read More