Everybody's Boswell: Being the Life of Samuel Johnson, abridged from James Boswell's complete text and from the "Tour to the Hebrides".; Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard
by Boswell, James
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Inscription on front paste-down, minor darkening toward hinge free end papers, edges darkened with spots of foxing on protruding
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Baldwin City, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
London: G. Bell and Sons, 1930. Hardcover. Inscription on front paste-down, minor darkening toward hinge free end papers, edges darkened with spots of foxing on protruding foredges of the uncut pages, else very good clean & sound condition without dust jacket. "This large paper edition, signed by the artist, is limited to three hundred and fifty copies of which this is number 61" but the signature is lacking. 609pp., top edge gilt, remaining edges uncut, brown cloth with gilt lettering and front cover image showing Boswell and Johnson walking together.
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- Bookseller
- J. Hood, Booksellers, inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 176143
- Title
- Everybody's Boswell: Being the Life of Samuel Johnson, abridged from James Boswell's complete text and from the "Tour to the Hebrides".; Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard
- Author
- Boswell, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Inscription on front paste-down, minor darkening toward hinge free end papers, edges darkened with spots of foxing on protruding
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- G. Bell and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
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About the Seller
J. Hood, Booksellers, inc.
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Baldwin City, Kansas
About J. Hood, Booksellers, inc.
J. Hood, Booksellers, established 1974, specializes in scholarly books in all subject areas, with large holdings in the sciences, art, philosophy, medieval & renaissance studies, the social sciences and the humanities. We currently have 48,000 volumes in stock and sell exclusively on the internet. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. Owners: Gloria & John Hood
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