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Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763
by Boswell, James
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
USA: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Type: Hardback First Printing of First Edition, in Very Good Condition, without dust jacket.The Yale Editions of the private papers of James Boswell. Published from the original manuscript. Introduction and notes by Frederick Pottle, Sterling Professor of Literature, Yale University. Preface by Christopher Morley. Include facsimiles of two of the original manuscripts. Endpapers have map of London, 1761. Black quarter cloth w/gilt titles, blue boards with Boswell Clan Coat-of-Arms on front. Book is clean, unmarked and tight, with slight wear to corners and spine edges. Rough cut. Pages clean with an occasional small smudge on a few pages, no marginalia, no underlining or highlighting, lightly toned. 370 pages including index. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1950.
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- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016819
- Title
- Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763
- Author
- Boswell, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1950
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- BOSWELL, JAMES; JOHNSON, SAMUEL; LITERATURE, ENGLISH, 18TH CENTURY; AUCHINLECK, LORD; BUTE, JOHN; DEMPSTER, GEORGE; EGLINTON, ALEXANDER; ERSKINE, ANDREW; ROBIN HOOD SOCIETY; MRES. LEWIS; MACFARLANE, LADY; MACDONALD, SIR NORTHUMBERLAND, ELIZABETH SEYMOUR;
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