BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON ( Complete 6 Volume Set ) & BOSWELL'S JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES WITH SAMUEL JOHNSON, 1773 ( Complete 2 Volume Set ) 8 VOLUMES IN TOTAL
by BOSWELL, JAMES and Birrell, Augustine ( Editor ) )
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Westminster: Archibald Constable and Co, 1896. Each of the 8 Volumes have a Monochrome Frontis illustration protected by tissue guard. That of Vol. I of the Life is a Portrait of Dr Johnson. All these Volumes are Dated 1896. The 2 Volumes of the Tour are Dated 1898. Vol I has an illustration of Edinburgh and Vol II of Iona. These 2 Volumes have Notes by Scott, Croker, Chambers & Others. All in matching Dark Red Cloth covers with bright Gilt Ionic Columns & Lettering on spines and blind stamped |Ionic Columns on fronts & backs. Top page edges Gilt, other edges untrimmed. Just under 7" Tall. Attractive illustrated Bookplates on the Tour Volumes. No inscriptions. Some spots of foxing to endpapers & title pages, only a very occasional spot in the text pages. A nice, clean set. Weighs 2.5 Kilos so Shipping Outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you'd like more Pictures, Information or a Shipping Quote. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" Tall. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. Book.
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- Bookseller
- Cornish Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016517
- Title
- BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON ( Complete 6 Volume Set ) & BOSWELL'S JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES WITH SAMUEL JOHNSON, 1773 ( Complete 2 Volume Set ) 8 VOLUMES IN TOTAL
- Author
- BOSWELL, JAMES and Birrell, Augustine ( Editor ) )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Archibald Constable and Co
- Place of Publication
- Westminster
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY/LITERARY/DR JOHNSON/TRAVEL/HEBRIDES/
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian Books; Travel;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Penzance, Cornwall
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- 12mo
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