Earl Percy dines abroad: A Boswellian episode by Murdock, Harold - 1924-01-01

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924-01-01. Hardcover. Used;Very Good. 10x7x0. Boston, 1924; limited edition numbered 385/550; red cloth covered boards; edges and corners scuffed with board exposed at corners; edges and back strip shelf darkened; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; interior pages in very good condition; interior clean and unmarked; 46 pages.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1924. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 46 pages. Black & white illustrations. Limited to 550 copies this being Hand Numbered #460. Bookplate on inside front cover. Clean, tight copy. Record # 608432

Port Washington, New York: Kennikat Press, 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint of the original 1924 edition. Octavo. x, 46pp. Illustrated. Owner's name inked on front fly, else near fine.

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good. 10x7x0. Hardback in slipcase. No marks and no writings. Book is very good. Slipcase exhibits shelf wear to edges.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Quarto. Cloth with paper spine label. One of 550 numbered copies. Small ownership stamp of a noted jurist, very slight erosion to the edges of the spine label, else about fine lacking the slipcase.

Kennikat Press. Very Good. 1970. Hardcover. 080461279X . Original edition: Boston, 1924. Limited 550 copies. Unopened. Stain from bookplate removal inside front cover. Some margins finger smudged, with slight damage. Box worn, chipped.; Kennikat American Bicentennial Series; 46 pages .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 10.5" by 7.5". Not Stated. A limited edition copy of this account of a dinner given in London by General Paoli, in honour of Earl Percy. The first edition, and no. 389 of 550 limited edition copies, of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with nine plates and a folding map. Collated, complete. Harold Murdock (1862–1934) was a Boston banker, book collector, and Director of Harvard University Press. He wrote several books on English and American history. This work recounts a dinner given in London by General Paoli, the Corsican patriot and refugee, in honour of Earl Percy, in 1778. The guests include Mr Boswell, Doctor Johnson, Mrs Anna Williams and Thomas Pennant. Although Murdock uses research concerning these well-known figures, there is some artistic license used. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart, though a little bumped to the extremities, with a couple of marks… Read More

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 46 pages; Description: x p. , 1 leaf, 46 p. : front. , ports. , double map, facsims ; 27 cm. Subjects: Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, (1742-1817) . Paoli, Pasquale (1725-1807) . Boswell, James (1740-1795) . Limited edition, no. 312 of 550 copies